| Himes: Memo is transparent political hit job Posted: 01 Feb 2018 12:19 PM PST  Rep. Jim Himes, member of the House Intelligence Committee, talks with Rachel Maddow about Donald Trump and Republican political strategy around the Devin Nunes memo.
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| Truck Driver Blamed For Damaging Ancient Nazca Lines Posted: 01 Feb 2018 03:30 PM PST  A truck driver is accused of ignoring warning signs and carelessly plowing across Peru's famous Nazca Lines on Saturday, causing significant damage to the estimated 2,000-year-old archeological wonder, authorities said.
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| Michelle Obama sends message to fearful Americans: 'All we have is hope' Posted: 01 Feb 2018 09:56 AM PST  Michelle Obama addressed Americans feeling fearful in the current political climate on Thursday, telling them to "show empathy" toward each other.
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| Flu Vaccine About 30% Effective Against Predominate Strain: CDC Posted: 31 Jan 2018 09:00 PM PST  Canadian health officials said its effectiveness could be 10 percent to 20 percent there.
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| Russia says U.S. 'hunting' for Russians to arrest around the world Posted: 02 Feb 2018 04:06 AM PST ![Russia says U.S. 'hunting' for Russians to arrest around the world]( "Russia says U.S. 'hunting' for Russians to arrest around the world") Russia has issued a travel warning recommending its citizens think twice before traveling abroad, saying the United States was hunting for Russians to arrest around the world. The Foreign Ministry statement warns Russian citizens that when abroad they face a serious threat of arrest by other countries at Washington's request, after which they could be extradited to the United States. "Despite our calls to improve cooperation between the relevant U.S. and Russian authorities ... U.S. special services have effectively continued "hunting" for Russians around the world," the travel warning said.
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| Correction: GOP Train Accident story Posted: 31 Jan 2018 09:42 PM PST  CROZET, Va. (AP) — In a story Jan. 31 about a fatal train crash carrying dozens of Republican members of Congress, The Associated Press, relying on information from a congressman at the scene, misidentified who was killed in the pickup truck. It was a passenger who died, not the driver.
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| 'Slender Man' case: Moms on visiting daughters who tried to kill classmate Posted: 01 Feb 2018 08:51 AM PST  Though both Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser entered a guilty plea, they were then found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.
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| Trump tells GOP retreat he's ready for Mount Rushmore Posted: 01 Feb 2018 12:29 PM PST  "We've fulfilled far more promises than we've promised," the president said to an annual gathering of Republican members of Congress. "I call it promises plus."
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| Nashville Mayor Megan Barry admits affair with head of her security detail Posted: 01 Feb 2018 06:41 AM PST  Nashville Mayor Megan Barry apologized on Wednesday for engaging in an affair with the head of her own police detail.
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| Mass Graves Suggest Systematic Killing Of Rohingya In Myanmar Posted: 01 Feb 2018 11:30 AM PST  A new report discloses at least five previously unreported mass graves in Myanmar, adding further evidence of the systematic killing of Rohingya Muslim civilians by the country's military.
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| Robert Wagner a 'person of interest' in Natalie Wood's death Posted: 01 Feb 2018 08:03 AM PST  Interest in film legend Natalie Wood's final hours has reignited after a report from CBS's "48 Hours" said her husband, actor Robert Wagner, is "more of a person of interest" in her death.
