Input: Both groups would give India greater access to research and technology. BrahMos Aerospace, co-owned by the Indian and Russian governments, said discussions were underway with several countries on missile exports, but it was too early to be more specific." Talks are going on, there will be a deal," said spokesman Praveen Pathak. India is still a marginal player in global arms exports. The unit cost of the missile, fitted on Indian naval ships, is estimated at around $ 3 million. India has been steadily building military ties with Vietnam and is supplying offshore patrol boats under a $ 100 million credit line, its biggest overseas military aid. This week defence minister Manohar Parrikar held talks with his Vietnamese counterpart General Ngo Xuan Lich in Hanoi and both sides agreed to exchange information on commercial shipping as well as expand hydrographic cooperation, the Indian defence ministry said in a statement on Monday. A source at the defence ministry said India was hoping to conclude negotiations on the supply of BrahMos to Vietnam by the end of the year. The Indian government is also considering a proposal to offer Vietnam a battleship armed with the BrahMos missiles instead of just the missile battery, the source said." A frigate integrated with the BrahMos can play a decisive role, it can be a real deterrent in the South China Sea," the source said, adding New Delhi would have to expand the line of credit to cover the cost of the ship. Indian warships are armed with configurations of eight or 16 BrahMos missiles each, while sets of two or four would go on smaller vessels. A Russian official said exports of BrahMos to third countries was part of the founding agreement of the India-Russia joint venture. Only now India had armed its own military with the BrahMos was there capacity to consider exporting, he added.

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Input: But without that, I wo n’t be involved.” Kasich said he could n’t even see voting for the guy, though he was quick to add he would n’t vote for Hillary Clinton, either. I asked him why he thought Republican leaders in Washington continued to profess their support for Trump, even as they denounced his comments. “Look, I think in either political party, there’s always a tug between party loyalty, being part of the team, and your conscience,” Kasich said. “And there’s a lot of people that are really torn.

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Input: Along the trendy southern shore, hotels were not only booked solid that week but were even taking reservations for four months out -- into the dead of winter. ‘Next Big Thing’ The annexation, of course, is bitterly contested by Ukraine and has been repeatedly condemned by the European Union and U.S., which have slapped sanctions on the peninsula and on top Russian officials. An insurgency by Kremlin-backed rebels continues today in eastern Ukraine, where the death toll is approaching 10,000. For many Russian tourists, the controversy, if anything, seems to have added to the allure of Crimea, to have stirred patriotic sentiments.

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Input: She had Obama singing her praises in a battleground state, even promising she'd transform politics for the good. And she wasn't charged with a federal crime. A few hours before, FBI Director James Comey blinked and said he wouldn't recommend criminal charges out of that email scandal of hers, the one where she used a private basement server for her email while she was secretary of state and dangled unsecure, top-secret information before foreign intelligence hackers. Yet Comey's critique of Clinton's actions was devastating, though offered in measured language. He said there wasn't enough evidence for a criminal charge, but that how she handled the nation's secrets was "extremely careless."

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Input: However, both Moscow and Tehran held out the possibility it might happen again. The potential of repeating this episode is part of what prompted the GOP senators to send the letter. “We should be using all available tools to dissuade Russia from continuing its airstrikes in Syria that are clearly not in our interest,” the senators wrote. Beyond that, letter author Barrasso blames Obama for “telegraphing weakness” to “macho men leaders around the world” like Russian President Vladimir Putin who believe they can take actions detrimental to U.S. interests without ramifications. “Russia has played a very weak hand extremely well, and I think President Obama has played a very strong hand very poorly,” Barrasso said.

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Input: The letter cites Newsweek’s recent article by Kurt Eichenwald, which detailed how the Trump Organization has business interests Russia, Ukraine, India, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and other foreign countries. Those interests would make Trump “the most conflicted president in American history, one whose business interests will constantly jeopardize the security of the United States,” Eichenwald wrote. Trump’s business associates have included the likes of deceased Libyan dictator Muammar el-Qaddafi, according to Eichenwald. The day after Newsweek published the article, Trump told the TV program Fox & Friends he “would absolutely sever” ties to the Trump Organization if elected president. “I will sever connections, and I’ll have my children and my executives run the company, and I wo n’t discuss it with them.

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Input: Advertisement Continue reading the main story It is unclear how the United States may have retaliated against the North in secret, if it even did so. But the public punishment, the announcement of some mild economic sanctions, seemed highly ineffective. They were lost in the sea of other sanctions imposed on the North since the signing of the armistice that halted, but did not end, the Korean War 63 years ago. Yet the decision to name North Korea — a country with which the United States does no other real business — was an outlier.

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Input: The duty crew inside the early warning hub in Colorado processes attack indications sent from infrared satellites that can detect the hot plumes of missiles during their fiery boost phase of flight (first several minutes) and from ground-based radars that detect the metallic body of missiles and warheads in flight throughout their trajectory from launch to impact. This crew is expected to assess whether North America is under nuclear attack within three minutes of receiving the initial sensor input, and to promptly report their preliminary assessment up the chain of command in order to start the clock on a presidential response. The president and his or her top nuclear advisers then convene an emergency telecommunications conference to receive a briefing about the size and character of an incoming raid and the time to impact, and a briefing from the Strategic Command about the president’s response options (war plan menu) and their consequences. The press of circumstances if submarine warheads are en route may force the latter briefing to be shortened to as little as 30 seconds. Then the president has just a few minutes to decide and convey his decision to the military war rooms.

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Input: In the interview, Voloshin said that there were no flights on that day and there were also no air-to-air missiles, as they were carrying air-to-surface missiles for ground targets. Another extraordinary theory mentioned in the programme is that the aircraft was detonated in a CIA-backed ' terrorist operation ', where two bombs were planted on the airliner. The Boeing 777 was detonated over eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014 and killed 298 people, as it headed towards Kuala Lumpur (file photo) This allegation was put forward by private investigator, Sergey Sokolov, who claimed that the CIA were helped by the Ukrainian secret service and Dutch security service, to place the bombs on the plane in Holland. He said: ' This terrorist act was a pretext for firstly intensifying sanctions on Russia, secondly to show the world that Russia is a barbarian country and thirdly to strengthen the presence of Nato in Europe, particularly Ukraine. '

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Input: Bahrain at the time was suppressing an Arab Spring uprising of the kind that the Obama administration was encouraging in other places, even in nominally allied Yemen. Related: Report Prompts Pence to Call for Probe of Clinton ‘Pay-to-Play ' Practices Consider also the curious case of Victor Pinchuk, a Ukrainian steel magnate who donated over $ 8 million to the Clinton Foundation and had committed to giving as much as $ 20 million more to its initiatives. The Washington Post’s Tom Hamburger reported last October that Pinchuk had used his Clinton Foundation connections to get a meeting with a “top Clinton aide” at State, but that’s hardly all his $ 8 million bought. While Secretary of State, Clinton hosted a dinner for her foundation’s donors, including Pinchuk, who had hired longtime Clintonista Douglas Schoen to lobby the State Department on behalf of the Yanukovich government – the pro-Russian regime that Ukrainians sacked in late 2013, a change that was supported by the Obama administration.

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Input: Will be interesting to see if Kirk, Ayotte, Toomey, Johnson and Portman agree with noxious Cruz. — David Plouffe (@davidplouffe) February 13, 2016 A Democratic operative thinks GOP obstruction could make it easier for Democrats to retake the Senate: What if obstruction not only starts to hurt the GOP's WH nominee but puts holding the Senate at risk as well? https://t.co/3h3KmHPow5 — Joe Trippi (@JoeTrippi) February 13, 2016

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Input: July 2012: The battle for Aleppo begins. Rebels make swift advances, but are unable to consolidate their gains and the city becomes divided 2013: The government begins bombarding rebel districts with barrel bombs, causing thousands of casualties September 2015: Syria launches a fresh offensive in the wake of Russia's intervention in the conflict February 2016: The government captures towns north of Aleppo, threatening to encircle the city

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Input: Industry minister Hiroshige Seko, who is in charge of economic cooperation with Russia, may visit Russia around November for ministerial talks on the matter, they said. The envisioned cooperation covers 41 items chiefly concerning infrastructure construction, resource development and improvement in the quality of life in the Russian Far East and Siberia, they said. Among the items are improvement of three Far Eastern ports — Vladivostok, Zarubino and Vostochny — as well as a ¥ 600 billion ($ 5.8 billion) project to construct a petrochemical plant near Vladivostok, according to the sources. Abe presented the eight-point plan to Putin in May in the Russian Black Sea resort city of Sochi. The eight points include cooperation in the medical field, energy development, industry promotion in the Russian Far East and personnel exchanges.

