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• Donald Trump is losing engagement on Twitter, analysis shows

  29-04-2017 23:51 via yahoo.com
  
  One hundred days into his time in office, the “Twitter President” seems to have lost some of his mojo.Donald Trump’s tweets received less engagement in his second 50 days in office than in his first, according to an analysis by the Associated Press and media analytics nonprofit Cortico.In the first half of his term, more than 32 per cent of the President's tweets averaged around 60,000 combined retweets, replies, and quote tweets.
  
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• Eight military personnel die in Cuba plane crash

  29-04-2017 23:25 via yahoo.com
  
  A plane crash in western Cuba on Saturday killed eight military personnel, the ministry in charge of the island's armed forces said.The Russian-made AN-26 transport aircraft crashed in a mountainous region of western Artemisa province, killing all eight on board including the plane's crew, the Revolutionary Armed Forces ministry said in a statement carried by state media.
  
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• Pope calls for N.Korea negotiations

  29-04-2017 23:10 via yahoo.com
  
  Pope Francis on Saturday called for negotiations to resolve tensions surrounding North Korea's nuclear ambitions.Reprising his theme of "world war in parts", Pope Francis said that these were "concentrated at points that were already hot.North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile Saturday in apparent defiance of a concerted US push for tougher international sanctions to curb Pyongyang's nuclear weapons ambitions.
  
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• Military plane crashes in Cuba killing all eight on board

  29-04-2017 22:49 via yahoo.com
  
  A military airplane crashed into a mountain in Cuba's north-western region of Artemisa on Saturday morning, killing all eight personnel on board, the Ministry of Revolutionary Armed Forces said.The aircraft, a twin-engined turboprop Antonov AN-26, had taken off at 6:38 a.m. (0638 ET) from Playa Baracoa, just outside Havana, and crashed into the Loma de la Pimienta mountain some 80 km (50 miles) westwards."The eight military personnel on board, including the crew, died," the ministry said in a st
  
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• Environmental protesters swarm outside White House as Trump hits milestone

  29-04-2017 22:46 via rocketnews.com
  
  By Lacey Johnson and Ian Simpson
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A sea of protesters swarmed in front of the White House on Saturday to voice displeasure with President Donald Trump’s stance on the environment and demand that he rethink plans to reverse the climate change policies backed by his predecessor.
  The Peoples Climate March, the culmination of a string of Earth Week protests that began with last Saturday’s March for Science, coincides with Trump’s 100th day in office, th
  
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• 25 years after Los Angeles riots, progress and distrust live side by side

  29-04-2017 22:45 via yahoo.com
  
  By Alex Dobuzinskis and Dana FeldmanLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Twenty-five years after the acquittal of four Los Angeles police officers in the beating of black motorist Rodney King and the deadly riots that followed the verdict, an undercurrent of distrust pulses through a city that says it worked hard at police reform.Long before the advent of the Black Lives Matter movement, the name Rodney King became synonymous with the use of excessive force in policing minority groups.King, then 25, was batt
  
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• Pope repeats refugee 'concentration camps' remarks

  29-04-2017 22:39 via yahoo.com
  
  ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis repeated on Saturday that some migrant holding centers in Europe amount to "concentration camps," even after Jewish groups urged him to stop using the loaded term.
  
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• Tensions rise between Turkey, US along Syrian border

  29-04-2017 22:26 via yahoo.com
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Tensions rose Saturday along the Turkish-Syrian border as both Turkey and the U.S. moved armored vehicles to the region and Turkey's leader once again demanded that the United States stop supporting the Syrian Kurdish militants there.
  
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• People's Climate March across the U.S.

  29-04-2017 21:46 via rocketnews.com
  
  Thousands of people across the U.S. are marching on President Donald Trump’s hundredth day in office to demand action on climate change.
  In Washington, D.C., large crowds on Saturday made their way down Pennsylvania Avenue in sweltering heat. They planned to encircle the White House.
  Organizers say about 300 other protest marches are expected around the country.
  Participants in the Peoples Climate March say they’re objecting to Trump’s rollback of restrictions on mining, oil d
  
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• People's Climate March across the U.S.

  29-04-2017 21:46 via yahoo.com
  
  Thousands of people across the U.S. are marching on President Donald Trump’s hundredth day in office to demand action on climate change.
  
