| Trump: U.S.-North Korea summit 'should have been done a long time ago' Posted: 22 Apr 2018 07:39 AM PDT  President Trump pushed back against criticisms that North Korea has had to meet few preconditions before a planned summit between the president and Kim Jong Un. Trump said he may or may not be successful but that he's taking an important step that previous presidents should have taken long ago.
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| Police Arrest Waffle House Shooting Suspect, Ending Manhunt Posted: 23 Apr 2018 11:16 AM PDT  Travis Reinking, the 29-year-old suspected of killing four people Sunday in a
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| As chemical weapons inspectors reach Douma, Syria claims suspected attack was fake Posted: 22 Apr 2018 08:48 AM PDT  The chemical weapons inspectors reached the city of Douma, now under Russian and Syrian control, two weeks after the suspected attack took place.
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| Every Time Meghan Markle Spoke Out Against Gender Inequality Posted: 23 Apr 2018 08:54 AM PDT  She's marrying royalty but Meghan Markle is already a feminist queen.
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| Sen. Bob Corker Not That Excited About The Leading Republican To Replace Him Posted: 22 Apr 2018 09:53 AM PDT  Retiring Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) could muster up only lukewarm praise for
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| Cevallos: Cohen is under ‘all the pressure that could possibly be’ Posted: 22 Apr 2018 09:18 AM PDT  The case against President Trump's attorney, Michael Cohen, is one of many legal battles the White House is facing. The panel talks with MSNBC Anchor Ayman Mohyeldin about the strategies being utilized for Cohen's problems.
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| Korean Air heiresses to resign as smuggle probe widens Posted: 23 Apr 2018 01:25 AM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Korean Air Lines said Monday that two daughters of its chairman will resign from their executive positions amid mounting public criticism over the women's behavior and allegations that the family engaged in smuggling.
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| Obama to deliver Mandela lecture in S.Africa in July Posted: 23 Apr 2018 03:19 AM PDT  Former US president Barack Obama will deliver the annual Nelson Mandela memorial lecture at a 4,000-capacity arena in Johannesburg in July, South African organisers announced on Monday. Obama, who met with Mandela in 2005 and who made an emotional address at his funeral, will speak at the lecture marking 100 years since the anti-apartheid icon was born. "President Barack Obama -- we will be looking forward to hosting him as he will be addressing this esteemed Nelson Mandela annual lecture," Sello Hatang, head of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, said.
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| Panel: With Barbara Bush passing, mourners remember an age of decency Posted: 22 Apr 2018 01:08 AM PDT  Andrea Mitchell and Amy Walter talk about the ways in which Barbara Bush could take a principled stand even during a time of high political drama.
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| Century-old sunken ship preserved in perfect condition beneath Lake Superior Posted: 23 Apr 2018 03:39 AM PDT ![Century-old sunken ship preserved in perfect condition beneath Lake Superior]( "Century-old sunken ship preserved in perfect condition beneath Lake Superior") These stunning images reveal the remains of a more than century-old sunken ship that has been preserved beneath freezing Lake Superior. The ship looks almost exactly the same as it did the day it sunk beneath waves all those years ago.
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| Canadian lynched by villagers in Peruvian Amazon after death of elderly healer Posted: 23 Apr 2018 09:36 AM PDT  Police in Peru were last night preparing a series of arrests over the lynching of a Canadian man accused by villagers of murdering an 81-year-old medicine woman. Sebastian Woodruffe's body was found in a shallow grave on Saturday in a remote village in the Amazonian region of Ucayali. The 41-year-old had been accused by locals of the murder of Olivia Arevalo, a traditional healer of the Shipibo-Conibo tribe. She was shot twice and died on Thursday near her home, said Ricardo Palma Jimenez, the head of a group of prosecutors in Ucayali. Arevalo had been working with traditional plant medicine since the age of 15, and came from a long line of healers, according to the Temple of the Way of Light centre, where she worked. The centre published a YouTube video that shows her singing one of her curing songs. Ricardo Franco, Arevalo's nephew, described her to a Peruvian TV station as "the mother that protects the Earth in the jungle". He said she was "the most beloved woman" in the tribe. Woodruffe was believed to have been one of her clients, and some reports on social media suggested that she was killed for refusing to perform an ayahuasca ceremony – a hallucinogenic spiritual ritual increasingly popular with Westerners. Other reports indicated a row over debts. Arevalo's sons disputed both versions, however, saying that she had stopped performing ayahuasca ceremonies due to her health. Sebastian Woodroffe was found buried. Villagers in remote parts of Peru often punish suspects according to local customs and without the involvement of authorities Locals told an indigenous news outlet that witnesses saw Woodroffe shoot Arevalo multiple times after she sang an ikaro, or