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• Kurdish TV shows moment earthquake hits Kurdistan region

  12-11-2017 23:55 via yahoo.com
  A live broadcast on the Kurdish channel Rudaw TV captured the moment a large earthquake hit Iraq on Sunday evening. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
  
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• How Japan changed video games forever

  12-11-2017 23:54 via cnn.com
  Japan didn't invent the first computer game. That accolade goes to "Space War!", a game created in 1962 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States.
  
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• ATP Finals: Roger Federer beats Jack Sock, Alexander Zverev defeats Marin Cilic

  12-11-2017 23:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Six-time champion Roger Federer and third seed Alexander Zverev win the opening matches at the season-ending ATP Finals in London.
  
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• America's Mass Shooting Problem Is A Domestic Violence Problem

  12-11-2017 23:32 via yahoo.com
  It seems like there is no place in America that is immune to a mass shooting.
  
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• The Latest: At least 30 dead, 200 hurt in Iran-Iraq quake

  12-11-2017 23:28 via feeds.foxnews.com
  The latest on magnitude 7.2 earthquake that hit Iran-Iraq border region (all times local): 1:50 a.m.
  
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• 'Supergirl' producer suspended amid sexual harassment claims

  12-11-2017 23:23 via cnn.com
  Warner Bros. Television Group has sidelined a prominent television producer and writer amid allegations of sexual harassment.
  
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• Lebanon PM says he will return to seek settlement

  12-11-2017 23:22 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — In his first TV interview since he announced his surprise resignation last weekend, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Sunday he will return to his country from Saudi Arabia "within days" to seek a settlement with the militant group Hezbollah, his rivals in his coalition government.
  
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• Texas Church Shooter's Ex-Wife Says She Lived In Constant Fear Of Him

  12-11-2017 23:17 via yahoo.com
  The ex-wife of Devin Patrick Kelley, the 26-year-old gunman who killed 26 people in a rural Texas church last week, says she lived in “constant fear” of him during their brief marriage.
  
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• Earthquake hits Iraq near border with Iran, several killed in both countries

  12-11-2017 22:47 via yahoo.com
  By Raya Jalabi and Ahmed RasheedBAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - At least four people died in Iraq and several were killed across the border in Iran on Sunday when a strong earthquake hit the region, officials and state media in the two countries said.The US Geological Survey said the quake measured a magnitude of 7.3, while an Iraqi meteorology official put its magnitude at6.5 with the epicenter in Penjwin in Sulaimaniyah province in the Kurdistan region close to the main border crossing with Ir
  
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• Elon Musk Reveals Details on "Mind Blowing" Tesla Semi Truck Debut

  12-11-2017 22:44 via yahoo.com
  "This will be a very spry truck."
  
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• Maduro says Venezuela will 'never' default on its massive debt

  12-11-2017 22:43 via yahoo.com
  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro insisted on Sunday that his cash-strapped country would "never" default, as he prepared to meet with creditors in Caracas to discuss rescheduling part of the country's massive $150 billion debt."Never, default will never reach Venezuela," he declared on his weekly television show.Maduro pointed to ongoing negotiations with his allies China and Russia, to which Venezuela owes, respectively, $28 billion and $8 billion.
  
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• Texas church holds first service since mass shooting

  12-11-2017 22:42 via cnn.com
  The congregation of First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs held a service on Sunday, one week after a gunman opened fire in the church, killing 25 people and an unborn child in the deadliest mass shooting in Texas history.
  
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• At least 6 dead in powerful quake near Iraq-Iran border

  12-11-2017 22:38 via cnn.com
  A magnitude 7.2 earthquake has hit near the Iraqi city of Halabja, close to the Iraq-Iran border, according the US Geological Survey. The temblor, centered about 350 kilometers (217 miles) from Baghdad, was felt throughout Iraq, USGS said.
  
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• Advertisers ditch Sean Hannity's show after Roy Moore interview

  12-11-2017 22:31 via yahoo.com
  Two companies, Realtor.com and Keurig, have pulled advertisements from Fox News host Sean Hannity’s programme after he interviewed Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore.The Republican running the special election on 12 December has come under criticism for allegations of sexual abuse of teenage girls - all of which Mr Moore has denied.“Every single person in this country deserves the presumption of innocence,” said Mr Hannity during the programme, which included ad spots from both
  
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• Ex-intel chiefs say Trump's Russia comments 'put US in peril'

  12-11-2017 22:13 via cnn.com
  Responding to an attack by President Donald Trump, two former top intelligence officials blasted Trump for his meandering statements on Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
  
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• Ex-intel chiefs say Trump's comments 'give Putin a pass'

  12-11-2017 22:13 via cnn.com
  A pair of former US intelligence chiefs blasted President Donald Trump Sunday after he attacked them a day earlier while discussing his recent conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
  
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• Face transplant recipient meets donor's family

  12-11-2017 22:10 via cnn.com
  Andy Sandness received a face transplant, and now he's meeting the donor's family for the first time. If you or someone you know is showing warning signs of suicide, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK.
  
