| ‘We will never forget him’: Trump addresses widow of slain SEAL as doubts linger over mission Posted: 28 Feb 2017 07:45 PM PST  As debate continues to swirl over the mission's results, President Trump's acknowledgment of a fallen soldier's wife was the most emotional moment of his first congressional address. Carryn Owens, whose husband, Navy SEAL William "Ryan" Owens, was killed in a Yemen raid last month, was moved to tears as Trump praised her husband's sacrifice. "Ryan died as he lived," said Trump.
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| Thousands flee Boko Haram attacks around Nigeria's Chibok: IOM Posted: 01 Mar 2017 10:52 AM PST  Some 7,000 people have fled from villages around the northeast Nigerian town of Chibok because of Boko Haram attacks, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday. The IOM said an estimated 4,449 people or 740 households have fled to Chibok itself since February 25, "seeking safety following attacks or threats of attacks in some neighbouring villages". "These movements are in addition to the estimated 300 people who fled to Chibok town around February 10," it added in a briefing document seen by AFP.
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| Republican congressman mocks Democratic women for wearing white Posted: 01 Mar 2017 02:59 PM PST  In a radio interview, Republican Rep. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota mocked Democratic women for wearing white at President Trump's first address to Congress.
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| Reject 'Ryancare,' Wife Of Freedom Caucus Leader Urges Posted: 28 Feb 2017 04:36 PM PST  Rep. Mark Meadows said he was unaware his wife had sent a letter urging complete repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
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| Latest: Husband of plane crash survivor says she's stable Posted: 01 Mar 2017 06:56 PM PST  RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a small plane that crashed into homes in California (all times local):
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| Subway swears its chicken is chicken and releases its own study Posted: 02 Mar 2017 07:56 AM PST  The subway chicken war isn't over. A poultry analysis of various fast food restaurants from CBC Marketplace last week found that Subway's chicken may actually contain less chicken DNA than one would hope. Obviously, Subway wasn't too pleased with this study, and after releasing multiple statements disputing the report and demanding the piece be retracted, it released its own study. The original CBC report conducted by Matt Harnden, a researcher at Trent University's Wildlife Forensic DNA Laboratory, found that the chicken used in some of Subway's wraps and sandwiches contains less than 50 percent chicken DNA, with the remaining majority being soy. Of the six sandwiches tested from various restaurants, Subway's oven roasted chicken and chicken strips were the worst offenders. SEE ALSO: Taco Bell ditched the Naked Chicken Chalupa, so here's how to make your own "The stunningly flawed test by Marketplace is a tremendous disservice to our customers," said Suzanne Greco, Subway president and chief executive, in a statement issued to the Washington Post Wednesday night. "The allegation that our chicken is only 50 percent chicken is 100 percent wrong." So Subway released its own study conducted by two independent laboratories in order to test the chicken from Canada, the Post reports. The Subway studies evaluated the soy protein in the chicken samples, and found the plant protein to be less than 1 percent of the sample. CBC stood by its test results, posting the six page report for all to see on its site. "Only the Subway samples had significant levels of plant DNA," the CBC wrote. The CBC also cited Robert Hanner, biologist and associate director for the Canadian Barcode of Life Network at the University of Guelph in Ontario. "DNA tests do not lie (especially when conducted multiple times), and anyone with access to a DNA laboratory could perform these tests," Hanner wrote. The CBC also clarified part of its study, stating that "DNA tests don't reveal an exact percentage of the amount of chicken in the whole piece, but DNA experts have told Marketplace that the testing is a good indicator of the proportion of animal and plant DNA in the product." Subway declined to talk on camera about its study with CBC, and show where and how its chicken is made. Subway did not immediately respond to request for comment and additional information. BONUS: This parkour robot overlord has 'Terminator' written all over it
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| Teenager Killed by Car While Trying to Rescue Cat Cat That Was Hit by Car Posted: 01 Mar 2017 05:47 PM PST  Emily Sanchez, 18 was trying to rescue a wounded cat when she was hit and killed by a car.
