| 'I hardly even knew this guy': Trump lashes out at Comey in Sunday morning tweetstorm Posted: 15 Apr 2018 07:07 AM PDT  Excerpts from former FBI Director James Comey's upcoming memoir, and from an interview Comey gave to ABC News, set off a Sunday-morning tweetstorm of accusations, corrections and annotations from President Trump, including the bizarre assertion that "I hardly even knew this guy."
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| Sara Huckabee Sanders Tweets 'Quantum Entanglement' Mike Pence Photo Posted: 15 Apr 2018 04:22 PM PDT  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders tweeted a photo Saturday of
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| Gessen: Putin wants a rhetorical war without too many coffins Posted: 15 Apr 2018 12:40 PM PDT  Masha Gessen, author of "The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia," says a war of words between Russia and the West serves Vladimir Putin better than an actual war.
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| Barbara Bush In 'Failing Health,' Won't Seek More Medical Treatment Posted: 15 Apr 2018 11:36 AM PDT  Barbara Bush is in failing health and will not seek additional medical
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| Starbucks chief executive apologises for arrests of two black men Posted: 14 Apr 2018 11:51 PM PDT  The men were accused of trespassing but have said they were waiting for a friend before ordering. "The video shot by customers is very hard to watch and the actions in it are not representative of our Starbucks mission and values," Johnson said in a statement. Philadelphia's police commissioner on Saturday defended the arrest, saying his officers had to act after Starbucks employees told them the pair were trespassing.
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| Allegiant Air safety record scrutinized on "60 Minutes" Posted: 16 Apr 2018 04:48 AM PDT  Allegiant Air is responding to an alarming "60 Minutes" report about the airline's safety record, calling it a "false narrative." The small Las Vegas-based, ultra-low-cost carrier is one of the nation's most profitable. "60 Minutes" correspondent Steve Kroft joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss how public documents reveal a startling number of mechanical issues with Allegiant's aircraft.
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| Man Survives Shark Attack: 'He Bee-Lined Straight at Me' Posted: 16 Apr 2018 10:58 AM PDT  It was the second shark attack that day.
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| The Latest: Gas smell led crews to vehicle in river, bodies Posted: 16 Apr 2018 10:52 AM PDT ![The Latest: Gas smell led crews to vehicle in river, bodies]( "The Latest: Gas smell led crews to vehicle in river, bodies") LEGGETT, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the search for a family whose vehicle plunged into Northern California river (all times local):
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| New York Times Calls On GOP To Protect Rule Of Law From Donald Trump Posted: 15 Apr 2018 08:27 PM PDT  In a somber editorial, The New York Times has called on the Republican Party
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| What Millennials Say About Their Parents During Therapy Posted: 16 Apr 2018 06:01 AM PDT  Unlike some generations before them, millennials aren't afraid to put in time
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| Boy unearths legendary Danish king's trove in Germany Posted: 16 Apr 2018 03:02 AM PDT  A 13-year-old boy and an amateur archaeologist have unearthed a "significant" treasure trove in Germany which may have belonged to the legendary Danish king Harald Bluetooth who brought Christianity to Denmark. Rene Schoen and his student Luca Malaschnitschenko were looking for treasure using metal detectors in January on northern Ruegen island when they chanced upon what they initially thought was a worthless piece of aluminium. A dig covering 400 square metres (4,300 square feet) that finally started over the weekend by the regional archaeology service has since uncovered a trove believed linked to the Danish king who reigned from around 958 to 986.
