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• 2 teens on a college tour pulled by campus police

  05-05-2018 23:51 via yahoo.com
  The mother of the boys, ages 17 and 19, who are Native American, believes the stop was racially motivated.
  
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• Protests staged for gun control, gun rights outside NRA meeting

  05-05-2018 23:36 via yahoo.com
  Protesters on both sides of the U.S. gun debate took to the streets on Saturday outside the National Rifle Association's annual meeting in Dallas after the latest in a long series of mass shootings put the issue back in the spotlight.Across the street from the convention center where President Donald Trump addressed NRA members on Friday, a "Rally4Reform" drew about 200 demonstrators demanding tighter restrictions on firearms sales.Many were dressed in the orange that has become the color of the
  
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• Hamas blames Israel for Gaza blast that killed six gunmen: statement

  05-05-2018 23:33 via yahoo.com
  Hamas's armed wing blamed Israel for an explosion in the Gaza Strip on Saturday that killed six of the group's gunmen."During a complicated security and intelligence operation conducted by Qassam Brigades to investigate a serious and a grave security incident conducted by the Zionist enemy against Palestinian resistance, a deplorable crime took place against our Mujahideen in the area of Zawayda in central Gaza Strip," it said.Hamas provided no further details.
  
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• Gaza blast kills six Hamas gunmen

  05-05-2018 23:33 via yahoo.com
  An explosion in Gaza killed six Hamas gunmen on Saturday, the group said.It blamed the incident on Israel, which declined comment."During a complicated security and intelligence operation conducted by Qassam Brigades to investigate a serious and a grave security incident conducted by the Zionist enemy against Palestinian resistance, a deplorable crime took place against our Mujahideen in the area of Zawayda in central Gaza Strip," it said.
  
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• Facebook accused of introducing extremists to one another through 'suggested friends' feature

  05-05-2018 23:13 via yahoo.com
  Facebook has helped introduce thousands of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) extremists to one another, via its 'suggested friends' feature, it can be revealed. The social media giant - which is already under fire for failing to remove terrorist material from its platform - is now accused of actively connecting jihadists around the world, allowing them to develop fresh terror networks and even recruit new members to their cause. Researchers, who analysed the Facebook activities of a th
  
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• Video shows police stop of Native American teens on tour

  05-05-2018 22:48 via yahoo.com
  DENVER (AP) — Police body camera footage and telephone recordings captured an incident in which two Native American teenagers were pulled from a Colorado college tour and questioned after another tour member reported "odd" behavior by "creepy kids."
  
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• SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship returns to Earth

  05-05-2018 21:55 via yahoo.com
  SpaceX's unmanned Dragon cargo ship splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Saturday, the company said, a few hours after leaving the International Space Station Saturday carrying 4,000 pounds (1,800 kilograms) of gear."Good splashdown of Dragon confirmed, completing SpaceX’s third resupply mission to and from the @Space_Station with a flight-proven spacecraft," tweeted the company owned by Elon Musk around 1900 GMT."Release confirmed," commentator Rob Navias said on NASA TV, noting that sep
  
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• This is why Warren Buffett will never invest in Microsoft

  05-05-2018 21:26 via yahoo.com
  The afternoon Q&A session of the Berkshire Hathaway 2018 Annual Shareholders
  
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• U.S. condemns China for 'Orwellian nonsense' over airline websites

  05-05-2018 21:20 via yahoo.com
  By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Saturday sharply criticized China's efforts to force foreign airlines to change how they refer to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau, labeling China's latest effort to police language describing the politically sensitive territories as "Orwellian nonsense."Amid an escalating fight over China's trade surplus with the United States, the White House said China's Civil Aviation Administration sent a letter to 36 foreign air carriers, including a
  
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• Betsy DeVos Urges Ave Maria Grads to 'Embrace the Mess': Read the Full Text of Education Secretary's Commencement Speech

  05-05-2018 21:20 via yahoo.com
  Her appearance sparked controversy at the school
  
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• Nearly 1600 reported arrested in Russian anti-Putin protests

  05-05-2018 20:58 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russians angered by the impending inauguration of Vladimir Putin to a new term as president protested Saturday in scores of cities across the country — and police responded by reportedly arresting nearly 1,600 of them.
  
