Talks to end war in Ukraine continue with no peace in sight
Berlin and Paris leaders Merkel and Hollande met with Putin and Poroshenko seeking a cease-fire and territorial boundaries. Inside Ukraine the conflict has killed over 5,300 since April as Western calls for weapons to bolster Kyiv grow louder. In the West Bank Fatah activists urge a boycott of six Israeli food firms after Israel froze VAT transfers to the Palestinian Authority following the Palestinian ICC move. In the Mediterranean migrants in rubber boats vanish as EU rescue efforts draw sharp criticism for insufficient aid. Police in Merrimack New Hampshire search for Punxsutawney Phil amid a snowbound mood and jokes about the famed groundhog’s six more weeks of winter.
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Germany
France
Angela Merkel
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Washington
Russia
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Poroshenko
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West Bank
Mahmoud Abbas
Fatah
Israel
Palestinian Authority
International Criminal Court
Mahmoud Aloul
Camiga
OME
Mediterranean
U.N
Italian Coast Guard
Libya
U.N. High Commissioner For
Merrimack
N.H
New Hampshire
Punxsutawney Phil
Pennsylvania
Phil
Ohio
Chapel Hill triple murder probes possible hate motive
In Chapel Hill North Carolina police weigh hate as a factor in the Killing of three Muslims in a condo dispute sparked by parking and noise. Craig Hicks 46 appeared in court on first degree murder charges as neighbors reported his hostility and warnings with a gun.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
Craig Stephen Hicks
Karen Hicks
Hicks
Shaddy Barakat
Yusor ‘Mohammad
Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha
Mohammad ‘Abu-Salha
Abu-Salha
FBI
Ripley Rand
U.S
Middle District of
North Carolina
Ing
Rand
Chris Blue
Barakat
Mohammad
Turkey
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Raleigh
N.C. State
Imad Ahmad
Ahmad
Unc-Chapel Hill
Stroke stents offer major advance in brain clot treatment
Stroke experts at an American Stroke Association conference reported brain stents similar to heart stents can rapidly remove clots in the brain. Studies show higher survival and independence at three months, with some trials halted early to expand access. Names cited include Dr. Jeffrey Saver and Dr. Lee Schwamm, while institutions mentioned include UCLA and Massachusetts General Hospital.
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American Stroke Association
Nashville
Jeffrey Saver
University of California
Los Angeles
Lee ‘Schwamm
Massachusetts General Hospital
Walter Xoroshetz
National Institute of Neurological
U.S
Stryker Corp
Kalamazoo, Mich
Covidsen
Minneapolis
Medtronic Inc
Don Sadoway
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston
Massachusetts General
Sadoway
Netherlands
Shipwreck captain sentenced to 16 years
In GROSSETO Italy a court convicted Costa Concordia commander Francesco Schettino of manslaughter for 32 deaths from the 2012 capsizing and sentenced him to 16 years in prison. The panel blamed him for abandoning ship while passengers and crew were aboard and for misleading authorities about the collision.
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Grosseto
Italy
Costa Concordia
Francesco Schettino
Giglio
Concordia
Anne Deere
Testimony in Sniper trial begins in Texas
In Stephenville Texas defense opens with Navy SEAL Chris Kyle story. Prosecutors and defense paint Kyle and Chad Littlefield as target victims in 2013 shooting at Rough Creek Lodge. Eddie Ray Routh, 27, faces capital murder charges after the killings of Kyle 38 and Littlefield 35 near Midlothian. Kyle’s widow Taya Kyle testifies tearfully about his character and family life.
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Texas
Chris Kyle
Chad Littlefield
Glen Rose
Eddie Ray Routh
Kyle
Littlefield
Rough Creek Lodge
Erath County
Tim Moore
Routh
Lancaster
Iraq
Halt
Midlothian
Taya
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