| Iraqi troops advance on western Mosul as Mattis holds talks Posted: 20 Feb 2017 09:09 PM PST  SOUTH OF MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi forces advanced Monday into the southern outskirts of Mosul on the second day of a push to drive Islamic State militants from the city's western half, as the visiting U.S. defense secretary met with officials to discuss the fight against the extremists.
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| Malaysia Recalls North Korea Ambassador Amid Tensions Posted: 19 Feb 2017 09:16 PM PST  Tensions between the two countries escalated after Pyongyang's demands to hand over the body of Kim Jong Un's half brother were rejected.
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| First-Grade Teacher Suspended Over 'Illegal Aliens' Post: School District Posted: 20 Feb 2017 05:45 PM PST  The elementary school teacher advocated reporting undocumented immigrants, according to school district officials, who suspended her.
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| ‘A Serbian Trap’: Freezing conditions in Belgrade are not the biggest problem for refugees in Belgrade Posted: 21 Feb 2017 09:35 AM PST !['A Serbian Trap': Freezing conditions in Belgrade are not the biggest problem for refugees in Belgrade]( "'A Serbian Trap': Freezing conditions in Belgrade are not the biggest problem for refugees in Belgrade") A trip along the refugee track within Serbia reveals that the old route through the Balkans is still being used despite strong border control, harsh conditions and frozen temperatures. Despite the existence of camps built by the Serbian state, the migrants are here trying to make their way into European Union countries illegally.
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| Africa's elusive forest elephants are disappearing Posted: 21 Feb 2017 11:34 AM PST  The clock is ticking to save Central Africa's forest elephants. Populations of the elusive elephants have plunged by around 80 percent inside one of the region's most important nature preserves. Within Gabon's Minkébé National Park, poachers likely killed about 25,000 forest elephants for their ivory tusks between 2004 and 2014, according to a Duke University-led study in the journal Current Biology. SEE ALSO: The world's fastest land animal is even more threatened than we thought That's a significant number of animals, considering that Gabon holds about half of the estimated 100,000 forest elephants across all of Central Africa. Forest elephants in Gabon's Minkébé National Park. Image: john poulsen "The loss of 25,000 elephants from this key sanctuary is a considerable setback for the preservation of the species," John Poulsen, an assistant professor of tropical ecology at Duke'd Nicholas School of the Environment, said Monday in a statement. The dramatic population decline from one of Central Africa's largest, most remote protected areas "is a startling warning that no place is safe from poaching," he added. Across the African continent, populations of all elephants have plummeted from about 1.3 million in the 1970s to less than 500,000 today due to poaching and habitat loss. This week's dismal numbers from Gabon arrive in spite of a concerted effort by governments and conversationists to halt the illegal killing of elephants for their ivory, meat and other parts. Soldiers watch as ivory elephant tusks are burned on a pyre in Libreville, Gabon. Image: Joel Bouopda Tatou/AP/REX/Shutterstock In December, two major global conversation unions adopted resolutions to ban all domestic ivory sales, on top of existing bans on international ivory trading. China, the world's largest ivory market, said it plans to shut down its ivory trade by the end of 2017. Gabon itself has also taken important steps to curb poaching, Poulsen said. The government created a National Park Police force, elevated the conservation status of forest elephants to "fully protected," and doubled the national park agency's budget. In 2012, Gabon was the first African country to burn all its confiscated ivory — a gesture meant to snuff out the spike in poaching. Yet Gabon's elephants are still vanishing, as the new research shows. For their study, researchers estimated a population loss of between 78 and 81 percent by comparing data from two large-scale surveys of elephant dung in the Minkébé park, which were done in 2004 and 2014. The team also used different analytical approaches to account for periods of heavy rainfall, which might've sped up the dung's decay and skewed the accuracy of the surveys. Poulsen and his colleagues said that most poachers likely came from outside of Gabon, including the neighboring country of Cameroon. The edge of Minkébé National Park lies just 3.8 miles from a major Cameroon road, which makes it easy for Camaroonese poachers to cross into Gabon, do their dirty work and bring their illegal haul back into Cameroon. Poulsen and his colleagues urged governments in Central Africa to team up to stop illegal cross-border traffic, including by establishing new multinational protected areas and coordinating international law enforcement. BONUS: Elephants take their final bow at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
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| Philippines: framework of South China Sea pact possible soon Posted: 21 Feb 2017 05:30 AM PST  BORACAY, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines' top diplomat said Tuesday it remains to be seen whether China will cooperate fully in ongoing efforts to craft a legally binding pact designed to prevent aggressive behavior in the disputed South China Sea.
