| Former acting CIA director quits Harvard over Chelsea Manning post Posted: 14 Sep 2017 11:26 AM PDT  Former acting CIA Director Michael Morell on Thursday resigned from Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs to protest the appointment of convicted leaker Chelsea Manning to a fellowship at the university's Kennedy School.
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| 2 Florida Men Accused Of Stealing Enormous Power Pole After Irma Posted: 14 Sep 2017 04:36 AM PDT  Police in Jacksonville, Florida have arrested two men for allegedly trying to steal a gigantic power pole in the wake of Hurricane Irma.
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| North Korea Launches Missile Toward Japan Posted: 14 Sep 2017 09:01 AM PDT  NBC News' Ron Allen reports on the latest provocation from Kim Jong Un.
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| Trump vows to veto Sanders's single-payer health care plan: 'A curse on the U.S. and its people' Posted: 14 Sep 2017 01:11 PM PDT  President Trump assured Republicans that he would veto any bill from Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders moving the U.S. toward a single-payer health care system.
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| 'The University Has Coddled Students Too Long.' Conservative Firebrand Roils Berkeley Posted: 15 Sep 2017 12:05 AM PDT  Protests took place at UC Berkeley as Breitbart editor Ben Shapiro came to give a speech.
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| 12 Giant Foods That Prove Bigger Is Always Better Posted: 15 Sep 2017 04:03 PM PDT |
| How Police Say Scott Peterson Reacted to Wife's Disappearance, Part 1 Posted: 13 Sep 2017 09:00 PM PDT  After his pregnant wife Laci Peterson disappeared in 2002, police say Scott Peterson kept his cool and called his then-mistress from Laci's vigil.
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| Fanged sea creature washes up on Texas beach after Hurricane Harvey creature Posted: 14 Sep 2017 11:51 AM PDT  A mysterious fanged sea creature that washed up on a beach in Texas following Hurricane Harvey quickly went viral after images emerged on Twitter.
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| Florida Nursing Home Was Supposed To Be A Refuge. Then It Became A ‘Death Warehouse.’ Posted: 14 Sep 2017 02:03 PM PDT  HOLLYWOOD, Fla. ― Almost every night, Jacqueline Ventura makes the five-minute drive from her house to the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills to see her mother, who is 82 and has dementia. The area outside Hollywood Hills had become a crime scene by Wednesday morning.
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| Key GOP lawmaker: Go after North Korea with sanctions and short-wave radio Posted: 14 Sep 2017 04:22 AM PDT  House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce, R.-Calif., called Wednesday for tough new sanctions on Chinese banks that do business with North Korea.
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| Trump criticised after condemning London terrorism immediately despite waiting days 'for the facts' on Charlottesville Posted: 15 Sep 2017 08:19 AM PDT  Donald Trump is being criticised for what some see as an uneven response to tragedy. After the explosion at Parsons Green underground station in London, Mr Trump used the opportunity to denounce terrorism, and to argue that his controversial travel ban should be lengthened. The President may have been eager to get his message out after the explosion, but some have noted that his quick response contrasts with his response to the Charlottesville attack.
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| Mother of 3 Injured by Falling Tree in Central Park to Sue for $200 Million Posted: 14 Sep 2017 09:51 AM PDT  Anne Monoky was walking with her three sons when a 75-foot-tall tree suddenly fell and landed on top of the family on Aug. 15.