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• Pentagon: blast kills US service member outside Mosul

  29-04-2017 21:46 via yahoo.com
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — A U.S. service member in Iraq was killed Saturday by an explosive device outside Mosul, according to a statement released by the Pentagon.
  
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• Syria: Airstrike in Hama kills 8 White Helmets rescuers

  29-04-2017 21:33 via yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Airstrikes struck a center of Syria's rescuers known as the White Helmets in a rebel-held area in the country's center, killing eight volunteers, opposition activists said Saturday.
  
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• UK Government was handed dossier on Donald Trump links to Russia last year, court papers reveal

  29-04-2017 21:30 via rocketnews.com
  
  The British Government was passed the dossier detailing alleged collusion between the Kremlin and Donald Trump back in December, it has emerged.
  The collection of memos, which alleges the existence of a Russian programme “cultivating, supporting and assisting” Mr Trump to the presidency, was compiled by former MI6 officer Christopher Steele.
  It was known to have circulated among intelligence officials and top politicians in Washington, and the Guardian now reports that Mr Steele&rsqu
  
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• Russians, in peaceful protest, call for Putin to quit

  29-04-2017 20:53 via yahoo.com
  
  By Andrew Osborn and Svetlana ReiterMOSCOW (Reuters) - Several hundred Russians lined up in central Moscow on Saturday under the gaze of riot police to hand over handwritten appeals for President Vladimir Putin to quit, as similar protests took place in other cities.Putin, who has dominated Russian politics for 17 years, has not said whether he will run in presidential elections in March 2018.Saturday's protest in the capital -- called "We're sick of him" -- was organized by the Open Russia move
  
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• Dozens detained as Russian protesters say 'sick of Putin'

  29-04-2017 20:45 via rocketnews.com
  
  Moscow (AFP) – Police detained over 100 activists in Saint Petersburg on Saturday as hundreds of Russian opposition supporters turned out to protest against President Vladimir Putin’s expected candidacy in elections next year.
  Protests in several cities were called by the Open Russia movement founded by arch-Putin foe and former oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
  They were held under the slogan “We’re sick of him” — a reference to Putin.
  About 200 people gathe
  
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• US soldier killed in explosion near Mosul as bloody battle to drive out Isis militants continues in Iraq

  29-04-2017 20:40 via yahoo.com
  
  An American soldier has been killed in an explosion near Mosul as the battle continues to drive Isis militants out of their former stronghold.The tactic has slowed the advance on Mosul, which started on the city's outskirts in October 2016, and prevented civilians from immediately returning to their homes.Isis has also murdered countless civilians found attempting to flee, as well as posing as Iraqi soldiers to dupe civilians who were then massacred.
  
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• Cop Allegedly Fakes Suicide and Flees To Mexico

  29-04-2017 20:25 via rocketnews.com
  
  A Texas cop faked a suicide and then fled the country, police said. 
  Coleman Martin, an Austin police officer, was believed to have killed himself earlier this week after his wife told police the 29-year-old was unstable, according to reports. 
  Read: ’13 Reasons Why’ Blasted by Schools for Glamorizing Teen Suicide
  When Martin initially went missing, police described him as an officer in “emotional distress.”  
  Martin initially told his wife
  
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• Latest use of sedative keeps death penalty debate alive

  29-04-2017 20:22 via yahoo.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Is unorthodox the same as cruel and unusual punishment?
  
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• Turkey blocks Wikipedia access, bans TV dating shows

  29-04-2017 20:20 via yahoo.com
  
  Turkey on Saturday blocked all access to Wikipedia and banned television dating shows, adding to fears of a crackdown after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's victory in a referendum on enhancing his powers.The government also dismissed almost 4,000 public officials in the latest wave of the purge under the over nine-month state of emergency that has followed last July's failed coup.Erdogan, who has dominated Turkey since 2003 as premier and now president, narrowly won the April 16 referendum on e
  
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• 5 Things To Know About The Military Diet

  29-04-2017 20:00 via yahoo.com
  
  Dieters must exhibit a high level of self-restraint in order to survive the 72 hours.
  
