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Pyeongchang Paralympics bringing optimism to South Koreans

Pyeongchang, South Korea – Interest in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics, which start on Friday, is gaining momentum on the ground. Organisers have managed to sell more than 285,000 tickets, which is nearly 130 percent of their target of 220,000. These Games will be the largest in history, with 570 athletes from 49 countries taking part.…

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Components 1 testing – day three

Formula 1 testing – Vettel sets fastest time so far in testing – Live – BBC Sport ]]> ]]> Summary Third day of second F1 test 5 live F1 season preview tonight 20:30 GMT Get involved #bbcf1 McLaren broke down on days 1 & 2

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France threatens to acknowledge if Syria chemical assault proven staunch

WARNING: The above report contains images some may find distressing. France has said it would introduce « intervention measures » if claims of a Syrian government chemical attack in Eastern Ghouta late on Wednesday proved to be true.  « If the use of chemical weapons was found, verified, attributed and the use of the chemical weapon left people…

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Sri Lanka: Muslims horror extra assaults for the length of Friday prayers

Sri Lankan Muslims say they fear being attacked during Friday prayers by Sinhalese Buddhists amid accusations that security forces are failing to take action against marauding mobs. Despite a state of emergency and a curfew to curtail violence that broke out last weekend between Muslims and Buddhists in the central district of Kandy, concerns abound…

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How Two Photographers Unknowingly Shot the Same Millisecond in Time

On March 3rd, during a large East Coast winter storm, I headed to the ocean to capture some wave action. My travels eventually took me to Great Island Commons in New Castle, New Hampshire, where Whaleback Lighthouse is prominently featured .8 miles offshore. I was hoping to capture big waves crashing around the lighthouse, and…

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ECB drops pledge to grab extra bonds if wished

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Iron Man filmmaker Jon Favreau to kind a reside-motion Star Wars series

Director Jon Favreau has already taken his first steps into the realm of the Force, and now he’s venturing deeper. The Iron Man and The Jungle Book filmmaker has signed on to write and produce a live-action Star Wars series for Disney’s new direct-to-consumer platform, Lucasfilm announced Thursday. Favreau previously played the Mandalorian character Pre Vizsla in…

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U.S. Civil Rights Commissioners: Obama-Period Faculty Leniency Protection Brings ‘Fright’ and ‘Hazard’

Two members of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights say the Obama-era school leniency policy that discourages reports of threatening behavior by minority students to law enforcement is dangerous. “Many schools that have adopted lenient disciplinary policies – i.e., defining offenses down so that blacks and Hispanics aren’t suspended or expelled at significantly higher rates than…