| Searching for Trump condemnation in Pope Francis’ words Posted: 09 Mar 2017 02:41 PM PST  Pope Francis warned against the rising tide of populism in an interview with German paper Die Zeit this week, reigniting an ongoing search for subliminal criticism of President Trump in the pope's words.
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| Hyundai Sonata Receives Host of Updates Posted: 08 Mar 2017 10:23 PM PST  This includes refreshed styling and an eight-speed automatic gearbox.
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| Judge denies ‘stand your ground’ law defense in movie theater shooting case Posted: 10 Mar 2017 10:13 AM PST  A former Tampa, Fla. police captain charged with second-degree murder will now stand trial. Curtis Reeves was charged with the 2014 fatal shooting of Chad Oulson in a movie theater after an argument ensued over texting. Reeves claims he shot Oulson in self-defense. A judge has denied Reeves' motion to apply Florida's controversial "stand your ground" law to the case because she said Reeves was not in imminent danger or death or great bodily harm and was not justified in using lethal force.
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| With flair but scant success, Turkey aims to repair image Posted: 10 Mar 2017 04:44 PM PST  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — On a mission to rehabilitate its image, Turkey is instead inching closer to being an outcast among Western nations that seem to understand their NATO ally less and less each day.
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| Pharaoh Statues Found In Muddy Cairo Pit Posted: 10 Mar 2017 04:37 AM PST  The statues, discovered by Egyptian and German archeologists, were found near the entrance of the temple of King Ramses II in Heliopolis, an ancient city in the eastern part of modern-day Cairo.
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| U.S. FCC probes why AT&T customers could not call 911 Posted: 09 Mar 2017 01:22 PM PST ![U.S. FCC probes why AT&T customers could not call 911]( "U.S. FCC probes why AT&T customers could not call 911") By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Thursday it will investigate why AT&T wireless subscribers in several states could not make emergency 911 calls late Wednesday. The FCC has previously fined carriers that had 911 outages that it deemed preventable and required steps to prevent further outages. "Every call to 911 must go through," FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said in a statement.
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| ICE frees Argentine woman facing deportation after protests Posted: 10 Mar 2017 11:17 AM PST ![ICE frees Argentine woman facing deportation after protests]( "ICE frees Argentine woman facing deportation after protests") JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An Argentine citizen who grew up in Mississippi and was detained after speaking out about President Donald Trump's policies was released from custody on Friday by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
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| Dalmatians Help 8-Year-Old With Autism Read After He Previously Suffered Severe Meltdowns Posted: 10 Mar 2017 11:17 AM PST  His mom has called it a miracle.
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| White House sharpens axe for Clean Power Plan Posted: 09 Mar 2017 09:29 AM PST  Seven weeks into the Trump presidency, the coal industry and electric utilities are getting restless for their promised relief from the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan, which regulates carbon dioxide emissions. But they might not have to wait much longer, according to the authoritative energy news site E&E News, which is reporting that the administration is preparing to set the repeal in motion with an executive order as early as next week.
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| Republican plan to replace Obamacare: what's new in it? Posted: 10 Mar 2017 12:44 PM PST  Congress is currently debating long-awaited legislation endorsed by US President Donald Trump that replaces his predecessor's health care reforms with what supporters hail as a more free-market, patient-centered system. Trump insisted Friday it was time to "act now to save Americans from the imploding Obamacare disaster," while architects of the new plan call it a crucial pivot away from government intervention and toward Republican policies. Here are key points about the current health care system, which is credited with helping 20 million Americans acquire coverage but has been blamed for rising premiums and other costs -- and the proposed changes in the Republican substitute.
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| Honda May Debut Clarity Electric and Plug-In Hybrid at New York Posted: 08 Mar 2017 09:27 PM PST  The two new models will round out the trio along with the Clarity Fuel Cell.
