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• Nigeria confirms 110 girls missing after Boko Haram school attack

  25-02-2018 23:47 via yahoo.com
  The Nigerian government on Sunday confirmed that 110 girls were missing after a Boko Haram school attack in the northeast, following days of silence on the children's fate."The Federal Government has confirmed that 110 students of the Government Science and Technical College in Dapchi, Yobe State, are so far unaccounted for, after insurgents believed to be from a faction of Boko Haram invaded their school on Monday", the information ministry said in a statement.On Monday night, terrified pupils
  
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• Police: Reported explosion in English city a major incident

  25-02-2018 23:03 via yahoo.com
  Police for the English city of Leicester say they are responding to a "major incident" after receiving reports of an explosion.
  
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• End of the road for TommyXGigi, Dolce&Gabbana fly drones

  25-02-2018 22:42 via yahoo.com
  MILAN (AP) — Designers have made plays big and small for the loyalty of younger admirers at Milan Fashion Week.
  
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• Major 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea 

  25-02-2018 22:30 via yahoo.com
  A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea early Monday, with unconfirmed reports of blackouts and damage to buildings, officials said.The quake's epicentre was around 90 kilometres (55 miles) south of Porgera in Enga province, according to the US Geological Survey, and hit at a depth of 35 kilometres.Felix Taranu, a seismologist at the Geophysical Observatory in the capital Port Moresby said the quake was felt strongly at Mount Hagen, some 168 kilometres away.
  
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• Romanians march in support of anti-corruption chief

  25-02-2018 22:27 via yahoo.com
  Thousands of Romanians braved freezing temperatures on Sunday to show their support for the popular head of the country's anti-corruption investigation body, who the left-wing government is trying to oust.Justice Minister Tudorel Toader from the Social Democratic Party (PSD) launched a procedure on Thursday to sack Laura Codruta Kovesi, the chief prosecutor of the DNA anti-corruption body, accusing her of being "authoritarian".About 3,000 protesters gathered near the government building in capit
  
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• Florida governor launches inquiry into Broward County sheriffs amid calls for resignation following Parkland shooting failures

  25-02-2018 22:25 via yahoo.com
  The sheriff of Broward County is facing mounting calls for his resignation following a series of failures before and during the Parkland school shooting, with the governor of Florida announcing on Sunday he was launching an inquiry. Rick Scott, the Republican governor of the state, said serious questions had been raised about the sheriff’s office’s actions. "I have asked for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) to immediately investigate the law enforcement response and w
  
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• Holiest church in Christianity closed in Israel tax dispute

  25-02-2018 21:59 via yahoo.com
  Christian leaders took the rare step on Sunday of closing Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre, built where tradition holds Jesus was buried, in protest at Israeli tax measures and a proposed property law.It was not clear how long the closure of the church, announced by Christian officials at a news conference from around noon (1000 GMT), would last.Church officials said only that it would be until further notice.
  
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• Florida House Republicans Demand Sheriff's Ouster Over Parkland Shooting Response

  25-02-2018 21:52 via yahoo.com
  Nearly every Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives is calling on Gov. Rick Scott (R) to suspend a county sheriff over his office’s response to a deadly mass shooting at a local high school earlier this month.
  
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• NRA hits back at Trump over gun law plans: 'We don't back any ban'

  25-02-2018 21:48 via yahoo.com
  The National Rifle Association (NRA) has pushed back against proposals by President Donald Trump to raise the age limit to buy certain guns, as the fierce debate over America’s gun control laws in the wake of the school shooting in Florida shows no sign of slowing.Mr Trump has called for raising the age limit to buy certain types of guns – including the AR-15 assault rifle believed to have been used in the shooting – from 18 to 21 and banning bump stocks, which enable semi-auto
  
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• Greek anarchist group smashes windows at Novartis office in Athens

  25-02-2018 21:30 via yahoo.com
  Greek self-proclaimed anarchists threw paint and smashed windows at the entrance of the Athens headquarters of Swiss drugmaker Novartis on Sunday, police said.About 30 people were involved in the attack at 0515 local time (0315 GMT), a police official said.In a statement published on the Internet, the Rouvikonas group said the attack was linked to a probe into allegations of bribery by the drugmaker to doctors and public officials.
  
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• One killed as DR Congo police fire on banned protests

  25-02-2018 21:23 via yahoo.com
  One person was killed and over 20 were injured Sunday as police fired live bullets and tear gas to disperse banned protests calling on DR Congo President Joseph Kabila to stand down.The church-backed protests in the Democratic Republic of Congo come after months of tension sparked by Kabila's prolonged rule and a long-delayed election in the vast and chronically unstable country.In the capital Kinshasa, one man was killed as police opened fire on demonstrators, according to a senior doctor at th
  
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• Support for stricter gun control rises 18 percent in latest poll

  25-02-2018 21:03 via yahoo.com
  70 percent of Americans support stricter gun laws, an 18-point jump compared with October, according to a new poll released Sunday by CNN.
  
