| France's Fillon alleges intimidation as fights to keep bid alive Posted: 04 Mar 2017 02:22 PM PST  French conservative candidate Francois Fillon told supporters on Saturday they were victims of a a bid to "intimidate" them as he battled to keep his presidential hopes alive. Marking his 63rd birthday, Fillon struggled to turn the page on a nightmare week that saw a haemorrhage of support after he disclosed he would face charges over allegations he gave his family fake parliamentary jobs. With some members of his own rightwing Republicans party urging him to drop out of the campaign, Fillon ruefully told 1,500 supporters at a rally north of Paris he had had "better" birthdays.
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| Prosecutors: NY man willing to sacrifice self for jihad Posted: 04 Mar 2017 09:27 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — A New York man was being held without bail on terrorism charges after federal authorities said he was prepared to strap on a bomb and sacrifice himself for jihad and persistently tried to join the Islamic State or another extremist group in Syria.
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| At least two killed in new drone strikes on al Qaeda in Yemen: residents Posted: 04 Mar 2017 01:44 PM PST ![At least two killed in new drone strikes on al Qaeda in Yemen: residents]( "At least two killed in new drone strikes on al Qaeda in Yemen: residents") Drones fired missiles at suspected al Qaeda targets in two separate attacks in Yemen on Saturday, local sources said, in what appeared to be a third successive day of U.S. strikes against militants in the Arab country. Tribal sources and residents said one of the pilotless aircraft unleashed its missiles on a vehicle traveling on the outskirts of the southern city of Ahwar, killing two suspected al Qaeda members inside. Another fired at a crowd of suspected al Qaeda militants in al-Saeed, in the adjacent province of Shabwa, but there were no reports on casualties in that incident.
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| Teen Who Learned CPR in High School Class Saved Toddler's Life While At Work Posted: 04 Mar 2017 09:51 AM PST  The toddler is now doing well.
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| China 2017 growth target 'around 6.5%': Premier Li Posted: 04 Mar 2017 04:44 PM PST  China on Sunday trimmed its 2017 GDP growth target to "around 6.5 percent" as the world's second-largest economy, already expanding at the slowest pace in a quarter-century, faces an array of challenges. The target, detailed in a report to be presented to China's rubber-stamp parliament by Premier Li Keqiang beginning at 9 am (0100 GMT), was lower than last year's range of 6.5 to seven percent. Li's remarks said the target was still sufficient to meet the Communist Party's target of doubling the size of the economy by 2020, compared to 2010.
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| Native American Tribe Sues Oil Companies Over Oklahoma Earthquake Posted: 04 Mar 2017 03:07 AM PST  The Pawnee Nation, which filed the suit, is seeking physical damages to real and personal property, market value losses, and punitive damages.
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| White House spokesperson qualifies Trump wiretap assertion, wants probe Posted: 05 Mar 2017 05:57 AM PST  White House principal deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is pressed about President Trump's Saturday tweetstorm on "This Week."
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| Cause of Mexican sewage spill fouling U.S. beaches under investigation Posted: 03 Mar 2017 09:31 PM PST ![Cause of Mexican sewage spill fouling U.S. beaches under investigation]( "Cause of Mexican sewage spill fouling U.S. beaches under investigation") By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A massive sewage spill from Mexico's Tijuana River that polluted miles of coastland in Southern California and northern Mexico has prompted an investigation, with U.S. officials calling it deliberate and Mexican authorities saying it was an accident caused by heavy rain. Tensions are running high between Mexico and the United States after U.S. President Donald Trump promised to build a border wall, deport millions of Mexicans in the United States illegally and tax Mexican imports.
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| Elephant All-Nighters? Giant Beasts Sleep Only 2 Hours Posted: 04 Mar 2017 06:20 AM PST  A sample size of two is small, but if the two matriarchs are representative of their species, African elephants may be the shortest-sleeping mammals on Earth, the researchers said. "Elephants really don't sleep all that much, and this appears to be related to their large size," said study lead researcher Paul Manger, a professor in the School of Anatomical Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. Previous studies have described elephant sleep, but many of those studies have flaws — either using captive elephants, which have different sleep schedules than wild elephants, or failing to consistently distinguish between rest and sleep, Manger said.
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| Europe's trend: Austria, once open, now shows migrants door Posted: 05 Mar 2017 07:13 AM PST  VIENNA (AP) — Austria was among the first countries in Europe to put out the welcome mat when waves of people fleeing war and poverty reached the continent. Now, its focus is showing them the door.
