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• Finnish parliament in favour of 'Grexit': report

  11-07-2015 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Finland's parliament has decided it will not accept any new bailout deal for Greece, media reports said Saturday, piling on pressure as eurozone finance ministers were locked in tortuous talks to stop the debt-laden country from crashing out of the euro. Lawmakers' decision to push for a so-called "Grexit" came after the eurosceptic Finns Party, the second-largest in parliament, threatened to bring down the government if it backed another rescue deal for Greece, public broadc
  
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• Federer eyes Wimbledon title record

  11-07-2015 23:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Roger Federer will look to become the first man to win eight Wimbledon titles on Sunday when he plays defending champion Novak Djokovic in the final.
  
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• Ira Singhal: When disability doesn't matter

  11-07-2015 23:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The disabled Indian woman who refuses to be different
  
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• The Latest: Tarantino talks 'Hateful Eight' leak

  11-07-2015 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Here's the latest from the Comic-Con International fan festival Saturday in and around the San Diego Convention Center (all times Pacific):
  
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• World entering era of global food insecurity with malnutrition and obesity side by side within countries, says leading food expert

  11-07-2015 23:37
  The world is entering an era of global food insecurity which is already leading to the “double burden” of both obesity and malnutrition occurring side by side within countries and even within the same families, a leading food expert has warned.
  
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• Boating Warning Issued as Dozens of Whales Cavort off Coast

  11-07-2015 23:37
  Whales' feeding frenzy off Northern California's coast prompts boating warning
  
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• Pope praises 'glorious' Paraguay women at outdoor mass

  11-07-2015 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Caacupé (Paraguay) (AFP) - Pope Francis on Saturday praised the sacrifices of Paraguay's "glorious" women during a history marked by war before hundreds of thousands of worshippers at the country's main pilgrimage site. The 78-year-old pope -- in Paraguay on the last stop of a three-nation tour of South America -- was speaking on the esplanade of the domed shrine of the Virgin of Caacupe, not far from the border with his native Argentina. Paraguay was left reeling during the
  
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• Casillas to join Porto from Madrid

  11-07-2015 23:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Porto agree a deal to sign Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas, 34, from Real Madrid.
  
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• Massachusetts prosecutor to charge bomber Tsarnaev with murder

  11-07-2015 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - A Massachusetts district attorney plans to bring state murder charges against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who has been sentenced to death in a federal trial for a deadly bomb attack on the 2013 Boston Marathon, her office said on Saturday. The Boston Globe reported that Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said she would charge Tsarnaev with murdering MIT police officer Sean Collier and for other crimes in the aftermath of the marathon attacks. Ryan said a guilty verdict in Massachusetts c
  
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• Rush-hour shooting pair 'not targets'

  11-07-2015 23:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man shot dead and a woman who was critically injured in a rush-hour shooting in north London were not the intended targets, police say.
  
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• Bosnia condemns attack on Serbia PM

  11-07-2015 23:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bosnia's presidency condemns an attack on Serbia's prime minister at a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre.
  
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• Buehrle, Encarnacion lead Blue Jays to 6-2 win over Royals

  11-07-2015 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Mark Buehrle pitched seven strong innings, Edwin Encarnacion hit a two-run homer and the Toronto Blue Jays beat Kansas City 6-2 Saturday to snap the Royals' six-game winning streak.
  
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• Germany floats Greek euro 'time-out' without more reforms

  11-07-2015 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Tom Körkemeier and Andreas Rinke BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The German government has argued that Greece could take a five-year "time-out" from the euro zone and have some of its debts written off if Athens fails to improve proposals it has made for a bailout. In a paper reviewing an offer of reforms from the Greek government in return for a three-year loan, Finance Ministry officials said the plan lacked "paramount important reform areas" and wrote: "We need a better sustainable solution." The pa
  
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• Greece struggling to convince creditors it's for real

  11-07-2015 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — Greece's finance minister was struggling late Saturday to convince skeptical creditors that the Greek government can be trusted to deliver on its reform promises in exchange for a financial rescue package securing the country's future in the euro.
  
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• New 'Batman V Superman' trailer released at Comic-Con

  11-07-2015 23:06
  
  A new trailer was released for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice on Saturday at San Diego's Comic-Con.
  
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• Broadway team begins developing 'Dear Evan Hansen' in DC

  11-07-2015 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Growing up in the age of social media, dealing with the drama of high school and feeling like an outcast all at the same time will provide some key ingredients for a new musical being developed in Washington.
  
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• Teachers' union endorses Clinton's 2016 presidential bid

  11-07-2015 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton has won the endorsement of the American Federation of Teachers. It's the first major labor union to make an endorsement in the 2016 presidential campaign.
  
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• Hingis wins Wimbledon doubles final

  11-07-2015 23:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Martina Hingis wins her first Wimbledon title in 17 years, joining up with Sania Mirza to win a thrilling doubles final.
  