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• Hero Dog Shot Several Times While Protecting Teen Owner During Home Invasion

  25-02-2018 21:02 via yahoo.com
  Rex the German shepherd is expected to make a full recovery.
  
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• Israeli navy kills Palestinian after boat breaches sailing limit, military says

  25-02-2018 20:40 via yahoo.com
  A Palestinian from the Gaza Strip died on Sunday after the Israeli navy fired on the boat he and two others were sailing in, a military spokeswoman said.The navy opened fire after the boat ignored warnings and strayed from a permitted fishing area in the northern Gaza Strip towards Israel, the spokeswoman said.The union and his family named the dead man as 18-year-old Ismail Saleh Abu Reyala.
  
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• Argentina fires on Chinese vessel 'fishing illegally'

  25-02-2018 20:27 via yahoo.com
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's coast guard said it fired on a Chinese boat illegally fishing in its waters before embarking on an almost eight hour chase to capture it.
  
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• New Trailer Shows Off More Gruff Pikachu And Crime Solving Gameplay

  25-02-2018 20:20
  Detective Pikachu is a 3DS game that released in 2016 in Japan, and now it's finally coming to the West. This Pokémon spin-off takes place in Ryme City, centering around Tim Goodman and Detective Pikachu, who team up to solve a number of mysteries.
  Crime solving, however, isn't nearly the strangest thing in this Pokémon game. Detective Pikachu sounds like a gruff older man, which so far comes across more unsettling than anything else. Watch the trailer below.
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• Michelle Obama To Release 'Deeply Personal' Memoir In November

  25-02-2018 20:15 via yahoo.com
  Former first lady Michelle Obama announced new details Sunday about her much-anticipated memoir.
  
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• Pita Taufatofua Goes Shirtless One Last Time For Closing Ceremony

  25-02-2018 20:13 via yahoo.com
  Tongan flag bearer and fan favorite Pita Taufatofua helped bring the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, to a close Sunday by baring his oiled torso one last time.
  
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• 99-year-old woman held hostage at gunpoint in Utah

  25-02-2018 20:11 via yahoo.com
  Utah police say 99-year-old Doris Rucker Wasden was held hostage by a gunman for hours.
  
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• Malaysia elephant sanctuary trumpets effort to cut human-animal conflict

  25-02-2018 20:09 via yahoo.com
  The sanctuary in Kuala Gandah, central Malaysia, is an area of secluded rainforest where "mahouts" -- as the keepers are known -- care for a 26-strong group of endangered Asian elephants.A handful were rescued after suffering injuries or being orphaned, but most of them have been domesticated and trained to aid the National Elephant Conservation Centre's effort to help elephants who become embroiled in conflicts with humans.Since the centre started operations about 30 years ago, its staff have r
  
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• When nature takes over: Abandoned America overgrown

  25-02-2018 19:50 via yahoo.com
  Photographer Johnny Joo has travelled the United States photographing overgrown derelict sites from fairgrounds to shopping malls.
  
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• Mother and daughter shoot at Oklahoma armed robbery suspect

  25-02-2018 19:47 via yahoo.com
  Oklahoma mother and daughter fight off an armed robbery suspect at a liquor store; the confrontation was caught on surveillance video.
  
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• Russia moves to block British UN resolution to condemn Iran over Yemen arms

  25-02-2018 19:40 via yahoo.com
  Negotiations continued on Sunday over a United Nations Security Council vote slated for Monday morning on a British-drafted resolution that would commit to future action against Tehran and condemn Iran for providing missiles and drones to the Houthi rebels in Yemen. However, over the weekend Russia submitted a rival text, aimed at blocking action against Iran.  Yemen has been engulfed by civil war since 2015, when the Houthis clashed with forces loyal to government of Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi.
  
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• Nigeria says 110 girls unaccounted for after Boko Haram attack

  25-02-2018 19:23 via yahoo.com
  By Felix OnuahABUJA (Reuters) - One hundred and ten girls are missing after an attack on a school in northeast Nigeria by suspected Boko Haram insurgents, the information ministry said on Sunday, in what may be one of the largest abductions since the Chibok kidnappings of 2014.Boko Haram, whose name translates as "Western education is forbidden" in the Hausa language widely spoken in northern Nigeria, has killed more than 20,000 people and forced two million to flee their homes in a violent insu
  
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• Stunning Photos Capture The 2018 Olympics' Closing Ceremony In All Its Glory

  25-02-2018 19:18 via yahoo.com
  The 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, went out with a bang on Sunday, with its closing ceremony featuring an array of fireworks, light shows, roller-blading pandas, K-pop musicians and ― of course ―some of the world’s top athletes.
  