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Input: There is no explanation in the files of why the banks agreed to extend such unorthodox credit lines. Some of the cash obtained from RCB was also lent back onshore in Russia at extremely high interest rates, with the resulting profits siphoned off to secret Swiss accounts. A $ 6 m yacht was purchased by Sandalwood and shipped to a port near St Petersburg. Cash was also handed over directly to the Putin circle, this time in the form of very cheap loans, made with no security and with interest rates as low as 1%. It is not clear whether any loans have been repaid.

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Input: Furthermore, Kasparov, who fled the Putin regime to the United States in 2013, suggested the Russians likely possess information on Trump that is at least as damaging as the revelations contained in the WikiLeaks releases have been for Hillary Clinton." I don't believe for a second that Trump was clean and they couldn't find anything," he said." More likely, they had plenty but they decided to use it privately to good effect, whether we are talking about debts or blackmail." "Putin sees in Trump an ideal counterpart," Kasparov continued." Trump shows no respect for democracy or rule of law."

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Input: We have known that for a long time ever since Nazi Germany. We are going to stand up to Donald Trump and to stand up to Hillary Clinton! Stein’s claim that Clinton-esque neoliberal policies somehow had anything to do with Nazism was not only ahistorical and nonsensical, it cheapened the Holocaust to make a dishonest political point. But casting Nazi aspersions on the Clintons and doubts on vaccines and Wi-Fi are not the only conspiracy theories Stein has laundered into the mainstream. She has even peddled misinformation about her prospects to her own supporters in requests for campaign cash:

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Input: Assuming the cut was deliberate in the first place, there's no guarantee that it was both a government-backed operation and that the US was behind it. Simply speaking, we need more evidence to reach a definitive conclusion. Update: According to Wikileaks, that state party is Ecuador, which is quoted by the Guardian saying it will continue to uphold the political asylum granted to Assange in 2012. Of course, changing the WiFi password is a pretty standard passive way to address a houseguest that's hanging around a bit longer than expected.

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Input: Science already shows that we are currently experiencing change 200 to 300 times faster than any of the previous major extinction events (see here). The World Bank issued a new report warning that global water shortages will deal a “severe hit” to economies across the Middle East, North Africa, and Central and South Asia as ACD progresses. The report warned that by 2050 growing demand for water from both cities and agriculture will cause dramatic water shortages in regions where it is currently still in abundance, in addition, of course, to worsening shortages that already exist. According to the World Bank, this will generate broad amounts of conflict and human migration across these regions: climate change will multiply threats and create new ones. Another World Bank report shows that by 2050, 1.3 billion people, along with $ 158 trillion in assets, will be put at risk from flooding and sea level rise alone.

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Input: Hide Caption 5 of 29 Photos: San Bernardino shooting Law enforcement officers search a neighborhood in San Bernardino. Hide Caption 6 of 29 Photos: San Bernardino shooting A police officer loads his weapon while pursuing suspects. Hide Caption 7 of 29 Photos: San Bernardino shooting A SWAT team mobilizes during the search. Hide Caption 8 of 29 Photos: San Bernardino shooting People pray on the San Bernardino Golf Course, across the street from where the shooting took place. Hide Caption 9 of 29 Photos: San Bernardino shooting Heavily armed law enforcement officers swarmed the area where the shooting occurred.

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Input: In 1957, the Soviet Union released a document saying Wallenberg had been jailed in the Lubyanka prison, the notorious building where the KGB security services were headquartered, and that he died of heart failure on July 17, 1947. But the account has been questioned, with some historians maintaining Wallenberg was executed. In 2000, the head of a Russian commission of investigation conceded Wallenberg had been imprisoned in 1947 for political reasons by KGB agents in Lubyanka, where he eventually died, but declined to provide hard evidence or elaborate on the circumstances of his death. The evidence ultimately came to light when the diary of the first KGB chief, Ivan A. Serov, was published in Russia in June. “I have no doubts that Wallenberg was liquidated in 1947,” wrote Serov, according to report in the New York Times on Sunday.

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Input: If David Letterman or Jon Stewart had joked that the Russians might help, it would have been hilarious. If I suggested it, readers would probably think it a poor joke — a bit over the top. Trump suggests it and he’s accused of treason. (See this piece in the New Yorker, which reads like it was written by Hillary’s speechwriter. It quotes Sean Wilentz, one of Hillary’s super-duper supporters, and takes an over-the-top interpretation of the Donald’s tongue-in-cheek tweet.)

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Input: Read: Why oil could plunge to $ 20 a barrel, but probably not $ 10 Selling began in China after official data showed that new bank loans were lower than expected in December as lenders sharply curtailed activity amid worries about slowing growth and bad debt. In a bid to boost liquidity, China’s central bank said it pumped $ 15 billion of funds into the market via a medium-term lending facility on Friday. The Shanghai Composite SHCOMP, +0.68% dropped 3.5% and is down 20% from a Dec. 22 high, which by one definition puts it in a bear market. All of this was exacerbated as options stopped trading ahead of their expiration on Saturday.

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Input: Prepare for the what will unfold by purchasing the “Now What — 2017” report. Written from a global perspective, this annual analysis includes chapters on the euro, Germany, Britain, Canada, Japan, Russia, China, Mexico, and South America. Included is a global table on the yearly level for all major world markets that includes 2016 closings, buy and sell signals for annual closings, trading prices (as of the completion of this report), resistance, support, and the historical high and low of each market.

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Input: Americans have discovered that virtually everything Clinton said about her private server and emails was untrue. Some 15,000 new emails have suddenly appeared, beyond the 33,000 “personal” emails her aides and lawyers claim to have destroyed. FBI Director Comey said she should not be indicted. However, the FBI is requiring the House of Representatives to store Clinton’s redacted emails and investigative documents in a secure location. Congressmen must have Top Secret clearances to read them.

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Input: Giustra, the Canadian billionaire who made his fortune funding mining operations, is one of the foundation’s most generous supporters. The total sum donated by Giustra is unknown but could be significantly more than the minimum $ 50 m the foundation indicates comes from his foundations, including the Vancouver-based Radcliffe Foundation. He is on the record as having donated $ 31.1 m to the foundation in 2007 and, later that year, pledged a $ 100 m commitment to tackling poverty in conjunction with the Clinton foundation. Giustra’s generosity has earned him unique access to Bill Clinton, making him one of an elite handful of philanthropists who have accompanied the former president for overseas charity events. Another is Epstein, the wealthy financier who was jailed for 13 months in 2008 for soliciting sex with underage girls.

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Input: He worked from a Russian server. He may well be part of a Russian information operation," Blumenthal explained. While he said there's no way Lazar compromised Clinton's emails, the hacker told Fox News in a telephone interview before reaching a plea deal with the Justice Department that it was "easy for me, for everybody” to access the Clinton server. Given more than 2,100 classified emails were on the server, Fox asked Blumenthal if he had a security clearance to handle such material." I was her friend, and I had no security clearance, nor did I seek it, nor did anyone ever send me anything that was classified.