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| Who are the Rohingya Muslims? The stateless minority fleeing violence in Burma Posted: 15 Sep 2017 06:25 AM PDT  They have often been called the most persecuted minority in the world. The 1.1 million Rohingya Muslims squeezed precariously into the north-west state of Rakhine, in mainly Buddhist Burma, bordering majority Muslim Bangladesh, are stateless and unwanted. Neither country will give them citizenship even though their families' roots in modern-day Rakhine, once called Arakan, can be traced back to the Eighth Century. Displaced Rohingya refugees from Rakhine state in Myanmar carry their belongings as they flee violence, near Ukhia, near the border between Bangladesh and Myanmar on September 4 Credit: K.M. ASAD/AFP Since World War Two they have been treated increasingly by Burmese authorities as illegal, interloping Bengalis, facing apartheid-like conditions that deny them free movement or state education while government forces intermittently drive out and slaughter them. Displaced Rohingya refugees from Rakhine state in Myanmar rest near Ukhia, near the border between Bangladesh and Myanmar, as they flee violence on September 4, 2017 Credit: AFP Over the past year, military operations against Rohingya villages have been so intense and cruel that the minority's defenders have warned of an unfolding genocide. The United Nations has reported that the army may have committed ethnic cleansing. The inhumane treatment of the Rohingyas has tarnished the image of Myanmar's civilian leader and Nobel peace prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, once a famously unflinching defender of human rights and darling of the West. She now faces international fury, particularly from Muslim nations, for failing to stand up to armed forces chief General Min Aung Hlaing, whose soldiers are accused of rape, murder, arson, and of ripping Rohingya babies from their mothers' arms and throwing them into rivers and fire. Rohingya Muslim refugees along with Indian supporters hold placards against human rights violations in Myanmar during a protest in New Delhi on September 5, 2017 Credit: AFP Ms Suu Kyi has publicly stuck to the military's line that the Rohingya are illegally squatting on the Burmese territory, leaving fellow Nobel winner, Malala Yousafzai, aghast and urging her to speak out against the tragedy. The latest military crackdown, which began on August 25, caused almost 90,000 Rohingyas to flee under fire to squalid, overflowing relief camps across the Bangladeshi border in just two weeks. Officially close to 400 people had died by early September, but human rights activists claim to have confirmation of at least 1,000 deaths and believe the figure is much higher. The death toll will inevitably rise after Burma, also known as Myanmar, blocked UN agencies from delivering vital food, water and medicine supplies to 250,000 Rakhine residents desperately in need. Rohingya Muslims driven from Burma, in pictures Ongoing persecution of the Rohingya has inevitably led to an armed, if disorganised, resistance. The army "clearing operations" which sparked the mass exodus of civilians in both October 2016 and in August 2017, were launched after insurgents known as the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) attacked several paramilitary checkposts. Rohingya activists claim the insurgents are mainly young men who have been pushed to breaking point by relentless oppression. A report released in early September by the Burma Human Rights Network documents the rise of systematic abuses against Burmese Muslims since 2012, including the creation of "Muslim-free zones", denial of ID cards, and the banning of Islamic holidays. The oppression has been mirrored by an upsurge of ultra-nationalist Buddhist groups who encourage an anti-Muslim rhetoric. Pope Francis calls for "full rights" for Rohingya Muslims 01:21 ARSA has so far been described as a rag-tag collection of small groups armed with knives, sticks and some basic IEDs, rather than a robust military force or mass mobilisation. But rising anger in the Muslim world about the plight of the Rohingya has compounded fears of homegrown militancy as well as support from international jihadists. Al Qaeda's offshoot in Yemen has already called for retaliatory attacks against Myanmar, while the Afghan Taliban called on Muslims to "use their abilities to help Burma's oppressed Muslims." Matthew Smith, director of Fortify Rights, a human rights group working with Rohingya refugees, said there was a danger of escalation. "There is certainly a risk that international extremist organisations will seek to be involved in northern Rakhine state," he said. "The best way to prevent this from escalating is to protect the rights of the civilian population. Myanmar is doing the exact opposite."
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| Hurricane Irma's Tiniest Victims Are Getting Vital Help Posted: 14 Sep 2017 05:32 PM PDT  They may have the smallest of cries, but these animals are receiving a huge outpouring of help.
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| Dangers linger as Florida recovery picks up momentum Posted: 15 Sep 2017 03:02 PM PDT  MIAMI (AP) — Nearly a week after Hurricane Irma walloped Florida, the recovery mission picked up momentum as more people had electricity and schools made plans to reopen.
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| Here's Why You Probably Don't Want To Freeze Your Credit Posted: 14 Sep 2017 05:05 PM PDT  In the aftermath of the Great Equifax Breach of 2017, many consumers are asking, "Should I freeze my credit?"
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| Nigeria's Buhari to pass through London after U.N. General Assembly trip Posted: 15 Sep 2017 03:25 PM PDT  Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will pass through London, where he spent five months on medical leave this year, on his way home from the United Nations General Assembly, his spokesman said on Friday. Buhari will depart for New York on Sunday, his spokesman said in an emailed statement. Spokesman Femi Adesina said Buhari would hold a lunch meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump and other leaders, adding: "President Buhari will transit through London on his way back to the country." Buhari will be accompanied on the trip by cabinet ministers and the governors of three states.