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| Mount Etna lava show lights up Sicilian sky Posted: 01 Mar 2017 12:06 PM PST ![Mount Etna lava show lights up Sicilian sky]( "Mount Etna lava show lights up Sicilian sky") Bright lava lit up the night sky on the Italian island of Sicily on Monday as Mount Etna erupted for the first time this year. The volcano, one of the most active in the world, has been largely dormant for the last two years, but it sprung to life with bright orange lava spewing out high over the Mediterranean Island, eventually easing off by Tuesday morning. Catania airport, situated within 31 miles of the volcano, remained open, but authorities were tracking the movements of the ash cloud.
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| Exclusive: Trump administration has found only $20 million in existing funds for wall - document Posted: 01 Mar 2017 03:01 PM PST ![Exclusive: Trump administration has found only $20 million in existing funds for wall - document]( "Exclusive: Trump administration has found only $20 million in existing funds for wall - document") President Donald Trump's promise to use existing funds to begin immediate construction of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border has hit a financial roadblock, according to a document seen by Reuters. The rapid start of construction, promised throughout Trump's campaign and in an executive order issued in January on border security, was to be financed, according to the White House, with "existing funds and resources" of the Department of Homeland Security. The document said the funds would be enough to cover a handful of contracts for wall prototypes, but not enough to begin construction of an actual barrier.
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| As US pressures Iran, parallel tensions grow between Israel and Hezbollah Posted: 01 Mar 2017 12:39 PM PST ![As US pressures Iran, parallel tensions grow between Israel and Hezbollah]( "As US pressures Iran, parallel tensions grow between Israel and Hezbollah") The calm that has prevailed for more than a decade along the Lebanon-Israel border is being rattled by a flurry of fiery warnings from both sides that has many here concerned another war between the Jewish state and Lebanon's Hezbollah organization may be drawing closer. Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah has threatened to hit Israel's nuclear reactor should the Jewish state attack. The prospect of a mutually destructive war unleashed on Lebanon and Israel continues to act as a deterrence, but it remains perilously vulnerable to a miscalculation that could spiral into a conflict before either side can dial it back.
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| Rights groups says Philippine police has falsified evidence Posted: 02 Mar 2017 12:29 AM PST  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A human rights watchdog on Thursday accused the police in the Philippines of falsifying evidence to justify unlawful killings in the government's war on drugs that has caused more than 7,000 deaths, and pointed the finger at President Rodrigo Duterte as being ultimately responsible.
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| Jeff Sessions Plans To Crack The Federal Whip On The Legal Marijuana Industry Posted: 28 Feb 2017 10:31 AM PST  Attorney General Jeff Sessions is coming for you marijuana industry.
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| Japan emperor to meet abandoned Vietnam families of soldiers Posted: 01 Mar 2017 04:16 AM PST  HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Japan's emperor and empress, on a landmark visit to Vietnam, are expected to express their sympathies when they meet Thursday with Vietnamese women abandoned by their Japanese soldier husbands after World War II.
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| Scientists are firing lasers at dinosaur fossils, and the result is awesome Posted: 01 Mar 2017 08:21 AM PST  Scientists are one step closer to figuring out what dinosaurs actually looked like—and they're doing it by pointing laser beams at dinosaur fossils to show previously unknown features and details, including the actual fleshy outlines of prehistoric creatures. In a new study, researchers focused the technique on the Anchiornis, a small feathered dinosaur that lived in the late Jurassic period. SEE ALSO: A dinosaur-era reptile popped out babies, not eggs Due to the animal's drumstick-shaped legs and bird-like arms, revealed by the lasers, researchers think the Anchiornis might have been able to fly. The discovery offers another link in how modern-day birds may have evolved from their predecessors, according to the study published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications. Image: Julius T. Csotonyi The Anchiornis, whose name means "near bird," was the size of a raven and lived about a 160 million years ago. By laser-scanning nine of the Anchiornis's fossil fragments, scientists found their bodies showed remarkable similarities to modern birds. " Anchiornis is especially suited for this study, because its contribution to understanding avian and flight origins has not been fully realized," the team wrote in the paper. Researchers also found that the Anchiornis had arms with patagia, a membrane that covers a limb and forms a wing—as with bats—that is necessary for gliding or flying. "What our work does underscore is the broad extent to which bird-like dinosaurs were experimenting with their anatomy and functional capabilities before we had the first unequivocal gliding and flying birds," Michael Pittman, the study's lead researcher and a paleontologist at the University of Hong Kong, told National Geographic . BONUS: Tremendous 122-foot titanosaur is unveiled at Museum of Natural History
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| How to Get the Most Out of Your Home Inspection Posted: 02 Mar 2017 06:48 AM PST ![How to Get the Most Out of Your Home Inspection]( "How to Get the Most Out of Your Home Inspection") According to data from the National Association of Realtors, in 2016, approximately 700,000 of the 6.1 million homes sold were new. A good way for homebuyers to be aware of potential problems with a home -- and gauge the potential costs -- is to have a home inspection. A home inspection by a certified professional provides a bit of assurance regarding the home's quality and the effectiveness of its key systems like air conditioning, heating, roof and more.
