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North Korea sanctions: Philippines to seize cargo ship - BBC News - 0 views

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  • The Philippines says it has seized a North Korean ship in line with tightened UN sanctions targeting the country's nuclear programme.
  • Ocean Maritime Management was blacklisted by the UN Security Council in 2014 after one of its ships was seized in July 2013 near the Panama Canal with Cuban weapons hidden under sugar sacks.
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Critics fear Beijing's sharp turn to authoritarianism - BBC News - 0 views

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  • The atmosphere in Beijing has changed noticeably in recent months; and many liberal-minded people here now fear that the government of Xi Jinping has made a sharp turn towards authoritarianism.
  • The rate of growth is down yet again, and although that by itself doesn't necessarily make the Chinese government unhappy, it does mean a greater possibility of a so-called hard landing for the economy, with worrying effects on people's jobs and their standard of living.
  • For some people here, that's uncomfortably reminiscent of 1970s Maoism. They talk nervously of a new Cultural Revolution, Mao Zedong's hugely destructive campaign to destroy his enemies.
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  • Others see the new hint of authoritarianism as a sign that the top leadership is feeling decidedly vulnerable.
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China corruption crackdown 'netted 300,000 in 2015' - BBC News - 0 views

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  • China's ruling Communist Party says it punished nearly 300,000 officials last year for corruption.
  • Some 200,000 officials were given what was called "light punishment". Some were transferred from their jobs.
  • President Xi Jinping has made a campaign against corruption a centrepiece of his governing agenda and many high-profile figures have been caught up in the net.
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  • The number of those caught in 2015 was released during China's annual parliamentary session - no doubt to remind delegates gathered in Beijing, that China's ruling communist party will continue pursuing corrupt officials, our correspondent says.
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Migrant crisis: Leaders gather for Turkey-EU summit - BBC News - 0 views

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  • Turkish and EU leaders have gathered in Brussels for an emergency summit on tackling Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War Two.
  • The EU has pledged €3bn (£2.3bn; $3.3bn) to Turkey in return for housing migrants and stemming the flow.
  • Last year, more than a million entered the EU illegally by boat, travelling mainly from Turkey to Greece.
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  • German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte met their Turkish counterpart, Ahmet Davutoglu, at the Turkish embassy in Brussels late on Sunday to prepare for the summit.
  • On Sunday, reports from the area said Macedonia had stopped allowing entry to anyone from areas in Iraq and Syria it did not consider to be active conflict zones
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Donald Trump asks backers to swear their support, vows to broaden torture laws - CNNPol... - 0 views

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  • Donald Trump on Saturday led a mass rally in taking a pledge affirming their commitment to voting for him, and vowed to broaden existing laws regarding the interrogation of captured terrorist suspects.
  • "I do solemnly swear that I, no matter how I feel, no matter what the conditions, if there are hurricanes or whatever, will vote on or before the 12th for Donald J. Trump for President."
  • Just before leading the rally in the pledge, Trump once again opened the door to ordering the torture of captured suspected terrorists, just one day after vowing that he would not order military officials to violate U.S. or international laws.
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  • Trump's conflicting statements on torture come after Trump took heat from former national security officials like former CIA Director Michael Hayden, who argued that U.S. military officials would not follow any illegal orders issued by Trump as president.
  • The most notable incident occurred when two young men sitting behind the stage shouted at Trump before a supporter grappled with one of them. An attendee wearing a white Trump shirt grabbed one of the protesters by the neck, attempting to force him out of the venue.
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Al Qaeda denies link to attack that killed nuns in Yemen - CNN.com - 0 views

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  • Pope Francis prayed Sunday for the victims of a brutal attack that killed 16 people at a home for the elderly in Yemen founded by Mother Teresa.
  • The attack at the facility run by Catholic missionaries in the port city of Aden left four nuns dead, the Vatican reported.
  • The impoverished Muslim nation has faced violence for years, some of it tied to al Qaeda elements that call it home.
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  • The Houthi rebels seized the presidential palace in January last year, forcing out President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi on the way to taking over Sanaa, the capital city, and other areas.
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Ukraine crisis: Growing sense of despair - CNN.com - 0 views