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| Parsons Green terror attack: Donald Trump labels bucket bomber 'loser' who was 'in sights of Scotland Yard' Posted: 15 Sep 2017 04:50 AM PDT  Donald Trump has called the perpetrator of a bombing on the London Underground a "loser terrorist" who was "in the sights of Scotland Yard". Police said they were treating the explosion, which occurred at around 8.20 at Parsons Green Underground station, as a "terrorist incident" and they have launched an "urgent manhunt" for the bomber. "Another attack in London by a loser terrorist," Mr Trump said.
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| Body of British journalist killed by crocodile found in Sri Lanka Posted: 15 Sep 2017 06:44 AM PDT  Sri Lankan police Friday found the body of a 24-year-old British journalist, Paul McClean, who is suspected to have been killed by a crocodile. Divers found McClean's corpse in the mud of a lagoon in the coastal village of Panama, 360 kilometres (225 miles) east of the capital Colombo by road, a police spokesman said. "There were six or seven wounds on his right leg," a police official told AFP.
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| Puppies Are 'Likely Source' of Outbreak That Has Sickened Dozens in US Posted: 14 Sep 2017 06:06 AM PDT  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today (Sept. 11) that it is investigating an outbreak of Campylobacter — a type of bacteria that causes diarrhea — linked with puppies sold at Petland stores, a national pet store chain. So far, the outbreak has sickened 39 people in seven states (Florida, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Wisconsin), the CDC said. Of those who became ill, 12 are Petland employees, and 27 came into contact with puppies sold at Petland because they recently bought a puppy at Petland, visited a Petland, or visited or lived in a home with a puppy sold through Petland, the CDC said.
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| 'Fixer Upper' Couple Blasted On Social Media Over New Target Line Posted: 14 Sep 2017 12:00 PM PDT  HGTV fans will soon have a new reason to shop at Target.
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| Florida Girl Dies From Home Generator After Hurricane Irma Posted: 14 Sep 2017 02:34 PM PDT  A Florida girl died of carbon monoxide fumes from a generator used to power her home during Hurricane Irma.
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| Cuba mystery: Even Castro baffled by harm to US diplomats Posted: 15 Sep 2017 02:33 PM PDT  HAVANA (AP) — Raul Castro seemed rattled.
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| Growing Pains Star Joanna Kerns Reveals She Underwent a Mastectomy Posted: 15 Sep 2017 12:46 PM PDT  Joanna Kerns has undergone a nipple-sparing double mastectomy after learning of her breast cancer diagnosis and has been "given an all clear — the best of the results I could have had"
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| Michelle Rounds, Ex-Wife Of Rosie O'Donnell, Dead At 46 Posted: 15 Sep 2017 01:52 PM PDT  Michelle Rounds, the ex-wife of Rosie O'Donnell, died on Monday at her home, TMZ reports.
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| Chicago Hotel Freezer Death Footage Sparks Dispute Posted: 15 Sep 2017 01:22 AM PDT  Jenkins' mother said that the activist, Andrew Holmes, had not been appointed to represent the family.
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| New Yorker Releases Cover It Would Have Run If Hillary Clinton Had Won Posted: 13 Sep 2017 06:50 PM PDT  Ten months after Donald Trump won the presidency, The New Yorker has released its cover for a postelection issue that would have run if Hillary Clinton had claimed the White House. Titled "The First," the cover from artist Malika Favre was published by the site on Wednesday following the release of Clinton's new memoir and New Yorker editor David Remnick's interview with the former secretary of state. Instead, the magazine ran an image by artist Bob Staake called "The Wall," alluding to Trump's campaign promises to dramatically curb immigration and build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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| Qatar's emir says ready to talk to end Gulf crisis Posted: 15 Sep 2017 08:43 AM PDT  Qatar is ready to sit at the negotiating table to try to end a dispute with its Gulf Arab neighbors, Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani said on Friday in Berlin. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain cut diplomatic and trade links with Qatar on June 5, accusing the world's biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas of financing terrorism and cozying up to their arch-rival Iran. Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke by phone with Sheikh Tamim a week ago in what looked like a breakthrough.
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| Hundreds Of Dogs And Cats Are Evacuating Storm-Hit Florida In Search Of Homes Posted: 14 Sep 2017 12:52 PM PDT  Nearly 200 dogs and cats are heading to new lives in the Northeast this week after being pulled from storm-hit shelters in South Florida where four-legged refugees are continuing to pour in needing homes, authorities there say.
