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• Holders Japan into semi-finals at Women's World Cup

  27-06-2015 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Edmonton (Canada) (AFP) - A late goal from substitute Mana Iwabuchi put holders Japan into the semi-finals of the Women's World Cup on Saturday with a 1-0 win over Australia.
  
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• Brian Harmon takes Travelers Championship lead

  27-06-2015 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Brian Harmon birdied the 18th hole for a 5-under 65 and a one-stroke lead over fellow Georgia left-hander Bubba Watson and Canadian Graham DeLaet on Saturday in the Travelers Championship.
  
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• Still On the Run: Hunt Intensifies for Second Escapee

  27-06-2015 23:48 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Authorities are focusing their search for David Sweat in the towns of Malone and Duane — near the area where his partner Richard Matt was killed.
  
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• Two Arrested For Removing S.C. Confederate Flag

  27-06-2015 23:46 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Two activists were arrested early Saturday after one removed the Confederate flag from a pole outside South Carolina's Statehouse.
  
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• Spain's Podemos says Germany, IMF put European project at risk

  27-06-2015 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The leaders of Europe and the International Monetary Fund are jeopardizing the European project by forcing Greece into a corner, the leader of Spain's Podemos, an anti-austerity party allied with Greece's ruling party Syriza, said on Saturday. "The future of Europe is now at risk," Pablo Iglesias said as euro zone countries appeared to be readying for a Greek default and possible exit from the euro currency. "In my opinion the problem isn't Greece, the problem is Europe.
  
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• Iran nuclear deal: John Kerry remains hopeful of agreement as deadline draws near

  27-06-2015 23:41
  
  The US Secretary of State, John Kerry, has said he remains hopeful of an agreement to curtail Iran’s nuclear programme, despite warnings from other diplomats that the talks under way in Vienna face several major sticking points.
  
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• Investigators at Alaska site of plane crash that killed 9

  27-06-2015 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A team of aviation investigators is now working in a remote, mountainous site in southeast Alaska to determine what caused the crash of a sightseeing plane that killed eight cruise ship passengers and the aircraft's pilot.
  
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• Former PM Samaras says Greece's future in euro at stake in referendum

  27-06-2015 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former Conservative Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said the July 5th referendum proposed by the ruling Syriza government on the country's bailout terms would end up thrusting Greece out of the euro zone. At the end of the debate, parliament is due to vote on whether to authorize the referendum announced by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Saturday.
  
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• Tunisia hotel shooting: David Cameron says Foreign Office is doing 'whatever it takes' to help victims' families locate loved ones

  27-06-2015 23:26
  David Cameron has responded to criticism from the families of victims of the Tunisia attack by saying the Foreign Office was doing “whatever it takes” to help them with repatriation and locating loved ones.
  
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• Tunisia hotel shooting: Hotels in Sousse left empty as remaining tourists leave resort

  27-06-2015 23:24
  
  Security was visible and tight at the Tunisian beach resort on Saturday where 24 hours previously chaos and terror had reigned. On the beach where the Tunisian student Seifeddine Rezgui launched his murderous attack on sunbathing tourists, there was now only a scattering of people protected by mounted police riding along the beach and security boats patrolling offshore all along the coast.
  
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• Tunisia hotel shooting: The dead, the missing, and the relatives searching for answers

  27-06-2015 23:23
  
  She was just three hours from leaving her hotel in Sousse when Carly Lovett tweeted she had “definitely not finished packing”. She never made it.
  
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• Tunisia hotel shooting: Tourism was the real target during the massacre in Sousse

  27-06-2015 23:20
  
  Vast stretches of sand were empty of people along the normally packed beaches of Sousse on Saturday. There were still a few tourists around; they had taken the entirely correct view that the place was safer now than it has ever been in recent times, having a heavy security presence in the wake of Friday’s massacre.
  
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• French attack suspect grilled as gruesome 'selfie' emerges

  27-06-2015 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sources close to the investigation said the suspect, Yassin Salhi, a 35-year-old married father-of-three sent a picture of him with the severed head via the WhatsApp messaging service. Earlier this week, France passed a controversial new spying law granting sweeping powers to snoop on citizens.
  
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• Exclusive Look Inside Cabin Where Escapees Hid

  27-06-2015 23:07 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  NBC News' Stephanie Gosk takes us inside the cabin where escaped prisoners Richard Matt and David Sweat allegedly hid.
  
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• Grateful Dead to bid faithful 'Fare Thee Well' in California

  27-06-2015 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The four surviving members of the Grateful Dead are getting ready to launch their farewell mini-tour in Northern California, where the legendary jam band got its start 50 years ago.
  
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• Greece crisis Q&A: Ahead of Tuesday's bailout deadline, what options do the Greeks have?

  27-06-2015 22:52
  
  What will happen on Tuesday?The other eurozone countries have refused to extend emergency lending to the Greek government. Unless they change their minds, Greece will default on a loan payment it has to make to the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday.
  
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• Greece crisis: Nation on the brink after its creditors refuse to extend bailout deadline

  27-06-2015 22:45
  
  Greece has been pushed closer to an exit from the eurozone after its creditors ruled out an extension to its bailout programme which is set to expire on Tuesday night.
  