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| Prostate cancer kills more people than breast cancer for first time, new figures reveal Posted: 01 Feb 2018 04:01 PM PST  Prostate cancer has overtaken breast cancer to become the third deadliest type of the disease in Britain, new research has found. For the first time, figures show that more men are dying from prostate cancer than women from breast cancer, amid warnings from charities and health campaigners that more investment is needed. The research, published today by Prostate Cancer UK, reveals that 11,819 men died of prostate cancer in 2015, the equivalent of one every 45 minutes, compared with 11,442 women who died of breast cancer. To halt the rise, the charity estimates that more than £120m in research funding is needed to make sufficient advances in research, screening and treatment. Although the mortality rate for breast cancer has continued to fall steadily since the Nineties, the number of men dying from prostate cancer has risen by more than 20 per cent during the same period. Lung cancer and bowel cancer remain the deadliest cancers in the UK, with more than 50,000 people dying of the diseases annually. Prostate and Breast cancer deaths in UK Whilst welcoming advances in breast cancer treatment, Prostate Cancer UK said that levels of funding for prostate cancer had been significantly lower, meaning efforts to tackle the disease are trailing behind. Since 2002, more than £520m has been invested in tackling breast cancer, more than double the amount received for prostate treatment and research. Scientific research into the disease has also been lower historically, with just 72,513 papers on prostate cancer published since 1999, compared with more than 146,000 on breast cancer. "With half the investment and half the research it's not surprising that progress in prostate cancer is lagging behind," said Angela Culhane, the charity's chief executive. "However, the good news is that many of these developments could be applied to prostate cancer and we're confident that with the right funding, we can dramatically reduce deaths within the next decade. "The wheels are already in motion to turn these statistics around. Plans to create an accurate test fit for use as part of a nationwide prostate cancer screening programme, as well as developing new treatments for advanced prostate cancer are already well underway. "However, to achieve these aims we need to increase our investment in research. We're calling on the nation to sign up to a March for Men this summer to help raise the funds we desperately need to stop prostate cancer being a killer." The facts | Prostate cancer Due to an ageing population, the number of men dying from prostate cancer has continued to rise despite survival rates being 2.5 times higher than they were 30 years ago. In a bid to reverse the trend, Prostate Cancer UK has recently invested £2m into developing tests which it hopes will eventually be adopted into a national screening programme. Currently, the NHS does not have a national screening for PSA testing, but men aged 50 or over can have tests if they ask for them. More than £1.4m has also been invested into developing tailored treatments for men at advanced stages of the disease, which it hopes will extend the lives of 9,000 patients annually. Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer for men in the UK, with 47,000 diagnoses annually.
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| Manson corpse case on ice for another month in heirs dispute Posted: 31 Jan 2018 06:33 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The corpse of Charles Manson will remain in a morgue for at least another month while would-be heirs and a friend wait for a court hearing to fight over his remains.
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| 12-Year-Old Female Student in Custody After Shooting at L.A. Middle School Posted: 01 Feb 2018 10:16 AM PST  One boy is in critical condition and a girl is in fair condition
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| U.S. agency says will keep providing water, other essentials in Puerto Rico Posted: 31 Jan 2018 06:55 PM PST ![U.S. agency says will keep providing water, other essentials in Puerto Rico]( "U.S. agency says will keep providing water, other essentials in Puerto Rico") By Nick Brown NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency said on Wednesday it would continue providing water, meals and other essentials to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico despite earlier reports its humanitarian mission in the U.S. territory would end on Wednesday. "There was never, and is not now, a decision to stop distributing commodities on the island," FEMA said in a written statement on Wednesday evening. Puerto Rico is struggling to recover from Hurricane Maria, which hit on Sept. 20.
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| Rep. Maxine Waters thinks Trump TV appearances warrant a parental advisory Posted: 01 Feb 2018 07:31 AM PST  Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) thinks there should be a parental advisory each time President Donald Trump appears on TV.
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| US not ruling out Syria strikes after new chemical attacks Posted: 01 Feb 2018 12:08 PM PST  President Donald Trump has not ruled out military action to stop chemical weapons attacks in Syria, senior administration officials said Thursday, signaling a intensified effort to press the Assad regime and its Russian patrons. In the wake of yet more suspected sarin and chlorine attacks blamed on the regime, Washington said it wants to send a message to Bashar al-Assad and Moscow that enough is enough. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said three people suffered respiratory problems after a rocket attack.
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| Kate Middleton's Hair Stylist Just Revealed The Surprisingly Affordable Products She Uses Posted: 01 Feb 2018 11:37 AM PST  Though the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are themselves relatively tight-lipped about their personal lives, the secret to getting Kate Middleton's gorgeous, lustrous locks isn't anymore.
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| Pelosi: Tax overhaul has cast a 'dark cloud' over Washington Posted: 01 Feb 2018 01:18 PM PST  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said Thursday the Republican-approved tax overhaul has cast a "dark cloud" over Washington, threatening future budget negotiations and efforts to prevent another government shutdown.