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| S.Korea's Lotte to sell China shops in face of boycott Posted: 14 Sep 2017 10:02 PM PDT  South Korea's Lotte Group is to sell some of its Chinese stores in the face of crippling measures imposed by Beijing over a US missile defence system, it said Friday -- and could dispose of them all. Lotte provided a golf course to Seoul for the THAAD missile-interception system installed by South Korea and the US to defend against the North's missile threats. China strongly opposes the system as a threat to its own security, and has hit the retail giant -- South Korea's fifth-biggest conglomerate -- with unofficial sanctions.
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| The history behind that fake photo of a shark swimming on a highway Posted: 14 Sep 2017 08:31 AM PDT  The internet has always been filled with hoaxes, fakes, liars, and cheats, long before the term "fake news" became a household phrase. But no matter how many times a fake image of a shark swimming on a flooded highway shows up, the internet continues to fall for it. Hurricanes Harvey and Irma had major impacts on the U.S. in the last few weeks, which means social media was ripe with incredible stories, videos, and pictures of the storms and their aftermaths. Among the real stories, there were of course fakes. On Aug. 27, Twitter user Jason Michael shared an infamous photo of a shark swimming on a flooded highway. "Believe it or not, this is a shark on the freeway in Houston, Texas," he wrote. SEE ALSO: 'Pilot' says he Photoshops his selfies, and yet somehow people still think they're real Believe it or not, this is a shark on the freeway in Houston, Texas. #HurricaneHarvy pic.twitter.com/ANkEiEQ3Y6 — Jason Michael (@Jeggit) August 28, 2017 Turns out the Dublin-based journalist was apparently just trying to make a point. The tweet received over 88,000 retweets, and Michael later responded that he was concerned how easy it was to fool so many people with fake news. When America is this easy to troll with #FakeNews we should all be worried. https://t.co/3Iqp9UGql9 — Jason Michael (@Jeggit) August 28, 2017 As Hurricane Irene was battering Florida on Sunday, the same image was shared by Twitter user @mopage19. He claimed the photo was taken on I-75 outside of Naples. A shark photographed on I-75 just outside of Naples, FL This is insane. #HurricaneIrma pic.twitter.com/cRBDsRJQsF — Maury Page (@mopage19) September 10, 2017 "This is insane," he wrote. Later, someone asked if he knew where the photo actually originated. Mopage19 made it clear that he was just trolling. Photo shop — Maury Page (@mopage19) September 10, 2017 The shark in this photograph is indeed real, but the shark swimming through a flooded highway is fake. The shark was initially captured by renowned National Geographic photographer Thomas P. Peschak off the coast of South Africa over 10 years ago. On his website, Peschak explains that he was working with the White Shark Trust for more than 10 months to capture images of white sharks in South Africa that would help depict the current scientific research. Great white shark following a scientist in a kayak off South Africa's coast. This photograph is on the cover of my latest book 'Sharks and People' published by University of Chicago Press. #sharks, #greatwhite, #kayak, #kayaking, #southafrica, #whitesharktrust A post shared by Thomas Peschak (@thomaspeschak) on Dec 29, 2013 at 6:20am PST The image of the shark stalking a small kayak went viral when Peschak first published it on his website. He claims the photo attracted "more than 100,000 visitors" in 24 hours. Given the stunning nature of the image, the photographer says that it garnered its fair share of skeptics claiming the image was altered in some manner. The original image even has its own debunking on Snopes. Peschak maintains the image was not altered in any way, in fact, he told AOL Travel in 2014 that the photo was captured "on slide film Fuji Provia 100 using a Nikon F5 Camera and 17-35 mm lens." On his site, he writes, "all magazines and prints were taken from a high-resolution scan of the slide with no post-production work." This means the original photo never even touched Photoshop, until someone decided to take that shark and put it on a flooded highway. It appears as if the first hoax surrounding the image occurred in April 2006, when the French magazine Le Magazine des Voyages de Peche published a joke article about a fisherman in Australia that accidentally caught a shark in one of its nets. After freeing the shark, affectionately named Cindy, it followed the fisherman around years, scaring away his catch in the process. Two years later, someone turned the April Fools' Day joke into a YouTube slideshow, racking up over 1.6 million views. Here's a another clip with over a half million views that was uploaded in 2013, pushing a similar narrative. We were unable to track down the original YouTube upload. The shark gets moving The first known record of the viral image of the shark on a flooded highway that we know today occurred in 2011 when Hurricane Irene hit Puerto Rico, causing flooding across the island. The image of the shark on the highway was picked up by WSVN 7 News out of Miami and credited to a man named Ramon