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• Two last California jail escapees caught in San Francisco after tip

  30-01-2016 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The last two fugitives who broke out a California jail last week were arrested on a tip from a man who saw their stolen van in the parking lot of a San Francisco Whole Foods supermarket, authorities said on Saturday, a day after a third escapee turned himself in. The manhunt that began after the three inmates escaped from an Orange County maximum-security jail on Jan. 22 came to an end when Hossein Nayeri, 37, and Jonathan Tieu, 20, were taken into cus
  
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• Two escaped inmates held in California

  30-01-2016 23:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police in San Francisco catch two inmates who had been on the run from jail for more than a week, after a third surrendered on Friday.
  
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• Rome rally against Italy gay unions

  30-01-2016 23:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thousands gather in the Italian capital Rome to protest against a bill giving gay couples legal recognition and some adoption rights.
  
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• Iowa's evangelicals take spotlight in presidential race

  30-01-2016 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  That Ted Cruz, Republican candidate for US president, should have taken the trouble to travel to tiny Fenton, with its 263 inhabitants and two churches, speaks volumes about the evangelical vote -- particularly in Iowa, where the presidential primary process begins Monday. The inhabitants are a hardy lot, and 70 Republicans have defied the cold weather to crowd into the town's only restaurant on a Friday to see the candidate. "A spirit of revival is sweeping the country," the Texas senator tells
  
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• NYT endorses Clinton and Kasich

  30-01-2016 23:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Liberal-leaning New York Times backs Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican John Kasich as they bid to become their parties' candidates in US presidential elections.
  
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• At least 37 dead, including children, as migrant boat sinks off Turkey

  30-01-2016 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Turkish coastguard on Saturday recovered the bodies of women and children washed up on a beach after yet another migrant boat sank while trying to reach Europe, leaving at least 37 dead. In harrowing scenes reminiscent of the death of Aylan Kurdi, the Syrian toddler photographed lying dead on a Turkish beach in September, the body of a small child could be seen among those strewn over a beach near the town of Ayvacik in northwestern Canakkale province, an AFP photographer at the scene said.
  
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• Los Angeles named site for 2017 NHL All-Star Game

  30-01-2016 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - Los Angeles was named Saturday as the host city for the 2017 National Hockey League All-Star Game, with two days of events set to be staged at the Staples Center next January.
  
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• Final two California escapees captured near upscale store

  30-01-2016 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The two remaining escapees from a jail break in southern California have been captured in San Francisco, police announced Saturday. The two -- identified as Hossein Nayeri, 37, and Jonathan Tieu, 20 -- were arrested after a passerby recognized their white van as the one authorities said had been stolen following the dramatic jail break last week in Santa Ana, near Los Angeles. Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens told reporters that Nayeri ran from the van, which was in the parking lot of a Who
  
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• Peace talks in peril as more Syrians starve

  30-01-2016 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Syria's main opposition body threatened Saturday to quit UN-mediated peace talks before they even get going as the rising death toll from starvation highlighted the dire humanitarian situation in the wartorn country. The High Negotiations Committee (HNC) begrudgingly bowed only late Friday to US and Saudi pressure to at least show up in Geneva to test the waters for joining the biggest push yet to end a five-year-old civil war. "If the regime insists on continuing to commit these crimes then the
  
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• One dead and many hurt at US bike show

  30-01-2016 22:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  At least one person has died and several injured after a shooting and stabbing at a motorcycle show in the US state of Colorado.
  
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• Suhr sets women's world indoor pole vault record

  30-01-2016 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Reigning Olympic champion Jenn Suhr of the United States broke her own women's world indoor pole vault record Saturday by clearing 5.03 meters at the Golden Eagle Invitational meet. Suhr set the record at Brockport State in suburban Rochester, breaking the mark of 5.02m she established on March 2, 2013 at the US championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
  
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• The Latest: Aunt of drowned 3-year-old makes emotional plea

  30-01-2016 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Latest on Europe's migrant crisis (all times local):
  
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• Carew, on mend from heart attack, eyes Twins spring training

  30-01-2016 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Rod Carew is about four months removed from a massive heart attack that nearly killed him.
  
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• Florida upsets No. 9 West Virginia 88-71 in Challenge

  30-01-2016 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida coach Mike White congratulated his players in the locker room and then challenged them to match the energy, effort and efficiency they played with against West Virginia.
  
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• The Latest: Clinton supporters say no concerned about emails

  30-01-2016 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 race for president on the final weekend of campaigning before Monday's leadoff Iowa caucuses (all times local):
  
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• Tanzania poachers 'kill British pilot'

  30-01-2016 22:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A British helicopter pilot has been shot dead by elephant poachers in Tanzania, the conservation charity for which he was working says.
  
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• Denver police respond to reports of 2 people shot, 1 stabbed

  30-01-2016 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — Denver police say they have responded to reports that several people have been shot or stabbed at the Denver Coliseum.
  
