2015年10月20日星期二

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Biden clarifies recollection of bin Laden raid

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Jim Webb drops out of Democratic primary race

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Donald Trump triples down on 9/11 comments

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The political education of Ben Carson

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In 2013, Ben Carson told Glenn Beck that he had no plans to run for president. "I would be a terrible candidate," he said.


Modern Underground Railroad: Crossing 7 countries and an ocean with Syrian refugees

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Two journalists walked thousands of miles with refugees seeking safety in Western Europe.


Son of late PM Pierre Trudeau becomes Canada's new PM

Posted: 19 Oct 2015 09:48 PM PDT

Liberal leader Justin Trudeau kisses his son, Hadrien, as son Xavier looks on while they wait to vote at a polling station Monday, Oct. 19, 2015 in Montreal. Canadians voted Monday to decide whether to extend Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper's near-decade in power or return Canada to its more liberal roots. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDITTORONTO (AP) — Canadians voted for a sharp change in their government Monday, returning a legendary name for liberals, Trudeau, to the prime minister's office and resoundingly ending Conservative Stephen Harper's near-decade in office.


U.S. adds charges against Macau billionaire in U.N. bribe case

Posted: 20 Oct 2015 02:40 PM PDT

John Ashe a former U.N. ambassador from Antigua and Barbuda who was general assembly president from 2013 to 2014, is seen at his arraignment in New YorkU.S. prosecutors unveiled more charges against a billionaire Macau real estate developer and three others accused of engaging in a bribery scheme involving a former president of the United Nations General Assembly. The charges were in an indictment in Manhattan federal court against five people including John Ashe, a former U.N. ambassador from Antigua and Barbuda who was General Assembly president from 2013 to 2014.


Texas teen arrested over clock is moving to Qatar with his family

Posted: 20 Oct 2015 04:26 PM PDT

Grunsfeld, Associate Administrator for Science Mission Directorate, poses with Ahmed Mohamed, Texas teenager who was arrested after bringing homemade clock to school, during White House Astronomy Night in WashingtonBy Lisa Maria Garza DALLAS (Reuters) - The Texas boy arrested for bringing to school a homemade clock that was mistaken for a bomb is moving to Qatar, his family said on Tuesday, a few hours after he was at the White House for an astronomy night hosted by President Barack Obama. Ahmed Mohamed, 14, a bespectacled ninth-grader who became an Internet sensation for an arrest that supporters said was influenced by bias against his Muslim religion, has accepted an offer from the Qatar Foundation to study at its Young Innovators Program. "This means, that we, as a family, will relocate to Qatar where Ahmed will receive a full scholarship for secondary and undergraduate education," his family said in a statement.


El Faro reported 'hull breach' before sinking in hurricane

Posted: 20 Oct 2015 02:33 PM PDT

Debris is seen in the water from the El Faro search area in this handout photo provided by the US Coast GuardThe captain of the U.S. cargo ship El Faro reported "a hull breach" and said a hatch had blown open before the vessel sank off the Bahamas in a hurricane earlier this month, the National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday. In a recorded satellite phone call Captain Michael Davidson told the ship's owner he had "a marine emergency" after taking on water in one of the holds, the NTSB said in an update on its two-week-old investigation of the sinking.


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