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10 Things to Know for Today
The Associated Press


• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

• 1. TRUCE COLLAPSES IN UKRAINE, DEATH TOLL MOUNTS
• An AP reporter counts 18 bodies at the sprawling protest encampment in Kiev in new eruption of violence.

• 2. TEARFUL KOREAN REUNIONS BEGIN
• Weeping and embracing, dozens of elderly North and South Koreans separated for six decades reunite -- temporarily.

• 3. WHERE LOTTERY TICKET WORTH $425 MILLION WAS SOLD
• Officials say the winning ticket -- 1, 17, 35, 49, 54 and a Powerball of 34 -- was bought in California at convenience store north of San Jose.

• 4. FACEBOOK'S $19 BILLION BET ON WHATSAPP RAISES CONCERNS
• Some industry watchers fear tech companies are becoming overzealous in pursuit of promising new products and services.

• 5. GROUP SAYS U.S. DRONE STRIKE MAY HAVE KILLED CIVILIANS
• U.S. says it hit al-Qaida members in Yemen strike, but Human Rights Watch says a dozen people on their way to a wedding may have died.

• 6. UGANDA LAW WOULD IMPOSE LIFE SENTENCE FOR SOME HOMOSEXUAL ACTS
• President's decision to sign legislation highlights apparent inability of Western governments to temper anti-gay measures in Africa.

• 7. WHY DEAL TO MOVE U.S. MARINE BASE ON OKINAWA OPENS NEW FRUSTRATIONS
• Less-crowded location was supposed to placate Okinawans. Instead it reinforces that U.S. military won't be reducing its forces in Japan.

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