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• The Latest: Pope visits terminally ill poor in Paraguay

  11-07-2015 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Here are the latest developments from Pope Francis' trip to South America:
  
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• Playing the Lower Keys: Concert piped underwater in Florida

  11-07-2015 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BIG PINE KEY, Fla. (AP) — Hundreds of music-loving snorkelers and divers, joined by distance swimmer Diana Nyad, ducked beneath the waves Saturday as a radio station broadcast a concert underwater at the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
  
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• The Latest: 15-year-old Zhuk wins girls title at Wimbledon

  11-07-2015 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest from Wimbledon (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Greek bailout talks show few signs of ending

  11-07-2015 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — The latest from Greece's financial crisis (all times local):
  
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• Greek debt crisis: In the Athens suburb of Khalkidhiki, rich foreign investors queue up to buy the elegant villas

  11-07-2015 22:38
  From the rugged green coves of Khalkidhiki, to the carefully manicured lawns of Athens’s south suburbs, a quiet, relentless change is under way. The smart houses and elegant villas of Greece’s upper classes are changing hands, not from one generation to the next as their owners intended, but into the hands of foreigner investors.
  
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• Greek debt crisis: The wealthy citizens of Glyfada are worried - and plotting their escape

  11-07-2015 22:32
  
  Crisis? What crisis? A Martian on a fact-finding mission landing in the Athens seaside suburb of Glyfada might wonder what all the fuss was about. Its restaurants and Italian-style cafés are full and the gleaming designer shops appeared to be doing a brisk trade yesterday morning.
  
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• Ben Affleck debuts 'Batman v Superman' footage at Comic-Con

  11-07-2015 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — All is not well for Superman, audiences at Comic-Con found out on Saturday during a jam-packed and revealing Warner Bros. presentation in Hall H. The studio also debuted a first look at the comic-book movie "Suicide Squad" at the annual convention.
  
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• Trump antes up on immigration stance in Las Vegas

  11-07-2015 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Business developer and Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump says his comments about immigration have become a movement and has pointed to violence perpetrated by immigrants in the U.S. illegally to defend his stance.
  
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• Forget French and Mandarin - Arabic is the language to learn, says the British Council

  11-07-2015 22:17
  
  The 10-year-old was looking at the card in front of him which showed an image of a fish. “Samak,” he said decisively.
  
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• 'Decision time' nears in Iran nuclear talks

  11-07-2015 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  World powers struggled Saturday to break a deadlock in marathon negotiations with Iran, as they seek a deal curbing Tehran's nuclear ambitions in return for sanctions relief. On the 15th day of tortuous talks, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius warned: "Everything is on the table. A new deadline for a deal is looming on Monday, and all are asking how much longer busy ministers can clear their schedules to hunker down in Vienna amid a myriad of pressing global issues.
  
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• Yemen's UN humanitarian ceasefire fails to hold

  11-07-2015 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A UN-proposed truce in Yemen, aimed at delivering desperately needed aid to millions threatened with famine, failed to take hold Saturday as clashes and Saudi-led coalition air strikes persisted. The six-day ceasefire formally went into effect just before midnight Friday, but clashes between Iran-backed Shiite rebels and fighters loyal to exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi hit several areas, while Saudi-led coalition air strikes targeted rebel positions. The United Nations hoped the truce w
  
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• Eurozone 'sceptical' of Greek reform

  11-07-2015 22:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Eurozone finance chiefs holding crunch talks in Brussels say they are sceptical of Greece's vow to introduce reforms in exchange for a debt rescue.
  
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• Pope gushes about Paraguayan women during Mass in Caacupe

  11-07-2015 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CAACUPE, Paraguay (AP) — Pope Francis lauded the strength and religious fervor of Paraguayan women on Saturday while visiting the country's most important pilgrimage site, where thousands of his fellow Argentines joined with hundreds of thousands of local faithful to welcome Latin America's first pope.
  
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• VIDEO: How much to bring down a building?

  11-07-2015 22:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A historic Detroit hotel is demolished as part of construction work on a new hockey arena.
  
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• Welcome to a Republican 'rightmare': Donald Trump's presence in the US presidential election race could hand the White House to Hillary Clinton

  11-07-2015 22:00
  In case you hadn’t noticed, he’s back. Vainer, more bombastic and more preposterous than ever, Donald Trump is running for president again. And the Republican Party to which (for now at least) he belongs, is scared out of its wits.
  
