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• Federer dispatches No. 1 Djokovic

  28-02-2015 23:54 via edition.cnn.com
  
  A ruthless Roger Federer confidently dispatched World No 1. Novak Djokovic 6-3 7-5 to take the Dubai Championships Saturday in little over one hour and 36 minutes.
  
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• S Leone vice-president in quarantine

  28-02-2015 23:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The vice-president of Sierra Leone puts himself into quarantine after one of his bodyguards dies from the Ebola virus.
  
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• Brazil arrests US sect leader wanted on sex charges

  28-02-2015 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian authorities say they've captured an American sect leader wanted for sex crimes against girls in the United States and who is on the U.S. marshals' most wanted list.
  
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• Kentucky Senator Rand Paul wins straw poll in boost to 2016 presidential prospects

  28-02-2015 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Senator Rand Paul won a straw poll of conservative activists on Saturday, giving his potential bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016 a boost, and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker came in second in a surprising show of strength. Whether the victory for the libertarian Paul will have long-lasting benefit is unclear as he is among more than a dozen potential candidates jockeying for position. Paul, a 52-year-old Kentucky Republican, outdistanced a host of other potential candidates
  
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• Rand Paul wins CPAC straw poll, Scott Walker close second

  28-02-2015 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul has won the Conservative Political Action Conference's annual presidential preference straw poll.
  
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• Russians to march in memory of murdered critic of Putin

  28-02-2015 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Timothy Heritage and Katya Golubkova MOSCOW (Reuters) - Opposition supporters will march through Moscow on Sunday in memory of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, whose murder has increased concern about Russia's future among opponents of President Vladimir Putin. National investigators who answer to Putin say they are pursuing several lines of inquiry, including the possibility that Nemtsov, a Jew, was killed by radical Islamists or that the opposition killed him to blacken the president'
  
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• Mass anti-immigration rally in Rome

  28-02-2015 23:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thousands of supporters of Italy's Northern League, led by Matteo Salvini, have held a big rally in Rome against immigration and PM Matteo Renzi's rule.
  
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• U.N. chief condemns murder of Russian opposition leader Nemtsov

  28-02-2015 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  UNITED NATIONS (Reuters)- - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday condemned the assassination of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was shot dead by unknown attackers in Moscow. "The Secretary-General was shocked by and condemns the brutal killing of Boris Nemtsov in Moscow on 27 February," the United Nations press office said in a statement.
  
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• Thunder's Russell Westbrook has surgery on cheekbone

  28-02-2015 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Thunder guard Russell Westbrook had surgery to repair a fracture to his right cheek after getting hit by a teammate's knee.
  
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• Jeb Bush: Read My Lips, No New Pledges

  28-02-2015 23:02 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a potential 2016 presidential candidate, is drawing a line in the sand when it comes to signing pledges from lobbying groups if he runs.
  
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• Brazil arrests US sect leader wanted in Minnesota for sex crimes against girls

  28-02-2015 23:00 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Brazilian authorities say they've captured an American sect leader wanted for sex crimes against girls in the United States and who is on the U.S. marshals' most wanted list.
  
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• Christie to Calif. Republicans: No rush to pick 2016 nominee

  28-02-2015 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is telling California Republicans the party should not rush to choose a 2016 presidential nominee because of pressure from pundits and donors.
  
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• Annual report offers new clues about Buffett's successor

  28-02-2015 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett is proud of what he's built as Berkshire Hathaway's CEO over the past 50 years, but he's also willing to admit making a few costly mistakes along the way.
  
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• Winter's reach: Southwest gets snow, California awaits storm

  28-02-2015 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Parts of the Southwest dealt with a second day of snow Saturday as Californians spent the day waiting for the start of a storm that was expected to bring much-needed rain for much of the state.
  
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• IOC defends Rio legacy amid green protests

  28-02-2015 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ecological protests on Saturday dogged the final day of an International Olympic Committee executive board meeting in Rio as green campaigners slated the choice of a nature reserve to hold the golf event next year. "IOC go home!" protesters yelled at IOC president Thomas Bach as he exited the plush hotel hosting the meeting just off the iconic Copacabana beach. While the board meeting was still going on ahead of a closing news conference, several protesters from the "Golf for Whom
  
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• Jeff Gordon takes a final spin at track that meant so much

  28-02-2015 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Jeff Gordon admired his latest retirement gift — a miniature race car for his two young children — and thanked the folks at Atlanta Motor Speedway for not going with the obvious choice.
  
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• Rwanda urged to take BBC to court

  28-02-2015 22:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An inquiry in Rwanda urges the government to initiate criminal and civil proceedings against the BBC for a documentary about the 1994 genocide.
  
