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The $1.7 billion CASA-1000 project was inaugurated by the officials from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan today. Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah participated in the inauguration ceremony of the project in Tajikistan on Afghanistan’s behalf. The inauguration ceremony was also attended by the Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, Kyrgyzstan’s Prime Minister, and President of Read the full article...

OKLAHOMA CITY - It's become a common scene at the Oklahoma Capitol: While construction workers, employees and visiting schoolchildren wait patiently to walk through the metal detectors guarding the entrances, a man with a briefcase arrives and breezes straight through the checkpoint without stopping, setting off the alarms. The security officers on duty flinch but look away.

While construction workers, employees and visiting schoolchildren wait patiently to walk through the metal detectors guarding the entrances, a man with a briefcase arrives and breezes straight through the checkpoint without stopping, setting off the alarms. [...] security officials are grumbling about a trend among some conservative legislators who are now declining to submit to the weapons screening that has been required at government buildings for years. Oklahoma is one of 45 states that now allow some form of open carry of firearms... Читать дальше...

Brogan BamBrogan, a former SpaceX engineer who co-founded Hyperloop One, called the test a major milestone....

TOKYO (AP) — Scandal-plagued Mitsubishi Motors Corp. may have a suitor, Nissan Motor Co., headed by auto-industry turnaround guru Carlos Ghosn.

TOKYO (AP) — Scandal-plagued Mitsubishi Motors Corp. may have a suitor, Nissan Motor Co., headed by auto-industry turnaround guru Carlos Ghosn.

TOKYO (AP) — Scandal-plagued Mitsubishi Motors Corp. may have a suitor, Nissan Motor Co., headed by auto-industry turnaround guru Carlos Ghosn. The Tokyo-based automaker, which makes the makes the Outlander sport-utility vehicle and the i-MiEV electric car, acknowledged last month that it had systematically falsified mileage data on its eK wagon and eK Space light passenger cars, which were produced for Nissan as the Nissan Dayz and Dayz Roox. [...] Nissan, which makes the March subcompact, Infinti luxury models and Leaf electric car... Читать дальше...

There's a long list of failing cities

US presidential hopeful Donald Trump said that the ban he proposed to introduce on Muslims traveling to the United States was "just a suggestion."

Vooral in Rotterdam is het zaterdag nagelbijten bij de finale van het Songfestival. Gehoopt wordt dat bij winst van de Nederlandse inzending Douwe Bob het immens populaire zangevenement volgend jaar plaatsvindt in Rotterdam.

The Trail Blazers didn’t “quit” Wednesday night, but they’re most certainly “done” after the Warriors’ 125-121 Game 5 victory at Oracle Arena. Just as Green planned, his bulletin-board material was enough to spark one, last-ditch effort from the overachieving Blazers, but more important, it also forced his teammates to avoid complacency. Klay Thompson scored a game-high 33 points, Stephen Curry played through right knee soreness to put up 29 points and 11 assists, and the Warriors got 38 points off the bench. Читать дальше...

Aberdeen reveal plans to build a new stadium and training facility at Kingsford to the west of the city.

The Angels sent Matt Shoemaker down to triple A 10 days ago after he struggled for the second consecutive start. What he needed to fix to have success in the majors was not complicated, they insisted, but he needed to do it before he pitched here again.

George Zimmerman announced he is auctioning off the firearm...

Today on the campaign trail and more of the biggest news stories and exclusive features from Washington on politics, policy, financial regulation and defense.

Ahead of the GOP duo's Thursday meeting, a look at their contentious past.

With Europe wracked by a variety of challenges - Russian aggression in Ukraine, terrorism, waves of immigrants from the Middle East, sluggish economies, and populist movements questioning the very democratic foundations of their societies.- it is wise to recall the spirit of Lennart Meri, the Estonian president in whose memory a major international conference is being held this weekend in Tallinn. Since its inception a decade ago, the conference has been attended by prominent European and US scholars... Читать дальше...

BUNNIK (ANP) - BAM heeft over de eerste maanden van dit jaar winst geboekt, waar een jaar eerder rode cijfers werden geschreven. De bouwer stelde donderdag in een handelsbericht onder meer dat de sectoren vastgoed en publiek-private samenwerking (pps) sterk presteerden.

The Ann Arbor News (http://bit.ly/24NduQe ) reports Basil and Hamza Baccouche, who go to Ann Arbor's Pioneer High School, have each gotten a 36 composite score on the exam. Ed Colby, ACT senior public relations director, says 77 Michigan seniors who took the ACT last year got a perfect 36 composite score.

Check out Michael Fassbender in the action-packed first look at his upcoming film Assassin’s Creed! Here’s the synopsis: Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories, Callum Lynch (Fassbender) experiences the adventures of his ancestor, Aguilar, in 15th Century Spain. Callum discovers he is descended from a mysterious secret society, the Assassins, and amasses [...]

The east Londoners are desperate to recruit a forward this summer and have drawn up a lengthy shortlist of potential acquisitions, including Michy Batshuayi and Jamie Vardy

Our comprehension seems to be better when we read from the printed page.

Air ambulance paramedics treated a man in his car before firefighters cut him free from the wreckage after a crash.

INDEPENDENCE — Lily Beck had not faced a bigger opportunity than the one she had Wednesday as she stepped into the shot put ring for the last toss of the competition.