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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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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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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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Protests Grip Major Iran Cities Over Gas Prices; 1 Killed
Voa News 17 Nov 2019
Protesters angered by Iran raising government-set gasoline prices by 50% blocked traffic in major cities and occasionally clashed with police Saturday after a night of demonstrations punctuated by gunfire, in violence that reportedly killed at least one person ... That’s 13 cents a liter, or about 50 cents a gallon ... 15, 2019 ... Protests turn violent ... ....
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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....
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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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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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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 ... Martin Vytrhlík, an app developer living in Prague, will be one of those demonstrating ... Read More ... App developer Vytrhlík was curious about the scale of Babis' business empire and devised a smartphone app called "Bez Andreje," Czech for "Without Andrej."....
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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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Iran Uses Terrorist Groups To Target Great Ally "Israel": Mike Pompeo
NDTV 17 Nov 2019
US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo on Saturday (local time) accused Iran of using its terrorist proxies to target Israel ... ....
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Hong Kong: Chinese troops deployed to help clear roadblocks
The Observer 17 Nov 2019
Chinese troops in Hong Kong have been deployed to help clear roads blockaded by anti-government protesters in a controversial move that could escalate the already high tensions in the Chinese territory ... Joining a group of residents, they moved desks, signposts, and bricks blocking a road ... RTHK English News (@rthk_enews) ... ....
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North Korea says US proposals for talks on denuclearisation were a ‘trick’
The Independent 16 Nov 2019
The United States was the first country to develop nuclear weapons, first testing them in July 1945 ... Pakistan began developing nuclear weapons in 1972, their first test took place on 28 May 1998 ... Russia was the second country to develop nuclear weapons, their first test came on 29 August 1949....
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Aramco declares $1.71 trillion valuation in blockbuster IPO
Dawn 17 Nov 2019
Saudi Arabia on Sunday put a value of up to $1.71 trillion on energy giant Aramco in what could be the world's biggest IPO, but missed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's initial target of $2 trillion. Aramco said it would sell 1.5 per cent of the company in a blockbuster initial public offering worth at least $24 billion ... ....
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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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'Show no mercy': leaked documents reveal details of China's Xinjiang detentions
The Guardian 17 Nov 2019
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