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Input: The facts of the case would seem to merit criminal charges against her, since Clinton’s situation is analogous to problems faced by other senior officials, including former CIA directors John Deutch and David Petraeus who were accused of mishandling classified information, Deutch by having secret material on his home computer and Petraeus for giving notebooks with highly sensitive information to his lover / biographer. Deutch agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor but was preemptively pardoned by President Bill Clinton; Petraeus pled guilty to a misdemeanor in a plea deal that spared him from jail time and was widely criticized as excessively lenient, especially since the Obama administration had jailed lower-level officials, such as former CIA officer John Kiriakou, for similar violations. In 2012, faced with a multiple count indictment, Kiriakou agreed to plead guilty to one count of violating the 1982 Intelligence Identities Protection Act for giving a reporter the phone number of a former CIA officer whose work for the spy agency was still classified. Though the reporter did not publish the ex-officer’s name, Kiriakou was sentenced to 30 months in prison. The Intelligence Identities Protection Act was also a factor in the “Plame-gate affair” in 2003 when officials of George W. Bush’s administration disclosed the CIA identity of Valerie Plame as part of a campaign to discredit her husband, former U.S.

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Input: Turkish warplanes killed 20 Daesh terrorists and destroyed three buildings as well as a vehicle and a motorcycle of the terror group in northern Syria late on Saturday, the Turkish General Staff said on Sunday. The warplanes bombarded Daesh targets south of Tell al Hawa in northern Syria between 7:38 – 7:44 p.m. local time, the written statement said. The region lies to the east of the town of Al-Rai. The airstrike that came less than two days before a U.S.-Russia agreement on a ceasefire in Syria takes effect.

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Input: ADVERTISEMENT While the Electoral College may give her an advantage, party leaders and strategists say they remain concerned that Clinton is a tough sell when a majority of Americans think the country is on the wrong track and want to shake up Washington. “The most important thing is there is a bias for change and there’s an NBC / Wall Street Journal poll where people express that bias even when they do n’t know what the change is going to be,” said Geoff Garin, a pollster who worked for Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign and now advises Priorities USA, a pro-Clinton super PAC. That July survey showed a majority of voters, 56 percent, prefer someone who will bring major changes to government even if they do n’t know what those changes will be. Only 46 percent wanted a candidate who would bring a steady approach to government.

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Input: She was absent from the Fight for $ 15 before she tried to take credit for championing it. Third, Rampell alleges that Stein and Baraka have "trafficked in conspiracy theories." This assertion is based in part on Baraka appearing on a radio show with and allowing an article of his to be published by a person who turned out to be a Holocaust denier. But once Baraka found out about that person’s belief, he forcefully denounced it, saying he "abhor[s] and reject[s] any individual or group that fails to understand the tremendous suffering of Jewish people during that dark period." The "conspiracy theory" charge is also based on Stein’s responses to questions she’s been asked about wireless internet and 9/11.

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Input: Fortunately for the other world leaders, they do n’t seem to have been as arrogant or dumb (or both of the above) in insisting on using non-secure communications. “Was it not amazing that Clinton protégé, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Victoria Nuland, plotted the Feb. 22 coup in Ukraine with the U.S. Ambassador in Kiev on an insecure telephone! Wonder where Nuland got the idea that was all right. “Only transmitting and sharing classified information via email through the secure email and internet system used by the U.S. government also prevents accidental transmission of secret information to people who should not receive secret information.

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Input: “Nobody is starving yet, but incomes are definitely down,” he said, noting that homes are colder, that neighbors turn on just two lamps after dark where they once used five and that people have stopped buying new clothes. Retail sales across Russia were down by 13.1 percent for the year ending in November, according to official statistics, with car sales off nearly 40 percent. The 100 or so workers at the giant Seydin Machine Tool Factory, once the pride of the city during the Soviet era, have not seen a paycheck for a year and recently received layoff notices. They, too, have on occasion gathered in the main square to demand their back pay. The workers “have to take to the streets!” they wrote in an open letter to Mr. Putin.

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Input: The SLBM [Submarine-launched ballistic missile] test-fire was successfully carried out without any adverse impact on neighboring countries.” The news agency quoted Kim Jong Un as saying the following: “The US vicious nuclear threat and blackmail against the DPRK only resulted in bolstering up its nuclear attack capability hour by hour and the US mainland and the operational theatre in the Pacific are now within the striking range of the KPA, no matter how hard the US tries to deny it.” The actions of the North Koreans have been preceded by the deployment of the THAD anti-missile system in South Korea and the Sea of Japan, as well as the recent redeployment of nuclear-armed B-52 bomber aircraft by the U.S. to the island of Guam. In addition, a total of 75,000 U.S. and South Korean troops have been engaged in military exercises in South Korea that have infuriated the North Koreans.

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Input: Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said the evidence pointed to the Syrian Kurdish group. “Despite the fact that their leader says they have nothing to do with this, the information and documents obtained by our interior ministry and all our intelligence organisations shows that [the attack] was theirs,” he said. On Thursday morning a bomb detonated by remote control hit security forces travelling in a military vehicle on a road linking Diyarbakır to the district of Lice. The military said six people died and one was seriously injured. Turkish artillery in the south of the country shelled positions of Kurdish fighters in Syria for the fifth day in a row on Wednesday, despite calls from both the US and Russia to cease all hostilities towards the YPG in Syria.

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Input: One of the survivors of the Egyptian hotel terror attack has spoken for the first time about the moment a jihadist tried to stab him in the chest with a knife and slashed him in the neck four times. Sammie Olovsson, 27, from Sweden, told friends he was in a stable condition and recovering in hospital in Hurghada after he was repeatedly attacked by one of the jihadis. The two attackers, armed with a pellet gun and knives, targeted tourists at the outside restaurant of the Bella Vista Resort near the Red Sea.

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Input: Before Hillary: Under President Alvaro Colom, the nation’s first populist progressive president, the poor received access to health, education, and social security. After Hillary: Clinton authorized the U.S. embassy in Guatemala to work against the 2011 election as president of Colom’s wife, Sandra Torres. Colom was succeeded by a right-wing corrupt president who resigned for corruption and then was arrested. 11. Haiti

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Input: Resolutions like this one are n’t legally binding, however, they do put pressure on governments and it’s particularly significant that the UN has decided to condemn internet shutdowns as it’s been revealed an increasing number of countries are using this as a method of controlling citizens. Recently Facebook and Twitter in Turkey was throttled in the aftermath of an explosion in Ankara and it’s even being used for smaller matters such as Algeria blocking access to social media in order to stop students cheating on tests. Though happy with the resolution and its articulation of “strong human rights standards” Hughes states that it could and should go further as “the global situation for freedom of expression online demands more specific and detailed commitment from states to address other priority issues.” In future Human Rights Council resolutions, he stresses that states must tackle these more specific priority issues head on “including abusive laws that target legitimate online dissent, government efforts to undermine anonymity and encryption, and attempts to exert undue pressure on private ICT actors to engage in censorship. “

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Input: The funds went to a group called OneVoice – officially to support Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. But the organization actually deployed the U.S. taxpayer dollars build an anti-Netanyahu campaign with an Obama-linked political consulting firm Guthrie asked Obama in the new interview if he thought Putin was encroaching on America's November presidential election. ' What the motives were in terms of the leaks, all that – I can't say directly, ' the president replied. ' What I do know is that Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed admiration for Vladimir Putin.

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Input: Escaping the banking clutches is therefore, iconic. Iceland joined Hungary in 2014 when it paid back its $ 400 million loan ahead of schedule after the collapse of the banking sector in 2008 and Russia, of course bowing down to no Western puppeteer, freed itself in 2005. The return of these three countries to financial independence has been said to be the first time a European country has stood up to the international fund, since Germany did so in the 1930s. Greece is anxiously trying to make payments but missing them as we all stand on the sidelines routing for them to stick two fingers up to the ‘International M * * * * * F * * * * * *’. Via yournewswire

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Input: The director of the CIA told President George W. Bush, it's an obvious case. Saddam Hussein had nerve gas and used it against his own people, he had used chemical weapons against the Iranians and he almost had a nuclear bomb in 1981 and in 1991. And he had been caught with anthrax in 1995 by the UN inspections after denying that he had it. SPIEGEL: Today we know that he did not possess weapons of mass destruction at the time of the Iraq war. Wolfowitz: I wasn't in charge of the intelligence services.

