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Police Shoot Man amid Domestic Disturbance at Dallas Airport

A police officer shot and injured a man who was involved in a domestic disturbance outside a baggage claim area at Dallas Love Field airport on Friday, authorities said.

Police were responding to reports that the man had been throwing rocks at a vehicle outside an airport terminal in an apparent dispute with a woman, Dallas Assistance Chief of Police Randall Blankenbaker said at an afternoon news conference.

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France Vows Smooth Euro as Fans Flock to Opening Game

France vowed ongoing strikes would not ruin Euro 2016, where football fans waded through layers of security to attend Friday's opening game in a tournament fraught with terror fears.

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Debris in Madagascar, Australia to be Analyzed by MH370 Team

Debris found washed ashore in Madagascar by a man who previously found a part from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 will be examined by investigators to see if it, too, came from the missing plane, officials said Friday.

Blaine Gibson, an American adventurer who has been hunting for Flight 370 over the past year, contacted the Australian Transport Safety Bureau to report he had found debris in Madagascar, the agency said in a statement.

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New Zealand Leader Visits Fiji for First Time in a Decade

A New Zealand leader has visited Fiji for the first time since a military coup there a decade ago, although it's clear that political tensions remain.

Prime Minister John Key's two-day visit, which ended Friday, was an attempt to improve relations after Fiji held democratic elections in 2014. Since then, New Zealand has lifted economic sanctions directed against the South Pacific nation.

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South Korea Sends Military Vessels to Repel Chinese Boats

South Korean military vessels have begun an operation to repel Chinese fishing boats illegally harvesting prized blue crabs from an area near Seoul's disputed sea boundary with North Korea.

South Korea's Defense Ministry said Friday that four naval and marine boats are in neutral waters around Ganghwa island for an operation approved by the United Nations Command that governs the zone.

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Hizbullah Praises 'Heroic' Attack in Tel Aviv

Hizbullah on Thursday praised the overnight deadly attack by two Palestinian men in Tel Aviv as a "heroic" act.

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18 IS Militants Killed in Strikes in Northern Syria

Turkey's state-run news agency says U.S.-led coalition airstrikes and Turkish artillery fire against Islamic State group targets in Syria have killed 18 militants.

Anadolu Agency, quoting unnamed security officials, said Thursday that the IS targets were attacked after Turkish authorities on Wednesday determined that the extremist group was preparing to strike Turkey from northern Syria.

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Shehayyeb Bans Produce from Syria, Amid Unsupportive Syrian Stances

Agriculture Minister Akram Shehayyeb issued a decision banning the entry of vegetable and fruit produce from Syria to Lebanon to “protect Lebanon's production,” which triggered negative responses from the Syrian side, As Safir daily reported on Thursday.

“We want to protect the Lebanese farmers and their produce in the face of the inflow of Syrian products, mainly during the month of Ramadan,” said Shehayyeb.

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How Candy Makers Shape Nutrition Science

It was a startling scientific finding: Children who eat candy tend to weigh less than those who don't.

Less startling was how it came about. The paper was funded by a trade association representing the makers of Butterfingers, Hershey and Skittles. And its findings were touted by the group even though one of its authors didn't seem to think much of it.

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Facebook Founder's Twitter Account Briefly Hijacked

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg briefly found his Twitter account hijacked.

Screenshots preserved by the technology website Engadget appeared to show someone using the little-used account to say Zuckerberg was "in the LinkedIn database" and inviting the social media mogul to get in touch.

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