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Greece Sends Migrants and Refugees Back to Turkey on First Day of New Deal
World figures deny wrongdoing as 'Panama Papers' turn spotlight on tax evasion
Law firm in Panama Papers leak is secretive, with big clients
Exclusive: Makers took big price increases on widely used U.S. drugs
Iceland opposition calls for snap election over PM offshore scandal
Alaska Air to buy Virgin America for $2.6 billion
Migrants sent back from Greece arrive in Turkey under EU deal
Crow Tribe elder, historian Joe Medicine Crow dead at 102
Trump's prediction of 'massive recession' puzzles economists
Tesla says Model 3 orders top $10 billion in first 36 hours
Putin aides among world leaders exposed in tax haven data dump
German paper claim huge trove of data on offshore accounts

Greece Sends Migrants and Refugees Back to Turkey on First Day of New Deal

Posted: 04 Apr 2016 11:46 AM PDT

The first migrants and refugees arrived back in Turkey from the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios this morning as a part of a new plan to limit migration to Europe. One image captures Turkish police escorting deported women as they arrived at the port of Dikili district in Izmir, Turkey. Another shows some people gathered on a beach in Izmir watching others who were deported from Greece arrive on a small ferry.

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World figures deny wrongdoing as 'Panama Papers' turn spotlight on tax evasion

Posted: 04 Apr 2016 08:32 AM PDT

LONDON/PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Governments across the world began investigating possible financial wrongdoing by the rich and powerful on Monday following a leak of documents from a Panamanian law firm which allegedly showed how clients avoided tax or laundered money. The documents detailed schemes involving an array of figures from friends of Russian President Vladimir Putin to relatives of the prime ministers of Britain, Iceland and Pakistan and as well as the president of Ukraine, journalists who received them said. While the "Panama Papers" detail complex financial arrangements benefiting the world's elite, they do not necessarily mean the schemes were all illegal.

Law firm in Panama Papers leak is secretive, with big clients

Posted: 04 Apr 2016 08:13 AM PDT

Mossack Fonseca, the Panama-based law firm at the heart of the "Panama Papers" scandal, is a discreet outfit with a roster of big-name clients and a quiet reputation for hiding money from the tax man. Politicians, sports stars, celebrities -- many were named in the 11 million pages of documents, according to information starting to be released by the International Consortium of Investigating Journalists (ICIJ), which is parsing the data. The revelation detailing the off-shore structures of many wealthy clients is a "crime" and an "attack" on Panama, the law firm maintains.

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Exclusive: Makers took big price increases on widely used U.S. drugs

Posted: 04 Apr 2016 07:55 AM PDT

By Caroline Humer NEW YORK (Reuters) - Major drug companies took hefty price increases in the U.S., in some cases more than doubling listed charges, for widely used medications over the past five years, a Reuters analysis of proprietary data found. Together, the price increases on drugs for arthritis, high cholesterol, asthma and other common problems added billions in costs for consumers, employers and government health programs. Extraordinary price hikes by two small companies, Turing Pharmaceuticals and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc , drew new attention to drug costs.

Iceland opposition calls for snap election over PM offshore scandal

Posted: 04 Apr 2016 07:22 AM PDT

Iceland's opposition called on the prime minister and government to resign and planned a no confidence vote after a leak of documents stoked anger over his wife owning a tax haven-based company with large claims on the country's collapsed banks. The allegations in the so-called Panama Papers that were released globally over the weekend surfaced in Iceland last month, but the renewed spotlight and a planned protest later will increase pressure on Prime Minister Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson. Gunnlaugsson told privately held Channel 2 he did not plan to resign.

Alaska Air to buy Virgin America for $2.6 billion

Posted: 04 Apr 2016 04:19 AM PDT

Alaska Air Group Inc said on Monday it had agreed to buy Virgin America Inc for $2.6 billion to expand its flights on the U.S. West Coast. Alaska Air said in a news release that the merged airline will become the fifth largest in the United States and will help it compete against larger rivals for lucrative business and international travelers visiting San Francisco and Los Angeles as well as Seattle, where the company is based. The acquisition will herald the first U.S. commercial airline merger since US Airways and American Airlines combined in 2013 to form the world's largest carrier.

