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Saturday, February 24, 2018

Fox News Breaking News Alert

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Fox News Breaking News Alert

Trump speaks at CPAC, expected to unveil new sanctions against North Korea

02/23/18 9:56 AM

Chance of halting Brexit now close to 50:50, says leading campaigner

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 Reuters: World News Leave a Comment

LONDON (Reuters) - Opponents of Britain's exit from the European Union are preparing a major campaign they say now has close to a 50:50 chance of stopping Brexit by blocking Prime Minister Theresa May's divorce deal, a leading pro-EU campaigner said.

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Philippine police say 10 killed in bloody night of drug busts

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 Reuters: World News Leave a Comment

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine police killed 10 suspected drug peddlers and arrested 63 people in dozens of operations during the single deadliest night of the country's ferocious war on drugs since police resumed participation in early December.

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EU to double funding for military force in West Africa's Sahel

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 Reuters: World News Leave a Comment

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will double its funding for a multi-national military operation in West Africa's Sahel region to counter Islamist insurgencies, the EU's top diplomat said on Friday, part of a broader effort to stop migrants and militants.

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Florida school shooting: Armed officer 'did not confront killer'

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 BBC News - World Leave a Comment

An armed deputy stood outside the building as the Florida shooting took place, officials say.

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Barnaby Joyce: Scandal-hit Australia deputy PM to resign

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 BBC News - World Leave a Comment

One of Australia's most colourful political figures, Barnaby Joyce will quit as the country's deputy PM.

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Policeman dies in Spain football clashes

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 BBC News - World Leave a Comment

A police officer suffers a heart attack amid violence in Spain before the Europa League tie.

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Trump-Russia: New charges for Paul Manafort and Rick Gates

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 BBC News - World Leave a Comment

Mr Manafort and Mr Gates allegedly conspired to hide more than $30m from tax officials.

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Winter Olympics 2018: Ivanka Trump arrives for closing ceremony

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 BBC News - World Leave a Comment

The first daughter is leading a US delegation to the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics.

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Syria war: Russia says no agreement on ceasefire resolution

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 BBC News - World Leave a Comment

The UN Security Council fails to agree a ceasefire as the death toll in a rebel enclave passes 400.

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Argentina foils diplomatic luggage cocaine plot

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 BBC News - World Leave a Comment

Arrests are made in Argentina after 400kg of cocaine was found in Russian diplomatic luggage.

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Dutch MPs vote to recognise disputed Armenian 'genocide'

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 BBC News - World Leave a Comment

Dutch MPs recognise the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in 1915 as "genocide", angering Turkey.

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Tina Fontaine: Raymond Cormier not guilty of Red River murder

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 BBC News - World Leave a Comment

The Canadian schoolgirl's death spurred calls for an inquiry into dead and missing indigenous women.

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India PM Modi finally sees Canada's Trudeau

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 BBC News - World Leave a Comment

Narendra Modi met his Canadian counterpart nearly a week after he arrived in India.

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'Fishing continued' after East China sea oil spill

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 BBC News - World Leave a Comment

Satellite images obtained by the BBC show that fishing continued for days after a massive oil spill

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Weinstein sorry for using Streep and Lawrence to ward off lawsuit

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 BBC News - World Leave a Comment

The disgraced movie mogul apologises after his lawyers quoted Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lawrence.

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Florida armed school guard 'never went in'

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 BBC News - World Leave a Comment

The guard protecting the Florida school hit by a deadly shooting did not go in, a sheriff confirms.

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NRA and Florida: Seven things Wayne LaPierre blames after shooting

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 BBC News - World Leave a Comment

European socialists, the mainstream media and the FBI are on Wayne LaPierre's list. Guns are not.

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Florida shooting: Parents and pupils speak to Trump

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 BBC News - World Leave a Comment

President Trump met pupils and parents affected by school shootings in Florida and across the US.

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Syria war: Children struggle to survive in Eastern Ghouta

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 BBC News - World Leave a Comment

This is the cost of five days of relentless air strikes for children in Eastern Ghouta, Syria.

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World's longest glass bridge visited by thousands daily

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 BBC News - World Leave a Comment

Chinese tourists celebrate the new lunar year by walking across the world's longest glass bridge.