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| We saw this deadly 'Hong Kong' flu coming, but no one could prevent its spread Posted: 01 Feb 2018 01:04 PM PST  In 1968, scientists discovered a new strain of flu circulating around Hong Kong. The virus, though, didn't stay put. It soon left Asia and turned into a proper pandemic, traveling around the globe and killing one million people worldwide, including 100,000 in the United States that season. The deadly virus struck in the U.S. when it usually does, during winter. That year, "kids didn't care about when Santa came," remembers Susan Donelan, who is now a medical director and assistant professor of infectious disease at Stony Brook University's School of Medicine. SEE ALSO: This year's flu shot might not stop the virus, but it can fend off the worst symptoms Fifty years later, the Hong Kong flu, known more formally as H3N2, still exists, periodically popping up from year to year. "Now it's considered one of our seasonal viruses," said Donelan, in an interview. The Hong Kong flu influenza viruses, magnified 100,000 times.Image: wikimedia imagesBut the Hong Kong flu is an especially infectious strain of the virus. It has the ability to mutate both during and between flu seasons (more so than other strains), rendering our preventative vaccines less effective. "By the time we're ready for the flu season, the strain has kind of changed itself," Neha Nanda, a hospital epidemiologist and medical director of infection prevention at Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California, said in an interview. "That's why it's a nasty strain." And like most years, scientists knew the Hong Kong flu would make an unwelcome appearance during the 2017-2018 flu season. Doctors predict what flu will hit the U.S., and accordingly, what vaccines to produce, based upon what influenza has been dominant in the Southern Hemisphere — places like Australia. "Every year we look at the Southern Hemisphere," Shane Speights, dean and associate professor of Medicine at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University, said in an interview. "The Southern Hemisphere dictates what goes into our vaccine." So, by watching events unfold in Australia in 2017, where the Hong Kong flu was dominant, doctors knew what to expect and prepared as best as they could. But in this strain's typical fashion, it has likely mutated, rendering our vaccines less effective and resulting in the Hong Kong flu's remarkable 2018 spread. #Flu activity continues to increase nationally in the United States. CDC recommends flu vaccination, even if you've already been sick, and early antiviral treatment for people who are very ill OR those who have flu and are at high risk of complications. https://t.co/KHXucF48vi pic.twitter.com/7oJK4qbUp8 — CDC (@CDCgov) January 26, 2018 "The number of people impacted by it [the flu] has been huge," said Nanda. The CDC, as of January 20, reports "widespread" flu activity around the country, including the deaths of 37 children. Even though some of us may have been exposed to H3N2 in previous seasons (for example, the CDC identified six variants of H3N2 during the 2015-2016 season), the exterior of the virus — home to a variety of specific proteins — may have mutated too dramatically for us to have any substantive immunity from this earlier exposure. "The surface proteins change," said Nanda. "Our body may not remember what we experienced two seasons back." While scientists seasonally do a pretty good job of predicting what will hit the U.S., much less is understood about why strains like the Hong Kong flu wreak havoc for a season or two and then become less dominant or disappear, only to return once again. "We need a crystal ball," mused Nanda. WATCH: Paris is flooding and rats are taking cover
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| Why The GOP Has Followed Trump Off The Deep End Posted: 02 Feb 2018 02:45 AM PST  In the real world, evidence mounts that President Donald Trump has striven to obstruct the Russia investigation ― not least by attempting to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
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| Vatican's delicate China mission runs into trouble Posted: 01 Feb 2018 08:51 PM PST  Pope Francis is facing a complex row over the Vatican's warming ties with Communist China, which have sparked a new war of words with a Hong Kong cardinal and growing bitterness among some Chinese faithful. Beijing and the Vatican severed diplomatic relations in 1951, and although ties have improved in recent years as China's Catholic population has grown, they remain at odds over which side has the authority to ordain bishops. The Vatican relaunched long-stalled negotiations three years ago and now seems to be nearing concrete steps towards solving the major stumbling bloc of how to designate bishops.
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| The U.N. Human Rights Office Has Identified 206 Companies Linked to Israeli Settlements Posted: 31 Jan 2018 06:14 PM PST  The settlements are considered illegal under international law
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| Dwayne Johnson Opens Up About His Mother's Suicide Attempt Posted: 01 Feb 2018 07:48 AM PST  Actor and wrestler Dwayne Johnson opened up about his memories of his mother's suicide attempt in a powerful Instagram post Thursday.
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| These Kids Are Catching the Attention of Football Recruiters Even Before High School Posted: 01 Feb 2018 09:00 PM PST  College football programs are already meeting with young football players, like 11-year-old Bunchie Young.
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| Erdogan's War in Syria Could Wreck U.S.-Turkey Relations Posted: 01 Feb 2018 04:41 PM PST  The Afrin offensive marks a major new phase of the Syrian conflict, likely bookending the conflict with ISIS and the civil war. Turkey's decision to launch an operation in Afrin in northern Syria has opened a new front and phase in the Syrian conflict. Ankara says its offensive alongside Syrian rebel allies is aimed at eliminating the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) control of the mountainous area around the city of Afrin that has been a mostly Kurdish-controlled enclave for five years.