Migrants sent back from Greece arrive in Turkey under EU deal

Posted: 04 Apr 2016 02:13 AM PDT

By Dasha Afanasieva and Karolina Tagaris DIKILI, Turkey/LESBOS, Greece (Reuters) - Migrants sent back from the Greek island of Lesbos began arriving in Turkey on Monday under a disputed European Union scheme aimed at closing the main route by which a million people poured across the Aegean Sea to Greece in the last year. Under a deal denounced by refugee agencies and human rights campaigners, Ankara will take back all migrants and refugees who enter Greece illegally, including Syrians, in return for the EU taking in thousands of Syrian refugees directly from Turkey and rewarding it with more money, early visa-free travel and progress in its EU membership negotiations.

Crow Tribe elder, historian Joe Medicine Crow dead at 102

Posted: 03 Apr 2016 06:25 PM PDT

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Joseph Medicine Crow, an acclaimed Native American historian and last surviving war chief of Montana's Crow Tribe, has died. He was 102.

Trump's prediction of 'massive recession' puzzles economists

Posted: 03 Apr 2016 05:50 PM PDT

They dispute Trump's claim that unemployment and an overvalued stock market have set the stage for another slump.

Tesla says Model 3 orders top $10 billion in first 36 hours

Posted: 03 Apr 2016 01:50 PM PDT

By Paul Lienert DETROIT (Reuters) - Tesla Motors Inc said orders for its new Model 3 electric sedan topped 253,000 in the first 36 hours -- a fast start for the company's first mass-market vehicle, which may not begin to reach customers for another 18 months or more. Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk tweeted on Friday that the Model 3, which is slated to go into production in late 2017, will sell at an average price of $42,000, including the price of options and additional features, which would give the initial flurry of orders an estimated retail value of $10.6 billion. The car's average selling price projected by Musk is well above the $35,000 base price.

Putin aides among world leaders exposed in tax haven data dump

Posted: 03 Apr 2016 01:31 PM PDT

Close aides of Russian president Vladimir Putin are among those whose assets feature in a vast expose of tax havens published Sunday after a year-long investigation into 11.5 million leaked documents. The assets of around 140 political figures -- including 12 current of former heads of states -- are mentioned in the revelations, according to the probe by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung. The investigation yielded 11.5 million documents from around 214,000 offshore entities, the ICIJ said on its website.

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German paper claim huge trove of data on offshore accounts

Posted: 03 Apr 2016 01:12 PM PDT

BERLIN (AP) — German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung says it has obtained a vast trove of documents detailing the offshore financial dealings of the rich and famous.

dimanche 3 avril 2016

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Trump tries to turn the page on a bad week
Trump threat to run as independent counterproductive: party chief
Amtrak accident in Pennsylvania, kills two, 35 hurt: officials
US senator tells Arab world: US hasn't changed despite Trump
Amtrak lead engine derails after crash near Philadelphia
Two reported dead as derailment halts US northeast train travel
After Palmyra, Syrian troops take another IS-controlled town
Azerbaijan: Unilateral cease-fire against Nagorno-Karabakh
A symbolic start: 3 passenger flights to leave Brussels
Plane crash kills 1 on freeway where it once landed safely
Debris found in Mauritius to be examined by MH370 investigators
North Carolina looks for 6th NCAA title against Villanova
Villanova shoots past Oklahoma in Final 4 to NCAA title game

Trump tries to turn the page on a bad week

Posted: 03 Apr 2016 11:46 AM PDT

The Republican frontrunner attempts to recover from arguably the most disastrous stretch of his presidential campaign.

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Trump threat to run as independent counterproductive: party chief

Posted: 03 Apr 2016 09:58 AM PDT

By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus said on Sunday that Donald Trump is making it harder for himself to win the Republican presidential nomination by threatening to run as an independent if he is not treated fairly. In several television interviews, Priebus, who chairs the Republican National Committee, said candidates sometimes make such statements in hopes of gaining leverage over the party, but that it would not work. "Those kinds of comments, I think, have consequences," Priebus said on ABC's "This Week." "And so when you make those kinds of comments and you want people to fall in line for you, it makes it more difficult. "... And certainly, you know, if you were running for president of the Kiwanis Club or the Boy Scouts and you said you don't know if you like the Kiwanis or the Boy Scouts, I think that makes your challenge even greater to ultimately win those kinds of posts," he said.

Amtrak accident in Pennsylvania, kills two, 35 hurt: officials

Posted: 03 Apr 2016 09:43 AM PDT

(Reuters) - The partial derailment of an Amtrak locomotive in Chester, Pennsylvania, on Sunday killed two people and injured 35, Chester Fire Commissioner Travis Thomas said. The locomotive struck a vehicle on the tracks and those killed were not passengers, he told reporters. Amtrak has said southbound Train 89 had hit a backhoe. (Reporting by Ian Simpson; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)

US senator tells Arab world: US hasn't changed despite Trump

Posted: 03 Apr 2016 09:08 AM PDT

CAIRO (AP) — Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham says that residents of the Middle East should not be too alarmed at the prospect of Donald Trump becoming president.

