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• Syrian army announces ceasefire in south ahead of Astana talks
• Abduction suspect makes first appearance in court
• People Are Going Crazy For The 'Lose Your Belly' Diet
• 10 Affordable Plus Size Costumes For the Best Halloween Ever
• Japan PM's party suffers historic defeat in Tokyo poll, popular governor wins big
• Congo declares Ebola outbreak over after four deaths
• U.S. warship in operation near disputed island in South China Sea
• Germany produced record 35 percent of power from renewables in first half
• Senate ‘close’ to final health bill amid cries that Trump's tweets getting in way

Syrian army announces ceasefire in south ahead of Astana talks Posted: 03 Jul 2017 01:29 PM PDT By Suleiman Al-Khalidi BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian army said on Monday it would suspend combat operations in southern Syria until Thursday to help a new round of peace talks in the Kazakh capital Astana. The army general command said in a statement carried on state television the ceasefire began at midday (0900 GMT) on Sunday and was to support "reconciliation efforts", in the second such unilateral ceasefire in the last two weeks. Russian-sponsored talks are planned in Astana on Tuesday. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Abduction suspect makes first appearance in court Posted: 03 Jul 2017 12:56 PM PDT CHICAGO (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered outside a federal courthouse Monday as the suspect in the kidnapping of a Chinse scholar at the University of Illinois made his first court appearance since he was arrested last week. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

People Are Going Crazy For The 'Lose Your Belly' Diet Posted: 03 Jul 2017 12:20 PM PDT Here's everything you need to know about it. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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Japan PM's party suffers historic defeat in Tokyo poll, popular governor wins big Posted: 02 Jul 2017 05:08 PM PDT By Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party suffered an historic defeat in an election in the Japanese capital on Sunday, signaling trouble ahead for the premier, who has suffered from slumping support because of a favoritism scandal. On the surface, the Tokyo Metropolitan assembly election was a referendum on Governor Yuriko Koike's year in office, but the dismal showing for Abe's party is also a stinging rebuke of his 4-1/2-year-old administration. Koike's Tokyo Citizens First party and its allies took 79 seats in the 127-seat assembly. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Congo declares Ebola outbreak over after four deaths Posted: 02 Jul 2017 04:53 PM PDT Democratic Republic of Congo declared its two-month Ebola outbreak officially over on Saturday after 42 days without recording a new case of the disease. The outbreak in Congo's remote northeastern forests, a record eighth for the country where the disease was first discovered in 1976, killed four out of the eight people infected, Health Minister Oly Ilunga said in a statement. "I declare on this day, at midnight, the end of the outbreak of the hemorrhagic fever of the Ebola virus in DRC," Ilunga said. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

U.S. warship in operation near disputed island in South China Sea Posted: 02 Jul 2017 04:20 PM PDT A U.S. warship sailed near a disputed island in the South China Sea claimed by China, Taiwan and Vietnam on Sunday in an operation meant to challenge the competing claims of all three nations, a U.S. Defense Department official said. The USS Stethem, a guided-missile destroyer, sailed within 12 nautical miles of Triton Island, part of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, the official said. The operation was first reported by Fox News on Sunday. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Germany produced record 35 percent of power from renewables in first half Posted: 02 Jul 2017 03:47 PM PDT Germany raised the proportion of its power produced by renewable energy to 35 percent in the first half of 2017 from 33 percent the previous year, according to the BEE renewable energy association. Germany is aiming to phase out its nuclear power plants by 2022. Its renewable energy has been rising steadily over the last two decades thanks in part to the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) which was reformed this year to cut renewable energy costs for consumers. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Senate ‘close’ to final health bill amid cries that Trump's tweets getting in way Posted: 02 Jul 2017 02:37 PM PDT Protesters against the US Senate Republicans' healthcare bill hold a rally outside the US Capitol. As Donald Trump's health secretary fended off questions about whether the president is too distracted by Twitter to focus on healthcare reform, the White House's top legislative liaison official said the Senate was "getting close" to agreement on a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, Barack Obama's signature legislative achievement. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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