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| Deported Korean says Malaysia threatened to harm his family Posted: 03 Mar 2017 07:19 PM PST  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A North Korean chemist deported from Malaysia accused police of threatening to kill his family unless he confessed to the assassination of the half-brother of North Korea's leader, calling it a plot to tarnish his country's honor.
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| Tens of thousands flee clashes between Syria army, IS Posted: 04 Mar 2017 12:02 PM PST  Tens of thousands of Syrian civilians have fled ferocious fighting between Russian-backed regime forces and Islamic State group jihadists over the past week in the country's ravaged north. Supported by Russian air power and artillery, Syrian government forces have waged a fierce offensive against IS, seizing around 90 villages since mid-January. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the advance took government forces to around 14 kilometres (9 miles) from IS-held Khafsah, the main station pumping water into Aleppo.
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| Opel takeover by Peugeot comes after years of crisis Posted: 04 Mar 2017 11:10 AM PST  The imminent takeover of General Motors' European subsidiary Opel by French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen comes after almost two decades of crisis for the historic manufacturer. Recent woes cast a pall over the firm's storied history, dating back to its founding in 1862 by Adam Opel as a sewing-machine and later bicycle manufacturer. Based in Ruesselsheim outside Frankfurt, the company was Germany's largest carmaker for decades before being overtaken by northern rival Volkswagen.
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| The Best Time To Do Your Taxes Is... Posted: 04 Mar 2017 07:10 AM PST  ... soon. The earlier you file, the faster you'll get your refund.
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| Photographer Ebrahim Noroozi Posted: 05 Mar 2017 08:08 AM PST ![Photographer Ebrahim Noroozi]( "Photographer Ebrahim Noroozi") Ebrahim Noroozi was born in 1980 in Tehran, Iran. Noroozi has worked in India, Afghanistan and Iran, and served as head of the photo department for the Iran Daily, as well as for the Alvefagh newspaper, Iran Sport, the Iran Photo Agency, the Jamejam newspaper and Jamejam online. Noroozi has sat on the juries of several Iranian photo contests.
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| You have one day left to snag Bluetooth earbuds with a built-in heart rate monitor for $20 Posted: 04 Mar 2017 09:45 AM PST 
Earlier this week, we shared news of a limited-time sale with our readers that covered an awesome pair of Bluetooth earbuds that feature terrific sound and a built-in heart rate monitor. The response was tremendous, with dozens of people emailing us to say thanks. Since we got such great response, we wanted to put these hot in-ear headphones in front of you one last time before this sale is done. For one more day on Amazon, you can pick up the AUKEY Bluetooth Headphones with Heart Rate Monitor for just $19.99 if you use the coupon code AUKBTH32 at checkout. That's 50% off their normal selling price on Amazon, and a whopping 60% off full retail. Here are some highlights from the product page: - Secure-fit Heartbeats Wireless Earbuds delivers balanced, clean sound quality designed for heart pumping workouts
- Monitor your heart rate, running steps and calories burned
- Track and evaluate your progress with the Navigator Sport App, compatible with most Android and iOS device
- Connect quickly with Bluetooth 4.1 Technology and effortlessly manage audio playback and calls with built-in volume controls, multifunction button, and microphone
- Package Contents: AUKEY EP-B30 Heartbeats Wireless Earbuds, Micro-USB Cable (30cm), Three Sets of Earbuds (S, M, L), User Manual, 24 Month Warranty Card
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| 100 Years of Women in Politics: How They've Served Posted: 04 Mar 2017 05:37 AM PST  One-hundred years ago today, on March 4, 1917, Rep. Jeannette Rankin, R-Mt., became the first woman to serve in the U.S. Congress. "I may be the first woman member of Congress," she said following her election in 1916, according to the History, Art & Archives of the U.S. House of Representatives. Rankin's prediction came true: She certainly wasn't the last woman to serve in Congress.
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| 4 children, mother die in Massachusetts blaze Posted: 04 Mar 2017 03:13 PM PST  WARWICK, Mass. (AP) — A mother and four children were killed when flames swept through their rural Massachusetts home early Saturday, fire officials said.
