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Ford Applies to Patent “Luminescent Vehicle Molding”—Body Pieces that Light Up

– A poster on the Ford Focus RS Club forum—and first reported by Jalopnik—has discovered something mighty interesting in the form of a patent application filed on June 25: Ford may be working on vehicle body panels and elements that light up. – The way it would appear to work is that panels would be stratified either as separate pieces or via injection molding, with inner and outers sandwiching a layer that,

Greek PM Tsipras seeks party backing after abrupt concessions

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appealed to his party’s lawmakers on Friday to back a tough reforms package after abruptly offering last-minute concessions to try to save the country from financial meltdown. After walking into a party meeting to applause, Tsipras rallied his Syriza lawmakers to throw their weight behind the new proposals ahead of a snap vote in parliament on the negotiations, urging them to help keep Greece in

Iran, powers give themselves to Monday for nuclear deal

By John Irish and Arshad Mohammed VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran and major powers gave themselves until Monday to reach a nuclear agreement, their third extension in two weeks, as Tehran accused the West of throwing up new stumbling blocks to a deal. Having missed a Friday morning U.S. congressional deadline, U.S. and European Union officials said they were extending sanctions relief for Iran under an interim deal through Monday to

Iraq's Shi'ite militias target Falluja in Anbar campaign

By Ahmed Rasheed and Phil Stewart ERBIL, Iraq/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iraqi Shi’ite militia fighters are tightening a noose around the Islamic State-held city of Falluja west of Baghdad as the first stage of a counter-offensive in the Sunni province of Anbar, likely to determine the course of the conflict in coming months. Islamic State seized Anbar’s capital Ramadi two months ago, extending its control over the Euphrates river valley west

Russia's Putin upbeat on Ukraine crisis solution

UFA, Russia (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that there were more chances for Ukraine crisis to be successfully resolved rather than for it to fail. He also said efforts to resolve the crisis have been hindered by Kiev’s reluctance to directly negotiate with the rebels in east Ukraine. (Reporting by Darya Korsunskaya, Denis Pinchuk, Lidia Kelly and Katya Golubkova; writing by Vladimir Soldatkin; Editing by Jack

France jails group chief after raids uncover Jewish targets

The leader of a banned French group was sentenced to nine years in jail on Friday on terrorism charges after police raids found weapons and a list of Jewish targets in his personal files. The Paris court handed down the sentence to Mohamed Achamlane, one of 14 people tried on charges of “criminal conspiracy related to a terrorist enterprise”. The trial followed raids on the homes of members of a