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• Nets keep up playoff push, beat Lakers for 3rd straight win

  29-03-2015 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Brook Lopez had 30 points and 11 rebounds, and the Brooklyn Nets kept up their playoff push by beating the Los Angeles Lakers 107-99 on Sunday for their third straight victory.
  
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• Iran nuclear negotiations intensify

  29-03-2015 23:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Six world powers and Iran intensify talks in Lausanne, as a deadline to reach a deal on Tehran's nuclear programme looms.
  
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• Serena thrashes US teen to advance at Miami

  29-03-2015 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Miami (AFP) - Serena Williams crushed a teenaged talent less than half her age Sunday to reach the fourth round of the ATP and WTA Miami Open, defeating American Catherine Bellis 6-1, 6-1.
  
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• Boston officer improving after surgery to remove bullet

  29-03-2015 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A decorated Boston police officer shot point-blank in the face by a suspect was in stable condition at a hospital Sunday and improving after surgery to remove a bullet lodged below his ear, police said.
  
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• Hamlin wins for 25th time, and fifth time at Martinsville

  29-03-2015 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — Denny Hamlin passed teammate Matt Kenseth for the lead with 28 laps to go Sunday and went on to end Toyota's 32-race winless streak in the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Martinsville Speedway.
  
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• Bodies found at site of collapsed New York buildings

  29-03-2015 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York police recovered two bodies Sunday from the rubble of a Manhattan building destroyed by a suspected gas explosion. Two people had been reported missing from a sushi restaurant ravaged by Thursday's blast, which blew the front off a commercial and residential property on Second Avenue in East Village and led to a multi-building fire. Police had previously said witness statements put both missing people in the sushi restaurant at the time of the explosion. New York's fire commis
  
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• Spartans Final Four-bound after 76-70 OT win over Louisville

  29-03-2015 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Coach Tom Izzo and the Michigan State Spartans capped an improbable run to the Final Four with an overtime win.
  
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• Serena Williams beats 15-year-old Bellis 6-1, 6-1 in Miami

  29-03-2015 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) — Seven-time champion Serena Williams needed only 41 minutes to beat 15-year-old American CiCi Bellis 6-1, 6-1 on Sunday in the third round of the Miami Open.
  
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• Arab League unveils joint military force amid Yemen crisis

  29-03-2015 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — A two-day Arab summit ended Sunday with a vow to defeat Iranian-backed Shiite rebels in Yemen and the formal unveiling of plans to form a joint Arab intervention force, setting the stage for a potentially dangerous clash between U.S.-allied Arab states and Tehran over influence in the region.
  
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• Bodies found days after NY gas blast

  29-03-2015 23:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Three days on from a massive gas blast in New York that flattened three buildings, two bodies are found in rubble.
  
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• DNA of 78 Germanwings victims found

  29-03-2015 23:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Five days after the crash of Germanwings flight 4U 9525 in the French Alps, investigators say they have isolated DNA of 78 people on board.
  
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• A-Rod debut at first base as Yanks beat Astros 7-0

  29-03-2015 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Alex Rodriguez played first base for the first time in his professional career Sunday, handling three chances in three innings during the New York Yankees' 7-0 win over the Houston Astros.
  
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• Republic of Ireland 1-1 Poland

  29-03-2015 22:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shane Long's late equaliser rescues a crucial draw for the Republic of Ireland against Poland in the Euro 2016 qualifier.
  
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• After uproar, Utah restaurant statue loses prominent feature

  29-03-2015 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HURRICANE, Utah (AP) — The small southern Utah town of Hurricane might become a little quieter after a statue of a copper bull lost its most prominent private feature this weekend.
  
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• Police: 2nd body found 3 days after NYC blast

  29-03-2015 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Emergency workers found a second body Sunday in the mass of rubble left behind by an apparent gas explosion three days earlier in Manhattan's East Village, police said.
  
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• 'Conservative surge' in French polls

  29-03-2015 22:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy's Conservative UMP and its allies make major gains in the final round of local elections, exit polls suggest.
  
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• Uzbeks set to re-elect president

  29-03-2015 22:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Uzbeks have been voting in large numbers in presidential elections which are all but certain to be won by the incumbent, Islam Karimov
  
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• Germanwings crash: ‘Lubitz planned to marry pregnant girlfriend’, claims German report

  29-03-2015 22:33
  
  The partner of the Germanwings co-pilot who crashed Flight 9525 into the French Alps was pregnant and the couple were apparently planning to get married, according to reports.
  