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| Netanyahu to press Putin on Iranian influence in Syria Posted: 05 Mar 2017 05:19 AM PST  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin this week in Moscow to press for a limit to Iran's influence in Syria. Israel is deeply concerned over whether Syria's civil war will result in its arch-foe Iran having increased its power in the neighbouring country. Netanyahu, who has held a series of talks with Putin in recent months related to Syria, said he planned to meet the Russian leader on Thursday.
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| 3-Year-Old Dies After 'Freak Accident', Car Rolled Back in Driveway Where He Was Playing Posted: 05 Mar 2017 12:58 PM PST  He was in the intensive care unit for four days.
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| Powerful aftershock hits quake-stricken Philippine city Posted: 04 Mar 2017 10:26 PM PST  One person was killed and several others injured on Sunday when a powerful aftershock hit a southern Philippine city still recovering from a quake last month, authorities said. The 5.9-magnitude quake struck the southern city of Surigao and surrounding areas, causing some walls to collapse, government seismologists and civil defence officers said. One woman died of a heart attack while at least 29 people were injured, local television reports added.
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| This Week Fast Forward 03.05.2017 Posted: 05 Mar 2017 09:24 AM PST  Speed through the highlights from the latest "This Week."
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| Pro-Trump rally turns violent in Berkeley Posted: 05 Mar 2017 08:35 AM PST ![Pro-Trump rally turns violent in Berkeley]( "Pro-Trump rally turns violent in Berkeley") Supporters of Donald Trump clashed with counter-protesters at a rally in the famously left-leaning city of Berkeley, California, on a day of mostly peaceful gatherings in support of the U.S. president across the country. At a park in Berkeley, across the bay from San Francisco, protesters from both sides struck one another over the head with wooden sticks and Trump supporters fired pepper spray as police in riot gear stood at a distance. An elderly Trump supporter was struck in the head and kicked on the ground.
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| Xerox shares look cheap even with stock's 2017 jump: Barron's Posted: 05 Mar 2017 12:15 PM PST ![Xerox shares look cheap even with stock's 2017 jump: Barron's]( "Xerox shares look cheap even with stock's 2017 jump: Barron's") Armed with a hefty dividend, Xerox Corp shares look cheap even as they have shot up this year following the company's spin-off of its business processing business, according to an article in Barron's. The article says the printing and copying company's new CEO wants to shift toward more small and midsize corporate customers and Xerox has undertaken a major cost-cutting program, while the shares offer a 3.4 percent dividend yield. The article cites a portfolio manager for investment advisor ValueWorks as estimating the shares could nearly double, from Friday's close of $7.36 to $14 in the next two years.
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| Arkansas To Execute 8 Men In 10 Days Posted: 04 Mar 2017 03:41 AM PST  The last execution carried out by the state of Arkansas was 12 years ago, in 2005.
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| Deported Texas man's lawyer: Policy goes after good people Posted: 03 Mar 2017 08:50 PM PST  HOUSTON (AP) — The deportation of a Houston-area father after his temporary reprieve was revoked following new enforcement rules enacted by President Donald Trump is an example of a U.S. immigration policy that's going after good people, his attorney said Friday.
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| British father of two shot dead at Kenyan ranch Posted: 05 Mar 2017 11:31 AM PST ![British father of two shot dead at Kenyan ranch]( "British father of two shot dead at Kenyan ranch") By Katharine Houreld NAIROBI (Reuters) - A British man was shot dead in northern Kenya on Sunday at a private ranch in the Laikipia area, two of the man's neighbors said, and a legislator warned that local politicians were stoking violence as elections approach. There have been numerous attacks in the drought-stricken region of Laikipia in recent months as armed cattle herders searching for scarce grazing have driven tens of thousands of cattle onto private farms and ranches. The most recent victim was Tristan Voorspuy, a father of two and a British cavalry veteran who ran a company called Offbeat Safaris.
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| iPhone 8 to Completely Revamp This Key Feature Posted: 04 Mar 2017 03:30 AM PST  Apple has big plans for its upcoming iPhone 8, and it will change the way you interact with its flagship in a big way. The iPhone will likely ditch the Touch ID button. Credit: Denys Prykhodov/ShutterstockApple is expected to come out with a major new iPhone release this year — either called the iPhone 8 or maybe the iPhone X, if the company makes a nod to the phone's 10th anniversary.
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| Israel approves partial marijuana decriminalisation Posted: 05 Mar 2017 09:30 AM PST  The Israeli government on Sunday approved a plan to partially decriminalise marijuana use in public in favour of fines and treatment, officials said. Police will refer a user to criminal procedures only on the fourth time they catch someone in possession of or using cannabis in public. Producing, selling and buying cannabis remain illegal in Israel.
