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Australian police seize 1 ton of cocaine, arrest 15 men
Miami Herald - 29 Dec 2016 03:47
Australian officials seized more than a ton of cocaine worth about 360 million Australian dollars ($260 million) in what police on Thursday dubbed one of the largest drug busts in …
85-Year-Old Marathoner Is So Fast That Even Scientists Marvel
The New York Times - 29 Dec 2016 03:11
Ed Whitlock remains at the forefront among older athletes who have led scientists to reassess the possibilities of aging and performance.
Trump lawsuits to watch in 2017
CNN - 29 Dec 2016 14:48
Donald Trump is not afraid of litigation.
Obama administration plans to punish Russia for election meddling
CBSNews - 29 Dec 2016 05:33
A senior administration official tells CBS news they will likely name individuals associated with Moscow's efforts to hack Democratic organizations
Kosovo decides to pull down wall raised by ethnic Serbs
Miami Herald - 29 Dec 2016 15:11
Kosovo's Parliament has voted to demolish a concrete wall erected by the Serb ethnic minority in the northern city of Mitrovica. Serbs earlier this month started to raise the wall …
New US Navy ship named after congresswoman who was shot in head
CNN - 29 Dec 2016 04:50
The USS Gabrielle Giffords is set to sail.
Federal agents took bribes to let drugs, illegal immigrants into US
New York Post - 29 Dec 2016 02:03
Federal agents took bribes of up to $215,000 and even egg rolls to smuggle marijuana and cocaine, provide critical information to drug cartels so they could bypass border security, falsify documents for illegal immigrant...
Obama Designates Two New National Monuments, Protecting 1.35 Million Acres
The New York Times - 29 Dec 2016 02:58
The monuments are Mr. Obama's latest effort to protect public lands and waters from development and to nail down his environmental legacy before leaving office.
Obama: Pals never call me Mr. President
CNN - 29 Dec 2016 14:11
As his second term as President of the United States nears its end, Barack Obama reflected on the role friendship has played in his life in a wide-ranging exit interview with his friend and former senior adviser David Ax...
Japan's defense minister visits Yasukuni Shrine
Miami Herald - 29 Dec 2016 06:02
Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada visited a Tokyo shrine that honors convicted war criminals among the nation's war dead on Thursday, drawing a rapid rebuke from neighboring South Korea. Inada's …
Bomb Attack Wounds At Least 23 People at A Boxing Match In The Philippines
Time - 29 Dec 2016 03:55
Nobody has claimed responsibility for the attack.
China says 4 people shot dead after attack in Xinjiang
Miami Herald - 29 Dec 2016 03:46
Authorities say police shot dead four people who detonated explosives at a Communist Party office in the far west region of Xinjiang in an attack that killed one person and …
Iraq PM: ISIS could be defeated in 3 months
CNN - 29 Dec 2016 01:47
Iraqi security forces are advancing in Mosul and could defeat ISIS in the country "within three months," said Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.
At least 3 killed in clash of Armenian, Azerbaijani troops
Miami Herald - 29 Dec 2016 15:42
Officials say that at least three soldiers have been killed in a border skirmish between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops. Armenian Defense Ministry spokesman Artsrun Ovanissian three Armenian servicemen died in …
WATCH: A Look Back at Those We Lost in 2016
ABC News - 29 Dec 2016 14:59
2016 has felt like one long goodbye to some of our greatest entertainers.
Hollande pardons abusive husband's killer
CNN - 29 Dec 2016 14:52
Jacqueline Sauvage was released from a Paris prison last night after serving the last three years behind bars for killing her husband.
Russia arrests 7 suspects accused of plotting terror attacks
Miami Herald - 29 Dec 2016 14:51
Russia's security agencies have arrested seven people suspected of preparing New Year's terror attacks in Moscow on orders from the Islamic State group in Syria. Russia's main domestic security and …
Vladimir Putin: Agreement reached on Syria ceasefire
Al Jazeera English - 29 Dec 2016 14:51
Russian president says countrywide ceasefire to begin at midnight Thursday, with Moscow and Ankara to act as guarantors.
Iraq resumes Mosul operation after a two-week lull
Al Jazeera English - 29 Dec 2016 14:34
Iraqi forces launch the "second phase" of the battle to retake eastern Mosul from ISIL.
Beijing fires some police involved in alleged brutality case
Miami Herald - 29 Dec 2016 14:32
Four of the five police officers involved in the high-profile death of a man in their custody have been fired, Beijing police said Thursday, following a public outcry against city …
Trump Holds Q&A, Discussing Jobs, Russia, Israel
ABC News - 29 Dec 2016 14:24
Donald Trump applauded the addition of 8,000 jobs to the U.S. and hailed his transition discussions with President Barack Obama in a series of comments that amounted to the most detailed interaction he's had with journal...
German prosecutors probed Berlin attack suspect for fraud
Miami Herald - 29 Dec 2016 14:11
Prosecutors in western Germany say they opened a fraud investigation earlier this year against Anis Amri, the main suspect in last week's Berlin truck attack, suspecting that he simultaneously claimed …