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4 dead, 14 wounded in Kansas shooting
LOS ANGELES, USA (UPDATED) – Four people were killed Thursday, February 25 and 14 were wounded, several of them critically, when an employee opened fire at a lawn mower factory in a small Kansas town,...
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UN Security Council set to endorse Syria ceasefire
UNITED NATIONS – The UN Security Council is expected to vote Friday, February 26 on a US-Russian draft resolution endorsing the Syria ceasefire, diplomats said.The 15-member council is set to meet as...
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UN weighs tough new N. Korea sanctions resolution
UNITED NATIONS – The UN Security Council headed toward a vote on a new US-drafted resolution presented Thursday, February 25 that would impose the toughest sanctions yet on North Korea over its...
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Iran votes in vital elections after nuclear deal
TEHRAN, Iran (UPDATED) – Iranians began voting across the country Friday, February 26 in elections billed by the moderate president as vital to curbing conservative dominance in parliament and...
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Cruz, Rubio team up against Trump in key debate
HOUSTON, USA – Rivals Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio mounted a furious assault against Donald Trump in the Republican presidential primary debate Thursday, February 25, blasting the frontrunner for hiring...
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Australian survivors of Catholic clergy abuse head to Rome
SYDNEY, Australia – Survivors of abuse by Catholic clergy in Australia were Friday, February 26 set to travel to Rome to hear evidence from Cardinal George Pell, but denied there was a "witch hunt"...
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Are (political) oldies really 'goodies'?
They stand there before you, these candidates for the highest offices in the land, either in person or on your screen, with the gravity of at least 4 decades having shaped their personality, trying to...
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Aquino sister 'confident' in Robredo victory in 2016 polls
MANILA, Philippines – Maria Elena "Ballsy" Aquino-Cruz, the eldest sister of President Benigno Aquino III, has thrown her support behind Liberal Party (LP) vice presidential bet Leni Robredo, who is...
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SC asked to cite CHR in contempt for interfering in Grace Poe's case
MANILA, Philippines – One of the petitioners seeking the disqualification of presidential bet Grace Poe asked the Supreme Court on Friday, February 26, to cite the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in...
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Two pilots killed as plane crash lands in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nepal – Two pilots were killed when a small passenger plane crash landed in Nepal on Friday, February 26, but all nine passengers survived, an airport official said.It is not clear what...
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Junjun Binay posts bail for graft, falsification charges
MANILA, Philippines – Dismissed Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin "Junjun" Binay Jr on Friday, February 26, posted bail for the criminal charges filed against him before the anti-graft court...
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Greece-Austria migration row heats up as Athens blocks minister's visit
ATHENS, Greece (UPDATED) – Greece's migration row with Austria intensified Friday, February 26, with Athens refusing a visit from Austria's interior minister whom it accused of "falsifying the truth"...
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Air strikes batter rebels ahead of Syria ceasefire deadline
BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPDATED) – Intense Russian air strikes battered rebel bastions across Syria on Friday, February 26, a monitor said, just hours before a midnight deadline for a landmark ceasefire in...
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Decline of bees, other pollinators, threatens crop output – UN body
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Many species of bees, butterflies and other creatures that are vital to agricultural pollination are threatened with extinction, posing risks to major world crops and global...
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Rescuers say 'no contact' with 26 missing Russian miners
MOSCOW, Russia – Rescue teams have so far failed to make contact with 26 miners missing after a pit collapse in northern Russia killed at least four workers, authorities said on Friday, February...
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Syria ceasefire begins under US-Russia deal
DAMASCUS, Syria (3rd UPDATE) – Guns fell silent across Syria on Saturday, February 27, after a landmark UN-backed ceasefire came into effect, as a special task force led by rivals Moscow and Washington...
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US details cases of 9 pregnant women with Zika virus
MIAMI, USA – US health authorities Friday, February 26 described the cases of 9 pregnant women who contracted the Zika virus while traveling, two of whom chose abortion and one who gave birth to a baby...
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4 shot dead in rural US town before gunman kills self
LOS ANGELES, USA – Four people, including children, were shot dead Friday, February 26 in a rural town in the US state of Washington by a man who then turned the gun on himself, police said.Ryan...
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Miriam: Keep standards high in choosing president
CEBU CITY, Philippines – What qualities make a good president? According to presidential candidate and senator Miriam Defensor Santiago, those qualities are: "academic, professional and moral...
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Balkan nations cap migrant numbers as EU warns of 'disaster'
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia – Four Balkan countries on Friday, February 26 announced a daily cap on migrant arrivals, deepening the crisis gripping the European Union, as Brussels warned of "disaster" if an...
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