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| Britain pushes for Syrian ceasefire alongside US and France Posted: 15 Apr 2018 12:08 PM PDT  The UK will join the US and France in a push for a peaceful path forward to the Syrian crisis, proposing a new United Nations-backed ceasefire. The three allies have produced a draft resolution that will be debated by the Security Council in New York, although it remains unclear when the vote will take place. It comes as Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the United Nations, said new sanctions would be imposed on Russian businesses that help the Assad regime make and deploy chemical weapons. The proposed UN resolution includes a request for an independent investigation into the toxic gas attacks which killed more than forty civilians earlier this month and safe passage for aid convoys and medical evacuations. A fact-finding team from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons arrived in Damascus to "begin work" on Saturday, according to the organisation's Twitter feed. A Syrian man receives medical treatment after Assad regime forces conducted poisonous gas attacks on Duma Credit: Andalou The France-led initiative also demands that the Syrian government engage in peace talks "in good faith, constructively and without preconditions" and allows weapons inspectors into the country. France's ambassador to the United Nations, Francois Delattre, said that Syria's chemical weapons program must be dismantled in a "verifiable and irreversible way." "We must spare no effort to set up an international attribution mechanism, prevent impunity, and stop any repeat attempts by the Syrian regime." US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley Credit: LUCAS JACKSON Speaking to US media, Ms Haley defended the air strikes, warning that if action had not been taken, the United States could also become a target of chemical attacks. "This (a chemical attack) very easily could happen in the United States if we're not smart, and if we're not conscious of what's happening," she said. She also said that a new raft of Russian sanctions would be outlined Monday, by Steve Mnuchin, US treasury secretary. "They will be going directly to any sort of companies that were dealing with equipment related to [Bashar] Assad and chemical weapons use," she told CBS News. Syria strikes | Read latest Western diplomats are preparing for diplomatic efforts to convince Russia to vote for a ceasefire. Moscow has used its veto 12 times to block action targeting its Syrian ally. Jean-Yves Le Drian, the French foreign minister, said renewed peace efforts should "begin with a ceasefire which is really respected this time." A ceasefire in February failed. President Emmanuel Macron was expected to strike a similar tone in a television interview on Sunday night. Mr Macron is seeking to position himself as a broker between Russia and the Western powers. France has maintained regular contacts with Russia despite heightened tensions. Hours before the strikes, the French president discussed Syria in a phone call with Vladimir Putin, his Russian counterpart. Mr Macron said he intended to go ahead with a planned state visit to Moscow at the end of next month. Next week he is to be hosted by Donald Trump on a state visit. In Germany, the president warned against a "dangerous alienation" from Russia, as tensions grow between the country and the West. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, a Social Democrat (SPD) politician, told the country's Bild am Sonntag newspaper that "we should not designate Russia in general, the country and its people, as an enemy".
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| How To Cook Eggs To Reduce Your Risk Of Salmonella Posted: 16 Apr 2018 09:05 AM PDT  Nearly 207 million eggs have been recalled for fear of a salmonella outbreak,
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| Starbucks arrests highlights disparity of racial experiences Posted: 15 Apr 2018 10:44 AM PDT  A viral video shows two African American men being arrested in a Starbucks after a manager claims they trespassed by not buying anything and sitting in the store. Kwame Jackson, an entrepreneur and businessman, called it evidence of a "humanity gap."
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| 'I just have to do it.' Teachers struggle with second jobs Posted: 15 Apr 2018 09:06 AM PDT  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of American schoolteachers work second jobs to boost their income. They speak of missing time with family, struggles to complete lesson plans and nagging doubts over whether it's worth the sacrifices to stay in their profession.
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| In Searing Interview, James Comey Unleashes Against 'Morally Unfit' Trump Posted: 15 Apr 2018 07:16 PM PDT  Former FBI Director James Comey gave a no-holds-barred interview on Sunday
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| Japan 'rare earth' haul sparks hopes of cutting China reliance Posted: 14 Apr 2018 08:40 PM PDT  The discovery of potentially millions of tons of valuable "rare earth" elements in sea sludge off Japan has raised hopes that Asia's number-two economy can reduce its dependence on Chinese supply. A Japanese study published last week revealed an estimated 16 million tons of rare earths, enough to feed global demand on a "semi-infinite" basis, with deposits to last hundreds of years. The news made headlines internationally and in Japan, which is the world's second-largest consumer of these minerals but relies heavily on imports from China, which controls 90 percent of the highly strategic market.
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| The Inside Story of How America, France and Great Britain Attacked Syria Posted: 16 Apr 2018 05:13 PM PDT  The Pentagon has provided a detailed breakdown of exactly how the United States and its allies, France and Britain, struck at Syrian regime targets on April 13. As expected, the allied powers used cruise missiles to strike at the regime, both to minimize the danger to aircrews and as a precaution in case Russian air defenses attempted to intercept the attack. "The United States, the United Kingdom and France, three of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, conducted a proportional, precision, coordinated strike in response to the Syrian regime's continued use of chemical weapons," Joint Staff Director Lt. Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. told reporters at the Pentagon on the morning of April 14.
