Craig Taylor

US President Barack Obama tells the Iranian people a nuclear deal presents a rare chance to transform the two countries’ relationship.
BBC News – US & Canada

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan tells the BBC that he hopes all territory seized by Islamist militants Boko Haram will be recaptured within a month.
BBC News – Africa

On Thursday morning, 14-year old Titus Bowen was dribbling a basketball, bouncing around the court at Thunder Youth Basketball Camp.
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Everything was stagnant for the Thunder as the midpoint of the third quarter rolled by.
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George Osborne unveils tax cuts for first-time buyers, workers and savers and claims UK is “walking tall again,” in his final Budget before the election.
BBC News – Business

The White House expresses “deep concern” over “divisive rhetoric” in Israel’s election, and reiterates US support for Palestinian statehood.
BBC News – Middle East

Members of the left-wing Latin American Alba group express their support for Venezuela as tensions between the country and the US rise.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Dozens of people are hurt and some 350 people arrested in a protest involving anti-austerity demonstrators in the German city of Frankfurt.
BBC News – Europe

George Osborne draws the battle lines for the general election in seven weeks’ time, after unveiling what he called a Budget for a “comeback country”.
BBC News – UK

A US Air Force veteran accused of trying to join Islamic State appears in court in New York and denies all the charges.
BBC News – US & Canada

Tunisia’s president vows to fight terrorism “without mercy” following a gun attack in Tunis that killed 19 people, most of them tourists.
BBC News – Africa

OKLAHOMA CITY, March 17, 2015 – Oklahoma City Thunder forward Serge Ibaka underwent successful arthroscopic surgery toda
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France and Germany are to join the UK in becoming members of the Chinese-led Asian development bank, it has emerged.
BBC News – Business

Millions of Israelis vote in what is expected to be a close fight between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and a centre-left alliance.
BBC News – Middle East

The public prosecutor in Brazil formally charges the treasurer of the governing Worker’s Party with corruption in the Petrobras scandal.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A Dutch UN peacekeeping helicopter crashes near Gao in northern Mali, with two people reported killed.
BBC News – Europe

Hillsborough match commander David Duckenfield accepts his failure to shut a tunnel leading to football terraces “was the direct cause” of 96 deaths.
BBC News – UK

The Secret Service director Joseph Clancy asks for better training facilities as lawmakers question him over recent security lapses.
BBC News – US & Canada

Egypt’s state prosecutor says a policeman must stand trial on charges of killing activist Shaimaa al-Sabbagh at a protest in Cairo in January.
BBC News – Africa

DALLAS – On the road in a hostile environment against
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