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• Senator: Venezuela frees 4 North Dakota missionaries

  28-02-2015 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) — Sen. John Hoeven says Venezuela has released four missionaries from North Dakota whom it detained several days ago.
  
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• What Homeland crisis? GOP's McMorris Rogers opts for meeting

  28-02-2015 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — What near-miss on a Department of Homeland Security shutdown?
  
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• Jailed Kurdish leader in Turkey urges PKK to lay down arms

  28-02-2015 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Saturday urged the separatists to take a "historic" decision to lay down arms, a key step in efforts to end Turkey's long-running Kurdish insurgency. Reading a statement live on television, Sirri Sureyya Onder, a lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), relayed a message from Abdullah Ocalan calling on the Kurdish rebels to hold a congress on disarmament in the spring.
  
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• Anthony Mason, rugged forward of 1990s Knicks, dies at 48

  28-02-2015 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Mason's game was grit over glitz, more force than flash.
  
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• Players' union head: future spring games in Cuba possible

  28-02-2015 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — Cuba could be a spring training destination once more.
  
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• The prince and the Party: Five elephants in the room

  28-02-2015 22:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The five elephants in the room during William's visit to China
  
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• Green protests dog IOC in Rio

  28-02-2015 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ecological protests on Saturday dogged the final day of an International Olympic Committee executive board meeting in Rio as green campaigners slated the choice of a nature reserve to hold the golf event neat year. "IOC go home!" protesters yelled at IOC president Thomas Bach as he exited the plush hotel hosting the meeting just off the iconic Copacabana beach. While the board meeting was still going on ahead of a closing news conference, several protesters from the "Golf for Whom
  
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• White Sox ace Sale breaks bone in foot, out at least 3 weeks

  28-02-2015 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Chicago White Sox ace Chris Sale is out for at least three weeks after breaking a bone in his right foot in what the team described as an accident at home.
  
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• Youth Hockey Players Escape Injury in Rink Roof Collapse

  28-02-2015 22:00 via abcnews.go.com
  Youth hockey players escape injury in partial roof collapse at skating rink in Massachusetts
  
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• Nemtsov a possible 'sacrificial victim,' investigators say

  28-02-2015 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Boris Nemtsov, a Russian opposition leader and sharp critic of President Vladimir Putin, was gunned down Saturday near the Kremlin, officials said. Nemtsov was killed just a day before a protest planned against Putin's rule.
  
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• Dress that 'greatly resembles' stolen Nyong'o gown found

  28-02-2015 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A white dress that strongly resembles the custom gown taken from Lupita Nyong'o's hotel room earlier this week turned up Friday under a bathroom sink in the same hotel, a Los Angeles County Sheriff's official said.
  
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• Germany's Schaeuble says confident Greece will fulfill bailout conditions

  28-02-2015 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told a German newspaper he was sure the Greek government would be able to fulfill the conditions attached to its bailout but warned that it would receive no further aid if it did not keep its promises. "The new Greek government has a lot of legitimacy with the population. I have confidence in the Greek government to implement the necessary measures, establish a more efficient tax administration and ultimately to fulfill the conditions," he said in an in
  
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• Former Knicks, Heat star Mason dead at 48

  28-02-2015 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - Former NBA star Anthony Mason, a power forward who played 13 league seasons, died early Saturday morning at age 48, his family announced.
  
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• Patagonia forest fire chief sacked

  28-02-2015 21:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The head of Argentina's national fire control agency is sacked as a huge forest fire threatens a renowned national park in Patagonia.
  
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• Germany's Schaeuble: Confident Greece will fulfill bailout conditions

  28-02-2015 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told a German newspaper he was sure the Greek government would be able to fulfill the conditions attached to its bailout but warned that it would receive no further aid if it did not keep its promises. "The new Greek government has a lot of legitimacy with the population. I have confidence in the Greek government to implement the necessary measures, establish a more efficient tax administration and ultimately to fulfill the conditions," he said in an in
  
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• Harrington grabs lead at storm-struck PGA event

  28-02-2015 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ireland's Padraig Harrington completed a four-under par 66 Saturday to seize a one-stroke lead over American Patrick Reed after the second round of the storm-hit US PGA Tour's Honda Classic. Thunderstorms on Friday pushed the conclusion of the second round to Saturday morning and they returned Saturday afternoon to swamp the course at PGA National, wiping out play early. Harrington, a three-time major champion who has slid to 297th in the world rankings, could have enjoyed a larger mar
  
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• Harrington takes 36-hole lead, then more rain in Florida

  28-02-2015 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Padraig Harrington has the lead going into Sunday at the Honda Classic. Thanks to rain that washed out the third round, it will still feel like Saturday.
  
