| Venezuela's Guaido urges supporters to protest on Monday Posted: 03 Mar 2019 02:00 PM PST  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Opposition leader Juan Guaido is calling for nationwide demonstrations Monday to coincide with his planned return to Venezuela, in a challenge expected to escalate his power struggle with President Nicolas Maduro.
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| Syria's Kurds set free nearly 300 IS-linked Syrians Posted: 03 Mar 2019 12:34 AM PST  Nearly 300 Syrians suspected of belonging to the Islamic State jihadist group have been freed because they have "no blood on their hands", Kurdish authorities who were holding them said. Releasing them is a gesture of "cooperation, fraternity and clemency," said the statement posted on the website of the US-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The prisoners were released in several areas of northern Syria held by Kurds, including the city of Raqa, which was the de facto Syrian capital of the IS "caliphate", the statement added.
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| Cops who fatally shot Stephon Clark, an unarmed black man, last year will not face criminal charges, Sacramento AG says Posted: 02 Mar 2019 07:42 PM PST  The district attorney announced Saturday that the two police officers who fatally shot Clark last year will not face criminal charges.
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| Nigeria's Abubakar Gets Legal Team to Challenge Election Result Posted: 02 Mar 2019 11:22 AM PST  Abubakar who alleges the ruling party skewed the outcome of the Feb. 23 ballot. Election authorities declared President Muhammadu Buhari the winner by a margin of 56 percent to 41 percent, giving him a second term leading the country that's Africa is biggest oil producer. "I have just inaugurated my legal team and charged them with the responsibility of ensuring that our stolen mandate is retrieved," Abubakar said in a statement on Saturday.
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| As many as 70 UK opposition Labour lawmakers oppose second Brexit referendum: lawmaker Posted: 03 Mar 2019 02:10 AM PST ![As many as 70 UK opposition Labour lawmakers oppose second Brexit referendum: lawmaker]( "As many as 70 UK opposition Labour lawmakers oppose second Brexit referendum: lawmaker") As many as 70 of Britain's opposition Labour lawmakers oppose holding a second Brexit referendum, Labour lawmaker Caroline Flint said on Sunday. Earlier this week Labour said it would back a second referendum in order to try to prevent either a 'no deal' or Prime Minister Theresa May's deal. "I think there are something like 60-70 Labour members of Parliament who feel as strongly as I do against a second referendum," said Flint, who represents an area of Britain which voted to leave the EU at the 2016 referendum.
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| Trump investigation: US House panel launches probe into possible obstruction by president Posted: 03 Mar 2019 08:49 AM PST  The US House Judiciary Committee will launch a probe into possible obstruction of justice and abuse of power by Donald Trump. Jerry Nadler, who chairs the committee, told ABC that the panel wanted to obtain documents from more than 60 people and entities as part of the investigation. Documents from Donald Trump Jr, the president's son and Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Organization's chief financial officer, are among those wanted by the panel.
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| Kim pays respects at embalmed body of Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh Posted: 01 Mar 2019 09:54 PM PST  HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un paid his respects Saturday to Vietnamese revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh, whose embalmed body is on permanent display, just like Kim's own father and grandfather in North Korea.
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| UC-Berkeley police make an arrest following the attack of a conservative student Posted: 02 Mar 2019 10:29 AM PST  Police have made an arrest after a conservative student was attacked at the University of California, Berkeley.
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| Tesla's Model Y Is Coming March 14, and Here's What We Know about It Posted: 03 Mar 2019 03:12 PM PST  Elon Musk tweeted some early information about the new Model 3–based crossover.
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| Islamic State says it killed 10 Nigerian soldiers: Amaq Posted: 02 Mar 2019 01:46 PM PST ![Islamic State says it killed 10 Nigerian soldiers: Amaq]( "Islamic State says it killed 10 Nigerian soldiers: Amaq") Islamic State said on Saturday it killed 10 Nigerian soldiers in an attack on Thursday in the country's northeastern Borno state, but a Nigerian Army spokesman said "no such incident was recorded." In a statement issued through its news agency Amaq, Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack on a village it referred to as Tdmari, near Maiduguri town. It said the attack happened two days ago. The Nigerian Army spokesman insisted the "situation in the north east has been calm for sometime now. The Nigerian Army is consolidating its efforts and successes are being achieved." Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA), which split from Islamist group Boko Haram in 2016, has carried out a number of attacks in northeast Nigeria in the last few months.
