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• Belgian police arrest several over Paris attacks

  14-11-2015 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Belgian police arrested several suspects in Brussels on Saturday during raids connected to the Paris attacks, including one who was in the French capital at the time of the carnage, officials said. The arrests were in the poor Brussels district of Molenbeek, which has been linked to several other past terror plots amid concerns Belgium has become a hotbed of European militancy. Belgian Justice Minister Koen Geens said separately that the arrests in Molenbeek "can be seen in connection with a gre
  
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• Costa Rica re-opens border, issuing visas to Cuban migrants

  14-11-2015 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Zach Dyer PASO CANOAS, Costa Rica (Reuters) - To cheers from a large crowd of Cuban migrants, Costa Rica on Saturday re-opened its border with Panama after a sudden tightening in its immigration policy had left more than 1,200 of them stranded there. Like other countries in the region, Costa Rica has seen a surge in the number of Cubans entering as the process of detente between Washington and Havana announced in December stirs fears that longstanding U.S. asylum rights may soon be lost. Cost
  
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• ISIS fighting for control of Sinjar

  14-11-2015 23:36 via rss.cnn.com
  
  ISIS is trying not to be ousted from the Iraqi city of Sinjar as Pershmerga fighters advance. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports the latest.
  
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• Andy Murray: Spend to beat drug cheats

  14-11-2015 23:36 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Tennis star Andy Murray has weighed into the debate of doping in sport by claiming that more money needs to be invested to beat drugs cheats.
  
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• Paris's four hours of terror

  14-11-2015 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Paris (AFP) - Seven Islamic State jihadists carried out the worst attacks ever on French soil, sowing terror at six locations in Paris in a rampage on Friday night that left at least 129 people dead.
  
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• Extremists overwhelming French security

  14-11-2015 23:23 via rss.cnn.com
  
  There was a sense of inevitability about the attacks in Paris on Friday.
  
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• Details emerge on some of the victims of Paris attacks

  14-11-2015 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A young French lawyer specializing in white collar crime. An engineer from Spain. An American college student studying design on a semester abroad. They were among the first victims to be identified after the gun-and-suicide bombing attacks that killed at least 129 people in Paris. Among the confirmed dead:
  
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• Holder of Syrian passport found near Paris gunman crossed Greece

  14-11-2015 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The holder of a Syrian passport found near the body of one of the gunmen who died in Friday night's attacks in Paris passed through Greece in October, a Greek minister said, and another suspected attacker was thought to have entered Europe the same way. "The holder of the passport passed through the island of Leros on Oct. 3, 2015, where he was identified according to EU rules," Greece's deputy minister in charge of police, Nikos Toskas, said in a statement. Toskas did not know if the Syrian pas
  
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• Ibrahimovic on target as Swedes edge Denmark

  14-11-2015 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his ninth goal in his last nine European qualifiers to give Sweden a 2-1 win over Denmark in the first leg of their Euro 2016 play-off on Saturday. The 34-year-old striker converted a second half penalty after Emil Forsberg had scored his first international goal on the stroke of half-time as the Swedes seemed to be coasting to victory. After a minute's silence to honour the victims of the Paris attacks, Denmark, the 1992 champions, dominated early possession but it was
  
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• Eiffel Tower goes dark as France mourns 129 dead

  14-11-2015 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Eiffel Tower stood dark in a symbol of mourning Saturday night as France struggled to absorb the deadliest violence on its soil since World War II: coordinated gun-and-suicide bombing attacks across Paris that left 129 people dead and 352 injured.
  
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• San Francisco tour-bus crash leaves 4 in critical condition

  14-11-2015 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Four adults remain in critical condition at a San Francisco hospital after an open-air tour bus careened out of control Friday, running down a bicyclist, striking two pedestrians and smashing into several moving cars before it plowed into scaffolding lining a construction site.
  
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• First Oscars of season to be presented amid tight security

  14-11-2015 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tight security following the Paris terror attacks is expected at Saturday night's seventh annual Governors Awards, where Spike Lee, Gena Rowlands and Debbie Reynolds will receive the first Oscars of Hollywood's award season.
  
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• The Latest: Fiorina links Obama, Clinton to Paris attacks

  14-11-2015 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Latest from the Florida Republican Party's Sunshine Summit, where the major GOP presidential hopefuls are wooing voters and activists for their support in the state's March 15 primary. All times are local.
  