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  • Ukraine's prolonged crisis and political stalemate are causing a growing sense of despair and isolation among millions living in the conflict zone, the United Nations warned in a report released Thursday.
  • It describes "a complete absence of rule of law, reports of arbitrary detention, torture and no access to real redress mechanisms," with documented allegations of violations committed by both separatists and Ukrainian forces.
  • Thursdays' Normandy format meeting in Paris between the foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany proved that despite some progress, major disagreements persist. The meeting was part of steps for the implementation of the Minsk accord.
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Virginia Man Is Accused of Trying to Join ISIS - The New York Times - 0 views

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  • he Justice Department charged two Virginia men on Saturday with terrorism-related offenses, one day after F.B.I. agents arrested one of them at an airport where officials believe he was planning to begin a journey to Syria to fight with the Islamic State.
  • The department did not cite any evidence that the two men had direct contact with operatives for the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, and seemed to base the terrorism charges in large part on conversations they had with three F.B.I. informants.
  • The prospect that the Islamic State might incite its American followers to attack in the United States has led the F.B.I. to drastically escalate surveillance — including electronic eavesdropping — of people suspected of having ties to, or sympathies for, the Islamic State.
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  • The complaint said that Mr. Elhassan, a 25-year-old permanent resident of the United States originally from Sudan, drove Mr. Farrokh to within a mile of the airport, and that Mr. Farrokh took a taxi the rest of the way. Mr. Elhassan is being charged with aiding and abetting Mr. Farrokh’s attempts to provide material support to a terrorist organization.
  • During a meeting this month in the car of an F.B.I. informant in Falls Church, Va., Mr. Farrokh said the fact that there are American Special Operations forces fighting the Islamic State in Syria was for “the best,” since he wanted to die a martyr, according to information released by the government on Saturday.
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​Can ISIS gain power over Libya's oil? - 0 views

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  • As it turns out, Syria was merely a springboard for a much larger ISIS plan — replenishing terrorist coffers by taking over oil assets in war-torn Libya.
  • The terror group has largely taken control of the Libyan city of Sirte and its hundreds of miles of coastline, and has ransacked two key oil terminals in an attempt to wrest control from fragile Libyan officials, ISIS is banking on taking over these oil facilities, and is now reportedly recruiting its own oil and gas engineers.
  • an crude should be an easier target than Iraqi oil, which has remained largely out of ISIS reach. If ISIS succeeds, it will have more revenues and more power.
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  • Last week, ISIS targeted two of Libya's largest export terminals—Es Sider and Ras Lanuf, which handle 80 percent of Libya's oil reserves. Combined, they have the capacity to ship 500,000 barrels today, barring civil war and terrorist hindrances. For the past year, these two export terminals have been closed down, but ISIS has plans to reopen them—eventually.
  • ISIS succeeds, it will generate significant revenues from selling Libyan oil domestically.
  • Libya has been in grave danger since the fall of Ghaddafi. Today, Libya is only generating half the oil revenues it was prior to 2011.
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March marks MLK day, protests police brutality | abc7chicago.com - 0 views

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  • More than 100 marchers took to Chicago's streets Saturday morning to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as well as call on city leaders to stop corruption and police brutality.
  • Black Youth Project 100 members, and marchers from groups with similar goals, came together for the event.
  • "What we are all fighting for is equality and equality is intersectional," said marcher Kristen Rogers.
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  • Demonstrators pointed to this year marking the 50th anniversary of the Chicago Freedom Movement where the city's black community organized to demand, among other things, open housing and quality education.
  • "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere," said demonstrator Sophie Canade. "I'm just drawing attention to the fact that system, as it's built to protect and serve, is not serving everyone."
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Martin Luther King Had Complicated Legacy on Gun Violence - ABC News - 0 views

