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• Factbox: Investors, dealers split on Fed rate hike on Thursday - poll

  16-09-2015 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  No matter what the Federal Reserve does on Thursday about interest rates - raising them for the first time in nearly a decade or leaving them unchanged - most strategists say stock, bond and currency markets may experience a wild ride after the U.S. central bank's decision. "The market reaction will likely be violent either way," said Aaron Kohli, interest rate strategist at BMO Capital Markets in New York. A Reuters poll of 80 economists released on Wednesday showed a slight majority now say th
  
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• Key Democrats object to new Republican Iran measure

  16-09-2015 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer and Ben Cardin, senior Democrats who oppose the nuclear agreement with Iran, will vote against a Republican effort to require new conditions before President Barack Obama could lift any sanctions under the deal, aides said on Wednesday. After Senate Democrats twice blocked a disapproval resolution meant to kill the nuclear agreement, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced amendments to the measure that would bar Obama from lifting sanctions on Ir
  
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• U.N. chief 'outraged' by Burkina Faso detentions, calls for release

  16-09-2015 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed outrage on Wednesday at reports of the detention of Burkina Faso's president and prime minister and several ministers, calling for their immediate release. The presidential guard burst into a cabinet meeting earlier on Wednesday and arrested the interim president. The move comes less than a month before an election to complete a transition back to democracy after a popular uprising toppled Burkina's long-time ruler last year.
  
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• Barack Obama to bring Whitehall's 'nudge' theory to the White House

  16-09-2015 23:53
  
  It is often said that politics follows the Gulf Stream and that what happens in American political life finds its way across the Atlantic to be adopted in the UK.
  
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• Tripped migrant dad gets Spanish job

  16-09-2015 23:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A migrant father who was tripped by a Hungarian camerawoman while holding his son is to start a new life in Spain.
  
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• Forest Whitaker, Anika Noni Rose join 'Roots' remake cast

  16-09-2015 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Forest Whitaker and Anika Noni Rose are joining the cast of A&E Networks' "Roots" miniseries remake.
  
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• Rain to help in fight against California fires

  16-09-2015 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cooler temperatures and rain are expected to provide much-needed help in the fight against massive fires roaring through northern California, officials said Wednesday. "With cooler weather and the rain in the forecast, that should aid firefighters on the fire line today," Cal Fire field battalion chief Mike Smith told AFP. The Valley Fire, described as the most destructive to hit the drought-stricken western United Sates, has charred more than 70,000 acres (28,000 hectares) -- an area almost thr
  
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• Hungarian police clash with migrants at Serbian border

  16-09-2015 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HORGOS, Serbia (AP) — Hungarian police used tear gas and water cannons on hundreds of migrants who broke through a razor wire fence on the border with Serbia on Wednesday, while migrants prevented from moving through Hungary increasingly began taking a longer route into Western Europe through Croatia.
  
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• Renegade minister among Tajikistan dead

  16-09-2015 23:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tajikistan's former deputy defence minister is among a group of rebels which the government says it killed on Wednesday.
  
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• Obama presses for funding bill amid Republican disarray

  16-09-2015 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Barack Obama urged the U.S. Congress on Wednesday to avoid a government shutdown starting Oct. 1, as Republican leaders in the House of Representatives struggled to find a way to get enough votes to pass a funding bill. Efforts were complicated by some conservatives who want to punish the women's healthcare provider Planned Parenthood and attach language denying any federal funds to the group as part of a broader bill keeping the government running beyond Sept. 30. "Democrats are ready
  
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• Hearing set to debate Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl desertion charges

  16-09-2015 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Lawyers for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who faces military charges for leaving his post in Afghanistan, are likely to argue at his initial court hearing that his years of being held captive by the Taliban were punishment enough, according to legal experts.
  
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• Obama's China cyber sanctions

  16-09-2015 23:43 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Barack Obama signaled a readiness to slap Beijing with sanctions over their alleged rampant hacking of American companies on Wednesday, continuing to ramp up pressure ahead of the Chinese president's state visit to Washington.
  
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• Dinamo Zagreb 2-1 Arsenal

  16-09-2015 23:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Olivier Giroud is sent off for Arsenal, who are beaten 2-1 at Dinamo Zagreb in their opening Champions League match.
  
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• Refugee crisis: UN secretary urges compassion after Hungary fires tear gas at refugees

  16-09-2015 23:30
  
  The refugees eventually managed to wrench open a gate on the border of Hungary and Serbia, leaving only a thin metal grating standing between ranks of riot police and a mass of asylum-seekers from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and beyond.
  
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• Refugee crisis: UN Secretary General urges compassion after Hungary fires tear gas at refugees

  16-09-2015 23:30
  
  The refugees eventually managed to wrench open a gate on the border of Hungary and Serbia, leaving only a thin metal grating standing between ranks of riot police and a mass of asylum-seekers from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and beyond.
  
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• Colorado holds marijuana tax holiday

  16-09-2015 23:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Colorado has temporarily suspended taxes on marijuana after the US state brought in more tax revenue than anticipated.
  