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| Tight market governs housing recovery, analysts say Posted: 04 Mar 2017 09:22 PM PST  The US housing market, a key economic driver, is exceedingly tight, with supply struggling to meet demand as the sector recovers a decade after the housing crisis, analysts say. Inventory of homes for sale has remained stagnant even while the pace of sales returns to pre-crisis levels. "What I hear from realtors pretty much across the country is that if they had more inventory they could make more sales," Lawrence Yun, chief economist at the National Association of Realtors, told AFP.
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| Irish nationalists surge in Northern Ireland election Posted: 03 Mar 2017 11:31 PM PST  DUBLIN (AP) — Sinn Fein, the Irish nationalist party, has fallen just short of becoming the largest party in elections for the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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| MH370 families launch campaign to fund search for the missing jet Posted: 04 Mar 2017 01:42 AM PST ![MH370 families launch campaign to fund search for the missing jet]( "MH370 families launch campaign to fund search for the missing jet") Families of passengers on board missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 on Saturday launched a campaign to privately fund a search for the aircraft. Flight MH370, carrying 239 people, went missing on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, nearly three years ago, on March 8, 2014. Australia, Malaysia, and China jointly called off a two-year underwater search for the aircraft in January.
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| Google Chromebooks Are Not Dead Posted: 04 Mar 2017 08:17 PM PST  Google hardware senior vice president Rick Osterloh just corrected the previous reports that took his statement about the Chromebooks out of context.
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| US and Canadian scientists to study cross-border flooding Posted: 04 Mar 2017 07:46 AM PST  MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — U.S. and Canadian scientists are planning to spend the next five years studying flooding on Lake Champlain and the Richelieu River, which drains the lake north into Quebec, and whether methods can be developed to control future flooding.
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| Bahrain advances military trials for suspected militants Posted: 05 Mar 2017 10:11 AM PST ![Bahrain advances military trials for suspected militants]( "Bahrain advances military trials for suspected militants") Bahrain's top government advisory body passed a constitutional amendment allowing suspected militants to be tried in military courts on Sunday, state news agency BNA reported, in a move criticized by activists. Bahrain's Shura Council approved the amendment on the grounds that it would protect the Gulf island kingdom from militant attacks, and the justice minister said that those perpetrating attacks had forfeited access to civilian courts. "Civilians cannot be tried militarily, but attackers who carry out acts of terrorism and armed violence will have their crimes face military justice," Sheikh Khaled bin Ali al-Khalifa was quoted as saying by BNA.
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| Sister, brother-in-law in custody in French missing family probe Posted: 05 Mar 2017 06:22 AM PST  The sister and brother-in-law of Frenchman Pascal Troadec who has been missing along with his wife and two children since mid-February were remanded in custody on Sunday, sources close to the case said. Nantes prosecutor Pierre Sennes confirmed that two people were in custody but declined to give their identities. The two were detained in the Brittany city of Brest, the region the Troadecs came from and where several personal items belonging to members of the family have been found.
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| NASA’s $600+ million MAVEN orbiter swerved to avoid slamming into a Martian moon Posted: 05 Mar 2017 06:00 AM PST  Space is a big, mostly empty place, but every once in a while a pricey piece of Earth machinery ends up in a tight squeeze with a celestial body. That's just what happened to NASA's MAVEN spacecraft which is currently in its third year of orbit around Mars. NASA confirmed this week that it was forced to perform an unplanned maneuver with MAVEN to prevent it from slamming headlong into Phobos, the largest of Mars' moons. The MAVEN — Mars Atmospheric and Volatile Evolution — orbiter, which is part of a mission with an overall cost exceeding $650 million, was prompted to fire its rocket motor in order to increase its overall velocity by 0.4 meters per second. That tiny change will gradually push the craft out of the projected path of Phobos and allow it to avoid a collision which would have taken place on March 6th. Still, the craft will be cutting it pretty close, and is expected to avoid being in the same place at the same time as the Martian moon by less than three minutes. "Kudos to the JPL navigation and tracking teams for watching out for possible collisions every day of the year, and to the MAVEN spacecraft team for carrying out the maneuver flawlessly," MAVEN Principal Investigator Bruce Jakosky said of the relatively last-second save. The maneuver is the very first time the MAVEN satellite has had to take action to avoid certain doom in its over two-year-long adventure, but with plenty of work left to be done, it might not be its last.
