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• Senate passes bill to hit North Korea with harsher sanctions

  10-02-2016 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has unanimously approved legislation that aims to derail North Korea's drive for nuclear weapons by hitting Pyongyang with more stringent sanctions.
  
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• Reuters distances itself from Greg Hunt 'best minister' award: 'It wasn't our idea'

  10-02-2016 23:56 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Confusion surrounds the process by which Australia’s environment minister was crowned the world’s No 1, with the news agency denying it designed the scheme Confusion surrounds the selection process for the “best minister in the world” award bestowed upon Greg Hunt at the World Government Summit in Dubai for his efforts to reduce carbon emissions.
  According to the summit’s website in the United Arab Emirates, the “best minister in the world” award was &ld
  
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• NY trial over gallery's fake paintings ends with settlement

  10-02-2016 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A civil trial exposing the ugly underbelly of New York's art world has ended with a settlement.
  
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• U.S. Justice Dept. sues Ferguson, Missouri, over police reforms

  10-02-2016 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FERGUSON, Mo./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department filed a civil rights lawsuit against Ferguson, Missouri, on Wednesday to enforce a police and court reform plan after the city said it wanted to amend some aspects of a consent decree it had reached with the federal agency. The Justice Department initiated a civil rights investigation into Ferguson’s policing after an unarmed black teenager was killed by a white police officer in 2014. It resulted in a report that was extreme
  
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• Barca set unbeaten record to see off Neville's Valencia

  10-02-2016 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An under-strength Barcelona set a new club record of 29 games unbeaten to progress to the Copa del Rey final with a 1-1 draw at Gary Neville's Valencia on Wednesday for an 8-1 aggregate win. Barca's place in a fifth final in six years was assured after a 7-0 first-leg rout last week and without their star attacking trio Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar the under-fire Neville looked set to be handed some relief by Alvaro Negredo's first-half opener.
  
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• 2 deputies killed, suspect dead in shopping center shootout

  10-02-2016 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ABINGDON, Md. (AP) — A gunman fatally shot a sheriff's deputy inside a crowded restaurant at lunchtime Wednesday and killed another deputy in a shootout, authorities and witnesses said.
  
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• U.S. Justice Department sues Ferguson, Missouri over police reform

  10-02-2016 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Julia Edwards WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesdays that it had filed a civil rights lawsuit against Ferguson, Missouri, to enforce a police and court reform plan after the city said it wanted to amend some aspects of a consent decree it reached with the federal agency. The Justice Department initiated a civil rights investigation into Ferguson's policing and court practices after an unarmed black teenager was killed by a white police officer in 2014. It result
  
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• Ex-priest arrested in 1960 slaying of Texas beauty queen

  10-02-2016 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — For more than half a century, the unsolved killing of a young schoolteacher and beauty queen who was last seen at church haunted the Texas city of McAllen.
  
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• S&P 500 ends flat; Fed sees risks but unlikely to reverse course

  10-02-2016 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Dow and S&P 500 posted their fourth straight day of losses while the Nasdaq ended its three-day down streak. The market had traded higher for much of the session after Yellen told Congress she does not expect the central bank to reverse the rate hike program it began in December. "The market was strong (early in the day) because Janet Yellen confirmed the fact the Fed would go very slow on rate hikes because the economy was showing some signs of sluggishness," said Peter Tuz, president o
  
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• Chris Christie suspends presidential campaign after New Hampshire result

  10-02-2016 23:33 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  New Jersey governor garnered less than 10% of the vote in primary despite reportedly making more scheduled stops there than any other candidateChris Christie, the pugnacious governor of New Jersey who staked his 2016 presidential campaign on a strong showing in the New Hampshire primary, has suspended his candidacy after winning less than 10% of the vote on Tuesday, a campaign staffer confirmed to the Guardian.Christie failed to win over Granite State voters despite relentless campaigning. He ma
  
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• Jumbled GOP field hopes for survival in South Carolina

  10-02-2016 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Hoping for survival in the South, a muddled field of Republican presidential contenders descended Wednesday on South Carolina, no closer to clarity about who can stand between Donald Trump and their party's nomination.
  
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• 'Strongest evidence' of Zika effect

  10-02-2016 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One of the US's most senior public health officials reveals the "strongest evidence to date" of the effect on babies of the mosquito-borne Zika virus.
  
