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Powerful Tropical Cyclone Kills 18 In Fiji
Time - 22 Feb 2016 05:43
A large-scale clean up operation is underway after Cyclone Winston destroyed hundreds of homes and cut communication lines
Common software would have let FBI unlock shooter's iPhone
Chicago Tribune - 22 Feb 2016 08:47New Zealand City Marks 5 Years Since Quake That Killed 185
Time - 22 Feb 2016 04:35
"There is still some way to go until Christchurch is truly reborn"
Ugandan Opposition Leader Urges Protests Over His Detention After Election Loss
Time - 22 Feb 2016 04:45
Kizza Besigye's party has rejected the official results of last week's election, alleging massive vote rigging
El Chapo's Wife Says She Fears for Her Husband's Life
Time - 22 Feb 2016 16:33
"They want to make him pay for his escape"
Cuba Sending 9,000 Soldiers to Fight Zika Virus
ABC News - 22 Feb 2016 16:20
Cuban President Raul Castro says he is assigning 9,000 military personnel to efforts to keep the Zika virus out of Cuba, calling on the entire country to help kill the mosquito that carries the disease
World To Miss Internet Access Targets 'By A Mile' At Current Pace
Time - 22 Feb 2016 06:16
Thirty years of work need to be squeezed into five
Apollo 10 found 'music' on the far side of the moon
CNN - 22 Feb 2016 05:52
"Did you hear that whistling sound too?"
Exclusive: San Bernardino victims to oppose Apple on iPhone encryption
Reuters - 22 Feb 2016 02:10
(Reuters) - Some victims of the San Bernardino attack will file a legal brief in support of the U.S. government's attempt to force Apple Inc to unlock the encrypted iPhone belonging to one of the shooters, a lawyer repre...
Brazilian Legislators Look to Increase Abortion Penalties in the Wake of Zika Outbreak
Time - 22 Feb 2016 16:38
While critics including in the UN have called on Brazil to liberalize abortion laws because of Zika, some members of the government want to toughen them
Afghan official: Taliban suicide bomber kills at least 13
Miami Herald - 22 Feb 2016 16:22
A suicide bomber targeting a police commander killed at least 13 people on Monday, including nine civilians, in Afghanistan's northern Parwan province, an official said. …
Macedonia urged to take in stranded Afghan refugees
Al Jazeera English - 22 Feb 2016 16:11
Serbian and Macedonian moves to block passage of Afghans have resulted in a build-up of refugees in Greece.
Indian army ends deadly standoff in Kashmir
Al Jazeera English - 22 Feb 2016 16:09
Fighting in town of Pampore leaves nine dead, including three fighters, with authorities blaming Pakistan-based group.
Apple's Tim Cook Defiant Against FBI Order in New Email
Time - 22 Feb 2016 14:49
"This case is about much more than a single phone"
Massachusetts plans rattlesnake colony on uninhabited island
Fox News - 22 Feb 2016 07:15
A plan by the state to establish a colony of venomous timber rattlesnakes on an off-limits island in Massachusetts' largest body of water has some rattled by visions of dangerous serpents slithering through the surroundi...
Did Clinton Campaign Really Wear Red Shirts to Trick Caucus-Goers?
Time - 22 Feb 2016 06:41
There's little evidence to back up the claim
London Mayor backs UK to leave EU
CNN - 22 Feb 2016 03:54
The charismatic, Conservative mayor of London Boris Johnson has announced he's backing calls for Britain to leave the European Union.
2 years prison for 'sexually explicit' writer
CNN - 22 Feb 2016 03:03
An Egyptian author has been sentenced to two years in prison for writing "sexually explicit" scenes that were published in a magazine. Novelist Ahmed Naji was found guilty Saturday of violating public modesty for the wri...
Apple Moves to Shift Battle Over Unlocking iPhone to Capitol Hill
The New York Times - 22 Feb 2016 13:32
The company has proposed that federal prosecutors withdraw demands that it unlock an iPhone belonging to a gunman involved in the San Bernardino, Calif., shooting.
Pentagon to Present Plan for Closing Guantanamo
ABC News - 22 Feb 2016 23:15
Moving Detainees To U.S. Would Require Congressional Action
Comment from the February 29, 2016, Issue
The New Yorker - 22 Feb 2016 18:20
In "Looking Back," Jeffrey Toobin remembers Justice Antonin Scalia's life, his "originalism," and his influence on the Supreme Court.
Is Donald Trump's Immigration Stance Christian? Presbyterian Church Disagrees With Republican Candidate
IBTimes - 22 Feb 2016 17:33
Donald Trump's Christian faith has continued to be questioned after a related spat with Pope Francis last week. The Republican presidential candidate's own Presbyterian Church leadership has said his stances on immigrati...