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| Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos resigns after controversial pedophilia comments Posted: 21 Feb 2017 02:17 PM PST  On Feb. 21, 2017, Milo Yiannopoulos announced his resignation as an editor at Breitbart News. The writer and commentator has been facing backlash since a video of him making controversial comments about pedophilia surfaced.
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| Le Pen in Lebanon holds first head of state meeting Posted: 20 Feb 2017 09:44 AM PST  France's far-right leader and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen on Monday met a foreign head of state for the first time, holding talks in Beirut with Lebanon's President Michel Aoun. "We discussed the long and fruitful friendship between our two countries," the National Front (FN) leader said after her 30-minute encounter at the presidential palace in the hilltop suburb of Baabda with Aoun, the Middle East's only Christian president. Le Pen, who is leading polls of voters' intentions for the first round of France's presidential election on April 23, said they also discussed the refugee crisis in Lebanon, where more than one million Syrians have fled their country's conflict and now make up one in four of the population.
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| Zimbabwe's Mugabe praises Trump's 'America First' policy Posted: 21 Feb 2017 08:02 AM PST  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump's "America First" policy has an admirer in Zimbabwe's longtime president, who says the policy resonates with his own thinking.
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| Samsung Gear VR To Come With Own Controller Posted: 20 Feb 2017 08:23 PM PST  The Samsung Gear VR 2 and the new controller are expected to be announced alongside the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus.
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| Mass funeral held for 20 Haitians who died in dismal prison Posted: 21 Feb 2017 03:30 PM PST  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Relatives wailed in grief or stared stoically as flowers were placed on 20 caskets at a mass funeral Tuesday for the latest group of inmates who died miserably in Haiti's largest prison, most without ever having been convicted of any crime.
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| Once Renowned Surgeon Sentenced to Life Behind Bars for Intentionally Maiming Patients Posted: 21 Feb 2017 01:31 PM PST  Christopher Duntsch once billed himself as the best neurosurgeon in all of Dallas.
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| Fresh ceasefire appears to hold for now in eastern Ukraine Posted: 20 Feb 2017 04:47 AM PST ![Fresh ceasefire appears to hold for now in eastern Ukraine]( "Fresh ceasefire appears to hold for now in eastern Ukraine") By Pavel Polityuk AVDIYIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed separatists appeared to be respecting a new ceasefire attempt on Monday after international powers called for shelling to stop and for the withdrawal of banned heavy weapons. In recent weeks, the area around the government-held town of Avdiyivka has seen some of the heaviest artillery fire of the past two years, refocusing global attention on a simmering conflict that has strained relations between Russia and the West. Violence has since lessened, but the close proximity of the opposing sides and continued use of heavy weapons prompted the leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine to call on Sunday for renewed efforts to implement the terms of the much-violated Minsk peace agreement of 2015.
