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• Israel’s Netanyahu defends partnership with far-right party

  23-02-2019 20:47
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister is defending his partnership with a small ultranationalist party despite local and international condemnation.
  Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted Saturday that the criticism, including from pro-Israel Jewish organizations in the U.S., was marked by “hypocrisy and double standards.” He accused leftist critics in Israel of having once acted “to put extreme Islamists into the Knesset” to weaken the right.
  Netanyahu is seeking a fo
  
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• India police arrest Kashmir activists amid rising tensions

  23-02-2019 12:36
  SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Police have arrested at least 200 activists seeking the end of Indian rule in disputed Kashmir, escalating fears among already wary residents that a sweeping crackdown could touch off renewed anti-India protests and clashes.
  The crackdown comes amid high tension between India and Pakistan following a suicide car bombing of a paramilitary convoy that killed 40 Indian soldiers on Feb. 14.
  Police said Saturday that they went to neighborhoods overnight and rounded up the
  
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• Yale looks to extend streak vs Harvard

  23-02-2019 12:30
  Harvard (13-9, 6-3) vs. Yale (18-4, 8-1)
  John J. Lee Amphitheater, New Haven, Connecticut; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST
  BOTTOM LINE: Yale looks for its seventh straight conference win against Harvard. Yale’s last Ivy League loss came against the Harvard Crimson 65-49 on Feb. 1. Harvard fell 88-79 at Brown in its last outing.
  BIG MEN ON CAMPUS: Yale’s Miye Oni has averaged 17.9 points and 6.7 rebounds while Jordan Bruner has put up 10.8 points and eight rebounds. For the Crimson, Bryce Aiken
  
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• Princeton looks for home win vs Columbia

  23-02-2019 12:30
  Columbia (7-16, 2-7) vs. Princeton (14-8, 6-3)
  L. Stockwell Jadwin Gymnasium, Princeton, New Jersey; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST
  BOTTOM LINE: Princeton looks for its fifth straight win over Columbia at L. Stockwell Jadwin Gymnasium. The last victory for the Lions at Princeton was a 53-52 win on Feb. 7, 2014.
  TEAM LEADERSHIP: The dynamic Gabe Stefanini is averaging 13.9 points, five rebounds and four assists to lead the way for the Lions. Quinton Adlesh is also a big contributor, putting up 13.9 points
  
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• Penn looks for home win vs Cornell

  23-02-2019 12:30
  Cornell (13-12, 5-4) vs. Penn (15-10, 3-6)
  Palestra, Philadelphia; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST
  BOTTOM LINE: Penn looks for its sixth straight win over Cornell at Palestra. The last victory for the Big Red at Penn was a 71-69 win on Feb. 2, 2013.
  SUPER SENIORS: Cornell’s Matt Morgan, Steven Julian and Jack Gordon have collectively scored 43 percent of the team’s points this season and have accounted for 45 percent of all Big Red scoring over the last five games.
  STEPPING IT UP: The Big Red h
  
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• Brown looks to sweep Dartmouth

  23-02-2019 12:30
  Dartmouth (11-14, 2-7) vs. Brown (16-9, 4-5)
  Paul Bailey Pizzitola Sports Center, Providence, Rhode Island; Saturday, 6 p.m. EST
  BOTTOM LINE: Dartmouth seeks revenge on Brown after dropping the first matchup in Hanover. The teams last played each other on Feb. 1, when the Bears forced 20 Dartmouth turnovers and their offense turned the ball over just 12 times on their way to a two-point victory.
  TEAM LEADERSHIP: Brown’s Tamenang Choh has averaged 12.7 points and 8.8 rebounds while Desmond
  
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• The Latest: German cardinal urges changes to Vatican secrecy

  23-02-2019 12:23
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Latest on the sex abuse prevention summit at the Vatican (all times local):
  12:30 p.m.
  A top German cardinal has called for changes to the Vatican’s legal code of secrecy that is imposed on sex abuse cases and for the publication of statistics about the problem as necessary measures to restore trust from the faithful in the Catholic hierarchy.
  German Cardinal Reinhard Marx told Pope Francis’ sex abuse prevention summit Saturday that the church’s fa
  
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• Vietnam arrests 2 ex-ministers suspected of mismanagement

  23-02-2019 12:08
  HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese officials have arrested two former information ministers suspected of mismanaging state investment capital, as the authorities toughen their crackdown on corruption.
  The Ministry of Public Security said on its website that the People’s Supreme Procuracy approved prosecution orders Saturday against Truong Minh Tuan, former minister of information and communications, and his predecessor Nguyen Bac Son for “violating regulations on management and u
  
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• Yellow vest protesters try to keep up momentum on week 15

  23-02-2019 11:50
  PARIS (AP) — French yellow vest protest organizers are trying to tamp down violence and anti-Semitism in the movement’s ranks as they launch a 15th straight weekend of demonstrations.
  Hundreds of people gathered Saturday at the Arc de Triomphe monument for a march through well-off neighborhoods to protest government policies they see as favoring the rich. It was among multiple actions planned Saturday around Paris and in other cities.
  Support for the movement has ebbed in recent week
  
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• Poland: Statue of priest toppled over abuse claims restored

  23-02-2019 11:43
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Shipyard workers in northern Poland have put back in place the metal statue of a prominent Solidarity-era priest that protesters toppled amid allegations that he sexually abused minors.
  Karol Guzikiewicz, head of a union at the Gdansk shipyard, said Saturday the statue should stay in place until the allegations against the late Mgr. Henryk Jankowski are clarified.
  The monument recognized Jankowski’s staunch support for the Solidarity pro-democracy movement in th
  
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• Olympic champion Goggia wins 1st downhill of post-Vonn era

