Family members react to police officer shooting

Family members react to police officer shooting


Family members react to police officer shooting

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 11:13 PM PDT

Family members of Walter Scott are expressing sorrow after a South Carolina police officer shot the man dead. They're thankful the officer has been charged, but they're also calling for...
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Chinese diplomats evacuated from Yemen return to Beijing

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 10:58 PM PDT

A total of 14 diplomatic officers previously based at the Chinese embassy in Yemen came back home to Beijing Wednesday afternoon. As of now, all the 613 Chinese nationals who wished to leave...
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Fifth giant panda dies of canine distemper in China

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 10:40 PM PDT

A fifth giant panda has died from canine distemper in the same rescue center in northwestern China's Shaanxi province where four other pandas died over the past three months. After the outbreak,...
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DPRK to unveil new economic policy

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 10:36 PM PDT

Democratic People's Republic of Korea will hold a major parliamentary meeting on Thursday. This time, the DPRK may unveil legislation on a new economic policy aimed at improving the living...
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When can police use lethal force against fleeing suspect?

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 08:56 PM PDT

The video of a white police officer shooting a black man in the back as he ran away has ignited public anger in the U.S., and sparked a discussion about the use of lethal force by U.S. police...
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Tsarnaev guilty on all 30 counts in Boston Marathon bombing

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 08:21 PM PDT

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was convicted Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombing by a federal jury that now must decide whether the 21 year old former student should be executed or serve life in prison.
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Iran deploys warships off Yemen’s coast

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 08:44 PM PDT

Iran sent two warships to the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, state media reported. The action establishes a military presence off the coast of Yemen where Saudi Arabia is leading a bombing campaign...
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11 dead in clashes in Yemen's Aden

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 07:47 PM PDT

In Yemen, clashes continue between rebels and forces loyal to President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi in the main southern city Aden. A military source says eleven people were killed overnight on...
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Shell to buy BG Group for over $70B

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 07:44 PM PDT

Royal Dutch Shell will buy its smaller rival, BG Group for more than 70 billion U.S. dollars. The deal was put together by Shell CEO Ben Van Beurden and BG's Chairman Andrew Gould at the London...
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Islamic State released over 200 Yazidi hostages in Iraq

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 07:26 PM PDT

Islamic State militants have freed more than two hundred members of northern Iraq's Yazidi minority they've been holding for months. A commander in the Kurdish Peshmerga forces confirmed...
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Kenyan government shuts down Somali terrorist money sources

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 07:22 PM PDT

The Kenyan government has frozen the bank accounts of 86 people suspected of funding the militant group Al-Shabaab. It also closed down 13 money transfer services, known as hawalas. The move...
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U.S. defense chief says new guidelines will ‘transform’ U.S.-Japan alliance

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 07:21 PM PDT

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with U.S. Defence Secretary Ash Carter in Tokyo on Wednesday. They discussed military ties between the two countries. In relation to the revision of the...
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Greek PM flies to Moscow amid speculation of bailout from Putin

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 08:35 PM PDT

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Tsipras arrived in the Russian capital Wednesday morning. He sat down with Putin in the afternoon.
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Sarah Brightman to blast off on September 1

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 07:59 PM PDT

Sarah Brightman will fly to the International Space Station in September on board a Russian spacecraft for the first ever space concert. She will begin training at the European Space Agency...
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Details of the Walter Scott shooting

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 06:44 PM PDT

In the United States, cellphone video has led to murder charges against a white South Carolina police officer. He shot and killed an unarmed black Walter Scott in the back as he was running...
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American jazz singer surprises Chinese fans by singing “Little Apple”

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 09:22 PM PDT

American jazz singer Carolyn Malachi surprised fans during her concert on Friday in Shanghai, playing the popular Chinese song “Little Apple”. The Grammy-nominated jazz singer had plenty...
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Nanjing primary students won an international gold medal for their fire-fighting robot

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 02:11 PM PDT

Recently, two primary students, Wang Xiyuan and Jia Baozhi from Ding Jiaqiao Primary School in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province won a gold medal at the Annual Fire-fighting Home Robot Contest held...
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Corn factory worker in Xinjiang trapped in pile, nearly lost life

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 07:55 AM PDT

A worker at a corn factory in Xinjiang Autonomous region accidentally became trapped in the pile of corn during his shift on Tuesday. The police rushed to the scene to carry out the rescue....
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World Bank ready to share experience with AIIB

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 06:16 AM PDT

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim says the institution welcomes new development banks, such as the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the New Development Bank established by the...
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China urges U.S. to respect its efforts to resolve territorial disputes through dialogue

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 01:22 PM PDT

China has urged the U.S. to respect its efforts on resolving territorial disputes through dialogue with relevant countries. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying made the appeal...
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Chinese PM Li Keqiang meets CPV General Secretary

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 05:14 AM PDT

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has met with the visiting General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, or CPV, Nguyen Phu Trong, in Beijing. Li Keqiang mentioned the forming of maritime,...
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Civilians killed in Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 05:16 AM PDT

The Saudi-led airstrike campaign in Yemen has already had a huge humanitarian impact. The airstrikes are not only hitting Houthi targets, but also causing collateral damage. Lack of medical...
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Huge humanitarian impact on Saudi-led airstrike campaign in Yemen

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 01:06 AM PDT

The Saudi-led airstrike campaign in Yemen has already had a huge humanitarian impact. According to the UN, more than 500 civilians have been killed, including 74 children, and 100 thousand...
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Group of Uzbeks switch allegiance from Taliban to ISIL

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 01:05 AM PDT

Details are emerging of a new pledge of allegiance to ISIL. This time it comes from a group of Uzbek militants in Afghanistan. The group has also released a video of beheading a hostage. These...
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U.S. white police officer faces murder charges in death of unarmed black man

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 04:59 PM PDT

A white police officer in North Charleston, South Carolina is charged with murder in the shooting death of a black motorist after a traffic stop. A video showed Michael T. Slager shot the motorist...
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