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• Turkish court formally blocks access to Wikipedia

  29-04-2017 19:44 via rocketnews.com
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — In a move that social media users called censorship, a Turkish court on Saturday blocked access to Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, enforcing an earlier restriction by Turkey’s telecommunications watchdog.
  The Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) said an Ankara court ordered Saturday that a “protection measure” related to suspected internet crimes be applied to Wikipedia. Such measures are used to block access to pages or ent
  
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• Italian elected new leader of Order of Malta

  29-04-2017 19:37 via yahoo.com
  A 72-year-old Italian medieval art expert was on Saturday elected to head the Order of Malta, the world's oldest chivalric order.Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto takes the reins for one year after Pope Francis ordered the resignation in January of the Order's Grand Master, Britain's Matthew Festing, following a power struggle.The influential Order of Malta, founded in Jerusalem and recognised by the pope in 1113, operates in around 120 countries and is one of the biggest landowners
  
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• People's Climate March: Best Signs From The Climate March

  29-04-2017 19:30 via yahoo.com
  
  The People's Climate March took place worldwide Saturday, here are some of the best signs marchers brought.
  
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• China deports U.S. citizen convicted of espionage

  29-04-2017 19:30 via yahoo.com
  
  China has deported a U.S. citizen who was convicted of espionage this week after being held without trial for two years, removing a source of friction between Washington and Beijing.Sandy Phan-Gillis was arrested in March 2015 while about to leave mainland China for the Chinese-ruled, former Portuguese colony of Macau.A court on Tuesday ordered her deportation after sentencing her to three-and-a-half years in prison for espionage.
  
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• SE Asian summit ends in uncertainty over South China Sea stance

  29-04-2017 19:25 via yahoo.com
  
  By Manuel Mogato and Enrico Dela CruzMANILA (Reuters) - Southeast Asian leaders wrapped up a summit on Saturday with no indication of an agreement on how to address Beijing's assertiveness in the South China Sea, a divisive issue in a region uncertain about its ties with the United States.Six hours after the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit officially ended in Manila, no customary joint statement had been issued and it was unclear whether there was agreement over including
  
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• No sign Philippines raised sea feud win vs. China in summit

  29-04-2017 19:19 via yahoo.com
  
  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Southeast Asian leaders ended their annual summit in Manila on Saturday without any sign that host Philippines raised its crucial arbitration victory against China over disputed South China Sea territories.
  
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• US Marines return to Afghanistan's volatile Helmand

  29-04-2017 19:11 via rocketnews.com
  
  Lashkar Gah (Afghanistan) (AFP) – US Marines returned to Afghanistan’s volatile Helmand Saturday, where American troops faced heated fighting until NATO’s combat mission ended in 2014, as embattled Afghan security forces struggle to beat back the resurgent Taliban.
  The deployment of some 300 Marines to the poppy-growing southern province came one day after the militants announced the launch of their “spring offensive”, and as the Trump administration seeks to craft
  
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• US Marines return to Afghanistan's volatile Helmand

  29-04-2017 19:11 via yahoo.com
  
  US Marines returned to Afghanistan's volatile Helmand Saturday, where American troops faced heated fighting until NATO's combat mission ended in 2014, as embattled Afghan security forces struggle to beat back the resurgent Taliban.The deployment of some 300 Marines to the poppy-growing southern province came one day after the militants announced the launch of their "spring offensive", and as the Trump administration seeks to craft a new strategy in Afghanistan.
  
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• Hungary's Orban accepts EU rights demands: party

  29-04-2017 18:49 via yahoo.com
  
  Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told concerned allies in the EU's powerful centre-right political group that he will quickly meet EU rights demands over a controversial education law, the group said Saturday.Orban was summoned to a meeting with top officials from the European People's Party (EPP) over the law that could force the closure of a Budapest university founded by US billionaire George Soros.The European Commission on Wednesday launched legal action against Hungary over the issue,
  
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• Body Believed to Be Teen Hiker Found, Grandmother Still Missing

  29-04-2017 18:47 via rocketnews.com
  
  The body of a 14-year-old boy who went missing with his grandmother two weeks ago while out on a hike in the Grand Canyon has likely been found, according to reports. 
  The Grand Canyon National Park says the body was found on Friday by a commercial river trip and is believed to be Jackson Standefer. 
  Read: Family Releases Last Photos of Missing Teen and Grandmother After His Camera Was Found in Grand Canyon
  The body was taken by helicopter to the Coconino County Me
  
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• Two members of alt-right accused of making white supremacist hand signs in White House after receiving press passes

  29-04-2017 18:46 via yahoo.com
  
  Two conservative journalists have sparked outcry on social media by making what some have interpreted as a white supremacist hand symbol at a recent visit to the White House.“Just two people doing a white power hand gesture in the White House,” Fusion senior reporter Emma Roller tweeted, alongside a screenshot of the picture.
  