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| Widow of Navy SEAL Who Died in Yemen Raid Gets 2-Minute Standing Ovation During Trump's Speech Posted: 01 Mar 2017 08:00 AM PST  'Ryan died as he lived - a warrior, and a hero,' Trump said.
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| South Korea's Lotte Duty Free says website crashed after attack from Chinese IPs Posted: 02 Mar 2017 01:31 AM PST ![South Korea's Lotte Duty Free says website crashed after attack from Chinese IPs]( "South Korea's Lotte Duty Free says website crashed after attack from Chinese IPs") By Joyce Lee and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) - Lotte Duty Free on Thursday said a cyber attack using Chinese internet protocol (IP) addresses has crashed its website, the latest report of irregularity from a South Korean firm in China since Seoul decided to deploy a U.S. missile defense system. A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, which overloads servers with requests, began slowing all four language versions of the website at 11:00 a.m. (0200 GMT) and crashed them all around 12:00 p.m., Lotte Duty Free said in a statement. The attack comes after affiliate Lotte International Co Ltd on Monday approved a land swap to allow the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system on what was once its property, in response to the North Korean missile threat.
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| Russian jets mistakenly bomb US-backed forces in Syria: US Posted: 01 Mar 2017 02:32 PM PST  Russian warplanes bombed US-backed fighters in several small villages in northern Syria after they mistakenly thought Islamic State group forces were in the area, a US general said Wednesday. Army Lieutenant General Stephen Townsend said Russian and Syrian regime aircraft attacked the villages to the south and east of Al-Bab in Aleppo province on Tuesday, resulting in an unspecified number of casualties. The Russians apparently had observed Islamic State fighters moving from the area and wrongly assumed that other forces remaining were jihadists.
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| Suspects charged with murder in airport nerve agent attack Posted: 28 Feb 2017 08:47 PM PST  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Appearing calm and solemn, two young women accused of smearing VX nerve agent on Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader, were charged with murder Wednesday.
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| Obama Returning To Politics Posted: 28 Feb 2017 06:29 PM PST  "He's coming," says Eric Holder. "And he's ready to roll."
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| Seven Baltimore police officers arrested on racketeering charges Posted: 01 Mar 2017 02:49 PM PST ![Seven Baltimore police officers arrested on racketeering charges]( "Seven Baltimore police officers arrested on racketeering charges") Seven Baltimore police officers were arrested on Wednesday on federal racketeering charges for robbing and extorting up to $200,000 from victims, along with stealing guns and drugs, prosecutors said. Many of the alleged shakedowns took place while the Baltimore Police Department was under intense media scrutiny and facing a U.S. Justice Department civil rights investigation for the 2015 police-involved death of a black man that plunged the largely African-American city into turmoil. "These are really simply robberies by people wearing police uniforms," U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein told a news conference.
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| Drought-busting snow pushes Tahoe to highest mark since 2006 Posted: 28 Feb 2017 04:38 PM PST  RENO, Nev. (AP) — The drought-busting snow and rain in the mountains around Lake Tahoe have pushed the lake to its highest level in more than a decade.
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| How Math Can Tell You When to Move On in Life Posted: 01 Mar 2017 01:30 AM PST ![How Math Can Tell You When to Move On in Life]( "How Math Can Tell You When to Move On in Life") One of the grand questions in life is when it's time to move on. Whether you're a hunter-gatherer rapidly depleting the berries in your area or an oil company considering leaving one well to start up another, from the point of view of a mathematician, you face the same basic dilemma: "When should you go to where the grass is greener?" says Sidney Redner, a physicist at the Santa Fe Institute. The problem shows up in ecology, where researchers study the optimal strategy for a foragers moving through its environment; in management research, where companies decide between sinking money into innovation or excelling where they are strongest; and many, many other places.
