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• Russian plane buzzes NATO ships

  13-06-2015 23:49 via edition.cnn.com
  
  In a still publicly unacknowledged incident, a Russian military surveillance aircraft flew close to four NATO warships in the Baltic Sea on Thursday, including the destroyer USS Jason Dunham, which captured video of the incident, a U.S. Defense Department official said Saturday.
  
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• Israel's Bedouin refuse to go quietly as state attempts to oust Umm al-Hiran villagers

  13-06-2015 23:40
  
  There’s no sign announcing the dusty entrance to Umm al-Hiran: no electricity wires or properly paved roads. But for some 400 Bedouins, this modest village in the southern Israeli desert has been home for nearly 60 years. And as they wait to hear the outcome of a last-ditch legal attempt to prevent the state from ousting them to make way for a new Jewish town, they have become the focal point in a debate about Israel’s treatment of its Bedouin citizens.
  
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• Suspect in Police Ambush 'Heard Voices,' Mom Says

  13-06-2015 23:38 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The man suspected of the ambush was mentally ill, according to family, who once told authorities they were worried he would go on a shooting spree.
  
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• Sahalee to host 2016 Women's PGA Championship

  13-06-2015 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The PGA of America and LPGA announced on Saturday that Sahalee Country Club near Seattle will host the 2016 Women's PGA Championship. Sahalee has played host to the 1998 PGA Championship and the 2010 US Senior Open. Next year's edition of the WPGA Championship will be held June 9-12.
  
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• Turkish forces block massing Syrians at border: AFP

  13-06-2015 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Akçakale (Turkey) (AFP) - Turkish security forces on Saturday used water cannon and fired warning shots to push Syrians back from the frontier as thousands massed at a border crossing to escape escalating fighting between Kurds and jihadists, an AFP photographer said. The Syrians came as far as the barbed wire fences around the Turkish crossing of Akcakale in the southeast of the country but were allowed no further. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said earlier that Kurdish
  
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• 'Text walking lanes' in Belgian city

  13-06-2015 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Belgian city of Antwerp introduces temporary "text walking lanes" - similar to cycle lanes - to stop mobile phone users from bumping into pedestrians.
  
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• Steyn kicks Stade to Top 14 title

  13-06-2015 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Four penalties by Springbok fly-half Morne Steyn saw Stade Francais pip Clermont 12-6 to claim the Bouclier de Brennus for the winners of the Top 14 on Saturday. Two somewhat jaded teams fought out an at times dour match in which Clermont ill-discipline was matched by a stout Stade defence, making for a game that failed to hit the heights the Top 14 has offered all season. Stade's victory sealed just a second title since 2007: eight years ago the Parisian club having also beaten Clermont (2
  
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• Blue Jays win 10th straight, Martin HR in 11th beats Red Sox

  13-06-2015 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Russell Martin delivered the go-ahead hit for the second straight day, a leadoff home run in the 11th inning Saturday that sent the Toronto Blue Jays to their 10th straight win, 5-4 over the Boston Red Sox.
  
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• The 93rd brigade: Part of the Red Army in WWII, it now fights against Russian-backed separatists

  13-06-2015 23:20
  
  In the Second World War, as part of the Soviet Red Army, the 93rd Brigade played a proud role in the three-year struggle to retake the city of Kharkiv from occupying German forces.
  
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• VIDEO: Footage shows Dallas police under fire

  13-06-2015 23:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man suspected of firing shots at the police headquarters in the US city of Dallas, Texas is shot and killed by police.
  
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• NY rural residents on edge as search for 2 killers continues

  13-06-2015 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — Residents in rural New York, unaccustomed to locking their doors, day or night, were on edge Saturday as the massive manhunt for two killers stretched out over an eighth day and the two men remained undetected after cutting themselves out of a maximum-security prison with power tools.
  
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• Scientists emerge from isolated dome on Hawaii volcano slope

  13-06-2015 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Six scientists who were living under a dome on the slopes of a dormant Hawaii volcano for eight months to simulate life on Mars have emerged from isolation.
  
