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A’s teammates spoke quietly and thoughtfully as starter Jarrod Parker was likely out for the season again after another valiant attempt to come back from elbow problems that have plagued him for the last two […]

Fresh doubts arise over French energy firm EDF’s plans for an £18bn nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point in Somerset.
BBC News – Business

The Syrian government says it will attend fresh peace talks due to start in Geneva on Monday, but has put limits on the agenda.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuela’s opposition hold a day of nationwide protests at the start of a campaign to force President Nicolas Maduro from office.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The BBC is given a video that shows a boat full of migrants being beaten with sticks as it sails from Turkey to a Greek island.
BBC News – Europe

The SNP will undertake a fresh drive for independence but not “browbeat” voters into backing change, party leader Nicola Sturgeon says.
BBC News – UK

President Barack Obama warns White House contenders to avoid fanning tensions, a day after a Donald Trump rally was called off amid clashes.
BBC News – US & Canada

Sierra Leone’s president refuses to sign a bill legalising abortion, which was unanimously passed by MPs, saying it should be put to a referendum.
BBC News – Africa

OKLAHOMA CITY, March 12, 2016 – The Oklahoma City Thunder has recalled forward Josh Huestis from the Ok
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The shred of optimism that Jarrod Parker and the A’s might have taken into Thursday evening regarding the right-hander’s again-injured elbow was dashed with tough news on Friday. An MRI exam revealed that Parker […]

The template was set on Wednesday night when the
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There is evidence that oil prices are stabilising and could even begin to rise again, says the International Energy Agency.
BBC News – Business

The German interior minister says stolen files detailing hundreds of recruits to the Islamic State group can be assumed to be genuine.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazilian prosecutors request the arrest of ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a money laundering inquiry.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Mikhail Lesin, a former aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin found dead in the US last year, died of a blow to the head, coroners say.
BBC News – Europe

Boris Johnson says leaving the EU is a “win-win for all of us”, as Tony Blair urges more “passion” from the Remain campaign.
BBC News – UK

Presidential hopeful Marco Rubio attacks Republican front-runner Donald Trump for saying that Islam hates the US, in a TV debate in Miami.
BBC News – US & Canada

Militias allied to the South Sudanese army have been allowed to rape women in lieu of wages while fighting rebels, a UN report says.
BBC News – Africa

Right-hander Kenta Maeda struck out three in three scoreless innings, and A.J. Ellis hit a three-run double to help the Dodgers secure an 8-3 victory against the host A’s at Hohokam Stadium on Thursday […]

OKLAHOMA CITY, March 10, 2016 – The Oklahoma City Thunder has assigned forwards Josh Huestis and Mitch
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