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Input: When Gaddafi came to New York to address the United Nations, he wanted to pitch his tent on Central Park. Mayor Michael Bloomberg forbade him. He was then barred from using a luxurious Eastside penthouse because courageous real estate agent Jason Haber required him to send convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi back to Scotland in lieu of rent. OPINION: Donald Trump's dangerous demagoguery When it looked like Gaddafi might have to stay at a youth hostel, Trump stepped in to offer his Westchester palace.

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Input: NTIA and ICANN have published correspondence from June affirming that changes made to .mil and .gov can only be made after gaining written approval from the US government. However, conservative groups have argued that the US government needed congressional approval to cede control of IANA. The suit argues much the same, claiming that the Obama administration, by not gaining approval from Congress, violated the Property Clause of the US Constitution, and that NTIA lacks the statutory authority to cede control of DNS to ICANN. It also claims there's a threat to the First Amendment if ICANN doesn't commit to complying with its free-speech protections." The transition raises serious constitutional concerns," said Berin Szóka, president of conservative group TechFreedom.

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Input: ' Having left jail in Georgia, Chataev moved to Syria and in ISIS he is in charge of the whole Russian sector of work. ' In January, Russian secret services named him as the main recruiter of terrorists from ISIS to Russia and European countries. Chataev-nicknamed ' One-Armed ' after he claimed one of his limbs was chopped off in prison-fled Russia 12 years ago, and won refugee status in Austria. Once in Europe, he sent equipment back to the Northern Caucuses for terrorists to use, it has been reported. In 2008, he was arrested in Sweden for illegal possession of arms, spending a year in prison after Kalashnikov guns, explosives and bullets were found in his car.

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Input: There are currently 34 countries in the OECD, but the agency also includes Brazil and Russia in its statistical data. (The two countries have been negotiating for membership but talks have been suspended with Russia because of the Crimea crisis.) The OECD says the average homicide rate among the 36 countries is 4.1 per 100,000 people. According to the 2014 data, at the top of the list is Brazil, with a homicide rate 25.5, or six times the average. Next on the list is Mexico, with a homicide rate of 23.4, followed by Russia at 12.8.

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Input: White blue-collar workers: Often called "Reagan Democrats," the Sanders form of populism has great appeal to this group. He offers strong opposition to insiders, strong support for increased minimum wage and strong opposition to trade agreements that are seen as having lost American jobs. Trump also opposes many of the same trade policies that Sanders opposes, but Trump not only opposes an increase in the minimum wage, he has stated that, in his opinion, American workers are actually overpaid — an absurd notion that is offensive to working-class Reagan Democrats and blue-collar workers generally. In the battle of ideas within the Democratic Party, Sanders runs stronger than Clinton against Republicans while Clinton has been adopting a growing number of Sanders ' themes. In the battle of ideas for the anti-establishment mantle, Sanders is winning by a huge margin over Trump.

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Input: Explosives found in an illegal Muslim prayer hall near the Russian city of Samara was eliminated right inside the building. Bomb disposal team deemed it too dangerous to take the explosives out. The video of the controlled explosion shows a considerable part of the building being destroyed in the blast. A police dog helped to find a cache with more than a kilogram of explosives of unknown origin. A bomb-disposal expert said extracting the explosives would be definitely unsafe and bomb technicians rolled in a water cannon, a source within Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) told RT.

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Input: POWER PLAYERS IN THE NEWS: The Pope kicked off a six-day tour of Mexico by calling on its president to bring justice to a country racked by corruption and gangs. Francis offered an unvarnished assessment of Mexico’s troubles, including the country’s “drug trade, exclusion of different cultures, violence and human trafficking.” (Joshua Partlow and Gabriela Martinez) In Cuba, Francis met with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill -- the first time two such leaders have met in centuries. The pair urged the international community to protect persecuted Christians around the globe. (CNN) Jim Gilmore ended his presidential campaign Friday night.

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Input: The children going to school, older people traveling at night – everyone is afraid. ”Indeed, May Schultz Sclair, who was riding her bicycle near the scene of the attack, said she now avoids the promenade, where she once routinely visited. “It’s very troubling. It’s shocking, and certainly restricts my sense of peace of mind living in my own neighborhood,” she said. “The area where it happened is a place we used to walk during Shabbat, and we do n’t go there anymore because we just do n’t feel it’s safe. ”“We are worried about violence carried out by residents of these Arab towns,” continued Schultz Sclair, a retiree originally from the US.“I often find young people walking around in groups – especially boys – intimidating; and given the violence that we’ve had, it’s increasingly intimidating. I have stayed away from there for at least the past year. ”Evgeny Kaveshnikov, 32, who made aliya from Russia two months ago, said he was deeply troubled by the attack, which took place just a few meters from where he was riding his bike later that day. “When I heard about this, I worried a lot, of course, because I want to live in peace with everyone, but it’s very difficult to understand why these women were attacked, because it’s not their fault,” he said. “I’m very worried that it has happened here, and that it is happening everywhere. I feel pain hearing about this.

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Input: The bottom line is that America is fighting a diffuse war that most Americans do n’t understand or know much about, and which Congress will have little do with — and Obama, the president who lamented fighting the Forever War, has become the man who institutionalized it. “At the moment, the United States itself — as the globe’s only military superpower — is judge, jury and executioner all rolled into one,” Rosa Brooks writes in her new book, How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything. And outside of ISIS, our government wo n’t even tell us whom it’s executing. That’s because the Obama administration has classified the list of so-called “associated forces” of Al Qaeda that it is authorized to kill. The United States is now at war with an enemy that it will not officially acknowledge or identify to the American public.

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Input: He has really started his political activity based on this racist lie that our first black president was not an American citizen. There was absolutely no evidence for it, but he persisted, he persisted year after year, because some of his supporters, people that he was trying to bring into his fold, apparently believed it or wanted to believe it. But, remember, Donald started his career back in 1973 being sued by the Justice Department for racial discrimination because he would not rent apartments in one of his developments to African-Americans, and he made sure that the people who worked for him understood that was the policy. He actually was sued twice by the Justice Department. So he has a long record of engaging in racist behavior.

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Input: Enforce the Bill of Rights by protecting the right to free speech and protest, to be secure from unwarranted search and seizure and invasion of privacy, as well as our other Constitutional rights. Terminate unconstitutional surveillance and unwarranted spying, close Guantanamo, and repeal indefinite detention without charge or trial. Repeal the unconstitutional provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act that give the president the power to indefinitely imprison and even assassinate American citizens without due process. America's youth should not be put in jail for offenses they commit. End discrimination against former offenders who have paid for their crimes and should get a fresh start.

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Input: Alongside the Gobi, China is now home to the Taklimaka desert, the world’s second largest wandering desert. Consequently, the spread of deserts has seen more than half the land in provinces such as Gansu rendered inhospitable. The growing deserts have also added a new dimension to China’s pollution problem, as giant sandstorms descend on the country from March to May, affecting cities such as Beijing, itself only a few hundred kilometers from the encroaching desert. Sandstorms not only add a new subcategory for hazardous air quality, but also pick up contaminants in the polluted soil of China’s industrial north, raining toxic dust on major cities. This only further reduces the already low number of clear sky days in Beijing, fueling protests and unrest over the region’s pollution.

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Input: ... Nothing transpired and no business relationship was ever implemented.” On the political front, Manafort was paid handsome sums for years to advise a pro-Putin Ukrainian political figure, Viktor Yanukovych, who fled to Russia in 2014 after he was ousted as president in a political revolution. U.S. officials say Yanukovych was deeply corrupt and did Putin’s bidding in Ukraine. Manafort met regularly with the U.S.

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Input: (Photo: Daily Mirror) It warns that soldiers are at risk of being targeted over Facebook and Twitter. It even advises soldiers should leave phones and iPads at home-as details of US troops operating in Ukraine have been hacked and used to smear them. (Photo: Reuters) The big fear revealed in the document is that Russian military can easily outgun British troops on the battlefield.