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| American Man Politely Informs Brits He Is Their Next King in Newspaper Ad Posted: 01 Mar 2017 01:11 PM PST  The madness of King George just got a sequel.
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| The U.S. Military's Greatest Advantage Is Dying a Slow Death Posted: 01 Mar 2017 12:09 PM PST  And a new idea could revive it, but that's only half the battle.
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| US top court says electoral maps must be reviewed for racial bias Posted: 01 Mar 2017 12:55 PM PST  The US Supreme Court on Wednesday came down on the side of Democrats who charged that certain US electoral districts in Virginia were drawn to dilute the influence of black voters elsewhere in the state. The high court found that a lower court had erred in deciding that race was not a dominant factor in drawing Virginia's electoral map. Black voters tend to vote Democratic, while majority white districts are more likely to go Republican.
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| Cop Tackles Man Seen Hitting Police Station Windows With Baseball Bat Posted: 01 Mar 2017 05:40 AM PST  The man is allegedly seen in surveillance footage trying to smash windows of a West Covina, Calif., police station.
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| Tornadoes leave a basement without a house in Missouri Posted: 01 Mar 2017 12:50 PM PST  ABC News' Phillip Mena shows the devastation in Perryville, Missouri, where a house has been completely swept away by tornadoes.
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| Wonder of the Waldorf: Iconic hotel closes its doors — for now Posted: 01 Mar 2017 08:14 AM PST ![Wonder of the Waldorf: Iconic hotel closes its doors — for now]( "Wonder of the Waldorf: Iconic hotel closes its doors — for now") The word "grand" matched few hotels in the world better than New York City's Waldorf Astoria, but this bastion of gilded splendor is now closing for two to three years for a transformative makeover. The last guests were checking out by noon Wednesday after enjoying the rich Art Deco style of the old Waldorf one last time. When the building reopens, it will still have a hotel, but hundreds of its 1,400 guest rooms will have been converted into privately owned condominiums, according to a spokesman for the Anbang Insurance Group, the Chinese company that bought the storied hotel for nearly $2 billion in 2015.
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| Airports, legal volunteers prepare for new Trump travel ban Posted: 28 Feb 2017 06:29 PM PST  SEATTLE (AP) — Airport officials and civil rights lawyers around the country are getting ready for President Donald Trump's new travel ban — mindful of the chaos that accompanied his initial executive order but hopeful the forthcoming version will be rolled out in a more orderly way.
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| Proposal Pushing For More Diversity At Apple Shot Down In Shareholders Meeting Posted: 28 Feb 2017 12:14 PM PST  Shareholders vote against a proposal which sought to increase diversity at senior levels and Apple's Board of Directors Tuesday.
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| Latest: Plane crash survivor burned on 90 percent of body Posted: 28 Feb 2017 02:57 PM PST RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a small plane that crashed into homes in California (all times local):
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| 11 Times Selena Gomez and Bella Hadid Were Basically Twins Posted: 28 Feb 2017 07:14 PM PST  Turns out Selena Gomez and Bella Hadid have more in common than their love for The Weeknd — namely, their senses of style.
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| Trade blockade in east Ukraine riles rebels and Kiev Posted: 28 Feb 2017 04:29 PM PST  A locomotive with some 30 empty wagons stands halted before a makeshift barricade of wooden boards and barbed wire. Originally heading to rebel-held areas in east Ukraine to fill up with coal to sell back in government territory, it has been stuck for a month at a blockade by nationalist protesters and military veterans against ongoing trade with Russian-backed insurgents. The action has managed a rare feat in Ukraine -- it has united both the separatists who control swathes of its industrial heartland and the pro-Western government in anger, hitting key industries and threatening power outages.
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| Thermal Imaging Camera Spots Suspect Crawling Through Mud After Fleeing Walmart Fight: Cops Posted: 02 Mar 2017 06:26 AM PST  Dustin Arnold was allegedly among a group that sped off from a Florida Walmart in a stolen truck.
