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-lrb- cnn -rrb- the onslaught on houthis rebels in yemen continued tuesday , with the saudi-led coalition asserting increasing control while locals fled the chaos and casualties piled up -- dozens of civilians among them .
five days after their first airstrikes , the coalition has destroyed air defense systems of the houthis and supporters of yemen 's longtime president ali abdullah saleh , and rendered all but a fraction of air bases and stripes unusable , a saudi source said .
`` we are not warmongers , '' he added .
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saudi minister : `` if war 's drums are beaten , we are ready for them '' u.n. official : at least 182 killed in the past week , including civilians .
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london -lrb- cnn -rrb- a 19-year-old man was charged wednesday with terror offenses after he was arrested as he returned to britain from turkey , london 's metropolitan police said .
yahya rashid , a uk national from northwest london , was detained at luton airport on tuesday after he arrived on a flight from istanbul , police said .
rashid is due to appear in westminster magistrates ' court on wednesday , police said .
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london 's metropolitan police say the man was arrested at luton airport after landing on a flight from istanbul .
he 's been charged with terror offenses allegedly committed since the start of november .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- he was known as the american mouthpiece of al qaeda , speaking against his native country on behalf of a terrorist organization that 's devoted blood and resources to attacking it .
the white house announced thursday that adam gadahn , 36 , was killed in january in a u.s. government counterterrorism operation .
neither he nor ahmed farouq -- another u.s. citizen and al qaeda operative who died in what the white house said was `` likely a separate '' operation -- was specifically targeted , according to the statement .
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in his final known video , adam gadahn called for governments of pakistan and saudi arabia to be overthrown .
he was raised in california and said he was of jewish ancestry .
he converted to islam in 1995 , left u.s. in 1998 and joined al qaeda , becoming a spokesman .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- in 1944 , 16-year-old yong soo lee of taegu , korea , was lured by a friend of hers to meet with an older japanese man .
the man took the two of them , and three other teenage girls , by train , then ship , to taiwan .
there , the girls were forced into sexual slavery , serving four to five japanese soldiers every day for a year .
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japanese prime minister shinzo abe will address congress on wednesday .
mike honda : abe must commit to educating future generation honestly , humbly .
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marseille , france -lrb- cnn -rrb- initial tests on the flight data recorder recovered from downed germanwings flight 9525 show that co-pilot andreas lubitz purposely used the controls to speed up the plane 's descent , according to the french air accident investigation agency , the bea .
the flight data recorder , or `` black box , '' was found thursday by recovery teams that have spent days since the march 24 crash scouring the mountainside in the french alps where the plane went down .
`` work is continuing to establish the precise history of the flight .
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french investigators : flight data recorder reveals andreas lubitz acted deliberately to crash plane .
he used autopilot to set altitude at 100 feet and then used the controls to speed up the descent .
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real estate in london 's swankier suburbs can catch a buyers ' eye .
mayfair , kensington and chelsea have long been the stomping ground of the elite -- and are now welcoming a new wave of african investors .
`` it 's bringing to london the best of the continent .
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wealthy africans are investing in some of london 's most upscale real estate .
some nigerians are spending as much as $ 37 million on houses .
property experts say african investment in london is set to grow .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- the victory of a 72-year-old former general , muhammadu buhari , in the nigerian elections represents a moment of maturity in west african politics .
but the peaceful transition of power from president goodluck jonathan to president buhari is the first of its kind in history .
the cancer of corruption has to be cut out .
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tim stanley : muhammadu buhar won nigeria vote on campaign against corruption .
he 's an ex-dictator , but there 's reason for optimism .
he says jonathan administration failed to address corruption , poverty and rise of boko haram .
buhar may be tonic to years of misrule .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- a brutal raid on the garissa university college in kenya has left nearly 150 people dead -- including students -- and dozens more wounded .
gunmen attacked the campus early thursday as morning prayers were underway , shooting indiscriminately and taking hostages before being killed by security forces , officials said .
the harrowing attack comes just months after al-shabaab militants murdered non-muslim workers in a kenyan quarry .
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al-shabaab is an al-qaeda-linked militant group based in somalia .
it claimed responsibility for the deadly attack at a kenyan mall in september 2013 .
the group has recruited some americans .
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the park is a supervolcano so enormous , it has puzzled geophysicists for decades , but now a research group , using seismic technology to scan its depths , have made a bombshell discovery .
yellowstone 's magma reserves are many magnitudes greater than previously thought , say scientists from the university of utah .
most of it is in a newly discovered magma reservoir , which the scientists featured in a study published on thursday in the journal science .
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scientist measured the thousands of small earthquakes in yellowstone to scan the earth underneath it .
they discovered a vast magma reservoir fueling a vast one scientists already knew about .
prehistoric eruptions of yellowstone supervolcano were some of earth 's largest explosions .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- minnesota vikings running back adrian peterson will be reinstated as an active player by the nfl on friday , the league said .
the nfl suspended the 30-year-old football star in november over allegations that last may he disciplined his son , who was 4 at the time , too harshly with a `` switch , '' or thin stick .
it is unclear whether peterson will attend .
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adrian peterson had been suspended after pleading guilty to misdemeanor reckless assault .
nfl commissioner roger goodell requires him to keep going to counseling , other treatment .
minnesota vikings , 7-9 last season , say they look forward to him rejoining the team .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- parents who refuse to vaccinate their children can lose up to $ 11,000 of welfare benefits a year under a new government policy , australian prime minister tony abbott has announced .
currently parents can choose to opt out of vaccinations for medical or religious reasons , or by stating they are `` conscientious objectors , '' and still receive taxpayer funded child care benefits .
under the new `` no jab , no pay '' policy , the exemption as a conscientious objector will be removed starting january 2016 .
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australia to cut welfare benefits for parents who refuse to vaccinate their children .
the `` no jab , no pay '' policy will come into effect in january 2016 .
the australian government estimates more than 39,000 children who have not been vaccinated .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- a saudi-led coalition tuesday ended its `` operation decisive storm '' -- its nearly monthlong airstrike campaign in yemen -- and a new initiative is underway .