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  • Martin Luther King Jr. was surrounded by guns, even though he didn't like them. At times, armed foot soldiers protected the Baptist preacher and his family. As he led protests across the rural South, King often stood in proximity of guns — wielded by local police, state troopers or hostile people in the crowds.
  • Just as guns were a complicated issue for King in his lifetime, they loom large over the 30th anniversary of the holiday honoring his birthday. Urban violence, mass shootings and killings of unarmed black males by police have caused alarm, touched off protests and revived the nation's conversation about gun control. President Barack Obama recently took executive action to tighten federal gun restrictions, invoking King as he urged citizens to press for change.
  • Inside the civil rights movement, some activists saw guns as a necessary means of self-defense. As a Southerner, King understood that strong culture of gun possession, even though he came to reject it, said Charles E. Cobb, Jr., a former field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and author of the book, "This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible."
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  • ''Clearly, guns were used protect (King) ... (He) could not rely on the government."
  • "Dr. King's point was that the protection of one's home is self-evident, but he was quick to add that you're more likely to shoot a relative or commit suicide (with a gun)," Jackson said. "He refused to keep a gun in his house for that reason."
  • "Dr. King was a nonviolent man, but even he understood the realities of self-defense and protecting his home and his family in the face of life-threatening violence," said Noir.
  • King's nonviolent mentality stood in stark contrast to those armed, hate-filled whites who showed up peaceful protests, and the more radical black groups that emerged later, said King biographer Taylor Branch. "Even after black power made guns kind of popular in t
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As sanctions are lifted, Iranian foes fear the worst | Fox News - 0 views

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  • JERUSALEM –  As the nuclear deal with Tehran goes into effect, many Middle Eastern countries fear a newly emboldened Iran, flush with cash and international recognition, will grow more aggressive with what they see as meddling in conflicts across the region.
  • The deal, clinched last summer after intense negotiations, forced Iran to dismantle most of its nuclear program, a step that proponents say will prevent it from gaining the capability to make a bomb for well over a decade. The International Atomic Energy Agency on Saturday certified that Iran had met its obligations, paving the way for Western sanctions to be lifted and giving Iran access to $100 billion in frozen assets.
  • Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was an outspoken critic of the deal, making veiled threats to attack Iran and arguing against the agreement in a speech to the U.S. Congress last year over White House objections. He says the deal will not curb Iran's ultimate nuclear aspirations and does not impede Iran's longstanding support for Israel's worst enemies, like the Lebanese Hezbollah group — which is also involved in Syria on Assad's side — and the Palestinian Hamas.
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  • While Gulf states cautiously welcomed last year's nuclear deal, they are deeply suspicious of Iran's activities, particularly on the Arabian Peninsula.
  • The foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates, Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has taken to Twitter in recent days to criticize Iran and poke fun at his Iranian counterpart. "Don't torch, take over or ransack embassies and consulates. Don't take diplomats hostage. #DiploMaturity101," read one post.
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Female migrants to Europe face violence, Amnesty says | Fox News - 0 views

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  • LONDON –  Women and girl migrants coming into Europe face violence and sexual harassment at every stage of their journey, according to a new report from Amnesty International.
  • The vast majority of the migrants streaming into Europe are men, which leaves women particularly vulnerable, aid workers say. Women at camps reported having to use the same bathroom and shower facilities as men, and some said they did not eat or drink to avoid going to the toilet.
  • "One of the challenges we have been facing is that it is taking a long time for the international community, and by that I mean governments, to wake up to this crisis and to realize that it is not something that they can wish away," Jenny Becker, protection coordinator with the International Rescue Committee in northern Lesbos in Greece, told The Associated Press.
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Employers 'fight it out' for top graduates - BBC News - 0 views

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  • he UK's leading employers are "fighting it out" for a handful of top candidates, as the graduate jobs market continues to improve, a report says.
  • The report by the High Fliers market research company found that about 1,000 graduates turned down job offers at the last minute, leaving employers searching for replacements in 2015.
  • "But as the job market goes from strength to strength, it's clear that our brightest graduates are becoming increasingly choosy about the employers they join."
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  • The number of graduates hired rose 3.3% in 2015 with their starting salary at the UK's leading employers remaining at about £30,000 for the second year running.
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Britons held in Spain after UK man's death - BBC News - 0 views

