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• The Biggest Stories From Star Wars Celebration 2017

  16-04-2017 23:32
  This year's Star Wars Celebration has come to an end, and today's closing ceremony looked back at the weekend and some of the huge announcements and panels that Lucasfilm brought to Orlando.
  Here's a look at five of the biggest moments of Star Wars Celebration 2017.
  Star Wars Celebration kicked off with the "40 Years of Star Wars" panel, during which Disney and Lucasfilm shared a touching tribute to the late Carrie Fisher. George Lucas spent a few minutes talk about Carrie Fisher and reflec
  
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• Lawsuit accuses company of exploiting foreign workers

  16-04-2017 23:31 via yahoo.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Guatemalan man and two of his former co-workers have filed a federal lawsuit against a Tennessee landscaping company, accusing the firm of trafficking immigrants for forced labor.
  
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• Easter bunnies at Coachella and more: April 16 in photos

  16-04-2017 23:25 via yahoo.com
  
  Coachella Easter bunnies; Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany steers his car during the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix, at the Formula One Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain; Men riding decorated horses are mirrored in a puddle during the traditional Easter procession of Sorbs in Klein Radden, eastern Germany. These are some of the photos of the day.
  
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• The Latest: Migrants held hostage spurs arrests in Greece

  16-04-2017 23:13 via yahoo.com
  
  ROME (AP) — The Latest on Europe's response to the unusually large number of migrants trying to reach the continent: (all times local):
  
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• Police urge help in finding suspects in Ohio club shootings

  16-04-2017 22:55 via yahoo.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio's capital city appealed Sunday for witnesses to come forward to help them identify suspects in an early morning club shooting that wounded nine people.
  
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• Win claimed for Turkey gov't referendum; critics call fraud

  16-04-2017 22:04 via yahoo.com
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared victory in Sunday's referendum that will grant sweeping powers to the presidency, hailing the result as a "historic decision."
  
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• 2020 Trump Re-Election Effort Funneling Funds To President's Properties

  16-04-2017 21:57 via yahoo.com
  
  The president's 2020 re-election committees have run up a $500,000 tab to Trump-owned hotels, golf clubs and restaurants so far this year.
  
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• 2 Sisters Killed When College Student Driving Wrong Way On Freeway Smashes Into Them

  16-04-2017 21:57 via yahoo.com
  
  The wrong-way driver was killed as well.
  
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• New York's Easter Parade: 5th Ave lined with revelers wearing their holiday best

  16-04-2017 21:38 via yahoo.com
  
  New Yorkers showed off their festive chapeaus and garb as they promenaded along Fifth Ave. for the annual Easter Parade and Easter Bonnet Festival.
  
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• How did Captain Phasma survive the destruction of Starkiller Base? Upcoming Star Wars comic explains all

  16-04-2017 21:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Want to know what happened in a galaxy far, far away between the events of The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi? Especially if you're a fan of a certain chrome-domed Stormtrooper? You'll want to head to your local comic shop in September to pick up a copy of Star Wars: Captain Phasma
  
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• How did Captain Phasma survive Starkiller Base? Upcoming comic explains while bridging Force Awakens and Last Jedi

  16-04-2017 21:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Want to know what happened in a galaxy far, far away between the events of The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi? Especially if you're a fan of a certain chrome-domed Stormtrooper? You'll want to head to your local comic shop in September to pick up a copy of Star Wars: Captain Phasma
  
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• Egypt acquits American woman detained for 3 years

  16-04-2017 20:40 via yahoo.com
  
  CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court on Sunday acquitted Aya Hijazi, a dual U.S.-Egyptian citizen who has been held in detention for nearly three years over accusations related to a non-governmental organization she founded to aid street children.
  
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• Trump attends Easter service in Palm Beach

  16-04-2017 20:36 via yahoo.com
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump attended Easter service at the Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea near his estate in Palm Beach, Florida on Sunday — an annual ritual that provided a break from a host of foreign policy crises, including escalating tensions with North Korea.
  
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• On Easter, Pope denounces 'oppressive regimes' but urges restraint

  16-04-2017 20:23 via yahoo.com
  
  By Philip PullellaVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis denounced "oppressive regimes" in his Easter message on Sunday but in an apparent call for restraint urged world leaders to prevent the spread of conflicts, as tensions rose in North Korea and Syria.Francis, marking the fifth Easter season of his pontificate, said Mass before tens of thousands of people under exceptional security measures in St. Peter's Square following recent vehicle attacks against pedestrians in London and Stockholm.In h
  
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• Death toll in Sri Lanka garbage mound collapse rises to 26

  16-04-2017 20:20 via yahoo.com
  
  COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The death toll from the collapse of a massive garbage mound near Sri Lanka's capital rose to 26 on Sunday, and activists said 20 more people could still be buried underneath the debris.
  