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• The Latest: NASA confirms Mars lander on way to red planet

  05-05-2018 20:57 via yahoo.com
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on NASA's launch of the InSight spacecraft, which is bound for Mars (all times local):
  
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• Passengers compare scene inside Caribbean cruise ship to the Titanic after 50 rooms were flooded 

  05-05-2018 20:56 via yahoo.com
  The scene on board a cruise ship in the Caribbean drew comparisons to the Titanic as 50 staterooms on Deck 9 were flooded. A breach in the Carnival Dream's fire extinguishing system led to water pouring into a corridor. One passenger said people had been relocated to the spa to sleep on yoga mats. Marla DeAnn Haase, a passenger, posted images of the flooding on Facebook . She wrote: "Um....FB folks.....this is a rare moment of internet connection ....we are flooding on a cruise, we heard th
  
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• Trump promotes 'America First' in Ohio ahead of primaries

  05-05-2018 20:46 via yahoo.com
  CLEVELAND (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday "we want to make everything here" as he promoted his "America First" agenda during an appearance in Cleveland, days before the state's primary election.
  
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• 2018 GOP ads during midterm elections attack Hillary Clinton

  05-05-2018 20:46 via yahoo.com
  Focusing on former Democratic Candidate Hillary Clinton “unifies” and “motivates” Republicans going into the 2018 midterm elections, according to former Romney Campaign Policy Advisor Lanhee Chen.
  
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• US condemns China for 'Orwellian nonsense' after Beijing writes to 36 airlines over Taiwan references

  05-05-2018 20:44 via yahoo.com
  The White House on Saturday harshly criticised China's efforts to require foreign airlines to change how they refer to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau, labeling the effort "Orwellian nonsense." In a statement, the White House said the Chinese Civil Aviation Administration sent a letter to 36 foreign air carriers, including a number of US carriers, demanding changes. The carriers were told to remove references on websites or in other material that suggests Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau are part of
  
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• Warren says he would 'love being a baby being born in the US today' -- Here's why

  05-05-2018 20:43 via yahoo.com
  The afternoon Q&A session of the Berkshire Hathaway 2018 Annual Shareholders
  
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• Parkland student: Trump’s stance to arm teachers is ‘crazy’

  05-05-2018 20:37 via yahoo.com
  President Trump spent the last few days at the NRA convention in Dallas where he went into detail about his pro-gun approach in schools.
  
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• Former WH Counsel: Manafort’s wealth is ‘perfectly' in play

  05-05-2018 20:30 via yahoo.com
  Special Counsel Robert Mueller has charged Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, with white collar crimes including fraud. Manafort’s lawyers claim Mueller has overstepped his jurisdiction.
  
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• Netanyahu to meet Putin in Moscow ahead of Iran deal deadline

  05-05-2018 20:24 via yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow next week, the premier's office said, ahead of a possible US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal.The Wednesday meeting will discuss "regional developments", Netanyahu's office said, and follows the Israeli leader's unveiling of "proof" of Iran's alleged past military nuclear ambitions.A televised presentation by Netanyahu on Monday was followed by phone calls to world leaders, including to Putin, in
  
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• Trump questions need for immigration judges as he blasts 'total catastrophe' of asylum seekers at US border

  05-05-2018 20:19 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has questioned the need for immigration judges, suggesting that America’s guarantee of due process was part of a “mess” of a legal system.The president blasted the existence of immigration judges while renewing his criticism of a caravan of some 160 Central American asylum seekers who arrived at a border station near San Diego last week, which he called a “catastrophe”.While American law allows immigrants without visas to present themselves at ports of
  
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• Buffett on investing in NRA-affiliated companies: 'I do not believe in imposing my political opinions on the activities of our businesses'

  05-05-2018 20:07 via yahoo.com
  The Berkshire Hathaway 2018 Annual Shareholders Meeting started off with a
  
