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• U.N. says Sudan refuses to renew permit of senior humanitarian official

  22-05-2016 17:57
  The United Nations said on Sunday that Sudanese authorities had declined to renew a permit for the head of its humanitarian coordination office in Khartoum, Ivo Freijsen, saying he was being effectively expelled from the country. A statement from the UN humanitarian country team in Sudan expressed "shock and disappointment at the de facto expulsion by the Government of Sudan of one of its senior UN officials." It said Freijsen was the fourth UN official to be expelled by Sudan in the last two ye
  
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• Your car can be held for ransom

  22-05-2016 16:47 via cbc.ca
  
  Connected cars prove vulnerable to malware.
  
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• Pakistan denounces US drone strike on Afghan Taliban chief

  22-05-2016 16:43
  
  Pakistan on Sunday denounced the US drone strike believed to have killed the Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour as a violation of its air space and said only negotiations could bring a lasting peace to Afghanistan.
  
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• Israel says return of artefacts to Egypt shows relations warming

  22-05-2016 16:42
  Israel on Sunday returned to Egypt two stolen sarcophagi lids, saying the repatriation of the millennia-old artefacts was a sign of warmer relations between the two countries. Israel Antiquities Authority investigators found the two artefacts, one dating back between 3,400 and 3,600 years and the second about 3,000 years-old, in an antiquity dealer's shop in East Jerusalem about five years ago. The Israeli foreign ministry said the wooden sarcophagi covers were stolen in Egypt and smuggled to Ea
  
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• Suu Kyi calls for 'space' to address Myanmar's Rohingya issue as Kerry visits

  22-05-2016 15:54
  By Lesley Wroughton NAYPYITAW (Reuters) - Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi asked to be given "enough space" to address the plight of her country's Rohingya Muslim population, as visiting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pressed the Nobel peace laureate to promote respect for human rights. Some 125,000 Rohingya in Myanmar are displaced and face severe travel restrictions in camps since fighting erupted in Rakhine State between the country's Buddhists and Muslims in 2012. The United States has long su
  
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• Solar plane lands in Dayton, Ohio on latest leg of round-the-world flight

  22-05-2016 15:18
  
  (Reuters) - An experimental airplane powered solely by energy from the sun landed in Ohio on Saturday night on the latest leg of its historic bid by pilots and developers to fly around the globe without a drop of fuel.
  
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• Saturn Dances with the Moon Tonight: How to See It

  22-05-2016 15:10
  
  While the celestial object of the moment is no doubt Mars, thanks to its closest approach to Earth in more than 10 years, on May 30, another planet will be attracting its own share of admirers in the coming weeks. 
  
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• Hubble's Decades-Long Look at Mars Reveals Much About the Red Planet (Video)

  22-05-2016 15:10
  
  Mars is at opposition with the Earth this Sunday (May 22), meaning the Red Planet and the Blue Marble are at their closest proximity to each other as they orbit the sun. In celebration of this event, the Hubble Space Telescope snapped a new picture of Mars. Space.com spoke with Jennifer Wiseman, a NASA Hubble senior scientist, about the benefits of observing Mars with different instruments, and the insights that Hubble has given scientists about our own solar system.
  
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• NASA's last space shuttle fuel tank arrives at California Science Center

  22-05-2016 13:20 via cbc.ca
  
  The last remaining external fuel tank from the space shuttle era has reached its final destination at a science museum in Los Angeles.
  
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• Suu Kyi calls for 'space' as Kerry presses her on Myanmar's Rohingya

  22-05-2016 11:30
  By Lesley Wroughton NAYPYITAW (Reuters) - Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi asked to be given "enough space" to address the plight of her country's Rohingya Muslim population, as visiting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pressed the Nobel laureate to promote respect for human rights. Some 125,000 Rohingya in Myanmar remain displaced and face severe travel restrictions in camps since fighting erupted in Rakhine State between the country's Buddhists and Muslims in 2012. The United States has long suppo
  
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• Time for a talk: Tech expert says we settle for connection but crave conversation

  22-05-2016 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Even heavy technology users are setting aside time to turn off their devices. The goal is to have real conversations with real people.
  
