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Nevada's caucuses were the first chance for White House hopefuls to demonstrate appeal to a diverse group of voters in a state far more representative of the US as a whole than Iowa and New Hampshire.

Official guidelines say patients must test negative for the virus twice, with at least a day between tests, before being discharged.

The Assembly unanimously passed the resolution as several former internees and their families looked on. After the votes, lawmakers gathered at the entrance of the chamber to hug and shake hands with victims, including 96-year-old Kiyo Sato.

The president controversially commuted the sentences this week of nearly a dozen criminals with links to his friends and political allies — including a corrupt politician and a tax fraud police chief.

An office memorandum issued by the Finance Ministry directed all ministries to treat disruption due to the virus outbreak as case of natural calamity, providing relief to government contractors.

Five times a week, Lee So-jeong is beamed into living rooms across the country leading its 'News 9' bulletin, after she broke into a decades-old boys' club in a society that is technologically and economically advanced, but still culturally male-dominated...

The move comes less than one day after United States officials announced they would be treating five major Chinese state-run media companies as effective extensions of the Chinese government.

Results declared earlier on Tuesday showed runner-up Abdullah Abdullah had won 39.52% of last September's vote, with Ghani securing 50.64%.

Election Commission Chief Hawa Alam Nuristani said Ashraf Ghani, who has won 50.64 per cent of the votes, has been declared the president of Afghanistan by the panel.

This would be president's first bilateral visit in the third decade of 21st century and also the first after his acquittal by the Senate in the impeachment trial.

The first flight - from Damascus to Aleppo - is scheduled for Wednesday, with more flights to Cairo and Damascus lined up in following days, the SANA agency said.

PM Imran Khan's comments came after Sarwar Danish, Afghanistan's second vice president, accused Pakistan of allowing the Taliban to recruit new fighters from Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan.

Biden said Sanders' supporters insulted and made online threats against leaders of an influential union that declined to endorse any of the 8 candidates still in the Democratic race.

An anti-terrorism court had awarded the death penalties to 11 suspected militants in February, 2006. But all of them had appealed against the verdict.

The Energy Department said the plan would boost work for at least a couple of the US West's nearly dormant uranium operations, although residents near one of the mines say they fear an increase in radioactive threats.

The extent of Arctic sea ice was 5.3% below the average from 1981-2010, and Antarctic sea ice was 9.8% below the average.