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| Iceland's President said he would ban pineapple on pizza if he could Posted: 21 Feb 2017 09:00 AM PST  Pineapple on pizza: you love it, or you hate it so much you use your power as president of a small country to make it literally illegal. In what's being called a "political bombshell" by Iceland Magazine, President of Iceland Guðni Th. Jóhannesson said he would ban pineapple as a topping on pizzas— if he were allowed to pass laws on his own. SEE ALSO: Trump thinks something terrible happened in Sweden, so here come the IKEA and ABBA jokes The incendiary comments were in response to questions from students about where he stood on the concept of pineapple as a topping while visiting a local high school. Word of his controversial opinion quickly spread across the internet, where it began trending on Twitter. With a debate as contentious as this one, everybody had to get a word in. not only does iceland use entirely renewable energy but their president is also a WOKE BAE pic.twitter.com/EkGbjmwHL1 — eva (@myIoveiscooI) February 21, 2017 Emotions flared. you can all stay in Iceland as well so us pineapple on pizza lovers can live in peace and tastiness pic.twitter.com/UOZ3g5shNp — Luke Brooks (@luke_brooks) February 21, 2017 Brands are even taking to Twitter to make their stance on the issue known. No ban here pic.twitter.com/vmSJw5F1ew — DiGiorno Pizza (@DiGiornoPizza) February 21, 2017 Long after the last pineapple is thrown into the Icelandic sea, DiGiorno Pizza's Last Stand will be remembered: "No ban here ." BONUS: Snap's Spectacles
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| Philippine minister stands by call to shut mines as review begins Posted: 20 Feb 2017 04:54 AM PST ![Philippine minister stands by call to shut mines as review begins]( "Philippine minister stands by call to shut mines as review begins") By Manolo Serapio Jr MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' environment minister said on Monday she stands by her decision to shut more than half the country's operating mines and bar mining in watershed zones as an inter-agency panel began a review of her actions. Members of the government's Mining Industry Coordinating Council will scrutinize the affected mines to ensure due process was followed and consider the impact on jobs and the economy after an outcry by the mining industry in the world's top nickel ore supplier. The council cannot overturn her orders, but its findings could feed into a decision by President Rodrigo Duterte, who has said he will review the planned closures after initially throwing his support behind his environment minister.
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| Draft DHS guidelines sharpen focus on those here illegally Posted: 20 Feb 2017 12:36 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department has drafted sweeping new guidelines aimed at aggressively detaining and deporting immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, according to a pair of memoranda signed by DHS Secretary John Kelly.
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| Brazil's race to save drought-hit city Posted: 21 Feb 2017 08:36 AM PST ![Brazil's race to save drought-hit city]( "Brazil's race to save drought-hit city") The shrunken carcasses of cows lie in scorched fields outside the city of Campina Grande in northeast Brazil, and hungry goats search for food on the cracked-earth floor of the Boqueirao reservoir that serves the desperate town. After five years of drought, farmer Edivaldo Brito says he cannot remember when the Boqueirão reservoir was last full. Brazil's arid northeast is weathering its worst drought on record and Campina Grande, which has 400,000 residents that depend on the reservoir, is running out of water.
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| Dozens of headstones toppled at Jewish cemetery in Missouri Posted: 21 Feb 2017 02:25 PM PST  UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. (AP) — Vandals have damaged or tipped over as many as 200 headstones at a Jewish cemetery in suburban St. Louis, leaving the region's Jewish community shaken and anxious.
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| Woman Rescues Cop By Jumping on Attacker's Back: 'This Is a True Hero Right Here' Posted: 20 Feb 2017 04:35 PM PST  Vickie Williams-Tillman jumped on the back of a man beating a cop, authorities.
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| Iraq forces battle IS to close in on Mosul's west bank Posted: 20 Feb 2017 12:09 PM PST  Iraqi forces backed by jets and helicopters battled their way towards southern Mosul on Monday and prepared to take on the Islamic State group's stronghold in the city's west bank. The fresh push in the four-month-old operation to retake Mosul has sparked fears for 750,000 trapped civilians who risk being killed if they try to flee and starvation if they stay. Federal police forces reached the Aqrab checkpoint on the highway from Baghdad, a spot that marks the southern entrance to Mosul and from which the city is clearly visible.
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| The Great Cheese Scare Posted: 21 Feb 2017 04:14 AM PST  "We deeply regret any inconvenience or concern this issue has caused," Sargento Foods Chief Executive Officer Louie Gentine said in a statement.
