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• Russian cyber attackers used two unknown flaws - security company

  18-04-2015 23:24
  
  By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A widely reported Russian cyber-spying campaign against diplomatic targets in the United States and elsewhere has been using two previously unknown flaws in software to penetrate target machines, a security company investigating the matter said on Saturday. FireEye Inc , a prominent U.S. security company, said the espionage effort took advantage of holes in Adobe Systems Inc’s Flash software for viewing active content and Microsoft Corp's ubiquitou
  
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• GOP White House hopefuls bicker over America's role in world

  18-04-2015 21:00
  
  NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — Rand Paul lashed out Saturday at military hawks in the Republican Party in a clash over foreign policy dividing the packed GOP presidential field.
  
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• Activists Deliver White House 1 Million Signatures Calling to End Japan's Dolphin Slaughter

  18-04-2015 18:50
  
  After documentary The Cove revealed the horrific practice of dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Japan, in 2009—winning best documentary at the Academy Awards and other accolades—the film’s leading activist, Ric O’Barry, was certain the hunt would be stopped. The film’s director, Louie Psihoyos, announced on Friday that the filmmakers are currently in negotions with the Japanese distributor to regain the film's rights, and intend to release The Cove for free within Japan—letting locals
  
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• Diplomacy out, blunt talk in as Obama gets tough on GOP

  18-04-2015 09:25
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — With a tone of outrage and eye-rolling dismissiveness, President Barack Obama and his White House team are working out their aggressions on Republicans. Well into the final quarter of Obama's presidency the White House approach is, if you can't join 'em, beat 'em.
  
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• Fiorina says she'd neutralize Clinton's gender arguments

  18-04-2015 09:21
  
  Carly Fiorina, the lone Republican woman eying the White House, wants to block Hillary Rodham Clinton from playing the "gender card" in the 2016 presidential race. But to do so, Fiorina is taking ...
  
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• 5 things from former Bush press secretary Perino's book

  18-04-2015 09:06
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Dana Perino, President George W. Bush's spokeswoman at the end of his presidency, is out with a book that is part memoir, part career advice. Perino is the only Republican woman ever to serve as White House press secretary and is now a co-cost of "The Five" on Fox News Channel.
  
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• CLINTON V. RUBIO ET AL

  18-04-2015 07:00
  
  Perhaps the Clinton skeptics prefer a comparison with Herbert Hoover, probably the only figure in modern history besides Dwight Eisenhower and perhaps George H.W. Bush, with pre-presidential experience commensurate with Clinton's. Either way, she begins her second campaign for the White House with vastly more relevant experience than her husband, who served two terms as Arkansas governor, had when he first ran in 1991. At the same time, Rubio, who also could make history as the nation's first Hi
  
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• Obama discusses Yemen's situation with Saudi King

  18-04-2015 04:12
  
  Washington, April 18 (IANS) US President Barack Obama spoke with King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud of Saudi Arabia over the phone to discuss recent developments in Yemen, the White House said. Yemen has been suffering from political unrest and clashes between Houthi rebels and forces loyal to Yemeni President Abd- Rabbo Mansour Hadi, who has fled the country. Obama and King Salman on Friday discussed the recent adoption of a resolution on Yemen in the United Nations Security Council and next ste
  
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• Obama calls Saudi King Salman to discuss Yemen - White House

  18-04-2015 01:00
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama spoke by telephone with Saudi King Salman on Friday to discuss developments in Yemen, the White House said in a statement. It said Obama and King Salman agreed that a negotiated political solution was necessary to achieving lasting stability in Yemen, where Houthi rebels are battling supporters of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour. Obama also underscored the U.S. commitment to Saudi Arabia's security, the White House said. (Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing
  
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