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• Red Dead Redemption 2: Everything We Know So Far

  05-05-2018 19:51
  
  Red Dead Redemption 2 was announced in October, 2016 heralding a long-awaited return to Rockstar's open-world version of the Great American West. After eighteen months of trailers and news, IGN got a chance to see Red Dead 2 in action at Rockstar North in Edinburgh. Below you’ll find all of our thoughts on the game, what we learned about the studio’s creative process and everything else we’ve learned about Red Dead Redemption 2.
  We saw a 45-minute live gameplay demo that showed
  
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• Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny among more than 1,600 arrested during anti-Putin protests 

  05-05-2018 19:46 via yahoo.com
  Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and hundreds of his supporters were arrested in central Moscow on Saturday during nationwide rallies against President Vladimir Putin’s inauguration for a fourth term in office.  Police grabbed Mr Navalny, 41, soon after he showed up at the rally in Pushkin Square, as some shouted "Shame" in Ukrainian, a famous slogan of the Kiev uprising that ousted a Kremlin-backed regime in 2014.  More than 700 people were arrested in Moscow, where riot
  
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• NASA launches InSight spacecraft to Mars to dig down deep

  05-05-2018 19:44 via yahoo.com
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A robotic geologist armed with a hammer and quake monitor rocketed toward Mars on Saturday, aiming to land on the red planet and explore its mysterious insides.
  
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• Two FBI officials who worked closely with Comey leave bureau

  05-05-2018 19:36 via yahoo.com
  Has the FBI remained an apolitical entity? Former DOJ official Robert Driscoll shares insight.
  
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• Kentucky Derby disqualified its winner for first time 50 years ago

  05-05-2018 19:29 via yahoo.com
  In 1968, a drug test led officials to controversially disqualify Kentucky Derby winner Dancer's Image.
  
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• Cambridge Analytica ordered to turn over man's data or face prosecution

  05-05-2018 19:21 via yahoo.com
  UK authorities have ordered consulting firm Cambridge Analytica to hand over all the personal information it has on an American professor or face prosecution.Coming in the wake of a roiling controversy over online privacy that has led Cambridge Analytica to cease operations, the case could spur criminal penalties and have broad privacy implications.In January of 2017, more than a year before it was revealed that Cambridge Analytica had garnered information encompassing up to 87 million Facebook
  
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• WALL-E and EVE on their way to Mars with InSight

  05-05-2018 19:20 via yahoo.com
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's next Mars explorer is going to have company all the way to the red planet: a couple of puny yet groundbreaking sidekicks.
  
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• Hawaii volcano eruption brings the state's worst earthquake in decades

  05-05-2018 19:19 via yahoo.com
  Right on the heels of Thursday's volcano eruption in Hawaii, a pair of earthquakes struck the state as residents contended with ongoing evacuations and noxious gas in the air. The first, a 5.4-magnitude quake according to the United States Geological Survey, occurred at around 11:30 a.m. local time near the southern coast of Hawaii's Big Island, just south of Kilauea volcano. A second, 6.9-magnitude quake followed roughly an hour later. SEE ALSO: 3D Image of Sierra Negra Could Help Us Understand
  
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• Activision Investing 'Significant' Resources Into Black Ops 4 on PC

  05-05-2018 19:15
  Activision is committing "significant" resources into the PC version of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.
  Activision Blizzard president and COO Coddy Johnson announced the increased focus on the PC version during a recent earnings call, after stating this new entry in the Call of Duty series "is a game that will push the envelope with innovation."
  Johnson said the company has "invested significant dedicated resources to ensure we can deliver a great PC game" for those on the platform.
  Although PC
  
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• Thousands flee after Hawaii quake triggers new volcano eruptions

  05-05-2018 18:56 via yahoo.com
  Thousands of people have been forced to flee after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake shook Hawaii's Big Island, triggering the collapse of a coastal cliff and prompting fresh eruptions of a volcano that has been spewing lava near residential areas.The US Geological Survey said the quake struck at 12:32 pm (2232 GMT) and was centered on the south flank of the Kilauea volcano, which first erupted on Thursday after a series of tremors.The quakes prompted the Kilauea volcano, one of five active on the isla
  
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• Egypt moves last chariot of King Tut to new museum

  05-05-2018 18:38 via yahoo.com
  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt moved the sixth and last chariot of famed pharaoh Tutankhamun on Saturday to the boy king's vast collection of items in an under-construction museum near the pyramids in Giza.
  
