2016年3月27日星期日

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Pakistani Taliban faction claims Easter park bombing

Posted: 27 Mar 2016 03:03 PM PDT

A Pakistani injured man from a bomb blast talks on his cell phone at a local hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, March, 27, 2016. A bomb blast in a park in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore has killed tens of people and wounded scores, a health official said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chuadary)ISLAMABAD (AP) — A breakaway Pakistani faction of the militant Taliban group has claimed responsibility for an Easter Sunday bombing that killed 65 people in a park in the eastern city of Lahore that was crowded with Christians, including many children.


Sanders on Clinton’s Clooney fundraiser: ‘It is obscene’

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Trump would consider halting U.S. oil purchases from Saudi Arabia unless it provides troops to fight ISIS

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'Legends of the Fall' author Jim Harrison dead at 78

Posted: 27 Mar 2016 05:04 PM PDT

This photo provided by George Mason & Salli Slaughter shows Jim Harrison at his home in Patgonia, Ariz. Harrison, the fiction writer, poet, outdoorsman and reveler who wrote with gruff affection for the country's landscape and rural life and enjoyed mainstream success in middle age with his historical saga "Legends of the Fall," died Saturday, March 26, 2016. He was 78. (George Mason & Salli Slaughter/Courtesy of The Authors Road via AP)NEW YORK (AP) — Jim Harrison, the fiction writer, poet, outdoorsman and reveler who wrote with gruff affection for the country's landscape and rural life and enjoyed mainstream success in middle age with his historical saga "Legends of the Fall," has died at age 78.


Syria forces retake ancient Palmyra in major victory over IS

Posted: 27 Mar 2016 12:28 PM PDT

Syrian troops gathering around their national flag after they recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra from the control of the Islamic State (IS) group on March 27, 2016Syrian troops recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra from the Islamic State group on Sunday and pledged to build on the win with an advance against other jihadist strongholds. President Bashar al-Assad hailed the victory as an "important achievement" as his Russian counterpart and key backer Vladimir Putin congratulated Damascus for retaking the UNESCO world heritage site. An AFP correspondent inside Palmyra said monuments destroyed by the jihadists -- like the iconic Temple of Bel -- were in pieces but that much of the ancient city was intact.


Sanders wins 3 states; Clinton retains big delegate lead

Posted: 27 Mar 2016 05:02 AM PDT

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at a campaign stop Saturday, March 26, 2016, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)Bernie Sanders supporters get a psychological boost, but the wins do little to move him closer to securing the Democratic nomination.


Some Sanders supporters say they will never vote for Clinton

Posted: 26 Mar 2016 08:52 AM PDT

Some Sanders supporters say it's 'Bernie or Bust' and they will never vote for Hillary ClintonA voluble group of die-hard Sanders backers is vowing never to support Hillary Clinton — even if the consequence is handing the presidency to Donald Trump.


Pope at Easter recalls victims of 'blind, brutal terrorism'

Posted: 27 Mar 2016 03:57 AM PDT

Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi (to the city and to the world) message at end of the Easter mass, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, March 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)Pope Francis is tempering his Easter message of hope with dismay over 'blind, brutal terrorism.'


Deal reached to take California minimum wage to $15 an hour

Posted: 26 Mar 2016 11:01 PM PDT

Deal reached to take California minimum wage to $15 an hourCalifornia legislators and labor unions have reached a tentative agreement that will take the state's minimum wage from $10 to $15 an hour, a state senator said, a move that would make for the largest ...


Riot at Brussels attacks shrine; 13 anti-terror raids made

Posted: 27 Mar 2016 12:56 PM PDT

Riot police attend a memorial site during a protest by right wing demonstrators at the Place de la Bourse in Brussels, Sunday, March 27, 2016. In a sign of the tensions in the Belgian capital and the way security services are stretched across the country, Belgium's interior minister appealed to residents not to march Sunday in Brussels in solidarity with the victims. (AP Photo/Valentin Bianchi)BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian riot police clashed Sunday with hundreds of right-wing hooligans at a temporary shrine honoring victims of the Brussels suicide bombings, as investigators launched fresh anti-terror raids, taking four more people into custody.


Netanyahu defends Israeli army after soldier shot wounded Palestinian

Posted: 27 Mar 2016 09:30 AM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, on March 27, 2016Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended the Israeli army Sunday as controversy gripped the country over a soldier caught on video shooting a Palestinian assailant in the head as he lay on the ground. The issue reportedly sparked a bitter argument behind closed doors at the Israeli government's weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday. "Any challenge to the morality of the IDF (Israel Defence Forces) is outrageous and unacceptable," he said.


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