French Olympians among 10 dead in Argentina air crash
Full Article Seattle Post
10 Mar 2015

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Two helicopters carrying French sports stars filming a popular European reality show crashed in a remote part of Argentina, killing 10 people, including two Olympic medal winners and a sailing champion, authorities said. The helicopters apparently collided in midair Monday near Villa Castelli in La Rioja province, about 730...

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A man stands near one of two helicopters that crashed near Villa Castelli in the La Rioja province of Argentina, Monday, March 9, 2015.
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Discovery Channel Crew Among 10 Dead After Helicopters Collide In Argentina
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2 Helicopters Collide, Crash in Argentina - 10 Dead | VIDEO REPORT
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ARGENTINA Helicopters Crash 10 Dead - Argentina La Rioja During The Filming Of a TV Programme
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ARGENTINA helicopters crash 10 dead - Argentina La Rioja during the filming of a TV Programme
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Argentina Helicopter Crash- 2 helicopters crash in northwest Argentina,10 dead - Argentina Air Crash
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Three French sports personalities died in Argentina helicopter crash
Longtime Simpsons Executive Producer Sam Simon Dies at 59
Full Article Seattle Post
09 Mar 2015

Sam Simon, who helped develop The Simpsons, has died, his foundation announced on Monday. He was 59. "It is with much sadness that we must let you know that Sam Simon has passed over. We all miss him, and in his honor, we will continue bringing his vision to light through our work at The Sam Simon Foundation," his foundation wrote. "We take comfort...

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R.I.P...Sam Simon Dies at 59-The Simpsons co-creator Sam Simon dies aged 59
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The Simpsons' Co-Creator Sam Simon Dies at 59
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The Writer Speaks: James L. Brooks - PART 2
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Sam Simon Dead - 'Simpsons' Co-Creator Dies at 59
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Trial & Heirs: Sam Simon Estate Planning
Mr. Xi Goes to Washington
Full Article Huffington Post
09 Mar 2015

The recent announcement in Washington and Beijing that Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to the United States in September underscores the continuing momentum in the improvement of bilateral relations since the landmark U.S.-China climate agreement reached in Beijing last November. In the months leading to President Xi's U.S....

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File - President Barack Obama presents President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China with a gift of an inscribed redwood park bench at the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage, California, June 8, 2013.
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China Forum #71: Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping Visits the U.S.
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China's Vice President Xi Jingping in Washington for 5-Day Visit
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China's president to make first state visit to us as both flag problems : BREAKING NEWS
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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives for state visit to Seoul
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Chinese president Hu Jintao's Washington visit
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US invites Japan's Shinzo Abe, China's Xi Jinping for state visits
Libya violence: Foreign oil workers 'kidnapped'
Full Article BBC News
09 Mar 2015

Nine foreign oil workers have gone missing after an attack on a Libyan oil field, the Austrian foreign ministry says. The oil workers were from Austria, the Czech...

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File - In this March 5, 2011 file photo, an anti-government rebel sits with an anti-aircraft weapon in front of an oil refinery, after the capture of the oil town of Ras Lanouf, eastern Libya.
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Libya violence: Foreign oil workers 'kidnapped'
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Libya violence Foreign oil workers kidnapped
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British Worker Feared Kidnapped In Nigeria.
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OOPS! Vietnamese Workers Protest China but Destroy Taiwanese, Korean Factories Instead
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US Airstrikes Syria - Bombing ISIS Islamic State - Bomb Attacks ISIL Iraq!! REBLOP.COM
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Army, insurgents battle for Iraq's largest oil refinery
Putin says plan to take Crimea hatched before referendum
Full Article Reuters
09 Mar 2015

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he ordered officials to start work on taking control of Crimea weeks before a referendum which, the Kremlin has asserted until now, prompted the region's annexation from Ukraine. Russian state television channel Rossiya-1 aired a brief extract of an interview in which Putin said he had...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with permanent members of the Security Council, the Kremlin, Moscow, 6 March, 2015.
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Putin Says Plan to Take Crimea Hatched Before Referendum
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Крым стал русским ~ Crimea Referendum Official Result is 82.17%, Putin says 'Lawful', EU, US Reject
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WATCH: Russia President Putin's Speech Declaring Crimea is Part of Russia
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Crimea referendum: Voters 'back Russia union'
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Russian President Putin declares Crimea's independence
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There Will Never Be Another Black S-A-E
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There will never be another BLACK S-A-E.... I wish there had been one less. My former fraternity broke my heart today. A video was posted allegedly showing members of the Sigma...
Lynx to be reintroduced into wild in Britain after a 1,300-year absence
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The Independent
Lynx are to be reintroduced into the wild in Britain after a 1,300-year absence, under an ambitious “rewilding” plan drawn up by a conservation charity. The Lynx UK Trust would...
Libya, ISIS and the Unaffordable Luxury of Hindsight
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Who are you?” the late Muammar Gaddafi once rhetorically asked in a famous speech of his towards the end of his reign; (rightly) questioning the legitimacy of those seeking to...

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Venezuela declared a threat to US national security
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US President Barack Obama has claimed that Venezuela is a threat to the America’s national security – issuing sanctions to seven individuals and expressing concern about the treatment of political opponents Without specifying how Caracas represented...
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Ukraine’s Poroshenko says rebels have withdrawn weaponry
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Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko has said that pro-Russian rebels had withdrawn a significant amount of weaponry from the front-lines in eastern Ukraine in accordance with a three-week-old...
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University of Oklahoma severs ties with fraternity over racist video
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The University of Oklahoma shut down the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter Sunday night and the school said it is looking into the possibility of expelling students who participated in the racist-chant video. Good Morning America...
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German Chancellor Merkel reminds Japan to deal with history of second world war
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during the lecture meeting at Asahi Shimbun headquarters in Tokyo, Monday, March 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, Pool)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, referring to her nation's own experience, reminded Japan yesterday of the need to squarely confront its wartime past, but also signalled that neighbouring countries must do their part to achieve reconciliation. The...
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U.S. military unit headed to Baltics for training mission
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Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 750 U.S. Army tanks, fighting vehicles and other pieces of military equipment arrived in Latvia on Monday as a part of a training mission to reassure NATO allies worried about potential Russian aggression due to the...
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Takfiris execute 20 would-be anti-ISIL fighters in Kirkuk
File - In this citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Syrian rebel stands at the entrance to the headquarters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, after it fall to the Syrian rebels, in Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday Jan. 8, 2014.
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Press TV
The ISIL Takfiri terrorist group has executed 20 people in the northern Iraqi province of Kirkuk for their alleged attempt to join the volunteer forces in anti-ISIL operations. According to Iraqi sources on Monday, the terrorist group released...
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Fmr. British PM slammed for pedophilia cover-up
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, gestures to members of the media following her return home from hospital suffering from a broken arm, in central London, in this file photos dated Monday June 29, 2009.
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Britain’s former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has been denounced for “turning a blind eye” to UK politicians’ sexual abuse of children. British lawmaker Simon Danczuk, who exposed former MP Cyril Smith as a prolific child...
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