`` operation renewal of hope '' will focus on the political process .
saudi arabia had launched airstrikes on houthi positions across yemen , hoping to wipe out the iranian-allied rebel group that has overthrown the government and seized power .
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former yemeni president ali abdullah saleh will leave , a source says .
ousted leader abdu rabu mansour hadi promises to return .
next phase , called `` operation renewal of hope , '' will focus on political process .
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through a series of photos taken within a day , he captures what it 's like to live inside one of the largest dumping grounds in india .
the boragaon landfill is located in the city of guwahati , about 300 miles from bangladesh near the bhutanese border .
it 's 94 acres of mostly fresh waste , surrounded by swamplands .
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photographer timothy bouldry spent time at a massive landfill in guwahati , india .
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since the news broke last weekend that hillary clinton had declared her candidacy , notable among the blitz of news stories are the many that refer to her as the mononymous `` hillary , '' as if she were a pop star in a pantsuit .
she 's not beyoncé .
so is marco .
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peggy drexler : media , even candidate herself call clinton just ` hillary .
' this reinforces stereotypes about women needing to be approachable .
she says especially in global context , trust , respect important for the potential leader of free world , not familiarity .
just ` hillary ' not appropriate .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- indiana 's controversial religious freedom law has been in hot water lately .
after a firestorm of backlash and protests , gov. mike pence said on tuesday that the state will `` fix '' the religious freedom restoration act , or rfra , so it will not discriminate against gays and lesbians .
pence is making the right call .
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gov. mike pence is making the right call to fix indiana 's religious freedom law , which can be used for discrimination .
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garissa , kenya -lrb- cnn -rrb- days after a horrific al-shabaab attack on its soil , kenya launched airstrikes targeting the terror group in somalia , according to a military source , who insisted the strikes were not retribution for last week 's massacre at garissa university college that killed nearly 150 people .
`` the latest attack of al-shabaab bases by the kenya military is part of the ongoing operations that started in 2011 .
the operation has been ongoing , '' the military source said monday .
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`` we did everything that we could do , '' kenya 's foreign minister says .
despite intelligence , rapid response team stuck in nairobi for hours after massacre , official says .
al-shabaab 's mohamed mohamud `` has a lot of grudges against the kenyans , '' expert says .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- at least 54 people have died and 15 others are missing after a russian fishing vessel sank off the kamchatka peninsula , according to russia 's state-run tass news agency .
more than 60 people were rescued thursday from the chilly waters in russia 's far east .
the dalniy vostok freezer trawler -- a commercial fishing vessel -- was carrying 132 people , the ministry said .
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fishing vessels are searching for 15 people still thought to be missing .
there were 132 people on board the ship , 78 of them russians , tass news agency says .
the rest were foreign nationals from myanmar , ukraine , lithuania and vanuatu , it says .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- the classic video game `` space invaders '' was developed in japan back in the late 1970 's -- and now their real-life counterparts are the topic of an earnest political discussion in japan 's corridors of power .
he entered japan 's upper house for a second stint in politics in 2013 .
he reportedly converted to islam in the 1990s , although he says he practices both islam and buddhism .
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japan 's top military official earnestly revealed that the country 's self defense force -lrb- sdf -rrb- had never encountered a ufo .
celebrity politician and former wrestler antonio inoki had posed a question concerning extraterrestrials to a government committee .
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but not in 2013 , when three people died and over 200 were injured when a pair of bombs went off within 12 seconds of each other at the finish line .
that begins april 21 , a day after this year 's edition of the landmark race .
the maximum penalty for several of the charges is death .
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dzhokhar tsarnaev was found guilty of all 30 counts , may face death penalty .
the sentencing phase starts april 21 ; a judge predicts it will last four weeks .
he warns jurors not to do anything that could be prejudicial to the case .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- a grand jury in dallas county , texas , has decided not to indict two officers in the fatal shooting of jason harrison , a schizophrenic man whose mother had called police for help getting him to the hospital .
the grand jury 's decision not to indict means officers john rogers and andrew hutchins wo n't face criminal prosecution in the case .
but the officers are still facing a wrongful death lawsuit from harrison 's family .
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police in dallas shot and killed jason harrison last year .
a grand jury has decided not to indict the officers .
the officers are still facing a civil lawsuit filed by harrison 's family .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- a door bearing a graffiti drawing by british artist banksy was seized by police in gaza on thursday after a dispute over its sale , a gaza police official told cnn on thursday .
the owner of the door , rabea darduna , filed a complaint with a gaza court stating that , without realizing its value , he sold the door for just $ 175 u.s. .
and the man took it .
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rabea darduna 's gaza home was destroyed last year ; he sold his door to bring in some money .
on thursday , gaza police seized the door , which had originally been sold for $ 175 u.s. some of banksy 's art has sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- irish betting company paddy power is backtracking after tweeting that `` newcastle have suffered more kop beatings over the last 20 years than an unarmed african-american male .
'' the tweet , a pun on the name of the famous home end at liverpool football club , alluded to recent controversial incidents in the united states in which unarmed african-american men have been killed by police .
this is for real .
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company known for use of publicity stunts .
tweet contained pun on name of liverpool 's kop stand .
it was used to link to liverpool-newcastle stats .
social media backlash leads to apology .
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marseille , france -lrb- cnn -rrb- the french prosecutor leading an investigation into the crash of germanwings flight 9525 insisted wednesday that he was not aware of any video footage from on board the plane .
marseille prosecutor brice robin told cnn that `` so far no videos were used in the crash investigation .
all 150 on board were killed .
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marseille prosecutor says `` so far no videos were used in the crash investigation '' despite media reports .
journalists at bild and paris match are `` very confident '' the video clip is real , an editor says .
andreas lubitz had informed his lufthansa training school of an episode of severe depression , airline says .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- the united states is failing its partners .
the 2015 national security strategy speaks to the importance of american-led partnerships , while the 2014 quadrennial defense review noted that we `` will rebalance our counterterrorism efforts toward greater emphasis on building partnership capacity .
just look at the case of kenya .