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• Chris Christie and Carly Fiorina drop out of race after New Hampshire loss – live

  10-02-2016 23:29 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Follow our live coverage after victories for the insurgents in the New Hampshire primary, as Sanders travels to New York to meet Al SharptonCrashing the parties: Sanders and Trump victories vindicate the ‘outsiders’Lucia Graves: Sanders defied the pragmatists – don’t count him out
  Jonathan Freedland: How Trump tore up the rulebook of US politics10.29pm GMT 9.07pm GMTThings are heating up as the race moves to South Carolina, where the conversation has turned sharply to the
  
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• Twitter disappoints investors again as user growth stalls

  10-02-2016 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Twitter Inc disappointed investors again, saying it saw no growth in average monthly active users in the fourth quarter - the first flat quarter sequentially since the company's 2013 initial public offering. Twitter shares fell in after-hours trading as the social media company's revenue forecast for the current quarter missed analysts' expectations, down 1.3 percent as a call with analysts was underway. Weak results will likely stoke investor concerns over stalled growth, which a series of init
  
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• Latest: Government files civil rights suit against Ferguson

  10-02-2016 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — The latest on efforts by Ferguson to reach a consent agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to improve police and court practices in the St. Louis suburb (all times local):
  
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• Department of Justice will sue Ferguson to force criminal justice reforms

  10-02-2016 23:22 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  US attorney general opens civil rights lawsuit after Ferguson city council opted to challenge proposed reforms aimed at overhauling racial discriminationThe Department of Justice will sue Ferguson, Missouri, to force an overhaul of the beleaguered city’s criminal justice system.Related: Ferguson mired in sweeping racial discrimination, federal report findsContinue reading...
  
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• Russia, pressed to end Syria bombing, proposes March truce

  10-02-2016 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Michelle Nichols, Tom Perry and Humeyra Pamuk UNITED NATIONS/DAMASCUS/ONCUPINAR, Turkey (Reuters) - World powers pressed Russia on Wednesday to stop bombing around Aleppo in support of a Syrian government offensive to recapture the city and a Western official said Moscow had presented a proposal envisaging a truce in three weeks' time. Secretary of State John Kerry is pushing for a ceasefire and more aid access to Aleppo, where rebel-held areas are being cut off and the United Nations has war
  
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• Democratic race turns on race

  10-02-2016 23:11 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Got a minute? Clinton hopes to hold African Americans – and everything else you need to know today from the campaign trail. By Tom McCarthy 10.11pm GMTAfter his big New Hampshire win, Democrat Bernie Sanders jetted to Harlem, New York, to meet with the Rev Al Sharpton, the political organizer and operative. 10.11pm GMT Continue reading...
  
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• Lewandowski brace fires Bayern into cup semis

  10-02-2016 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Robert Lewandowski netted twice to seal Bayern Munich's 3-0 win at ten-man minnows VfL Bochum on Wednesday to reach the German Cup semi-finals. Bayern have drawn Werder Bremen at home, while Hertha Berlin will host Borussia Dortmund, in the semi-finals to be played on April 19-20. This is the seventh straight year Bayern have reached the last four having lifted the trophy a record 17 times.
  
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• Sexual offence complaints at Cologne carnival quadruple from last year

  10-02-2016 23:08 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  German police report 66 complaints of sexual insults or aggression, up from 18 in 2015, during the carnival between last Thursday and WednesdayThe number of sexual offence complaints almost quadrupled at this year’s carnival celebrations in Cologne, according to German police, despite heightened security aimed at preventing a repeat of the mass assaults that marred the city’s New Year celebrations.Related: Cologne carnival: 'After New Year, there's even more reason to let our hair do
  
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• 2 female bombers kill 58 in northeast Nigerian refugee camp

  10-02-2016 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up in a northeastern Nigerian refugee camp, killing at least 58 people, health and rescue officials said Wednesday.
  
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• Zika research to be published rapidly, and free: statement

  10-02-2016 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Top research institutions, funders and publishers said Wednesday they would make all scientific findings on the Zika virus assailing Latin America available speedily, and free. A statement signed by the journals Nature, Science and The Lancet, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, France's Institut Pasteur, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development said data was a crucial tool in fighting the public health emergency. "Journal signatories will make
  
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• Chocolate's bizarre health benefits

  10-02-2016 23:02 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Who doesn't love chocolate? Even if it's not your favorite sweet treat, you can probably agree that the confection conjures thoughts of love, pleasure and reward.
  
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• Russia proposes March 1 ceasefire in Syria; US wants it now

  10-02-2016 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MUNICH (AP) — Russia has proposed a March 1 ceasefire in Syria, U.S. officials said Wednesday, but Washington believes Moscow is giving itself and the Syrian government three weeks to try to crush moderate rebel groups.
  
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• Demolition goes wrong when building collapses on worker in excavator – video

  10-02-2016 22:58 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  The demolition of a multi-storey parking garage in Houston, Texas, takes a dangerous turn when the structure collapses on a worker operating an excavator on the site. An eyewitness video catches the moment when the building topples on to the machine and the person inside, prompting a colleague in another excavator to rush the person’s aid. The operator was reportedly unharmed during the incident Continue reading...
  