curing song. He then fled, local residents alleged, prompting Arevalo's family members to post a "wanted" bulletin online and on Facebook, showing Woodroffe's photo, identifying him by name and nationality, and offering a reward. Distressing mobile phone footage, shared on social media, showed the attack on Woodruffe. He is seen in the film groaning in a puddle near a thatched-roof structure, as another man puts a rope around his neck and drags him, with others looking on. Mr Jimenez said the footage was being studied, and Peru's ministry of the interior said in a statement issued yesterday (MON) that they were close to making arrests in the case. "The prosecutor is concluding his file soliciting the preliminary arrest of the person seen in the video," a ministry source told Peruvian newspaper El Comercio. Canada's foreign ministry said they were investigating. "Canada extends its deepest condolences following the reported assassination of Olivia Arévalo Lomas, an Indigenous elder and human rights defender," said Global Affairs Canada, which manages Canadian foreign relations, in a statement. "We are also aware that a Canadian was killed in a related incident. Consular services are being provided to the family of the Canadian." Woodruffe, who is the father of a nine-year-old boy, grew up in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island. His friend Yarrow Willard told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that Woodroffe worked odd jobs in recent years and did some professional diving. Woodroffe said in a YouTube video in 2013 that he decided to leave his job and leave his home in Canada to study plant medicine in Peru. A relative's battle with alcoholism had inspired him to "fix the family's spirit" and pursue a career as an addictions counsellor, he said. Woodroffe began raising money for an apprenticeship with traditional healers in the Amazon, writing on his fundraising page that he felt a responsibility to "support this culture and retain some of their treasure in me and my family, and share it with those that wish to learn." But Mr Willard said Woodroffe had become more distant after trying ayahuasca in Peru in 2016, and came back "troubled" from his retreats there. He described Woodroffe as a person "who likes to poke, and likes to test the boundaries of people's beliefs, but is very much a gentle person underneath all that." He found it hard to believe that his friend would ever be involved in a violent crime. "He had a beautiful spark to him that people respected and loved." He added: "This man has never had a gun or talked about anything along that line," suggesting that Woodroffe may have become a scapegoat for Arevalo's murder. Arevalo's murder prompted outrage in Peru following other unsolved murders of indigenous activists who had repeatedly faced death threats related to efforts to keep illegal loggers and oil palm growers off native lands. Policing is scant over much of the Peruvian Andes and Amazon and villagers in far-flung provinces often punish suspected criminals according to local customs and without the involvement of state police and prosecutors. "We've just been in shock," said Mr Willard. "It just felt like a scam because there is no way this person is capable of that." Woodroffe becomes the second Westerner to die at a Peruvian retreat. In December 2015 Joshua Andrew Freeman Stevens, 29, killed 25-year-old Briton Unais Gomes after Gomes tried to stab him at a ceremony involving the hallucinogens. Mr Freeman Stevens' actions were ruled self defence and he returned home to Canada. Mr Jimenez said that an autopsy showed Woodroffe died of strangulation, after receiving several blows to his body. "We will not rest until both murders, of the indigenous woman as well as the Canadian man, are solved," he said. "We want the people of the Amazon to know that there is justice, but not justice by their own hands." A Peruvian vice minister visited the community at the weekend to reassure locals that they would find the truth behind both murders. But the villagers were sceptical. "There is justice for those with money," one local resident, Alder Rengifo Torres, told TV Peru. Another local woman was captured on Peruvian television telling the minister: "A foreigner can come and kill us, day after day, like dogs or cats, and nothing happens. The state does nothing." A Peruvian ombudsman wrote tweets condemning the killing of Arevalo, "a promoter of the cultural rights of the Shipibo-Conibo indigenous people." He urged the government to protect indigenous people "in the face of an increase in illicit activities that put their lives at risk." But the ombudsman's office also expressed its "resounding rejection of the lynching and murder of the alleged perpetrator" of Arevalo's killing, adding: "We ask the authorities for an in-depth investigation."
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| Waffle House Customer Hailed A Hero After Wrestling Rifle Away From Shooter Posted: 22 Apr 2018 02:42 PM PDT  A 29-year-old man is being hailed as a hero after he single-handedly disarmed
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| GOP Congressman Doug Lamborn Thrown Off The Ballot For 2018 Posted: 23 Apr 2018 03:50 PM PDT  Colorado GOP Rep. Doug Lamborn won't be on the ballot as a Republican in 2018
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| Controversy over police response to teen trapped by van seat Posted: 22 Apr 2018 08:53 AM PDT  Newly released body camera footage shows police officers looking for 16-year-old Kyle Plush, who called 911 twice before his death, but does not show them getting out of their patrol car.