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• The Latest: Man sees police handcuff 1 escaped inmate

  30-01-2016 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the search for two inmates who remain at large after breaking out of a California jail on Jan. 22 (all times local):
  
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• Footballers stage migrants protest

  30-01-2016 22:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Footballers in Greece stage a sit-in protest at the start of a game over the death toll of migrants trying to reach the country.
  
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• Johnny Manziel being investigated following altercation

  30-01-2016 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Troubled Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel is being investigated by police in Texas following a disturbance during which he may have assaulted his ex-girlfriend.
  
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• Syrian opposition says it is keen to make peace talks work, test Assad

  30-01-2016 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GENEVA (Reuters) - A Syrian opposition delegation arrived in Geneva late on Saturday saying they were keen to make U.N. peace talks a success and test the government's intention to implement U.N. resolutions. Salim al-Muslat, spokesman for the High Negotiations Committee, said President Bashar al-Assad must release women and children from government jails and allow aid into besieged areas, but that there were no preconditions for talks. "We’re always optimistic but the problem is we’
  
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• Two remaining California jail escapees caught in San Francisco after tip-off

  30-01-2016 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The two remaining fugitives who escaped from a Southern California jail last week were arrested on Saturday by San Francisco police, a day after the third escapee in the brazen jailbreak surrendered to law enforcement, authorities said. The weeklong manhunt came to end when Hossein Nayeri, 37, and Jonathan Tieu, 20, were taken into custody on Saturday morning in San Francisco's park district, the police said. A woman approached police officers and pointed out a white van that looked like one Nay
  
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• Clinton campaigns with Giffords, focuses on gun control

  30-01-2016 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AMES, Iowa (AP) — Hillary Clinton campaigned Saturday with gun-control advocates Gabby Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly, trying to draw a contrast between her push for stricter laws with rival Bernie Sanders' record.
  
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• Retired general, ex-CIA chief David Petraeus to receive no further punishment

  30-01-2016 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has decided not to impose further punishment on David Petraeus, a former U.S. military commander and CIA director who admitted sharing classified information with his mistress, according to a letter seen by Reuters. The short letter was sent by Stephen Hedger, the assistant secretary of defense for legislative affairs, and the decision is in line with an Army review. Petraeus resigned as head of the CIA in
  
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• A call to action from 2016 hopefuls: Please, Iowans, vote

  30-01-2016 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MANCHESTER, Iowa (AP) — Bernie Sanders implored Iowa supporters Saturday to get on their feet in two days and turn their months-long infatuation with his upstart campaign into actual votes — a call to action echoed by Democratic and Republican hopefuls in a frenzied weekend prelude to the first presidential contest of the 2016 race.
  
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• At least 37 migrants drown trying to reach Greece

  30-01-2016 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A boat carrying Syrians attempting the short sea journey from Turkey to Greece struck rocks and capsized at dawn on Saturday, causing at least 37 people to drown, among them several babies and young children.
  
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• Obama to visit Baltimore mosque, plead for tolerance

  30-01-2016 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Barack Obama plans to visit a mosque near Baltimore on Wednesday to make a plea for tolerance and religious freedom, the White House said Sunday. It will be Obama's first visit as president to an American mosque -- though he visited a Jakarta mosque during a 2010 visit -- and comes at a time when American Muslims have reported a surge of anti-Muslim sentiment, linked partly to comments from Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump. "The president will travel to Maryland to visi
  
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• Kenny Sailors, star Wyoming jump shot pioneer, dies at 95

  30-01-2016 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — Kenny Sailors, the college basketball Hall of Famer credited by some with being the first to use the modern jump shot, died Saturday. He was 95.
  
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• Packers quarterback Rodgers well after knee surgery - reports

  30-01-2016 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers underwent left knee surgery after the team's NFL playoff run, according to reports Saturday that said he is recovering well and probable for off-season workouts. The NFL's website and ESPN reported unnamed sources as saying Rodgers underwent a minor operation on the knee, the same one he underwent reconstructive surgery on in 2004 for a torn ligament. Rodgers, an 11-year NFL veteran, played all but 10 snaps for the Packers this season.
  
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• The Latest: SAG Awards about television, too

  30-01-2016 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on Saturday's 22nd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles (all times local):
  
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• Obama to meet with Muslims on 1st visit to US mosque

  30-01-2016 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a public show of support, President Barack Obama will meet with Muslim community members Wednesday in Baltimore on his first presidential visit to an American mosque.
  
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• Turkey accuses Russia of new airspace violation

  30-01-2016 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkey on Saturday accused Russia of a fresh violation of its airspace, warning Moscow it would "face consequences" as relations between the two countries hit a new post-Cold War low. The Turkish foreign ministry said a Russian Su-34 plane violated Turkish airspace at 0946 GMT on Friday despited repeated warnings from Turkish air radar units in Russian and English. The Russian defence ministry dismissed the claim as "baseless propaganda".
  
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• Liverpool 0-0 West Ham United

  30-01-2016 21:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An inexperienced Liverpool side are frustrated by West Ham goalkeeper Darren Randolph as their FA Cup tie ends in a draw.
  
