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Monday, June 6, 2016

#USA - Miss District of Columbia wins Miss USA 2016 | ABC News

Published on 6 Jun 2016

26-year-old army officer Deshauna Barber wins the 2016 Miss USA pageant.

#Peru - election: Pedro Kuczynski holds slight lead as votes counted: Al Jazeera English

Published on 5 Jun 2016

An early vote count shows centre-right economist Pedro Kuczynski with a slight lead over Keiko Fujimori in Peru's presidential election.

And though the final result is still some time away, his supporters are already celebrating.

Al Jazeera's Mariana Sanchez reports from Lima.

Lost Frequencies ft. Sandro Cavazza - Beautiful Life:

Published on 3 Jun 2016

#Iraq - Civilians flee Fallujah as battle for besieged Iraqi city intensifies: euronews (in English)

Published on 5 Jun 2016

In Iraq, civilians trapped inside Fallujah have continued to flee over the weekend.

It comes as the battle for the besieged city showed signs of entering a new phase with Iranian backed Sh'ite militia threatening to storm the ISIL stronghold once residents leave.

Up to 50,000 civilians are still stuck in Fallujah which lies just 50 kilometres west of Baghdad.

"We were hiding in a house for several days, trying to avoid Daesh (Islamic State group) militants. If they'd have found us they wou…
READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2016/06/04/ci...

#Afghanistan - NPR Photojournalist, Translator Killed in Attack: ABC News

Published on 5 Jun 2016

David Gilkey was on assignment covering the war in Afghanistan when the car he was driving in was struck by a rocket, killing him and his Afghan translator.

David Gilkey, NPR Journalist, and Afghan Translator Are Killed in Taliban Ambush https://t.co/kx7G8R0PoJ
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 5, 2016

Former Detroit Free Press photographer David Gilkey, now with NPR, is killed in Afghanistan on assignment https://t.co/Pqnl9P8eG3
— Niraj Warikoo (@nwarikoo) June 5, 2016

Famous US photojournalist, #DavidGilkey, killed in a #Taliban ambush while traveling with Afghan troops in #Helmand pic.twitter.com/sxnmQp6BKx
— Mirwais Afghan (@Miirwais) June 5, 2016

David Gilkey's brilliant photographs- he makes everything look incredible, including my bored face. This is a C130. pic.twitter.com/Klzor6KKTs
— Monika Evstatieva (@MEvstatieva) May 24, 2016

Forex Strategy Video: The Global, Monetary Policy Implications of the Big NFPs Miss: Forex News by DailyFX

Published on 3 Jun 2016

Talking Points:

• The US payrolls for May showed the slowest job growth in nearly five years and the biggest miss since the Crisis

• A delay in a Fed rate hike - or even the fading of normalization altogether - is only the surface impact

• Other tenative 'hawkish' currencies are hurt, currency wars are further stoked and a tipping point for mon pol nears

#Forex #dailyfx #fxcm #trading #news #usd #eur #jpy

Sunday, June 5, 2016

#USA - Justin Bieber's Hairdresser Might Auction Singer's Hair: ABC News

Published on 5 Jun 2016

ABC News' Sara Haines reports the buzziest stories of the day in "GMA" Pop News.

#USA - Weekly Address: Building on America’s Economic Recovery: The White House

Published on 4 Jun 2016

In this week's address, the President discussed his return to Elkhart, Indiana, the first town he visited as President and one that was among the hardest-hit by the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes.