| Monday's Morning Email: Bruno Mars Wasn't The Only Big Winner At The Grammys Posted: 29 Jan 2018 04:35 AM PST  TOP STORIES (And want to get The Morning Email each weekday?
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| Pelosi's 'make America white again' dig at Trump draws rebuke from fellow Democrat Posted: 28 Jan 2018 11:06 AM PST  Nancy Pelosi said the immigration plan holds the Dreamers 'hostage to a hateful anti-immigrant scheme'. The West Virginia senator Joe Manchin on Sunday criticized House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi for dismissing a new White House immigration plan as a way to "make America white again".
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| Ruff Night! Grammys Hand Out 'Consolation Puppies' To Losers Posted: 28 Jan 2018 07:31 PM PST  There's no denying that award show trophies are becoming increasingly less relevant, so why don't we give them up altogether... and just hand out puppies? That's what happened to some nominees for Best Comedy Album at the 60th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday night.
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| Finland re-elects pragmatic president Niinisto to ease Russia worries Posted: 28 Jan 2018 01:09 PM PST  Finns on Sunday re-elected their popular and cautious president Sauli Niinisto, who is credited with maintaining a balanced relationship with the nation's powerful neighbour Russia at a time of simmering relations between Moscow and the West. "I am surprised and touched by this big support," Niinisto told reporters in Helsinki, who secured over 62 percent of the vote, significantly ahead the seven other candidates, with all the ballots counted. Finland's most popular president in more than three decades, the 69-year-old politician avoided a need for a second-round of voting, a first since Finland introduced a two-round presidential election by popular vote in 1994.
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| Kentucky: 2 school shooting victims mourned at funerals Posted: 28 Jan 2018 03:09 PM PST  BENTON, Ky. (AP) — Friends and relatives of the two 15-year-old students gunned down at a western Kentucky high school have mourned their deaths at separate funeral services.
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| Thai activist flees royal insult charge for posting BBC article Posted: 28 Jan 2018 08:29 AM PST ![Thai activist flees royal insult charge for posting BBC article]( "Thai activist flees royal insult charge for posting BBC article") A Thai pro-democracy activist said on Sunday she had fled Thailand after learning she would be prosecuted for defaming the monarchy for sharing on Facebook a 2016 BBC article deemed offensive to Thailand's king. Chanoknan Ruamsap said in a post on her Facebook account on Sunday that she received a summons earlier this month to hear a royal insult charge under Article 112 for posting a profile of the king from the BBC's Thai-language service, which some deemed offensive. Reuters could not immediately reach the Thai authorities or the BBC for comment.
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| Puerto Rico Is A Man-Made Disaster Posted: 29 Jan 2018 02:46 AM PST  Months after hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated Puerto Rico, what should have been an example of how one of the most powerful nations in the world could rebuild a territory is instead an example of a man-made catastrophe now moving to the mainland.
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| Watch a Man Allegedly Kidnap a Young Girl off the Street in Broad Daylight Posted: 28 Jan 2018 01:30 PM PST  He has since been arrested.
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| White House wants the media's 'Russia fever' to end Posted: 29 Jan 2018 12:16 PM PST  During Monday's press briefing, press secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters that she hopes once the Russia investigation concludes, the media will get "Russia fever" out of their systems for good.
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| I Just Had The Most Surreal -- And Profound -- Flight Attendant Experience In My Life Posted: 28 Jan 2018 09:06 AM PST  One of my closest friends is fighting a particularly mean and supposedly merciless kind of cancer, and I have begun to make the trek from my home in Brooklyn to her home just outside Boston as often as I can.
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| Plane Forced to Make Emergency Landing on California Freeway Posted: 29 Jan 2018 07:46 AM PST  No one was injured in the incident, fire authorities confirmed.
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| Teen's Body Found 2 Weeks After Sudden Disappearance Posted: 29 Jan 2018 11:10 AM PST  The body of a teenage girl who police had labeled a runaway when she vanished two weeks ago has been found near her home in a Virginia suburb of Washington.
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| Q&A: Why Afghanistan suffers unrelenting attacks Posted: 28 Jan 2018 06:32 AM PST  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan has endured a month of relentless attacks claimed by the Taliban and a rival Islamic State affiliate, capped by Saturday's assault, in which a Taliban suicide bomber driving an ambulance filled with explosives struck in the heart of Kabul, killing more than 100 people.