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| HRW: 'Men only' job ads show ongoing discrimination in China Posted: 23 Apr 2018 03:32 AM PDT  BEIJING (AP) — One job ad for Chinese high-speed train conductors called for candidates who were "fashionable and beautiful." Another ad targeting men for a job in a Chinese internet company included photos of a female employee pole-dancing.
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| Armenian PM Sarksyan quits after 11 days of street protests Posted: 23 Apr 2018 01:11 PM PDT  By Hasmik Mkrtchyan YEREVAN (Reuters) - Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sarksyan resigned on Monday after almost two weeks of mass street protests that have plunged the ex-Soviet republic into political crisis. Sarksyan, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, had served as Armenia's president for a decade until this month and had faced accusations of clinging to power when parliament elected him as prime minister last week. Pressure on the 63-year-old to quit had increased sharply on Monday when unarmed soldiers in the capital Yerevan joined the anti-government protests, which first erupted on April 13.
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| GOP strategist says Cohen investigation 'could be the end of (Trump's) presidency' Posted: 22 Apr 2018 09:35 AM PDT  The "This Week" Powerhouse Roundtable debate the week in politics, including the legal issues facing President Trump.
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| Police Went to a Funeral Home to Unlock a Dead Man's Phone With His Finger Posted: 22 Apr 2018 01:16 PM PDT  Linus Phillip, 30, had been killed by police
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| Sean Hannity Defends Real Estate Empire Aided By HUD Loans Posted: 23 Apr 2018 01:27 PM PDT  Fox News host Sean Hannity is speaking out following a report that he
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| Panel: Is DNC-Trump lawsuit a political stunt? Posted: 22 Apr 2018 01:06 AM PDT  Cornell Belcher and David Brody discuss the DNC's civil lawsuit against Russia and the Trump campaign.
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| Professor Who Sold Facebook Data To Cambridge Analytica 'Sincerely Sorry' Posted: 23 Apr 2018 04:17 AM PDT  Aleksandr Kogan, the University of Cambridge psychology professor who
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| Authorities update public on the capture of suspected Waffle House shooter Posted: 23 Apr 2018 01:02 PM PDT  Suspect who allegedly shot and killed four people at a Nashville area Waffle House has been captured after a massive manhunt.
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| Hundreds mourn New Mexico woman killed in Southwest flight Posted: 22 Apr 2018 09:32 PM PDT  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Family and friends gathered Sunday to mourn an Albuquerque bank executive who died after the Southwest Airlines plane she was on blew an engine in midair.
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| No testimony from Cosby as defense rests in Pennsylvania sexual assault trial Posted: 23 Apr 2018 12:21 PM PDT  Bill Cosby's lawyers rested their case on Monday in his retrial on sexual assault charges, with the comedian declining to testify in his own defense against a one-time friend's accusations that he drugged and raped her in 2004. "No, your honor," Cosby said in a clear voice, seated with his lawyers in Montgomery County Courthouse outside Philadelphia. Cosby, 80, faces three counts of aggravated indecent assault of Andrea Constand, 45, a former administrator of the Temple University women's basketball team, at his Philadelphia home in January 2004.
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| Macron on Iran nuclear deal: There is no 'Plan B' Posted: 22 Apr 2018 09:15 AM PDT  French President Emmanuel Macron, who is heading to Washington to urge his US counterpart to stay in the Iran nuclear deal, said in an interview broadcast Sunday that there is no "Plan B" if the accord is scrapped. "I don't have any Plan B for nuclear -- against Iran," Macron told Fox News Sunday, in an English-language interview broadcast on the eve of his three-day state visit. North Korea has developed and tested nuclear weapons as well as intercontinental ballistic missiles, posing a significant threat to global security.