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• Lebanon PM: I'm 'free' in Saudi Arabia and will return soon

  12-11-2017 22:08 via cnn.com
  Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who unexpectedly resigned last week during a trip to Saudi Arabia, saying his life was in danger, insisted Sunday he will return to the country soon to "unite the Lebanese people."
  
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• Lebanon PM: I will return soon

  12-11-2017 22:08 via cnn.com
  Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who unexpectedly resigned last week during a trip to Saudi Arabia, saying his life was in danger, insisted Sunday he will return to the country soon to "unite the Lebanese people."
  
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• Train crash in southeast Congo kills at least 34

  12-11-2017 22:01 via feeds.foxnews.com
  A Congo government official says a train crash has killed at least 34 people and injured 26 others in Lualaba province in the country's southeast.
  
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• Train crash 'kills 33' in Democratic Republic of Congo

  12-11-2017 22:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The train may have been carrying flammable material and is reported to have gone up in flames.
  
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• Iran-Iraq border reels from 7.3-magnitude quake; at least 10 reported dead

  12-11-2017 22:00 via feeds.foxnews.com
  At least ten people died and dozens were hurt after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake jolted the "Iraq-Iran border region" on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) announced, as reports of serious structural damage started to emerge.
  
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• 7.2 magnitude earthquake, kills at least 2 in Iran

  12-11-2017 22:00 via feeds.foxnews.com
  A 7.2-magnitude earthquake jolted the region between Iran and Iraq on Sunday, killing at least two people and injuring 28 others.
  
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• Saad Hariri: Lebanon return from Saudi Arabia 'within days'

  12-11-2017 21:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Lebanon's PM Saad Hariri says he is free in Saudi Arabia, and that he resigned to protect himself.
  
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• Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Husband fears for her health

  12-11-2017 21:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband says she has found lumps in her breasts and is close to breakdown.
  
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• Raw: Iraqi Forces Find Mass Graves

  12-11-2017 21:46 via yahoo.com
  Iraqi officials said Sunday up to 400 bodies of civilians and security forces had been found in an abandoned base near Hawija, a northern town retaken from the Islamic State group in early October. (Nov. 12)
  
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• US, Niger teams visit site to learn about soldiers' ambush

  12-11-2017 21:29 via feeds.foxnews.com
  The U.S. Africa Command says it has sent a joint team with the Niger military to the village of Tongo Tongo to investigate the Oct. 4 attack by extremists that left four American and four Nigerien soldiers dead.
  
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• World Cup play-off: Switzerland 0-0 Northern Ireland (agg: 1-0)

  12-11-2017 21:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Northern Ireland's hopes of making the World Cup finals end as Switzerland win the play-off 1-0 on aggregate after a draw in Basel.
  
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• The Powerful Earthquake Along the Iran-Iraq Border Has Killed More Than 330 People

  12-11-2017 21:25 via yahoo.com
  Iran sits on many major fault lines and is prone to near-daily quakes
  
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• Iran's State-Run News Agency Says the 7.3-Magnitude Earthquake Along Its Border Has Killed Over 140 People

  12-11-2017 21:25 via yahoo.com
  Iran sits on many major fault lines and is prone to near-daily quakes
  
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• Lebanon Prime Minister Says He Will Return to Country 'Very Soon'

  12-11-2017 21:20 via yahoo.com
  In a TV interview, Saad Hariri said he resigned to protect Lebanon from imminent danger
  
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• Vettel cruises to win at Brazilian Grand Prix

  12-11-2017 21:07 via cnn.com
  As far as the 2017 Formula One world championship goes it was academic, but Sebastian Vettel's win at Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix will have brought some smiles back to Ferrari faces.
  
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• 'Only God can save us': Yemeni children starve as aid is held at border

  12-11-2017 20:55 via theguardian.com
  Iona Craig reports from Yemen where aid agencies cannot get vital shipments into the war-torn country already gripped by cholera outbreak Abdulaziz al-Husseinya lies skeletal and appears lifeless in a hospital in Yemen’s western port city of Hodeidah. At the age of nine, he weighs less than one and a half stone, and is one of hundreds of thousands of children in the country suffering from acute malnutrition.Seven million people are on on the brink of famine in war-torn Yemen, which was alr
  
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• UK woman held in Iran jail 'angry and in tears' at Boris Johnson remarks

  12-11-2017 20:54 via theguardian.com
  Husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says she has health concerns and ‘lumps have been found in her breasts’Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was brought to tears of shock and anger by Boris Johnson’s inaccurate comments about the reasons for her visit to Tehran and the Iranian authorities’ use of them to justify her imprisonment, her husband said on Sunday.In a description of a phone call with his wife, Richard Ratcliffe said that lumps had been found in her breasts that require
  
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• Romania: Protests held in 10 cities over worker tax burden

  12-11-2017 20:43 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Thousands of Romanians have participated in anti-government protests in 10 cities to oppose new tax changes that critics say would lead to wage cuts.
  
