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1. A Ukrainian athlete was banned for his helmet. How does the IOC enforce its rules on political statements?

   

   The Olympics have long been a platform for political posturing, with countries boycotting or being banned from sending athletes to Games over geopolitical conflicts. But the International Olympic Committee bars political demonstrations from podiums and competitions. What constitutes an inappropriate political demonstration, however, can be complicated.

2. FBI releases suspect description, new details in Nancy Guthrie disappearance

   

   Investigators in Arizona want residents near Nancy Guthrie's home to share surveillance footage of suspicious cars or people they may have noticed in the month before she disappeared.

3. As tensions simmer between U.S. and Iran, Iraq is feeling the heat

   

   Of the many proxy battlegrounds between Iran and the U.S., Iraq is one of the most overlooked, at least outside the Middle East. But U.S. reaction to the reappearance on the political scene of former Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki — a candidate for the job once more — is a sharp reminder of the tightrope Iraq walks between the two.

4. Air Transat aims to repatriate all its customers in Cuba within days

   

   Air Transat says it plans to bring home thousands of Canadians from Cuba in the coming days, at a time when Ottawa is telling people to avoid delaying their exit from the island country.

5. Republicans, Democrats want to hear from government about anti-drone laser that closed El Paso airport

   

   The brief shutdown of El Paso airport by the Federal Aviation Administration because of safety ‌concerns posed by the use of a military laser-based anti-drone system was unacceptable, the top Democrat on the Senate's commerce committee said on Thursday.