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Sweden wins first gold medal of PyeongChang Winter Olympics

CharlotteKallaofSwedenwonthefirstgoldmedalupforgrabsatthePyeongChangWinterOlympics,inthewomen’s7.5km+7.5kmskiathloncross-countrySaturdayafternoon.ThePyeongChang

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Not so fast! T-rex was too heavy to run, scientists say

MovieshaveledustobelievethatTyrannosaurusrexcouldrunatterrifyingspeeds,butnewresearchsuggeststherealitywasdifferent.ScientistsattheUniversityofManchesterbelieve

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Facebook says it wants ‘to be a hostile place for terrorists’

AsFacebookcontinuestofacecriticismoverhowithandlesterroristpropaganda,thecompanyisdetailingitsprocessforcounteringradicalizationandotherthreats.Facebooksaidinab

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CIA chief admits use of brutal interrogation techniques on detainees

Some officers of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) used brutal techniques on terrorist suspects and there was no proof of useful information yielded from the interrogation, chief of the U.S. spy agency said on Thursday. < John Brennan, in a rare televised press conference held at the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, acknowledged "unauthorized" and "abhorrent" practices by some officers, saying it was "unknowable" whether the so-called enhanced interrogation techniques produced key intelligence.

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CIA chief sees no proof of useful info from interrogations

​The chief of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) conceded Thursday that there was no proof of useful information yielded from the brutal interrogation techniques used by the agency on terrorism detainees.