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| The Latest: Brother of man killed by police wants justice Posted: 03 Mar 2019 04:19 PM PST  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the decision by a prosecutor not to charge the police officers who shot an unarmed black man last year (all times local):
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| May Gets Boost as She Seeks Approval for EU Deal: Brexit Update Posted: 03 Mar 2019 03:22 AM PST  Prime Minister Theresa May received a boost this weekend as she prepares to return her Brexit deal to Parliament within the next nine days. Pro-Brexit hardliners in her Conservative Party outlined conditions for supporting her plan, the Sunday Times reported. Meanwhile, Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 Committee of rank-and-file Tory lawmakers, expressed optimism that a breakthrough on the Irish backstop issue is near.
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| Poster linking Democrat congresswoman Ilhan Omar to 9/11 leads to fight in West Virginia statehouse Posted: 02 Mar 2019 02:01 AM PST  A poster that linked the US representative Ilhan Omar to 9/11 has resulted in a brawl among legislators in West Virginia, leading to an individual being taken to hospital. The poster, which was on display at a GOP event in the West Virginia statehouse, depicts the Twin Towers on fire on 11 September with the words "'Never forget' – you said" written above the building. Under the image is a picture of Ms Omar with the words "I am the proof you have forgotten".
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| US and South Korea scrap major military exercises to ease tensions with North Posted: 02 Mar 2019 10:00 PM PST  The US and South Korea announced on Sunday an end to their annual large-scale military exercises in support of diplomatic efforts to persuade North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons programme. The decision comes days after the conclusion of US President Donald Trump's second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi, which ended without a formal agreement but with both sides suggesting they would keep talking. There are close to 30,000 US troops stationed in South Korea, and their annual drills with tens of thousands of South Korean soldiers have been a perennial target of North Korean fury – with Pyongyang condemning the manoeuvres as provocative rehearsals for invasion. While Mr Trump has ruled out withdrawing the troops, he has repeatedly complained about the cost of the exercises, describing them at a press conference in Hanoi as "very, very expensive". During a Saturday phone call between South Korean Defence Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo and his US counterpart Patrick Shanahan, "both sides decided to conclude the Key Resolve and Foal Eagle series of exercises", according to a Pentagon statement. Foal Eagle is the biggest of the regular joint exercises held by the allies. In the past, it has involved 200,000 South Korean forces and some 30,000 US soldiers. It is accompanied by Key Resolve, a computer-simulated war game conducted by military commanders which usually begins in March and runs for about 10 days. The two allies will instead carry out "adjusted outside manoeuvre trainings and united command exercises to continue firm military readiness", Seoul's defence ministry said Sunday. The decision was reached to support ongoing diplomatic efforts for North Korea's denuclearisation and ease military tensions with the North, it added. South Korea's foreign ministry said that Lee Do-hoon, Seoul's chief nuclear envoy, will leave for Washington to hold talks with his US counterpart Stephen Biegun. "Lee will fly sometime this week," ministry spokesman Noh Kyu-duk told AFP. Lee and Biegun are expected to discuss the Hanoi summit, which failed to build on the vaguely-worded commitment to denuclearise the Korean peninsula signed by Kim and Trump during their meeting in Singapore last year. Opponents of scrapping the drills have warned that it could impact the combat readiness of the combined US and South Korean forces and hand the North a strategic advantage on the divided peninsula, but most analysts said such concerns were exaggerated. "Suspending or downgrading the US-South Korean drills may hurt the readiness of the two militaries, but I don't think it's going to be a serious security threat to South Korea," Ahn Chan-il, the president of the World Institute for North Korea Studies in Seoul, told AFP. U.S. Army's Blackhawk and Chinook helicopters fly during a combined arms live-fire exercise during the annual joint military exercise Foal Eagle Credit: AP "The South's conventional forces outclass the North's, and given the current situation (with the US and the existing sanctions), it's highly unlikely that Pyongyang will do anything with its nuclear weapons in the foreseeable future," he added. Retired General Vincent Brooks, a former commander of US forces in South Korea who helped organise Trump's first meeting with Kim in Singapore, said last year that any end to joint training would not hinder the Pentagon's combat-readiness on the peninsula. "Perhaps we've been told for now to put our sword back into its sheath, but we have not been told to forget how to use it," he said. Washington has sought to end long-running tensions on the peninsula and encourage North Korea to scrap its nuclear programme. Since the Singapore summit, the US and Seoul have scaled back or scrapped several joint military drills, and US bombers are no longer flying over South Korea. "Not downgrading or suspending the drills at this point ... would mean the involved countries are not serious" about reaching a denuclearisation accord, said University of North Korean Studies professor Yang Moo-jin.