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Amtrak lead engine derails after crash near Philadelphia

Posted: 03 Apr 2016 08:16 AM PDT

CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — An Amtrak train struck a piece of construction equipment just south of Philadelphia on Sunday causing a derailment, and some injuries are being reported, according to authorities.

Two reported dead as derailment halts US northeast train travel

Posted: 03 Apr 2016 07:41 AM PDT

Two people were reportedly killed in a train derailment near Philadelphia that forced a halt to rail services along a stretch of the northeast of the United States on Sunday. US railway service Amtrak said in a statement that the train, the Palmetto, was en route from New York to Savannah, Georgia, when it struck a backhoe on the tracks south of Philadelphia. "Northeast Corridor service between New York and Philadelphia is suspended," read an Amtrak statement, which said some passengers were injured.

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After Palmyra, Syrian troops take another IS-controlled town

Posted: 03 Apr 2016 06:13 AM PDT

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A week after taking back the historic town of Palmyra, Syrian troops and their allies on Sunday captured another town controlled by the Islamic State group in central Syria, state media reported.

Azerbaijan: Unilateral cease-fire against Nagorno-Karabakh

Posted: 03 Apr 2016 05:54 AM PDT

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry announced a unilateral cease-fire Sunday against the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, a claim that rebel forces there promptly rejected.

A symbolic start: 3 passenger flights to leave Brussels

Posted: 03 Apr 2016 03:55 AM PDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — In what officials acknowledge is a symbolic gesture, three passenger flights will be taking off from Brussels Airport on Sunday after a 12-day shutdown caused by a deadly bombing attack.

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Plane crash kills 1 on freeway where it once landed safely

Posted: 03 Apr 2016 01:54 AM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A small plane that made headlines when it landed safely on a Southern California freeway years ago crashed on the same stretch of road, slamming into a car and killing a woman in the vehicle.

Debris found in Mauritius to be examined by MH370 investigators

Posted: 03 Apr 2016 12:28 AM PDT

Australia said that a piece of suspected aeroplane debris found east of Africa on a Mauritian island will be examined to see if it is part of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which went missing two years ago in one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries. Australia has led the search for the plane, which went missing in March 2014 with 239 people on board on a flight from the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, to Beijing, and Transport Minister Darren Chester said the debris, found last week, was an "item of interest". "The Malaysian government is working with officials from Mauritius to seek to take custody of the debris and arrange for its examination," Chester said in a statement.

North Carolina looks for 6th NCAA title against Villanova

Posted: 02 Apr 2016 09:02 PM PDT

HOUSTON (AP) — North Carolina will look for its sixth NCAA championship when the Tar Heels meet the Villanova Wildcats, trying for their second, on Monday night.

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Villanova shoots past Oklahoma in Final 4 to NCAA title game

Posted: 02 Apr 2016 07:01 PM PDT

HOUSTON (AP) — Villanova had a night to remember on both ends of the court.

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India considers possible murder charges in overpass collapse
Obama, world leaders urge action on nuclear security, terror
Pittsburgh station fires newswoman over black-on-black crime Facebook post
Leaders warn of harrowing risk of nuclear-armed terrorists

India considers possible murder charges in overpass collapse

Posted: 02 Apr 2016 04:43 AM PDT

KOLKATA, India (AP) — Indian police said Saturday that they are investigating possible murder charges against 10 construction company employees who have been either arrested or detained in connection with the collapse of an unfinished overpass in Kolkata that killed at least 26 people.

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Obama, world leaders urge action on nuclear security, terror

Posted: 02 Apr 2016 01:34 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — World leaders declared progress in safeguarding nuclear materials sought by terrorists and wayward nations, even as President Barack Obama acknowledged the task was far from finished.

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Pittsburgh station fires newswoman over black-on-black crime Facebook post

Posted: 01 Apr 2016 02:16 PM PDT

Pittsburgh TV station WTAE fired Emmy-winning news anchor Wendy Bell after she posted her controversial opinions about a recent shooting.