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• Greece on the brink after Europe refuses bailout

  27-06-2015 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Greece hurtled closer to the catastrophic possibility of a euro exit Saturday after Europe responded to the government's call for a referendum by refusing to extend Athens's desperately needed bailout. The most dramatic day in the five-month crisis saw long lines of people queueing at cash machines in Greece in fear of capital controls as Athens looked certain to default on a huge IMF payment on Tuesday. The European Central Bank is set to meet on Sunday amid fears Greece's banks
  
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• Police: Surviving escapee could face a harder time alone

  27-06-2015 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MALONE, N.Y. (AP) — With his escape partner killed, the surviving convicted murderer who pulled off an elaborate breakout from a maximum-security prison three weeks ago could have a tougher time eluding the army of searchers scouring miles of thick woods in far northern New York, police said Saturday.
  
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• Gatlin blazes to fast time in 1st round of 200 at nationals

  27-06-2015 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Justin Gatlin exerted little energy in his first race of the U.S. championships Saturday, easily winning his opening heat of the 200 meters with a blazing time.
  
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• Iran, US warn of 'hard work' at tough nuclear talks

  27-06-2015 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Iran and the US showed little sign Saturday of an early breakthrough in last-ditch nuclear talks with both sides warning of "hard work" ahead and France stressing key issues remain unresolved. US Secretary of State John Kerry and Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met twice during the day for what is set to be the final push to seal an accord curtailing Tehran's nuclear programme after almost two years of negotiations.
  
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• Communications lag rattles relatives after Alaska crash

  27-06-2015 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Rowland Cheney of Lodi, California, was one of nine victims in a sightseeing plane crash in Alaska.
  
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• Dior oozes 'bourgeois cool' at Paris men's fashion week

  27-06-2015 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dior declared summer 2016 the season of "bourgeois cool" at Paris men's fashion week on Saturday, while Balmain decked out its models as old-fashioned adventurers. Balmain's young creative director Olivier Rousteing, dubbed "Mr Popular" by Vogue, presented an exploration-themed collection for the French luxury label's first ever menswear catwalk show, dressing his models in caps, shorts and Greek sandals with a khaki palette. The show was one of the most hotly-
  
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• GOP WH hopefuls deride gay marriage ruling

  27-06-2015 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee told conservatives Saturday that the Supreme Court tried to "unwrite the laws of nature and the laws of nature's God" when it legalized gay marriage across the nation.
  
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• Time to lay these myths about the Deep South to rest

  27-06-2015 22:00
  
  Is this the moment when the mantle of myth wrapped around the old American South is finally stripped away – when magnolia trees, mint juleps and Gone with the Wind give way to the truth of an economy built on slavery, the brutality that kept slavery functioning, and the resistance to integration that persisted for a century after the Confederacy lost the civil war?
  
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• One of the purposes of terrorism is to magnify the terrorist

  27-06-2015 22:00
  
  Over the past few years, the effects of shock have become all too familiar. There’s the initial jolt on hearing the news of another terrorist attack, followed by a sensation of dread: how many people have lost their lives this time? The speed with which pictures appear on television and social media means that we barely have time to prepare ourselves; as details begin to emerge, it’s impossible not to feel a mixture of powerful emotions, including anger, fear and a kind of helpless sympathy
  
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• Isis in Kobani: Why we ignore the worst of the massacres

  27-06-2015 22:00
  
  Gunmen from Isis disguised as members of the security forces entered the town at dawn on Thursday. They immediately killed at least 18 civilians, including women and children shot at close range whose bodies were later found in the street. “The body of one child bore the impact of five bullets,” says the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. At least 120 people were murdered in their homes or killed by Isis rockets. “[Isis] doesn’t want to take over the town,” a local jou
  
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• US says Kosovo war crimes trial at mercy of Russia after botched parliament vote

  27-06-2015 21:59 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The United States says it won't block Russia's attempts to establish a U.N.
  
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• Bush: New gun limits not way to prevent shooting tragedies

  27-06-2015 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — New gun control measures are not the way to prevent mass killings such as the shooting deaths of nine people in a South Carolina church, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said Saturday.
  
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• EU leaders forced Greece to drop last referendum but may not interfere now

  27-06-2015 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Greek prime minister torn between accepting harsh bailout terms and a rebellion by the left wing of his party decides to call a referendum to break the political deadlock. Four years ago, George Papandreou, fearing the loss of his socialist PASOK party's parliamentary majority, stunned his EU partners by announcing his intention to put austerity measures demanded by international creditors to a popular vote. Back then, European leaders browbeat Papandreou into backtracking rather than stake th
  
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• Argentina in Falklands asset ruling

  27-06-2015 21:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A judge in Argentina orders the seizure of assets of firms drilling for oil around the Falklands, but it is unclear how it can be enforced.
  
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• Terror on the beach: Tourists recount Tunisia attack horrors

  27-06-2015 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SOUSSE, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia's postcard destination for tourists is reeling from the terror that blighted another day of play at the Mediterranean seaside resort of Sousse. A man armed with a Kalashnikov and grenades gunned down tourists on a private beach, and then moved methodically through the grounds of a luxury hotel — to the swimming pool, reception area and offices.
  