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meaghan keeler-pettigrew , stuart bradin : u.s. must rethink special forces .
united states is spreading foreign military assistance too thin , they say .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- a year ago bloomberg published a story with the following headline : mike pence , a koch favorite , mulls 2016 run for president .
the story ticked off items on pence 's conservative things-to-do list while also noting his close ties to the deep-pocketed koch brothers , as well as other right-wing lobbying groups .
last august the indiana governor was in dallas for an americans for prosperity event ; the group is backed by the conservative koch brothers , and supported gov. pence 's tax-slashing budget .
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lz : indiana law pushing back lgbt rights , and other states ' anti-lgbt moves , bow to far right wing that gop candidates need for 2016 .
cruz , huckabee , jindal , carson , walker are reviving culture wars , he says .
equality for lgbt has not yet `` won '' in america .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- mao zedong 's `` little red book , '' a selection of the chairman 's quotations , was required reading during china 's cultural revolution in the 1960s and 70s .
china has now updated the practice for the digital age -- launching a smartphone app starring its current leader , president xi jinping , and featuring his latest speeches , statements and publications .
the personality cult campaign will only grow .
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xi jinping 's sayings now available in a new smartphone app .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- by the time kim kardashian set out to `` break the internet '' in november last year , a photo by 23-year-old conor mcdonnell had already got there -- with a little help from kim 's music superstar husband kanye west .
mcdonnell is the self-taught photography star behind instagram 's most liked photo , showing the couple 's embrace at their may wedding , which has earned more than 2.4 milllion `` likes '' to date .
`` good lighting for me makes a shot .
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conor mcdonnell is the young photographer behind instagram 's most liked photo .
23-year-old has snapped the likes of calvin harris , drake , and justin bieber .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- an amnesty international report is calling for authorities to address the number of attacks on women 's rights activists in afghanistan .
the report , entitled `` their lives on the line , '' examines the persecution of activists and other champions of women 's rights not only by the taliban and tribal warlords , but also by government officials .
its publication is timely .
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an amnesty international report calls for attacks on women 's rights activists in afghanistan to be investigated .
the report examines the persecution of activists not only by the taliban and tribal warlords , but also by government officials .
some activists continue their work despite their lives being at risk .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- president abraham lincoln never lost his ardor for the united states to remain united during the civil war .
in his second inaugural address he attempted to salve the nation with an eloquent summation of his philosophy and plans for putting it into practice .
but the carnage was now about to end .
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150 years ago on april 9 , confederate general robert e. lee surrendered at appomattox court house .
douglas brinkley : the spirit of that event is something to keep in mind for today 's divided america .
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oleg kalashnikov , the former member of parliament , was shot and killed shortly after 7 p.m. wednesday at the entrance to his apartment block .
kalashnikov , 52 , was a member of the party of regions , the former ruling party in ukraine , and was close to yanukovych .
police are investigating the death as a murder .
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five recent deaths heighten suspicions on both side of ukraine 's ethnic divide .
ukraine 's president orders an investigation of the recent killings .
the opposition calls the killings `` oppression , '' but the government says moscow may be to blame .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- the arizona police officer who intentionally slammed his car into an armed suspect previously faced an excessive force lawsuit in new york , according to court documents .
officer michael rapiejko was with the new york police department from 2003 to 2006 .
two years after he left , he was one of the defendants in a suit filed by a man who alleged that rapiejko pointed a gun and threatened to shoot him and handcuffed and choked him in front of his family during a 2005 arrest .
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officer michael rapiejko was sued in new york over claims he used excessive force during an arrest .
the city settled the lawsuit while rapiejko and others admitted no guilt .
rapiejko left the nypd voluntarily in 2006 , source tells cnn .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- police added attempted murder to the list of charges against the mother of a quadriplegic man who was left in the woods for days , philadelphia police spokeswoman christine o'brien said tuesday .
nyia parler can not be extradited to face the charges in philadelphia until she completes an unspecified `` treatment , '' maryland police said monday .
when she does arrive , she will be charged with aggravated assault , simple assault , recklessly endangering another person and related offenses , in addition to the attempted murder count , o'brien said .
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philadelphia police add attempted murder to list of charges mom will face .
mom told police son was with her in maryland , but he was found friday alone in woods .
victim being treated for malnutrition , dehydration ; mother faces host of charges after extradition .
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the fourth season of `` game of thrones '' saw massive battles , major deaths -lrb- tywin !
it 's the most high-profile premiere yet , airing simultaneously in 170 countries for the first time .
'' tyrion 's path should cross with daenerys ' this season , according to the trailers .
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the smash hit series `` game of thrones '' returns for a fifth season sunday .
major story arcs should start to converge this year .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- the latest outbreak of bird flu -- the worst in the u.s. since the 1980s -- is not a likely threat to humans , reports the centers for disease control and prevention .
but as with any potential threat to human health , they are preparing for the worst just in case .
the cdc and the united states department of agriculture held a press conference wednesday to talk about preparations .
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the cdc says `` the risk to humans is low , '' but , as always , they are preparing for the worst case .
you ca n't get bird flu from eating poultry or eggs .
at least 100 people who worked with the sick birds are being monitored for any sign of sickness .
so far 3.5 million birds have been euthanized .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- indonesia has a tough stance on drug smugglers , and since assuming office in october , president joko widodo has made it clear he intends to show no mercy toward those found guilty of such crimes .
april marks a decade on death row for andrew chan and myuran sukumaran for their part in a failed heroin smuggling plot .
the 31-year-old chan has been called the ringleader and 33-year-old sukumaran has been described as his collaborator .
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two australian drug smugglers , part of the bali nine , await word whether they 'll face a firing squad .
less is known about the seven other members of the group .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- the graffiti , written in a french chalk quarry and dating back almost 100 years , is plain and stark .
