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News brief from Asia, Middle East, and the U. S. to be read in two minutes or less.

• Most of 200 Sumatra, Indonesia prisoner escapes have been captured.
• Twin bombs target cleric in Manila, Philippines killed two.
• China, Japan boost financial contacts in lieu of the Korean crisis.
• North Korea accuses U. S. CIA, Seoul of  Kim Un assassination plot.
• Afghanistan closes major border security post with Pakistan.
• Hamas-Palestine insurgents elect new leader.
• Syria, Russia, Iran pledge cooperation for new Syrian safe zone.
• Iraq and coalition forces open new front to retake West Mosul.
• Obama backs Matron in French election, Trump supports Le Pen.
• 12,000 extra police and military deployed during French election.
• Germany searches army barracks for Nazi material.
• U. S. unemployment rate lowest in ten years.
• Trump Administration weighs intervention in Yemen civil war.
• ‘Health Care Bill may change a little in the Senate,’  says Trump.
• U. S. billionaire Buffet says coal industry will not make comeback.
• Gurkha, 85, dies in record attempt to scale Mount Everest.
• Always Dreaming wins 143rd Kentucky Derby.
• Kenyan runner Kipchogi misses two-minute marathon by 25 seconds.
• GOP faces opposition over health care bill in Town Hall Meetings.

      News items take from Channel.NewsAsia, BBC, CNN, and Aljazzra.

All the Best.

Ron Miller