THE WORLD'S TODAY HOT NEWS FROM YAHOO ON MARCH 9TH, 2015:
The United States on Monday delivered more than 100 pieces of military equipment to vulnerable NATO-allied Baltic states in a move designed to provide them with the ability to deter potential Russian threats. The deliveries are intended to "demonstrate resolve to President (Vladimir) Putin and…
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U.S. President Barack Obama issued an executive order on Monday declaring Venezuela a national security threat, sanctioning seven individuals and expressing concern about the Venezuelan government's treatment of political opponents.
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Mohammed Emwazi has apologized to his family for the shame he has heaped on them after being unmasked as the ISIS butcher from Britain known as Jihadi John. The Sunday Times of London reports that Emwazi, 26, a British computer-science graduate, had conveyed his message of regret from Syria via a…
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin bestowed a state award Monday on the leader of Chechnya, the North Caucasus strongman who hailed the suspected killer of an opposition politician as a "true patriot."
It's going to be at least a few weeks, and probably a few months, before we know what the Supreme Court is going to do with Obamacare. But Wednesday's oral arguments in King v. Burwell have already made something very clear: Justice Antonin Scalia isn't too worried about intellectual…
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Two Russian bombers, flying with their transponders turned off to avoid detection, swooped so close to the Irish coast that Dublin's control tower delayed the takeoff of one passenger plane and ordered another to alter its route to steer clear of the bombers. In December, a Russian military…
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Emails could compromise Clinton's candidacy and have heaped further distrust on the IRS. It's an odd time for a breakout candidate from the IRS.
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The Kuwaiti lawyer representing the father of alleged Islamic State group executioner "Jihadi John" said Sunday after filing lawsuits for his client that he has now withdrawn from the case. Jassem Emwazi, the father of Mohammed Emwazi who is thought to be the knife-wielding IS executioner, hired…
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel wades into the fraught area of wartime forgiveness during a visit to Japan, saying that 'facing history squarely' is necessary to mend ties. Duration: 01:02
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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…
Reuters
Once a sleepy, sun-soaked backwater, this air base on the southern island of Okinawa has become the forefront of a dangerous test of wills between two of Asia’s largest powers, Japan and China. At least once every day, Japanese F-15 fighter jets roar down the runway, scrambling to intercept foreign…
New York Times
The Germans are a polarizing people, and so are their products. Sort of like when journalists review a BMW — people either love ‘em or hate ‘em. This is because Germany’s engineering prowess is a double-edged sword. On one hand, it enables Volkswagen, BMW, Porsche, etc., to lead the pack when it…
Republican senators warned Iran on Monday that any nuclear deal made with U.S. President Barack Obama could last only as long as he remains in office, in an unusual intervention into U.S. foreign policy-making. The letter, signed by 47 U.S. senators, says Congress plays a role in ratifying…
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TOKYO (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday on a visit to Japan, where bitter disputes mark the country's attempts to define its wartime actions, that Germany was able to return to a respected place in the international society because of its efforts to squarely face its World War II…
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CAIRO (AP) — Under its new monarch, Saudi Arabia appears to be moving to improve relations with Turkey and Qatar and soften its stance against the Muslim Brotherhood with the aim of weakening Iran. The shift could lead to pressure on its ally Egypt to reconcile with them as well.
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Vowing never to give up on the desperate search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, family members of those aboard the plane wore symbolic T-shirts and released white balloons Sunday as they marked the anniversary of the jet's disappearance. Gatherings were held in Kuala Lumpur, where the flight…
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A man wanted in connection with the killing of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov took his own life on Saturday.According to Russia's Interfax news agency, Beslan Shavanov, 30, was holed up in an apartment building in Grozny. When police arrived on the scene, he threw a grenade at officers and then blew…
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Republican US senators warned Iran Monday that an international deal curbing its nuclear program may collapse because President Barack Obama has no right to negotiate a binding accord without congressional approval. In an open letter to the Islamic republic, 47 Republicans, including Senate leaders…
AFP
If Russian President Vladimir Putin has been trying to make his European neighbors nervous, he may have succeeded beyond his expectation.