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• British police arrest nine after anti-immigration clashes in Dover

  30-01-2016 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  British police arrested nine people after clashes between anti-immigration groups and anti-racism protesters in Dover on Saturday, with media reports of smoke bombs and bricks being thrown. Far-right groups such as the National Front confronted activists rallying against racism, such as the Kent Anti-Fascist Network, resulting in disturbances in the port town that lies 20 miles by sea from France. Kent Police said one person suffered a broken arm and five people sustained minor injuries during t
  
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• In the US, Latino voters lie low

  30-01-2016 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dolores Rios is a permanent US resident from Mexico and doesn't have the right to vote. Members of her Latino community, even those who are citizens, hardly turn out on US election day. "Politics comes after the economy for me," she said amid mounds of dough in the back room of a bakery in West Liberty, Iowa.
  
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• Colombia reports more than 2,000 Zika cases in pregnant women

  30-01-2016 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Colombia announced Saturday that more than 2,000 pregnant women have been infected with Zika, amid growing concern about the spread of the virus suspected of causing irreversible brain damage in newborns. The National Health Institute reported that Colombia now has 20,297 cases of Zika infection, including 2,116 in expectant mothers. The latest numbers, reported in the institute's epidemiological bulletin, make Colombia the second most affected country in the region, after Brazil, the epicenter
  
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• Russia 'violated airspace' - Turkey

  30-01-2016 20:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Turkey's foreign ministry says it has summoned the Russian ambassador after a Russian plane violated its airspace near the Syrian border.
  
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• German police 'should shoot migrants'

  30-01-2016 20:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  German police should "if necessary" shoot at migrants seeking to enter the country illegally, the leader of a right-wing populist party says.
  
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• The Latest: Merkel says many refugees will return home

  30-01-2016 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Latest on Europe's migrant crisis (all times local):
  
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• Main Syrian opposition team arrives in Geneva as peace talks open

  30-01-2016 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Stephanie Nebehay AMMAN/GENEVA (Reuters) - A delegation from Syria's main opposition group arrived in Geneva on Saturday to assess whether to join Damascus government officials in United Nations-brokered peace talks. The 17-strong team included the head of the Saudi-backed Higher Negotiation Committee (HNC), which includes political and militant opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the country's five-year-old civil war, an opposition spokesperson said. The
  
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• Greece's lenders to resume bailout review as farmers protests reforms

  30-01-2016 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Negotiations between Greece and its creditors on the first review of the country's bailout will resume Monday, against the backdrop of ongoing demonstrations by farmers protesting pension reforms imposed by international lenders. The Greek finance ministry confirmed the resumption of the talks, which come as farmers continue to blockade highways in several places over the government's plans to scrap benefits such as income tax breaks and cheaper fuels and push through reforms to a national insur
  
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• Clinton, Sanders campaigns agree to add New Hampshire debate

  30-01-2016 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MANCHESTER, Iowa (AP) — The Democratic presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have reached an agreement in principle to hold another presidential debate next week in New Hampshire, and three more this spring.
  
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• Four dead in 50-car Slovenia crash

  30-01-2016 20:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 50 cars are involved in a huge pile-up in western Slovenia, with at least four people killed, local media reports say.
  
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• The Latest: 2 escaped inmates arrested in San Francisco

  30-01-2016 20:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the search for two inmates who remain at large after breaking out of a California jail on Jan. 22 (all times local):
  
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• Opposition arrives for peace talks as more Syrians starve

  30-01-2016 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Representatives of Syria's main opposition body arrived in Switzerland Saturday for UN-organised peace talks as the starvation death toll rose in Madaya, one of a string of besieged towns in the war-ravaged country. The High Negotiations Committee (HNC) begrudgingly bowed only late Friday to US and Saudi pressure to at least show up in Geneva to test the waters for joining the biggest push yet to end a five-year-old civil war. "We will not sit down at the negotiating table if our people continue
  
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• Orange County sheriff: 2 remaining fugitive inmates captured in San Francisco after jail break

  30-01-2016 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Orange County sheriff: 2 remaining fugitive inmates captured in San Francisco after jail break.
  
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• The Latest: Clinton, Sanders campaigns agree to add debate

  30-01-2016 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 race for president on the final weekend of campaigning before Monday's leadoff Iowa caucuses (all times local):
  
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• La Liga: Barca beats nine-man Atletico

  30-01-2016 19:48 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Barcelona took a giant step towards retaining the La Liga title with a 2-1 victory over nine-man Atletico Madrid in a crunch top of the table clash Saturday.
  
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• 'The Big Short,' 'Spotlight' to vie at SAG Awards

  30-01-2016 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Hollywood beset by a crisis over diversity will convene for the 22nd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, where the night's top film honor may be a toss-up between the ensembles of two fact-based tales: "The Big Short" and "Spotlight."
  
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• Zika pregnancy cases double in Colombia

  30-01-2016 19:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The number of pregnant women in Colombia infected with the Zika virus - linked to birth defects - doubles in a week to nearly 2,000, officials say.
  
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