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Trump pardons military officers convicted of war crimes
Dawn 17 Nov 2019
WASHINGTON. US President Donald Trump has granted full pardons to two American military officials and restored the rank of a third – although all three were found guilty of committing war crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq ... One of the pardoned Army officers is First Lt ... The other pardoned Army officer is Maj ... He was charged with premeditated murder ... ....
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2 jets collide after landing in Frankfurt, no one injured
The News Tribune 17 Nov 2019
Authorities say a collision between two passenger jets on the tarmac at Frankfurt Airport caused damage but left no one injured. The Korean Air Boeing and Air Namibia Airbus planes hit each other shortly after both landed at the airport on Saturday evening ... Authorities are working to determine the cause....
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How Iraq helped to flush out ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
CNN 17 Nov 2019
Baghdad, Iraq (CNN)Iraq intelligence agents tracked ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi for years before getting the break they say was critical to cornering him. That break was the arrest in May of one of al-Baghdadi's brothers-in-law, Mohammed Ali Sajet al-Zubaaei, who joined ISIS in 2015 and had become one of the leader's trusted guides ... Gen ... ....
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Sri Lanka presidential election: Rajapaksa claims victory as count continues
The Observer 17 Nov 2019
Sri Lanka’s former wartime defence minister Gotabaya Rajapaksa has declared himself the winner of a tightly fought presidential election, after early results indicated he was ahead ... The first flurry of results showed Rajapaksa, 70, the candidate for the SLPP, the Sinhalese-Buddhist nationalist party, leading with 48.2% of the vote ... Read more ... ....
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Protests Grip Major Iran Cities Over Gas Prices; 1 Killed
Voa News 17 Nov 2019
The protests put renewed pressure on Iran’s government as it struggles to overcome the U.S. sanctions strangling the country after President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew America from Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers ... 15, 2019 ... “It took effect immediately, and it was announced without direct consultation with lawmakers.”. ....
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'Show no mercy': leaked documents reveal details of China's Xinjiang detentions
The Guardian 17 Nov 2019
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Europe is squeezed between a hungry China and surly US
The Guardian 16 Nov 2019
The idea of Xi Jinping as a modern-day Odysseus seems a little far-fetched ... It was a classical, even epic, piece of opportunism ... .......
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30 years after the Velvet Revolution, the Czechs are back on the streets
CNN 16 Nov 2019
(CNN)For many Czechs, Sunday's anniversary of the Velvet Revolution will be a bittersweet moment. Nearly three decades after the collapse of the Communist regime, people will mark a dramatic moment in history amid allegations, confirmed by a court decision, that their prime minister collaborated with the StB, the Communist-era secret police ... ....
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Myanmar rejects court probe into crimes against Rohingyas
The Himalayan 17 Nov 2019
YANGON. Myanmar’s government rejected the International Criminal Court’s decision to allow prosecutors to open an investigation into crimes committed against the Rohingya Muslim minority ... His statement was the first official reaction since the court on Thursday agreed to proceed with the case ... Both courts are based in The Hague ... ....
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Taylor Swift vs Big Machine: Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez support pop star in battle ...
The Independent 17 Nov 2019
Politicians are getting involved in Taylor Swift’s public battle with her former label, Big Machine Group. . The singer has claimed that she is being blocked from her back catalogue at the American Music Awards this month by label owner Scooter Braun and president Scott Borchetta. ... Download the new Indpendent Premium app ... Show all 20 ... Vevo ... ....
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Four more deaths in Bolivia protests: rights commission
Arab News 17 Nov 2019
LA PAZ, Bolivia. Four more people have died in protests in Bolivia, raising the total number killed in the political unrest to 23, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights said Saturday ... The Washington-based IACHR, a part of the Organization of American States, also recorded 122 wounded since Friday ... .......
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7 dead, dozens injured after gas explosion causes building collapse in SE Bangladesh
Xinhua 17 Nov 2019
A gas line explosion caused the collapse of a building in Bangladesh's seaport city of Chattogram on Sunday morning, leaving at least seven people dead and over 25 injured, a police official said ... local time ... ....
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Iran’s Khamenei Blames Enemies for ‘Sabotage’ in Gasoline Price Protests
Hamodia 17 Nov 2019
Iran’s supreme leader on Sunday backed the government’s decision to raise gasoline prices and called angry protesters who have been setting fire to public property over the hike “thugs,” signaling a potential crackdown on the demonstrations ... It remains to be seen how many people have been injured, killed or arrested ... The U.S ... ....
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Warren doesn't just frighten billionaires – she scares the whole establishment
The Observer 17 Nov 2019
On Thursday, the New York Times reported on a study showing that Elizabeth Warren’s proposed wealth tax (and presumably Bernie Sanders’ even more ambitious version) would reduce economic growth by nearly 0.2% a year, over the course of a decade. Elizabeth Warren rips into billionaires who oppose wealth tax in scathing ad. Read more ... But wait ... Baloney ... ....
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Long-standing conundrum on the Sun’s atmosphere solved
The Hindu 16 Nov 2019
The Sun is one of the most familiar celestial objects – it is on the sky everyday. Yet, it harbours many a puzzle for the solar physicist. One of the puzzles concerns its surface and atmospheric temperature. An international team of researchers including one at Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, has had a go at this question ... Frequent images....