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  • A UK national has died in Spain and a number of Britons have been arrested, the Foreign Office has confirmed.
  • It comes amid reports of a man being stabbed in the neck with a broken bottle in a fight in a bar used by expatriates in a Costa Blanca resort.
  • "We can confirm the death of a British national in Alicante, Spain on 16 January 2016," a spokeswoman said.
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  • On the arrest of the Britons, she added: "We can confirm the detention of four British nationals in Alicante, Spain, on 16 January 2016. We stand ready to offer consular assistance."
  • The BBC understands that three of those arrested face charges in connection with the man's death; the fourth person is being held on suspicion of a related offence of conspiracy.
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Muslim women's segregation in UK communities must end - Cameron - BBC News - 0 views

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  • "More assertive" action is needed to tackle discrimination against Muslim women and their segregation in some UK communities, David Cameron has said.
  • The PM said it was time to confront a minority of Muslim men with "backward attitudes" who exercised "damaging control" over women in their families.
  • A £20m language fund is to be set up in England, to help the 22% of Muslim women who have little or no English.
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  • Mr Cameron said it was time to be "more assertive about our liberal values, more clear about the expectations we place on those who come to live here and build our country together and more creative and generous in the work we do to break down barriers".
  • He said: "It's our values that make this country what it is, and it's only by standing up for them assertively that they will endure.
  • In Britain, men are not frightened of women's success; it is celebrated proudly."
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Ebola virus: New case emerges in Sierra Leone - BBC News - 0 views

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  • Sierra Leone officials have confirmed a death from Ebola, hours after the World Health Organization declared the latest West Africa outbreak over.
  • he country was declared free of the virus on 7 November, and the region as a whole was cleared when Liberia was pronounced Ebola-free on Thursday.
  • Tests on a person who died in northern Sierra Leone proved positive, an Ebola test centre spokesman told the BBC.
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Carbon emissions 'postpone ice age' - BBC News - 0 views

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  • The next ice age may have been delayed by over 50,000 years because of the greenhouse gases put in the atmosphere by humans, scientists in Germany say.
  • They analysed the trigger conditions for a glaciation, like the one that gripped Earth over 12,000 years ago.
  • Earth is set for a prolonged warm phase
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  • "In theory, the next ice age could be even further into the future, but there is no real practical importance in discussing whether it starts in 50,000 or 100,000 years from now," Andrey Ganopolski from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research said.
  • And Prof Chris Rapley, from University College London, added: "This is an interesting result that provides further evidence that we have entered a new geological [Epoch] - 'The Anthropocene' - in which human actions are affecting the very metabolism of the planet."
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US plans $4bn for self-driving rules - BBC News - 0 views

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  • A 10-year, $4bn (£2.8bn) proposal to bring self-driving cars to roads across the US has been announced by the Department of Transportation.
  • The plan's stated aim is to implement consistent laws across all states and eventually to eliminate human error.
  • The move by the Obama administration comes after several firms complained that differing rules across the US were creating unnecessary headaches for those developing autonomous technology.
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  • As well as safety concerns, there are a number of intricacies that will be debated, such as who is liable when a self-driving car crashes - the driver or the software maker?
  • hile the long-term aim is for fully autonomous driving, discussions will also look at features already being pushed to vehicles on sale today.
  • The Department of Transport's proposals, which update guidelines set out in 2013, will soon be put to Congress for approval.
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Pathankot attack: Pakistan raids Jaish-e-Mohammad schools - BBC News - 0 views

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  • Pakistan has shut down several religious schools run by the Jaish-e-Mohammad militant group, Punjab province's law minister has said.
  • Fourteen people were arrested in a police raid on a mosque and seminary near the city of Daska, officials said.
  • Seven Indian soldiers and six militants were killed in the gun battle at Pathankot, which lasted four days when heavily-armed gunmen entered the base dressed in Indian army uniforms.
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  • The law minister in a TV interview on Thursday said that Mr Azhar had been taken into "protective custody" prior to a decision being taken as to whether he should face legal action for his involvement in the Pathankot attack.
  • Started by Muslim cleric Maulana Masood Azhar, Jaish-e-Mohammed has been blamed for attacks on Indian soil in the past, including one in 2001 on the parliament in Delhi which took the nuclear-armed rivals to the brink of war.
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