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4 fatal shootings across the US mark the beginning of the holiday week
WPTV 20 Nov 2018
Thanksgiving week got off to a violent start Monday with four fatal shootings across the US in a matter of hours. Attacks in a Chicago hospital, on a Denver street, at a suburban St. Louis business and in a Philadelphia basement left 10 people dead -- including one of the gunmen -- and at least four people wounded ... St ... Louis -- Monday afternoon ... ....
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Saudi king backs son amid furor over Khashoggi murder
The Jakarta Post 20 Nov 2018
Saudi King Salman stood by the crown prince and heaped praise on the judiciary Monday, in his first public remarks since critic Jamal Khashoggi's murder tipped the country into one of its worst crises ... "Effectively, he is daring his international critics to put their rhetoric into action and betting that they won't." ... Topics .. ....
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Russian-Chinese Proposal To Curb Powers Of Chemical Weapons Watchdog Fails
WorldNews.com 20 Nov 2018
The full membership of the Organization of the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons voted to reject a Russian-led attempt to curb the new powers given to the agency to place blame on the use of banned toxic munitions in Syria on Tuesday, according to Reuters ... ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Van Dijk consoles grieving referee with 'tears in his eyes'
RTE 20 Nov 2018
Holland captain Virgil Van Dijk has revealed why he consoled referee Ovidiu Hategan at the end of Monday's 2-2 draw with Germany in Gelsenkirchen ... The Romanian official appeared to wipe tears from his eyes. And Van Dijk was quoted by Voetbal International as saying....
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Judge bars US from enforcing Trump asylum ban
The Himalayan 20 Nov 2018
HOUSTON. A federal judge barred the Trump administration on Monday from refusing asylum to immigrants who cross the southern border illegally ... In recent years, tens of thousands of immigrants each year have shown up in the Arizona desert or on the north bank of the Rio Grande in Texas, surrendered to immigration agents and requested asylum ... ....
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Trump pressed to levy harsh US response to Khashoggi killing
The State 20 Nov 2018
President Donald Trump faces increasing pressure to take tougher measures against Saudi Arabia over the killing of writer Jamal Khashoggi. Trump says that Saudi Arabia is a "spectacular ally" and that he's not convinced that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom's de facto leader, was directly responsible for the Oct ... allies abroad ... The U.S ... ....
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Thousands Flee As Guatemala's Fuego Volcano
WorldNews.com 20 Nov 2018
Nearly 4,000 Guatemalans have evacuated their homes after the Volcán de Fuego, or Volcano of Fire, erupted again this week outside the city of Antigua, according to National Public Radio ... On Tuesday, evacuations were still underway after several thousand were cleared from the disaster zone ... ... “At dawn, we said we’d better get out, we were afraid." ....
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Clashes Break Out Around Port of Hodeidah Despite Calls For Truce In Yemen
WorldNews.com 20 Nov 2018
Fights between Houthi rebels and the Saudi-UAE coalition in Yemen erupted again on Tuesday near the pivotal port city of Hodeidah, even though the United Nations has been repeatedly calling for a ceasefire to prevent widespread famine from breaking out in the poorest country in the Middle East, according to Al Jazeera ... ... ... ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Russian agencies fight over private US satellites
Skynews 20 Nov 2018
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) and its cash-strapped space agency Roscosmos are in conflict over a $1bn contract to launch private satellites on behalf of a US company ... ....
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Dead whale washes up on Indonesian beach with over 1,000 pieces of plastic in its stomach
The Independent 20 Nov 2018
A dead whale washed up on a beach in eastern Indonesia had more than 1,000 pieces of plastic waste in its stomach, including drinking cups and flip-flops, officials have said. Rescuers at the Wakatobi National Park found the rotting carcass of the 9.5m sperm whale on Monday night near the park in Southeast Sulawesi province ... Show all 9 ... EPA....
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Brussels attack: Police officer stabbed in Belgium's capital before attacker shot
The Independent 20 Nov 2018
A Palestinian youth runs past a rolling burning tire during clashes with Israeli forces following a demonstration after the weekly Friday prayers, in the centre of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron ... school near the west bank city of Nablus, 15 October 2018....
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Suicide bomber targets clerics in Afghan capital, 40 killed
Wtop 20 Nov 2018
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber targeted a gathering of Muslim religious scholars in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, killing at least 40 people, Afghan officials said ... He said the toll could rise ... He said police had not been asked to provide security for the event, and that the bomber had easily slipped into the hall ... All rights reserved ... ....
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Big pharma 'failing to develop urgent drugs for poorest countries'
The Guardian 20 Nov 2018
In particular, the foundation called for an infants’ vaccine for cholera and a single-dose oral cure for syphilis ... Iyer said ... The report will be presented to 81 global investors including Aberdeen Standard Investments, Aviva Investors, Janus Henderson and Schroders at investment banks Goldman Sachs and UBS, in London, New York and Tokyo ... .......
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House Democrats Vow Investigation Into Ivanka Trump’s Personal Email Use
WorldNews.com 20 Nov 2018
In the wake of a report First Daughter Ivanka Trump violated federal law by using a personal email account to conduct government business, the incoming head of the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, said the panel would investigate the violation, The Washington Post reported ... Cummings, the report said, was careful to point out....
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How mudslides and rivers of debris could suddenly hit California cities
CNN 20 Nov 2018
(CNN)The Camp Fire ravaged Northern California quickly and ferociously. Now flooding, mudslides and rivers of charred debris could do just the same. More heavy rain expected this week could lead to several other disasters ... Wildfire survivors and evacuees could face instant flooding, mudslides or debris flow soon after the rain starts ... Read More ... ....