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| Northrop Grumman Is Getting Ready for Great Power War (That Means Russia or China) Posted: 29 Jan 2018 07:48 AM PST  With the U.S. defense budget set to expand in the coming years as the great power competition between Russia, China and the United States heats up, Northrop Grumman—like other defense contractors—is starting to invest in the future after a prolonged slump. "We foresee just given the nature of the threat environment that we observe around the globe today and the number of dimensions in that threat environment that are evident, we foresee a period of time here in front of us, a rather significant period of time in front of us, where our nation and our allies are going to need to invest in their national security to deal with this," Wes Bush, chairman and chief executive officer of Northrop Grumman told investors.
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| Susan Collins Says It Wouldn't Hurt To Pass A Bill To Protect Robert Mueller Posted: 28 Jan 2018 11:04 AM PST  Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) says she is now open to supporting legislation that would make it harder to fire Robert Mueller, the special counsel overseeing the Department of Justice's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
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| 5 Reasons to Reconsider a Cruise for Your Next Vacation Posted: 29 Jan 2018 08:00 AM PST ![5 Reasons to Reconsider a Cruise for Your Next Vacation]( "5 Reasons to Reconsider a Cruise for Your Next Vacation") When you picture a cruise vacation, compact cabins, lackluster onboard cuisine and jampacked port towns may come to mind. While there's no one-size-fits-all cruise that's ideal for everyone, with today's innovative onboard amenities, diverse dining options, wellness offerings, high-tech services and exciting, far-flung itineraries, chances are, the widespread misconceptions and myths you've heard are outdated. After all, today's cruise lines cater to diverse travel styles, ages and budgets.
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| These 24 Tweets Are An Accurate Representation Of Married Life Posted: 29 Jan 2018 11:03 AM PST  Marriage may be an important commitment, but that doesn't mean it has to be taken seriously all the time.
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| Audio emerges of Netanyahu's wife raging over media story Posted: 28 Jan 2018 09:52 AM PST  JERUSALEM (AP) — A recording of Benjamin Netanyahu's wife raging at an aide surfaced on Sunday creating a new headache for Israel's embattled premier.
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| Porch Pirate Karma: Thief Suffers Nasty Fall While Trying to Make Off With Packages Posted: 29 Jan 2018 10:47 AM PST  The getaway driver had to come to the thief's aid as her foot was left dangling.
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| Blue Ivy Tells Beyoncé And Jay-Z To Quiet Down At The Grammys Posted: 29 Jan 2018 02:36 AM PST  Beyoncé and Jay-Z have reached dizzying heights of fame, but they're not too big to be brought down a notch or two by their daughter, Blue Ivy.
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| Nine dead in Mexico shooting: official Posted: 28 Jan 2018 11:49 AM PST  Authorities investigating the slaying of nine men at a house in Monterrey, Mexico said Sunday small local drug-trafficking groups appeared to be involved but not major drug cartels. The men were watching a football match on television on Saturday when armed attackers burst into the house, herded women into the bathroom and then opened fire on the men, the attorney general of the state of Nuevo Leon, Bernardo Gonzalez, said. Seven men were killed on the spot and two others died of their wounds after being taken to local hospitals, he said.
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| Kremlin calls U.S. sanctions move attempt to influence Russian elections Posted: 29 Jan 2018 02:47 AM PST ![Kremlin calls U.S. sanctions move attempt to influence Russian elections]( "Kremlin calls U.S. sanctions move attempt to influence Russian elections") The Kremlin said on Monday that a new U.S. sanctions report expected to be released imminently was an attempt to influence Russia's presidential election in March, but predicted it would fail to impact the vote. The United States could release reports as early as Monday detailing the possibilities for expanding sanctions against Russia, including a list of oligarchs and potential restrictions on the holding of Russian government debt. Moscow and Washington remain at odds over U.S. allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, something Russia denies, as well as over conflicts in Ukraine and Syria.
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| 'America First' Is a Hard Sell on Rex Tillerson's Europe Tour Posted: 28 Jan 2018 11:40 PM PST  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visited London and Paris to defuse tensions and drum up support for new measures against Iran
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| 'You join the military because you have no other options': California teacher under fire after disparaging military Posted: 29 Jan 2018 01:34 PM PST  A California teacher has come under fire after videos emerged of him disparaging members of the military as the "lowest of our low" and urging his students to reject military service. In the videos, the voice identified as Mr Salcido's uses a derogatory term to refer to members of the military and says it is comprised low achievers.