`` hj leach .
merely a private .
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world war i graffiti is discovered in an underground quarry .
the writings are generally plain , with listings of names and places .
photographer : graffiti a human connection to the past .
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their technology creates tactile three-dimensional shapes literally out of thin air , using ultrasound .
the company 's tagline says it all : `` feeling without touching .
'' through an emission of sound waves , sensations are projected through the air and to the user .
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a company called ultrahaptics has developed a technology to create 3d shapes in mid-air .
a tactile sensation is provided by ultrasonic waves , which alter air pressure .
the technology could be applied to electronic devices , car dashboards , and virtual reality headsets .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- the officer charged with murder in the shooting death of an unarmed black man in south carolina has been fired as anger continues to build around his case .
a video shows officer michael slager , who is white , firing eight shots at 50-year-old walter scott as scott has his back to him and is running away .
scott , who was unarmed , was struck five times .
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witness who took the video says `` mr. scott did n't deserve this '' north charleston police officer michael slager is fired .
the city orders an additional 150 body cameras .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- andrew getty , the 47-year-old grandson of j. paul getty , died tuesday afternoon in his home in los angeles , according to a statement from his mother and father .
ktla reported that getty was found on his side near a bathroom in his home .
gordon getty , 81 , has a net worth of $ 2.1 billion , according to forbes .
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getty 's death appears to be natural causes or accident , coroner 's office says .
mother and father of andrew getty confirm death , asks for privacy .
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a 14-year-old girl was returned to mexico from texas on wednesday after dna tests showed she 's not related to a woman who claimed the teenager was her daughter .
mexican federal police seized alondra luna nuñez on friday in the colonial city of guanajuato , in central mexico , believing she was the daughter of a mexican national living in houston .
`` they stole my child .
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a girl is seized by authorities who thought she was the daughter of a woman in houston .
dna tests show she is not .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- at least four people are missing after a severe storm capsized sailboats saturday afternoon during a regatta in mobile bay , alabama , coast guard spokesman carlos vega said .
five people were initially reported missing , but one of them has since been been rescued , the coast guard said .
the club says this is the 57th year for the event .
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coast guard says about 50 people were rescued from mobile bay .
more than 100 sailboats took part in the dauphin island race , an annual event .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- if newly revised nypd training materials are approved by a federal judge , new cadets could be taking courses reminding them `` not to engage in racial profiling .
'' the proposed training materials , overseen by appointed federal monitor peter zimroth , were submitted to manhattan federal court judge analisa torres on monday for approval .
`` it is against the law .
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the training materials are a result of a 2013 ruling declaring `` stop , question and frisk '' unconstitutional .
they read that racial profiling `` is offensive .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- c-span 's live telecast of the white house correspondents ' association dinner on saturday night , hosted by cecily strong of `` saturday night live , '' was not strong 's finest hour , though the entire affair seemed like five of c-span 's longest hours .
more than 2,000 credentialed white house journalists and their mostly celebrity guests convened for the occasion .
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david bianculli : correspondents ' dinner , and cecily strong as host , were mostly weak , but obama had some funny zingers .
he says `` anger translator '' bit was funny , but crowd was tough on strong as event went on and on .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- bobbi kristina brown , the daughter of bobby brown and whitney houston , has `` global and irreversible brain damage , '' according to her grandmother .
though the 22-year-old is no longer in a medically induced coma , she remains unresponsive , cissy houston said in a statement monday after visiting her granddaughter .
she also has a tracheostomy in her throat , the source said .
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bobbi kristina brown has `` global and irreversible '' brain damage , her grandmother says .
`` we can only trust in god for a miracle at this time , '' cissy houston says .
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'' the man on the phone was offering us young children with the casualness of a market trader .
we were told he was one of the men running this `` unofficial '' displaced camp -- one of the many that has mushroomed in the town of yola as the influx of people fleeing boko haram has grown beyond the capacity of the official camps .
the global slavery index says nigeria has the highest number of people in modern slavery of any sub-saharan country .
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cnn team finds a man at `` unofficial '' displaced camp willing to provide children to be `` fostered '' he says he ca n't take money for them , but eventually demands $ 500 for two girls .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- pop star taylor swift , who has built an intense bond with her fans by sharing personal details of her life , revealed some sobering news thursday : her mother has cancer .
the singer did not divulge the nature or severity of the cancer , saying `` i 'd like to keep the details of her condition and treatment plans private .
'' andrea swift , 57 , who years ago quit her job as a mutual fund marketing executive to raise swift and swift 's younger brother , austin , has joined her famous daughter on tour and in several of her videos .
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pop star taylor swift revealed thursday that her mom has cancer .
the nature and severity of andrea swift 's cancer have not been divulged .
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obock , djibouti -lrb- cnn -rrb- amina ali qassim is sitting with her youngest grandchild on her lap , wiping away tears with her headscarf .
she lay awake , she says , in a village mosque on the yemeni island of birim , counting explosions as the baby cried .
they could have still been in their house when the first missile landed .
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amina ali qassim 's family sought shelter in a mosque before fleeing yemen .
thousands like them are boarding boats to sail to djibouti .
saudi arabia has been pounding yemen in a bid to defeat houthi rebels .
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for `` mad men , '' the `` end of an era , '' as its slogan has it , begins sunday .
stores have created fashion lines inspired by the show ; there have been `` mad men '' cocktails and `` mad men '' museum exhibits and even `` mad men '' presidential references .
`` the sopranos , '' `` mad men '' creator matthew weiner 's former employer , divided fans with its famous cut-to-black finale .
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`` mad men 's '' final seven episodes begin airing april 5 .
the show has never had high ratings but is considered one of the great tv series .
it 's unknown what will happen to characters , but we can always guess .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- it 's a warm afternoon in miami , and 35-year-old emanuel vega has come to baptist health primary care for a physical exam .
vega is one of more than 44 million americans who is taking part in a medical ritual : visiting the doctor for an annual physical exam .
vega says he definitely will .