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• Mangueira samba school wins Rio Carnival contest

  10-02-2016 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mangueira, one of the most traditional and respected samba schools in Brazil, was declared winner Wednesday of the 2016 Rio Carnival parade championship. The samba ensemble won its 18th title with a sumptuous samba parade on Monday night that involved 4,300 participants in a blur of costumes, pounding music and fantastical floats. Fans of the samba school, which is rooted in Rio's Mangueira favela, screamed and leapt in joy as the results were read out at a ceremony in the purpose-built dancing
  
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• Mangueira's samba wins Rio Carnival

  10-02-2016 22:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One of Rio de Janeiro's oldest samba schools, Mangueira, wins this year's carnival.
  
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• Michigan governor plans $360M for Flint, infrastructure

  10-02-2016 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on Wednesday proposed spending hundreds of millions more dollars to address Flint's water crisis from lead contamination and to update pipes there and across the state — a plan that lawmakers from both parties generally welcomed as moving in the right direction with the proper priorities.
  
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• Missouri boy, 3, found dead in van hours after going missing

  10-02-2016 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  IRONTON, Mo. (AP) — A 3-year-old Missouri boy who reportedly went missing early Wednesday from his grandfather's home was found dead hours later, draped in a blanket in a neighbor's van about a mile away, authorities said.
  
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• Venezuela asks more than 100 malls to close to save electricity

  10-02-2016 22:47 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Officials say measure will help the country cope with problems due to a severe drought caused by El Niño, but malls are havens from violence for many peopleShops in malls across Venezuela have closed their doors early to comply with a government electricity rationing order.Venezuela’s socialist government is asking more than 100 malls to close or generate their own power four hours each day, from 1pm to 3pm and from 7pm to 9pm. Continue reading...
  
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• Levi Bellfield 'heaping cruelty' on Milly Dowler's family, says ex-detective – video

  10-02-2016 22:46 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Former detective chief inspector Colin Sutton describes Levi Bellfield’s detailed admissions of Milly Dowler’s murder as cruel on Wednesday. Last month Bellfield, a serial killer who is serving two whole-life sentences, confessed to the torture and rape of Milly over two daysMilly Dowler’s family speak of ‘torment and pain’ over killer’s confessionContinue reading...
  
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• The Latest: Sanders camp says $5.2 million raised since NH

  10-02-2016 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Here's the latest on the 2016 presidential race as Republican and Democratic candidates head from New Hampshire to South Carolina and beyond. All times local:
  
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• Man suspected of wounding 3 after basketball game jailed

  10-02-2016 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — Authorities have jailed a 21-year-old man suspected of shooting and wounding three people outside of a western Michigan high school basketball game.
  
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• Former Hewlett-Packard boss Fiorina ends White House bid

  10-02-2016 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republican Carly Fiorina, the outspoken former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard who argued she would be the sharpest challenger against Democrat Hillary Clinton for the presidency, ended her White House bid Wednesday. "While I suspend my candidacy today, I will continue to travel this country and fight for those Americans who refuse to settle for the way things are and a status quo that no longer works for them," Fiorina said in a Facebook post, one day after she finished seventh in the New Ha
  
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• Woman, 2 daughters fatally stabbed at NY hotel; 3rd kid hurt

  10-02-2016 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A man repeatedly stabbed his girlfriend and all three of her children Wednesday morning at a hotel that was being used for homeless housing, killing her and two of her daughters, authorities said.
  
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• Portland's Lillard added to US Olympic basketball candidates

  10-02-2016 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard, having a stellar NBA season with career highs in scoring and assists, was named Wednesday to the finalist roster for the US Olympic team. USA Basketball announced the move, approved by its board of directors, that adds another talented playmaker to a candidates list that already includes reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Stephen Curry and four-time NBA MVP LeBron James. Lillard, in his fourth NBA campaign, is averaging 24.2 points, sixth in the NBA, a
  
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• Wisconsin's Feingold avoiding Democratic presidential pick

  10-02-2016 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders? The question is much more than a ballot choice for Democrat Russ Feingold, whose hopes of reclaiming the Senate seat he held for 18 years rests with Wisconsin voters heavily invested in the presidential nomination fight.
  
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• S. Korea to shut down joint industrial park with N. Korea

  10-02-2016 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea said Wednesday that it will shut down a joint industrial park with North Korea in response to its recent rocket launch, accusing the North of using hard currency from the park to develop its nuclear and missile programs.
  