  23-02-2019 11:35
  CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Olympic champion Sofia Goggia won the first World Cup downhill of the post-Lindsey Vonn era on Saturday.
  Goggia was rewarded with her first victory this season after taking an aggressively direct racing line typical of Vonn, the American star who retired after winning downhill bronze in the world championships two weeks ago at Are, Sweden.
  World champion Ilka Stuhec crashed as the first starter Saturday, leaving Goggia favored to win.
  The Italian racer was
  
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• 3 UK Cabinet ministers may break with PM May over Brexit

  23-02-2019 10:52
  LONDON (AP) — Three senior British Cabinet ministers are suggesting they may break with Prime Minister Theresa May and back amendments to delay Brexit unless a deal is agreed to in the next week.
  The ministers wrote in a Daily Mail article published Saturday that Parliament will move to stop a “disastrous” no-deal Brexit unless there is a breakthrough very soon. They warn Brexit backers the project will be delayed unless a deal is worked out.
  The three are Work and Pensions Sec
  
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• Nun to Vatican abuse summit: “This storm will not pass by”

  23-02-2019 10:38
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — A prominent Nigerian nun has blasted the culture of silence in the Catholic Church that has long sought to hide clergy sexual abuse, telling a Vatican summit that transparency and an admission of mistakes is needed to restore trust.
  In a powerful speech Saturday, Sister Veronica Openibo told Pope Francis’ gathering of the Catholic hierarchy that African and Asian church leaders must no longer justify their silence about sexual violence by claiming that poverty and
  
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• World Cup race in Bulgaria canceled after overnight snowfall

  23-02-2019 10:01
  BANSKO, Bulgaria (AP) — The first men’s World Cup super-G after the world championships has been canceled due to snowfall a few hours before its scheduled start Saturday.
  Governing body FIS says conditions would not allow the race to happen “due to last night’s snowfall and the present weather situation.”
  It was not immediately clear whether the race will be rescheduled. This season’s calendar includes two more super-G events — in Kvitfjell next week and
  
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• Pakistan FM’s letter to UN warns of security deterioration

  23-02-2019 09:59
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s foreign minister has appealed to the U.N. Security Council to draw attention to Indian threats of force in the wake of the Pulwama suicide bombing that killed more than 40 Indian soldiers in disputed Kashmir.
  Shah Mahmood Qureshi in a letter to the Security Council on Friday warned that the security situation in the region is deteriorating as India threatens to use force against Pakistan.
  Pakistan has denied any involvement in the attack.
  The Pulwama attac
  
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• Macron visits French farm fair amid rural anger, decline

  23-02-2019 09:06
  PARIS (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron is visiting France’s biggest agriculture fair amid nationwide anger at government policies seen as favoring urban elites and neglecting the heartland.
  Macron is trying to tackle the concerns head-on by spending all day Saturday at the Salon d’Agriculture in Paris, where farmers showcase their livestock, food and wines. He will give a speech on upcoming changes to European agricultural policy and then meet with dairy farmers, pork producers
  
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• Bangladesh prime minister sees injured in deadly Dhaka fire

  23-02-2019 08:54
  DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has visited some of the injured in a devastating fire in the capital while investigators have found a huge stock of flammable materials stashed in the basement of the five-story building where the blaze began.
  Hasina told reporters Saturday that she wants all the chemical warehouses removed from the oldest part of Dhaka, a cramped 400-year-old area.
  At least 67 people died and 50 others were injured in the fire Wednesday that
  
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• Severely ill children left in limbo by Venezuela-US crisis

  23-02-2019 08:35
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Carlos Acosta thought his prayers had been answered when he was able to fly his son out of Venezuela, where hospitals lack basic supplies, to Spain for a needed bone marrow transplant.
  That was until Acosta’s 12-year-old son Jesus, along with at least eight other severely ill children, became the unintended victims of U.S. sanctions against companies tied to the embattled government of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.
  The bills for Acosta and Jesus had been c
  
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• The Latest: Top presidential challenger votes in Nigeria

  23-02-2019 08:14
  DAURA, Nigeria (AP) — The Latest on Nigeria’s election (all times local):
  10:15 a.m.
  Nigeria’s top opposition challenger Atiku Abubakar has cast his ballot in a presidential election that observers say is too close to call.
  He tells reporters that “I look forward to a successful transition” and says he is impressed with voter turnout. The billionaire former vice president and frequent contender voted in his hometown of Yola in the northeast.
  He previously pledged to
  
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• Polls open in Nigeria as president seeks 2nd term in Africa’s most populous nation

  23-02-2019 08:11
  KANO, Nigeria (AP) — Polls open in Nigeria as president seeks 2nd term in Africa’s most populous nation.
  The post Polls open in Nigeria as president seeks 2nd term in Africa’s most populous nation appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Legal loophole may be closing for bishops who hide sex abuse

  23-02-2019 07:59
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The legal loopholes that have allowed Catholic bishops to escape sanction when they cover up clergy sex abuse cases may be closing.
  Two U.S. cardinals have confirmed that the Vatican is working on a “clarification” to a 2016 law that was supposed to hold bishops and religious superiors accountable when they fail to protect their flocks but never really did.
  Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston told a press conference Friday during Pope Francis’ sex a
  
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• Grijalva to push for permanent ban on new mining claims

  23-02-2019 05:15
  GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Rep. Raul Grijalva is pushing to make a temporary ban on the filing of new mining claims in the Grand Canyon region permanent.
  The Arizona Democrat who chairs the House Natural Resources Committee said Saturday at the Grand Canyon that he’ll introduce the legislation in the coming week and is hopeful about its chances for passage by the Democratic-led House.
  Grijalva said proponents then would deal with the Republican-led Senate and for now ar
  
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