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• No. 2 Ohio States runs past Illinois 28-3

  14-11-2015 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Ezekiel Elliott ran for 181 yards and two touchdowns and No. 2 Ohio State pounded out a 28-3 victory over Illinois on Saturday.
  
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• 'Three teams' in Paris onslaught as police hunt suspects

  14-11-2015 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  French police have identified three teams of gunmen wearing suicide vests who killed at least 129 people during an onslaught on the French capital claimed by the Islamic State group, prosecutors said Saturday. The Greek line of enquiry, and the discovery of at least one Syrian passport at the scene, has raised suspicions some of the attackers or accomplices might have entered Europe as part of an influx of people fleeing Syria's civil war. "A Syrian passport in the name of a person born in Syria
  
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• Second Paris attacker likely to have crossed Greece: government sources

  14-11-2015 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A second man suspected to have been among the attackers in Paris on Friday is very likely to have entered Europe though Greece, Greek government sources said. Earlier, a Greek government minister said the holder of a Syrian passport found near the body of one of the gunmen who died in the attacks in Paris had passed through the Greek island of Leros in October.
  
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• Paris Pullman hotel incident was false alert: interior ministry spokesman

  14-11-2015 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The police cordon briefly put around the Pullman Hotel in Paris' 15th district was a false alert, an interior ministry spokesman told Reuters on Saturday as authorities sought accomplices of the gunmen of Friday's wave of shootings around Paris.
  
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• Syria talks produce election road map after Paris attacks

  14-11-2015 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Francois Murphy and David Brunnstrom VIENNA (Reuters) - Russia, the United States and powers from Europe and the Middle East outlined a plan on Saturday for a political process in Syria leading to elections within two years, but differences remained on key issues such as President Bashar al-Assad's fate. A day after gunmen and suicide bombers went on a rampage through Paris, killing at least 127 people, foreign ministers and senior officials from more than a dozen countries agreed to work for
  
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• In a somber, off-kilter Paris, mass murder leaves emptiness

  14-11-2015 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — The indiscriminate taking of so many lives squeezed life out of Paris itself. Not all life but enough to create a sense of emptiness. Although far from extinguished, the City of Light is now unmistakably dimmed.
  
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• German police: Mother admits killing some of her 8 babies

  14-11-2015 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BERLIN (AP) — German police say a 45-year-old woman has admitted killing several of the eight babies whose bodies were found at an apartment in the northeast Bavarian town of Wallenfells.
  
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• Music world in shock over Paris concert massacre

  14-11-2015 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The assault on one of the leading concert halls in Paris has sent shockwaves through the music world, with top-selling artists including U2 and Foo Fighters calling off shows. More than 80 people were killed inside the Bataclan concert hall as gunmen opened fire during a performance by the California rock band Eagles of Death Metal, an attack for which the Islamic State group took responsibility. France's Culture Minister Fleur Pellerin laid a bouquet of flowers Saturday in front of the Bataclan
  
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• Paris attacks may lead to US military anti-IS escalation

  14-11-2015 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Paris terrorist attacks seem likely to compel President Barack Obama to consider military escalation against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. But that probably will not mean dramatic moves like launching a U.S. or international ground offensive or accelerating aerial bombing in hopes of eliminating the global threat of violent extremism.
  
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• Belgium makes three arrests linked to Paris attacks

  14-11-2015 22:14 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Belgian police on Saturday arrested a man during searches in a district of Brussels in connection with the deadly Paris attacks, Reuters reported.
  
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• Police at Pullman hotel in Paris, Eiffel tower area evacuated: witnesses

  14-11-2015 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (Reuters) - Police have evacuated the area around the Paris Eiffel tower and the surrounding Champ de Mars park, a Reuters witness saw on Saturday. Heavy police presence was seen at the Pullman Hotel on Avenue de Suffren near the Eiffel tower, another eyewitness, who lives along Champ de Mars told Reuters. He declined to be identified. Other witnesses also confirmed the presence of heavily armed police at the site of the hotel. (Reporting by Geert De Clercq and John Irish; Editing by Ingri
  
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• No. 14 Michigan St beats Maryland 24-7 despite Cook's injury

  14-11-2015 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Of all the injuries Michigan State has endured in 2015, this could be the most significant.
  