Garganta. The image was quickly debunked, and the sharks origin was even linked to Peschak's shark, but it didn't matter. The damage was done, people fell for the shark swimming on a highway, and have been falling for it ever since. The shark showed up again in 2012, this time it was swimming next to another shark at the bottom of an escalator at the Scientific Center or a mall in Kuwait. The hoaxers claimed that a shark tank collapsed, but it didn't. The photo of the escalators in actually from Union subway station in Toronto, which flooded in June of 2012. Essentially, it was originally a meme that was repurposed by someone into a hoax. Shark tank collapse in a shopping mall in Kuwait . Great photo !! pic.twitter.com/kY5rxwit — Niall Boylan Show (@niallboylan4fm) July 7, 2012 The photo of the shark on the highway surfaced again when Hurricane Sandy wreacked havoc on the northeast. Mashable debunked it back then, along with a slew of other fake photographs. While this hoax and others like it will not be going away anytime soon, there is some hope following the photo's most recent appearances. The media widely debunked the story of the shark on the highway quickly after it went viral on social media, and it was pointed out by many that it was fake. In the age of fake news, always be a little skeptical of things you see, even if there is photographical evidence. And when in doubt, use Google image search. Peschak did not respond to Mashable's request for an interview. He admits on his site that he had no idea when he started documenting sharks that this image would be his "most well-known image to date." "I always look forward to receiving e-mails from friends and family who have spotted the same white shark in a different context," Peschak writes. "While I will probably never become a legend in my own right, at least my white shark is well on her way." WATCH: How to respond when your coworker asks you, "How was your weekend?"
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| The Latest: Activists say 20 dead in east Syria strikes Posted: 14 Sep 2017 10:24 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the Syrian conflict (all times local):
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| Russia's Latest War Games Are Causing Jitters in Europe Posted: 15 Sep 2017 02:11 AM PDT  Russia and Belarus began major war games Thursday, an operation involving thousands of troops, tanks and aircraft on NATO's eastern edge.
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| Pregnant Teacher's Boyfriend Charged in Her Killing Sent Texts Pretending to Be Her: Arrest Warrant Posted: 15 Sep 2017 10:00 AM PDT  Tyler Tessier, 32, also allegedly admitted to being engaged to another woman.
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| Steve Mnuchin Asked To Use Government Plane For His European Honeymoon Posted: 14 Sep 2017 12:09 AM PDT  Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin formally requested to use a government plane for his honeymoon to Scotland, France and Italy earlier this summer.
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| Most Americans Oppose White Supremacists, But Many Share Their Views: Poll Posted: 15 Sep 2017 12:51 PM PDT  A new poll in the wake of the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, finds that while Americans widely say they oppose racism and white nationalism, many still appear to hold far-right, white supremacist views.
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| Typhoon tears across Vietnam, skirting key coffee region Posted: 15 Sep 2017 05:40 AM PDT  By Kham Nguyen and Minh Nguyen HA TINH, Vietnam (Reuters) - A typhoon tore a destructive path across central Vietnam on Friday, flooding hundreds of thousands of homes, whipping off roofs and knocking out power in the country's most powerful storm in years. Four people were killed, more than 5,000 houses were submerged, 19 collapsed and nearly 24,000 houses in Ha Tinh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue provinces were damaged, the disaster agency said in a report. Ha Tinh and Quang Binh provinces bore the brunt of Typhoon Doksuri and power cuts were widespread after winds brought down or damaged thousands of electricity poles, trees and billboards.
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| Hyperloop One Picks 10 Best Possible Routes In Worldwide Locations Posted: 14 Sep 2017 10:43 AM PDT  Hyperloop One has chosen 10 best possible routes for its high-speed transportation in locations around the world.
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| This Is What Being 30 Looks Like Around The World Posted: 14 Sep 2017 01:59 PM PDT  The milestone often prompts all sorts of introspection: evaluating career goals, feeling pressure about finding love or comparing the person you are now to the one you thought you would be at 30.
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| Teen wanted for deportation is accused of California killing Posted: 15 Sep 2017 04:53 PM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal agents were tracking a young immigrant who was facing deportation when he fatally shot a popular community volunteer during a robbery in San Francisco, authorities said Friday.
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