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Input: We do know that Trump considered Russian oligarchs prime customers for high-end properties. In 2008, he sold a Palm Beach mansion to billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev for $ 95 million. Less than four years earlier, Trump had picked up the property at a bankruptcy auction for $ 41 million — meaning he made quite a tidy profit. Rybolovlev, who was then worth about $ 13 billion, is not believed to be as close to Putin as some of the other oligarchs, but neither is he in any sense an opponent of the regime. Despite earlier claims to the contrary, Trump now says he has never actually met Putin.

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Input: (Abha Bhattarai) A Pennsylvania college student convicted of raping an unconscious woman in her dorm room will spend six to 12 years in prison. The strong sentencing of the 20-year -old comes in the wake of ex-Stanford swimmer Brock Turner receiving only six months for a similar crime. (AP) Two New Hampshire state troopers who were caught on video repeatedly punching a suspect were arrested and charged. (Mark Berman) Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski (Coach K) condemned North Carolina’s “bathroom bill” legislation, calling the state’s H.B. 2 “an embarrassing bill."

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Input: Election hacking is highly unlikely, he says. Attackers reaching into the ballot box from thousands of miles away wo n’t happen, simply because the vast majority of election machines are not connected to the internet. Some 31 states offer voting via internet, email, or fax, but nearly all only allow it as an option for military families and Americans living overseas – a very small percentage of the electorate. Only Alaska allows any voter to cast a ballot across the net, according to Verified Voting. But election rigging is a potential threat, says Rubin.

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Input: Listen to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump discuss some of his foreign policy positions with The Washington Post editorial board." NATO is costing us a fortune," Trump said." We're not reimbursed fairly for what we do." (The Washington Post) One of the most frustrating aspects about fact checking Donald Trump is that his staff almost never responds to queries or bothers to provide an explanation of his remarks.

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Input: Avian Flu- The outbreaks of avian flu that have been recorded have mainly been started in China. Most people in developed countries buy chicken that is packaged and processed, but in China, people usually buy their chickens live and process them at home. This is how avian flu usually gets started; when an outbreak of avian flu is detected the Chinese government quarantines the sick people, then kills millions of chickens in markets and on farms. Avian flu is also spreading around the world by birds and has nothing to do with climate. Conclusion

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Input: But the contribution came just months after Mrs. Clinton traveled to Moscow where she made what she called a ' shameless pitch ' to ask a newly formed state-owned airline ' to buy Boeing aircraft. ' It's not clear whether there was a quid-pro-quo promise of the donation in exchange for Mrs. Clinton's cheerleading. Clinton promised during the October 13, 2009 visit to Boeing Design Center Moscow that the U.S. Export-Import Bank ' would welcome an application for financing from Rosavia [the airline] to support its purchase of Boeing Aircraft, and I hope that on a future visit I'll see a lot of new Rosavia-Boeing planes when I land in Moscow. ' Boeing ultimately won a $ 3.7 billion Russian contract. Then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has spoken at corporate events for Boeing, often arguing in favor of Russian and Chinese purchases from the jet aircraft manufacturer -- which, it turns out, gave nearly $ 1 million to the Clinton Foundation

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Input: We have endorsements from, I think, almost every police group, very -- I mean, a large percentage of them in the United States. We have a situation where we have our inner cities, African- Americans, Hispanics are living in he'll because it's so dangerous. You walk down the street, you get shot. In Chicago, they've had thousands of shootings, thousands since January 1st. Thousands of shootings.

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Input: By June 1990, Trump was on the verge of missing a $ 43 million interest payment to the investors in the Taj’s junk bonds. Facing ruin, he met with his bankers, who had almost no recourse — they had been as reckless as Trump. By lending him billions — with loans for his real estate, his casinos, his airline and other businesses — they could fail if Trump went down. So the banks agreed to lend him tens of millions more in exchange for Trump temporarily ceding control over his multibillion-dollar empire and accepting a budget of $ 450,000 a month for personal expenditures. In August, New Jersey regulators prepared a report totaling Trump’s debt at $ 3.4 billion, writing that “a complete financial collapse of the Trump Organization was not out of the question.”

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Input: But putting aside the partisan lies about Obama, Trump issued a direct and clear hit on the establishment foreign policy consensus that has failed dramatically over the years. Trump argued that after the end of the Cold War, “our foreign policy veered badly off course.” He criticized the “chaos” we’ve created in the Middle East — Iraq, Egypt, Libya, Syria. He indicted the rush to a new Cold War with China and Russia. He condemned our trade policy for running unprecedented deficits and weakening our country. He promises to get out of the “nation-building business.”

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Input: When split between Republican and Democratic voters, the survey found that 85 percent of Clinton supporters stood by the FBI’s decision not to prosecute. However, 92 percent of Donald Trump supporters disagreed, mirroring the opinion of their candidate, who has been vocal in criticizing Clinton for deleting 30,000 of her emails rather than handing them over to the FBI. At one point, he even promised his rival that she “would be in jail.” “If I win,” Trump said at the presidential debate held on October 9, “I am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation.” When asked if the emails scandal was important to their vote, 70 percent of survey respondents replied that it was, out of which 49 percent said that it was very important.

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Input: He said the purchase of the tanks was a sign that the military is becoming more influential politically, but he did not see it as a bellicose gesture to Nicaragua’s neighbors, including Costa Rica. University of Costa Rica political scientist Carlos Zamora agreed that the tanks were part of a domestic agenda. He said that between the large, regular demonstrations against the Nicaraguan Canal and former Contra fighters taking up weapons again in the northern part of Nicaragua, the government may be trying to bolster its ability to respond to a potentially violent protest. During a news conference Wednesday, President Luis Guillermo Solís said the tanks were “unnecessary” and that there was no justification for such an investment in Central America. “More than a concern or a threat, it constitutes a feeling of sadness because these are people who still lack much in terms of human development,” he said.

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Input: "Reagan never gave interviews to Pravda while campaigning to be our president," Michael McFaul, a former U.S. ambassador to Russia, wrote on Twitter, referring to the official newspaper of the Soviet Union." Who advised Trump to appear on RT?" The interview was featured prominently by RT and billed as an "exclusive." On Twitter, RT editor in chief Margarita Simonyan shared a triumphant message about the interview:" We did it!" An interview with Trump would certainly seem to show a new ambition on the part of the news organization.

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Input: He refuses to acknowledge — contrary to members of both parties, the military and virtually every informed observer — that we save money by having forward-deployed troops. 1 of 52 Full Screen Autoplay Close Skip Ad × What it looked like at the Republican National Convention on Day 3 View Photos Supporters — and protesting opponents — of Donald Trump show up in Cleveland, as well as campaign merchandise vendors. Caption Supporters — and protesting opponents — of Donald Trump show up in Cleveland, as well as campaign merchandise vendors. July 20, 2016 Vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence greets the crowd on the third day of the Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post Buy Photo Wait 1 second to continue.

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Input: Of course, it was all a lie. Firstly, Rouhani is no sort of moderate. He has presided over a steady uptick of executions of Iran’s dissidents, as well as sexual and religious minorities. Even more egregious, though, was the lie about the genesis of the negotiations, as Obama sent Rhodes and other select emissaries to talks with Iran’s hard-liner relentlessly anti-American president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad just as the latter was promising Israel’s annihilation. Nevertheless, Psaki echoed this narrative, saying negotiations, “really picked up after [Iranian] President Rouhani’s election.” The clearest example of this (now obviously false) narrative was peddled directly to Congress, in testimony by Colin Kahl, deputy assistant to the president and national security advisor to Vice President Joe Biden.

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Input: Of the four countries officials cite as the U.S.’s key adversaries in cyberspace — Russia, North Korea, China and Iran — Russia was the only one against whom the U.S. had not yet taken some kind of public action over its cyber activity. Some onlookers suspected that the White House was leery of publicly naming Russia in the DNC hack because it did n’t want to disrupt a fragile ceasefire deal in Syria. But Secretary of State John Kerry John KerryTillerson: ' My view did n’t change ' on Paris climate agreement CORRECTED: Three members of Mueller's team have donated to Democrats Kerry: New Iran sanctions may be dangerous MORE officially suspended negotiations with Russia over implementing such an agreement on Monday. And on Friday he called for a war crimes investigation of Russia and Syria for attacks in Aleppo. Washington has almost unanimously treated Russian involvement in the attack on the DNC and other Democratic groups as fact after several forensics firms avowed that all the digital fingerprints pointed to a well-known Russian intelligence group known informally as Fancy Bear.