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| Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst reveals HIV diagnosis Posted: 16 Apr 2018 05:33 AM PDT  Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst has revealed she is HIV positive and has been living with the virus for years. Wurst, the onstage alter-ego of drag queen Thomas Neuwirth, said she was force to reveal the news after an ex-boyfriend had "threatened to go public." "I will not give anyone the right to frighten me and influence my life," the 29-year old wrote on Instagram. "Coming out is better than being outed by a third party." Wurst shot to fame after winning the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest with her song Rise Like a Phoenix. Wurst wrote that she had been receiving regular treatment for "several years." The virus is no longer detectable in her blood and not capable of being passed on, she said. heute ist der tag gekommen, mich für den rest meines lebens von einem damoklesschwert zu befreien: ich bin seit vielen jahren hiv-positiv. das ist für die öffentlichkeit eigentlich irrelevant, aber ein ex-freund droht mir, mit dieser privaten information an die öffentlichkeit zu gehen, und ich gebe auch in zukunft niemandem das recht, mir angst zu machen und mein leben derart zu beeinflussen. seit ich die diagnose erhalten habe, bin ich in medizinischer behandlung, und seit vielen jahren unterbrechungsfrei unter der nachweisgrenze, damit also nicht in der lage, den virus weiter zu geben. ich wollte aus mehreren gründen bisher nicht damit an die öffentlichkeit gehen, nur zwei davon will ich hier nennen: der wichtigste war mir meine familie, die seit dem ersten tag bescheid weiss und mich bedingungslos unterstützt hat. ihnen hätte ich die aufmerksamkeit für den hiv-status ihres sohnes, enkels und bruders gerne erspart. genauso wissen meine freunde seit geraumer zeit bescheid und gehen in einer unbefangenheit damit um, die ich jeder und jedem betroffenen wünschen würde. zweitens ist es eine information, die meiner meinung nach hauptsächlich für diejenigen menschen von relevanz ist, mit denen sexueller kontakt infrage kommt. coming out ist besser als von dritten geoutet zu werden. ich hoffe, mut zu machen und einen weiteren schritt zu setzen gegen die stigmatisierung von menschen, die sich durch ihr eigenes verhalten oder aber unverschuldet mit hiv infiziert haben. an meine fans: die information über meinen hiv-status mag neu für euch sein – mein status ist es nicht! es geht mir gesundheitlich gut, und ich bin stärker, motivierter und befreiter denn je. danke für eure unterstützung! A post shared by conchita (@conchitawurst) on Apr 15, 2018 at 12:01pm PDT "I hope to encourage (others) and make a step against the stigmatisation of people who through their own behaviour or through no fault of their own were infected with HIV," she said. "To my fans: the information about my hiv status may be new to you - my status is not! I'm well and... I'm stronger, more motivated and liberated than ever. Thank you for your support!" Wurst had wanted to keep the information secret to protect her family, who knew about her condition, and because it was only relevant to her former partners, she said. The Terrence Higgins trust, which campaigns on HIV issues, said that threatening to reveal someone's HIV diagnosis was "entirely wrong." Its chief executive, Ian Green applauded Wurst's response. "The decision to talk openly about your HIV status should be a personal one and not taken away or ever, ever used as a threat. Threatening to reveal someone's HIV status, under any circumstances, is entirely wrong," Green said. "What other health condition would be used as blackmail against someone? And we know this isn't something which only happens to those in the public eye. "We applaud Conchita for handling this with such dignity and including in her post that people living with HIV who are on effective treatment, like her, can't pass the virus on."
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| US warns more airstrikes on Syria possible Posted: 16 Apr 2018 07:25 AM PDT  Israel is closely monitoring the events in Syria in the aftermath of the U.S. airstrikes; David Lee Miller reports from Golan Heights, Israel near the Syrian border.
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| Kentucky governor apologizes for saying teacher strike led to sexual assaults Posted: 15 Apr 2018 02:23 PM PDT  In an interview with a WDRB-TV television reporter on Friday, the Republican governor said he could guarantee that somewhere in Kentucky a child was sexually assaulted after being left home with no supervision because of the walkout. Kentucky's Republican-majority House of Representatives passed a bipartisan resolution on Saturday criticizing the governor's comments, and the Republican state Senate president said Bevin should apologize, according to local media. Teachers in Kentucky, as well as in West Virginia, Oklahoma and Arizona, have held recent walkouts or protests demanding more funds for education, including teachers' salaries and pensions.
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| The Latest: Inmates fought each other over money, territory Posted: 16 Apr 2018 11:17 AM PDT  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on prison riots that killed seven inmates in South Carolina (all times local):
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| Assad's children visited Crimean holiday camp, Russian lawmaker says Posted: 15 Apr 2018 07:17 AM PDT  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's children last year visited a holiday camp in Russian-annexed Crimea, the RIA news agency cited a Russian lawmaker as saying on Sunday. Assad met a group of Russian lawmakers in Damascus on Sunday after the West launched missile strikes against Syria over a suspected poison gas attack. Lawmaker Dmitry Sablin told RIA that Assad had said his children visited the Artek holiday camp in Crimea last year.