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• Victory for campaigners as palm oil company vows to stop felling rainforest

  13-06-2015 23:11
  
  A major palm oil company blamed for cutting down swathes of the rainforest has said it will stop clear-felling trees, in a move hailed by campaigners as a major breakthrough.
  
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• Bring back American nukes? US involvement in Trident means they're already here

  13-06-2015 23:06
  
  Bring back the Greenham Common women. That’s my first thought, now that the Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond, has started talking about allowing American nuclear weapons into Britain again, to let Russia know it can’t mess with us.
  
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• Stade Francais beat Clermont for Top 14 title

  13-06-2015 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Paris (AFP) - Stade Francais beat Clermont 12-6 to win the 2014-15 Top 14 title at the Stade de France on Saturday.
  
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• Clinton calls for 'better deal' at first major rally

  13-06-2015 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hillary Clinton held the first major rally Saturday of her campaign to become the first woman president of the United States, promising a "better deal" for struggling middle-class Americans. Several thousand of her most devoted admirers braved scorching heat and a strict security cordon to pack a relatively small venue at a memorial to famed World War II and New Deal president Franklin D. Roosevelt. "I may not be the youngest candidate in this race, but I will be the youngest woma
  
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• Clinton kicks off 2016 bid, embracing chance to make history

  13-06-2015 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton formally kicked off her presidential campaign on Saturday with an enthusiastic embrace of her potential to become the first woman to win the White House, asking supporters gathered at an outdoor rally to join in her building an America "where we don't leave anyone out, or anyone behind."
  
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• A third of Cameron's MPs join EU exit campaign group - Telegraph

  13-06-2015 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The number of MPs in Prime Minister David Cameron's party to join a group pushing for Britain to leave the European Union unless it obtains major changes to its terms of membership has jumped from 50 to 110 in a week, a newspaper said on Saturday. One in three of Cameron's 330 MPs, including some ministers, have joined "Conservatives for Britain" (CfB), which is also backed by 13 members of the upper house and 12 members of the European Parliament, the Telegraph reported. CfB
  
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• Documents detail police shooting of boy holding pellet gun

  13-06-2015 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Investigators have found no hard evidence a Cleveland police officer who fatally shot a 12-year-old boy carrying a pellet gun ordered him to raise his hands before opening fire.
  
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• Baffled Bolt unconvincing in 200m win

  13-06-2015 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt has work to do after clocking an unconvincing 20.29sec to win the 200m at the New York Diamond League meeting on Saturday. "I would really love to explain to you guys what happened, but I just didn't go," he said.
  
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• Tamir Rice Report: Unclear If Cop Warned Boy Before Firing

  13-06-2015 22:48 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Documents released Saturday by the prosecutor handling the racially charged case detail the moments before the brief, deadly encounter.
  
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• Report released into fatal US police shooting of boy

  13-06-2015 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Prosecutors released the results Saturday of a police investigation into the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old black boy in Cleveland, Ohio seen waving a toy gun in a park. It comes two days after a judge ruled the two police officers involved should face criminal charges over the death of Tamir Rice in November -- a time of heightened racial tensions in the United States following a series of fatal incidents involving black men or youths. "Transparency is essential for an intelligent discuss
  
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• Mitt Romney: Republican presidential ticket could be 'two women'

  13-06-2015 22:37 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  When Hillary Clinton launched her campaign, 2012 GOP candidate pitched Carly Fiorina and New Hampshire senator Kelly Ayotte as potential running matesRelated: GOP candidates struggling with debate rules that would include Trump but not only woman On the day Hillary Clinton formally launched her presidential campaign with a rally on Roosevelt Island in New York City, and gave a speech laden with promises and appeals on women’s rights and other progressive causes, failed 2012 Republican candidat
  
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• Woman Can Use Frozen Embryos Against Ex's Wishes: Court

  13-06-2015 22:36 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Karla Dunston wants to use her frozen embryos to have a child. Her ex, Jacob Szafranski, who provided the sperm, argues that's forced procreation.
  
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• Ex-Giants RB David Wilson makes pro debut in triple jump

  13-06-2015 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Giants running back David Wilson has come up well short of his personal best in the triple jump in his first professional track and field meet.
  