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Last month, the US Air Force has deployed 12 A-10 Thunderbolt attack planes from the 355th Fighter Wing, Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, to Spangdahlem airbase, in Germany, as part of a so-called TSP (theater security package). For about 6 months, the A-10s will operate in Germany and in eastern Europe…
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Reports of new attacks in territory held by the self-declared Islamic State suggest that the jihadist group may be struggling to maintain its infrastructure and that its supply of volunteer fighters could be starting to thin.
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The Islamic State jihadist group executed 20 people who wanted to fight against them in the northern Iraqi province of Kirkuk, officials said on Monday. The killings of the men, who wanted to join anti-IS paramilitary forces known as Popular Mobilisation units, took place in the town of Hawijah, a…
AFP
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), the organizer of a controversial letter warning Iran that the U.S. government will not necessarily abide by any agreement Iran strikes with the Obama administration, previously told a conservative audience that the goal of congressional action should be to…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded a state honor to a man suspected by Britain of using radioactive polonium to poison Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko in London nearly a decade ago. The medal "for services to the fatherland," second degree, was given to Andrei Lugovoy for his contribution…
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March 9 -- NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly talks with Betty Liu about his upcoming mission to spend one year on the international space station with a Russian cosmonaut and what they hope to accomplish the mission. He speaks on “Bloomberg Surveillance.”
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel will not cede any territory due to the current climate in the Middle East, appearing to rule out the establishment of a Palestinian state.
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Geneva (AFP) - Russia has acquired high-tech camouflage netting from Switzerland for a record 85 million euros, having placed the order before Bern imposed sanctions against Moscow over the Ukraine conflict, reports said Sunday.
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Rattled by a newly aggressive Russia but still loath to confront the reality of violent conflict, Europe needs to draw clear lessons from the war in Ukraine in order to respond to a new and dangerous era, according to Donald Tusk, the former prime minister of Poland who took over recently as…
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John Calipari and the Wildcats have the talent, depth and schedule to potentially run the table and finish 40-0, but there are a lot of games between now and the NCAA title game on April 6. Keep track of their progress and see who they've beaten along the way by clicking on the gallery above.
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Some destinations are shown with color code: red represents countries whose migrants mostly go to the United States, blue to France, and pink to the United Kingdom. The United States is, unsurprisingly, the most frequent destination for Mexican migrants, but the reverse is also true — Mexico is the…
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On paper, it's easy to imagine the troubles of New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez setting up a partisan power struggle. On Friday afternoon, after CNN broke the news that the Department of Justice was preparing a case against Menendez, conservatives openly asked if this had anything to do with the…
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President Obama has sanctioned key figures in Venezuela, in the latest sign the country is becoming more isolated from the West.
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By Abdoulaye Massalaki and Madjiasra Nako NIAMEY/N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - About ten Chadian soldiers died in fighting to free two towns in northern Nigeria previously held by Boko Haram, the first gains against the militants made in a joint offensive launched with Niger at the weekend, military…
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By Mark Hosenball and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States offered $5 million on Monday for help in finding an American who disappeared in Iran eight years ago and appealed to Tehran to cooperate in the search for the former FBI agent, Robert Levinson. "We ask the Government of the…
Reuters
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts was lambasted as a turncoat, traitor and betrayer by conservatives when he cast the deciding fifth vote in 2012 upholding the constitutional soundness of the Affordable Care Act. This allowed states and the federal government to put in an array of…
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Vladimir Putin has admitted for the first time that the plan to annex Crimea was ordered weeks before the referendum on self-determination. Crimea was formally absorbed into Russia on 18 March, to international condemnation, after unidentified gunmen took over the peninsula. Mr Putin said on TV he…
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Yana Manuilova cuts an imposing figure in combat fatigues as a gun-toting rebel in eastern Ukraine. "Even in my military fatigues I don't forget that I am a woman.