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| AP Explains: For Americans, big changes in travel to Cuba Posted: 16 Apr 2018 11:15 AM PDT  HAVANA (AP) — Raul Castro's time in office has seen dramatic changes in Americans' ability to travel to Cuba, with a dramatic opening under U.S. President Barack Obama, then a partial reduction under President Donald Trump.
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| May, Macron face lawmakers angry over Syria strikes Posted: 16 Apr 2018 03:41 AM PDT  British Prime Minister Theresa May and French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday faced anger from lawmakers for conducting air strikes with the United States in Syria in their first major military action since coming to power. May was due to address MPs after proceeding with the joint strikes without prior parliamentary approval -- a sensitive subject in Britain where memories of participation in the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 are still raw. Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the main opposition Labour Party, has said the strikes were "legally questionable" and called for new legislation to stop governments launching military action without lawmakers' backing in most circumstances.
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| Elon Musk admits robots are slowing down Tesla production – and says humans are the answer Posted: 16 Apr 2018 09:42 AM PDT  Elon Musk has said that "excessive automation" is partly to blame for the serious backlog in production of Tesla cars, noting that human beings can in some situations do a better job. Mr Musk has come under fierce criticism for the delays facing his Model 3 sedan. "Yes, excessive automation at Tesla was a mistake," he said. "To be precise, my mistake. Humans are underrated." Caught in what Mr Musk has called "manufacturing hell", the electric car firm has failed to hit its weekly production target of 2,500 Model 3 vehicles in the first quarter of 2018, fostering doubt within the industry that Tesla will be able to hit its 5,000-a-week target in three months time. "We had this crazy, complex network of conveyor belts. And it was not working, so we got rid of that whole thing," he said. "We got complacent about some of the things that we felt were our core technology. "We put too much new technology into the Model 3 all at once. This should have been staged." In February Elon Musk sent a red Tesla into space Credit: SpaceX Mr Musk, on a tour of the factory for CBS News, admitted that he sometimes slept at the factory when he was overwhelmed with work, and said the criticism was affecting him. "When things get really intense, I don't have time to go home and shower and change, so I just sleep here," the tech billionaire said. "Last time I was here, I actually slept literally on the floor, because the couch was too narrow." In the past month, Tesla has issued a voluntary recall of 123,000 of its older Model S vehicles, dealt with a fatal crash of a vehicle equipped with its semi-autonomous driving system and suffered a downgrade of its credit status. But Mr Musk said his immediate priority was solving production delays for the company's Model 3 sedan. "I'm definitely under stress, so if I seem like I'm not under stress then I'm going to be clear, I'm definitely under stress," he said.
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| Police investigate second angry daughter of Korean Air Lines chairman Posted: 16 Apr 2018 12:07 AM PDT ![Police investigate second angry daughter of Korean Air Lines chairman]( "Police investigate second angry daughter of Korean Air Lines chairman") (Corrects this April 13 story to add reference to a cup in paragraph three.) By Christine Kim and Joori Roh SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean police have launched an inquiry into reports a daughter of the chairman of Korean Air Lines threw a water bottle at someone's face, the second daughter of the airline chief to get into trouble over an angry outburst. Cho Hyun-min, a senior vice president at the airline, apologized on Thursday for her "foolish behavior", following media reports that she threw a water bottle at the face of a manager at the airline's advertising agency.
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| Mother Says Her Two-Year-Old Daughter Will Never Get Justice After Father`s Ex-Fianc Found Guilty of Murder Posted: 15 Apr 2018 11:36 AM PDT  A Kansas man`s ex-fianc pleaded no contest to killing his two-year-old daughter, and a judge found her guilty.
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| Syrian air defenses shoot down missiles in Homs: state TV Posted: 16 Apr 2018 04:30 PM PDT ![Syrian air defenses shoot down missiles in Homs: state TV]( "Syrian air defenses shoot down missiles in Homs: state TV") Syrian anti-aircraft defenses shot down missiles that hit the Syrian air base of Shayrat in Homs province late Monday night, Syrian state television said. State television showed pictures of a missile that was shot in the air above the air base only days after a U.S., British and French attack on Syrian targets in retaliation for a suspected chemical attack on the city of Douma on the outskirts of Damascus A Pentagon spokesman said there was no U.S. military activity in that area at this time. Shayrat airbase was targeted last year in a U.S. cruise missile attack in response to a chemical attack that killed at least 70 people, including children on the rebel held town of Khan Sheikhoun.