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• Crowd gathers in Honolulu to celebrate Jim Nabors' birthday

  13-06-2015 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — A celebration of actor Jim Nabors' 85th birthday and 40th anniversary brought nearly 300 people to his Honolulu lawn.
  
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• Thailand's deadly fish dish

  13-06-2015 22:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Thai meal that can give you cancer
  
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• France slump to friendly defeat in Albania

  13-06-2015 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Lacklustre France suffered another disappointing friendly defeat on Saturday as the Euro 2016 hosts went down 1-0 to Albania in the city of Elbasan, prompting an angry response from veteran defender Patrice Evra. A first-half free-kick by Ergys Kace gave Albania victory over the side they previously held to a 1-1 draw in Rennes back in November, as France lost for the second time in a week after losing 4-3 at home to Belgium last Sunday. It is the first time that France have suffered back-to-bac
  
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• Clinton pitches to working Americans at presidential campaign rally

  13-06-2015 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In the first major rally of her campaign for the November 2016 presidential election, Clinton touched on many of the issues that energize liberal Democrats. Speaking on New York's Roosevelt Island, with Manhattan's skyscrapers as a backdrop, Clinton promised to "make the economy work for everyday Americans, not just those at the top" if elected president. The former secretary of state praised working families for leading America's economic recovery after the financial crisis of 2008.
  
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• Revealed: how the world turned its back on rape victims of Congo

  13-06-2015 22:13 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  A year ago a global summit hosted by Angelina Jolie and William Hague vowed to end army sexual violence in Africa. But women are still threatened and funds are drying upOn an imposing hill above the town of Minova, at the end of a trail down which rivulets of rainwater run past tarpaulin-tented homes, a small women’s refuge can be found.Here, groups of women silently till the land. Others stare warily over Lake Kivu towards the distant mountains, waiting for news of the fighting. Continue read
  
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• Restoring US and Cuba ties not a done deal as Congress may still be a threat

  13-06-2015 22:09 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  As countries move to reopen embassies, analysts warn Republicans pose potential hurdle in agreement to end more than 50 years of hostility Related: US and Cuba to reopen embassies and restore full ties in early July, reports say President Obama’s goal of restoring diplomatic ties with Cuba by reopening the US embassy next month and sending secretary of state John Kerry to Havana for a highly symbolic flag-raising ceremony could yet be thwarted in Congress, experts believe. Continue reading...
  
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• Actor John Stamos Arrested for DUI

  13-06-2015 22:08 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Actor John Stamos was arrested and charged with driving under the influence on Friday night.
  
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• Twins OF Hunter drops appeal of 2-game suspension

  13-06-2015 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Minnesota outfielder Torii Hunter dropped the appeal of his two-game suspension and started serving it Saturday.
  
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• John Stamos Says He's Home and Well After DUI Arrest

  13-06-2015 22:06
  
  The actor said he's now home and well.
  
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• Syrian civil war: Damascus clings to normal life amid the chaos of conflict

  13-06-2015 22:04
  
  In Homs, the war destroyed the old city and left many of the modern suburbs intact. In Aleppo, to which the war came late – many of its proud merchant families believed that its educated population and trading history would spare the city – the conflict burned its way into the ancient bazaar and destroyed the 11th century Great Mosque, whose minaret collapsed with such terrifying velocity that, so one resident told me, “the vibration felt as if the world was coming to an end.”
  
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• Busch wins at Michigan in return to Xfinity Series

  13-06-2015 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — Kyle Busch returned to the Xfinity Series with a flourish, winning his first race back Saturday at Michigan International Speedway.
  
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• Bolt fails to impress in New York

  13-06-2015 22:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Usain Bolt labours to victory in the 200m at the New York Diamond League meeting, while Tyson Gay wins the 100m.
  
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• Arrests in Morocco for exam cheating

  13-06-2015 22:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dozens of people are arrested in Morocco accused of selling answers to final exams taken by thousands of secondary school pupils.
  