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• Syrian army regains key town in north Hama province

  16-04-2017 20:19 via yahoo.com
  
  The Syrian army regained the strategic town of Soran near the city of Hama in the central part of western Syria on Sunday with an assault backed by heavy Russian air strikes, rebels and residents said."There was hysterical bombing that targeted the town and the whole area and rebels fought fierce battles until they were forced to pull out," said one rebel, a member of the Jaish al Izza group, which has a strong presence in Hama province who requested anonymity.The stronghold of Soran is the army
  
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• Man Arrested After Allegedly Breaking Into Home and Cooking Fried Chicken

  16-04-2017 20:17 via yahoo.com
  
  He also drank some of the homeowner's vodka.
  
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• A look back at the Virginia Tech shootings: 10 years after shooting that killed 32

  16-04-2017 20:17 via yahoo.com
  
  In one of America’s worst school attacks, a mentally ill student fatally shot 32 people on the campus of Virginia Tech before taking his own life, April 16, 2007.College senior Seung-Hui Cho opened fire in a Virginia Tech dorm and then, two hours later, shot up a classroom building across campus.The shooting at Virginia Tech was, at the time, the deadliest mass shooting in recent U.S. history.
  
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• In Afghanistan, Trump aide promises coordinated response to enemies

  16-04-2017 19:47 via yahoo.com
  
  By Hamid ShaliziKABUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's national security adviser met Afghan officials in Kabul on Sunday and said the new administration was weighing diplomatic, military and economic responses to its Taliban and Islamic State enemies in Afghanistan.The adviser, H.R. McMaster, was making the first high-level visit by a Trump official.
  
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• Death toll from Aleppo bus convoy bomb attack at least 126: Observatory

  16-04-2017 19:45 via yahoo.com
  
  By John DavisonBEIRUT (Reuters) - The death toll from a bomb attack on a crowded bus convoy outside Aleppo has reached at least 126 in the deadliest such incident in Syria in almost a year, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said on Sunday.The Observatory and the United Nations cited reports that more than 60 children were among the dead.Syrian rescue workers of the Civil Defence said that they had taken away at least 100 bodies from the site of Saturday's blast, which hit
  
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• The Star Wars Disneyland and Disney World expansions won't be based on the movies (and other first details)

  16-04-2017 19:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Disney announced in 2015 that it would be expanding its Disneyland and Disney World amusement parks (in California and Florida, respectively) with Star Wars-themed expansions
  
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• The Star Wars Disneyland and Disney World expansions won't be based on existing scenes and other first details

  16-04-2017 19:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Disney announced in 2015 that it would be expanding its Disneyland and Disney World amusement parks (in California and Florida, respectively) with Star Wars-themed expansions
  
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• Trump aide McMaster: Time for tough talks with Russia

  16-04-2017 19:19 via yahoo.com
  
  White House national security adviser H. R. McMaster said on Sunday it was time for tough talks with Russia over its support for Syria's government and its "subversive" actions in Europe.Speaking on ABC News' "This Week" program, McMaster said Russia's backing of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government has perpetuated a civil war and created a crisis that has bled over into Iraq, neighboring countries and Europe.
  
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• The Don't Breathe director is working on a Labyrinth sequel - yes, the David Bowie and muppets movie

  16-04-2017 18:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars isn't the only Lucasfilm property getting some extra love and attention this month - The Hollywood Reporter claims that a new Labyrinth film that has been in the planning stages for some time now finally has a director: Fede Alvarez
  
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• The director of Don't Breathe is working on a Labyrinth film - yes, the David Bowie and muppets movie

  16-04-2017 18:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars isn't the only Lucasfilm property getting some extra love and attention this month - The Hollywood Reporter claims that a new Labyrinth film that has been in the planning stages for some time now finally has a director: Fede Alvarez
  
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• Mass evacuation in Syria to proceed after blast kill 68 kids

  16-04-2017 18:03 via yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — More than 3,000 Syrians were expected to be evacuated Sunday from four areas as part of a population transfer that was briefly stalled a day earlier by a deadly blast that killed more than 120 people, many of them government supporters.
  
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• Family Friends Identify Boy, 5, Killed After Getting Stuck Between Wall And Table At Rotating Restaurant

  16-04-2017 18:02 via yahoo.com
  
  He wandered off from his parents, according to reports.
  