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| All The Looks You Need To See From The 2018 Grammys Red Carpet Posted: 28 Jan 2018 02:51 PM PST  The stars wore their best and boldest looks on the red carpet at the 2018 Grammy Awards on Sunday night.
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| 7-year-old boy handcuffed after allegedly attacking teacher Posted: 29 Jan 2018 01:50 PM PST  A 7-year-old boy in Miami was taken to a hospital in handcuffs after he allegedly attacked his teacher.
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| UN, African Union leaders praise international cooperation Posted: 28 Jan 2018 03:05 PM PST  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The leaders of the United Nations and the African Union urged stronger international cooperation at the opening Sunday of the African Union summit in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
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| IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad dead at age 91 Posted: 28 Jan 2018 08:10 AM PST  Ingvar Kamprad, founder of the world's largest furniture retailer, IKEA, died at his home in Smaland, Sweden, on Saturday. He was 91 years old. The company shared news of Kamprad's death on Sunday morning via an online statement, calling him "one of the greatest entrepreneurs of the 20th century." The founder of IKEA and one of the greatest entrepreneurs of the 20th century, Ingvar Kamprad, has passed away at the age of 91. A post shared by IKEA Today (@ikeatoday) on Jan 28, 2018 at 2:26am PST SEE ALSO: Ikea wants you to try a Swedish sleep trend that could save your relationship "We are deeply saddened by Ingvar's passing. We will remember his dedication and commitment to always side with the many people. To never give up, always try to become better and lead by example," CEO and President of Inter IKEA Group, Torbjörn Lööf, said in a statement. Kamprad was born in 1926 and founded the home furnishings company at just 17 years old. The company described him as a hardworking, dedicated man "with a lot of warmth and a playful twinkle in his eye." Despite his lack of operational role within the company after 1988, IKEA noted, Kamprad served as a senior adviser in the years that followed, offering many contributions to employees during the span of his career. Over the years IKEA has earned a special place in pop culture, thanks to innovations like an AR app, snazzy pet furniture, and that weird pregnancy test ad. It's also been the site of some beautiful viral moments, like the video of that dude who annoyed his girlfriend with furniture puns and the beloved stylish IKEA monkey. At the time of his death, Kamprad ranked eighth on Bloomberg's Billionaire Index list, and is said to have had an estimated worth of $58.7 billion. WATCH: This Ikea magazine ad is also a pregnancy test
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| 'Fox And Friends' Host Goes Anti-Vaxxer Amid Deadly Flu Epidemic Posted: 29 Jan 2018 07:37 AM PST  Watch the latest video at foxnews.com "Fox & Friends" co-host Brian Kilmeade is spreading misinformation about vaccines as this year's particularly deadly flu epidemic spreads across the United States.
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| Indian man killed after being sucked into MRI machine Posted: 28 Jan 2018 11:52 PM PST  An Indian man died after being sucked into an MRI machine while visiting a relative at a hospital in Mumbai, police said Monday. Rajesh Maru, 32, was yanked towards the machine by its magnetic force after he entered the room carrying an oxygen cylinder, the city's police said in a statement. "We have arrested a doctor and another junior staff member under section 304 of the Indian penal code for causing death due to negligence," Mumbai police spokesman Deepak Deoraj told AFP.
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| Japan raps Coincheck, orders broader checks after $530 million cryptocurrency theft Posted: 29 Jan 2018 07:06 AM PST ![Japan raps Coincheck, orders broader checks after $530 million cryptocurrency theft]( "Japan raps Coincheck, orders broader checks after $530 million cryptocurrency theft") Japanese authorities said on Monday they would investigate all cryptocurrency exchanges in the country for security gaps and ordered Coincheck to raise its standards after hackers stole $530 million of digital money from the Tokyo-based exchange. The theft - one of the world's biggest cyberheists - highlights the vulnerabilities in trading an asset that policymakers are struggling to regulate, as well as the broader risks for Japan as it aims to leverage the fintech industry to stimulate economic growth. The Financial Services Agency (FSA) on Monday ordered improvements to operations at Coincheck, which on Friday suspended trading in all cryptocurrencies except bitcoin after hackers stole 58 billion yen ($534 million) of NEM coins, among the most popular digital currencies in the world.