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Syrian refugees in the UK: 'We've lost nothing but our country'

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 BBC News - World Leave a Comment

This family is among 10,000 Syrian refugees settled in the UK. But they left many more behind.

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Sipping acidic fruit teas can wear away teeth, says study

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 BBC News - World Leave a Comment

Even unsweetened drinks are acidic and should not be drunk between meals, researchers say.

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Leslie Nope: NRA under fire for Parks and Rec gif

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 BBC News - World Leave a Comment

When the NRA posted a gif of TV show Parks and Recreation series creator Michael Schur was displeased.

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Indonesian president pays $800 for Metallica gift

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 BBC News - World Leave a Comment

Metalhead president is hailed for buying back gift in fight against corruption.

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Moscow university students protest World Cup fan zone

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 BBC News - World Leave a Comment

Russian students claim partial victory over plans to force them off campus during the World Cup.

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Africa's week in pictures: 16-22 February 2018

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 BBC News - World Leave a Comment

A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week.

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Nationalism in heart of Europe needles EU

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 BBC News - World Leave a Comment

Alarm over migrants fuels resurgent nationalism in Central Europe, Jenny Hill reports.

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The low-cost mini satellites bringing mobile to the world

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 BBC News - World Leave a Comment

Billions of people still have no access to mobile services, but nano-satellites could change this.

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'Weird world I was warned never to tell about'

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 BBC News - World Leave a Comment

Pauline Dakin's childhood was full of secrets, disruption and unpleasant surprises - it wasn't until many years later that she found out why.

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Quiz: And Salma's joke was... what?

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 BBC News - World Leave a Comment

7 days quiz: It's the weekly news quiz - have you been paying attention to what's been going on in the world over the past seven days?

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Standard Life Aberdeen sells insurance business for over £3bn

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 BBC News - Business Leave a Comment

Standard Life Aberdeen reaches a deal with Phoenix Group to sell one of the UK's oldest insurance companies.

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Last residents hold on in Tunisia's underground houses

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 Reuters: World News Leave a Comment

MATMATA, Tunisia (Reuters) - In the arid valleys of southern Tunisia's Djebel Dahar region, people have lived for centuries in underground houses whose earthen casing provides protection against searing summer heat and winter winds.

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More bombs fall on Syria's eastern Ghouta ahead of U.N. vote

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 Reuters: World News Leave a Comment

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A new wave of bombs struck Syria's eastern Ghouta on Friday, which a witness in one town described as the worst yet, ahead of a U.N. Security Council vote to demand a 30-day ceasefire across the country.

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RBS profit 'very symbolic' says McEwan

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 BBC News - Business Leave a Comment

RBS turning an annual profit for the first time in ten years is welcomed by chief executive Ross McEwan.

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By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 Hacker News Leave a Comment

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Myanmar bulldozes Rohingya villages after 'cleansing' campaign: group

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 Reuters: World News Leave a Comment

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar has bulldozed at least 55 villages that were emptied of their Rohingya Muslim inhabitants during violence that began last year, Human Rights Watch said on Friday citing a review of new satellite imagery.

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Global watchdog puts Pakistan back on terrorist financing watchlist: media

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 Reuters: World News Leave a Comment

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A global money-laundering watchdog has placed Pakistan back on its terrorist financing watchlist, Indian media and a diplomatic source said on Friday, in a likely blow to both Pakistan's economy and its strained relations with the United States.

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'It feels like a weeklong Indian wedding': Trudeau gets a dressing-down over India outfits - CBC.ca

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 Top Stories - Google News Leave a Comment

CBC.ca

'It feels like a weeklong Indian wedding': Trudeau gets a dressing-down over India outfits
CBC.ca
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, daughter, Ella-Grace, and son, Xavier, visit Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad, India, on Monday. (Sam Panthaky/AFP/Getty Images). Listen 6:21. more stories from this episode. Former ...
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South Sudan sentences South African to hang over aid to rebel chief

By Umair Ahmed February 23, 2018 Reuters: World News Leave a Comment

JUBA (Reuters) - A South Sudan court on Friday sentenced a South African ex-colonel to be executed by hanging, a Reuters witness said, after he was convicted of conspiracy and attempting to overthrow the government.