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• Flights cancelled as ice-storm chills Dallas airport

  28-02-2015 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A ferocious winter ice storm forced the cancellation of several hundred flights at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on Saturday as more than two inches snow blanketed the key transport hub, officials said. As of 9:30 am local time (1530), more than 350 flights from the airport, roughly 35 percent of the daily total, had been cancelled, a statement from the airport said. The statement said "over two inches of snow and an icy glaze" had covered the airport since Friday, forcing st
  
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• AP Interview: Greece's repayments to ECB need discussion

  28-02-2015 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece will prioritize debt repayments to the International Monetary Fund, some of which come due in March, but repayments to the European Central Bank are "in a different league" and will need discussion with Greece's creditors, the country's finance minister said Saturday.
  
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• UN envoy in Syria to seek Aleppo truce

  28-02-2015 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A UN envoy arrived in the Syrian capital Saturday for talks with the regime to try to finalise a deal to freeze fighting in the war-ravaged second city of Aleppo. Staffan de Mistura visited Damascus as the army and pro-regime fighters regained territory in southern Syria from forces opposed to President Bashar al-Assad. De Mistura "hopes to set in motion as soon as possible his project" to halt fighting in Aleppo for six weeks, said a member of his delegation who spoke on condition of
  
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• VIDEO: Modi's budget: Business reaction

  28-02-2015 20:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  India Business Report's Shilpa Kannan gauges business reaction to Narendra Modi's first budget at the Confederation of Indian Industry in Delhi.
  
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• Snowstorm Heading for Boston Could Break City's All-time Snow Record

  28-02-2015 20:47 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Another snowstorm is on the way for Boston and much of the Northeast.
  
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• New Hampshire lake is Lower 48's only ice runway

  28-02-2015 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ALTON, N.H. (AP) — Winter on New Hampshire's Lake Winnipesaukee means ice fishing, hockey tournaments and, if the ice is strong enough, airplanes.
  
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• Thousands protest against march of UK branch of German anti-Islam PEGIDA

  28-02-2015 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Around 2,000 people protested on Saturday in Newcastle, northeast England, against a march held by the British branch of Germany's anti-Islam group PEGIDA which drew up to 400 people, a Reuters witness said. Northumbria police, which kept the two protests apart, said five people were arrested for alleged offences from assault to being drunk and disorderly, but that largely both demonstrations passed without any problems. The German organisation 'Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisa
  
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• Moody's downgrades Chicago's rating over pensions

  28-02-2015 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Chicago's credit rating to two levels above junk status, citing the city's $20 billion mountain of unfunded pension liabilities.
  
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• No. 14 Maryland beats Michigan 66-56 for 5th straight win

  28-02-2015 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Melo Trimble scored 19 points, and No. 14 Maryland beat Michigan 66-56 Saturday to complete an undefeated season at home in the Big Ten.
  
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• One of Turkey's best-known novelists, Yasar Kemal, dies

  28-02-2015 20:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Yasar Kemal, one of Turkey's best-known novelists whose focus on social injustices brought him into conflict with authority, died in Istanbul on Saturday. He was 91.
  
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• Attacks kill 37 people in and north of Iraq's capital

  28-02-2015 20:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — A series of attacks targeting public places and Shiite militia checkpoints in and north of Iraq's capital killed 37 people Saturday, authorities said.
  
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• Turkish author Yasar Kemal dies

  28-02-2015 19:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One of Turkey's best-known writers, Yasar Kemal, 92, dies in an Istanbul hospital following respiratory and organ failure.
  
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• US Drone Strike in Yemen Kills 3 Suspected Al-Qaida Fighters

  28-02-2015 19:51 via abcnews.go.com
  Security officials say US drone strike kills 3 suspected al-Qaida operatives in Yemen
  
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• Egypt: Hamas listed as terror group

  28-02-2015 19:51 via edition.cnn.com
  
  An Egyptian court has ruled that Hamas is a terrorist organization, according to an Egyptian state-run media organization.
  
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• Blind dog rescued after being lost for 2 weeks in the cold

  28-02-2015 19:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A blind dog who wandered away from her Ester home during a cold snap has been reunited with her owner.
  
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• Two killed as skirmishes threaten Ukraine truce

  28-02-2015 19:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two people were killed by shelling in east Ukraine Saturday as isolated clashes rattled a shaky truce with pro-Russian rebels and observers warned the country was at a "crossroads". Photographer Sergiy Nikolayev from Ukrainian daily Segodnya died after getting caught in fighting at a flashpoint village close to the fiercely-contested Donetsk airport, the newspaper said in a statement. Kiev military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said fighting had halted along most of the frontline but rebels
  
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