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• Guns, immigration and abortion

  16-09-2015 23:02 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Across three domestic issues that are shaping up to be more important to the 2016 presidential election than they were in 2012 -- gun control, illegal immigration and abortion -- polling generally suggests Democrats have the upper hand in terms of public opinion, but a new CNN/ORC Poll finds the nuances in views on these issues don't always favor one party over the other.
  
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• Republican debate live: Donald Trump under pressure over nuclear weapons as 11 candidates face-off

  16-09-2015 22:55
  
  Donald Trump has to share the limelight with another 10 Republican hopefuls tonight as they all fight to win the hearts of primary voters in the second GOP debate. Here are the latest updates:The big question: Would you trust Donald Trump with nuclear weapons?Donald Trump gets a lesson in manners from Carly Fiorina Fists come out as trailing candidates seek to gain tractionJindal says Christians like Kim Davis are more victimised than Muslims like Ahmed Mohamed
  
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• Republican debate live: Donald Trump faces rivals for second time in presidential race

  16-09-2015 22:55
  
  Donald Trump will be taking centre stage as he faces his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination in a live debate tonight. Here are the latest updates:What will the candidates need to do to extinguish Trump's fire?Ben Carson closes in on Donald Trump in pollEverything you need to know about the debate
  
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• Republican debate live: Donald Trump faces rivals for second time for CNN clash

  16-09-2015 22:55
  
  Donald Trump will be taking centre stage as he faces his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination in a live debate tonight. Here are the latest updates:What will the candidates need to do to extinguish Trump's fire?Ben Carson closes in on Donald Trump in pollEverything you need to know about the debate
  
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• Republican debate live: Donald Trump faces 10 rivals after 'kids table' hosts squabbling

  16-09-2015 22:55
  
  Donald Trump has to share the limelight with another 10 Republican hopefuls tonight as they all fight to win the hearts of primary voters in the second GOP debate. Here are the latest updates:Fists come out as trailing candidates seek to gain tractionJindal says Christians like Kim Davis are more victimised than Muslims like Ahmed MohamedWho's who: everything you need to know about the debate
  
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• Republican debate as it happened: Donald Trump's face and nuclear weapons take centre stage

  16-09-2015 22:55
  
  Donald Trump had to share the limelight with another 10 Republican hopefuls as they all fought to win the hearts of primary voters in the second GOP debate. Here are the latest updates:The big question: Would you trust Donald Trump with nuclear weapons?The internet is not impressed with Donald Trump's faceDonald Trump gets a lesson in manners from Carly FiorinaFists come out as trailing candidates seek to gain tractionJindal says Christians like Kim Davis are more victimised than Muslims like Ah
  
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• Mohammed Allan: Israel rearrests Palestinian hunger striker after his release from hospital

  16-09-2015 22:50
  
  Israeli authorities have rearrested a Palestinian security detainee immediately after his release from the hospital where he had been recovering from a 65-day hunger strike.
  
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• Who's the next Reagan?

  16-09-2015 22:48 via rss.cnn.com
  
  It's been a quarter of a century since Ronald Reagan rode off into the California sunset, but the Republican Party has never stopped hankering for his heir.
  
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• Guns, immigrations and abortion

  16-09-2015 22:48 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Across three domestic issues that are shaping up to be more important to the 2016 presidential election than they were in 2012 -- gun control, illegal immigration and abortion -- polling generally suggests Democrats have the upper hand in terms of public opinion, but a new CNN/ORC Poll finds the nuances in views on these issues don't always favor one party over the other.
  
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• Six questions

  16-09-2015 22:43 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Republican candidates are prepared to take the stage for their second debate on September 16, which will air on CNN from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. The first debate broke records for cable viewership as Americans tuned in to see what Donald Trump would have to say and toward which candidates he would direct his fire.
  
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• VIDEO: Lucky escape as train hits school bus

  16-09-2015 22:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A student films the moment a train in north Germany hits a school bus - injuring one person - moments after students had been evacuated from the bus.
  
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• Who will be the next candidate to drop?

  16-09-2015 22:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Last Friday, Rick Perry announced he was suspending his campaign operations and heading home to Texas. In an overcrowded field of contenders for the 2016 Republican presidential nominee, who will be the next to leave the race?
  
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• Top-secret JFK papers declassified

  16-09-2015 22:29 via rss.cnn.com
  
  In 1961, the CIA debuted a new type of confidential intelligence report for President John F. Kennedy, a daily morning briefing surveying the threats facing the country so top secret that it was kept even from his second-in-command.
  
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• Mantel up for short story award

  16-09-2015 22:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hilary Mantel's controversial short story The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher is shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award.
  
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• VIDEO: Kayak couple survives whale encounter

  16-09-2015 22:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A couple who survived a close encounter with a humpback whale while kayaking say they "thought [they] were going to die".
  
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• Sri Lanka shaken: UN reveals 'shocking findings' of crimes committed by military against Tamil Tiger terrorist group during civil war

  16-09-2015 22:06
  The United Nations has said that “shocking findings” of sexual violence and torture committed by the Sri Lankan military during and soon after its three-decade war against the Tamil Tiger terrorist group could amount to war crimes and called for the creation of a “hybrid special court” to handle cases.
  