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| One of Vizio’s best sound bars is on sale again on Amazon Posted: 02 Mar 2017 05:20 AM PST 
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| Canada, U.S. join forces on tackling border asylum-seekers Posted: 01 Mar 2017 03:36 PM PST ![Canada, U.S. join forces on tackling border asylum-seekers]( "Canada, U.S. join forces on tackling border asylum-seekers") By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian and U.S. officials are working on a plan to tackle asylum seekers crossing into Canada illegally, with American officials keen to discover how they entered the United States in the first place, said a source familiar with the matter. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly is set to visit Canada this month for talks on the border and the influx of people, said the source, who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter. Hundreds of people, mainly from Africa but also the Middle East, have walked across the border, seeking asylum.
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| Trump attorney general urged to quit over Russia links Posted: 02 Mar 2017 08:44 AM PST  Top US Democrats demanded the resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions Thursday over his failure to disclose that he met twice with Russia's ambassador to Washington during last year's election campaign. The revelation of Sessions' Russian contacts -- which directly contradicted his testimony in Senate confirmation hearings -- plunged President Donald Trump's administration into fresh turmoil, dashing its hopes for a feel-good reboot after a chaotic start. The previously undisclosed meetings once again raised the question of whether Trump's campaign team colluded with Russian attempts to influence the outcome of the US elections.
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| 3 New Pokémon Go Updates Coming In 2017: Niantic CEO John Hanke Posted: 28 Feb 2017 09:20 PM PST  Niantic CEO John Hanke said at the Mobile World Congress that the Gen 2 Update was the first of the three major updates planned for 2017.
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| Contamination of Lake Titicaca: Lake worshipped by Incans now littered with trash Posted: 02 Mar 2017 09:18 AM PST ![Contamination of Lake Titicaca: Lake worshipped by Incans now littered with trash]( "Contamination of Lake Titicaca: Lake worshipped by Incans now littered with trash") Tucked between snow-capped mountains, Lake Titicaca was once worshipped by the Incas, who proclaimed its deep blue waters the birthplace of the sun. The steady deterioration of the prized tourist destination has caused a rash of health problems among the 1.3 million people in Peru and Bolivia living near Lake Titicaca's polluted banks. "If the frogs could talk they would say, 'This is killing me,'" said Maruja Inquilla, a local environmental activist who recently showed up at the Puno governor's house carrying plastic bags filled with hundreds of dead frogs in protest.
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| Plane crash ignites inferno in California neighborhood Posted: 28 Feb 2017 03:36 PM PST RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Juan Cortes and his son were installing fencing when they saw a low-flying plane make an awkward tilt and go straight down into a quiet Southern California neighborhood of single-family homes. Moments later they and others were confronted with a horrifying inferno.
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| Yahoo says about 32 million accounts accessed using 'forged cookies' Posted: 01 Mar 2017 03:27 PM PST ![Yahoo says about 32 million accounts accessed using 'forged cookies']( "Yahoo says about 32 million accounts accessed using 'forged cookies'") (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc , which disclosed two massive data breaches last year, said on Wednesday that about 32 million user accounts were accessed by intruders in the last two years using forged cookies. "Based on the investigation, we believe an unauthorized third party accessed the company's proprietary code to learn how to forge certain cookies," Yahoo said in its latest annual filing. Yahoo also said in December that data from more than 1 billion user accounts was compromised in August 2013, making it the largest breach in history.
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| UN rights body told to end focus on Israel as US mulls exit Posted: 01 Mar 2017 02:51 AM PST ![UN rights body told to end focus on Israel as US mulls exit]( "UN rights body told to end focus on Israel as US mulls exit") BERLIN (AP) — The United States on Wednesday called on the U.N. Human Rights Council to drop its "obsession with Israel" amid reports that the Trump administration is considering quitting the body.
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| Tunisia to try six police over beach attack response Posted: 01 Mar 2017 03:13 AM PST  Tunisia is to prosecute six policemen over their response to a 2015 gun and grenade attack on a beach resort that killed 38 foreign holidaymakers, a judiciary spokesman said Wednesday. The announcement comes a day after an inquest into the deaths of the 30 Britons among them found that the response of Tunisian police was "at best shambolic, at worst cowardly". The six policemen, who will remain at liberty pending trial, have been charged with "failing to come to the assistance of a person in danger," said Sofiene Sliti, spokesman for the judiciary's counter-terrorism section.
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