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| 800 Palestinians allowed to exit Gaza for Mecca pilgrimage Posted: 03 Mar 2019 08:07 AM PST  Some 800 Palestinians crossed Sunda from the Gaza Strip into Egypt on their initial stage of a pilgrimage to Mecca, the first time since 2014 Egyptian authorities have granted visas for such a trip. The pilgrims left at around dawn and were to be met by buses on the Egyptian side to bring them to Cairo's airport, from where they would fly to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, said a Palestinian official at the Rafah crossing in the Gaza Strip. Fifteen Gazans among the 800 were not authorised to cross, according to a Palestinian security official at Rafah, without providing the reasons.
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| Chip and Joanna Gaines donate baby Crew's bassinet to pregnant fan Posted: 02 Mar 2019 02:08 PM PST ![Chip and Joanna Gaines donate baby Crew's bassinet to pregnant fan]( "Chip and Joanna Gaines donate baby Crew's bassinet to pregnant fan") Thanks to a donation from Chip and Joanna Gaines, one lucky fan doesn't have to worry about having a "Fixer Upper" bassinet for her baby.
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| Sunday’s best deals: $8 Alexa smart plugs, $19 headphones, $15 Echo Dot rival, $79 sound bar, more Posted: 03 Mar 2019 04:57 AM PST ![Sunday's best deals: $8 Alexa smart plugs, $19 headphones, $15 Echo Dot rival, $79 sound bar, more]( "Sunday's best deals: $8 Alexa smart plugs, $19 headphones, $15 Echo Dot rival, $79 sound bar, more") So many of you have been emailing the BGR Deals team asking us to keep rounding up the top daily deals each day during the weekends. Well guess what: we are! Highlights from Sunday's roundup include Alexa and Google Assistant compatible Wi-Fi smart plugs for just $7.99 each when you buy a 4-pack, a $15 hands-free Alexa smart speaker that's just as good as the $50 Echo Dot, the best Anker fast wireless charger out there on sale for only $19.99, an excellent compact Vizio sound bar for just $79, a huge 50% discount on Amazon's best-selling Wi-Fi range extender, the lowest prices of 2019 on two popular Philips Hue smart lights, fantastic sales on two different Instant Pot models, the best-selling Bluetooth earbuds on Amazon's entire site for only $18.99, $100 off brand new iPads, an awesome sous vide cooker on sale for $75, and plenty more. Check out all of today's best bargains below.
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| View Photos of the 2019 Mercedes-AMG S65 Final Edition Posted: 03 Mar 2019 03:01 PM PST |
| India-Pakistan border quiet but Kashmir tense amid militancy crackdown Posted: 03 Mar 2019 02:01 AM PST  The exchange of fire in the past few days has killed seven people on the Pakistani side and four on the Indian side, though the release of a downed Indian fighter pilot by Pakistan on Friday night has helped de-escalate tensions. "By and large the LoC was calm last night but you never know when it will become active again," said Chaudhry Tariq Farooq, a minister in Pakistani Kashmir. "Tension still prevails." Indian warplanes carried out air strikes on Tuesday inside northeast Pakistan's Balakot on what New Delhi called militant camps.