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Input: THE MEMO: For Trump, danger signs in the polls McAuliffe touts buildup of cyber defenses in the states MORE. But this is no different than Mitch McConnell Mitch McConnellRyan seeks manufacturing muscle for tax push Dems step up attacks on GOP ObamaCare bill Live coverage: Senate Dems hold talkathon to protest GOP health plan MORE’s now infamous statement that “the single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president.” Voters will see right through this ruse for the obstruction that it is. And voters will believe that it is House Republicans’ plan to block progress: they have become synonymous with obstruction and gridlock. This is the lot that shut down the government. They have brought America to the brink of a historic debt default again and again.

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Input: You use that a whole lot and I think your running mate uses a lot of pre-done lines. The Reality: As for Kaine's claim about Trump and Pence's position on the minimum wage, PolitiFact looked into it and deemed it "half true." Trump has held multiple positions on the minimum wage. Pence voted against raising it as a member of Congress but has not said he opposes a federal minimum wage.

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Input: Rodchenkov, who fled Russia for the United States in November, is currently being investigated under charges of abusing his power while serving as head of Moscow’s anti-doping laboratory. Rodchenkov’s property was seized at the request of investigators examing the case, a court spokesperson announced Thursday. Rodchenkov accused the Russian government of funding, running and covering up a widespread doping programme at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics during an interview with The New York Times in May. Rodchenkov’s testimony was also used as key evidence in an independent report by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). WADA’s claims led to dozens of Russian athletes being banned from this summer’s Olympic Games and the country’s entire Paralympic squad being excluded from next month’s Paralympic Games.

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Input: Some go even higher. They document people who have supposedly killed themselves or been murdered. Many have died in plane crashes. Other deaths have been put down to natural causes. The lists have circulated on the Internet for years.

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Input: BALANCE ISSUES The inner ear, which is sensitive to gravity, no longer functions correctly. Early in the mission, astronauts can experience disorientation, space motion sickness and a loss of sense of direction. Upon return to Earth, they must readjust to Earth's gravity and can experience problems standing up, stabilizing their gaze, walking and turning. Photos: A Look Back at Kelly's Year in Space

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Input: Clinton campaign manager on DNC leak: Experts say "Russians are releasing these emails" to help Trump # CNNSOTU https://t.co/GwJhloosPs — CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 24, 2016 The theory gained some traction, particularly among Trump’s detractors, in part because the candidate has seemed obsessed at times with reminding crowds that Russian President Vladimir Putin once said something sort of nice about him (though not, as Trump falsely claims, that the American is “a genius”). Then last week, Trump’s campaign staff watered down a pledge to help Ukraine defend its territory from Russian-backed rebels and the candidate told the New York Times he would not necessarily honor the NATO treaty commitment that requires the United States military to defend other member states from a direct attack by Russia. Since Trump has refused to release his tax returns, there are also questions about whether or not his businesses might depend to some extent on Russian investors. “Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets,” Trump’s son Donald Jr. told a real estate conference in 2008, the Washington Post reported last month.

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Input: . including in particular to stop attacking civilians, medical facilities, and first responders, and to abide fully by the cessation of hostilities,” Kerry said. Video posted to the Internet shows rescuers pulling a little girl from under the rubble of a building destroyed in an airstrike in a rebel-held area of Aleppo, Syria. (Reuters) Earlier Thursday, the chief U.N. envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, broke down a stark tally covering recent days: An average of one Syrian has been killed every 25 minutes, he said.

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Input: Turkey welcomed the plan, and said aid needed to reach those in need "from the first day" EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini urged the UN to "prepare a proposal for political transition" in Syria British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson urged Russia to "use all its influence" to ensure the Syrian government "delivers on its obligations" Aid access The announcement follows talks in Geneva between US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov.

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Input: And if the incumbent foreign government complains about the “benevolent US assistance”then it can be toppled because it is “siding with the terrorists”. This is, of course, the whole rationale behind the so-called War on Terror that Washington crafted in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. Just uttering the phrase War on Terror gives Washington license to invade and ransack any foreign state it chooses, as in Afghanistan and Iraq, where more than one million people were killed by US forces “hunting down terrorists”. Before that, the official pretexts were “War on Communism”or “War on Drugs”. But with the collapse of the “Evil Soviet Empire”, the first of these pretexts became redundant.

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Input: NATO is not a religion,” he told Slate’s Isaac Chotiner, framing Trump’s repudiation of American treaty obligations as heartfelt concern for the working man. Criticizing Trump’s bromance with Putin gets in the way of “reducing our belligerence towards Russia,” (emphasis added), because in Greenwald’s warped view it’s the Obama administration, and not Putin’s regime, threatening the peace in Europe. Confronted with the full, disturbing array of evidence indicating Trump’s unseemly coziness with a hostile foreign power, the Republican nominee’s left-wing sympathizers revert to a timeworn tactic: accuse his critics of “McCarthyism.” While this accusation was once hurled at right-wing demagogues who flung irresponsible accusations of dual loyalty at liberals, today it’s being hurled at liberals who cite very real evidence of dual loyalty on the part of a right-wing demagogue. A Nation editorial entitled “Against Neo-McCarthyism” faults liberals for “promoting the narrative of a devious Russian cyber-attack” against the DNC, which all available evidence indicates it was. (Accusing Trump of asking the Russians to hack Clinton is “such unmitigated bullshit,” says Greenwald; the candidate was merely “trolling.”) Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel elsewhere warns that Democrats “are on the verge of becoming the Cold War party,” and admonishes her fellow progressives against “turning the Orange Menace into a new Red Scare.” A recent Paul Krugman column raising concerns about Trump’s ideological consonance with Russian policy priorities constitutes, in the eyes of the World Socialist Web Site, “a mission on behalf of the US military and intelligence complex in defense of Washington’s core imperialist war strategy,” probably the first time that the reliably liberal New York Times columnist has ever been accused of such calumnies.

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Input: Foto: Expressen Not far from the hospital is the al-Na'im roundabout, possibly al-Raqqah's most notorious place. On YouTube there are a large number of gruesome execution videos that were filmed here. At the roundabout, Om Omran and Om Mohammad stop at a street food vendor. But the kitchen is closed.

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Input: The connection to Russia may be explained simply by the global fascination with the presidential campaign and the mystery surrounding Mr. Trump, who has not been a major subject of foreign intelligence collection. But it also recalls a subplot to the race: Paul Manafort, Mr. Trump’s campaign chairman, previously advised pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine and other parts of Eastern Europe, including former President Viktor F. Yanukovych of Ukraine. Advertisement Continue reading the main story Opposition research itself is not all that valuable to a foreign government, but it can point to a candidate’s vulnerabilities.

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Input: Protestors started chanting "Do the math" during Cruz's stop in Marion, Ind., prompting the Texas senator to walk up to to a demonstrator holding a Trump campaign sign. The man, who refused to give his name to reporters but said he had come from Ohio, interrupted Cruz and repeatedly called him "Lyin ' Ted," Trump's favorite nickname for his rival." With all respect, Donald Trump is deceiving you, playing you for a chump," Cruz said." Ask yourself two questions: One, why is it that the mainstream media so desperately wants Donald Trump to be the Republican nominee? And why is it John Boehner John BoehnerJuan Williams: GOP fumbles on healthcare The Hill's 12:30 Report The new dealmaking in Congress reveals an old truth: majority wins MORE supports Donald Trump?"

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Input: An exception was made for coal originating in third countries and supplied via North Korea's port of Rason. Landlocked Mongolia, looking for alternative supply routes for its commodities, has already signed an agreement with the port that gave its exporters preferential treatment. Export bans on jet and rocket fuel included exemptions for "basic humanitarian needs" in conjunction with inspections, and for civilian passenger jets flying outside of North Korea. Other restricted minerals include vanadium and titanium, both used in steel alloys. Independent experts have frequently questioned China's resolve to enforce sanctions against North Korea, whose economy is heavily dependent on its neighbor.