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• Syrian civil war: Jabhat al-Nusra's massacre of Druze villagers shows the group is just as nasty as Isis

  13-06-2015 22:00
  
  Last week fighters from Jabhat al-Nusra, the al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria, entered a village in Idlib province in the north-west of the country and shot dead at least 20 villagers from the Druze community. They had earlier forcibly converted hundreds of Druze to their fundamentalist variant of Sunni Islam.
  
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• Being a Rockefeller ain't what it used to be as John D's only surviving grandson turns 100

  13-06-2015 22:00
  
  Let’s hear it for the world’s oldest billionaire. Why, you may ask – especially when the widening gulf between the super-rich and everyone else is turning into a social and economic obscenity? Well, simply because he is David Rockefeller, owner of what still may be the most recognisable family name in America. And, 48 hours ago. David, patriarch of that family and of a vanished Wasp establishment, celebrated his 100th birthday.
  
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• Greek Premier: Elections or referendum out of the question

  13-06-2015 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A government official says Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has told senior aides to "forget about elections or a referendum," whatever the outcome of the country's talks with creditors.
  
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• Navy ship christened for Giffords, wounded in 2011 shooting

  13-06-2015 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle "Gabby" Giffords of Arizona had a Navy vessel named in her honor during a ceremony at a Mobile, Alabama, shipyard Saturday afternoon.
  
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• New York prison employee accused in escape plot moved to new lockup

  13-06-2015 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A New York state prison employee charged with helping two murderers carry out an elaborate escape last week was moved on Saturday from a cell in the facility where she worked to a county jail about 165 miles (266 km) away, authorities said. Joyce Mitchell was transferred from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, where she worked as an industrial training supervisor, to Rensselaer County Jail to the south near Albany. The move was made to reduce tensions over her possible involvement i
  
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• William Hague’s summit against warzone rape seen as ‘costly failure’

  13-06-2015 21:42 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  A year after a London summit hosted by William Hague and Angelina Jolie, funding is reportedly drying upThe money Britain spent hosting a global summit, headed by William Hague and Angelina Jolie, to end sexual violence in conflicts was five times higher than the entire confirmed budget the UK has dedicated to tackling rape in war zones this year.A year after the high-profile London summit concluded with Hague, the former foreign secretary, pledging “to end one of the greatest injustices of ou
  
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• In 2016 kickoff, Clinton embraces potential to make history

  13-06-2015 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton formally kicked off her presidential campaign on Saturday with an enthusiastic embrace of her potential to become the first woman to win the White House.
  
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• Sei Young Kim leads in third round at Westchester

  13-06-2015 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HARRISON, N.Y. (AP) — Sei Young Kim birdied her first two holes and had a one-stroke lead over two-time champion Inbee Park midway through the third round at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship.
  
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• Pentagon poised to store heavy weapons in Baltic and Eastern Europe - NYT

  13-06-2015 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon is poised to store battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and other heavy weapons for as many as 5,000 troops in several Baltic and Eastern European countries, to deter any possible further Russian aggression in Europe, the New York Times reported on Saturday. Citing U.S. and allied officials, the newspaper said that if approved the proposal would mark the first time since the Cold War that Washington has stationed heavy military equipment in the newer NATO
  
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• Boy with pellet gun warned by friend before police shooting

  13-06-2015 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Hours before a 12-year-old boy was fatally shot by a Cleveland police officer, the friend who had loaned Tamir Rice a pellet gun warned him to be careful because it looked real.
  
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• The Latest: O'Malley cites his executive skill vs. Clinton's

  13-06-2015 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It's a busy day for the Democratic presidential campaigns, as Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks in New York, Bernie Sanders makes his push in Iowa and Martin O'Malley does the same in New Hampshire. Here's the latest from the events.
  
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• Clinton stakes claim for working-class votes at presidential rally

  13-06-2015 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton promised on Saturday to fight for a fairer society for ordinary Americans, staking out a place on the left to cut off any budding challenge for the Democratic nomination. In the first major rally of her campaign for the November 2016 presidential election, Clinton pressed many of the buttons that energize liberal Democrats. Speaking on New York's Roosevelt Island, within close view of Manhattan's skyscrapers, Clinton p
  
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