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| Mnuchin Says Tax Refunds ‘Normalized’ After Latest Weekly Rise Posted: 02 Mar 2019 06:05 AM PST  It's the second time within days that Mnuchin sought to explain early data and anecdotal evidence proliferating social media that refunds in the first weeks of the tax filing season are lower. Responses to Mnuchin's Twitter post included comments criticizing the U.S. deficit and his former role at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. as well as others who said their refund had increased this year.
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| Klobuchar and Kennedy kid Washington elite at Gridiron Posted: 02 Mar 2019 08:56 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — If a woman can be president, can a woman also tell a dirty joke? Amy Klobuchar thinks so.
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| Rival Israel rallies after Netanyahu indictment decision Posted: 02 Mar 2019 01:01 PM PST  Opponents and supporters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to the streets Saturday evening after the country's attorney general said he intended to file graft charges against him. In central Tel Aviv, Netanyahu loyalists waved blue and white Israel flags and carried placards reading "Netanyahu, the people are with you" and "Netanyahu, my prime minister". Separated from them by a police cordon, opponents waved signs proclaiming "Crime Minister" and "Time for Netanyahu to Go", an AFP photographer said.
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| Driver in New Orleans crash that killed 2 believed to be impaired, is son of NOPD cop Posted: 03 Mar 2019 03:47 PM PST  The driver of a car that slammed into cyclists and pedestrians blocks from a Mardi Gras parade was believed to be impaired, New Orleans police say.
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| War horses: Syria's Arabian beauties plod way to recovery Posted: 03 Mar 2019 12:12 PM PST  A shadow of her former self after years of war, 11-year-old Arabian mare Karen stands quietly as a Syrian vet gently pushes a syringe into her pale grey neck. "Karen used to be the beauty queen of all horses," says the vet, Ahmad Sharida. Weak and withdrawn, Karen is unable to even whinny.
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| Wildlife officials find 700-pound gator in Georgia Posted: 02 Mar 2019 05:18 PM PST  Wildlife officials in Southwest Georgia could not believe what they found.
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| Mountain lion strangled by Colorado man was orphaned cougar cub Posted: 01 Mar 2019 06:35 PM PST  The mountain lion strangled by a Colorado man after it attacked him on a jogging trail last month was a young cub, weighing no more than 40 pounds (18 kg) and likely orphaned but not starving, state wildlife officials said on Friday. The encounter between the young predator and Travis Kauffman garnered international headlines when authorities revealed that the 31-year-old man had not only survived a rare mountain lion attack but had suffocated the cat by stepping on its throat. A necropsy - the animal equivalent of an autopsy - showed the cougar was 4 to 5 months old, based on the condition of its teeth, and the results confirmed Kauffman's account of the struggle, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said in a statement.
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| Poster tying Rep. Ilhan Omar to 9/11 attack sparks angry confrontation in W.Va. Capitol Posted: 02 Mar 2019 11:08 AM PST  The poster led to the resignation of the House sergeant at arms who reportedly said, "All Muslims are terrorists."
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| Cisco CEO Suggests Fear of Huawei 5G Dominance Is Overblown Posted: 03 Mar 2019 12:49 PM PST  "The current infrastructure around the world is built on a combination of communication suppliers from Europe, from China, from the U.S., everywhere," Robbins said in a CNN interview on Sunday. The U.S. is seeking to discourage purchases of equipment from Huawei and is pressing European governments to do the same, saying it's a gateway for Chinese spying. While major western equipment manufacturers specialize in different areas of next-generation mobile gear, Shenzhen-based Huawei competes in both wide-area radio technology and core network equipment, Robbins said.
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| India refuses to share proof of strikes in Pakistan amid doubts of militant deaths Posted: 02 Mar 2019 09:50 AM PST  The flare up appeared to be easing on Saturday after Pakistan handed back a captured Indian fighter pilot on Friday night, amid efforts by global powers to prevent another war between the arch enemies. India accuses Pakistan of harboring the Jaish-e Mohammad Islamist group that claimed the bombing. Indian warplanes carried out air strikes on Tuesday inside northeast Pakistan's Balakot on what New Delhi called militant camps.