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| The 'Law And Order' Party Has Unleashed An Extraordinary Attack On Law Enforcement Posted: 27 Jan 2018 08:59 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump called himself the "law and order" candidate.
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| Syria peace talks to begin in Russia despite opposition boycott Posted: 29 Jan 2018 02:49 AM PST  Delegates on Monday arrived for the first Syria peace congress in Russia, but expectations for the dialogue were tempered after the war-torn country's main opposition group said it would boycott the event. Regime-backer Moscow has invited 1,600 people to the talks in the Black Sea resort of Sochi as part of a broader push to consolidate its influence in the region and start hammering out a path to a political solution to end the bloody conflict. The aim of the Tuesday congress is to bring Syria closer to creating a post-war constitution, after two days of separate UN-backed talks in Vienna last week closed without any sign the warring sides had met face-to-face to discuss the groundwork for the document.
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| Israel says Poland agrees to talks in WWII legislation spat Posted: 28 Jan 2018 06:45 PM PST  JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday night that Israel and Poland have agreed to hold talks seeking to resolve the uproar over proposed Polish legislation that would outlaw blaming Poland for any crimes committed during the Holocaust.
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| Kendrick Lamar, U2, Dave Chappelle Send Powerful Message About Racism At Grammys Posted: 28 Jan 2018 05:44 PM PST  Kendrick Lamar gave one hell of a performance when he kicked off the 2018 Grammys with U2 and Dave Chappelle on Sunday. K Dot, who had already won three awards by the time he hit the stage and won one more right after, commenced his performance with his verse on Rich The Kid's "New Freezer" followed by "King's Den" from the "Black Panther" soundtrack.
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| US, Qatar reach agreement on subsidy spat with airlines Posted: 29 Jan 2018 01:51 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Qatar have reached a deal to resolve a years-old quarrel over alleged airline subsidies, seven individuals familiar with the deal said Monday, as Qatar's government works to defuse tensions with the Trump administration.
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| Belgium's exploding wild boar population must go on the pill, demands exasperated mayor Posted: 29 Jan 2018 05:20 AM PST  Belgium's exploding wild boar population is causing so much havoc that local politicians have demanded the rampaging beasts be put on the pill. With the potentially dangerous animals straying closer and closer to family homes, one local mayor has demanded the sex-mad boar be given contraceptives to curb their numbers. Wild boar were extinct for 50 years in Flanders but, since their reintroduction in 2006, the population has grown apace and wreaked havoc. The feral hogs are blamed for spreading disease, causing car accidents and agricultural damage. Maurice Webers is the socialist mayor of Beringen in Limberg, a north-eastern province of Belgium that has been plagued by the porcine menace. He demanded that special feeding zones for the boar be created and for contraceptives to be mixed into the food in what he called "an elegant and animal-friendly solution". "I have already suggested several times to the competent authorities that they plan feeding sites," he told the VRT TV channel, "but I have not yet received a reply." About | Wild boar "For the moment, there are really a lot of wild boars coming near the houses. That's why I would like to take steps to limit the number of boars," Mr Webers added. But the mayor's plan suffers from one major drawbacks, Thomas Scheppers of the Flemish Institute for Forest and Nature Studies said. "If you mix the pill with food, you don't know if the wild boar will eat the right amount. And we want to avoid that," he said before pointing out other animals could also eat the contraceptive food. British researchers are studying boar contraception and favour injections. "This method is more respectful of animals than having them killed by hunters," said Mr Scheppers. "We look forward to the results of the British study." The Flemish landscape changed over the 50 years boar were extinct in Flanders, turning into a densely packed mosaic of agricultural and urban areas, which has led to frequent clashes with humans. In the Limberg region in November, on a single highway and in a single evening, 14 wild boar were struck by traffic. While the drivers were unhurt, the animals were not so lucky. Wildlife fences along the motorway have proved useless against the plague with wily boar crawling underneath them. The Natuurhelpcentrum animal shelter gets a call every week about a boar being killed somewhere in Limberg. "There are now too many of them. Some hunters have a great responsibility here, because they released the first wild boars in Limburg. Now we have the problems. It is a matter of time until the first death," said Sil Jannssen of the Natuurhelpcentrum. Boar are causing such widespread damage to crops in Belgium that academics are using drones and computer algorithms to calculate the cost to farmers. The feral pigs either root up grassland, leaving soil strewn around, or roll over in cornfields breaking them at the stem. The University of Antwerp estimates the cost of compensating farmers costs hundreds of thousands of euros a year but Belgium has not monitored the damage to agriculture – until now. Anneleen Rutten, a PHD student at Antwerp university, has pioneered a drone-based method to estimate the cost in a fast, standardised and accurate way. Traditionally such damage is estimated by teams of flat-footed experts trudging through fields rather than the far zippier and cheaper drones. "I connect my smartphone to the remote controller of my drone which allows me to see the camera visualisation of the drone," said Ms Rutten, who is yet to catch a boar in the act on one of her unmanned flights. The damage is obvious on the drone's camera, which picks up the holes in cornfields and the uprooted soil on grassland. The drone snaps a flurry of photographs which are combined into a large single image of the field. That image is fed into a computer and an algorithm, shown to be about 94 percent accurate, evaluates the damage. While attacks on humans are rare, two aggressive wild boar attacked and injured several people in the small German town of Heide in October, tearing through the town centre in an hours-long rampage. Four people were injured, and one man's fingertip was torn off, according to police reports.