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| 31 workers convicted over killing at Indian car plant Posted: 10 Mar 2017 05:18 AM PST  An Indian court convicted 31 workers Friday over an outburst of deadly violence at a car plant in 2012, including 13 for murder, during one of the country's worst episodes of labour unrest. The court cleared 117 accused who were also facing charges of murder, arson and rioting after hundreds of workers clashed with managers over wages and appointments at the Maruti Suzuki factory in Manesar. The hearing in Gurgaon, on the outskirts of New Delhi, found 13 workers guilty of murdering Awanish Kumar Dev, whose charred body was found in the remains of a building following the riots in July 2012.
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| Yes, Your Washing Machine Is Using Enough Water Posted: 09 Mar 2017 03:06 PM PST  Today's more efficient washing machines use so much less water than older machines that some consumers wonder whether their washer will get their clothes clean. This is especially true for people...
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| China Dismisses Philippines' Concerns Over Chinese Ships Incident Posted: 10 Mar 2017 04:35 AM PST  The Philippines Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Chinese ships were found in recent months near the Philippines and a warship was spotted 70 miles off its western coast in the South China Sea.
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| Swiss propose making foreigners sell homes when they leave Posted: 10 Mar 2017 07:09 AM PST ![Swiss propose making foreigners sell homes when they leave]( "Swiss propose making foreigners sell homes when they leave") The Swiss government proposed on Friday making non-EU foreigners sell their homes when they leave the country, prompting resistance from the real estate sector. More than three decades after Switzerland liberalized property purchases for foreigners, and amid concern that foreign demand helps drive up prices, the cabinet said it was time to update the law to close loopholes and improve enforcement. It suggested requiring citizens from countries outside the European Union plus Liechtenstein, Iceland and Norway to get permission to buy main residences in Switzerland.
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| Iditarod dogs reach checkpoint without their dozing musher Posted: 09 Mar 2017 07:42 PM PST  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Add sleep to the already long list of hazards in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
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| Holi — The Festival of Colors Posted: 09 Mar 2017 05:57 AM PST ![Holi — The Festival of Colors]( "Holi — The Festival of Colors") The Hindu festival of Holi heralds the beginning of spring. Also known as the Festival of Colors, the joyous celebration signifies the end of winter and the victory of good over evil.
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| SitRep: New Deployments in Old Wars; General Takes Responsibility for SEAL Raid; New Yemen Bombing Runs Posted: 10 Mar 2017 05:13 AM PST  Marine Sexual Harassment Scandal Grows; North Korea Prepares for More Tests; Jeff Sessions Loves Gitmo; Turks and Kurds Trade Fire; And Lots More
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| Nancy Pelosi says healthcare benefits will largely be lost in red states under Republican plan Posted: 09 Mar 2017 08:57 AM PST  In a news conference on Thursday, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said under the new Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, many people who voted for Donald Trump will largely lose benefits in red states and the benefits will go to blue states.
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| White House looks to regain health care offensive, trashes CBO Posted: 08 Mar 2017 07:46 PM PST  President Trump and Republicans in Congress tried to regain the initiative Wednesday in the battle over health care, seeking to recover from the withering criticism of their rollout of a replacement for Obamacare. To that end, they went after the Congressional Budget Office, which is still days away from releasing its analysis of the Republican bill. "If you're looking at the CBO for accuracy, you're looking in the wrong place," White House press secretary Sean Spicer said during Wednesday's briefing with reporters.
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| Europol: police must get 'tech-savvy' to catch criminals Posted: 09 Mar 2017 10:21 AM PST  Europe's police officers need to become "as tech-savvy" as the criminals they are trying to catch, its policing agency urged Thursday, saying it had identified some 5,000 gangs operating across the continent. "Technology is a key component of most, if not all criminal activities carried out by organised crime groups in the EU," Europol director Rob Wainwright said at the launch of a new report, aimed at helping to shape European crime-fighting policy for the next four years. "The point we're making today is that the investigators of all forms of serious and organised crime now need to be as tech savvy as the specialists they used to rely on from the back room in the past," he added.
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| Harvard Law to begin accepting GRE scores, not just the LSAT Posted: 09 Mar 2017 03:02 PM PST ![Harvard Law to begin accepting GRE scores, not just the LSAT]( "Harvard Law to begin accepting GRE scores, not just the LSAT") BOSTON (AP) — Harvard Law School soon will allow students to apply for admission using their scores from the GRE standardized test, a break from tradition that's meant to draw a wider range of candidates to the school.
