| White House Calls CNN 'Fake News' After Outlet Mixed Up 2 Indian-Americans Posted: 11 Dec 2017 12:58 PM PST  The White House laid into CNN after the news outlet mixed up the photos of two men named Shah on Friday.
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| Judge Warns Paul Manafort About Ghostwriting Op-Eds And Talking To The Media Posted: 11 Dec 2017 11:22 AM PST  WASHINGTON ― A federal judge warned former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort about communicating with the media, less than two weeks after special counsel Robert Mueller's team said he "ghostwrote" an editorial for an English-language Ukraine newspaper about his overseas work.
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| Famous China rooftopper 'confirmed dead' after fall from skyscraper Posted: 11 Dec 2017 04:27 AM PST  A famous Chinese 'rooftopper' fell to his death from a skyscraper in a daring £11,000 challenge as he sought to use his fame to help lift his family out of poverty, media reported. Wu Yongning, aged 26, fell from the summit of the 62-storey Huayuan Hua Centre in the central city of Changsha, apparently as he attempted to scoop 100,000 yuan (£11,200) for a clip promoting an unnamed sponsor, reports say. The former movie stuntman had one million followers on the Chinese Internet and was well known for fearlessly scaling towering skyscrapers without any safety equipment. More than 300 videos of him tip-toeing on scaffolding or doing pull-ups as he hung from the side of huge buildings were widely shared by his fans. However, his account on Sina Weibo, China's version of Twitter, went silent around a month ago after he purportedly attempted the Changsha skyscraper. The former movie stuntman had one million followers on the Chinese Internet and was well known for fearlessly scaling towering skyscrapers without any safety equipment And last Friday his girlfriend wrote online: "Today is December 8th. It makes me think of November 8th, the day you left us and left this world." The Changsha Evening News said Mr Wu was seeking to make money for his poverty-striken family and pay medical costs for his mother, who suffers from a mental condition. Local officials said authorities would support his family following the accident. Police confirmed that Mr Wu died when he fell from the Huayuan Hua Centre on November 8, reports said. His family were quoted in a news portal run by Beijing News that he was due to receive a huge cash payout for a two minute clip on a Changsha skyscraper on the same date. Additional reporting by Christine Wei
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| Serial Killer Taunts Police In New Letter, Claims There Are More Victims Posted: 11 Dec 2017 01:04 AM PST  A convicted serial killer sent a letter to a South Carolina newspaper claiming police hadn't found all of his victims ― and he's not planning to help them.
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| Bullied Tennesee student Keaton Jones' mom faces backlash over Confederate flag photos Posted: 11 Dec 2017 01:02 PM PST  During the weekend, a Tennessee woman took to Facebook with her son Keaton Jones' emotional video about the relentless bullying he experiences in school that went viral almost instantly.
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| Kelsey Grammer says he forgives sister’s rapist and killer but he does not deserve freedom Posted: 10 Dec 2017 07:00 AM PST  Kelsey Grammer has spoken about his grief following his sister's murder in 1975. Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, the Frasier actor said he has forgiven the man who sexually assaulted and killed his sister. Karen Grammer was abducted, raped and murdered at the age of 18 by Freddie Glenn and accomplice Michael Corbett on 1 July 1975.
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| 'Terror' bomber strikes NY subway, three hurt Posted: 11 Dec 2017 07:40 AM PST  A man carrying a pipe bomb strapped to his body detonated it in a crowded New York subway passageway during the morning rush hour Monday, seriously injuring himself but only lightly injuring three others. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio called the bombing an "attempted terrorist attack," and identified the 27-year-old man identified as Akayed Ullah. The blast took place at the height of morning rush hour in the subway station at the new York Port Authority bus terminal, not far from the city's iconic Times Square, sparking commuter panic and travel disruptions.
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| Trump slammed for throwing insults at the media in the wake of attempted terror attack in NYC Posted: 11 Dec 2017 09:47 AM PST  President Donald Trump is receiving backlash for attacking the "failing" New York Times shortly after being briefed on an attempted terror attack in New York City Monday. ".@POTUS has been briefed on the explosion in New York City," White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced on Twitter at 8:13 a.m.
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| California's Thomas Fire Now Ranks Among Largest In State History Posted: 10 Dec 2017 12:33 PM PST  The Thomas Fire, one of five destructive blazes currently burning in California, now ranks as the tenth largest wildfire on record in the state.
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| Trump Chooses His Agenda Over Allegations in Alabama Posted: 10 Dec 2017 12:55 AM PST  Post Game: Hallie Jackson joins Ali Vitali to talk about President Trump's decision to endorse Reublican Roy Moore in the Alabama Senate race, despite allegations against Moore.