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Input: Two recent heads of the service, also known as the Mukhabarat, have been sent to prison on charges including embezzlement, money laundering and bank fraud. One of them, Gen. Samih Battikhi, ran the G.I.D. from 1995 to 2000 and was convicted of being part of a scheme to obtain bank loans of around $ 600 million for fake government contracts and pocketing about $ 25 million. He was sentenced to eight years in prison, but the sentence was eventually reduced to four years that were served in his villa in the seaside town of Aqaba. Gen. Mohammad al-Dahabi, who ran the service from 2005 to 2008, was later convicted of stealing millions of dollars that G.I.D.

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Input: Two senior U.S. officials tell NBC News that thousands of ground troops are massing around Aleppo and they worry that the war-torn city could soon fall. The officials said on Friday they were awaiting a major ground operation as troops representing a mix of Syrian regime, Iranian Quds Force, Hezbollah, paid fighters from Iraq (Badr Brigade) and from Afghanistan gather. Russian fixed wing and Syrian regime helicopters continue to pound the city from the air and they are still striking Aleppo with artillery batteries outside the city. The officials expect this to continue once the ground forces move in. The senior U.S. officials told NBC News they hoped the rebels and residents could hold out a few more weeks, but that water is in such short supply, making the situation for those within the city's confines more desperate.

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Input: Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for the Nov. 8 election, has blamed Democratic policies for the worst mass shooting in U.S. history and doubled-down on his pledge to ban Muslim immigration, while Clinton has warned against demonizing Muslim-Americans. See images of Orlando memorials around the world: 35 PHOTOS Orlando massacre vigils and tributes around the world See Gallery Trump gains slightly on Clinton after Florida attack-poll People gather in front of the US Embassy in Copenhagen to remember the victims at the nightclub Pulse in Orlando Florida on June 13, 2016. / AFP / Scanpix / Jens Astrup / Denmark OUT (Photo credit should read JENS ASTRUP / AFP / Getty Images) April Ross looks at a makeshift memorial outside the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts for the mass shooting victims at the Pulse nightclub June 13, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. The American gunman who launched a murderous assault on a gay nightclub in Orlando was radicalized by Islamist propaganda, officials said Monday, as they grappled with the worst terror attack on US soil since 9/11.

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Input: Hide Caption 6 of 13 Photos: Clinton scandals through the years Former President Clinton listens to Hillary during an education event at the White House on January 26, 1998. During the event, Clinton made a statement about his alleged affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. The President vehemently denied the allegations, saying," I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky, I never told anybody to lie, not a single time." Hide Caption 7 of 13 Photos: Clinton scandals through the years On February 25, 1997, the Clinton administration released the names of 800-plus people who stayed overnight in the Lincoln Bedroom of the White House. Bill Clinton defended the practice of inviting friends and supporters to stay overnight.

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Input: But a congressional aide for a liberal senator defended Tanden, as well as Podesta, pointing out that they argued for progressive stances in some of the WikiLeaks emails. “I thought it was heartening to see some stuff from Neera and John that came from the other direction,” the aide said, pointing to Tanden’s support for a financial transaction tax, and Podesta’s criticism of former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, who is derided by the left for his role in financial deregulation during Bill Clinton's presidency. When Summers reached out to top campaign staff and even Bill Clinton himself to offer financial policy advice during the Democratic primary, Podesta urged aides to reject it." Worst advice ever," Podesta wrote to Bill Clinton chief of staff Tina Flournoy." Wrong then, wrong now."

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Input: Earlier Obama pulled back on his initial plans to reduce the number of American ground troops in Afghanistan from 9,800 to 5,500. Instead some 8,400 US military personnel will remain in the country until at least the end of next year. The presence of foreign troops however will only help factions like Taliban in “recruiting young Muslim men,” a former US Marine and State Department official, Matthew Hoh told RT. Back in 2009 Hoh became the first American official to resign in protest over US policies in Afghanistan. He said that American military units across the Middle East and Afghanistan in particular are only boosting chaos.

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Input: The Russian allegations follow an uptick in Russian military activity in northern Crimea and heavier fighting in eastern Ukraine, where Ukrainian government troops are battling pro-Russian separatists. If true, the events-which the FSB said involved at least two armed clashes on the border between Crimea and Ukraine-would be the most serious escalation on the contested peninsula since Moscow annexed it from Ukraine in 2014. U.S. and European Union sanctions to punish Russia for the land grab remain in place, though Moscow has made clear it has no intention of handing Crimea back. Ukraine's U.N. Ambassador Volodymyr Yelchenko drew parallels between the current situation involving Russia and Ukraine and the lead-up to a 2008 war between Russia and Georgia.

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Input: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has confirmed that the class action lawsuit against the DNC for vote rigging is moving forward, implicating both Hillary Clinton and former chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz in legal proceedings. The suit includes six claims: fraud, negligent misrepresentation, deceptive conduct, monetary restitution for donors of Sanders, the DNC breaking its own fiduciary duties, and negligence for failing to protect sensitive donor information that was hacked. Class action lawsuit against US DNC & Debbie Wasserman Schultz over primary rigging moves forward https://t.co/oWdfmOsYpx # DemExit # DNCLeak — WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) August 18, 2016

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Input: President of the Republic and the security forces wield immense power according to the French Constitution of 1955 in order for them to take control of the society in a state of emergency; he just wants to hold on to his power, but there is always a state of emergency in France and the police forces are all put on alert. The police would, in such a condition, excuse any public assembly simply for no particular reason and then make arrests based on it as is it, nowadays, the case. Lots of citizens are arrested and imprisoned only because of their possible threats to the public security in spite of the strong oppositions expressed by some parties in the country. Hollande is always claiming that he predicts threats of the terrorist and Islamist groups to France such as the ISIS, and therefore acts on the basis of such predictions. That is why, in France, the socialist party is now in power and free to act.

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Input: Photos: The ISIS terror threat Shiite fighters, fighting alongside Iraqi government forces, fire a rocket at ISIS militants as they advance toward the center of Baiji, Iraq, on Monday, October 19. Hide Caption 12 of 68 Photos: The ISIS terror threat Smoke rises above a damaged building in Ramadi, Iraq, following a coalition airstrike against ISIS positions on Saturday, August 15. Hide Caption 13 of 68 Photos: The ISIS terror threat Iraqi men look at damage following a bomb explosion that targeted a vegetable market in Baghdad on Thursday, August 13.

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Input: But he separated from wife Hajer some two years ago following a series of violent arguments, and he was said to have been depressed in recent months as their divorce had been finalised. He had moved into a rented property nearby after their separation. Slaughter: Dozens of bodies were left lying on the Promenade des Anglais after the horrific attack last night, which left at least 84 people dead Violence: Despite allegedly questioning the driver, police officers in the southern French city did nothing to move him on as he waited to begin the attack Horror: The Nice terrorist parked on the promenade for nearly nine hours yesterday before launching his horrific attack, but was allowed to stay because he told police he was delivering ice cream

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Input: Mixed martial arts fighter Ivan ‘JP’ Cole has died aged 25, with early reports suggesting he was shot while playing Russian Roulette. Dallas Police has confirmed Cole was found dead on Saturday morning. A fundraising website, apparently set up by his wife Kymberli Cole, has said she lost her husband to “gun play”.

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Input: Below the flag read the words "We pledge allegiance to an International Flag." Check out the flag the kindergarten class created: The flag is being auctioned off as a way to raise funds for the Parent Teacher Association. According to the description offered on the auction site: The students made a beautifully painted stretched canvas American Flag and then applied flags from all the Spanish speaking countries onto the stripes of the American flag.