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| Photos of the day - March 9, 2017 Posted: 09 Mar 2017 12:14 PM PST ![Photos of the day - March 9, 2017]( "Photos of the day - March 9, 2017") Buddhist monks push Thai soldiers at a gate of Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani province, Thailand; dogs and owners arrive for the first day of Crufts dog show at NEC Arena in Birmingham, England; an Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard near the site of a gun fight at Padgampora, Indian Kashmir. These are some of the photos of the day. (AP/EPA/Getty/Reuters)
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| Google Replacing Captcha Checks With New Feature Posted: 10 Mar 2017 08:00 AM PST  Google has finally found a way to identify bots without the use of the oftentimes annoying Captcha checks.
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| Man jumps from car, saves elderly woman from oncoming train Posted: 09 Mar 2017 10:37 AM PST ![Man jumps from car, saves elderly woman from oncoming train]( "Man jumps from car, saves elderly woman from oncoming train") SADDLE BROOK, N.J. (AP) — An elderly woman trying to cross the tracks in front of an oncoming train was saved by a driver who sprinted from his car and pulled her out of the way, authorities said.
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| Gambia to launch probe into ex-president Jammeh's personal finances Posted: 10 Mar 2017 10:24 AM PST ![Gambia to launch probe into ex-president Jammeh's personal finances]( "Gambia to launch probe into ex-president Jammeh's personal finances") By Edward McAllister DAKAR (Reuters) - Gambia's government will launch an investigation into the finances of former long-standing president Yahya Jammeh including the personal use of a charity bank account revealed by Reuters last month, the justice minister said on Friday. The government of President Adama Barrow, who beat Jammeh in a December election before Jammeh fled into exile, has accused the authoritarian former ruler of siphoning off tens of millions of dollars in public money into various bank accounts not in his name but from which he withdrew cash, including at the central bank. Reuters found that in 2012 and 2013 over $8 million from a bank account in the name of the Jammeh Foundation for Peace, a charity founded by Jammeh, flowed to Jammeh himself, not to foundation projects.
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| Bereaved Palestinians, Israelis march against occupation Posted: 10 Mar 2017 09:48 AM PST  Beit Jala (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Hundreds of bereaved Palestinian and Israeli women marched through the West Bank on Friday against the Israeli occupation, in an International Women's Day event.
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| Why The Dutch Fear Election Meddling From … America Posted: 10 Mar 2017 08:46 AM PST  The Dutch are worried about wealthy American donors backing the far-right "Dutch Donald Trump."
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| Trump And Obama Advisers Spoke After Wiretapping Claims Posted: 08 Mar 2017 10:03 PM PST  Donald Trump and Barack Obama have not spoken to each other since the inauguration ceremony on Jan. 21, two sources told CNN Tuesday.
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| 2 Brothers Killed After Mom Allegedly Set Fire to Their Beds With Rest of Family Inside Posted: 10 Mar 2017 02:21 PM PST  She has been charged with murder and arson.
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| Florida City Is 'Happiest Community' in US for 2nd Year Posted: 09 Mar 2017 07:09 AM PST  The title of the nation's happiest community once again goes to the city of Naples, Florida, and its surrounding area, according to a new poll. Residents of the Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island metro area, which is on the southwestern coast of Florida, reported the highest scores on a Gallup-Healthways' survey of well-being, conducted in 2015 and 2016. The survey included people in 189 metro areas, and the scores were averaged over a two-year period.
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| 'Ancient Earth' series brings rare and wonderful dinosaurs back to life Posted: 09 Mar 2017 03:00 AM PST  Sure, we all know about the T. rex and stegosaurus. But what about those beaked herbivores that looked like dachshunds and waddled across Pangea? Or the 15-foot-long beast that ate them? Ancient Earth, a new documentary series on CuriosityStream, takes viewers back hundreds of millions of years, to a time before comets and toxic volcanic activity wiped out the dinosaurs — an event known as the fifth extinction. SEE ALSO: A dinosaur-era reptile popped out babies, not eggs The series, which premiered Monday, revives the dinosaurs that thrived throughout the Permian, Triassic and Cretaceous periods. It arrives as scientists are gathering more evidence that Earth may be living through its sixth extinction. This time, however, the threat isn't space rocks — it's humans. Unless we tackle climate change and slow our population growth, around half the species on the planet today could disappear by the middle of the century, by some estimates.