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| Trump says he'll issue order protecting campus free speech Posted: 03 Mar 2019 03:33 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Saturday he would soon sign an executive order requiring colleges and universities to support free speech if they want federal resources.
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| Canada launches extradition of top Chinese executive to US Posted: 01 Mar 2019 11:29 PM PST  Canada on Friday launched the extradition of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou to the United States -- the latest move in a case that has roiled relations between the North American neighbors and China. The 47-year-old businesswoman was changing planes in Vancouver in December when she was detained at Washington's request on suspicion of violating US sanctions on Iran -- sparking arrests of Canadians in China that were seen as retaliatory. "Today, Department of Justice Canada officials issued an Authority to Proceed, formally commencing an extradition process in the case of Ms. Meng Wanzhou," the government said in a statement.
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| New Orleans police: 2 killed, 6 injured after car hits crowd Posted: 02 Mar 2019 11:11 PM PST  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two people have been killed and six injured after being struck by a vehicle on a busy New Orleans thoroughfare Saturday evening, authorities said.
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| Blair Sticks With Labour But Sees More Joining U.K. Rebel Group Posted: 03 Mar 2019 05:42 AM PST  Tony Blair insisted he has no plans to quit the U.K. Labour Party as he praised the newly formed Independent Group of breakaway members of Parliament. The former prime minister said he had sympathy for the eight Labour lawmakers and three Conservatives who resigned from their parties last month, some citing disagreements over Brexit.
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| Teen who got vaccinated against his mom's wishes will testify before Congress Posted: 03 Mar 2019 04:59 PM PST ![Teen who got vaccinated against his mom's wishes will testify before Congress]( "Teen who got vaccinated against his mom's wishes will testify before Congress") Ethan Lindenberger, who decided to get vaccinated at age 18, will speak in front of Congress about the importance of vaccinations Tuesday.
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| Iran warns US allies of 'humiliated citizens' uprising Posted: 03 Mar 2019 01:45 AM PST  US allies in the Middle East risk an uprising by their "humiliated citizens" if they continue to rely on Washington, a top Iranian security official warned Sunday in comments carried by state media. "(US President) Trump and even his underlings ridicule and humiliate Saudi Arabia and the (United Arab) Emirates day and night, saying that you're nothing without us and cannot last a day without America's support," said Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council. Back in October, Trump said that Saudi Arabia's 83-year-old King Salman "might not be there for two weeks" without US military support.
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| Is rumored 2020 hopeful Joe Biden already caving to the resistance? Posted: 02 Mar 2019 05:41 PM PST  The former vice president and potential 2020 White House contender backtracks after calling Vice Present Pence a 'decent guy.'
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| The new phones are coming: The real-world impact of foldable screens and 5G Posted: 03 Mar 2019 10:43 AM PST  Foldables represent the next generation of mobile computing devices. By 2023, your current smartphone may look and feel like a technological dinosaur.
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| House panel demands Kushner clearance details from White House Posted: 02 Mar 2019 02:13 AM PST  After weeks of White House stonewalling, House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings, in a letter to the White House, said "I am now writing a final time to request your voluntary cooperation." Cummings panel has subpoena power. Cummings highlighted in his letter a New York Times story that said Trump ordered his former chief of staff John Kelly to provide Kushner with clearance over objections from Kelly and Donald McGahn, then White House counsel. The Times said Kelly and McGahn both wrote memos about the incident and that McGahn outlined concerns raised about Kushner by career security officials, including CIA officers.
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| Michael Cohen: How Trump's former lawyer will survive prison life, according to his jail guide Posted: 02 Mar 2019 05:57 AM PST  Michael Cohen will be stripped of most of his liberties when he enters the US prison system in May after pleading guilty to financial crimes, campaign violations and lying to congress. Cohen will likely serve his three-year sentence at the FCI Otisville after US district judge William Pauley said he would recommend the prison for him to the Bureau of Prisons – which determines where a prisoner will be held – in court last year. Considered one of "America's 10 cushiest prisons" by Forbes Magazine, FCI Otisville is a medium-security correctional institution boasting basketball and tennis courts, a baseball field and an alternate, minimum-security satellite camp.