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The Supreme Court got most of the attention on Obamacare this week, as it heard oral arguments in King v. Burwell. They were happening across the country, in statehouses. As legislative sessions come to a close, three states are starting to weigh the possibility of signing on to Obamacare's…
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A group of 47 Republican senators has written an open letter to Iran's leaders warning them that any nuclear deal they sign with President Barack Obama's administration won’t last after Obama leaves office. Organized by freshman Senator Tom Cotton and signed by the chamber's entire party leadership…
Bloomberg
The Swedish foreign minister accused Saudi Arabia of blocking her speech at an Arab League meeting Monday due to her stance on human rights in the region, Swedish media reported. "The explanation we have been given is that Sweden has highlighted the situation for democracy and human rights and that…
AFP
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Anna Erelle is living in terror, having crossed ISIS, also known as Islamic State. On her smartphone, Erelle has a CCTV picture of three British girls — Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and Amira Abase, 15 — as they passed through Gatwick airport a fortnight ago in flowing scarves and skinny…
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An estimated 375 people turned out for the Germany-based PEGIDA movement's first demonstration in Britain on Saturday, but were outnumbered by a 2,000-strong crowd of counter-protesters, police said. Duration: 00:38
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Hundreds of New Yorkers have marched across the Brooklyn Bridge to mark the 50th anniversary of the landmark event of the civil rights movement in Selma, Alabama. Organizers of the "Selma is Everywhere" marched arm-in-arm Saturday at the front of the procession across the famed span. Many in the…
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday condemned the release of a Kashmiri separatist leader from prison, as political uproar over the move hampered his efforts to push economic reforms through parliament. Kashmir's new state government this weekend ordered the release of Masarat Alam, who…
AFP
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political party, Likud, gave a statement on Sunday that said he repudiated his much-discussed 2009 speech that had supported ending the Israel-Palestine conflict with a "two-state solution." Many have read this as Netanyahu dropping his support for an…
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Red double-decker buses still cruise up and down the Strand, the guards stand up straight in front of Buckingham Palace, and the queen rides her horse-drawn carriage to the opening session of Parliament every year. For one, the discontent with “establishment” politics that has convulsed so many…
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Few thought it was possible for a jumbo jet seemingly to vanish mid-flight until Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, never made it to Beijing. “That idea is not outlandish, but the probabilities of that are extremely low,” Nance said.
At least nine members of Islamic State were killed during infighting in northwestern Syria after some of them tried to flee over the Turkish border, a group monitoring the conflict said on Monday. The fighters clashed on Saturday near the town of al-Bab, 30 km (20 miles) south of the Turkish…
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two Utah peace officers have been suspended without pay over a risque video shoot featuring bikini-clad women firing high-powered weapons.
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President Obama forcefully reiterated Sunday morning that the U.S. will walk away from any deal with Iran over its nuclear program unless the deal contains a strict inspections capability and dramatically restricts Iran’s ability to develop a nuclear weapon. The ongoing negotiations – controversial…
The Fiscal Times
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Saudi Arabia on Monday beheaded a Filipino convicted of murdering his boss, bringing to 40 the number of executions this year. In just over two months, Saudi Arabia has beheaded almost half the number of foreigners and Saudis executed during all of 2014, according to AFP tallies. Joven Esteva was…
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A total solar eclipse--the biggest in Europe since 1999--will darken skies over the parts of the continent at 9:45 a.m. UT (5:45 a.m. Eastern Time) on Friday, March 20.The eclipse is expected to block a whopping 98 percent of the sun's light in northern Scotland, The Telegraph reported. As for…
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Iraqi forces faced tough resistance from jihadist fighters around Tikrit, but the top US military officer said ahead of a Baghdad visit that victory was only a matter of time. Duration: 00:41
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged Japan to confront its wartime past, as she begins a two-day visit. Japan has been criticised by its neighbours for what is seen as its inadequate acknowledgement and education of wartime atrocities. PM Shinzo Abe is due to give a statement later this year…