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| Tweeters Furious Over Trump Calling Mar-a-Lago The 'Southern White House' Posted: 21 Apr 2018 10:24 PM PDT  Twitter was incensed Saturday after Donald Trump used Barbara Bush's funeral
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| Armenian crisis worsens as opposition leader detained during protest Posted: 22 Apr 2018 04:37 AM PDT  Armenian police on Sunday detained an opposition MP after ten days of anti-government protests and accusations of a power grab levied against Serzh Sargsyan, the prime minister. Nikol Pashinyan was picked up by officers at a demonstration in Yerevan on Sunday, following a televised interview between him and Mr Sargsyan, which the prime minister cut short. Police said in a statement: "Despite repeated calls to stop illegal rallies, Pashinyan continued leading a demonstration". It added that he and two other opposition politicians "were forcibly taken from the site". The prosecutor general's office said that Mr Pashinyan and the other two "were detained as they were committing socially dangerous acts". As an MP, Mr Pashinyan is protected by parliamentary immunity and cannot be arrested without the approval of lawmakers. His whereabouts is currently unclear. His detention came on the tenth day of mass protests against Mr Sargsyan, who assumed the role of prime minister on April 17 after two five-year terms as president. Armenia's anti-government protest leader Nikol Pashinyan met with Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian Credit: KAREN MINASYAN/AFP/Getty Images In 2015, Mr Sargsyan tabled a controversial reform handing the main powers to the prime minister, a move that opposition supporters consider a power grab. Mr Pashinyan challenged Mr Sargsyan to a debate at a hotel in Yerevan on Sunday, during which the prime minister said he was pleased the protest leader had "responded to my numerous appeals to negotiate". However, Mr Pashinyan replied that there had been a misunderstanding, adding that he only wanted to discuss the terms of the leader's resignation and the "terms of a peaceful and smooth transition of power." A policeman holds the face of a demonstrator Credit: REUTERS/Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure "You don't understand the situation in Armenia. The power is now in people's hands," he said. Mr Sargsyan, Armenia's former head of defence, stormed out of the interview, pointing out that Mr Pashinyan's party only won eight per cent of the vote, and accusing him of "blackmail". At the rally, Mr Pashinyan urged police officers to "lay down arms and join in the protests" before riot police dispersed the crowd of thousands using stun grenades. Journalists at the scene reported that dozens of protesters were also detained. Demonstrators at the rally were protesting rampant corruption in Armenia's judicial system, police, and education, as well as poverty. Since 2008, the poverty rate in Armenia has increased by two per cent to 29.8 per cent, according to World Bank figures.
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| 9 Lovely Quotes About Parenting From The Duke And Duchess Of Cambridge Posted: 23 Apr 2018 02:09 PM PDT  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have added another royal tot to their
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| Sneaky guide dog leads owner to his favourite store whenever they're out shopping Posted: 23 Apr 2018 06:04 AM PDT  Even the most well-trained of our four-legged friends have a mischievous streak in them. On Friday, Michele Sykora shared a video of her sister Danielle out at the mall with her guide dog Thai. SEE ALSO: This ingenious typeface seamlessly blends Braille and text "My sister's guide dog always sneakily walks her into this store without her knowing," Michele wrote on Twitter. "I love dogs, man." My sisters guide dog always sneakily walks her into this store without her knowing ���� I love dogs, man pic.twitter.com/UuE9wDN4md — Michele Sykora (@michelesykora) April 20, 2018 That's right: Cool Dog Gear. That video has had almost 6.5 million views at the time of writing. Michele followed it up with this adorable photo of Danielle and Thai together. He is mad loyal to her otherwise pic.twitter.com/NCjQb0vmiH — Michele Sykora (@michelesykora) April 21, 2018 "The first time it ever happened, my dad was with my sister and he just wandered right in," Michele told BuzzFeed. "It was the first time he did it." When she was next in the mall with her dad and sister, Michele explained that her dad told her what Thai had done last time — so just in case it happened again, Michele got her phone out. Unsurprisingly, the video proved popular on Twitter. i can't believe this real store called "COOL DOG GEAR" in comic sans exists out there somewhere https://t.co/UHUTEM6ToA — go go gadget marijuana (@amenbreakfast) April 22, 2018 The dogs like "it's my turn to shop" �� https://t.co/eV6HpmhRdi — Erica Danielle (@EricaDanielle99) April 22, 2018 Soon, others were sharing similar stories. My service dog does silly things like this sometimes! He fakes alerts so he can get treats �� pic.twitter.com/Zt1bZJeO1L — J (@goddammitcas) April 22, 2018 @GuidDogSparky tries to do this with the pet aisle in the supermarket. — Complexicated Cookie (@Johnboy_Cook) April 21, 2018 Haha classic guide dog behaviour! Lyric always tries to walk me to the park — PINKY FANG (@PINKYFANG) April 22, 2018 We suspect business may be about to rocket at Cool Dog Gear. WATCH: Here's what a blind Paralympic skier sees going down the mountain
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| The Man Who Stopped the Waffle House Gunman Was Shot at and Burned. He Still Says He's Not a Hero Posted: 23 Apr 2018 10:36 AM PDT  "I just wanted to live"
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| Southwest Cancels 40 Flights as It Works to Inspect Plane Engines After Deadly Explosion Posted: 22 Apr 2018 12:17 PM PDT  The same engine that exploded last week powers nearly all of Southwest's fleet
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| Miami police use stun gun on man accused of touching female passenger Posted: 23 Apr 2018 06:50 AM PDT  Jacob Garcia began screaming insults on Sunday when airline staff tried to move him to another seat after the woman and her boyfriend accused him of touching her inappropriately, according to a Miami-Dade Police Department arrest report. Police ordered everyone off the plane, which was about to depart for Chicago, according to the arrest report and an American Airlines statement. A stun gun had little effect on him, possibly because it did not attach properly through his clothing, the arrest report said.
