Tuesday, December 15, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 16/12/2015





Trump at center stage, but Cruz in spotlight at GOP debate
FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2015 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaks in Washington. Donald Trump will be standing at center stage, but Cruz will be in the spotlight during Tuesday’s Republican presidential debate. The Texas senator is challenging Trump’s lead in Iowa, and has the money, campaign infrastructure and conservative appeal to compete deep into the GOP primary season. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)



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Obama really wants to go to Cuba, but only if the conditions are right
The president tells Yahoo News that he "very much" hopes to visit Cuba.



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Bowe Bergdahl to face desertion charge in general court-martial
Bowe Bergdahl to face desertion charge in general court-martial



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Baltimore jury mulls officer's fate in Freddie Gray's death
FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2015 file photo, William Porter, one of six Baltimore city police officers charged in connection to the death of Freddie Gray, arrives at a courthouse for jury selection in his trial in Baltimore. The city of Baltimore was bracing for a verdict as closing arguments were planned Monday from defense lawyers for Porter. (Rob Carr/Pool Photo via AP, File)BALTIMORE (AP) — Jurors wrestled over what "evil motive" means Monday as they deliberated the fate of the first of six officers to be tried in the death of Freddie Gray, a black man whose neck was broken in a police van, fueling the "Black Lives Matter" movement.



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U.S. soldier Bergdahl may face life sentence in court-martial over desertion
U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Berghdal is pictured in handout photo provided by U.S. ArmyBy Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who walked away from his post in Afghanistan and became a Taliban prisoner for five years, will face court-martial with a potential life sentence, the Army said on Monday. In ordering the court martial on Monday, Army General Robert Abrams did not follow the recommendation of a preliminary hearing which, according to Bergdahl's lawyer, called for Bergdahl to face a proceeding that could impose a potential maximum penalty of a year in confinement. Bergdahl's lawyer, Eugene Fidell, said the defense team "had hoped the case would not go in this direction." He also urged Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who has called Bergdahl a "dirty, rotten traitor," to "cease his prejudicial months-long campaign of defamation against our client." In a later interview on Monday, Fidell also criticized members of Congress for publicly saying they were closely monitoring the outcome of the case.



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California shooter messaged Facebook friends about support for jihad: LA Times
People visit a makeshift memorial for the victims of last week's shooting in San Bernardino, California(Reuters) - One of the shooters in the San Bernardino massacre, Tashfeen Malik, sent at least two private messages on Facebook to a small group of Pakistani friends in 2012 and 2014, pledging her support for Islamic jihad and saying she hoped to join the fight one day, the Los Angeles Times reported on Monday. The messages were posted before Malik, 29, entered the United States on a K-1 fiancée visa in July 2014, the Times said, citing two top federal law enforcement officials. Malik's messages were recovered by FBI agents investigating whether she and her husband, Syed Rizwan Farook, had been in direct contact with foreign militant organizations and were directed to carry out the Dec. 2 attack in which 14 people were killed, the Times reported.



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On Sandy Hook anniversary, U.S. activists call for gun restrictions
Activists hold a protest and vigil against gun violence on the third anniversary of the Sandy Hook mass shooting, outside the National Rifle Association (NRA) headquarters in FairfaxSpeakers including U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly, a Virginia Democrat, and survivors of recent U.S. mass shootings made their call outside the Fairfax, Virginia, headquarters of the National Rifle Association lobbying group. On Dec. 14, 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot and killed 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, an attack that stands as one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history.



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Obama: faster progress needed against Islamic State
U.S. President Barack Obama arrives to deliver a statement after attending a National Security Council meeting on the counter-Islamic State campaign at the Pentagon in WashingtonU.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday progress needs to speed up against Islamic State militants, calling on allies to increase their military contributions to coalition efforts to destroy the group in Iraq and Syria. Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon, Obama said he was sending Defense Secretary Ash Carter to the Middle East to secure more military help from partner nations in the fight against the group. "This continues to be a difficult fight," Obama said.



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Egypt says no evidence of terrorism in Russian plane crash
The remains of a Russian airliner are inspected by military investigators at the crash site at the al-Hasanah area in El Arish city, north EgyptEgypt said on Monday it had found no evidence so far of terrorism or other illegal action linked to the crash of a Russian passenger plane in Sinai that killed all 224 people on board on Oct. 31. Russia and Western governments have said the Airbus A321 operated by Metrojet was likely brought down by a bomb, and the Islamic State militant group said it had smuggled an explosive on board. The crash hit Egypt's tourism industry, a cornerstone of the economy.



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