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• Brazilian GP: Sebastian Vettel cruises to victory

  12-11-2017 20:42 via cnn.com
  Sebastian Vettel has cruised to a comfortable win at the Brazilian Grand Prix to strengthen his grip on second place in the Formula One drivers' championship.
  
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• 3 US Navy aircraft carriers operate off Korean Peninsula

  12-11-2017 20:39 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Three U.S. Navy aircraft carriers joined South Korea on Saturday to begin joint four-day naval exercises in the waters off the Korean Peninsula in a show of force against North Korea as President Trump ends his five-country Asia tour.
  
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• Yemen rebels deny US claim missile at Riyadh was Iranian

  12-11-2017 20:33 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Yemeni Houthi rebels have directly rebutted U.S. assertions that a missile launched into Saudi Arabia earlier this month was manufactured by Shiite ally Iran.
  
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• Wyoming veteran returns historical item to Germany

  12-11-2017 20:24 via yahoo.com
  CODY, Wyo. (AP) — U.S. Marine Corps veteran and Cody resident Bill Buntyn knew he had something special when he purchased an old German banner in 1983 at a military surplus auction in Ohio.
  
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• US carries out 3 drone strikes against extremists in Somalia

  12-11-2017 20:17
  US stepping up campaign against extremist rebels of al-Shabab, Islamic State
  
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• Track Cycling World Cup: Britain win gold in women's team pursuit

  12-11-2017 20:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Great Britain claim their third gold medal of the Track Cycling World Cup with victory in the women's team pursuit in Manchester.
  
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• Opinion: Trump's trip has not been a success

  12-11-2017 20:11 via cnn.com
  Until Saturday, President Donald Trump had earned some praise for his trip to Asia. Overall, the visit seemed to go well by the standards we use to evaluate him. There were few unsettling tweets over the past few days, at least relative to his normal routine, and by most accounts the meetings with the key leaders have gone smoothly. Trump has played ball in the diplomatic celebrations and seemed to be in good spirits. He's offered some provocative words about North Korea, but nothing that comes
  
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• Opinion: Trump shoots himself in the foot

  12-11-2017 20:11 via cnn.com
  Until Saturday, President Donald Trump had earned some praise for his trip to Asia. Overall, the visit seemed to go well by the standards we use to evaluate him. There were few unsettling tweets over the past few days, at least relative to his normal routine, and by most accounts the meetings with the key leaders have gone smoothly. Trump has played ball in the diplomatic celebrations and seemed to be in good spirits. He's offered some provocative words about North Korea, but nothing that comes
  
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• 7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes near Iraq-Iran border

  12-11-2017 20:05 via cnn.com
  A magnitude 7.2 earthquake has hit near the Iraqi city of Halabja, close to the Iraq-Iran border, according the US Geological Survey. The temblor, centered about 350 kilometers (217 miles) from Baghdad, was felt throughout Iraq, USGS said.
  
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• Lebanon PM says he will return to his country soon

  12-11-2017 20:01 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Sunday he will return to his country "very soon" amid a political crisis that erupted when he announced his sudden resignation on Nov. 4 in Saudi Arabia.
  
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• Schwarzenegger calls on climate activists to change methods

  12-11-2017 19:59
  Movie star and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger wants environmental activists to give more attention to immediate health hazards like air and water pollution
  
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• Two years after Paris attacks, France worries about 'internal' threat

  12-11-2017 19:56 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Two years after militants killed 130 people in coordinated attacks across Paris, French officials say the county faces an unprecedented “internal” threat from battle-hardened ISIS fighters coming back to France.
  
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• Manus Island refugees share fears before expected exit

  12-11-2017 19:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Manus Island asylum seekers and refugees share their fears before their expected expulsion.
  
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• Viable pipe bomb left close to Omagh Remembrance Day ceremony, police say

  12-11-2017 19:50 via theguardian.com
  PSNI says device was attempt to disrupt memorial in town where 29 people were killed by Real IRA bomb in 1998Police have confirmed that a device left close to a Remembrance Sunday commemoration in Omagh was a viable pipe bomb.The Police Service of Northern Ireland said the bomb was an attempt to disrupt Poppy Day in the County Tyrone town, which was the site of the deadliest atrocity of the 30-year Troubles.Continue reading...
  
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• Africa has been failed by westernisation. It must cast off its subservience | Chigozie Obioma

  12-11-2017 19:50 via theguardian.com
  The continent’s elites have to reject the notion that being ‘modern’ and ‘civilised’ means aping the westOne of the greatest ironies in the history of the collapse of any civilisation must be the initial interaction between Africans and Europeans. The Igbos in the east of Nigeria, for instance, initially saw the Europeans as madmen of strange appearance and ill-formed ideologies. On banking, the Igbos wondered how an adult in his right mind could hand over his posse
  
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