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| Dead Sea Scroll Remains a Puzzle After Scientists Crack its Code Posted: 29 Jan 2018 09:11 AM PST  Scholars have deciphered a Dead Sea Scroll written in a Hebrew code, finding that it contains part of a 364-day calendar of holy days. Scholars still aren't sure why this scroll, along with a few other Dead Sea Scrolls, were written in code. The Dead Sea Scrolls were found in 12 caves near the site of Qumran in the West Bank.
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| Turpin children must be allowed to see parents in prison if they are to start new lives, says kidnap survivor Posted: 29 Jan 2018 08:02 AM PST  A woman who was kidnapped and locked in a cellar for eight years, has said that the 13 Turpin children must be allowed to see the parents who allegedly kept them captive. Ms Kampusch was 10-years-old when she was kidnapped from her home in the Austrian capital Vienna and taken to the nearby town of Strasshof an der Nordbahn by Wolfgang Priklopil. Taking advantage of an increasing amount of freedom he granted her, Ms Kampusch escaped in 2006, aged 18.
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| Most Americans Can't Afford A Minor Emergency Posted: 29 Jan 2018 02:46 AM PST  James DeVolid, 54, put in so many hours between his two jobs at Tyson Foods and Walmart that his wife, Susan, often joked that he worked "eight days a week."
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| Russia warplane flies within whisker of US jet: US Navy Posted: 29 Jan 2018 11:38 AM PST  The incident unfolded while the US EP-3 Aries spy plane was on a mission in international airspace. The US military has reported several "unsafe" interactions with Russian jets in the skies over the Black Sea in recent months. "The Russian military is within its right to operate within international airspace, but they must behave within international standards set to ensure safety and prevent incidents," the statement read.
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| Video Shows Indiana Man Kidnapping Child in Broad Daylight: FBI Posted: 29 Jan 2018 05:41 AM PST  The FBI has released dramatic video of a child being kidnapped in broad daylight in Calumet City, Illinois.
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| U2 Calls Out Trump In Grammy Performance: ‘Blessed Are The Shithole Countries’ Posted: 29 Jan 2018 02:19 AM PST  U2 took on President Donald Trump on Sunday in a "resistance"-themed Grammy performance that took place on a barge with the Statue of Liberty serving as a dramatic backdrop.
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| Rescuers in Pakistan call off efforts to save Polish climber Posted: 28 Jan 2018 02:14 PM PST  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Volunteers rescued a French mountaineer from a Himalayan peak but called off efforts to retrieve a Polish climber who was declared dead after the dramatic and treacherous rescue effort.
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| Turkey detains over 300 for 'terror propaganda' against Syria operation Posted: 29 Jan 2018 01:03 AM PST  Turkish authorities have detained 311 people suspected of disseminating "terror propaganda" over Ankara's offensive against a Kurdish militia in Syria, the interior ministry said on Monday. The suspects have been taken into custody since the operation against the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia began on January 20. Ankara views the YPG as a "terrorist" offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has been waging a three-decade insurgency against the Turkish state.
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