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92 percent of americans say it is important to get an annual head-to-toe physical exam .
randomized trials going back to the 1980s just do n't support that belief .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- combining healthy eating with moral support , jean nidetch became a heavyweight in the weight-loss industry .
the founder of weight watchers died wednesday at her home in florida .
she was 91 .
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jean nidetch started weight watchers in 1963 .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- hillary clinton is now officially a candidate for president -- and the never ending clinton story rumbles on .
she started as the first lady that the right loved to hate , then the deceived wife , next a senator , then a candidate for president in one of the most dynamic primaries in history and finally , a secretary of state .
and if hillary or jeb were to win two presidential terms , then in the 44 years from 1981 to 2025 , 28 will have had a clinton or a bush in the white house .
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timothy stanley : hillary clinton running for president , but it 's not clear what she stands for .
there are grounds for a liberal primary challenge .
he says democrats who call for reform offer only hillary clinton .
she 's formidable candidate , but where are bold new ideas ?
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will get two extra weeks to form a government , israel 's president said in a news release monday .
netanyahu made the request at president reuven rivlin 's jerusalem home monday .
'' netanyahu must form his government in less than 42 days , according to israeli law .
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israeli law says the prime minister must form his government in less than 42 days .
netanyahu cites government stability and reaching `` agreement on important issues '' as reasons he needs additional time .
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on thursday , apple released a new version of its mobile operating system that includes more diversity than ever when it comes to the race , ethnicity and sexual orientation of its emojis -- those cute little images that users can insert into text messages or emails when words alone just wo n't cut it .
for many , these images are far more than tiny clip art for texting .
there is more .
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dean obeidallah : apple 's new emoji lineup is diverse in race , ethnicity and sexual orientation .
it 's just like america , but what took apple so long ?
obeidallah asks .
he says change may rankle -lrb- or win over ?
-rrb- conservatives who discriminate against people because of their sexual orientation .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- just kill it already .
that was the sentiment of many `` vampire diaries '' fans on tuesday after star nina dobrev announced she will be leaving the cw show at the end of this season .
fans called the couple `` delena .
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`` vampire diaries '' star nina dobrev announces she 's leaving the show .
`` nothing will be the same again , '' fans say .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- when isis overran their villages near mosul in august 2014 , a small group of assyrians , a middle eastern minority with a history reaching back more than 4,000 years , picked up weapons and formed their own militia : dwekh nawsha -- `` the sacrificers .
today , most iraqi christians live in kurdish areas in the north , which have been a relative haven of stability .
the fighters are a very mixed bunch .
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assyrians are an ancient middle eastern minority -- they are part of the rapidly dwindling christian population of iraq .
after isis overran their villages , some assyrians formed a militia to fight for survival against the terror group .
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exactly one week after being taken into police custody in baltimore , freddie gray died sunday under circumstances that are unclear .
an attorney for gray 's family alleges that police are involved in a cover-up .
`` he lapsed into a coma , died , was resuscitated , stayed in a coma and on monday , underwent extensive surgery at shock trauma to save his life .
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an attorney for freddie gray 's family alleges that police are involved in a cover-up .
there are ongoing administrative and criminal investigations .
baltimore 's mayor promises to get the bottom of what happened .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- it wo n't come as news to anyone in america today that the authority to make an arrest carries with it the potential to escalate to lethal force .
in south carolina earlier this month , walter scott was the subject of a bench warrant for over $ 18,000 in unpaid child support , according to court records .
but failure to pay child support is not a crime .
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walter scott was killed by a south carolina police officer in april .
danny cevallos : failure to pay child support should be a civil matter , not a crime .
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london -lrb- cnn -rrb- congolese immigrant tarsis mboma thale has a small business selling t-shirts in johannesburg , south africa .
the cause of this surge in violence is murky , with some blaming alleged inflammatory comments about foreign nationals from the zulu king , local media reported , others saying a labor dispute between locals and foreigners back in march turned nasty .
the violence has caused thousands of immigrants to seek refuge at police stations and shelters .
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wave of deadly anti-immigrant violence has caused thousands to flee their homes in south africa .
immigrants fear further attacks despite clamp down by authorities .
`` how am i going to pay the rent and feed my wife ?
'' says one man .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- the red cross on saturday called for an immediate 24-hour ceasefire in battle-torn yemen , saying many more people recently wounded in airstrikes and ground fighting will die if not tended to soon .
the call came just before the u.n. security council met late saturday morning to discuss the situation in the arabian peninsula nation , where shiite rebels are pitted against external arab air forces and fighters loyal to yemen 's displaced sunni president .
the meeting adjourned with no decision announced .
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saudi arabia airstrikes on the capital increase as jets hit military facilities in sanaa .
the u.n. security council meets to discuss the situation .
social media : a senior al qaeda commander stands in a presidential residence after a jail break .
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cnn confirms that michelle maclaren is leaving the upcoming `` wonder woman '' movie -lrb- the hollywood reporter first broke the story -rrb- .
maclaren was announced as director of the movie in november .
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michelle maclaren is no longer set to direct the first `` wonder woman '' theatrical movie .
maclaren left the project over `` creative differences '' movie is currently set for 2017 .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- in russia 's tightly-managed democracy , where being an opposition politician can seriously damage your health , chances to question the country 's leader are rare .
president vladimir putin cuts an isolated figure , closely guarded behind the walls of the kremlin , traveling to-and-fro by helicopter or high-speed motorcade .
it is direct access to the russian leader , or at least as direct as most russians will ever get .
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putin to spend hours fielding questions from the general public on live television .
sanctions and russia 's deep economic crisis likely to be a major theme .
critics of the kremlin slam event as russia 's imitation of democracy in action .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- the parents of the youngest victim of the boston marathon bombings are making an emotional , passionate plea to take the death penalty off the table for the man convicted in the case .
last week , dzhokhar tsarnaev was found guilty on all 30 charges he faced related to the bombings at the 2013 race and the dramatic violence that dragged out for days afterward .
it is expected to last four weeks .