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| Vladimir Putin announces Russian withdrawal from Syria during visit to airbase Posted: 11 Dec 2017 05:08 AM PST  Vladimir Putin has said Russia will withdraw the bulk of its forces from Syria following the "successful intervention" in the conflict there. The announcement comes after the defence ministry said last week that Russia had "completely liberated" Syria from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil), despite reports that the terrorist group still controls some remote territory there. Speaking to soldiers at Russia's Khmeimim airbase during his first trip to Syria, where he was welcomed by Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, Mr Putin said he was ordering the defence minister and head of the general staff to begin withdrawing Russian forces to their home bases. "In two-and-a-half years, Russia's military along with the Syrian army have defeated the most battle-worthy gang of international terrorists," Mr Putin said. "In connection with this, I've made the decision that a significant part of the Russian military contingent located in the Syrian Arab Republic will return home to Russia." VIDEO: Putin visits Russian troops at Syria's #Khmeimim Airbase https://t.co/yX35LANrqSpic.twitter.com/DVXZdl5kHS— RT (@RT_com) 11 December 2017 Moscow will continue to operate the Khmeimim airbase as well as its naval base in Tartus and will crush any further terrorist activities in Syria, he said. "If the terrorists raise their head again, we will hit them with such strikes as they have never seen," Mr Putin said. "We will never forget the casualties and losses that we suffered in the fight with terrorism here in Syria as well as at home in Russia." Vladimir Putin with Bashar al-Assad during his visit at Hmeymim base Credit: Kremlin Press Office / Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images The president told his troops they were "returning with victory" to their homeland and loved ones. Mr Putin's triumphant visit to Syria comes days after he said he would run for re-election in March, a vote that is expected to keep him in power until 2024, nearly as long as Joseph Stalin. He is expected to make Russia's more aggressive foreign policy and defiance of the West a centerpiece of his campaign. Assad welcomes Putin The leaders embrace on the tarmac Mr Putin also met with president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Egypt on Monday and was traveling on to Turkey to speak with president Recep Tayyip Erdogan as part of a strengthening of ties and the two countries. During the sit-down, Mr al-Sisi called for the Syria de-escalation zones established by Iran, Russia and Turkey to be expanded. Mr Putin said Russia was ready to resume flights to Egypt, which were suspended after the bombing of a Russian airliner on Halloween 2015. Russia has also been drafting an agreement to deploy warplanes to Egypt, further increasing its presence in the Middle East. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Russian and Turkish leaders would discuss a political solution to the Syrian war. Mr Putin has met Mr Erdogan, who he once denounced as a backstabber after Turkey shot down a Russian plane in 2015, four times in the past two months. Vladimir Putin, left, and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, arrive for their talks in Cairo Credit: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Russia's casualties have been mounting in Syria as its ground presence grew from advisers and military contractors to include special forces this fall, although the exact number of deaths remains secret. In September, Russia's top military adviser was killed by a mortar strike, and two Russians who were reportedly working for a Russian private contractor were captured by Isil and executed in September. Read more | Escape from Isil Mr Putin announced an air campaign in September 2015 to support his ally, an intervention that has turned the tide of the war and positioned Russia as one of the most influential voices in talks to deterine Syria's future. Russia, Turkey and Iran have been holding rival negotiations to the Western-backed talks in Geneva. Al-Assad visited Sochi last month, hugging his Russian counterpart and thanking him for "Russia's efforts to save our country". Mr Putin returned the gesture and hugged al-Assad when he disembarked his presidential plane in Syria on Monday.
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| Inside The Voucher Schools That Teach L. Ron Hubbard, But Say They’re Not Scientologist Posted: 11 Dec 2017 03:02 AM PST  CLEARWATER, Fla. ― It was a weekday afternoon here in early December, and a gaggle of kids outside of Clearwater Academy International were playing with a ball, their laughter and shouts filling the air.
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| Moore win would 'harken us back to days of segregation': Alabama congresswoman Posted: 10 Dec 2017 02:04 AM PST  Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., joins "This Week" just days ahead of the special election for Attorney General Jeff Sessions' vacant Senate seat.
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| Oxford Researchers Make Startling Discovery About Ancient St. Nicholas Relic Posted: 11 Dec 2017 11:35 AM PST  A post shared by Dr Georges Kazan (@drgeorgeskazan) on Dec 5, 2017 at 4:56pm PST Researchers at Oxford University have used modern scientific technology to test a religious relic believed to belong to St. Nicholas, the fourth-century Christian bishop whose generosity inspired the legend of Santa Claus.
