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OAKLAND – Down by as many as 20 points, the game could have been over for the Thunder early on Saturday night.
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Navinder Sarao, the “flash crash” trader, should not be extradited to the United States because the offences he is accused of were not crimes in the UK, his lawyers said.
BBC News – Business

The number of Syrians trying to cross into Turkey amid an upsurge of fighting has nearly doubled to 35,000, a Turkish official says.
BBC News – Middle East

Millions of people celebrate the first day of the annual carnival festivities across Brazil despite concerns about the recent Zika virus outbreak.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

An outspoken British member of a Roman Catholic commission on sexual abuse refuses to quit, denouncing his treatment by the Vatican as “outrageous”.
BBC News – Europe

Charities say new rules on how they spend government grants are tantamount to making them take a vow of silence by preventing them from lobbying ministers.
BBC News – UK

The Pentagon releases nearly 200 photographs linked to allegations of abuse by the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan over a decade ago.
BBC News – US & Canada

Militants freed an Australian woman kidnapped with her husband last month in Burkina Faso, where they provided health services.
BBC News – Africa

The overriding goal of the A’s offseason was to restore order to a bullpen that arguably cost the club more than a dozen victories in a last-place 2015 campaign.
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The blurred region that Telstar Elementary covers is unique in that some students ride their horses past the school, while others come fr
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The A’s starting staff includes one of baseball’s best arms in Sonny Gray, a true ace expected to carry the club on Opening Day and beyond. Who, exactly, follows him in line, though, remains uncertain.
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The US economy added 151,000 jobs in January, helping to push the country’s unemployment rate down to 4.9%, official figures show.
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Some 15,000 Syrians are massed at the Turkish border after fleeing a government offensive in Aleppo, the UN and Turkey say.
BBC News – Middle East

Active Zika virus has been detected in the saliva and urine of patients, Brazilian scientists say.
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Pope Francis is to hold a historic first meeting with Patriarch Kirill, the head of Russian Orthodox Church, in Cuba.
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The UK foreign secretary brands as “ridiculous” a UN panel’s ruling that Julian Assange be allowed to go free, but the Wikileaks founder demands the decision be respected.
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Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders clash sharply over Wall Street and foreign policy in their first head-to-head TV debate.
BBC News – US & Canada

Islamist militant group al-Shabab retakes Somalia’s port city of Merca after African Union troops left, making it the biggest town under their control.
BBC News – Africa

With only two games in a seven day span, the Thunder has a chance to catch its breath after the month of January, like a sprinter who jus
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