Saturday, 10 March 2018

Japan's Finance Ministry to admit altering land-sale documents: source

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Finance Ministry will admit altering documents involved in a controversial sale of state-owned land, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said on Saturday, raising the heat on the finance minister and threatening to erode Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's popularity.


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Suspect Sought After Officer Wounded In Shooting In Pomona - CBS Los Angeles


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Suspect Sought After Officer Wounded In Shooting In Pomona
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POMONA (CBSLA) — A police officer was injured Friday night in a shooting in Pomona, authorities said. CBS2's Tina Patel said police weren't giving many details about what led to the shooting. There was a heavy police presence at the scene, she ...

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Eastern Ghouta: Syrian army splits enclave in three, reports say - BBC News


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Eastern Ghouta: Syrian army splits enclave in three, reports say
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The Syrian army has made a significant advance in its effort to take rebel-held Eastern Ghouta, reports say. Troops have cut off the biggest town in the region, Douma, and isolated another, conflict monitors the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said ...
Syrian troops cut major roads in suburbs of DamascusABC News
Aid delivered to Syria's Ghouta amid renewed violenceSFGate
WATCH: Civilians of Ghouta trapped in regime's blistering assaultAl-Arabiya
Aljazeera.com -Reuters -Manila Bulletin -Sputnik International
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Why China's footprint in Africa worries the US - CNN


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Why China's footprint in Africa worries the US
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Washington (CNN) Secretary of State Rex Tillerson set out this week for his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa, where he is holding meetings with influential leaders across the continent. Yet even as the US seeks to shore up (and, in some sense, repair ...
US's Tillerson 'not feeling well', cancels activities in KenyaCNBC
Tillerson cancels day's events in Africa due to illnessNew York Post
China builds ambitiously in Africa as US sounds the alarmThe Columbian
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Tillerson 'not feeling well', cancels activities in Kenya

NAIROBI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson canceled scheduled events on Saturday on the second day of a visit to Kenya because he had been feeling unwell, a State Department spokesman said, adding that he would resume his program on Sunday.


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Pomona officer fatally shot, another wounded while responding to barricaded suspect - Los Angeles Times


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Pomona officer fatally shot, another wounded while responding to barricaded suspect
Los Angeles Times
One officer was fatally shot and another wounded Friday night on the scene of a barricaded suspect in Pomona, according to authorities. Pomona Police Chief Mike Olivieri said in a tweet about 1:35 a.m. Saturday that one officer had died and the other ...
California officer killed, another injured after responding to report of barricaded personFox News
California police officer killed, another wounded by suspect barricaded inside homeNew York Daily News
One Officer Dead, Another Wounded During Barricade Shooting in PomonaNBC Southern California

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Israeli troops kill Palestinian in West Bank clashes - Reuters


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Israeli troops kill Palestinian in West Bank clashes
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RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian man during clashes in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. A Palestinian demonstrator shouts during clashes with Israeli troops at a protest ...
Israeli security forces posing as journalists endanger pressAl-Monitor
With the Embassy Move to Jerusalem, a Biblical Trump?New York Times
Israeli troops shoot Palestinian dead during Hebron protestsMiddle East Eye
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'No one above law' in Mexico graft fight, says presidential hopeful Meade

ACAPULCO (Reuters) - Mexico's attorney general should be given more autonomy to fight graft so that no one, not even the president, is above the law, the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party's (PRI) presidential candidate Jose Antonio Meade said.


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Japan's finance ministry to admit altering land sale documents: Kyodo

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Finance will admit altering documents involved in a controversial sale of state-owned land, Kyodo News reported on Saturday, the latest in a scandal that threatens to erode Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's popularity.


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China's Xi warns against corruption in scandal-plagued city

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping offered a strong warning against corruption on Saturday while meeting parliament delegates from scandal-plagued Chongqing city, saying officials should not let "pillow talk" within families help to foster graft.


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