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| Los Angeles subway work uncovers array of Ice Age fossils Posted: 11 Dec 2017 12:15 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — As part of the crew digging a subway extension under the streets of Los Angeles, Ashley Leger always keeps her safety gear close by.
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| Battle for Moscow: How Russia Stopped Nazi Germany's Military Posted: 11 Dec 2017 11:33 AM PST  Would the capture of Moscow have altered the outcome of World War II? Moscow was more than the administrative capital of the Soviet Union: it was also a vital rail hub and production center. There was also the symbolic value: totalitarian dictators, like Hitler and Stalin, crafted images of themselves as all-knowing leaders of their nations.
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| New protests flare over Trump's Jerusalem declaration Posted: 10 Dec 2017 01:03 PM PST  New protests flared in the Middle East and elsewhere Sunday over US President Donald Trump's declaration of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, a move that has drawn global condemnation and sparked days of unrest in the Palestinian territories. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Palestinians needed to come to terms with Jerusalem's long Jewish history. "It's always been our capital," he said at a press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris.
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| U.S. high court turns away dispute over gay worker protections Posted: 11 Dec 2017 03:02 PM PST  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear an appeal by a Georgia security guard who said she was harassed and forced from her job because she is a lesbian, avoiding an opportunity to decide whether a federal law that bans gender-based bias also outlaws discrimination based on sexual orientation.
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| Dying polar bear roams iceless land for food in 'soul-crushing' video Posted: 11 Dec 2017 10:47 AM PST  Heartbreaking footage of a starving polar bear desperately searching for food on iceless land highlights the "real face of climate change", conservationists say. Photojournalist Paul Nicklen said his team were moved to tears as they captured the struggling animal's battle to stay alive on Canada's Baffin Island last summer. The "soul-crushing" scene, captured by marine conservationists SeaLegacy, shows the emaciated bear searching an abandoned Inuit camp for sustenance. "My entire SeaLegacy team was pushing through their tears and emotions while documenting this dying polar bear," explained Mr Nicklen. "It's a soul-crushing scene that still haunts me, but I know we need to share both the beautiful and the heartbreaking if we are going to break down the walls of apathy. This is what starvation looks like. The muscles atrophy. No energy. It's a slow, painful death. Polar bears are listed as vulnerable due to a "loss of sea ice habitat from climate change" Credit: AP "When scientists say polar bears will be extinct in the next 100 years, I think of the global population of 25,000 bears dying in this manner. There is no band aid solution. There was no saving this individual bear. People think that we can put platforms in the ocean or we can feed the odd starving bear. "The simple truth is this - if the Earth continues to warm, we will lose bears and entire polar ecosystems. This large male bear was not old, and he certainly died within hours or days of this moment. But there are solutions. We must reduce our carbon footprint, eat the right food, stop cutting down our forests, and begin putting the Earth-our home-first." His colleague Cristina Mittermeier said it was "one of the hardest shoots we have ever had to do". "Through tears, we were able to capture this footage with the hope of awakening people to the realities of a climate change future," she said. Polar bears are the poster child for climate change Credit: AP SeaLegacy said though it couldn't say with 100 per cent certainty what had caused the bear to starve to death, the group added: "We do know that he didn't have any visible wounds and that he was not an old bear. "Many of you have asked whether we could have saved this individual bear, but the hard truth is that he was on his last legs and his muscles had atrophied beyond repair. It would also have been illegal to feed him, to approach him, or to do anything to ease his pain." The group warned an increasing number of polar bears are likely to die in this way "as a result of our warming climate". "As global temperatures rise, the amount of multi-year sea ice in the Arctic shrinks. Polar bears depend on that ice to travel large distances and to hunt for their food. Without sea ice this will become a common scene across the Arctic," they said. The World Wildlife Fund says polar bears are vulnerable due to a "loss of sea ice habitat from climate change". A study published last year by University of Washington researchers found that polar bears across the Arctic are facing a shorter sea ice season, a surface they depend on for hunting, travelling and breeding.
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| Ellen DeGeneres Evacuates Her Pets As California Fire Bears Down Posted: 11 Dec 2017 04:00 AM PST  Ellen DeGeneres tweeted Sunday that she and wife Portia de Rossi evacuated their pets as California's raging Thomas Fire closed in on their home in Santa Barbara County, an area packed with celebrities.