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| Cuba state media: Fidel Castro's son has killed himself Posted: 01 Feb 2018 08:27 PM PST  HAVANA (AP) — The oldest son of late Cuban leader Fidel Castro killed himself on Thursday after months of treatment for depression, state media reported. He was 68.
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| Florida lawmaker: Law that OKs child marriage well-crafted Posted: 01 Feb 2018 11:33 AM PST  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida lawmaker who opposes a bill to ban child marriage said Thursday that the current law allowing child rapists to marry girls they impregnate is well-crafted.
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| Bernie Sanders Slow-Clapping Donald Trump Is Your New Favorite Meme Posted: 01 Feb 2018 02:43 AM PST  initial reaction to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address was one for the books.
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| Maldives court releases ex-president in stunning blow to regime Posted: 01 Feb 2018 01:56 PM PST  Malé (Maldives) (AFP) - The Maldives' top court Thursday ordered the release of nine key political prisoners in a surprise move that cleared the way for exiled former leader Mohamed Nasheed to run for president. The atoll nation's joint opposition welcomed the surprise ruling, which has also granted them a parliamentary majority and stunned the government of strongman President Abdulla Yameen. "The Supreme Court's verdict effectively ends President Yameen's authoritarian rule," the opposition said in a statement calling for his resignation.
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| Longtime U.S. Diplomat Stepping Down in Blow to the Trump Administration Posted: 01 Feb 2018 08:27 AM PST  He was the third-ranking official at the State Department
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| Pence, Manchin square off in Twitter battle over tax vote Posted: 01 Feb 2018 07:24 AM PST  Sen. Shelley Moore Capito reacts to the war of words between her West Virginia Senate colleague and the vice president.
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| Four migrants critical after 'unprecedented' shooting in Calais as mayor lashes out at 'manipulative' charities Posted: 02 Feb 2018 01:55 AM PST  Four migrants are in a critical condition after being shot in Calais in what the French government dubbed "unprecedented" scenes of violence among those seeking to reach Britain. The brutal attack came days after Theresa May pledged an extra £44.5 million to beef up border security in Calais and President Emmanuel Macron promised there would be no return to the "jungle" – the notorious migrant camp razed in 2016. Calais mayor Natacha Bouchart slammed charities and activists who "manipulate" migrants. "They are people who live off this. Culturally, they are against the state, institutions. They help neither the migrants nor the population," she said. Her comments came as the government promised to take over control of food distribution from local aid groups "within two weeks" and conduct the handouts outside the town. The four men, all Eritreans, were shot in the neck, chest, abdomen and spine at a food distribution point. A fifth gunshot victim was not facing life-threatening injuries. In all, some 22 people were hospitalised after three giant brawls across the city on Thursday between hundreds of Afghans and Eritreans camped out in squalid conditions in the hope of sneaking to the UK as stowaways in trucks. Two officers were injured in the clashes. French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb (C) meets in Calais, northern France, following a large brawl between a hundred migrants which resulted in several injuries. Credit: PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP It was the worst violence in Calais since clashes on July 1, 2017 left 16 people wounded. A year earlier in June, 40 people were injured in clashes in the northern port town. Police were searching for a 37-year-old Afghan, a suspected migrant smuggler, over the attack but witnesses reported seeing several people fire shots, according to local prosecutors. "There were migrants who had no money, the smugglers got angry and fired shots," said one 18-year old Afghan migrant called Daniel. In response, around 100 Eritreans armed with iron rods and sticks then attacked a group of around 20 Afghans at the industrial estate where food was handed out, prosecutors said. Police intervened to protect the Afghans. Visiting the scene, Gérard Collomb, the French interior minister, said the "unprecedented" level of violence was "intolerable for the people of Calais and the migrants". He urged migrants to stay away from Calais, calling the port town a "mirage" and "a wall" into which they were "slamming". Those that camped there were "illegal immigrants" who did not want to claim asylum in official centres, he added. French authorities say four migrants have been shot in the northern port city of Calais in a confrontation that police tried to stop. Credit: AP The clashes came just two weeks after President Emmanuel Macron visited Calais and promised that there would be no return to the "jungle", the notorious camp that at one point housed almost 10,000 migrants and was bulldozed late in 2016. He also attacked "certain organisations" for spreading "lies" - referring to volunteers and charities accused of encouraging migrants to enter Britain illegally, and of fabricating claims of police brutality against them. The French president later travelled to Britain, where he agreed