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• Trump appeals for loyalty as 100th day fanfare threatens to fall flat

  29-04-2017 18:42 via yahoo.com
  
  On his 100th day in office, Donald Trump declared himself ‘disappointed’ with congressional Republicans.On his 100th day in office, facing a historically low popularity rating, a succession of intractable foreign crises and multiple investigations of his links with Moscow, Donald Trump reminded the nation that 1 May was Loyalty Day.Making his remarks in an interview with Fox News timing with the 100-day mark, Trump also declared himself “disappointed” with congressional R
  
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• US aircraft carrier starts drill with South Korean navy

  29-04-2017 18:27 via yahoo.com
  
  The US aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson on Saturday kicked off a joint drill with the South Korean navy, officials said, as tensions rose over North Korea's latest test-fire of a ballistic missile."Immediately after the aircraft carrier arrived in the Sea of Japan, South Korea and the US strike forces launched a drill from 6:00 pm (0900 GMT) Saturday", a defence ministry spokesman told AFP.The drill came hours after the North launched a ballistic missile in apparent defiance of a concerted US pu
  
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• Mexico approves legalising medical marijuana

  29-04-2017 18:25 via yahoo.com
  
  Mexico’s Congress has approved the legalisation of medicinal cannabis.On Friday, the Lower House of Congress voted 371 in favour of the bill, with only 19 politicians voting against it or abstaining.The bill will now go to President Enrique Pena Nieto, who is expected to sign it.
  
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• MIT invented a robot that can 3D-print an entire building

  29-04-2017 18:00 via yahoo.com
  
  3D printing has slowly gone from a curious novelty to a totally viable option for creating all kinds of useful things, from chocolate to athletic shoes, and now MIT has invented a way to use the technology to print buildings, too. Given that most 3D printing takes place inside a sealed box, it might be a bit hard to imagine exactly how a structure could be built in such a way, but as you'll see it can most definitely be done.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zt_3Gs1ksg
  The peculiar sys
  
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• Turkey blocks access to Wikipedia over 'terror' claims

  29-04-2017 17:57 via rocketnews.com
  
  Istanbul (AFP) – Turkey on Saturday blocked all access inside the country to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia reportedly for articles claiming links between Ankara and terror groups, the latest restriction on a popular website to hit Turkish users.
  Turkey’s Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) said it had implemented the ban against Wikipedia.org, without making clear the reason for the move.
  Turkish state media said the ban was imposed because Wikipedia had f
  
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• Turkey blocks access to Wikipedia over 'terror' claims

  29-04-2017 17:57 via yahoo.com
  
  Turkey on Saturday blocked all access inside the country to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia reportedly for articles claiming links between Ankara and terror groups, the latest restriction on a popular website to hit Turkish users.Turkey's Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) said it had implemented the ban against Wikipedia.org, without making clear the reason for the move.Turkish state media said the ban was imposed because Wikipedia had failed to remove content promotin
  
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• Turkey blocks access to Wikipedia

  29-04-2017 17:29 via rocketnews.com
  
  By Can Sezer and David Dolan
  ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey has blocked online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, the telecommunications watchdog said on Saturday, citing a law allowing it to ban access to websites deemed obscene or a threat to national security.
  The move is likely to further worry rights groups and Turkey’s Western allies, who say Ankara has sharply curtailed freedom of speech and other basic rights in the crackdown that followed last year’s failed coup.
  “After tech
  
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• Judge orders Arkansas to conduct autopsy on executed inmate

  29-04-2017 16:42 via rocketnews.com
  
  Washington (AFP) – A federal judge has ordered the Arkansas authorities to conduct an autopsy on the body of an executed inmate whose lawyer described his death as “horrifying,” including jerking and convulsions during his lethal injection.
  Judge Kristine Baker of the US Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas issued the order late Friday, less than 24 hours after the state executed the 38-year-old convicted multiple murderer Kenneth Williams.
  He was the last of four inmate
  
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• AP Explains: Can chronic meth use lead to psychosis?