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• How one man build his own iPhone out of spare parts

  16-04-2017 18:00 via yahoo.com
  
  Simple phone repairs, like a battery or a screen unit, are easier than people think. Thanks to guides like iFixit and the magic of eBay, information and spare parts are cheap and plentiful, and arguably more convenient than fighting your way to the Genius Bar.But building an entire phone out of replacement parts? That's a much harder task, especially when you're working in Shenzen and barely speak the local language.The YouTube channel Spare Parts set out to see how possible it is for
  
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• Is War With North Korea Imminent?

  16-04-2017 17:56 via yahoo.com
  
  Vice President Mike Pence is in Seoul and said North Korea's failed missile test is a reminder of the risk to freedom.
  
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• At least 68 children dead in Syria evacuees bombing

  16-04-2017 17:55 via yahoo.com
  
  Nearly 70 children were among those killed when a suicide car bombing tore through buses carrying evacuees from besieged government-held towns in Syria, a monitor said on Sunday.Saturday's blast hit a convoy carrying residents from the northern towns of Fuaa and Kafraya as they waited at a transit point in rebel-held Rashidin, west of Aleppo.At least 68 children were among the 126 people killed in the attack, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, updating a previous toll of 112 dead.
  
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• North Korea's attempted missile launch explodes immediately after liftoff

  16-04-2017 17:18 via yahoo.com
  
  With the United States on high alert over North Korea, ABC News' Martha Raddatz reports from Seoul.
  
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• Pope Francis Responds To Syria War

  16-04-2017 16:58 via yahoo.com
  
  “May [God] sustain the efforts of those who are actively working to bring comfort and relief to the civilian population in beloved Syria, who are greatly suffering from a war that does not cease to sow horror and death,” he said.
  
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• Fugitive Mexican ex-governor arrested for graft, awaits extradition

  16-04-2017 16:55 via yahoo.com
  
  By Sofia MenchuGUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A former Mexican state governor on the run from police for more than five months who has come to symbolize corruption within the country's ruling party was arrested on Saturday night in Guatemala and now awaits extradition.Javier Duarte, a former governor of Veracruz state wanted on graft and organized crime charges, was detained in a hotel lobby in the colonial town of Panajachel, about 80 miles (130 km) west of Guatemala's capital, the national police
  
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• Game of Thrones season 7 will see the return of an old favorite character (spoilers)

  16-04-2017 16:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Just in case you didn't see it up there in the headline: SPOILERS ahead
  
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• Trump lashes out after Tax March protest: ‘The election is over!’

  16-04-2017 16:47 via yahoo.com
  
  Trump took swipes at tax day marches that featured thousands of protesters demanding the president release his tax returns.
  
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• Dad Kidnaps and Kills Daughters, 8 and 11, Before Setting Car on Fire and Turning Gun on Himself

  16-04-2017 15:57 via yahoo.com
  
  He disappeared with them earlier that morning.
  
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• NASA photos capture a strange new crack in a massive Greenland glacier and we're all probably doomed

  16-04-2017 15:52 via yahoo.com
  
  A mysterious crack has been spreading across a giant Greenland glacier, and it's raising concerns that part of the floating ice shelf could splinter off into the ocean.  That's bad.  Scientists with the NASA field campaign Operation IceBridge recently captured the first photographs of the growing rift while flying over Petermann Glacier, a structure that connects the Greenland ice sheet to the Arctic Ocean.SEE ALSO: NASA photo reveals a startling 300-foot-wide rift in Antarctic Ice She
  
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• Pope urges end to Syria 'horror' in Easter address

  16-04-2017 15:28 via yahoo.com
  
  Pope Francis urged an end to "horror and death" in Syria and implored God to bring peace to the Middle East as he delivered the traditional Easter Day mass in Rome on Sunday.The Easter mass, the highlight of the Christian calendar began under a cloudy sky where worshippers had gathered since the early hours to gain access amid tight security.After a short bout of heavy rain, the pontiff gave his traditional Urbi et Orbi blessing, to the city and the world, in which he prayed for those suffering
  
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• Will Sean Spicer Appear As The Easter Bunny This Year?

  16-04-2017 15:10 via yahoo.com
  
  The White House press secretary dressed as the Easter bunny several times during annual Easter Egg Rolls during the George W. Bush administration.
  