to preserve the Le Touquet treaty, which authorises British border checks on French soil. In return, Theresa May agreed pay for more fencing, CCTV and detection devices, and to take in more unaccompanied minors. An aid work in Calais told Le Monde that there had been an influx in migrants since the Franco-British summit. "In Paris and elswehere, exiles heard that the President had visited Calais then Theresa May. "So they have arrived en masse here to benefit from family entry and settlement and the passage of accompanied minors, the subject of negotiations (between Britain and France)." On Friday, Mr Collomb insisted: "The message I want to get across is that if you want to go to Britain, it's not here you should come." He blamed the latest violence on people smugglers who reportedly charge as much as €2,500 (£2,200) to hide migrants in lorries crossing the Channel by ferry or through the Eurotunnel."These networks must be broken up," he said, pledging riot police reinforcements for the area. Migrant wakes up in shelter tent in Calais Credit: PASCAL ROSSIGNOL/REUTERS Despite state claims that Calais' border is now impregnable, the number of migrants camping there has risen to between 550, according to state figures, and 800, according to local associations. By day they hide from the police in camps in the woods. By night they try to board passing trucks. The police systematically tear down their encampments and tents, and chase them away with tear gas and batons when they try to hold up truckers. "Given this precarious situation, naturally the smugglers don't help matters," said Jean-Claude Lenoir, president of the charity, Salam. Mr Macron has pledged to step up the deportation of economic migrants and speed up processing asylum requests in a mixture of "efficiency" and "humanity". His interior minister warned that half a million migrants had been refused asylum elsewhere in Europe – mainly in Germany – and risked heading for France. "The situation's untenable," he told reporters, noting that France registered a record 100,000 asylum requests last year – a record high. Tens of thousands more were turned away at the border. France is due to table a new immigration and asylum law later this month.
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| Harley Davidson to offer electric motorcycle within 18 months, says CEO Posted: 01 Feb 2018 06:15 AM PST  Clearly the its Livewire Project, shown in the U.S. in 2014 and Europe in 2015, gave Harley the positive feedback it needed to dedicate resources to developing an electric motorcycle for production. While this may be surprising news to many—it came during a routine earnings call—it 's in line with what Harley Davidson has said for several years. In June 2016, Sean Cummings, the company's senior vice president of global demand, told the Milwaukee Business Journal (subscription required) that Harley-Davidson planned to produce an electric motorcycle within five years.
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| Marines see Afghan forces improve in Helmand battles Posted: 01 Feb 2018 02:47 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Afghan forces backed by U.S. troops in Afghanistan's turbulent Helmand Province have gained ground in recent months, but the Taliban still maintains control over roughly half the province, according to the senior Marine commander who just returned from a nine-month deployment to the region.
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| Parents Shared The Creepiest Things Their Kids Have Ever Said Posted: 01 Feb 2018 02:47 PM PST  Children regularly say adorable, hilarious things.
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| Meteorological Society Schools Trump On Global Warming Posted: 01 Feb 2018 05:52 PM PST  The American Meteorological Society has informed Donald Trump that the organization can connect him with scientists so he can get his facts straight on global warming.
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| Syrian opposition will work with Sochi proposal under U.N. auspices: chief negotiator Posted: 01 Feb 2018 08:36 AM PST ![Syrian opposition will work with Sochi proposal under U.N. auspices: chief negotiator]( "Syrian opposition will work with Sochi proposal under U.N. auspices: chief negotiator") Syria's opposition will cooperate with proposals made at a Russia-hosted conference this week to rewrite the country's constitution as long as the process remains under U.N. auspices, the chief opposition negotiator said on Thursday. Participants at Tuesday's meeting in the Black Sea resort of Sochi in Russia - which is a powerful supporter of President Bashar al-Assad - agreed to set up a committee to change the Syrian constitution, and called for democratic elections. The main Syrian opposition negotiating group had boycotted the gathering, while the United States, Britain and France also stayed away because of what they said was the Syrian government's refusal to properly engage.
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| Five things to know about Costa Rica Posted: 01 Feb 2018 09:38 PM PST ![Five things to know about Costa Rica]( "Five things to know about Costa Rica") San José (AFP) - Costa Rica, which hold presidential and legislative elections on Sunday, is a tropical tourist destination in Central America that boasts of being an eco-friendly nation. The elections are in part being influenced by the population's socially conservative tendencies, brought to the fore by a debate over whether to make gay marriage legal.
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