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Donald Trump: US and Israel have unbreakable friendship

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump vowed an unbreakable US alliance with Israel if he is elected president in November, seeking to clear up confusion over his repeated pledges to remain neutral in any peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians. Trump called himself a life-long supporter and true friend of Israel, as he addressed the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a powerful pro-Israel lobbying group. Mar 22, 2016

Brazil: Protests continue as Lula is sworn in as Chief of Staff

Demonstrations rumbled for the second straight night in Sao Paulo and Brasilia on 17 March, after leftist former leader Luiz Inacio ‘Lula’ da Silva was sworn in as President Dilma Rousseffs chief of staff and a judge sought to block the move. Protesters filled the streets of Sao Paulos main avenue in anger that Lulas appointment will shield the former president from prosecutors who have charged him with money laundering and fraud as part of a sweeping graft probe centred on state oil company Petrobras. Mar 18, 2016

Dystopian Hong Kong film Ten Years touches nerve with Beijing

Ten Years, a film which portrays a dystopian future Hong Kong under tight Chinese Communist Party control, has been a hit in Hong Kong and abroad, selling out cinemas, sparking discussions and being screened at international film festivals. But Chinese state media has criticised the film and that has aroused new concern about mainland influence over Hong Kong despite a one country, two systems formula meant to preserve the citys autonomy. Mar 17, 2016

SeaWorld to end orca whale breeding programme

Bowing to years of pressure from animal rights activists, US theme park operator SeaWorld said on 17 March it would stop breeding orca whales and that those currently at its parks would be the last. Orlando-based SeaWorld has faced sagging attendance along with criticism about its treatment of the captive marine mammals, and some activists had called for the end of public exhibition of orcas altogether. Mar 17, 2016
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