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• The Latest: Japan protests N. Korean missile test attempt

  16-04-2017 14:53 via yahoo.com
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on the failed launch of a North Korean missile from the country's east coast (all times local):
  
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• Iraqi Christians celebrate Easter, dream of returning home

  16-04-2017 14:51 via yahoo.com
  
  "God willing, the celebration of the resurrection of Christ will also mark the return and rising-up of the Christians in Iraq," said Kyriacos Isho, 75, who was accompanied by his 12 children and grandchildren at Mar Gewargis (St George) Chaldean Catholic church in Tel Esqof.Tel Esqof, or Bishop's Hill in Arabic, did not sustain the same amount of damage as other Christian towns overrun by the militants three years ago in the plain of Nineveh.
  
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• After North Korea's big parade, what's next?

  16-04-2017 14:03 via yahoo.com
  
  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea's big day, the anniversary of the birth of its founding leader, Kim Il Sung, came and went with no underground nuclear test by the North, and no pre-emptive strikes off the deck of the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier sent to waters off the Korean Peninsula by President Donald Trump. Just hours before Vice President Mike Pence began his visit to Seoul on Sunday, Pyongyang fired off a ballistic missile — but it appears to have exploded seconds
  
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• Turkey's Kurds vote in key referendum battleground

  16-04-2017 13:43 via yahoo.com
  
  Hoping above all for peace after months of violence as well as fair representation, Turkey's Kurds on Sunday voted in a key referendum whether to expand President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's powers.Turkey's Kurdish minority -- estimated to make-up around a fifth of the population -- is seen as a crucial constituency in the poll and winning the support of some Kurds could help the 'Yes' vote over the finish line.Many Kurds back the pro-Kurdish Peoples Democratic Party (HDP) but others, especially from
  
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• Indian Snapchat Users Launch #UninstallSnapchat Campaign

  16-04-2017 13:42 via yahoo.com
  
  The campaign was in response to disparaging remarks about the country allegedly made by Snap Inc. CEO Evan Spiegel, who reportedly called it "poor."
  
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• Philippines, US to hold annual 'Balikatan' military drills

  16-04-2017 13:27 via yahoo.com
  
  The Philippine military said Sunday it would hold annual exercises with US troops next month, reaffirming its commitment to the alliance despite cooling relations under President Rodrigo Duterte.The 10-day exercises will be the first held under Duterte, who has suggested cancelling the drills and called for the withdrawal of American troops, putting into question Manila's 70-year-old alliance with Washington as he looks instead to court China.The annual military exercises, known as Balikatan (Sh
  
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• Nepal, China begin first-ever joint military exercises

  16-04-2017 13:14 via yahoo.com
  
  China and Nepal began their first-ever joint military exercises on Sunday, a move likely to rattle India as Beijing boosts its influence in the region.Impoverished Nepal is sandwiched between China and India and has in recent years ping-ponged between the sphere of influence of Delhi and Beijing as the Asian giants jostle for regional supremacy.The 10-day drill in Kathmandu, dubbed "Sagarmatha Friendship 2017" referring to the Nepali name for Mount Everest, will focus on counter-terrorism, accor
  
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• PM says Britain uniting around Brexit

  16-04-2017 12:48 via yahoo.com
  
  Prime Minister Theresa May said Sunday that Britain was beginning to unite behind Brexit, 10 months after the divisive referendum that saw the country narrowly vote to leave the European Union."This year, after a period of intense debate over the right future for our country, there is a sense that people are coming together and uniting behind the opportunities that lie ahead," May said in her Easter message.May backed remaining in the EU but is spearheading Britain's drive to the departure gates
  
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• Somalia forces kill two militants firing mortars in Mogadishu

  16-04-2017 12:34 via yahoo.com
  
  By Feisal Omar and Abdi SheikhMOGADISHU (Reuters) - Two men were killed in the Somali capital after they were spotted firing mortars that appeared to be aimed at the international airport on Sunday, police and officials said.The heavily guarded, sprawling airport base is the site of many U.N. agencies, African Union peacekeepers and embassies.There was no other casualty," said Abdifatah Omar Halane, the spokesman for the Mogadishu mayor.
  
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• 3 Things To Know About Easter

  16-04-2017 12:00 via yahoo.com
  
  Easter is similar to other major holidays that have blended Christian and non-Christian (pagan) elements over the last 200 years or so.
  
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• Jakarta election exposes deep political, religious divide

  16-04-2017 11:42 via yahoo.com
  
  By Tom Allard and Gayatri SuroyoJAKARTA (Reuters) - Jakarta voters head to the polls on Wednesday to elect a governor for Indonesia's teeming capital after a campaign that incited political and religious tensions in the world's most-populous Muslim country.Surveys have shown the race tightening to a statistical dead heat, with incumbent Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, an ethnic Chinese Christian, closing in on rival Anies Baswedan, a former education minister.Purnama is standing trial on blasph
  
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