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| Linden wins Boston Marathon, 1st US woman since '85 Posted: 16 Apr 2018 01:50 PM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — After slogging through just a few miles of icy rain and a near-gale headwind that made her feel like she was running in place, Desiree Linden decided she'd seen enough of the Boston Marathon for another year.
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| Woman Killed Stranger Who Looked Like Her So She Could Steal Her Identity: Police Posted: 16 Apr 2018 11:38 AM PDT  A manhunt is underway for Lois Reiss, who also allegedly killed her husband.
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| France's Macron won't 'break' Turkey-Russia alliance: Ankara Posted: 16 Apr 2018 09:11 AM PDT  Turkey on Monday said French President Emmanuel Macron will be unable to "break" its partnership with Russia, after he argued the weekend's air strikes against the Syrian regime had driven a wedge between Ankara and Moscow. NATO allies, including France, have become wary of the flourishing friendship between Ankara and Moscow based on joint efforts to end the seven-year Syrian civil war.
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| Senators introduce new war powers resolution Posted: 16 Apr 2018 04:01 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman and other members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee unveiled a bipartisan resolution Monday authorizing the use of military force overseas, accelerating a debate that Congress has been reluctant to have, but that's taking on new urgency after President Donald Trump's strikes on Syria.
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| Khloe Kardashian And Tristan Thompson Named Their Baby Girl True Posted: 16 Apr 2018 12:29 PM PDT  Khloe Kardashian announced Monday that she and boyfriend Tristan Thompson have
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| Devel Sixteen Acceleration Video Leaves Us Wanting More Posted: 16 Apr 2018 12:46 AM PDT  Because the driver was only using 20 percent of the available throttle, the acceleration is not what you'd call impressive.
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| NASA's new planet-hunter to seek closer, Earth-like worlds Posted: 15 Apr 2018 06:14 PM PDT  NASA is poised to launch a $337 million washing machine-sized spacecraft that aims to vastly expand mankind's search for planets beyond our solar system, particularly closer, Earth-sized ones that might harbor life. NASA predicts that TESS will discover 20,000 exoplanets -- or planets outside the solar system -- including more than 50 Earth-sized planets and up to 500 planets less than twice the size of Earth. "They are going to be orbiting the nearest, brightest stars," Elisa Quintana, TESS scientist at NASA's Goddard Spaceflight Center, told reporters on Sunday.
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| R. Kelly Accused Of 'Knowingly And Intentionally' Infecting Woman With STD Posted: 16 Apr 2018 08:52 AM PDT  A woman told Dallas police R&B singer R. Kelly "knowingly and intentionally"
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| Four Palestinian militants dead in Gaza blast Posted: 14 Apr 2018 07:06 PM PDT ![Four Palestinian militants dead in Gaza blast]( "Four Palestinian militants dead in Gaza blast") The Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group said four of its members were killed in an apparent accidental blast in the Gaza Strip on Saturday. It usually employs those terms to refer to casualties caused by the accidental detonation of weapons or explosives used in attacks against Israel. The Gaza Health Ministry confirmed four fatalities in the incident.
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| Canada Dog 'Arrested' For Chasing Deer, Ends Up Behind Bars Posted: 16 Apr 2018 12:55 PM PDT  The Canadian pup just doesn't like deer, his owner says.
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| Merkel's tougher Russia stance meets resistance in Germany Posted: 16 Apr 2018 08:55 AM PDT  By Markus Wacket and Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Europe minister called on Monday for a new policy of easing tensions with Russia, adding to a chorus of voices pressing Chancellor Angela Merkel to moderate her hardened stance towards the Kremlin. The conservative chancellor swung behind Britain after the poison attack on a former Russian double agent in England last month, expelling four diplomats despite uneasiness among a political class that is wary of confrontation with Germany's giant eastern neighbour. Europe Minister Michael Roth, a member of the Social Democrat party (SPD), said that while the European Union needed a united front on Russia, sanctions should aim to bring Moscow to the negotiating table.
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| Pope 'deeply disturbed' by lack of common response to Syria Posted: 15 Apr 2018 05:30 AM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis told the faithful in St. Peter's Square that he is "deeply disturbed" by the international community's failure to come up with a common response to the crisis in Syria and other parts of the world.
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