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| Separatists put Ukrainian captives on show in rebel stronghold | |  By Thomas Grove and Anton Zverev DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Pro-Russian separatists marched dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war through the eastern rebel stronghold of Donetsk on Sunday in a parade meant to counter Independence Day celebrations in Kiev. Some bandaged, some limping, the men were marched up one of Donetsk's main streets and past the remains of Ukrainian armoured personnel carriers destroyed in battle and put on display in the city's main Lenin Square. For days, separatists have prepared for the march, timed to coincide with Independence Day celebrations and a military parade in Kiev where Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called for solidarity against the rebels. Kiev blames Russia for fanning the conflict by sending fighters and weapons to eastern Ukraine through rebel-held border regions.
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| Italy finds 19 boat migrants dead, saves over 3,500 since Friday - navy | | | Italy's maritime search and rescue service saved 3,500 migrants and found 19 corpses in the Mediterranean since Friday as thousands attempted to cross to Europe by boat over the weekend, the Italian navy said. Calmer summer seas have led more people to make the perilous crossing this year from North Africa, where a breakdown of order in Libya has been exploited by human traffickers, pushing the number of arrivals into Italy since January past 100,000. The Libyan coast guard originally estimated the boat had held 150-200 people, but an official said on Sunday further checks showed it was bigger than first thought, and more than 250 migrants may have died. The Mare Nostrum search and rescue mission began after a shipwreck near Italy's coast killed 366 people last October. |
| Obama orders review of U.S. police use of military hardware | |  President Barack Obama has ordered a review of the distribution of military hardware to state and local police out of concern at how such equipment has been used during racial unrest in Ferguson, Missouri. The president ordered the examination of federal programs and funding that enable state and local law enforcement to purchase such equipment, a senior Obama administration official said on Saturday. Images of police wielding military-style guns and armor have shocked many Americans following clashes that were triggered by the fatal shooting of a black teenager, Michael Brown, by a white police officer in Ferguson two weeks ago.
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| British singer Cliff Richard interviewed by police | |  British singer Cliff Richard has been interviewed by police, his spokesman said on Sunday, after police launched an investigation into allegations of a sexual nature dating back to the 1980s involving an underage boy. Richard, 73, whose house was searched earlier this month by police in connection with the allegation, has denied any wrongdoing. "Cliff Richard voluntarily met with and was interviewed by members of South Yorkshire Police. He was not arrested or charged," a spokesman for the singer said. Other than restating that this allegation is completely false and that he will continue to co-operate fully with the police, it would not be appropriate for Sir Cliff to say anything further at this time." South Yorkshire Police confirmed they had spoken to a 73-year-old man "in relation to an allegation of a sexual nature dating back to 1985".
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| China targets own operating system to take on likes of Microsoft, Google | |  China could have a new homegrown operating system by October to take on imported rivals such as Microsoft Corp, Google Inc and Apple Inc, Xinhua news agency said on Sunday. Computer technology became an area of tension between China and the United States after a number of run-ins over cyber security. China is now looking to help its domestic industry catch up with imported systems such as Microsoft's Windows and Google's mobile operating system Android.
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