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Top Union ministers review Haryana situation

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

Top Union ministers -- Rajnath Singh, Manohar Parrikar, Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj -- Friday night reviewed the prevailing law and order situation in Haryana in the wake of sudden spurt of violence following Jat agitation on quota.

Pendleton unseated at Fakenham

BBC Sport 

Double Olympic cycling champion Victoria Pendleton is unseated from her horse Pacha Du Polder at Fakenham.



Lynn Arlet Cowdrey Sr.

«Gazette Times» (gazettetimes.com) 

Lynn Arlet Cowdrey Sr., 79, of Brownsville died Wednesday, Feb. 17. AAsum-Dufour Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Saudi Arabia halts $4B in Lebanese deals over Iran dispute

Stars and Stripes 

Saudi Arabia announced on Friday it is halting deals worth $4 billion aimed at equipping and supporting Lebanese security forces in retaliation for the tiny country's siding with Iran amid the Sunni kingdom's spat with the Shiite power.

Saudi Arabia halts $4B in Lebanese deals over Iran dispute

«Gazette Times» (gazettetimes.com) 

BEIRUT (AP) — Saudi Arabia announced on Friday it is halting deals worth $4 billion aimed at equipping and supporting Lebanese security forces in retaliation for the tiny country's siding with…

Saudi Arabia halts $4B in Lebanese deals over Iran dispute

«La Crosse Tribune» (lacrossetribune.com) 

BEIRUT (AP) — Saudi Arabia announced on Friday it is halting deals worth $4 billion aimed at equipping and supporting Lebanese security forces in retaliation for the tiny country's siding with…

Harper Lee, author of 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' dies

Times LIVE 

Harper Lee, who wrote one of America's most enduring literary classics, "To Kill a Mockingbird," about a child's view of right and wrong and waited 55 years to publish a second book with the same characters from a very different point of view, has died at the age of 89.

Harper Lee, 'To Kill a Mockingbird' author, has died at 89

«The Bismarck Tribune» (bismarcktribune.com) 

NEW YORK (AP) — Harper Lee, the elusive novelist whose child's-eye view of racial injustice in a small Southern town, "To Kill a Mockingbird," became standard reading for millions of young peo…

Putin Predicted Today's Global Conflicts a Decade Ago, but His Warning Went Unheeded

The Huffington Post 

MOSCOW -- Politicians and scholars from all over the world recently gathered at the Munich Security Conference to discuss global security issues. Most of the attendees agreed that we have to work together to untie the tangled knot of current threats to peace and stability, with the bulk of responsibility falling on the shoulders of the leading global players -- the United States, the European Union, Russia and China. However, we still seem incapable of presenting a collective response even to the most fundamental threats. Читать дальше...

Zika Emergency Funding Sparks Debate Over Abortion For Women In Latin America

International Business Times 

Tension hung in the air as Dr. Ariel Pablos-Mendez, the assistant administrator for global health at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), quickly lowered his mouth to the microphone before him so he could answer Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J. “We don’t do abortions,” Pablos-Mendez said. “We are so careful with this. We monitor this very carefully everywhere we do work.”

An Iraqi Sunni State Is Prerequisite To Defeating ISIS

The Huffington Post 

One of the main prerequisites to defeating ISIS in Iraq and stabilizing the country is the establishment of an independent Sunni Iraqi state alongside the current Shiite government and the autonomous Kurdish entity. As long as the Sunni Iraqis do not know what the future has in store for them, they will be unwilling to make the necessary sacrifices to battle ISIS only to benefit the Shiite government in Baghdad, which they despise even more than ISIS. Concurrently with the fight against ISIS,... Читать дальше...


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