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The European Space Agency and the Russian Federal Space Agency together launches an unmanned mission to Mars. (Photo by ESA–Stephane Corvaja)

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ExoMars mission blasts off for the Red Planet

A joint Euro-Russian mission launched a probe on Monday to explore Mars, aiming to bring humanity a step closer to one day setting foot on the Red Planet and perhaps discovering extraterrestrial life.

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Christian Science Monitor

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ExoMars launch: Everything you need to know

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Belfast Telegraph

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Spuds in space: Is growing potatoes on Mars key to surviving climate change?

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Guardian

Despite losses, Merkel sticks to migrant policy

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has vowed to press on with her migrant policy despite seeing her Christian Democrats party punished by voters who flocked to the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany in regional polls.

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Reuters

Stranded refugees push toward Macedonia

Refugees stranded on the Greek-Macedonian border have streamed out of the camp at Idomeni. Several hundred were detained by Macedonian police after crossing the border.

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Putin tells troops to start withdrawing from Syria

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he has instructed his armed forces to start pulling out of Syria, over five months after he ordered the launch of a military operation that shored up his ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

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Reuters

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Syrian peace talks: Why this round might be different

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CNN

After latest deadly blast, Turkish warplanes strike Kurdish militant encampments in Iraq

Turkish warplanes struck Kurdish militant camps in northern Iraq a day after 37 people were killed in an Ankara car bombing that security officials said involved two fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party.

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Reuters

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Pain, anger, disbelief at site of Ankara blast

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BBC

Trade deals overshadow Dem race in Ohio

In a presidential campaign where candidates are clamoring to be the next 21st century leader, the Democratic contenders here are battling about a decades-old issue: trade.

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U.S. News & World Report

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Criticism grows over violence at Trump rallies

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BBC

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Sanders calls Trump ‘a pathological liar’

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The Independent

Amtrak train derails in Kansas, injuring 32

An Amtrak train has derailed in southwestern Kansas, injuring at least 32 passengers, officials said. The accident occurred about 20 miles west of Dodge City, Amtrak said.

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ABC News

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NTSB press conference on derailment

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Kansas City Star

IN DEPTH

Lavoy Finicum shooting prompts criminal investigation into FBI

The US Justice Department launched an investigation into FBI agents involved in the LaVoy Finicum shooting. Inspector General Michael Horowitz did reveal the inquiry is part of an ongoing criminal investigation.

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New video details LaVoy Finicum traffic stop, shooting

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OPB

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Four key details revealed by LaVoy Finicum investigation report

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OPB

Danish shoppers snapping up expired food

A new grocery store in Copenhagen is selling only expired or damaged products. And employees at WeFood, a brainchild of Danish NGO Folkekirkens Nødhjælp, can’t restock the shelves fast enough.

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Christian Science Monitor

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How businesses, families can profit from reducing food waste

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CNBC

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN reports grave rights abuses in South Sudan

Children burned alive. Detainees left to suffocate in closed shipping containers. Men hung from trees, or cut into pieces. This is all detailed in a report released by the United Nations about the war in South Sudan.

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TIME

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South Sudan’s militaries recruit child soldiers

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CBS News

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South Sudan troops systematically raped girls and women

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CNN

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

RNC aims to keep Obama nominee off court

The RNC has formed a task force to launch radio and digital attack ads, petitions, and media appearances in an attempt to block President Obama’s effort to nominate a justice to the Supreme Court.

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The Hill

Romney touches down for Kasich in Ohio

Mitt Romney came to Ohio on Monday to help Governor John Kasich beat Donald Trump in the Republican presidential primary, part of the 2012 nominee‘s effort to prevent the billionaire from becoming the party’s standard-bearer.

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Bloomberg

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Amazon to start air delivery network

Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday it had signed a deal to lease 20 Boeing 767 widebody freighter aircraft to handle more of its own deliveries in the United States.

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Reuters

Chinese exports plunge 25% in February

Chinese exports have seen their sharpest drop in almost seven years, adding to concerns over the health of the world’s second largest economy. This comes after Beijing registered the slowest economic growth in 25 years.

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BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly to retire

Scott Kelly, the astronaut who spent a U.S. record 520 days in four flights in space, will retire April 1, NASA announced.

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CNN

How 250 million-year-old reptile got its name

Researchers have unearthed the skull of a transitional form that survived “The Great Dying” about 250 million years ago. The reptile evolved into dinosaurs and eventually birds.

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Tech Times

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GOOD NEWS

World’s oldest man, 112, survived Auschwitz

A survivor of the Auschwitz death camp is now the world’s oldest man. Yisrael Kristal was born in Poland in 1903 and lived through two world wars before moving to Israel.

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BBC

Two sisters found a year after they disappeared

Two teenage sisters in upstate New York have been found almost a year after they went missing, and a woman described as a “family acquaintance” has been charged with kidnapping them, PEOPLE confirms.

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MSN News

NGO AND NONPROFIT

NGO provides health screenings in Nigeria

Eagles Wings Development Center, a nongovernmental organization operating in Nigeria, has organized free diabetes, hypertension and blood sugar tests for widows and market women.

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NGO clears over 60 schools under trees

Pencils of Promise, a nongovernmental organization committed to improving quality education, has made giant strides by removing over 60 schools under trees in 19 districts of the Volta Region during 2014/2015 academic year.

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PHILANTHROPY AND AID

CDC, Walgreens work to prevent Zika spread

In an effort to curb the spread of Zika virus disease in Puerto Rico, Walgreens is collaborating with the (CDC) and the CDC Foundation to educate the public on preventive steps to avoid Zika.

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BusinessWire

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Sexual transmission of Zika more common than thought

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USA TODAY

Turkey makes new proposal on migrant crisis

Turkey’s prime minister made a new proposal for tackling the migrant crisis at a summit in Brussels, leading EU leaders to extend their meeting, officials said.

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MSN News

ENVIRONMENT

Unprecedented spike in CO2 levels in 2015

The annual growth rate of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rose more in 2015 than scientists have ever seen in a single year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced.

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MSN News

Report links extreme weather, climate change

Man-made climate change is worsening some extreme weather events, according to a report made public Friday by a top science group in Washington.

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USA TODAY

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The Gateshead Millennium Bridge, a pedestrian and cyclist tilt bridge, spans the River Tyne in England between Gateshead’s Quays arts quarter on the south bank and the Quayside of Newcastle upon Tyne on the north bank. (Photo by Wisebuys21) Photo used under CC BY

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