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| The fight for the Dream Act is reaching its peak – but time is running out Posted: 10 Dec 2017 11:00 PM PST  Osmar Abad Cruz likes to say his mom is the "original Dreamer". Nearly 25 years later, Abad Cruz, now 29, is living the life his mother wanted him to have. This was possible in large part thanks to an Obama-era program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or Daca, which shielded nearly 800,000 young immigrants brought to the US as children from the threat of deportation.
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| What Is Eggnog Made Out Of, Anyway? Posted: 11 Dec 2017 06:52 AM PST  What other time of year do we drink something that's basically custard spiked with booze?
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| AP: Rohingya methodically raped by Myanmar's armed forces Posted: 11 Dec 2017 02:24 PM PST  UKHIA, Bangladesh (AP) — The soldiers arrived, as they often did, long after sunset.
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| Russia’s Su-57 Stealth Fighter Is Destined to Fail Posted: 11 Dec 2017 04:29 AM PST  All of the reasons the Su-57 is going nowhere fast. Westerns analysts have concluded that Russia's fifth-generation Sukhoi Su-57 stealth fighter is unlikely to enter operational service before 2027. The Su-57 program was never really viable.
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| 'Terror' bomber strikes New York subway, three hurt Posted: 11 Dec 2017 03:42 PM PST  A 27-year-old immigrant from Bangladesh detonated a homemade pipe bomb strapped to his body in a crowded New York subway passage during the morning rush hour Monday, injuring three people and putting the city on edge just six weeks after a deadly truck attack. Akayed Ullah told police investigators he wanted to avenge US airstrikes on the Islamic State group and was also inspired by Christmas terror plots in Europe, and chose the location for his attack by the Christmas posters on the subway walls, US media reported. "Today's attempted mass murder attack in New York City -- the second terror attack in New York in the last two months -- once again highlights the urgent need for Congress to enact legislative reforms to protect the American people," Trump said in a statement.
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| How Long Can You Keep Meat In The Freezer? Posted: 11 Dec 2017 10:22 AM PST  Before the invention of the freezer, snow and cold weather were the only ways to keep food cold.
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| Suspect Arrested in Shooting of Nick and Drew Lachey's Bar Manager Posted: 11 Dec 2017 07:41 AM PST  Lavoris Hightower faces several charges, including attempted murder and felonious assault.
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| 17 Twists On Shepherd's Pie Your Winter Dinner Rotation Is Missing Posted: 11 Dec 2017 10:22 AM PST |
| Israel, Turkey leaders trade insults over US Jerusalem decision Posted: 10 Dec 2017 01:19 PM PST  Relations between Israel and Turkey took a bitter turn Sunday as their leaders traded accusations of involvement in terrorism, days after the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he would fight against the controversial declaration, describing Israel as a "terrorist state" that kills children, in a speech in Istanbul. Hours later Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hit back, calling his counterpart a leader who bombs Kurdish villagers and supports terrorists, during an official visit to Paris.
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| After allegations, Moore avoids spotlight, questions Posted: 10 Dec 2017 10:50 PM PST  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore has been a rare sight on the traditional campaign trail in the days ahead of a critical U.S. Senate race. He's appeared at only a handful of rallies in front of friendly audiences and steadfastly has shunned reporters from the mainstream media.
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| Watch a Barn-Find Tucker Lay Numbers on a Dyno Posted: 11 Dec 2017 09:09 AM PST  Tucker number 44, in the midst of a major restoration, hits the dyno to prove exactly how much power that helicopter-sourced flat six makes.
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| Charlie Sheen Sues National Enquirer Over Corey Haim Rape Allegation Posted: 10 Dec 2017 02:35 AM PST  Charlie Sheen is suing the National Enquirer over the publication of a Nov. 8 report alleging the actor raped then-child star Corey Haim in the 1980s.
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| Star U.S. Diplomat Quits With Fiery Letter To Rex Tillerson Posted: 10 Dec 2017 07:26 AM PST  A distinguished U.S. diplomat who was seen as a rising star at the State Department resigned after writing a searing letter to Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson, accusing him of gutting the department and damaging America's standing across the world.
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| What We Know About the New York Bomb Attack Suspect Posted: 11 Dec 2017 08:07 AM PST  He has been identified as 27-year-old Akayed Ullah
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| Syrian army and Iranian-backed militias push towards Idlib province Posted: 10 Dec 2017 04:11 PM PST ![Syrian army and Iranian-backed militias push towards Idlib province]( "Syrian army and Iranian-backed militias push towards Idlib province") By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - The Syrian army and Iranian-backed militias backed by Russian air power stepped up a military campaign against rebels in eastern Hama province in a push towards the rebel stronghold of Idlib province in northwestern Syria, rebels and witnesses said. The Islamist Hayat Tahrir al Sham and some Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebel faction in control of these areas said they were sending reinforcements to seize back a string of villages in the northeastern Hama countryside, near the town of Rihjan, that the army had earlier announced were captured in heavy fighting.