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| Elderly woman finds £5 note worth £50,000, donates the money to young people Posted: 20 Feb 2017 05:05 AM PST  Finding out that the fiver in your wallet is worth thousands of pounds is a dream-come-true for some — but not everyone. A Northern Irish woman who discovered a rare £5 note worth £50,000 ($62,317) has given the note to charity because she says she has no use for the money. SEE ALSO: Some lucky duck got a £5 note 'worth £50,000' in a Christmas card The note is one of just four ultra-rare notes worth £50,000 in circulation in the UK. The note — which is engraved with a special Jane Austen inscription — is the third one to be snapped up, leaving just one left. The woman who discovered the note contacted the gallery founded by Graham Short — the artist who engraved the notes — stating her wish to donate the note to charity. "£5 note enclosed, I don't need it at my time of life. Please use it to help young people," reads the letter sent to the gallery by the donor, who prefers to remain anonymous. Image: graham short "The lady who found the note has surprised us all by sending it to the gallery and asking that it be used to help young people," reads a blog post on Short's website. According to the post, the proceeds from the note will be donated to children's charity Children in Need. "Currently contacting outlets connected to Children in Need to try and give this to a good cause so we honour the request of the lucky woman who originally discovered the note," the post continues. BONUS: This keychain can take away that annoying jingle your keys make
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| Exclusive: China finishing South China Sea buildings that could house missiles - U.S. officials Posted: 21 Feb 2017 04:28 PM PST ![Exclusive: China finishing South China Sea buildings that could house missiles - U.S. officials]( "Exclusive: China finishing South China Sea buildings that could house missiles - U.S. officials") By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China, in an early test of U.S. President Donald Trump, is nearly finished building almost two dozen structures on artificial islands in the South China Sea that appear designed to house long-range surface-to-air missiles, two U.S. officials told Reuters. The development is likely to raise questions about whether and how the United States will respond, given its vows to take a tough line on China in the South China Sea. China claims almost all the South China Sea, which carries a third of the world's maritime traffic.
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| Ex-cop says Duterte paid him, others to kill crime suspects Posted: 20 Feb 2017 01:51 AM PST  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A retired Philippine police officer said Monday that President Rodrigo Duterte, when he was a mayor, ordered and paid him and other members of a so-called liquidation squad to kill criminals and opponents, including a kidnapping suspect, his family and a critical radio commentator.
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| Interracial couple fined for not removing graffiti slur Posted: 21 Feb 2017 05:04 AM PST  An interracial Connecticut couple whose home was vandalized by a racial slur has been fined for failing to cover it up.
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| Zimbabwe's Mugabe says he is people's choice for 2018 election Posted: 20 Feb 2017 12:04 AM PST ![Zimbabwe's Mugabe says he is people's choice for 2018 election]( "Zimbabwe's Mugabe says he is people's choice for 2018 election") By Cris Chinaka HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's people and the ruling ZANU-PF party see no viable alternative candidate to President Robert Mugabe for general elections in 2018, state media quoted him as saying on Sunday. "The people, you know, would want to judge everyone else on the basis of President Mugabe as the criteria," Mugabe, who is Africa's oldest leader, said. Mugabe has been in power in the southern African country since 1980 and in December his party confirmed him as its candidate for the next presidential election expected in mid-2018, when he will be 94.
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| Cop Helps Girl, 10, With Math Homework After She Messaged Police Department on Facebook Posted: 20 Feb 2017 01:59 PM PST  "I'm having trouble with my homework. Could you help me?" 10-year-old Lena wrote in a Facebook message to the Marion, Ohio Police Department.
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| Families flee as Pakistan cracks down along Afghan border Posted: 20 Feb 2017 07:36 AM PST  Hundreds of families were fleeing from both sides of Pakistan's border with Afghanistan Monday, officials said, as Islamabad continued a violent crackdown on extremists after multiple attacks last week raised fears of a militant resurgence. Pakistan has accused Afghanistan of harbouring the militants who carried out last week's attacks, which killed more than 100 people across the country. The Pakistani military said it used heavy artillery to fire at militant hideouts in Afghanistan Monday, after carrying out airstrikes on both sides of the border over the weekend.
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| Duck boats face increasing calls for improvements, bans Posted: 20 Feb 2017 10:20 AM PST  BOSTON (AP) — With their festive, party-like ambiance and ability to travel on land and in water, duck boats have long been tourist attractions for sightseers around the U.S. But a string of deadly accidents has left the industry reeling, forced safety improvements and led some advocates to call for a total ban on the vehicles.
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| Beta Shows Off New Trials Models Posted: 20 Feb 2017 08:45 AM PST ![Beta Shows Off New Trials Models]( "Beta Shows Off New Trials Models") Beta Shows Off New Trials Models Italian off-road manufacturer Beta has unveiled a number of new and updated Evo Factory range of Trials models. The new line-up features two-stroke 125, 250 and 300cc engines and a 300cc 4-stroke. Beta says the Factory
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| Iran Launches ‘Advanced’ Rockets In Military Exercise Posted: 20 Feb 2017 02:52 AM PST  The launches during the annual three-day military exercise took place a day after U.S. senators indicated they could impose further sanctions against Tehran.