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• Canada flight diverted to save dog

  16-09-2015 22:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An Air Canada flight was diverted on Sunday after the pilot realised that a cargo hold heating unit failed, threatening the life of a pet dog.
  
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• Afghan Taliban ends leadership row and agrees to back Mullah Akhtar Mansour

  16-09-2015 22:01
  The family of deceased Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar has declared allegiance to the new leader, Mullah Akhtar Mansour, signalling an end to the internal discord that has divided the movement for months.
  
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• Morgan keen to repay coaches' faith

  16-09-2015 21:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fit-again England number eight Ben Morgan says he is desperate to repay the coaches' faith after being picked to face Fiji.
  
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• Caitlyn Jenner files to legally change name and gender

  16-09-2015 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Caitlyn Jenner has filed paperwork to make her name and gender transition official, but she has requested privacy accommodations citing threats she has received.
  
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• Former reporter missing in California fire; burned car found

  16-09-2015 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MIDDLETOWN, Calif. (AP) — A former police reporter whose home in a small Northern California town was destroyed by a raging wildfire was reported missing by his family, and authorities said Wednesday his burned-out car was found on the route he would have used to escape.
  
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• Assad chides West over refugee crisis as air war heats up

  16-09-2015 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has chided Western nations for "crying" over refugees flooding into Europe, claiming that their support for "terrorists" lies at the roots of his country's crisis. Washington, meanwhile, told close Damascus ally Moscow that Assad has no role in the war against IS in Syria and must step down to allow a political settlement. Assad, according to a transcript made available Wednesday, said refugees were leaving Syria "mainly because of the terrorists and because of t
  
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• Shots fired to disperse protesters near Burkina presidential palace

  16-09-2015 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ouagadougou (AFP) - Burkina Faso army troops fired gunshots Wednesday to disperse demonstrators near the presidential palace in the capital Ouagadougou where the president and prime minister were being detained by guards loyal to ousted leader Blaise Compaore, an AFP journalist said.
  
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• The Latest: Hundreds sought medical help on Hungarian border

  16-09-2015 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HORGOS, Serbia (AP) — The latest developments as European governments rush to cope with the huge number of people moving across Europe. All times local (CET):
  
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• Victim advocates seek Vatican inquiry of Rigali, Burke

  16-09-2015 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Priests, nuns and canon lawyers who advocate for clergy sex abuse victims urged Pope Francis, on the eve of his U.S. visit, to investigate the child protection records of Cardinal Justin Rigali, the former archbishop of Philadelphia, and Cardinal Raymond Burke, who led dioceses in Wisconsin and Missouri.
  
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• Feds investigate friend of Charleston shooting suspect

  16-09-2015 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A friend of the suspect in the Charleston church shooter is being investigated for lying to police and not reporting everything he may have known about the crime, a federal law enforcement official has told The Associated Press.
  
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• Capitol Hill Buzz: Stewart lobbying for Sept. 11 responders

  16-09-2015 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Comedian Jon Stewart turned serious Wednesday as he lobbied members of Congress to permanently extend a law providing medical monitoring and treatment for Sept. 11 first responders.
  
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• VIDEO: Lomu performs haka in Covent Garden

  16-09-2015 21:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former New Zealand rugby player Jonah Lomu takes part in the haka in Covent Garden, London, ahead of the Rugby World Cup.
  
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• Father of murdered V. Tech student: 'Justice is coming'

  16-09-2015 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The father a Virginia Tech student found dead six years ago after attending a rock concert in Charlottesville said Wednesday that "justice is coming" after a grand jury brought murder charges against the man he has long suspected in his daughter's killing.
  
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• CIA declassifies trove of Cold War-era intelligence memos

  16-09-2015 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As the U.S. and Russia reached the brink of nuclear war in 1962, President John F. Kennedy received top-secret intelligence from the CIA that a new warhead launcher was spotted in Cuba.
  
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• GOP candidates vie to break out of Trump's shadow in debate

  16-09-2015 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — The second GOP presidential debate is giving a prime-time stage to long shots trying to prove they're worthy of attention and to weakened veterans fighting to reassert their viability — all still struggling against the campaign's phenomenon, Donald Trump.
  
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• Muslim schoolboy arrested in Texas for homemade clock

  16-09-2015 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Muslim schoolboy arrested in Texas after a teacher mistook his homemade clock for a bomb won invitations to visit the White House, Google and Facebook on Wednesday amid a surge of public support. President Barack Obama congratulated Ahmed Mohamed, 14, on his skills in a pointed rebuke to school and police officials who defended his arrest amid accusations of Islamophobia. Want to bring it to the White House?
  
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• Interim leaders detained in Burkina

  16-09-2015 21:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Interim leaders in Burkina Faso are detained by guards loyal to the ousted president Blaise Compaore, say reports.
  
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• Keith Richards: New Rolling Stones record coming next year

  16-09-2015 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK CITY (AP) — Keith Richards says The Rolling Stones have "definite plans" to record next year after a tour of South America.
  
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