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• Tunisia's postcard destination reeling from beach resort attack that killed at least 38

  27-06-2015 21:55 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Tunisia's postcard destination for tourists is reeling from the terror that blighted another day of play at the Mediterranean seaside resort of Sousse.
  
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• US Episcopal Church elects first African-American presiding bishop

  27-06-2015 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — US Episcopal Church elects first African-American presiding bishop.
  
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• Lettuce, worms, parking gear aboard SpaceX ship for Sunday launch

  27-06-2015 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Worms, lettuce and a massive parking station for future spaceships are aboard SpaceX's unmanned Dragon cargo capsule, poised for a Sunday launch. The blast-off of the white, gumdrop-shaped spaceship atop the California-based company's Falcon 9 rocket is set for 10:21 am (1421 GMT) from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Shortly after launch, SpaceX will make a third attempt to land its rocket on an ocean platform.
  
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• Huckabee: High court tried to 'unwrite the laws of nature'

  27-06-2015 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee told conservatives Saturday that the Supreme Court tried to "unwrite the laws of nature and the laws of nature's God" when it legalized gay marriage across the nation.
  
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• The Latest: Ireland worried about repercussions for Greece

  27-06-2015 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — The latest news about the Greek bailout talks (all times local):
  
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• NASCAR chairman wants Confederate flag eliminated at races

  27-06-2015 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — Calling the Confederate flag an "insensitive symbol" he personally finds offensive, NASCAR chairman Brian France says the sport will be aggressive in dissociating the flag from events.
  
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• Black bear crashes college party, gets collared

  27-06-2015 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — A college party got a little wilder than expected when a black bear showed up.
  
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• 'New Hingis' wins first tennis title

  27-06-2015 21:26 via edition.cnn.com
  
  She's been dubbed "the new Martina Hingis" -- and Belinda Bencic delivered her first career title under the watchful eye of her tennis mentor on Saturday.
  
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• The Latest: Eurozone official says door still open to Greece

  27-06-2015 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — The latest news about the Greek bailout talks (all times local):
  
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• Euro zone prepared to guard against Greek risks: Dijsselbloem

  27-06-2015 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The euro zone is ready to withstand any contagion from Greece, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the chairman of the euro zone finance ministers, told a news conference on Saturday. "We discussed among each other the strong determination (in the euro zone), the preservation of strength (of the bloc).
  
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• Activists: IS fighters kill 200 civilians in Syrian town

  27-06-2015 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Islamic State fighters who launched a surprise attack on a Syrian border town massacred more than 200 civilians, including women and children, before they were killed and driven out by Kurdish forces, activists said on Saturday.
  
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• Tunisia weighs new security approach as tourists flee

  27-06-2015 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Thousands of tourists fled from Tunisia on Saturday after the country's worst terrorist attack killed 38 people — including 15 Britons — as the government struggles to prevent future jihadi attacks against the all-important tourism sector.
  
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• Highlights: Euro zone finance minister after Greek talks end

  27-06-2015 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The euro zone got ready to deal with a Greek debt default next week after concluding that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's surprise announcement of a referendum represented an end of talks on fresh bailout loans. "That refusal will certainly damage the credibility of the Eurogroup as a democratic union of partner member states.
  
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• British Tunisia toll rises to 15

  27-06-2015 21:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  At least 15 Britons are confirmed dead in the Tunisian attacks, the "most significant terrorist attack on the British people" since the 7 July 2005 bombings, the government says.
  
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• Thousands mourn in Kuwait's mass funeral after Shiite attack

  27-06-2015 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KUWAIT CITY (AP) — Thousands of people in Kuwait took part in a mass funeral procession on Saturday for 27 people killed in an attack against a Shiite mosque in the capital a day earlier.
  
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• Hundreds hurt in Taiwan park fire

  27-06-2015 20:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  At least 200 people are injured in a blast and fire at an amusement park outside Taipei, officials in Taiwan say.
  
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• U.S. senators visit Cuba, hope Congress will ease restrictions

  27-06-2015 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Daniel Trotta HAVANA (Reuters) - Three visiting U.S. senators said on Saturday they hoped Congress would support President Barack Obama's opening toward Cuba, including lifting a ban on U.S. citizens traveling to the Communist-run island. Democratic Senators Patrick Leahy of Vermont and Ben Cardin of Maryland joined Republican Dean Heller of Nevada on a trip to Cuba where they met First Vice-President Miguel Diaz-Canel, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez and ordinary Cubans.
  
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• More than a third of Greek ATMs run dry for a while on Saturday

  27-06-2015 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  More than a third of automated teller machines across Greece ran out of cash on Saturday before they were replenished as Greeks pulled out money on fears their country was set to crash out of the euro, three banking sources said. Anxious Greeks lined up outside ATMs after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras made a surprise call for a referendum on austerity terms demanded by lenders, throwing talks with lenders in disarray and putting Greece on the verge of a default. About 35 percent of the ATM netwo
  
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