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• France vows 'merciless' response after attacks kill 129

  14-11-2015 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ingrid Melander and Marine Pennetier PARIS (Reuters) - An angry President Francois Hollande on Saturday promised a "merciless" response to a wave of attacks by gunmen and bombers that killed 129 people across Paris, describing the assault claimed by Islamic State as an act of war against France. Some 40 more people were killed in five other attacks in the Paris region, including a double suicide bombing outside the Stade de France stadium, where Hollande and the German foreign minister were w
  
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• What can France do now?

  14-11-2015 21:49 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Francois Hollande has called the worst violence witnessed in France since World War II "an act of war" planned outside the country "with inside complicity."
  
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• French players work through heavy hearts after Paris attacks

  14-11-2015 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Pelicans center Alexis Ajinca admitted he had a hard time focusing on basketball Friday night.
  
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• No info contradicts French on Islamic State behind attacks: White House

  14-11-2015 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  There is no information to contradict the French government's initial assessment that the Islamic State was behind attacks in Paris that killed 129 and injured many more, the White House said on Saturday. “The team reviewed the intelligence picture, noting that we had no information to contradict the initial French assessment of ISIL's responsibility,” the White House said in a statement after President Barack Obama met with his National Security Council.
  
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• Iowa wrestlers shatter NCAA outdoor attendance record

  14-11-2015 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The wrestlers entered cavernous Kinnick Stadium in jackets and stocking caps, marching through pyrotechnics as the AC/DC song "Back in Black" blared through the loudspeakers.
  
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• Security up in some US locales, business as usual at others

  14-11-2015 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Times Square, French consulates and sports stadiums saw increased security Saturday but authorities noted the stepped-up patrols were out of an abundance of caution following the Paris terror attacks that killed more than 120.
  
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• Paris attacks may reshape U.S. presidential race

  14-11-2015 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By James Oliphant and John Whitesides WASHINGTON/DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - The lethal attacks in Paris have the potential to reshape the U.S. presidential race, placing a new emphasis on issues of national security, border control, and counterterrorism, while perhaps bolstering candidates who talk toughest about taking on Islamic State militants both at home and abroad. National security has not assumed a central place in a U.S. presidential election for more than a decade as issues concernin
  
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• Obama heads to G-20 with new urgency following Paris attacks

  14-11-2015 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The global anxiety sparked by a series of deadly attacks in Paris by the Islamic State group has given new urgency to President Barack Obama's upcoming talks with world leaders.
  
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• Saracens rout giants Toulouse in Euro opener

  14-11-2015 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Saracens made a statement of intent as they thumped record four-time champions Toulouse 32-7 in the European Champions Cup on Saturday. A day after the terrifying Paris attacks, the Pool 1 match begun with a rendition of the French national anthem the Marseillaise but there was precious little goodwill offered by the English Premiership leaders thereafter. Saracens dominated from the off and strangled the life out of their overawed opponents, negating Toulouse's power at the scrum and overwhelmi
  
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• Obama, other leaders headed for G20 summit in Turkey

  14-11-2015 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US President Barack Obama left Washington Saturday for the G20 summit that begins this weekend in Turkey and is now expected to focus on the fight against terror following the Paris attacks. The leaders of the world's top 20 industrialized nations were set to deal with an already packed agenda before the killing of at least 129 people in Paris. The White House said earlier in the day that Obama would convene his National Security Council to review intelligence before leaving for the two-day summ
  
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• German police say mother admits killing some of her 8 babies, found at house in Bavaria

  14-11-2015 21:15 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  German police say a 45-year-old woman has admitted killing several of the eight babies whose bodies were found at an apartment in the northeast Bavarian town of Wallenfells.
  
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• Paris attacks: 'Don't move or we'll kill you'

  14-11-2015 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Loic Wiels could feel the bodies hitting the floor around him at a Paris music hall where a team of assailants opened fire Friday in one of France's deadliest terror attacks. Wiels is one of four survivors of the assault on the Bataclan concert venue who recounted to AFP how he survived. Just an hour prior Wiels had felt lucky to be among the crowd at the venue in eastern Paris.
  
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• ISIS leader in Libya likely killed in US airstrike, official says

  14-11-2015 21:12 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  An American airstrike has targeted and likely killed a top Islamic State leader in Libya, in a strike that happened just as the Paris terrorist attacks were underway, the Pentagon said Saturday.
  