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| Here's How Much The World Spends On Defense Posted: 04 Mar 2017 09:08 AM PST  Russia has the world's second biggest military, with more than 1 million troops, 3,500 war planes and 15,000 tanks. China is the world's third biggest military with roughly 2.3 million soldiers and 3,000 war planes.
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| Secret Uber software steers drivers from stings Posted: 03 Mar 2017 06:12 PM PST  Uber on Friday acknowledged the use of a secret software program to steer drivers away from trouble, including sting operations by local authorities to catch lawbreakers. In the latest in a streak of damaging news for the ridesharing giant, Uber came forward about its "Greyball" software after a New York Times report which said the program aimed to deceive authorities in markets around the world.
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| Oklahoma lawmaker asks Muslims: 'Do you beat your wife?' Posted: 04 Mar 2017 08:51 PM PST  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma lawmaker who once likened Islam to cancer required Muslims to answer several written questions — including, "Do you beat your wife?" — before agreeing to meet with them.
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| Do White Vegetables Have Health Benefits? Posted: 04 Mar 2017 04:00 AM PST  "Eat a variety of brightly colored veggies" and "Avoid white foods" have been dietitians' mantras for many years. But if that advice has led you to bypass white vegetables—such as cauliflower, ga...
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| The Better One Between Apple iPhone 8 vs. Google Pixel 2 Posted: 04 Mar 2017 05:42 PM PST  Here's a comparison of the speculated specs and features of Apple's iPhone 8 and Google's Pixel 2 smartphones.
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| Rescue helicopter crashes in central Japan; at least 3 dead Posted: 05 Mar 2017 04:23 AM PST  TOKYO (AP) — A rescue helicopter carrying nine people crashed in snow-covered mountains in central Japan during a training flight Sunday, leaving at least three people dead and four missing.
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| Rows over reforms, election bog down Albania's EU accession talks Posted: 04 Mar 2017 06:15 AM PST ![Rows over reforms, election bog down Albania's EU accession talks]( "Rows over reforms, election bog down Albania's EU accession talks") By Benet Koleka TIRANA (Reuters) - Albania's political parties snuffed out hopes on Saturday for a compromise that would keep open the Balkan state's path to European Union membership after Brussels warned that an opposition boycott of parliament put accession talks at risk. The Democratic Party's two-week-long protest in a tent outside Prime Minister Edi Rama's office and its boycott of parliament have stalled the creation of bodies that would vet 750 judges and prosecutors. Reform of the judiciary is a key condition set by the EU for starting accession talks.
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| Israeli experts find 'mystery' Bronze Age dolmen Posted: 05 Mar 2017 09:45 AM PST  Israeli archeologists have unearthed a "rare and mysterious" Bronze Age dolmen in the Galilee hills, the Israel Antiquities Authority said on Sunday. "This is the first art ever documented in a dolmen in the Middle East," the authority quoted Uri Berger, one of its archaeologists, as saying. The statement did not say when the table-like structure was discovered adjacent to a kibbutz in the upper Galilee region of northern Israel, but dated it to the Middle Bronze Age, about 4,000 years ago.
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| 5 Reasons Too Little Sleep is Bad for Your Health Posted: 05 Mar 2017 07:22 AM PST  In this video, we show you five surprising ways sleep deprivation can harm your mind and body.
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| Why Europe should boost defense spending, South Sudan’s instability a threat beyond borders, Press freedom vital to democracy, ‘Grexit’ will not get the green light, Iraq’s enemy after Islamic State: corruption Posted: 04 Mar 2017 03:00 AM PST ![Why Europe should boost defense spending, South Sudan's instability a threat beyond borders, Press freedom vital to democracy, 'Grexit' will not get the green light, Iraq's enemy after Islamic State: corruption]( "Why Europe should boost defense spending, South Sudan's instability a threat beyond borders, Press freedom vital to democracy, 'Grexit' will not get the green light, Iraq's enemy after Islamic State: corruption") "[US] Vice President Mike Pence assured [Europeans at the recent Munich Security Conference] that Washington's commitment to Nato is strong...," states an editorial. "He also made a very good point about expenditure: if Europe wants a collective defence then it must pay for it.... Several European countries spend less on defence than the budget of the New York police department.... The stakes are high. In Munich, the Russian foreign minister spoke of a post-West order.
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