| Soda tax supporters try to pivot from Chicago setback Posted: 21 Oct 2017 05:52 AM PDT  US public health advocates are hoping to pivot after a major setback in Chicago, where local lawmakers repealed a soda tax after only two months following fierce industry-backed lobbying. On October 11, the Cook County Board of Commissioners, which includes Chicago, nullified the penny-an-ounce levy, which was seen as a means to discourage consumption of sugary drinks that can lead to obesity, diabetes and other ills. "It's a setback," said Jim O'Hara, director of health promotion policy at the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest.
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| Erdogan, Buhari to ramp up Nigeria-Turkey cooperation Posted: 21 Oct 2017 04:43 AM PDT  Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday vowed to ramp up security and and economic cooperation between Ankara and Africa's most populous nation. Speaking after talks at Erdogan's palace, Buhari and the Turkish leader vowed to increase investment and cooperate in the fight against extremist groups including Boko Haram jihadists. "There are a lot of potentialities in terms of investment.
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| Jupiter's Been Hiding A Big Stormy Secret Inside Posted: 21 Oct 2017 01:47 AM PDT  So much mystery beneath those clouds.
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| China's Xi Jinping: Now the World's Most Powerful Man? Posted: 21 Oct 2017 12:57 AM PDT  Moving into his second term, the Chinese president is expected to turn his grand visions for the revival of China as a great, global power into action. China's Xi Jinping: Now the World's Most Powerful Man? A man whose name was largely unknown outside of China just a few years ago has become the rising Asian giant's most powerful leaders in decades. Chinese President Xi Jinping, recognized as the supreme leader and the "core" of the Communist Party of China, controls more power and authority than almost all of his modern political predecessors.
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| Video Shows Gen. Kelly Misrepresented Facts of Rep. Wilson’s Speech Posted: 20 Oct 2017 11:34 PM PDT  President Donald Trump is being criticized for his handling of a call to the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, while Gen. Kelly appears to have misrepresented the facts about a speech given by Democratic congresswoman Frederica Wilson.
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| Trump blames rise in British crime on Islamic terror, surprising Britain Posted: 20 Oct 2017 10:18 PM PDT  In a Friday morning tweet, the president correctly cited a figure from a new report on British crime but seemed to pin the entire rise on one cause, which the report doesn't do. The president's tweet caused confusion and pushback in Britain.
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| Iranian commander issued stark warning to Iraqi Kurds over Kirkuk Posted: 20 Oct 2017 09:15 PM PDT  By Michael Georgy and Ahmed Rasheed SULAIMANIA/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A senior Iranian military commander repeatedly warned Kurdish leaders in northern Iraq to withdraw from the oil city of Kirkuk or face an onslaught by Iraqi forces and allied Iranian-backed fighters, Kurdish officials briefed on the meetings said. Major-General Qassem Soleimani, commander of foreign operations for Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, traveled to Iraq's Kurdistan region to meet Kurdish leaders at least three times this month before the Baghdad government's lightning campaign to recapture territory across the north. The presence of Soleimani on the frontlines highlights Tehran's heavy sway over policy in Iraq, and comes as Shi'ite Iran seeks to win a proxy war in the Middle East with its regional rival and U.S. ally, Sunni Saudi Arabia.
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| UNICEF: Rohingya children refugees face 'hell on earth' Posted: 20 Oct 2017 07:15 PM PDT  GENEVA (AP) — UNICEF says the children who make up most of the nearly 600,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled violence in Myanmar are seeing a "hell on earth" in overcrowded, muddy and squalid refugee camps in neighboring Bangladesh.
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| Somalia's death toll now at 358 as 'state of war' planned Posted: 20 Oct 2017 05:27 PM PDT  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Thousands of anguished Somalis gathered to pray Friday at the site of the country's deadliest attack, while the toll rose to 358 and dozens remained missing. Somalia's president will announce a "state of war" against the al-Shabab extremist group blamed for the bombing, the prime minister said.
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| Off-duty officer killed in Vegas shooting left funeral notes Posted: 20 Oct 2017 04:50 PM PDT  HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — A Las Vegas police officer and U.S. Army veteran who was among 58 people killed in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history provided instructions ahead of time for those at his memorial not to mourn, a pastor told the crowd at his funeral on Friday.
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