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parents of martin richard argue against death penalty for dzhokhar tsarnaev .
the 8-year-old boy was youngest of victims in the boston marathon bombings .
sentencing phase for tsarnaev begins next week .
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i would n't , and neither did ben affleck , who lobbied producers of a pbs show , `` finding your roots , '' to remove any reference to his great-great-great grandfather benjamin cole , a georgia slave owner in the mid-1800 's , in an episode that looked at affleck 's family history .
-lrb- affleck revealed cole 's name wednesday night .
affleck 's attempt to alter the content of the program only publicly became known a few days ago after wikileaks released hacked emails revealing an exchange between gates and sony pictures chief michael lynton .
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ben affleck admits he asked pbs show `` finding your roots '' to avoid mentioning his slave-owning ancestor .
dean obeidallah says the actor and the show were right to leave the detail out .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- in 2001 , the taliban wiped out 1700 years of history in a matter of seconds , by blowing up ancient buddha statues in central afghanistan with dynamite .
now cyark , a non-profit company founded by an iraqi-born engineer , is using groundbreaking laser scanning to ensure that -- at the very least -- incredibly accurate digital versions of the world 's treasures will stay with us forever .
`` it demolished a whole mud city .
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a company called cyark specializes in digital preservation of threatened ancient and historical architecture .
founded by an iraqi-born engineer , it plans to preserve 500 world heritage sites within five years .
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hillary clinton is about to get her first official challenger .
sen. bernie sanders of vermont could make an announcement within days , reports cnn 's nia-malika henderson , adding a populist voice to a democratic race that starts with clinton as the overwhelming favorite .
sanders has been exploring a run for months , and was a hit this weekend at a big south carolina democratic event .
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what to expect if bernie sanders takes the presidential plunge .
biden 's and kasich 's `` wait and see '' 2016 strategies .
gop recruiting senate candidates for 2016 in nevada and colorado .
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boston -lrb- cnn -rrb- after weeks of dramatic testimony , jurors are set to begin deliberations tuesday in the trial of dzhokhar tsarnaev , who faces life in prison or the death penalty for working with his brother to explode bombs at the 2013 boston marathon .
the defense and prosecution made closing arguments in the case on monday .
`` he wanted to terrorize this country .
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jurors are scheduled to begin deliberations tuesday morning .
if tsarnaev is found guilty of at least one capital count , the trial will go to the penalty phase .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- as we approach april 27 when south africa marks the anniversary of the first post-apartheid elections held that day in 1994 , we are faced with yet another wave of deadly attacks against african migrants .
that vision not only symbolized a multi-ethnic south africa , but one where living in dignity is shared across racial and class lines .
attacks against newcomers in south africa are often reduced to attitudes of hate and resentment towards other black africans .
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xenophobia can not explain the conflict between native poor black south africans and foreign african entrepreneurs , says abdi .
killings of foreigners can not be separated from the brutal violence poor south africans experience , she adds .
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new york -lrb- cnn -rrb- a suburban new york cardiologist has been charged in connection with a failed scheme to have another physician hurt or killed , according to prosecutors .
dr. anthony moschetto , 54 , pleaded not guilty wednesday to criminal solicitation , conspiracy , burglary , arson , criminal prescription sale and weapons charges in connection to what prosecutors called a plot to take out a rival doctor on long island .
he was released after posting $ 2 million bond and surrendering his passport .
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dr. anthony moschetto , 54 , arrested for selling drugs and weapons , prosecutors say .
authorities allege moschetto hired accomplices to burn down the practice of former associate .
attorney says client will `` vigorously '' defend himself .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- this is week two of an ongoing series : a catholic reads the bible this week covers the book of genesis , chapters 1-11 .
the first step was choosing a bible .
i went with the version that i received for winning the religion award at rice memorial high school in south burlington , vermont .
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laura bernardini , a lifelong catholic , has decided to finally read the bible from cover to cover .
this is week two .
some surprises : two creation stories , seth , and what on earth are the `` men of heaven '' ?
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- deputies rushed kenneth morgan stancil iii from court thursday after the 20-year-old murder suspect swore at a judge and tried to flip over a table .
stancil is accused of killing an employee monday at wayne community college in goldsboro , north carolina .
authorities arrested stancil after he was found sleeping on a florida beach on tuesday .
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kenneth morgan stancil , charged with first-degree murder , swears at the judge .
deputies escort him from court after he tries to flip over a table .
stancil is accused of killing an employee at wayne community college .
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washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- rick santorum says he 'd hoped indiana gov. mike pence would veto the `` fix '' to his state 's religious freedom law rather than limiting its scope .
`` tolerance is a two-way street , '' santorum said .
'' santorum said .
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rick santorum says `` religious freedom '' debate is about government telling people what to do .
santorum , a likely 2016 gop presidential candidate , weighs in on indiana gov. mike pence 's decision .
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his survival is unusual , as experts say it 's rare for injured people who are trapped to hold out for longer than 72 hours after a disaster .
the man , rishi khanal , was saved after a french search and rescue team found him under the rubble on the outskirts of kathmandu , the capital , around noon tuesday , said pushparam k.c. , a spokesman for the armed police force of nepal .
the team used specialized gear that detects signs of life , he said .
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a french rescue team finds rishi khanal more than three days after the quake .
a 4-month-old baby is reported to have been rescued after 22 hours in rubble .
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experts have long thought that a particular kind of salt detected in martian soil could pull water vapor from the the planet 's thin atmosphere into the soil at night and then keep it from freezing despite the extreme cold .
researchers are n't saying they 've seen direct evidence of brine hiding out in the martian night .
but they say the new study -- based on a full year of monitoring of temperature and humidity conditions by the mars curiosity rover in gale crater -- does seem to bear the theory out .
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analysis of martian weather seems to support the idea that the planet could be dotted with salty puddles at night .
the finding has `` wider implications '' for efforts to find evidence of life on mars , a researcher says .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- `` jake the dog and finn the human .