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• Pot breathalyzer quest ramps up as legalization looms

  22-05-2016 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  With recreational cannabis set to be legalized some time next year, those already worried about the increasing rate of drugged driving are concerned things could get dangerous.
  
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• How to revive table conversation in the age of social media

  22-05-2016 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Even heavy technology users are setting aside time to turn off their devices. The goal is to have real conversations with real people.
  
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• HBO hunts down Game of Thrones pirates but some Canadians say they have no choice

  22-05-2016 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  HBO is sending out warning letters to try to stop people from pirating Game of Thrones. But many Canadians claim they haven't much choice; the fantasy drama isn't available here without a costly cable subscription.
  
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• 'Exceptionally complex' pot molecules make breathalyzer hard to develop

  22-05-2016 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  With recreational cannabis set to be legalized some time next year, those already worried about the increasing rate of drugged driving are concerned things could get dangerous.
  
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• 5 top researchers win 'Canada's Nobel' Killam awards

  22-05-2016 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Five top-of-their-game researchers receive $100,000 each in Canada Council Killam Prizes for work that pushes boundaries, challenges assumptions and inspires new ways of thinking about the world.
  
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• At secret Vietnam gig, dissidents hope Obama remembers them

  22-05-2016 07:28
  
  At a secret gig in a Hanoi house, a clutch of democracy activists listen intently to the words of a bluesy ballad, a small act of defiance by critics of Vietnam's communist regime who hope a visit by Barack Obama will open rather than cramp their space to operate.
  
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• Solar-powered plane lands in Ohio after flight from Oklahoma

  22-05-2016 05:23
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A solar-powered airplane has touched down in the Ohio hometown of two of America's most well-known aviation pioneers on the latest leg of its around-the-world journey.
  
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• The Latest: Solar-powered plane lands in Ohio

  22-05-2016 05:02
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on the most recent leg of a solar-powered airplane that has been circling the globe since March (all times local):
  
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• 'ET Comes Home' for NASA fuel tank's ride to LA site

  22-05-2016 04:05
  A giant NASA fuel tank completed its final journey on Saturday, with crowds cheering on its parade along Los Angeles streets to a science centre where it will go on display with the U.S. space shuttle Endeavour. The orange tank, weighing 65,000 lb (29,500 kg) and 154 feet (47 meters) in length, is the only one of its kind. The California Science Center called the parade of the fuel tank, which stands about three stories tall when towed on its side by a truck, "ET Comes Home," in a play on the "e
  
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• Venezuela leader says U.S. 'dreams' of dividing loyal military

  22-05-2016 01:54
  The United States "dreams of dividing" a "Chavista" military fiercely loyal to Venezuela's socialist government, president Nicolas Maduro said on Saturday, as the military comes under scrutiny in the crisis-gripped OPEC nation. Maduro and the opposition are at loggerheads over a referendum to recall him. Authorities say the vote will not happen this year, while the opposition says an unpopular Maduro must be removed to keep a brutal recession from worsening.
  
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• Iowa zoo expecting rare baby eastern black rhino this fall

  22-05-2016 00:44
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A zoo in Iowa is expecting a new and rare addition in the fall: an eastern black rhinoceros.
  
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• 'ET Comes Home' for NASA fuel tank's street ride through LA

  22-05-2016 00:37
  A giant NASA fuel tank crossed the half-way mark in its final journey on Saturday, with crowds cheering on its parade along Los Angeles streets to a science centre where it will go on display with the space shuttle Endeavour. The orange tank, weighing 65,000 pounds (29,500 kg) and measuring 154 feet (47 meters) in length, is the only one of its kind in existence. The California Science Centre has called the parade of the fuel tank, which stands about three stories tall when towed on its side by
  
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