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| Analysis: India, Pakistan de-escalate but triggers remain Posted: 03 Mar 2019 10:19 AM PST  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Nuclear-armed neighbors India and Pakistan have pulled back from the brink of an all-out military confrontation over the contested Kashmir region.
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| Estonia Reform Set to Return to Power With Populists Sidelined Posted: 03 Mar 2019 02:56 PM PST  The business-friendly Reform Party had 28.8 percent of Sunday's votes, according to results from the Estonian Electoral Commission with all precincts counted. Ratas's Center party was in second with 23 percent, and the anti-immigrant EKRE party had 17.8 percent. "EKRE isn't an option, as we've ruled them out from the beginning," Reform Party Chairwoman Kaja Kallas told the state ERR broadcaster.
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| Lavrov condemns 'flagrant interference' by US in Venezuela Posted: 02 Mar 2019 01:45 PM PST  Russian Foreign Secretary Sergei Lavrov on Saturday condemned what he called America's "flagrant interference" and "destructive influence" in Venezuela, in a telephone conversation with his US counterpart Mike Pompeo. "The provocation and external destructive influence, under the hypocritical pretext of humanitarian aid has nothing to do with the democratic process," said Lavrov, in comments cited by his foreign ministry. The strong criticism came a day after the United States and Russia clashed over how to assist crisis-wracked Venezuela, with Moscow pledging new relief channelled through President Nicolas Maduro and Washington slapping on sanctions over the blocking of US aid.
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| 10 years after stocks hit bottom, what we learned and what we didn't during bull market Posted: 03 Mar 2019 07:35 AM PST ![10 years after stocks hit bottom, what we learned and what we didn't during bull market]( "10 years after stocks hit bottom, what we learned and what we didn't during bull market") People who left the stock market around March 2009 and never re-entered paid a huge price in terms of missed opportunities. The rebound has been huge.
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| Iran condemns Britain for listing ally Hezbollah as 'terrorist' group Posted: 02 Mar 2019 02:41 AM PST ![Iran condemns Britain for listing ally Hezbollah as 'terrorist' group]( "Iran condemns Britain for listing ally Hezbollah as 'terrorist' group") Iran criticized Britain for its decision to list Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, saying on Saturday it ignored both the will of a large portion of the Lebanese people and the Tehran-backed group's role in fighting Islamic State. Britain said on Monday it planned to ban all wings of Hezbollah, which is deemed a terrorist organization by Washington, due to its destabilizing influence in the Middle East, having previously proscribed its external security unit and its military wing. "This British measure signifies deliberately ignoring a large part of the Lebanese people and the legitimacy and the legal position of Hezbollah in Lebanon's administrative and political structure," Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA.
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| Readers write: Making America _____, and beef or no beef Posted: 02 Mar 2019 03:00 AM PST ![Readers write: Making America _____, and beef or no beef]( "Readers write: Making America _____, and beef or no beef") In response to editor Scott Armstrong's challenge in the Jan. 21 Weekly Print Edition to complete the sentence "Making America ...": Don't fill in the blank. It is just "Making America." America is always being made. May we continue to "make America." It stands for something in the world and does not need to be qualified.
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| Amazon has a $120 Logitech Harmony universal remote for just $35 Posted: 03 Mar 2019 06:59 AM PST ![Amazon has a $120 Logitech Harmony universal remote for just $35]( "Amazon has a $120 Logitech Harmony universal remote for just $35") The Logitech Harmony 665 10-Device Universal Remote is one of the most popular Logitech Harmony models around. It has all the great features you want without overcomplicated bells and whistles like touchscreens, so it makes sense that it's so popular. It also costs about $120 new though, so it's out of reach for many people... unless of course you follow the BGR Deals team, because we just found refurbs on Amazon for $35 each!Here are the key details from the product page: * For easy control over your home theater components. * Including Apple TV and Roku, so you'll have the control you need - today and tomorrow. * Let you program often-used functions or favorite channels. * Low battery indicator lets you know when the battery needs to be changed.
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