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Putin's reappearance is a sham — he's been out of sight for 8 days now
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Russia's ambassador to Poland says it's "not possible" for Russia to repeat the incursion it made into Ukraine in the Baltic states or in Poland.Associated Press56 mins ago
Pope not expecting many anniversaries at the Vatican
Pope Francis marked the second anniversary of his election on Friday by giving an interview in which he says he expects his time at the Vatican to only last for another two or three years. The first pope from Latin America has hinted in the past that he could retire, emulating his predecessor…AFP
Obama ‘embarrassed’ for GOP senators who signed Iran letter
President Barack Obama said he’s “embarrassed” for the 47 Republican senators who signed a letter to Iranian leaders earlier this week. “I’m embarrassed for them. For them to address a letter to the ayatollah who they claim is our mortal enemy, and their basic argument to them is ‘don’t deal with…POLITICO
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Can Putin's Absence Indicate A Palace Coup In Moscow?
The Russian state media often serves as a barometer for the direction the Kremlin intends to take the country. If one watches Russian federal channels for a while, it’s not that difficult to see how the people have been warmed to the idea that the West is a threat and already active against Russia…Forbes
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EU leaders are unlikely to decide at a summit next week to extend economic sanctions against Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, which expire in July, a European official said Friday. The European Union imposed tough sanctions targeting sectors including Russia's banks and its oil industry after the…AFP
Blowback Continues from Tom Cotton’s Iran Letter
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POLITICO Caucus: Iran-letter backlash spreads to early states
One-third of Republican insiders believe that Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton and his GOP colleagues — including several potential presidential candidates — crossed the line when they published an open letter to Iranian leaders warning about a possible nuclear deal. This week’s survey of The POLITICO…POLITICO
Russian state TV shows Putin for first time in days
Russian state television aired what it said was footage of President Vladimir Putin working at his residence outside Moscow on Friday, a first appearance since he dropped out of sight days ago, triggering rumors he was ill or sidelined by internal conflict. In the footage, Putin was shown in his…Reuters
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The pope’s efforts to defuse the American culture wars have included leadership changes in the U.S. church.US News & World Report- 1:48
Official: US Warned Iraq Over Troops' Conduct
ABC News uncovered images, videos allegedly showing war crimes by U.S.-backed forces.ABC News Videos 
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'Love him or hate him' Netanyahu seeks third straight term
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KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine said Friday it has placed a formal request with the United Nations for a peacekeeping mission to be deployed in its eastern regions, where a cease-fire between government troops and Russian-backed separatist forces is in place.Associated Press
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Tea Party Is ‘Bald-Faced Racists,’ White Privilege Conference Speaker Tells Sea Of White People
Members of the tea party movement are “screw-loosers” who range from “sort of a generic racism” to “bald-faced racists,” and they tend to become further more racist the further the longer they associate with tea party ideas. Such was the message of a speaker on the first day of this year’s White…The Daily Caller- Answers TodaySponsored
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Pamela Anderson's Son Brandon Is All Grown Up
Pamela Anderson brought her son, Brandon Thomas Lee, as her date to the premiere of "The Gunman" in Los Angeles Thursday. Anderson donned a plunging gold wrap dress and rocked a bob hairstyle for the event at Regal Cinemas L.A. Live. Brandon, her 18-year-old son with ex-husband Tommy Lee, wore an…Huffington Post
N. Korea fires seven surface-to-air missiles into sea
North Korea fired seven surface-to-air missiles into the sea off its east coast on Thursday in an operation supervised by leader Kim Jong-Un at a time of heightened military tensions, South Korea's Defence Ministry said Friday. The exercise came at a time of elevated tensions with North Korea's…AFPBulgaria, United States to start military drills amid Ukraine crisis
NATO allies Bulgaria and the United States will stage a series of joint military drills over the next three and a half months, the Bulgarian defense ministry said on Friday, amid increased tensions with Russia over the Ukraine crisis. Some 350 U.S. Army officers will arrive in the Balkan country to…Reuters
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The end of white Christian America is nigh: Why the country’s youth are abandoning religious conservatism
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Where is Vladimir Putin?