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• Tara Nettleton, widow of Isis fighter Khaled Sharrouf, dies in Syria – reports

  10-02-2016 22:30 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Nettleton believed to have died from complications following an operation for appendicitis, with her death leaving her five children stranded in Isis strongholdThe widow of Australian Islamic State fighter Khaled Sharrouf has reportedly died in Syria, leaving her five children now stranded in Raqqa, an Isis stronghold.Tara Nettleton is believed to have died from complications following an operation for appendicitis in September. Nettleton followed Sharrouf to Syria from Sydney. Continue reading.
  
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• S. Korean firms begin pull-out from industrial park in North

  10-02-2016 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  South Korean companies prepared Thursday to begin pulling out of a jointly-run industrial zone in North Korea after Seoul shut it down to punish Kim Jong-Un's regime for its recent nuclear test and rocket launch. Wednesday's announcement to close the Kaesong complex took many by surprise, given that South Korea had always allowed it to remain open despite serious provocations in the past. Defending what it called an "unavoidable" decision, the South said North Korea had been using the hundreds o
  
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• Despite carbon ruling, White House says U.S. can meet climate deal goals

  10-02-2016 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ayesha Rascoe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House promised on Wednesday that it would be able to uphold U.S. commitments to an international climate change agreement, as a court ruling heightened concerns about the stability of the global carbon reduction pact reached last year. After jumping nearly 7 percent early in the session, the Thomson Reuters U.S. coal index was down 3 percent in afternoon trading. The court dealt a serious blow to the Obama administration's climate change agenda o
  
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• Boris Johnson's wife criticises Cameron's EU renegotiation - Politics live

  10-02-2016 22:25 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Rolling coverage of all the day’s political developments as they happen, including David Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn at PMQsMy snap PMQs verdictMy PMQs verdictPMQs - Verdict from the Twitter commentariatAfternoon summary 5.03pm GMTTalks on #UKinEU settlement a fragile political process. I cancelled all my obligations to meet EU leaders & EP to secure broad supportI am in a process of intensive talks on my proposal for UK settlement. Press statement after #CoRplenary: https://t.co/j1bFiow
  
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• S&P ends flat as energy and materials weigh

  10-02-2016 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The S&P 500 ended flat on Wednesday, cutting its gains late in the session as commodity-related shares fell, while comments by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen offered a mixed view on the rate outlook.
  
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• Lisa Borders announced as new WNBA President

  10-02-2016 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Lisa Borders has been a fan of the WNBA ever since she helped bring a team to Atlanta. Now she's the league's new president.
  
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• Delay of clean power plan stokes worries about Paris treaty

  10-02-2016 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration asserted Wednesday that a Supreme Court order delaying enforcement of its new clean-power rules will ultimately have little impact on meeting the nation's obligations under the recent Paris climate agreement.
  
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• Pope takes bridge-building mission to Mexico

  10-02-2016 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Prior to embarking on his long-planned February 12-17 tour of Mexico, the 79-year-old pontiff will stop over in Havana for a historic meeting with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill. The son of Italian emigrants to Argentina, Francis was not under any pressure to go to Mexico, which was graced by the presence of previous pontiffs six times between 1998 and 2012. "I want to come as a missionary of mercy and peace," Francis said in a pre-trip video message.
  
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• John Cryan: the Yorkshireman at the heart of Deutsche

  10-02-2016 21:58 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  The British banking veteran must navigate the German financial giant through one of its worst crisesWhen John Cryan was named chief executive of Deutsche Bank last June, its shares leapt 8% on hopes that the Briton could revive the fortunes of the German institution.But the Yorkshireman’s honeymoon period has been very short - the bank’s shares have plunged 50% since he took charge. Continue reading...
  
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• The Latest: Prosecutors say ex-sheriff should face 6 months

  10-02-2016 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca's agreement to plead guilty to lying during a federal probe of corruption at the jails he ran (all times local):
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg chides board member over 'deeply upsetting' India comments

  10-02-2016 21:55 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Marc Andreessen, an influential investor, posted a tweet that appeared to back colonialism following India’s decision to ban Facebook’s free mobile internetA member of Facebook’s board and influential Silicon Valley investor was forced into a groveling apology on Wednesday after acknowledging that remarks appearing to support British colonialism in India were “ill-informed and ill-advised”.In a series of apologetic tweets, Marc Andreessen, who is accustomed to ranti
  
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• Kasich, buoyed by New Hampshire success, goes after Sanders – video

  10-02-2016 21:55 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Republican presidential hopeful John Kasich speaks at a rally in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, on Wednesday following his second-place finish in New Hampshire, thanking the ‘army of volunteers’ who delivered the victory for him. Kasich also addresses the landslide win by Bernie Sanders on the Democratic side, saying there is ‘no question’ he will be able to win over the ‘blue-collared, conservative Democrats’ in a general election Continue reading...
  
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