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• Indian-held Kashmir erupts in deadly violence, killing 7

  05-05-2018 17:45 via yahoo.com
  SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Indian troops killed three suspected rebels during a gunbattle Saturday in the main city in Indian-controlled Kashmir, while police blamed insurgents for killing three other men during a day of violence and protests in the disputed region.
  
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• The Latest: Over 1,000 arrested in anti-Putin protests

  05-05-2018 17:40 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on anti-Putin protests in Russia (all times local):
  
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• Divisions resurface as Germany fetes Marx at 200

  05-05-2018 17:39 via yahoo.com
  Germany marked the 200th anniversary of Karl Marx's birth on Saturday, but the event was marred by protests against the revolutionary philosopher who remains a divisive figure almost three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall.Marx's birth city of Trier led commemorations of the man officials describe as a "great son of the city", with 600 events planned around the 19th-century scholar hailed for foretelling the ills of capitalism.The centrepiece of the festivities was the unveiling of a 5.5
  
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• American who killed Indian man in Kansas bar sentenced to life

  05-05-2018 17:33 via yahoo.com
  Under the sentence, Adam Purinton, 52, who pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in March, will not be eligible for parole for 50 years, District Attorney Steve Howe said in a statement on Friday.Johnson County District Court Judge Charles Droege also sentenced Purinton to an additional 165 months on each of two other charges stemming from the wounding of two other men, Howe said.The February 2017 murder of Srinivas Kuchibhotla, 32, in a bar in the Kansas City suburb of Olathe drew international
  
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• Man reunites with stolen dog after an email to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos

  05-05-2018 17:05 via yahoo.com
  Businessman Richard Guttfield came home from work recently to every pet owner's ultimate nightmare. An Amazon delivery driver had stolen Wilma, Guttfield's black miniature schnauzer, after dropping off a bag of dog food at Guttfield's home.  Per CNBC, Guttfield had a difficult time getting Amazon to respond about Wilma's plight — that is, until he emailed CEO Jeff Bezos, a man whose sizable muscles are matched only by his love for lost miniature schnauzers. Apparently. After Guttfield
  
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• Weapons grade plutonium goes missing from US university

  05-05-2018 16:49 via yahoo.com
  Idaho State University was using the radioactive chemical element, which was about the size of a 10p piece, for research.The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission said the university could not account for about a 30th of an ounce (one gram) of the material, which is used in nuclear reactors and to make nuclear bombs.While the amount is too small to make a nuclear bomb, it could be used to make a dirty bomb to spread radioactive contamination, said Victor Dricks, a spokesman for the agency.
  
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• Marx's German birthplace unveils controversial statue of him

  05-05-2018 16:38 via yahoo.com
  Protesters held banners reading "Down with capitalism" and "Father of all dictators" at Saturday's unveiling of a statue of Karl Marx in the German city of Trier, reflecting the polarizing legacy of the philosopher in his birthplace and beyond.The bronze sculpture, which towers over 5 meters (16 feet) high including the plinth, is a gift from China to mark Saturday's 200th birthday of the founder of Communism.Marx spent the first 17 years of his life in Trier, a small town on the Moselle River i
  
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• Iran to stand up to Trump 'bullying' over nuclear deal: security official

  05-05-2018 16:26 via yahoo.com
  Iran is determined to reject demands by U.S. President Donald Trump for changes to its nuclear accord, which amount to bullying, a senior Iranian security official said on Saturday.Trump has said that unless European allies rectify "flaws" in Tehran's 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers by May 12 he will refuse to extend U.S. sanctions relief for Iran."This is an international agreement ... and we certainly have the capacity to defeat your bullying," Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s
  
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• NASA blasts off Mars-bound spaceship, InSight, to study quakes

  05-05-2018 16:19 via yahoo.com
  NASA on Saturday launched its latest Mars lander, called InSight, designed to perch on the surface and listen for "Marsquakes" ahead of eventual human missions to explore the Red Planet."Three, two, one, liftoff!" said a NASA commentator as the unmanned spacecraft blasted off on a dark, foggy morning atop an Atlas V rocket at 4:05 am Pacific time (1105 GMT) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, marking NASA's first interplanetary launch from the US west coast.
  