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• Germanwings crash: 'Andreas Lubitz planned to marry pregnant girlfriend', claims German report

  29-03-2015 22:33
  
  The partner of the Germanwings co-pilot who crashed Flight 9525 into the French Alps was pregnant and the couple were apparently planning to get married, according to reports.
  
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• Nuclear deal with Iran is 'within reach' as obstacles are overcome, US says

  29-03-2015 22:27
  
  A preliminary but historic deal to curtail Iran’s nuclear programme seemed tantalisingly close on Sunday night, as officials from Tehran and the leading world powers held virtually round the clock meetings to try to resolve their outstanding differences.
  
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• ABN Amro executives renounce bonus

  29-03-2015 22:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Executives at the Dutch bank ABN Amro have renounced a €100,000 allowance after a public outcry over the extra pay.
  
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• The perils of speaking out against Islamic law in Malaysia

  29-03-2015 22:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Malaysian journalist's satirical video prompts threats
  
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• New York City explosion: Body found in wreckage of buildings

  29-03-2015 22:22
  
  A body has been discovered in the rubble three days after an apparent gas explosion that levelled three buildings in lower Manhattan.
  
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• A question for Indian men: What does your wife do?

  29-03-2015 22:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Asking Indian men a question they are not used to hearing
  
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• Elgin Marbles: Coalition slammed for not taking part in UN-brokered talks with Greece

  29-03-2015 22:20
  
  Campaigners calling for the return to Greece of the Elgin Marbles have condemned the Coalition for refusing to take part in arbitration brokered by the United Nations.
  
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• Nicolas Sarkozy on course for a return after centre-right UMP wins crushing victory in French local elections

  29-03-2015 22:06
  
  Nicolas Sarkozy’s centre-right party scored a crushing victory in French local elections tonight, strengthening the former president’s chances of a comeback in 2017.
  
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• Former HP chief Fiorina in near certain 2016 bid

  29-03-2015 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former Hewlett Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina said Sunday she is more than "90 percent" likely to seek the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election. Fiorina, a former advisor to defeated Republican candidate John McCain in the 2008 White House race, told "Fox News Sunday" she was in the process of putting a team and campaign warchest together. Fiorina, 60, headed Hewlett Packard for six years until 2005, when she was forced to resign after the company�
  
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• Destiny's Child reunites at Stellar Gospel Awards

  29-03-2015 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A reunited Destiny's Child took the stage at the Stellar Gospel Music Awards on Saturday as singer Erica Campbell took home six awards, including the night's top honor.
  
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• South Carolina earns 1st Final Four berth, beats FSU 80-74

  29-03-2015 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — South Carolina coach Dawn Staley climbed the ladder, snipped the final strand of net and raised it as thousands of garnet-clad fans cheered.
  
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• Minnow Gibraltar off the mark but Scotland hits six

  29-03-2015 21:52 via edition.cnn.com
  
  It's a moment Lee Casciaro and his Gibraltar teammates will never forget as the striker took his place in the football history books.
  
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• Rossi's stunning victory in MotoGP opener

  29-03-2015 21:50 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi opened the 2015 MotoGP season in spectacular style with a thrilling victory for Yamaha under the floodlights in Qatar Sunday.
  
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• Iranian negotiator says nuclear deal 'doable'

  29-03-2015 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A nuclear deal between Iran and world powers was "doable", Tehran's lead negotiator said in crunch talks in Switzerland on Sunday, with "two or three" issues still to be resolved. Abbas Araqchi however ruled out sending Iran's nuclear stocks abroad, a key demand of world powers, while insisting that all UN Security Council resolutions and sanctions must be lifted. Sending abroad Iran's stockpiles of low-enriched uranium, currently enough for several nuclear wea
  
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• Arabs vow to pound Yemen rebels until they surrender

  29-03-2015 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Saudi-led warplanes bombed Yemen's main international airport and a renegade troop base in the capital Sunday, as Arab leaders vowed to pummel Iranian-backed rebels until they surrender. Yemen's President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi has urged his Arab allies to keep bombing until the Huthi Shiite rebels are defeated, branding them Iran's "puppet". His Foreign Minister Riyadh Yassin said there could be "no negotiations and dialogue" with the rebels "until the le
  
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• French conservatives win key local voting, gov't left loses

  29-03-2015 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — Former President Nicolas Sarkozy blasted the "lies, denial and impotence" of France's governing Socialists after estimates showed his conservative party and their allies chalked up wins across France in Sunday's local elections that saw the left lose half of its councils. The far-right National Front edged forward in its bid to create an army of grassroots support.
  
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• Saudi response to Swedish criticism tests Europe's reach

  29-03-2015 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Sweden's foreign minister is hardly the first diplomat to raise concerns about Saudi Arabia's human rights record, but when she used the word "dictatorship" in a speech last month she crossed a red line for the kingdom at a time of intense regional turmoil, igniting a diplomatic crisis.
  