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| This new iPhone 8 feature might end up blowing our minds Posted: 20 Feb 2017 06:33 AM PST 
Amid rumors that the iPhone 8 will incorporate advanced facial recognition features, the Hebrew-language website Calcalist (via Times of Israel) is reporting that Apple recently acquired Realface, an up-and-coming Israeli startup with impressive real-time facial recognition software.
Lending credence to rumors that the iPhone 8 may forgo the use of Touch ID in favor of facial recognition, Realface's software is said to be sophisticated enough such that it can reliably be used as a foundation for mobile-based biometric authentication. As is often the case when Apple acquires a company, Realface's web presence has already been wiped from the web. Still, thanks to the magic of Google, we were able to poke around and dig up some intriguing nuggets of information about the company's promising technology. Realface boasts that it's AI software rests upon deep learning methods and is so reliable and quick that the end-result is an absolutely seamless user experience. "Our technology provides our customers and end-users with the highest level of authentication and security available on all platforms," says Realface. "We have proprietary IP in the field of frictionless face recognition and effective learnings from facial features." Incidentally, Realface's technology is also capable of filtering out photos of faces and advanced sculptures designed to trick the software into thinking that a device's camera is honed in on an actual human face. Further, Realface claims that its software can recognize faces with a 99.67% success rate, an impressive figure that is even higher than the average 97.5% success rate exhibited by humans. To this point, a profile on Realface from last year relays that the company's technology is so advanced that it can even distinguish between identical twins with alarming and impressive accuracy. Below is a quick and dirty demo of the software in action. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNlkxGmIgW0 What's particularly interesting is that Realface's technology is not only capable of discerning individual faces, but can also analyze specific facial expressions as a means to determine a user's mood. If this sounds somewhat familiar, Apple last year acquired Emotient, a company with similar AI technology of its own. Now as for what Apple is planning to do with its growing portfolio of AI-based facial recognition software, well, that's the million dollar question. While initial speculation centered on Apple rolling out augmented reality features, perhaps similar to what the beloved MSQRD app does, more recent rumblings suggest that Apple wants to position facial recognition as a means to identify users and securely authorize sensitive transactions. Again, there are even reports that facial recognition might ultimately serve as a replacement for Touch ID. While this seems far-fetched, Ming Chi-Kuo -- an analyst with the best track record regarding Apple rumors -- seems to think otherwise. In a recently issued research note, Kuo claims that the iPhone 8's rumored edgeless design cannot, for whatever reason, coexist peacefully with Touch ID. Consequently, Kuo relays that Apple wants to eventually replace Touch ID with a facial recognition solution. When it comes to Apple, the old adage that when there's smoke, there's fire is generally true. That being the case, it stands to reason that facial recognition will be a huge and incredibly exciting component of the iPhone 8 user experience.
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| Grandmother Arrested After 3-Year-Old Boy Shoots 4-Year-Old Brother Posted: 21 Feb 2017 11:26 AM PST ![Grandmother Arrested After 3-Year-Old Boy Shoots 4-Year-Old Brother]( "Grandmother Arrested After 3-Year-Old Boy Shoots 4-Year-Old Brother") Diane Nellums was charged with child abuse and neglect after cops say her 3-year-old grandson shot his brother.
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| In Kuwait, 'too many foreigners' becomes a frequent refrain Posted: 20 Feb 2017 10:05 PM PST  KUWAIT CITY (AP) — Kuwait's first new government hospital in more than three decades will soon open its doors — but only to Kuwaiti citizens.
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| 6 Ways to Take Control of Your Retirement Posted: 21 Feb 2017 07:45 AM PST ![6 Ways to Take Control of Your Retirement]( "6 Ways to Take Control of Your Retirement") One of the most unsettling aspects of retirement is that you give up a lot of control in life. Your kids are growing up, becoming independent and ignoring your best advice, and your friends may be slipping away due to illness, infirmity or perhaps they're moving to a retirement mecca. Here are six key areas where you can take steps to improve your retirement.