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• U.S. Navy reforms 'Second Fleet,' eyeing Russia

  05-05-2018 15:01 via yahoo.com
  The Pentagon is reestablishing a navy fleet that was disbanded seven years ago as it shifts more resources against Russia, part of a wider buildup that stretches from the North Atlantic to Eastern Europe. Matthew Larotonda reports
  
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• Why China's New Missiles in the South China Sea Should Scare the Navy and Air Force

  05-05-2018 14:19 via yahoo.com
  China has reportedly deployed surface-to-air missiles and anti-ship cruise missiles to on Fiery Cross Reef, Subi Reef and Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands chain in the South China Sea.The Chinese land-based anti-ship cruise missile is believed to be the YJ-12B, which would allow China to strike surface vessels within 295 nautical miles of the reefs.
  
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• Taiwan Wants American M1 Abrams Tanks. And the Reason Is China.

  05-05-2018 14:07 via yahoo.com
  Could the Army's best tank be headed to Taiwan? Taiwan Wants American M1 Abrams Tanks.Taiwan is once again interested in purchasing Abrams tanks from the United States.This week the Hong Kong–based South China Morning Post reported that Taiwan’s Minister of National Defense, Yen Teh-fa, told a legislative panel that Taipei is still interested in purchasing U.S.-made M1A2 Abrams tanks.
  
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• How The ACORN Scandal Seeded Today's Nightmare Politics

  05-05-2018 14:01 via yahoo.com
  It did not occur to Bertha Lewis to be afraid.
  
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• Police arrest 14 after teen raped, burned to death in India

  05-05-2018 13:54 via yahoo.com
  Police arrested 14 men on Saturday after a teenager was raped and burned alive at her home in eastern India, in the latest case of sexual violence in the country.The 16-year-old was abducted from her home when her family was away to attend a wedding and raped in a forested area of Jharkhand state on Thursday, a local police officer said.Village councils of local elders often settle disputes, bypassing India's lengthy and expensive judicial system.
  
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• Hawaii Kilauea volcano eruption: Thousands forced to evacuate after 6.9-magnitude earthquake strikes Big Island

  05-05-2018 13:51 via yahoo.com
  Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes on Hawaii’s Big Island after the Kilauea volcano spewed lava into residential areas and a series of earthquakes, including the largest to strike the state in 43 years, shook the island.A 6.9 magnitude quake followed closely after a 5.8 magnitude, both occurring near a town whose residents already faced mandatory evacuations due to bubbling lava.Big Island has been placed on high alert as scientists and local officials warned resident
  
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• First NASA lander to study Mars' interior launches from California

  05-05-2018 13:29 via yahoo.com
  The Mars InSight probe lifted off from the central California coast at 4:05 a.m.PDT, treating early-rising residents across a wide swath of the state to the luminous pre-dawn spectacle of the first U.S. interplanetary spacecraft to be launched over the Pacific.The lander will be carried aloft for NASA and its Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) atop a two-stage, 19-story Atlas 5 rocket from the fleet of United Launch Alliance, a partnership of Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co.
  
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• Jailed former head of Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition says fair election impossible

  05-05-2018 13:16 via yahoo.com
  By Gulsen SolakerANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's Kurdish opposition presidential candidate, who is challenging President Tayyip Erdogan from behind prison bars, said a fair vote in next month's election was impossible under the state of emergency.In his first interview with international media since being named as candidate by his Peoples Democratic Party (HDP) on Friday, Selahattin Demirtas told Reuters opposition parties will face huge obstacles campaigning for votes.
  
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