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Dutch F-35 jets touch down for European air show debut

Edit Topix 25 May 2016
Two US-assembled F-35A fighter jets landed in the Netherlands on Monday, ahead of the stealthy plane's European air show debut over the summer. The Lockheed Martin-built Lightning II jets, which are to form the mainstay of the Dutch fighter fleet for the next five decades, landed at Leeuwarden Air Force Base in the northern Netherlands on Monday night, AFP reporters saw ... ....

Hillary Clinton Now Losing To Donald Trump

Edit Information Clearing House 25 May 2016
"A slew of surveys have come out over the past few days, exploring the state of the presidential race and the extent to which Americans are fed up with the two options that are likely be on the ballot in November....

301 cadets to pass out from naval academy

Edit The Hindu 25 May 2016
A press release by the INA here on Tuesday said that Chief of the Army Staff General Dalbir Singh would review the passing-out parade. The cadets being passed out include three from friendly foreign countries ... Chief of the Army Staff General Dalbir Singh will review passing-out parade on May 28....

Jose In: Mourinho agrees 'personal terms' with Manchester United, says report

Edit DNA India 25 May 2016
Mourinho is not known for throwing caution to the wind but fans will hope that under his leadership United will at least not again be ranked top in the Premier League for the number of backwards passes made as they were under Van Gaal ... Retired Dutch international Ronald de Boer believes Mourinho is "similar" to Van Gaal in being a "workaholic" who "prepares perfectly on how to win"....

UT dept seeks answer for poor results from 17 govt schools

Edit The Times of India 25 May 2016
Acting tough against government schools which have fared badly in CBSE Class XII results, the UT education department on Tuesday sought a written explanation from 17 Schools which recorded a lower pass percentage in comparison to previous years. The department has further asked schools to give a list of teachers whose pass percentage has dipped by more than 5% ... A total of 17 schools recorded pass percentage lower than last year....

Is Scarborough Shoal Worth a War?

Edit Information Clearing House 25 May 2016
A cluster of rocks and reefs, 123 miles west of Subic Bay, that sits astride the passageway out of the South China Sea into the Pacific, and is well within Manila's 200-mile exclusive economic zone ... And now that China has converted Fiery Cross Reef and Mischief Reef into artificial islands with docks and air bases, Beijing seems about to do the same with Scarborough Shoal....

SAT pulls up Sebi for lack of uniformity in penalising market players

Edit The Hindu 25 May 2016
The tribunal, in its order, said it does not feel that the violation by Almondz Global was grave enough to invite such a “severe punishment.” ... In August 2014, it even went to the extent of saying that if adjudicating officers rely on orders passed by other officials, then such orders should be taken into account before passing the final order....

City open swim programs return for summer this weekend (City of Yuma, AZ)

Edit Public Technologies 25 May 2016
Monthly, season passes available as option to daily admission ... Following that, Valley Aquatic will be open 4 to 7.45 p.m ... Club members will hand out hot dogs and drinks while they last and provide single-day swim passes to the first 100 people to visit their booth. Following that, Kennedy Pool's regular summer hours run through July 31 ... Family passes are for immediate family use only ... Season passes are valid May 28 through Aug....

Anti-wildlife, pro-hunting act reaches U.S. Senate; you can help stop it

Edit The Examiner 25 May 2016
2406) passed the US House of Representatives ... Having passed the House, it now has reached the floor of the Senate, and, knowing it is extremely controversial, some of members of Congress are trying to bury it within another seemingly harmless Bill ... If this bill is passed, the damage to wildlife and conservation will be dramatic and far-reaching ... What will the SHARE Act do, should it be passed into legislation? Here's a quick list.....

Partial opening of Mount Evans Highway Friday; full opening could be Monday (Colorado Department of Transportation)

Edit Public Technologies 25 May 2016
Visitors wishing to stop at all three sites may purchase both the $10 Forest Service pass and the $5 City of Denver pass at the Mount Evans Welcome Station, or they may choose to purchase just one pass or the other, depending on their destination ... In addition, federal interagency passes are honored at all three sites ... Mountain Pass Closures/Openings....

‘Wiser to be safe than die scaling Everest’

Edit The Hindu 25 May 2016
In a chat with The Hindu , he said that Ashok Munne had developed frostbite by the time he had reached 8,500 meters ... The team’s medic confirmed that the metal component in Ashok Munne's prosthetic leg had caused the frostbite since the metal had the propensity to equalise the atmospheric temperature ... An Australian climber and a Dutch mountaineer also died this season during Everest expedition while descending....

Texas women opt for ‘do-it-yourself’ abortions

Edit The Hindu 25 May 2016
So she did what an estimated 1,00,000 women or more in Texas have done — she had a self-induced abortion, a process that lasted 12 hours ... Restrictive laws took hold in Texas in 2013, forcing so many clinic closings that fewer than 20 remain to serve 5.4 million women of reproductive age. Experts say that if the U.S....

DEQ fines Grants Pass man for solid waste violations (Oregon Department of Environmental Quality)

Edit Public Technologies 25 May 2016
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality) Grants Pass, OR-The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has fined Anthony Allen Hoover of Grants Pass $500 for illegally disposing of about two cubic yards of household garbage and ......
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