2016年3月8日星期二

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Trump defends loyalty pledges at rallies, ‘surprised’ by Hitler comparisons

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Clinton, Sanders go down to the wire in Michigan

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UN: 'Substantive' Syria peace talks to begin within days

Posted: 08 Mar 2016 10:24 AM PST

In this photo taken on Wednesday, March 2, 2016, Syrian solders guard near a tent where local leaders and elders signed a declaration pledging to abide by a truce Maarzaf, about 15 kilometers west of Hama, Syria. Associated Press spent five days traveling through the port of Latakia and the surrounding areas in Syria during the cease-fire. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. envoy for Syria will begin holding "substantive" peace talks with both Syrian government officials and opposition representatives no later than next Monday even as preparations toward the discussions get underway this week in Geneva, a spokeswoman for the envoy said Tuesday.


Talk of 'beheading' strike option heightens Koreas tension

Posted: 08 Mar 2016 11:07 AM PST

FILE - In this Monday, March 7, 2016, file photo, South Korean army K-9 self-propelled howitzers take on a position during an annual exercise in Paju, near the border with North Korea. Massive joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises are a spring ritual on the Korean Peninsula guaranteed to draw a lot of threat-laced venom from Pyongyang. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)TOKYO (AP) — Massive joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises are a spring ritual on the Korean Peninsula guaranteed to draw a lot of threat-laced venom from Pyongyang. This time, not only are the war games the biggest ever, but the troops now massed south of the Demilitarized Zone have reportedly incorporated a new hypothetical into their training: a "beheading mission" against Kim Jong Un himself.


MH370 disappearance still a mystery two years on

Posted: 08 Mar 2016 06:12 AM PST

Investigators probing what happened to flight MH370 said Tuesday the cause of the plane's disappearance remained a mystery as the second anniversary passed with devastated next-of-kin still grasping for answers. The Malaysia-led international team of aviation experts set up to investigate issued an annual progress report but the brief statement had no new insights on what caused the Malaysia Airlines jet to vanish. "To date, the MH370 wreckage has still not been found despite the continuing search in the south Indian Ocean," it said.

Israel's Netanyahu declines offer to meet with Obama: White House

Posted: 07 Mar 2016 05:02 PM PST

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in JerusalemBy Matt Spetalnick and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declined an offer to meet U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House later this month and canceled his trip to Washington, the White House said on Monday. Netanyahu's decision to nix his U.S. visit marked the latest episode in a fraught relationship with Obama that has yet to recover from their deep differences over last year's U.S.-led international nuclear deal with Iran, Israel's arch foe. The White House said the Israeli government had requested a Netanyahu meeting with Obama on either March 18 or 19 and that two weeks ago he was offered a March 18 encounter.


Bloomberg opts out of U.S. presidential bid, calls for centrism

Posted: 07 Mar 2016 04:13 PM PST

By Andy Sullivan and Ginger Gibson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Monday he would not mount an independent bid for the U.S. presidency because he feared it would increase the chances that Republicans Donald Trump or Ted Cruz could end up in the White House. A billionaire media mogul who combined business-friendly fiscal policies with liberal views on gun control and other social issues, Bloomberg could have potentially appealed to centrist voters in a year when candidates from the far left and right of the political spectrum have gained traction. Bloomberg never received much interest from American voters.

Erin Andrews awarded $55 million in hotel stalking case

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Boston Bombing Survivor Killed in Crash Appreciated 'Fragility of Life,' Says Marathon Hero

Posted: 07 Mar 2016 11:02 PM PST

Boston Bombing Survivor Killed in Crash Appreciated 'Fragility of Life,' Says Marathon HeroVictoria McGrath, a young woman who suffered severe injuries in the Boston Marathon bombing, has died after a car crash. McGrath, of Weston, Connecticut, was set to graduate this year from Northeastern University, but she and another student, Priscilla Perez Torres, died in a car accident while in Dubai, Northeastern University President Joseph Aoun said in a statement today. Mendelsohn was at a post-race party "almost adjacent to the finish line" when the bomb went off in April 2013.


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