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| US man on the run after escaping notorious Bali prison Posted: 10 Dec 2017 11:07 PM PST  A US man convicted on drugs charges escaped Bali's notorious Kerobokan jail in an early Monday morning jailbreak with another American prisoner who was caught almost immediately, an official said. The pair made a break from the Indonesian resort island's main prison by cutting a hole in the roof with a hacksaw, authorities said. Foreigners are regularly arrested for drugs offences on Bali.
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| US wants world to isolate North Korea, so what's that mean? Posted: 09 Dec 2017 05:34 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump's U.N. ambassador recently urged the world to sever diplomatic ties with North Korea, she was sketchy on the details: Should all embassies close? How about those providing the U.S. intelligence from the largely inscrutable country? And what of Sweden, which helps with imprisoned Americans?
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| 5 Retirement Fees You Should Never Pay Posted: 11 Dec 2017 06:00 AM PST ![5 Retirement Fees You Should Never Pay]( "5 Retirement Fees You Should Never Pay") Retirement benefits often have complicated rules, and it's easy to trigger fees. Here are some retirement penalties you can avoid with careful planning. The penalty is applied in addition to the regular income tax due on the withdrawal.
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| 17 Game-Changing Guinness Recipes Posted: 11 Dec 2017 10:12 AM PST |
| New York surgeon who treated Bono found dead in Park Avenue apartment in suspected suicide Posted: 11 Dec 2017 08:56 AM PST  A top US surgeon is said to have been found dead with a knife in his torso in his New York flat on Sunday in a suspected suicide. Dr Dean Lorich, 54, worked as Bono's Orthopaedic trauma surgeon after the U2 frontman fell off his bike in 2014 and required extensive reconstructive surgery. Dr Lorich, the father of three daughters, was the associate director of the Orthopedic Trauma Service at the Hospital for Special Surgery and a professor at Weill Cornell Medical College.
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| Al Franken Makes Santa's Naughty List On 'SNL,' But Roy Moore Makes The 'Registry' Posted: 09 Dec 2017 09:30 PM PST  Saturday Night Live - SNL (@nbcsnl) December 10, 2017 "Saturday Night Live's" take on politics this week featured elf Kate McKinnon and Santa Kenan Thompson in the cold open listening to a line-up of smart kids asking about everything from opioids to Colin Kaepernick and toys — more specifically, Matt Lauer's sex toys.
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| EU's big five criticise US tax plans, seek 'compromise' Posted: 11 Dec 2017 02:07 PM PST  The finance ministers of the European Union's five biggest economies wrote to their American counterpart Monday to voice concerns over a US tax overhaul, saying Washington should adhere to "international obligations to which it has signed up". The letter, signed by the British, French, German, Italian and Spanish finance ministers, warned that "certain less conventional international tax provisions could contravene" tax treaties and could have "a major distortive impact on international trade". US Republicans in the House and Senate are working to come up with a final unified version of the reform that President Donald Trump can sign before the end of the year.
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| Thousands of Saakashvili supporters stage protest against Ukraine president Posted: 10 Dec 2017 07:53 AM PST  Several thousand people marched through central Kiev on Sunday to protest against the detention of Ukrainian opposition figure Mikheil Saakashvili and call for the impeachment of President Petro Poroshenko. Saakashvili, president of his native Georgia for nine years until 2013, moved to Ukraine after a popular uprising there and served under Poroshenko as a regional governor from 2015-2016, before falling out with the Ukrainian leader.
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| Court reverses itself and restores woman's murder conviction Posted: 11 Dec 2017 10:01 AM PST ![Court reverses itself and restores woman's murder conviction]( "Court reverses itself and restores woman's murder conviction") ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's highest court on Monday reversed its own recent decision and restored the felony murder conviction of a woman whose husband shot and killed a police officer.
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| Racial dispute at beloved bakery roils liberal college town Posted: 11 Dec 2017 06:32 AM PST  Students at Oberlin College have long enjoyed pastries, bagels and chocolates from Gibson's Bakery, a century-old, family-owned business near campus. That sweet relationship has turned bitter amid hotly disputed accusations of racism, roiling a school and town long known for their liberal politics.
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