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| 10 Zucchini Breads You Won't Believe Are Healthy Posted: 22 Apr 2018 10:24 AM PDT |
| Road to N. Korea's denuclearization is littered with failure Posted: 22 Apr 2018 05:51 AM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Bill Clinton offered oil and reactors. George W. Bush mixed threats and aid. Barack Obama stopped trying after a rocket launch.
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| The Great Republican Tax Cut Backfire Posted: 23 Apr 2018 06:09 AM PDT  Did you have a happy Tax Day? Are you feeling grateful for the Republican tax
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| Yemen rebels vow to avenge coalition killing of political head Posted: 23 Apr 2018 04:49 PM PDT  Yemen's Huthi militias vowed Monday to avenge the killing of their top political leader in what they said was a Saudi-led coalition air strike, the highest-ranking rebel to die in the three-year conflict. Saleh al-Sammad, head of the Huthis' supreme political council, was "martyred" last Thursday in the eastern province of Hodeida, the Iran-allied rebels said via their Saba news agency. Sammad's death is a major blow to the Shiite rebels who have been fighting forces of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi backed by a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia.
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| Channing Tatum And Arie Luyendyk Jr. Have A Day At The Races Posted: 23 Apr 2018 07:59 AM PDT  A soon-to-be celebrity bachelor and a much-despised reality TV bachelor revved
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| Colorado man shares survival story after Hawaii shark attack Posted: 22 Apr 2018 06:22 PM PDT  A young man from Colorado shared details about how he survived a shark attack.
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| The Latest: Barbara Bush buried at presidential library Posted: 22 Apr 2018 01:10 AM PDT  HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on the funeral and burial of former first lady Barbara Bush (all times local):
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| New Ford Focus ST Reportedly Coming In 2019 With Bigger Engine Posted: 22 Apr 2018 10:31 PM PDT  The hot hatch is expected to eschew the automatic transmission to go manual-only.
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| Ex-Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic accuses prosecutors of twisting his words Posted: 23 Apr 2018 06:36 AM PDT  By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic asked U.N. judges on Monday to overturn his genocide conviction, accusing prosecutors of unfairly blackening his name and twisting his words at his trial. Karadzic was convicted two years ago for some of the worst war crimes committed as the former Yugoslavia broke apart in the 1990s, including the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in which around 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were killed.
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| Redesigned 2019 Toyota Avalon Could Shake Boring Reputation Posted: 23 Apr 2018 04:00 AM PDT   Toyota is taking a two-pronged attack with its redesigned Avalon, replacing its rather vanilla sedan with a model that has two distinct personalities: sophisticated and sporty. There are essentia...
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| Chinese, Indian leaders to meet this week Posted: 22 Apr 2018 09:16 AM PDT  Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet in central China this week, Beijing announced Sunday, as the Asian powers work to improve strained ties. The two leaders will hold an "informal summit" in the city of Wuhan on Friday and Saturday, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said after talks with his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj. Xi and Modi "will set a general direction, identify new goals and create a new dynamic for the growth of China-India relations.
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| Pruitt promised polluters EPA will value their profits over American lives Posted: 23 Apr 2018 03:00 AM PDT  President Trump listens to EPA Administrator Pruitt after announcing decision to withdraw from Paris Climate Agreement in the White House Rose Garden in Washington. TIME magazine announced last week that Trump's EPA administrator Scott Pruitt is among their 100 most influential people of 2018.
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| 'Black Panther' Director Will Do Sequel When He's Ready, Says Marvel Posted: 23 Apr 2018 01:02 PM PDT  "Black Panther" director Ryan Coogler will helm a sequel to one of Marvel's
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