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3 blasts hit Syrian town near border with Turkey, 6 killed
Atlanta Journal 11 Nov 2019
Three car bombs went off Monday in the northeastern Syrian town of Qamishli near the border with Turkey, killing at least six people, while a priest was shot dead in a nearby area by extremists, state media and activists said. Northern Syria has been hit by several explosions that have killed and wounded scores of people over the past month ... ____ ... ....
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UN watchdog: Iran’s violations of nuclear deal increasing
Stars and Stripes 11 Nov 2019
VIENNA — The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog reported Monday that its inspectors have discovered uranium particles of a man-made origin “at a location in Iran not declared to the agency.”. The revelation from International Atomic Energy Agency is the first time it has acknowledged in a report that allegations made earlier by the U.S ... Since the U.S....
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Ice loss causing Arctic to reflect less heat
BBC News 11 Nov 2019
The team of scientists from the US used satellite data, which stretches back to the early 1980s, to determine the level of the albedo effect in the Arctic. They found that sea-ice, snow on top of sea-ice and ice on land contributed equally to the region's albedo effect ... Dr Wang and his team considered this in their study ... ....
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What if the Deep State Is a State-of-Mind, Hypocritical, and White Like Me?
WorldNews.com 11 Nov 2019
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. In his new book, "Triggered. How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us," Donald Trump Jr. wrote, "I rarely get emotional, if ever. I guess you'd call my hyper-rational, stoic ... Of course, we didn't get any credit whatsoever from the mainstream media, which now does not surprise me at all." ... 223.....
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Flesh-eating infection caused by two microbe strains discovered by doctors
The Observer 11 Nov 2019
Doctors have discovered an aggressive flesh-eating infection that spreads around the body when two strains of microbe combine to overcome the host’s defences ... “It’s an uncontrolled microbial infection with massive destruction of tissue,” said Rita Colwell, a microbiologist at the University of Maryland who worked on the latest case ... ....
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Bolivia military, police ready for violent protests; Morales leaves for Mexico
Yahoo Daily News 12 Nov 2019
LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivia´s military and police readied on Monday to quell acts of "vandalism" posing a threat to citizens as La Paz braced for violent clashes with thousands of supporters of ousted president Evo Morales marching toward the capital city, where opposition protesters and police set up barricades ... Police chief Yuri Calderón added ... ....
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Mexico arrests suspects in Mormon massacre
Raw Story 11 Nov 2019
Mexico has arrested multiple suspects in the murder of nine Mormon women and children last week, the security minister said Monday, without giving further details ... Neither office immediately responded to AFP requests for further details ... However, relatives maintain the families were deliberately targeted ... ....
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Opposition Rejects Plan for New Chilean Constitution
Voa News 12 Nov 2019
A plan by President Sebastian Pinera to draft a new constitution for Chile was criticized Monday by the opposition and even his own political ranks. The proposal unveiled Sunday by Interior Minister Gonzalo Blumel is one of a series of measures aimed at quelling weeks of protests by Chileans over economic inequality and other grievances ... 4, 2019 ... ....
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UK government delay of Russia report is shaming, says Clinton
The Observer 11 Nov 2019
Hillary Clinton has called Downing Street’s suppression of a report into potential Russian infiltration of British politics “damaging, inexplicable and shaming” ... The potentially incendiary report by the intelligence and security committee has already been approved by the intelligence agencies ... Clinton said ... Clinton said. “Someone said to me ... “I said ... ....
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The Ukraine scandal has split the US administration in unprecedented ways
The National 11 Nov 2019
All governments are divided but the Trump administration has developed a set of schisms unlike any of its predecessors ... Obviously, there will be a vast division between any White House and the Congress, particularly when some or all of it is controlled by the opposition ... Add to that ideological factions and institutional and personal rivalries ... SHARE....
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites, hitting major milestones in rocket reusability
South China Morning Post 11 Nov 2019
SpaceX decided not to try to catch the two halves of the fairing… ... ....
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Is going vegan actually healthier than eating meat?
Penn Live 11 Nov 2019
by Jessie Blaeser. Many people choose to go vegan for moral reasons; they want to reduce their carbon footprint by eliminating all animal byproducts from their diet. For some, going vegan is simply a health choice, as plant-based diets can be nutrient-rich and ultimately lead to weight loss ... Is going vegan really the healthier way? ... Furthermore. ... ....
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Gambia takes Myanmar to top U.N. court over Rohingya campaign
The Washington Times 11 Nov 2019
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Gambia filed a case Monday at the United Nations' highest court accusing Myanmar of genocide in its campaign against its Rohingya Muslim minority and asking the International Court of Justice to urgently order measures "to stop Myanmar's genocidal conduct immediately." Gambia filed the case on ... ....
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Turkey deports three foreign fighters as it begins ISIS repatriations
The National 12 Nov 2019
Turkey on Monday said it had deported an American and a Danish citizen accused of belonging to ISIS, as it began repatriating foreign fighters to their home nations ... Two Irish nationals and 11 Frenchmen who were captured in Syria were also due to be flown to their home countries soon, he added ... Read More ... Special report. From the ashes of ISIS ... Updated....
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