March 12 -- Bill Rhodes discusses the current status of Russian President, Vladimir Putin.Bloomberg Video 
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After long split, 2 Koreas face increasing linguistic divide
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Ukraine’s Rotten Front
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A map of all the underwater cables that connect the internet
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Putin and Kim Jong-un Declare Themselves Besties
Russia and North Korea announced the arrangement through their respective government-owned media outlets. Russia’s ambassador to North Korea, Alexander Matsegora, said that Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un are in frequent contact.The Fiscal Times
DOJ Invokes Separation-of-Powers As It Seeks to Unblock Obama's Executive Amnesty
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The shattered wreck of a Japanese World War II battleship was shown lying on a Philippine seabed in startling detail Friday, as the first images emerged from the historic discovery by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. American billionaire and explorer Allen announced the find of the Musashi -- one…AFP
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Unites States and its coalition partners staged 11 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq since Thursday, the Combined Joint Task Force leading the operations said in a statement. Five strikes targeted and destroyed 10 of the militant group's…ReutersPutin Disappears Like a Dictator
Russian President Vladimir Putin has disappeared. The Kremlin denies that he is ill, and the Russian blogosphere is abuzz with speculation. It's still impossible for an outsider to tell where Putin is, or what he's up to. It offers evidence enough that Russia has become an outright dictatorship.Bloomberg
An Open Letter to 47 Republican Senators of the United States of America From Iran’s Hard-Liners
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More giant craters spotted in Russia's far north
Russian scientists have now discovered seven giant craters in remote Siberia, a geologist told AFP on Thursday, adding that the mysterious phenomenon was believed to be linked to climate change. A YouTube video of the hole went viral and a group of scientists was despatched to investigate. "We have…AFP- HealthiNationSponsored
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Netanyahu lags centre-left in last polls before Israel vote
Final opinion polls on Friday put Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rightwing Likud party four seats behind its centre-left rival with four days to go before a general election. Several polls released Friday -- the last day opinion surveys can be released before Tuesday's vote -- showed…AFP59 mins ago
Iraq's first Christian brigade formed to battle IS
Iraq's first Christian-only brigade of regular forces graduated Thursday to help retake the community's towns and villages from the Islamic State group. The new brigade will answer to the government of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, whose peshmerga fighters are playing a leading role in the war…AFPEU Stops Hungary’s Nuclear Pact With Russia in Setback for Orban
The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, supports the European Atomic Energy Community’s refusal to approve Hungary’s plans to import nuclear fuel exclusively from Russia, according to two people familiar with the plans who asked not to be named because the decision has yet to be announced.…Bloomberg
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The White House is slamming Britain for appeasing China's rising power
The front page of the Financial Times this morning carries an amazing splash with a rare diplomatic row between the highest levels of the British and American governments — the UK government stands accused of "constant accommodation" of China as a rising power. The British government was…Business InsiderWhat an Iran nuclear deal could look like
US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart are due to meet in Switzerland on Sunday, seeking to agree the outlines of a nuclear deal by a March 31 deadline. To reach a verifiable comprehensive agreement that limits Iran's ability to harness enough fissile material to build a…AFP
Israel's Herzog: Labour's diplomatic answer to bombastic Bibi
If voters are looking for the polar opposite of Israel's current prime minister in Tuesday's election, main contender Isaac Herzog certainly fits the bill. Modest, diplomatic and with a strong political pedigree, centre-left Zionist Union chief Herzog could hardly be more different from the…AFP- 1:36
Don Lemon Interviews KKK Member About Racist Fraternity Video
CNN's Don Lemon had James Moore, known as Imperial Kludd of the Loyal White Knights of the Klu Klux Klan, on "CNN Tonight" where they talked about the the video of a racist chant done by members of the SAE fraternity at the University of Oklahoma. The conversation quickly became sidetracked with…TV In No Time 
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Kim Jong Un And His Huge Female Fan Club
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Where is President Vladimir Putin? The Kremlin was forced Thursday to insist the Russian leader was in good health as rumours swirled online over his week-long absence from the public eye. Putin was last seen in public on March 5 when he met with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and, ever since…AFP
Germany lashes US Republicans over Iran letter
Germany's foreign minister hit out at US Republican senators Thursday for sending a letter to Iran over the nuclear talks, fearing it could undermine Tehran's confidence in the negotiations at a critical juncture. Frank-Walter Steinmeier is just the latest senior figure either abroad or in…AFP
Clinton given devilish look on latest TIME cover
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Watch Out Russia – US Sending Drones, Humvees To Ukraine
The Associated Press reported a phone call between U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, in which Biden informed Poroshenko of the decision to send more aid, writes Lolita C. Baldor. Prior to this latest agreement, Washington and other NATO allies had sent over…ValueWalk
Nemtsov killing exposes cracks in Kremlin unity
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Republicans stand by Iran letter, despite furor
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator John McCain said on Thursday that Republicans stood behind a letter to Iran's leaders threatening to undo any nuclear deal despite an outpouring of criticism from the White House, U.S. allies and Democrats. "I certainly think I should have…ReutersU.S. Gives Up on Texas Judge in Bid to Revive Immigration Plan
White House lawyers asked the U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans on Thursday to lift the Texas judge’s Feb. 16 order blocking an initiative designed to give about 5 million undocumented immigrants the right to stay in the country and obtain work permits and other benefits. Calling Hanen’s order…Bloomberg
Muslim college co-founded by anti-Israel firebrand receives accreditation
A California school co-founded by a firebrand who once called for an "intifada" in the U.S. has become the nation's first accredited Muslim college. Zaytuna College, which operates out of two rented buildings in Berkeley, Calif., and had an enrollment of 30 in 2013, was officially accredited…Fox News- eLendingSaver.comSponsored
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In coalition of many, US air power does the heavy lifting
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Britain said on Friday it believed its decision to become a founding member of the China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) was in its own national interest, shrugging off U.S. anxiety about the move. "There will be times when we take a different approach (to the United States)," a…ReutersThese are the last press photos of Putin before his longest absence in years
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Carjack victim describes harrowing ride with Boston bombers
BOSTON (AP) — A carjacking victim on Thursday described his harrowing ride at gunpoint with the Boston Marathon bombers three days after the attack and the moment he made the terrifying decision to bolt from the car.Associated Press
Nato muscle-flexing sends Putin firm message
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Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker Jason Worilds became the third player to retire from the NFL in recent days, despite what was likely to be a big contract in free agency. He is just 27. He joins quarterback Jake Locker and linebacker Patrick Willis in early retirement. Locker and Willis…Yahoo Sports
15 immigrants protected from deportation arrested in sweep
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agents in a sweep targeting the most dangerous criminal immigrants arrested 15 people who have been allowed to remain in the U.S. under President Barack Obama's executive action intended to protect children who came to the U.S. years ago with their parents, The Associated…Associated Press
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