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• Gun lobby pushes back on Trump's gun plans after Florida shooting

  25-02-2018 19:18 via yahoo.com
  By Pete Schroeder and Roberta RamptonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The National Rifle Association pushed back on Sunday againstmodest proposals by President Donald Trump and other Republicans to change U.S. gun laws in the wake of a school shooting in Florida that killed 17 students and staff.The powerful gun lobby group does not support Trump's proposals to raise the age limit for buying certain types of guns and to ban bump stocks that enable semi-automatic rifles to shoot hundreds of rounds a minute
  
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• Jefferson's 'tree of liberty' and the blood of schoolchildren

  25-02-2018 18:19 via yahoo.com
  Why do we need assault rifles? According to some on the right, to fight off government tyranny, because you can't beat the U.S. Army with just handguns.
  
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• Jake Tapper Skewers Florida Sheriff Over Failure To Act On Shooter Red Flags

  25-02-2018 18:18 via yahoo.com
  CNN’s Jake Tapper tore into a Florida sheriff Sunday about his office’s handling of over a dozen warnings from people about Nikolas Cruz, the 19-year-old who police say confessed to the deadly mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, earlier this month.
  
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• Rick Gates plea boosts speculation

  25-02-2018 17:57 via yahoo.com
  Does it affect Paul Manafort, Russia Probe?
  
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• K-Pop Fans Lost Their Minds During The Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony

  25-02-2018 17:55 via yahoo.com
  The closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang Olympics on Sunday was an epic spectacle featuring the world’s top winter athletes several mesmerizing performances, and even a drone light show.
  
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• A look ahead to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo

  25-02-2018 17:38 via yahoo.com
  The 2020 Summer Olympic Games will include four new sports—surfing, climbing, karate and skateboarding—and the medals will be made from recycled cell phones.
  
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• Deadly weather in Eastern US as tornadoes rip through five states

  25-02-2018 17:34 via yahoo.com
  At least five different tornadoes ripped through parts of Tennessee, Missouri and Kentucky, tearing roofs off buildings and flattening homes, as other areas experienced strong winds and flooding.
  
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• Students return to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for the first time since shooting

  25-02-2018 17:33 via yahoo.com
  Counselors sought to ease students and parents onto campus before the return to class later this week, as the police response to the shooting has sparked controversy because several sheriff’s deputies remained outside.
  
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• California Democrats Decline To Endorse Dianne Feinstein For Re-Election

  25-02-2018 17:26 via yahoo.com
  The California Democratic Party rebuked its senior senator early Sunday by declining to make an endorsement in the state’s U.S. Senate race.
  
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• UN faces rival drafts on Iran missiles to Yemen

  25-02-2018 17:14 via yahoo.com
  The UN Security Council on Sunday was considering two draft resolutions on Yemen after Russia put forward a rival text aimed at blocking action against Iran over missiles sent to the country's Huthi rebels.The council is set to vote on Monday on renewing sanctions on Yemen for a year, but a British-drafted text also calls for "additional measures" in response to a UN report which found that Iran had violated the arms embargo on Yemen.
  
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• Syrian Kurd leader arrested in Prague at Turkey's behest

  25-02-2018 17:01 via yahoo.com
  Authorities in the Czech Republic detained one of the most prominent leaders of the Syrian Kurds at the request of Turkey, officials said Sunday, as Ankara pushes a military operation against Kurdish militia in northern Syria.Saleh Muslim, long a figurehead of the Syrian Kurdish movement, was detained on Saturday night at an upmarket Prague hotel, Czech and Turkish officials said.
  
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• Iran says Damascus suburbs assault to continue as fighting rages

  25-02-2018 16:50 via yahoo.com
  Iran said pro-Damascus forces would press ahead with attacks on an insurgent enclave near the Syrian capital, as ground fighting raged on there in defiance of a U.N. resolution demanding a 30-day truce across the country.Turkey, too, said its military operations in another theater of war in the north of Syria would not be affected by the unanimous Security Council vote demanding the truce to allow for aid access and medical evacuations.Anti-government rebels said they clashed with pro-government
  
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• NRA spokeswoman becomes new face of gun rights movement

  25-02-2018 16:23 via yahoo.com
  CHICAGO (AP) — Dana Loesch is the new public face of the National Rifle Association, an organization long associated with older white men.
  
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• North Korean Envoy Says Country Is Willing to Open Talks With the U.S.