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• Greece is bad, but the eurozone's problems go a good deal further

  11-07-2015 22:00
  
  It is time to start thinking about Europe rather than Greece. At some stage the Greek rescue story will be settled – it may be settled quite soon – and more normal life there will resume. But the outcome, whatever it is, cannot be stable. The main reason is that Greece’s debts are too great to be “sustainable”, which is a polite way of saying that they cannot be repaid. They will continue to overhang not just European politics but also the entire eurozone economy. But those debts canno
  
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• Greece debt crisis: If the situation is to be resolved – rather than postponed – some common sense is badly needed

  11-07-2015 22:00
  
  The financial life support that has sustained Greece’s membership of the eurozone is now failing. It has transferred not just money. It has transfused political, social and economic poison into the country’s bloodstream. If the crisis is to be resolved – rather than merely postponed – some common sense is badly needed, about both the minimum action required to enable Greece to recover and about who or what injected the poison.
  
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• The Latest: Del Toro joins 'Simpsons' creators at Comic-Con

  11-07-2015 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Here's the latest from the Comic-Con International fan festival Saturday in and around the San Diego Convention Center (all times Pacific):
  
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• Greek talks eye 25 billion euro bank recap, doubling debt maturities

  11-07-2015 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Euro zone finance ministers were told on Saturday that some 25 billion of any bailout loan to Greece would be needed to recapitalize banks that are on the verge of collapse, sources close to the discussions said. Among other variables in negotiations on a possible package of Greek reforms in return for new loans, the International Monetary Fund is urging euro zone governments to reschedule Greek debts, with one scenario being a doubling of loan maturities to 60 years from 30 to ease Athens' repa
  
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• Rubio focuses on Cuban immigrant upbringing in Vegas talks

  11-07-2015 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says he is indebted to America and running for president is his way of repaying his obligation.
  
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• Lawyer Wants Charges Dismissed Against Mom With Dead Babies

  11-07-2015 21:53
  Lawyer wants charges dismissed against Massachusetts mom who lived in home with dead babies
  
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• Former journalist claims 'Subway Guy' Jared Fogle said 'middle school girls are hot'

  11-07-2015 21:52
  
  A Florida woman said she helped provide information that sparked the federal child porn investigation into Jared Fogle.
  
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• San Francisco sheriff's woes began before immigration uproar

  11-07-2015 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Ross Mirkarimi was a rising San Francisco politician when he was elected sheriff — and then the trouble started.
  
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• Wimbledon winner Serena eyes fairytale in New York

  11-07-2015 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Toby Davis LONDON (Reuters) - Having spent the last two weeks saying she would not talk about a possible Grand Slam, Serena Williams allowed herself a few moments to enjoy her sixth Wimbledon title before thoughts turned to New York and the elusive calendar year feat. Williams belongs to an exclusive club of women who have held all four major titles at the same time, and achieved the so-called 'Serena Slam' for the second time with her 6-4 6-4 victory over Garbine Muguruza in Saturday's Wimbl
  
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• The Latest: Pope uses Paraguay's Guarani language in prayer

  11-07-2015 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Here are the latest developments from Pope Francis' trip to South America:
  
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• Massachusetts prosecutor to charge bomber Tsarnaev with murder: Boston Globe

  11-07-2015 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - A Massachusetts district attorney plans to bring state murder charges against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who has been sentenced to death in a federal trial for launching a deadly bomb attack on the 2013 Boston Marathon, the Boston Globe reported on Saturday. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said she would charge Tsarnaev with murdering MIT police officer Sean Collier and for other crimes in the aftermath of the marathon attacks, the paper said. Ryan said a guilty verdict in Massachuse
  
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• At least 2 dead in in Ukraine sports club attack

  11-07-2015 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — At least two people were killed Saturday in a gun and grenade attack in a western Ukraine city involving the country's notorious nationalist militia Right Sector.
  
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• Harper Lee's new novel is a story of lost innocence

  11-07-2015 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Like her classic "To Kill a Mockingbird," the Harper Lee novel coming out next week is a coming of age story.
  
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• The Latest: 'Suicide Squad' trailer unveiled at Comic-Con

  11-07-2015 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Here's the latest from the Comic-Con International fan festival Saturday in and around the San Diego Convention Center (all times Pacific):
  
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• Euro zone ministers demand more from Greece for loan talks

  11-07-2015 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Skeptical euro zone finance ministers demanded on Saturday that Greece go beyond painful austerity measures accepted by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras if he wants them to open negotiations on a third bailout for his bankrupt country to keep it in the euro. Ministers lined up to vent their anger at Tsipras on arrival at their umpteenth emergency weekend meeting on Greece's acute debt crisis, with Athens staring into an economic abyss when financial markets reopen on Monday unless it wins fres
  
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• Ash and cinders prompt evacuation of village near Colima volcano in western Mexico

  11-07-2015 20:52 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Ash and cinders spewing from the Colima Volcano in western Mexico have prompted authorities to evacuate 19 people from a nearby village.
  
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• Chella Choi posts 9-hole record 29 at US Women's Open

  11-07-2015 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — South Korea's Chella Choi shot the first nine-hole score of 29 in U.S. Women's Open history, but missed a three-foot putt on her final hole that would have matched the championship's single-round scoring record, settling for a third-round 6-under 64.
  
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