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• Russia defiant in face of possible Olympic suspension

  14-11-2015 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Russia's brightest track and field stars were defiant after their country's athletics federation was provisionally suspended from international competition over state-sponsored doping allegations, insisting Saturday that no ban could hinder their Olympic ambitions. Pole vaulting star Yelena Isinbayeva, who had called on the IAAF not to punish honest competitors for their peers' doping practices, said she was "shocked" by the suspension. The length of Russia's exile depends on the country impleme
  
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• Belgian prosecutors open anti-terror investigation after Paris attacks

  14-11-2015 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Robert-Jan Bartunek and Barbara Lewis BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian prosecutors opened an anti-terrorist investigation and police arrested at least three people in a district of Brussels on Saturday, following a wave of killings in Paris claimed by the Islamic State. Belgian federal prosecutors said police had arrested at least three people in Molenbeek, a poor district of Brussels, in an operation focused on a car rented in Belgium and found near Paris's Bataclan concert hall, where gunmen ki
  
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• U.S. airstrike in Libya kills ISIS leader

  14-11-2015 21:04 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The U.S. military on Friday killed the senior ISIS leader in Libya, the Pentagon said.
  
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• NFL to bolster security, police presence at weekend games

  14-11-2015 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Football League said on Saturday it would increase security and beef up the law enforcement presence both inside and outside of stadiums for this week's games as a precaution after a series of attacks throughout Paris on Friday. "Following the events in Paris on Friday, we are closely monitoring events and have been in communication with the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI, which have informed us that there are no known threats against NFL stadiums,"
  
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• Romanian PM-designate meets top EU officials, tells them the future govt committed to Europe

  14-11-2015 21:00 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Romania's prime minister designate has briefly met top European Union officials, assuring them of his future government's commitment to the EU.
  
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• Jordan says mass killer was mentally disturbed, not a jihadist

  14-11-2015 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan said on Saturday that a police officer who went on a shooting spree, killing five people including two American police trainers, was psychologically disturbed and not linked to any radical Islamist group. Interior Minister Salameh Hamad told reporters the 29-year-old officer, Anwar Abu Zeid, had faced financial problems and was under severe mental stress before he began to fire at foreign trainers last Monday at the U.S.-funded King Abdullah Traini
  
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• Belgian police arrest several over Paris attacks: PM

  14-11-2015 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Belgian police arrested several suspects in Brussels on Saturday during raids connected to the Paris attacks, including one who was in the French capital at the time of the carnage, Prime Minister Charles Michel said. Michel told Belgian television that the arrests were linked to "suspect vehicles" identified during the investigation by French police into the attacks that killed at least 129 people. The possible link to the new Paris attacks raises fresh fears that Belgium is becoming a hotbed o
  
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• At least one Briton killed in Paris attacks, more fatalities feared

  14-11-2015 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At least one Briton was killed in Friday night's attacks in Paris, and officials fear there will be a handful of British fatalities, a British government source said on Saturday. "Our thoughts are with all those affected, and we are doing everything we can to support them at this tragic time,” the source said.
  
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• US student killed in Paris attacks

  14-11-2015 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A US student from California was killed in the Paris attacks, her university said Saturday. The State Department said separately that some Americans were wounded in the terrorist onslaught but it did not specify how many. The student killed in the string of shootings and explosions was identified as Nohemi Gonzalez, a third-year design student at California State University, Long Beach.
  
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• Ukraine beat Slovenia in Euro 2016 first leg play-off

  14-11-2015 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Andrei Yarmolenko and Yevhen Seleznyov scored in either half to give Ukraine a 2-0 win over Slovenia in the first leg of their Euro 2016 play-offs on Saturday. "We played well and the result we've achieved is pretty pleasing but it's only half-time in the tie," Ukraine's manager Mikhail Fomenko said. "I expect a very tough match at Maribor as Slovenia are a strong and well-organised team and now have nothing to lose.
  
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• Syria talks produce election roadmap after Paris attacks

  14-11-2015 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Francois Murphy and David Brunnstrom VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States, Russia and powers from the Middle East and Europe outlined a plan on Saturday for a political process in Syria leading to elections within two years, but differences over the fate of President Bashar al-Assad remained. A day after gunmen and suicide bombers went on a rampage through Paris, killing at least 127 people, foreign ministers and senior officials from more than a dozen countries agreed to seek a ceasefire, bu
  
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• NEW: Soccer star's relative killed

  14-11-2015 20:41 via rss.cnn.com
  
  France's football international against England at Wembley Stadium in London on Tuesday will go ahead as planned despite the Paris attacks which have left at least 128 people dead.
  
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