'' so begins the dreamy theme song intro to the strangely addictive cartoon network tv show that 's centered around psychedelic characters like the ice king , marceline the vampire queen and , of course , jake and finn .
now , mega-fans of the hit show can experience `` adventure time '' in the skies .
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thai airways subsidiary thai smile features cartoon network paint job on a320 jet .
overhead bins , head rests and air sick bags feature characters from cartoon network .
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the wooden vessel was called mecca -- after the holy city .
we 'd been given a secure route , charted for us by the djiboutian coast guard .
it was almost double the distance of the direct route .
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cnn 's nima elbagir describes the boat journey from djbouti to aden .
vessel returned with 60 refugees desperate to flee fighting in yemen .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- the complete skeleton of a camel thought to to have been used by ottoman troops besieging vienna in the 17th century has been found beneath a cellar in austria .
the remains were uncovered by archaeologists from the university of veterinary medicine vienna -lrb- vetmeduni -rrb- , exploring the construction site for a shopping center in the city of tulln in 2006-2007 .
`` the partly excavated skeleton was at first suspected to be a large horse or cattle , '' archaeozoologist alfred galik said .
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archaeologists have found the skeleton of a camel below a cellar in an austrian village .
they believe the camel was from the 17th century osmanic-habsburg war .
ottoman troops used camels as troops during the conflict .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- a prosecutor has dismissed allegations that argentine president cristina fernandez de kirchner tried to cover up iran 's involvement in a 1994 bombing in buenos aires .
alberto nisman was found dead days after making the accusations .
eighty-five people were killed , and hundreds were injured .
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the prosecutor looking at allegations against argentina 's president says no crime committed .
the original prosecutor who brought the case was found dead in january .
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-lrb- a researcher once caught 365,000 bloodthirsty bugs in a single trap in a single night .
a watershed built for 2 million people now supports nearly 8 million , and another 50 million tourists each year .
after a century of development , half the everglades is dead and the other half is on life support .
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the everglades were drained a century ago and are now being restored .
`` the wonder list '' season finale takes places in the everglades .
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the deep reddish color caught seattle native tim durkan 's eye .
the stunning sunsets were the result of raging wildfires in parts of siberia .
the fires were started in southeastern siberia , by farmers burning grass in their fields .
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smoke from massive fires in siberia created fiery sunsets in the pacific northwest .
atmospheric winds carried smoke from the wildfires across the pacific ocean .
smoke particles altered wavelengths from the sun , creating a more intense color .
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boston -lrb- cnn -rrb- dzhokhar tsarnaev 's bombs tore through their bodies : singeing flesh , shattering bones , shredding muscles and severing limbs .
now that he has been found guilty on every count , the jury must decide whether boston marathon bomber tsarnaev , 21 , should live or die for what he has done .
'' `` krystle was the light of my life .
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the sentencing phase in dzhokhar tsarnaev 's trial begins in a federal court in boston .
prosecutor shows pictures of the four victims and tsarnaev flipping his middle finger .
victims testify about the impact of the bombing on their lives .
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on april 19 , 1995 , the alfred r. murrah federal building in oklahoma city , oklahoma , was bombed by two disaffected young americans .
one hundred sixty-eight people died in the terrorist attack , including 19 children .
mchenry was suspended for a week .
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videos of the week include drone footage of oklahoma city .
nasa has a car that drives sideways -- and a spacecraft headed for pluto .
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to register for a license plate auction , prospective car buyers like li must put down a deposit in exchange for disc containing software they can use to bid online .
the auctions take place once a month on a saturday morning .
to boost his chances , li upgraded the speed of his internet connection from 10 to 50 mbps but to no avail .
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many large chinese cities ration license plates as they look for a solution to gridlocked roads and pollution .
it means many prospective car owners have to bid in license auctions .
but hybrid vehicles automatically qualify for a license plate .
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this year is the 20th anniversary of the discovery of a planet around a star like our own sun , 51 pegasi .
since then , ground-based surveys and nasa 's kepler satellite have discovered nearly 2,000 confirmed `` exoplanets , '' and thousands more candidates await confirmation .
life on earth developed in its oceans about a billion years after the planet formed .
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nasa scientists discuss steps to discover life elsewhere in the universe over the next two decades .
meg urry : life elsewhere in the universe , and even elsewhere in our own milky way galaxy , is practically inevitable .
but the chances that we can communicate with that life are slim , she writes .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- thousands of palestinians are trapped in the devastated yarmouk refugee camp in syria , which has mostly been seized by groups including isis , activists report .
the london-based syrian observatory for human rights says isis and the al qaeda-affiliated al-nusra front took control of 90 % of the camp in southern damascus .
`` there is no electricity , '' says mohammed .
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isis and other rebel groups control most of the refugee camp , activists say .
`` never has the hour been more desperate '' in the camp , u.n. says .
'' `` reports of kidnappings , beheadings and mass killings , '' plo official says .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- the force is strong in turkey -- or at least it appears to be at one university where thousands of students are petitioning for a jedi temple to be built on campus .
the petition , which was started by a student at dokuz eylul university in the western province of izmir , so far has almost 5,500 signatures .
`` there are less and less jedi left on the earth , '' the petition says .
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5,500 signatures call for jedi temple after similar petition asked for campus mosque .
petition started by a student at dokuz eylul university in the western province of izmir .
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-lrb- billboard -rrb- from channing tatum twerking for jennifer lopez to host amy schumer 's archery fail , there were plenty of highlights and misfires from the 2015 mtv movie awards .
2015 mtv movie awards : see the full winners list .
best moments .
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mtv movie awards host amy schumer had some hits and misses during the show .
rebel wilson tossed in a censor-worthy joke .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- on the morning of april 19 , 1995 , a man parked a rental truck packed with explosives in front of the alfred p. murrah federal building in oklahoma city .
timothy mcveigh and terry nichols , former u.s. army soldiers , were convicted of the attack .
mcveigh was executed in 2001 , and nichols is serving a life sentence .
