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Did The Dictator Just Become The Dictated? Trump, The Saudi Regime And Jamal Khashoggi
WorldNews.com 17 Oct 2018
Turkish police say he was murdered and dismembered inside the consulate, and they have an audio recording of his death.3 The Saudi Royal Family saw him as a threat with his exposés on the Saudi regimes many human rights violations, funding of terrorist groups and brutal war in Yemen ... This was evident in his many manipulative uses of groups ......
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Radioactive, but… ‘safe’? Japan to dump Fukushima wastewater in Pacific despite objections
Russia Today 17 Oct 2018
Running out of space to store water contaminated by fuel that escaped during the Fukushima meltdown, the Japanese government is preparing to release it into the Pacific Ocean – despite the presence of radioactive elements ... ....
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Pakistan executes man convicted of killing eight children
Belfast Telegraph 17 Oct 2018
A man convicted of killing eight children has been executed at a Pakistani prison after the country’s top court rejected a request for his public hanging. Mohammad Imran was hanged in the eastern city of Lahore in the presence of the father of seven-year-old Zainab Ansari, whose rape and murder in January ignited nationwide outrage ... The family of Zainab Ansari (AP) ... Police official Mohammad Afzal said ... ....
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10 feared dead in gas explosion at Crimean college
This is Money 17 Oct 2018
The cause of the explosion wasn't immediately clear. Russia has annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, a move that triggered Western sanctions. ....
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Canada Set To Become Largest Country Ever To Legalize Recreational Marijuana
WorldNews.com 17 Oct 2018
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ran his 2015 campaign on a promise to legalize marijuana for recreational use and will now see Canada become the largest country in the world to do so on Wednesday, according to USA Today ... "They know they are the global leaders if they get it right ... Anyone caught giving the drug to a minor would remain a crime and could result in a maximum sentence of up to 14 years imprisonment....
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Spain Predicted To Have The Longest Life Expectancy In The World By 2040
WorldNews.com 17 Oct 2018
Spanish people are predicted to have some of the longest life expectancies within just a few decades, edging out Japan for the top spot, according to a new study published this week. The authors said most of the reason why Spain was number one was due to their diet, while cautioning health officials that the biggest threats to our long-term health were obesity, high blood pressure and blood sugar, tobacco, and drinking alcohol ... ....
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Analysis: Trump's Saudi bet has become much riskier
Yahoo Daily News 17 Oct 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump put a big and risky bet on Saudi Arabia and its 33-year-old crown prince. It's now become much riskier ... Trump ally Sen ... Trump foe, Sen ... And Trump ally Sen ... estrangement ... In Syria, where Saudi stabilization funds are being used in part to prevent Iranian proxies from encroaching on communities previously held by the Islamic State group, a reduction in Saudi cooperation would allow Iran a freer hand ... ....
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Taliban warn teachers, students to avoid Afghan polls
Wtop 17 Oct 2018
The insurgents said in a statement Wednesday that they will target the Oct ... The group has been fighting Afghan and NATO forces for more than 17 years in hopes of restoring its brand of harsh Islamic rule ... All rights reserved ... ....
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‘US & UK throw money at Yemen’s humanitarian disaster while profiting from war’
Russia Today 17 Oct 2018
Yemen’s humanitarian disaster is worsening, with 12 to 13 million people at risk of dying from starvation. Yet major Western countries are continuing to make a profit from arms sales to the Saudis, an aid worker told RT ... ....
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Pompeo in Turkey as Saudi faces new claims over Khashoggi
This is Money 17 Oct 2018
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke to the media in Riyadh before heading to Ankara. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday held talks with the Turkish leadership in Ankara over the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi as Riyadh faced new claims he was killed inside its Istanbul consulate ... "I don't want to talk about any of the facts." ... - 'Complete investigation' - ... "I don't want to talk about any of the facts ... ....
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Boko Haram Kills Kidnapped Aid Worker In Nigeria
WorldNews.com 17 Oct 2018
Liman was the second aid worker murdered in as many months after Saigura Hussaini Khorsa, 25, was also killed ... A spokeswoman for ICRC in Nigeria Aleksandra Matijevic Mosimann told CNN they had received an ultimatum in mid-September from the Boko Haram group which threatened schoolgirl Leah Sharibu, whose parents described her abduction as "facing a death sentence, but the ICRC does not negotiate with terrorists ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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With 'Horseface,' Trump initiates another personal attack on a female adversary
The Jamestown Sun 17 Oct 2018
Daniels and her attorney Michael Avenatti, a possible 2020 presidential contender who has aggressively criticized Trump, responded with mocking references to Trump's genitals and accused him of hating women ... Ryan Costello, R-Pa., tweeted ... . ... "I've been to focus groups where they say they like the president's policies but wish he wouldn't tweet so much," said Alex Conant, a GOP strategist who served as a senior adviser to Sen....
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Heart-warming hug for Meghan and Harry in Aussie outback
The News International 17 Oct 2018
DUBBO, Australia. A heart-melting hug from a five-year-old Australian schoolboy greeted Harry and his expectant wife Meghan in the outback Australian town of Dubbo Wednesday, before the royal couple sat down with farmers in one of the country´s hardest-hit drought regions ... Eastern Australia has been suffering through record-breaking dry periods, with some regions in and around Dubbo experiencing several years of drought ... ....
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Tornadoes are spinning up farther east in US, study finds
Houston Chronicle 17 Oct 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — Over the past few decades tornadoes have been shifting — decreasing in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas but spinning up more in states along the Mississippi River and farther east, a new study shows. Scientists aren't quite certain why ... There has been a slight decrease in the Great Plains, with the biggest drop in central and eastern Texas. Even with the decline, Texas still gets the most tornadoes of any state ... ....
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We once marvelled at Neil Armstrong. Now space is a playground for the rich
The Guardian 17 Oct 2018
“Throughout all of history,” he wrote, “the greatest accomplishments of the human race have been instigated and acted upon by the individual or the small group – never have the masses brought about innovation.” The first human on Mars should be a woman – we deserve stardust too ....
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