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| Syrian army pounds rebels in pre-talks shelling Posted: 20 Feb 2017 12:11 PM PST  Syrian government forces Monday escalated their bombing campaign around Damascus, raining shells down on rebel territory and sending out a "bloody message" just days before renewed peace talks in Geneva. Representatives from the opposition and of President Bashar al-Assad's regime are to head to Switzerland on Thursday for another attempt to end their country's brutal six-year war. "The toll in regime air strikes on (northern rebel district of Damascus) Barzeh has increased to seven people, including a woman and child," the Observatory said, adding that 12 more had been wounded.
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| International anti-Trump protests Posted: 20 Feb 2017 12:12 PM PST ![International anti-Trump protests]( "International anti-Trump protests") Demonstrators in Europe protest the presidency of Donald Trump, during the U.S. President's Day long weekend. See more news-related photo galleries and follow us on Yahoo News Photo Tumblr
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| Ski resort razed by the Taliban lifts Pakistan's domestic tourism Posted: 20 Feb 2017 03:25 PM PST ![Ski resort razed by the Taliban lifts Pakistan's domestic tourism]( "Ski resort razed by the Taliban lifts Pakistan's domestic tourism") By Drazen Jorgic MALAM JABBA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Atop the piste of Malam Jabba in Pakistan's once dangerous Swat Valley skiers schuss downhill, a new Chinese-built chairlift ferries tourists to the peak, and a luxury hotel is under construction to replace one torched by the Taliban. The Taliban declared skiing "un-Islamic" during their 2007-2009 reign of terror over Swat, but improved security in recent years has allowed ski tourism to re-emerge on Malam Jabba, a hill station in the Hindu Kush mountain range. Locals tout Swat as "the Switzerland of Pakistan", with an international ski tournament held there in January.
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| New free iPhone app lets you instantly unshare photos you’ve sent through iMessage Posted: 21 Feb 2017 09:51 AM PST 
When your relationship with someone is going well, you're often liable to send photos that may be a bit, err, compromising. That's all well and good, until things turn south and your relationship comes to an end. In the moment, it's not always easy to think about that uncomfortable possibility, but the fact of the matter is that no matter how close you might feel to your partner now, romantic relationships begin and end all the time. And if and when your current relationship does end, you're left in the compromising position of having an ex out there who is armed with plenty of photos that you would rather keep private. Well, now there's a free app that helps you plan ahead. It's not foolproof by any means, but it sports a nifty feature that allows you to grant and revoke access to any photos you share easily remotely, in real time. ON/OFF Photo by iOS app developer hong kijong is a free iPhone app available now on the App Store. Using the app, you can quickly and easily share any photo in your camera roll through Apple's standard Messages app. The beauty, however, isn't in the sharing of photos — it's in the fact that at any point in time, you can unshare photos with a single tap. This quick video with a hauntingly eerie computer voice narrating it explains how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq-iWIPCnTg Here's the app's full description, followed by a link to download it for free: You Can Delete Sent Pictures on Chat! It's a must have app in selfie age. ON/OFF Photo allows users to hide, delete, and manage photos already sent to friends, chat about the photos and get notified when somebody views the photo, all in real time. Fast and efficient!
ON/OFF Photo combines control with flexibility, with a simple on/off switch! Auto Picture Hiding Timer!
A feature that automatically hides a photo after a set period of time after it has been exposed to a friend. This is a very convenient function because you can hide the picture sent to your friends automatically without any special operation.
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- Real-time Hiding/Unhiding and Deletion of a Photo
- Instant Notifications when Someone is Looking at Your Photo
- Ability to Chat about Your Photos with your Friends
- Automatic Exposure Prevention
- Fast and Simple
Download ON/OFF Photo
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| Police expand search for suspect in 2 Indiana girls' deaths Posted: 20 Feb 2017 10:50 AM PST  DELPHI, Ind. (AP) — Authorities said Monday they are expanding the search for a suspect in the killings of two girls who were found dead near a northern Indiana trail last week.
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| Shanghai stocks climb in Asian market rally Posted: 20 Feb 2017 01:49 AM PST  Shanghai stocks closed more than one percent higher on Monday, with traders buoyed by reports that China's official pension funds may start investing, as markets across Asia saw modest gains. Tokyo stocks overcame early losses to end modestly higher as yen weakness prompted late bargain-hunting. Shanghai gained 1.18 percent after a Chinese media report that a first tranche of investment into China stocks by official pension funds was expected as early as this week.
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