  25-02-2018 16:18 via yahoo.com
  The willingness to talk is a rare step toward diplomacy
  
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• Russians march for murdered hero Nemtsov ahead of presidential vote

  25-02-2018 16:02 via yahoo.com
  Several thousand Muscovites marched Sunday in frigid temperatures in memory of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov who was gunned down three years ago, a rare sanctioned opposition gathering ahead of next month's presidential vote.Ordinary Muscovites and prominent opposition figures including Alexei Navalny thronged the streets in the centre of the Russian capital where the thermometer dipped below minus 14 Celsius (7 Fahrenheit)."This is not just a march in honour of Nemtsov, this is a protest against
  
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• Iraq court sentences 16 Turkish women to death for joining IS

  25-02-2018 15:47 via yahoo.com
  By Ahmed RasheedBAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi court has sentenced 16 Turkish women to death by hanging for joining Islamic State, a judiciary spokesman said on Sunday.Iraq is conducting the trials of hundreds of foreign women who have been detained, with hundreds of their children, since August by Iraqi forces as Islamic State strongholds crumbled.The central criminal court issued the sentences "after it was proven they belong to the Daesh terrorist group and after they confessed to marrying Daes
  
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• Church leaders shut Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre in land, tax protest

  25-02-2018 15:33 via yahoo.com
  By Ori LewisJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Church leaders in Jerusalem shut the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Sunday in protest at a new Israeli tax policy and a proposed land expropriation law which they called an unprecedented attack on Christians in the Holy Land.Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian church leaders said the holy site, a popular stop for pilgrims and where many Christians believe Jesus was crucified and buried, would remain closed until further notice.After the protest move, an
  
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• British skier dies in French Alps while skiing off-piste

  25-02-2018 14:46 via yahoo.com
  A British skier has died in the French Alps after he and two friends plunged hundreds of feet from a ridge while skiing off piste. In a separate incident, a 13-year-old boy died when both he and his brother fell off a cliff after they got lost while skiing with their family. The Briton, who has not been named, was with two friends in the resort of Oz-en-Oisans on Saturday when they decided to leave the marked slopes. Police said that all three men were in their 20s and were experienced skiers. &
  
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• Florida shooting survivor tells NRA supporters trying to discredit witnesses: 'We will outlive you'

  25-02-2018 14:06 via yahoo.com
  A survivor of the Florida school shooting has told National Rifle Association supporters attempting to discredit witnesses that they should give up as he and classmates “are going to outlive” them.David Hogg has emerged as a powerful advocate for gun control after the Valentine’s Day attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, which left 17 people dead.The 18-year-old and his classmates have been described as “pawns” who are being “coached&rdqu
  
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• The Supreme Court Should Honor Dr. King's Legacy On Labor Rights

  25-02-2018 14:01 via yahoo.com
  In the early days of April 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. traveled to Memphis, Tennessee, to join in a protest with 1,300 city sanitation workers who had gone on strike after two of their colleagues were killed on the job.
  
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• Health officials: Tourist infected with measles visited Met, attractions in Manhattan, Brooklyn, upstate

  25-02-2018 13:44 via yahoo.com
  Health officials warn that an Australian tourist, who is confirmed to have measles, visited several areas throughout New York, potentially exposing the illness to others in the area.
  
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• Fire truck responding to crash hit by a Metro bus

  25-02-2018 13:33 via yahoo.com
  A Metro bus collided with a fire truck in north Houston late Saturday night.
  
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• Christians shutter famous Jerusalem church to protest taxes

  25-02-2018 13:18 via yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The leaders of the major Christian sects in Jerusalem closed the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, built on the traditional site of Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection, for several hours on Sunday to protest an Israeli plan to tax their properties.
  
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• Woman's 'unrecognisable' body discovered in funeral home three years after she was meant to have been cremated

  25-02-2018 13:13 via yahoo.com
  A complaint about the excessive amount of time the body had been stored for was filed by a former employee, sparking an investigation by the coroner’s office.Spartanburg County Coroner, Rusty Clevenger, said they had since identified the woman as 63-year-old Mary Alice Pitts Moore, who died of natural causes in March 2015.Mr Clevenger said the family had been informed on Friday and the identities of those responsible have been passed to police, though there was no information on possible c
  
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• Syrian Kurd leader arrested in Prague on Turkish warrant: parties

  25-02-2018 12:52 via yahoo.com
  One of the most prominent leaders of Syria's Kurdish community has been arrested in Prague on a Turkish warrant, Kurdish political parties said Sunday.Saleh Muslim, the former co-chair of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), was arrested late on Saturday in the Czech capital, according to a statement by a coalition of political parties that includes the PYD.Turkish state news agency Anadolu reported that Saleh was detained based on an Interpol red notice issued by Turkish authorities.
  
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