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| Consoling Orlando victims, Obama recasts somber role | |  By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Reprising his frequent role of "consoler in chief," President Barack Obama will fly to Orlando on Thursday to meet with survivors of the massacre at a gay nightclub and families of some of the 49 people killed. The White House said Obama's visit to the Florida city where Omar Mateen pledged allegiance to Islamic State during a three-hour rampage through the Pulse nightclub, was not about the gunman but comforting the victims of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. "This will be, I think, an emotional trip," White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters, saying Obama would offer condolences on behalf of the nation.
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| U.S. investigators question Orlando gunman's wife | |  By Letitia Stein and Julia Edwards ORLANDO, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. investigators have questioned the wife of the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, the FBI said on Wednesday, and a law enforcement source said she could face criminal charges if there is evidence of any wrongdoing. Omar Mateen's wife, Noor Salman, knew of his plans for what became the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, said the law enforcement source, who has been briefed on the matter. "I cannot comment on the outcome or the outcome of that investigation." CNN, citing law enforcement officials, said a U.S. attorney planned to present evidence to a federal grand jury to determine whether charges would be brought against Salman.
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| Ally of drug lord 'El Chapo' arrested in Mexico after U.S. prison time | |  A top drug-trafficking accomplice of Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman was arrested in Mexico on Wednesday for his alleged role in two murders, shortly after he was returned from the United States after completing a prison sentence for distributing cocaine. Hector 'El Guero' Palma was a former partner of Guzman, the head of the powerful Sinaloa cartel who is now fighting extradition to the United States from a Mexican prison. Palma was rearrested by officials on his repatriation to Mexico for his "probable responsibility in two homicides" that occurred in the small Pacific state of Nayarit, according to a statement from the attorney general's office.
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| Thai police prepare to raid scandal-hit temple, arrest abbot | |  By Andrew R.C. Marshall and Patpicha Tanakasempipat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police prepared to raid a Buddhist temple north of Bangkok on Thursday and apprehend its influential abbot, a justice ministry unit said, the latest twist in a series of scandals that has shaken Thailand's dominant faith. The wealthy and influential Dhammakaya temple is at the centre of religious tensions and its 72-year-old abbot, Phra Dhammachayo, is accused of conspiring to launder money by accepting stolen cash from a credit union. Thursday's planned raid is the latest development in a stand-off between investigators and the Buddhist sect after Dhammachayo, citing ill health, failed to appear at a police station to answer graft charges last month.
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| Boy's body found after alligator attack at Florida Disney resort | |  By Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - Police divers on Wednesday recovered the body of a 2-year-old boy who was grabbed by an alligator in front of his family during a vacation at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said he and a Catholic priest had informed the family that the boy's body had been recovered near where he vanished and was completely intact. Wildlife officials earlier captured and killed five of the reptiles from Seven Seas Lagoon and opened them up to look for traces of the boy.
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| Flippant and cursing, Orlando gunman appeared in documentary | |  (Reuters) - Orlando nightclub gunman Omar Mateen cursed and flippantly discussed the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in a clip from a documentary about the Deepwater Horizon disaster that emerged on Wednesday. Mateen was filmed secretly by the makers of the documentary, "The Big Fix," as he worked as a security guard at a beach at night in Pensacola, Florida where the clean up was taking place.
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| Jimmy Page testifies in 'Stairway to Heaven' copyright trial | |  By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page testified in a copyright infringement trial on Wednesday that he did not recall hearing until recently the song containing the musical riff his band is accused of stealing for its 1971 hit "Stairway to Heaven." Page, 72, took the witness stand on the second day of the trial in federal court in Los Angeles, where the British band is accused of lifting the opening chords for "Stairway to Heaven" from American band Spirit's 1967 instrumental song "Taurus." The lawsuit has called into question the originality of Led Zeppelin's signature song and one of the most widely heard compositions in rock history. Page said he owned Spirit's self-titled 1968 album that includes "Taurus," which contains a descending chromatic four-chord progression that is at the centre of the lawsuit.
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| Canadian lawmakers vote to make national anthem gender neutral | | | Canadian lawmakers voted on Wednesday to alter the country's national anthem to make the lyrics gender neutral, a move that comes as the new Liberal government focuses on being more inclusive toward women. The bill would change the English version of "O Canada" to remove the words "in all thy sons command" and replace them with "in all of us command." The changes, brought forward as a private member's bill by a Liberal Party lawmaker, passed easily in the House of Commons, which is controlled by the Liberals. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made gender inclusivity a focus since he was elected last October and named an equal number of men and women to his 30-member Cabinet. |
| Saudi prince seeks to repair ties, promote business on U.S. visit | |  By Warren Strobel and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's powerful deputy crown prince held a full day of meetings with U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday, part of a visit aimed at restoring frayed ties with Washington and promoting his plan to wean the kingdom away from oil revenue. Mohammed bin Salman, son of Saudi Arabia's King Salman, is expected to meet U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday. Lawmakers said his discussions on Wednesday, including meetings with the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees and House Speaker Paul Ryan, emphasized his push to help end Saudi dependence on oil by 2030.
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| U.S. must tighten gun laws, says brother of Mexican Orlando victim | |  By Natalie Schachar MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The United States should tighten its gun control laws to prevent a repeat of mass killings like the Orlando rampage, the brother of one of four Mexicans slain in the Pulse Nightclub attack said on Wednesday. Joel Rayon Paniagua, 31, who crossed illegally into the United States last year and worked as a gardener in Florida, was among 49 people killed in the shooting spree early on Sunday. "The government of the United States should implement laws so that these sorts of things don't happen," he added.
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| IT worker at Panama Papers firm detained in Geneva, Le Temps reports | |  A computer technician at the Geneva office of the law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers leak was detained several days ago on suspicion of recently removing large amounts of data, Swiss newspaper Le Temps reported on Wednesday, citing a source close to the case. A spokesman for the Geneva prosecutor's office confirmed to Reuters that it had opened an investigation following a criminal complaint by the law firm, Mossack Fonseca, but declined to comment further. Panama-based Mossack Fonseca, which specialises in setting up offshore companies, has denied wrongdoing and said it was the victim of a data hack.
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