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Leaders warn of harrowing risk of nuclear-armed terrorists

Posted: 01 Apr 2016 01:56 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — World leaders declared progress Friday in securing nuclear materials worldwide but warned of a persistent and harrowing threat: terrorists getting their hands on a nuclear bomb. "It would change our world," President Barack Obama said.

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Trump senior adviser: ‘We’ve always assumed that we would lose Wisconsin’
Trump urged to be more serious as Wisconsin contest looms
Police ID gunman at Virginia bus terminal as Illinois man
Tornadoes hit 3 southern states as storm heads to Carolinas
Tesla unveils $35,000-Model 3 with range of 215 miles
Police: Trooper, suspect die in bus station shooting; 2 hurt
As Trump stumbles with women, Cruz turns to a new weapon: his mom
Veteran Miami officer named police chief in Ferguson
Gunman dead, state trooper in grave condition from shooting at Richmond, Va., bus station

Trump senior adviser: ‘We’ve always assumed that we would lose Wisconsin’

Posted: 01 Apr 2016 01:01 PM PDT

On Friday, April 1, Donald Trump's senior campaign advisor Barry Bennett joins Yahoo Finance Anchor Alexis Christoforous on Yahoo News Live to discuss the campaign's road ahead. The Trump campaign stumbled this week when the candidate made controversial comments on women, Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski was charged with misdemeanor battery, and Trump trailed rival Ted Cruz in Wisconsin polling, where voters will make their choice on April 5th.

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Trump urged to be more serious as Wisconsin contest looms

Posted: 01 Apr 2016 10:59 AM PDT

Donald Trump is facing pressure to adopt a more serious tone in his U.S. presidential campaign from Republicans worried that a string of missteps may do him lasting damage in remaining state-by-state contests needed to clinch the nomination. Tuesday could be a turning point in Wisconsin where Trump's leading rival, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, leads in opinion polls ahead of the state's primary. A Cruz win would make it harder for Trump to reach the magic number of 1,237 delegates needed to secure the nomination before the Republican national convention in July.

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Police ID gunman at Virginia bus terminal as Illinois man

Posted: 01 Apr 2016 08:51 AM PDT

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A 34-year-old Illinois man fatally shot a Virginia state trooper at a busy bus terminal before the gunman was killed by other troopers, authorities said Friday.

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Tornadoes hit 3 southern states as storm heads to Carolinas

Posted: 01 Apr 2016 02:55 AM PDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Tornadoes swirled through Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama as the severe storms head toward the Carolinas.

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Tesla unveils $35,000-Model 3 with range of 215 miles

Posted: 01 Apr 2016 02:20 AM PDT

Tesla Motors gave a sneak preview Thursday of its Model 3 sedan, saying more than 130,000 people had ordered the car, even though it is more than a year away from production. Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk unveiled a prototype of the Model 3 in Hawthorne, California outside Los Angeles to hundreds of Tesla owners and the media, saying the vehicle will go into production in 2017 at a starting price of $35,000. Tesla shares have jumped in recent days in anticipation of the Model 3 launch.

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Police: Trooper, suspect die in bus station shooting; 2 hurt

Posted: 31 Mar 2016 06:54 PM PDT

A gunman fatally shot a Virginia state trooper Thursday at a busy bus terminal in the capital city of Richmond before he was shot dead by two other troopers, police said. Two civilians were also shot but ...

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As Trump stumbles with women, Cruz turns to a new weapon: his mom

Posted: 31 Mar 2016 06:36 PM PDT

Eleanor Darragh, Sen. Ted Cruz's mother, speaks during an campaign event with her son, his wife, Heidi (center left) and Carly Fiorina Wednesday in Madison, Wisconsin. In speech after speech, the Texas senator and Republican presidential hopeful has recounted for audiences the story of how his father fought for freedom in Cuba before escaping to the United States to embrace the American dream. Rafael Cruz's biography has been the emotional and inspirational bedrock of son's bid for the White House, and as such, he has been one of the senator's busiest and most recognizable campaign surrogates.

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Veteran Miami officer named police chief in Ferguson

Posted: 31 Mar 2016 04:50 PM PDT

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — A veteran Miami police officer with two decades of experience dealing with the media and community leaders will take over as police chief in Ferguson, hoping to help the St. Louis suburb heal as it rebounds after the fatal 2014 police shooting of Michael Brown.

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Gunman dead, state trooper in grave condition from shooting at Richmond, Va., bus station

Posted: 31 Mar 2016 02:46 PM PDT

Two people, including a state trooper and suspected gunman, are dead following a shooting at a Greyhound bus station in Richmond, Va., on Thursday.

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