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| How Michelle Obama surprised students at a DC high school Posted: 09 Mar 2017 12:22 PM PST ![How Michelle Obama surprised students at a DC high school]( "How Michelle Obama surprised students at a DC high school") Former first lady Michelle Obama surprised students at Ballou STAY High School in Washington, D.C., last week, leaving what seemed to be a deep impression on a group of students going to the alternative high school. Principal Cara Fuller personally selected the 14 students who met Ms. Obama. Recommended: Michelle Obama: How well do you know the first lady?
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| Helicopter crashes on outskirts of Istanbul; 7 killed Posted: 10 Mar 2017 10:53 AM PST  ISTANBUL (AP) — A helicopter crashed on a highway on Istanbul's outskirts Friday after apparently hitting a television tower in dense fog, reports said. All seven people on board were killed, the city's mayor said.
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| Americans drank more bottled water than soda in 2016 Posted: 09 Mar 2017 03:51 PM PST ![Americans drank more bottled water than soda in 2016]( "Americans drank more bottled water than soda in 2016") (Reuters) - It's official: Americans are now drinking more bottled water than soda. After decades-long streak of strong growth, bottled water surpassed carbonated soft drinks to become the largest beverage category by volume in the United States in 2016, according to research and consulting firm Beverage Marketing Corp. The shift comes amid widespread concerns about the health effects of sugary beverages.
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| Biggest Ukraine investor alarmed over coal blockade Posted: 09 Mar 2017 07:58 AM PST  The biggest foreign investor in Ukraine expressed alarm Thursday over a weeks-long blockade of railway lines for transporting coal between the separatist east and the rest of the ex-Soviet state. Global steel giant ArcelorMittal expressed concern over the stoppage and said its operations near the war zone had been affected by the "challenging situation". ArcelorMittal bills itself as the world's largest integrated steel and mining company.
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| Dutch left-wing election rally draws thousands Posted: 09 Mar 2017 02:46 PM PST  Dutch left-wing political hopeful Jesse Klaver on Thursday staged one of the largest campaign rallies seen in The Netherlands in recent times, as political parties scramble for last-minute votes ahead of next week's crunch elections. "We have a unique opportunity as left-wing parties to win this election and to be the biggest," Klaver said to thunderous applause. Dutch political observers say the youthful Klaver, who is of Moroccan descent, is the antithesis of far-right politician Geert Wilders, who has run his campaign on an anti-immigrant, anti-Islam ticket.
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| Iran Test-Fires Ballistic Missile: Report Posted: 10 Mar 2017 12:31 AM PST ![Iran Test-Fires Ballistic Missile: Report]( "Iran Test-Fires Ballistic Missile: Report") The Hormuz-2 ballistic missile destroyed a floating target from a distance of over 150 miles in the test carried out by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) forces.
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| Catholic diocese in India removes vicar accused of rape Posted: 09 Mar 2017 02:23 AM PST ![Catholic diocese in India removes vicar accused of rape]( "Catholic diocese in India removes vicar accused of rape") NEW DELHI (AP) — A Roman Catholic diocese in southern India is considering using security cameras and other measures to curb sexual abuse by priests after a vicar was arrested on charges of raping a teenage girl, a spokesman said Thursday.
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| The Upshot of a Learning Disability or Attention Deficit Disorder Posted: 10 Mar 2017 03:00 AM PST ![The Upshot of a Learning Disability or Attention Deficit Disorder]( "The Upshot of a Learning Disability or Attention Deficit Disorder") When a child is diagnosed with a learning disability or attention deficit disorder, might they only have difficulty in school? About 10 percent of school-aged children have attention deficit disorder, and 10 to 15 percent have dyslexia, the most common of the learning disabilities. ADD and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder affect the child's ability to regulate when they are attending to something.