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• Iran negotiator says nuclear deal 'doable', issues remain

  29-03-2015 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A nuclear deal between Iran and world powers is "doable" with "two or three" issues left to resolve, Tehran's lead negotiator said in crunch talks in Switzerland. We are still working on two or three issues... The talks are in their final phase and are very difficult," Abbas Araqchi told reporters in Lausanne. Araqchi said Sunday that sending abroad its stocks of nuclear material, a key demand of world powers in talks in Switzerland, was unacceptable.
  
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• Rick Barnes says he wanted to stay as Texas coach

  29-03-2015 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Fired Texas basketball coach Rick Barnes says the athletic director told him a week ago he'd return for another season, but "some things changed."
  
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• Kentucky edge Notre Dame for Final Four berth

  29-03-2015 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The University of Kentucky edged Notre Dame in a 68-66 thriller on Saturday to remain unbeaten and book their coveted Final Four berth in the national collegiate basketball championship. Karl-Anthony Towns, Kentucky's Dominican-American center, scored a game-high 25 points and Andrew Harrison made two free throws with six seconds left to play as the Wildcats improved to 38-0 for the season. They are trying to become the first undefeated college basketball champions since Indiana University
  
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• Body found at site of collapsed New York buildings

  29-03-2015 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York police recovered on Sunday a body from the Manhattan site where four buildings were destroyed or damaged earlier this week in a massive gas explosion. NYPD Sergeant Lee Jones told AFP that a body had "been recovered" around 1:00 pm (1700 GMT), but did not identify who it was or exactly where it was found. Police had previously said witness statements put both missing people in the sushi restaurant at the time of the explosion.
  
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• Murray reaches 4th round at Miami Open with 499th victory

  29-03-2015 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) — Andy Murray's 499th career victory put him in the fourth round of the Miami Open.
  
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• Tony winner and Neil Simon director Gene Saks dies at 93

  29-03-2015 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Tony Award-winning director who brought to life many of Neil Simon's works onstage and on screen has died.
  
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• Tunis museum shooting: Khaled Chaieb, leading suspect in attack, killed in anti-terror operation, says PM

  29-03-2015 20:51
  One of the main suspects in the Tunis museum attack that left 22 dead has been killed in anti-terrorist operations, Tunisia’s Prime Minister said today, as tens of thousands of people marched through the capital to denounce extremist violence.
  
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• Tunis museum shooting: Khaled Chaieb, Algerian militant and leading suspect in attack, killed in anti-terror operation, says PM

  29-03-2015 20:51
  One of the main suspects in the Tunis museum attack that left 22 dead has been killed in anti-terrorist operations, Tunisia’s Prime Minister said today, as tens of thousands of people marched through the capital to denounce extremist violence.
  
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• Murray nears milestone with 499th career win

  29-03-2015 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Miami (AFP) - Britain's Andy Murray won his 499th career match on Sunday, downing Colombian Santiago Giraldo 6-3, 6-4 to reach the fourth round of the ATP and WTA Miami Open.
  
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• Singapore holds Lee Kuan Yew funeral

  29-03-2015 20:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Singapore holds a state funeral for its founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, with tens of thousands lining the streets despite torrential rain.
  
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• Deal creates largest travel retailer

  29-03-2015 20:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Swiss firm Dufry buys a controlling stake in World Duty Free from the Benetton family, creating the world's largest travel retailer.
  
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• Greece seeks 'happy ending' as creditors mull loan deal

  29-03-2015 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Athens (AFP) - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in remarks published Sunday he hoped key talks with international creditors would yield a "happy ending" in the standoff over the country's crippling debt crisis.
  
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• Police: Body found 3 days after NYC blast

  29-03-2015 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a body has been discovered in the rubble of an apparent gas explosion that leveled three buildings in Manhattan's East Village.
  
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• Operation Skynet: China's anti-corruption campaign goes international as Beijing reaches out to uncover officials fled abroad

  29-03-2015 20:38
  The anti-corruption campaign that President Xi Jinping enacted on coming to power in 2012 has been the most ambitious drive to clean up politics in China’s history. It has swept up party officials, security chiefs and high-ranking generals alike, and spread disquiet among the ranks of the Communist Party across the country.
  
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• Scotland coast to Gibraltar win

  29-03-2015 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Glasgow (AFP) - Steven Fletcher became the first Scotland player to score a hat-trick since 1969 as the Scots coasted to a 6-1 victory against Group D minnows Gibraltar at Hampden on Sunday.
  
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