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april 19 marks 20 years since the oklahoma city bombing .
the bombing was carried out by domestic terrorists .
today 's domestic terror threats range from eco-terrorists to anti-government extremists .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- the public outrage over the `` religious freedom '' bills recently passed in arkansas and indiana caught the governors of those states completely off-guard , judging by their confused and contradictory responses .
as poll watchers , they surely knew that most americans now oppose the discriminatory laws and practices they accepted as normal only a dozen years ago .
but the politicians underestimated the pushback organized by local and national businesses , including companies with no previous record of public support for social equality .
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stephanie coontz : indiana , arkansas governors caught off guard by outrage , boycotts over anti-lgbt law .
she says religious conservatives who discriminate no longer hold sway in a culture comfortable with diversity , including same-sex marriage .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- this is a difficult but necessary thing to say : incidents of police-involved killings and assaults on unarmed african-americans are unlikely to end soon .
the peaceful protests that were followed by outbreaks of violence in baltimore this week have underscored the danger of ignoring the crisis -- as frustration and impatience with the status quo boils over .
the violent response of police officers to unarmed african-americans is a decades-long phenomenon that has too often been dismissed as `` race card '' politics and black grievance .
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sherrilyn ifill : police violence against unarmed african-americans is a national crisis .
u.s. policing needs dramatic overhaul , she says .
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the issue of whether to call the killings a genocide is emotional , both for armenians , who are descended from those killed , and for turks , the heirs to the ottomans .
in addition , some turkish leaders fear that acknowledgment of a genocide could lead to demands for huge reparations .
friday is the 100th anniversary of that day .
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the 100th anniversary of the start of the mass killings will be commemorated friday .
turkey and others reject the use of the word `` genocide '' most estimates of the deaths fall between 600,000 and 1.5 million .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- arizona investigators have released dramatic video of a walmart parking lot brawl that left a police officer wounded , one man dead , and reportedly involved members of a christian family band .
enoch gaver , 21 , was killed in the fight in the town of cottonwood , and suspect david gaver , 28 , was shot in the stomach and taken into custody .
police sergeant jeremy daniels was hit in the leg by a bullet fired during the melee .
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police questioned the group about an alleged assault of a walmart employee .
a man put a police officer in a headlock and fighting broke out .
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how can the people in iowa and new hampshire get to know the `` real hillary , '' the midwestern methodist ?
-lrb- as a friend told me , she 's someone who `` likes to sing ` god bless america ' on new year 's eve .
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gloria borger : hillary clinton 's team is doing all it can to make her appear relatable to ordinary people .
she asks if the most famous woman in the world can really connect with ordinary voters ?
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charleston , south carolina -lrb- cnn -rrb- police officers saturday accompanied the hearse carrying the body of walter scott to his south carolina funeral service , where hundreds of mourners celebrated his life and death as a catalyst for change in america .
a pair of officers on motorcycles were part of the large procession delivering the father of four -- who was fatally shot in the back by a police officer -- to a service open to the public .
`` walter 's death will not be in vain .
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police officers escort the funeral procession to the service .
scott 's family did not attend his visitation ; they need privacy , mayor says .
police meet with the man who was a passenger in his car when it was pulled over .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- washington .
the vatican says pope francis may add another leg to his trip to the united states this september , visiting cuba just months after he helped negotiate a diplomatic thaw between the two nations .
in response to reporters ' questions , vatican spokesman the rev. federico lombardi said in a statement , `` the holy father has taken into consideration the idea of making a stop in cuba '' on his way to or from the united states this september .
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pope francis played key role in re-establishing diplomatic ties between cuba and u.s. `` contacts with the cuban authorities are still in too early a phase , '' vatican spokesman says .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- hillary clinton 's campaign-in-waiting met on saturday in its brooklyn headquarters , a day before the former secretary of state officially announces her campaign for president , according to a democrat who attended the meeting .
robby mook , clinton 's soon-to-be campaign manager , distributed a `` values statement '' at the meeting that outlined what the campaign will stand for , what their goals are and how they plan to win -- something clinton failed to do in 2008 .
many of the `` guiding principles '' in the memo mention issues that sunk clinton 's first campaign .
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robby mook , hillary clinton 's soon-to-be campaign manager , distributes a `` values statement '' the memo maintains that the campaign must remain humble , disciplined and united .
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washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- one former employee of the private blackwater worldwide security company was sentenced monday to life in prison and three others to 30 years each behind bars for their roles in a 2007 mass shooting in baghdad that left 17 people dead .
prosecutors accused the men of illegally unleashed `` powerful sniper fire , machine guns and grenade launchers on innocent men , women and children .
slough was convicted of 13 counts of voluntary manslaughter , 17 counts of attempted manslaughter and a firearms offense .
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blackwater sniper nicholas slatten is sentenced to life in prison , mandatory for his first-degree murder conviction .
three others get 30 years plus one day in the 2007 shooting in baghdad that left 17 dead .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- since the headline-grabbing murder of american journalist james foley by isis militants eight months ago , the world has been regularly confronted with a modern form of an ancient , primally horrifying method of execution .
british and american aid workers , japanese and american journalists , kurdish and syrian soldiers and egyptian and now ethiopian christians were among those who followed in foley 's wake : their gruesome beheadings documented on camera and disseminated as propaganda to a global online audience .
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the wave of isis beheadings has horrified people all over the world .
it may also have contributed to isolated beheading incidents by non-jihadists , says an academic .
professor arie w. kruglanski says exposure to the videos could help `` prime '' some to emulate them .
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obama has argued with the progressive potentate elizabeth warren , calling her `` wrong '' on trade policy .
the massachusetts senator is the same potentate to whom hillary clinton has been religiously prostrating .
what everyone does next will be critical for the 2016 elections and the future of democratic politics .
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sen. elizabeth warren has publicly criticized so-called `` fast track '' trade authority .
sally kohn : why does president obama call her wrong , and why is hillary clinton equivocating ?
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