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Syrian refugee among first lady's guests for State of Union

Posted: 10 Jan 2016 12:43 PM PST

FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015, file photo, Syrian refugee Refaai Hamo addresses the media during a news conference, in Romulus, Mich. Hamo, a Syrian refugee who arrived in the United States this past December, has been invited to sit in first lady Michelle Obama's visitor box to watch the State of the Union address Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — A Syrian scientist stricken with cancer and seeking a new start for his family in Michigan will represent Syrian refugees as a guest of first lady Michelle Obama for the president's final State of the Union address.

What we learned from Sean Penn’s Rolling Stone interview with El Chapo

Posted: 10 Jan 2016 11:40 AM PST

US actor Sean Penn wrote that the 58-year-old Guzman gave him a big hug when they met at a Mexican jungle clearing and had a seven-hour sitdown followed by phone and video interviewsActor Sean Penn secretly interviewed Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán for a Rolling Stone article as the world's most notorious drug kingpin was on the run from Mexican authorities three months after escaping a maximum security prison. Penn's 10,000-word piece was published online Saturday, a day after El Chapo was recaptured in Mexico.

France pays tribute to 2015 terrorism victims in silent ceremony

Posted: 10 Jan 2016 05:21 AM PST

French Republican guards stand during a ceremony at Place de la Republique square to pay tribute to the victims of last year's shooting at the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, in ParisBy Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) - France honored the victims of Islamist militant attacks last year in a thinly attended silent ceremony on Sunday, almost a year to the day when more than a million people marched in Paris to protest killings at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. President Francois Hollande and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo laid a wreath by the statue of Marianne, symbol of the French republic, in central Paris. The statue has become a shrine to the 17 victims of the January 2015 attacks on Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish deli, and to the 130 people shot dead by militants on Nov. 13 at a concert, and in bars and restaurants in Paris.

No Powerball winner, so jackpot may grow to $1.3 billion

Posted: 10 Jan 2016 03:10 AM PST

Samir Akhter, the owner of Penn Branch Liquor, exchanges money for Powerball tickets, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016 in Washington. Officials say it's increasingly likely that someone will win the $900 million Powerball jackpot, which grew by $100 million just hours before Saturday night's drawing. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)No ticket matched all six Powerball numbers following the drawing for a record jackpot of nearly $950 million, lottery officials said early Sunday, boosting the expected payout for the next drawing to a whopping $1.3 billion.

Mexico: Drug lord located thanks to interview with Sean Penn

Posted: 09 Jan 2016 10:23 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2015 file photo, Sean Penn speaks during a forum with young entrepreneurs during the IMF and World Bank annual meeting in Lima, Peru. Late Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016, Rolling Stone magazine published an interview that Guzman apparently gave to Penn in his hideout in Mexico months before his recapture. In the article and interview, Penn describes the complicated measures he took to meet the legendary drug lord. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)MEXICO CITY (AP) — The recapture of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman took a surprise, Hollywood twist when a Mexican official said security forces located the whereabouts of the world's most-wanted trafficker thanks to a secret interview with U.S. actor Sean Penn.
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