  29-04-2017 16:25 via yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Over the past seven years, Los Angeles jail officials have seen a nearly 50 percent increase in the number of mentally ill inmates, a rise the sheriff attributes to methamphetamine use.
  
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• All the best signs from Climate Marches around the world

  29-04-2017 16:23 via yahoo.com
  
  In Trump's America, marching has become a weekly activity.  One week after the massive March for Science, people across the country and around the world, including Leonardo DiCaprio and Richard Branson, took to the streets on Saturday for the People's Climate March. At least 200,000 people marched in D.C., the march's organizers said Saturday afternoon. Time-lapse, bird's-eye video shows thousands of protesters marching toward White House for action on climate change https://t.co/yoYEI
  
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• Knights of Malta elect temporary leader for reform period

  29-04-2017 16:21 via rocketnews.com
  
  Knights of Malta garbed in black robes walk in procession before the election of the new Grand Master, at the order’s Villa Magistrale on Rome’s Aventine Hill ahead of the secret balloting on Saturday, April 29, 2017. The ancient Knights of Malta religious order are voting for a new leader after the old one was effectively ousted by Pope Francis. Setting the stage for drama, the former grand master has traveled to Rome for the election, in defiance of the pope. (AP Photo/Alessandra T
  
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• Father Charged After Allegedly Using Taser On 11-Year-Old Son For Not Finishing Homework

  29-04-2017 16:16 via yahoo.com
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• Swedish cows in a great moooo-d as summer pastures open

  29-04-2017 15:21 via yahoo.com
  
  DROTTNINGHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Despite a cold wind and chilling temperatures, spring has come to Sweden. At least, spring for the milk cows.
  
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• Here's What Trump Has Done In 100 Days

  29-04-2017 14:00 via rocketnews.com
  
  Since FDR, a president’s first 100 days offer an important – if arbitrary – measure for evaluating success. While it is unlikely any executive will again match the productivity of Roosevelt, most scholars of the presidency agree that this period still matters for advancing an administration’s agenda.
  It has been an unruly 100 days since President Donald Trump took the oath of office. His administration has been plagued with scandals, protests and a critical media with a r
  
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• Apple Trying To Persuade California DMV To Change Self-Driving Rules

  29-04-2017 13:04 via rocketnews.com
  
  California is the favorite destination for technology and automotive companies to test out their self-driving technology — around 27 companies are testing their self-driving vehicles in the state. Keeping in mind the scale of the technology in the state, the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) proposed some regulations governing the use of the technology on the state roads in March.
  On Friday, some companies invested in the technology — including tech giant Apple
  
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• Former Afghan warlord Hekmatyar says he wants peace

  29-04-2017 12:50 via yahoo.com
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A former Afghan warlord who battled U.S. forces after the 2001 invasion and nursed bitter rivalries with other militant factions before signing a peace deal with the Afghan government appeared in public for the first time in more than 20 years on Saturday and called for peace.
  
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• Notorious Afghan warlord calls for peace in first public speech

  29-04-2017 11:52 via yahoo.com
  
  By Ahmad SultanMEHTAR LAM, Afghanistan (Reuters) - In his first public speech since signing a peace deal with the Afghan government, one of Afghanistan's most notorious warlords on Saturday called for the Taliban to stop fighting and begin negotiations."I invite you to join the peace caravan and stop the pointless, meaningless and unholy war," Gulbuddin Hekmatyar saidto a gathering of his followers and Afghan politicians in Laghman province, east of the capital, Kabul."I want a free, proud, inde
  
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• What Has Trump Done In His First 100 Days As President?

  29-04-2017 11:10 via yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump completed his first 100 days in office on April 29.
  
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• Why Do So Many Americans Think Democrats Are Out of Touch?

  29-04-2017 10:50 via yahoo.com
  
  If Democrats want to regain the power they’ve lost at the state and federal level in recent years, they will have to convince more voters they can offer solutions to their problems.
  
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