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| Another day, another positive electric-car adoption rate forecast Posted: 10 Mar 2017 04:00 AM PST  While the fossil-fuel industry is notably skeptical of the long-term prospects of electric cars, a growing number of studies and forecasts predict the adoption rate will grow rapidly in the coming decades. Electric cars still face numerous challenges, but analyses from a variety of sources seem to think those challenges will be overcome relatively soon. The latest to make a positive forecast is Sanford C. Bernstein, which recently declared that it is bullish on electric cars in a note to investors, according to StreetInsider.com.
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| Couple Shaken Up After Cruise Ship Nearly Hit Their Home: 'I've Never Seen Anything That Close' Posted: 09 Mar 2017 02:28 PM PST  Yasmine and Bill Todhunter said the massive vessel was moments from crashing into their property.
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| This Curvy Muslim Woman Called Out Instagram for Her Disappearing Selfie Posted: 10 Mar 2017 01:41 PM PST  This curvy Muslim woman had her photo disappear from Instagram after people reported it as "inappropriate," although Instagram claimed the woman's photo met the photo-sharing platform's guidelines. Check out the video above for the rest of the details on the missing selfie.
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| Philippine 'death squad' member not afraid of Duterte, says more will speak out Posted: 09 Mar 2017 04:49 AM PST ![Philippine 'death squad' member not afraid of Duterte, says more will speak out]( "Philippine 'death squad' member not afraid of Duterte, says more will speak out") By Manuel Mogato MANILA (Reuters) - A former policeman who confessed to being part of a "death squad" under Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said he did not fear him, and believed four other members of his alleged hit team would come forward to testify. In an interview at a safe house, Arturo Lascanas, 56, told Reuters that he felt safer and at ease after publicly admitting his role in what he said were more than 200 extrajudicial killings in Davao when Duterte was a mayor obsessed with wiping out crime. "I'm happy because I know there would still be others who will come forward after me to reveal the killings in Davao," said the second member of the so-called "Davao death squad" to testify at Senate inquiries.
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| Border Patrol 'tunnel rats' plug underground passages Posted: 09 Mar 2017 10:57 AM PST  SAN DIEGO (AP) — They are known in the U.S. Border Patrol as "tunnel rats" — agents who go in clandestine passages that have proliferated on the U.S.-Mexico border over the past 20 years to smuggle drugs.
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| Putin, Erdogan hail mended ties Posted: 10 Mar 2017 01:25 PM PST  Russia's President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday announced the "normalisation" of ties between their nations, damaged by Ankara downing one of Moscow's warplanes in 2015. "We can state with confidence that our countries have returned to the path of a true multi-tiered cooperation between partners," Putin told a press conference after the two strongmen met at the Kremlin. Relations between Moscow and Ankara hit rock bottom after Turkey's shooting down of a Russian warplane over the Syrian border in November 2015, which Putin then labelled a "stab in the back".
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| Chinese Aircraft J-20 Stealth Fighter Enters Service Posted: 09 Mar 2017 11:49 PM PST ![Chinese Aircraft J-20 Stealth Fighter Enters Service]( "Chinese Aircraft J-20 Stealth Fighter Enters Service") After publicly showing off its new aircraft, J-20 stealth fighter plane, in November last year, China has put the aircraft into service, reports said Thursday.
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| Colombian church officials: Pope Francis to visit in Sept. Posted: 10 Mar 2017 07:52 AM PST  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Pope Francis will visit Colombia in September as part of a trip to celebrate the South American nation's steps toward ending five decades of armed conflict.
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| South Korean court throws president out of office, two die in protest Posted: 10 Mar 2017 09:26 AM PST ![South Korean court throws president out of office, two die in protest]( "South Korean court throws president out of office, two die in protest") South Korea's Constitutional Court removed President Park Geun-hye from office on Friday over a graft scandal involving the country's conglomerates at a time of rising tensions with North Korea and China. Park becomes South Korea's first democratically elected leader to be forced from office, capping months of paralysis and turmoil over the corruption scandal that also landed the head of the Samsung conglomerate in detention and on trial.
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