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Input: “If you [Al-Nusra] did decide to leave, in dignity with your weapons, to Idlib or anywhere you wanted to go, I personally am ready, physically ready, to accompany you,” he said. De Mistura, warned that East Aleppo might be destroyed within two months if the military action in the city continues. Russia and the Syrian government have come under intense criticism from the US in recent days over the strikes in Aleppo. On Friday, US Secretary of State John Kerry said that the Russian and Syrian governments ' actions in Syria "beg for an appropriate investigation of war crimes." He alleged that Moscow and Damascus have been “hitting hospitals, medical facilities,” in the war-ravaged country.

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Input: ' It's not safe for children or women in Germany anymore. ' The Police rarely look into cases, because they are prevented from doing so by the system or they are attacked by the so-called asylum seekers. ' But let me make it clear-we don't have anything against asylum seekers. We have a duty to help people worse off than ourselves. ' As for the rest of the relatives back at home, the family say they have their complete support.

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Input: National security defense attorney Edward MacMahon Jr., agreed. “If he was my client, I would strongly advise against talking to press,” he said. MacMahon recently represented former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling, who was convicted of leaking classified information. “You want to be in control of the process as best you can, having different people interact with your client does not serve your purpose.” Lazar, who was extradited to the U.S. before his Romanian jail term was complete, currently faces a September trial for separate hacking charges.

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Input: Most troubling, however, is his prescription to "Make America Great Again" — which is to seal it off from the world by erecting walls, tearing up trade agreements, and forcing American companies to stay put. Trump may think that he's invented a brilliant new economic approach. In fact, it is so old — and such a perennial temptation for socialist dictators — that there is an actual term for it in economic literature: import substitution. Even in quasi-democracies like India, it has led straight to the poorhouse. But that's not the main problem with it.

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Input: Their imprimatur helps shape government decisions that can be lucrative to corporations. But the examination identified dozens of examples of scholars conducting research at think tanks while corporations were paying them to help shape government policy. Many think tanks also readily confer ‘nonresident scholar’ status on lobbyists, former government officials and others who earn their primary living working for private clients, with few restrictions on such outside work.” http://nyti.ms/2b2RbDm FLASHBACK – WashPost’s Tom Hamburger and Alexander Becker, Oct. 30, 2014, “At fast-growing Brookings, donors may have an impact on research agenda” http://wapo.st/2baMuJl POLITICO’s MAYORS’ survey – “America’s Mayors: ‘We’re Afraid For Our Police,’” by Taylor Gee and Ben Wofford: “Two years after the unrest in Ferguson, America’s mayors have a newfound fear for their cities’ police officers.” http://politi.co/2aIqm6k

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Input: She only knows to lie. But she lied, and it’s a big story.” Mr. Comey, affirming a month ago to Congress, said that “we have no premise to close she deceived the F.B.I. “we have no basis to conclude she lied to the F.B.I.” But he additionally said he could n’t say whether Mrs. Clinton’s numerous open proclamations on the issue were honest. Mr. Trump, in a composed proclamation intended to react specifically to the president’s comments, called Mrs. Clinton “unfit to serve in any government office.” He also accused Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton of allowing Americans to be slaughtered in Benghazi, Libya; letting veterans die waiting for medical care; and releasing immigrants into the United States to kill innocent people.

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Input: Fourthly, if we had failed to support our European and Arab partners, I think it would have been a sign of American refusal to acknowledge their contributions to the conflict that we had been engaged in Afghanistan, including loss of life of their soldiers. And finally, the better alternative to look at, because yes, there are competing forces within Libya, there is a continuing threat from terrorist groups, the loss of life in Libya is far, far less than what we have seen in Syria, and the failure thus far of terrorist to establish the kind of basis they have in Syria because of the vacuum that was created when Assad began slaughtering his people, I think is also a object lesson. Finally, I would say as many of been analyzing this, we did try to help the Libyans in addition to supporting their election, we had a number of high level of visitors going to Libya talking about helping them with their security, we help rid them of some chemical weapons that Qaddafi had acquired. We immediately sent a new ambassador, offered security assistance and because they were not yet able to really govern themselves and to ask for the help we were offering, they did not, in my opinion, really develop as strong a foundation as they needed to. I know the administration is working, United Nations is working, countries in Europe are working to try to help them.

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Input: (Ishaan Tharoor) The man accused of killing three people and injuring nine others during a shooting rampage at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado last year told police that he unsuccessfully tried to set off an explosion during the siege." Detectives said Robert Lewis Dear Jr., 57, who has been held without bond since the November shooting, told them that he brought propane tanks to the Colorado Springs clinic thinking that they would blow up when he shot them. Dear did shoot them, but the explosion never happened." (Mark Berman) The FBI offered $ 25,000 for information regarding seven Andy Warhol paintings that were stolen from a Missouri museum last week. The paintings are part of a ten-part set worth $ 500,000.

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Input: She says the consequent impeachment proceedings against her are a "coup" she will fight to the last. Leading her opponents is Eduardo Cunha, speaker of Brazil's lower house. He says Rousseff has brought "economic chaos" on Brazil, but is facing his own series of proceedings related to corruption and money-laundering allegations. Hundreds of thousands of protesters on both sides routinely take to Brazil's streets. Forgive them if they haven't yet bought badminton tickets.

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Input: This map shows ISIS's extent at the height of Shishani's push into Anbar, Iraq: These tactics have worked extremely well for Shishani throughout Iraq. Despite US-led coalition airstrikes and the combined forces of the Iraqi Security Forces and Iranian-backed militias, ISIS has continued to seize territory and embed itself deeper into Iraq's Anbar province. And more concerning is that even if ISIS were to lose ground, there is no clear indication that it would make Shishani any less dangerous. Having trained and specialized in insurgent-like, asymmetrical warfare, Shishani would be just as much of a danger to Iraq even should ISIS begin to lose territory.

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Input: Following his emergence as arguably President Vladimir Putin's most formidable opponent, Mr Navalny has twice been convicted on charges of embezzlement in trials that he and his supporters say were politically motivated. Two suspended prison sentences have left him sidelined from electoral politics. The Rossiya 1 report suggested that Mr Navalny had been recruited to work for MI6 by UK hedge fund manager Bill Browder some time between 2006 and 2008. The report went on to allege that he had been paid handsomely for his services via the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) human rights organisation. His anti-corruption activities, including his recent allegations against the family of Russian Prosecutor-General Yuri Chaika, were also presented as being part of a CIA operation codenamed "Quake".

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Input: Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email This heartbreaking picture shows the body of a mother killed in an airstrike cradling her dead baby next to the body of her young son. The bodies can be seen covered in blood and dust after they were buried in rubble during an aerial bombardment in the Syrian city of Aleppo. Rescuers found the body of the mother with her arms still wrapped around her baby.

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Input: OFFICER JOSE GILBERT VEGA Jose Gilbert Vega Vega, 63, was one of two Palm Springs officers shot and killed October 8 while responding to a domestic disturbance. The officers were trying to negotiate with a distraught man who was inside a residence when he fired through the closed front door, police saud. The suspect was arrested after barricading himself in the house for 12 hours.

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Input: "I appeal to the consciences of those who govern to reach an international consensus to abolish the death penalty," the 79-year -old Pope said, addressing tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square on Sunday. Even the criminal “keeps the inviolable right to life,” said Pope Francis. Pope calls for an end to death penalty, asks for no sentence to be executed during the Holy Year of Mercy. pic.twitter.com/Z0wOoN6ig8 — Ines San Martin (@inesanma) February 21, 2016 The Argentinian pontiff urged Catholic leaders all over the world to work for a moratorium on executions during the Church's current Holy Year, also dubbed Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, which ends in November.

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Input: An adviser to Trump also reportedly met with Russian officials, raising eyebrows about the campaign's behavior. Yet Comey has previously declined to address speculation about whether the bureau is actively probing any connections between the GOP nominee and Putin’s government. “I’m not confirming that we’re investigating people associated with Mr. Trump,” Comey told the House Judiciary Committee in September, after initially claiming the Clinton matter was closed. “In the matter of the email investigation, it was our my judgment — my judgment, the rest of the FBI’s judgment — that those were exceptional circumstances where the public needed information.” On Friday, Comey notified Congress that FBI officials had discovered additional emails in the Clinton case, adding drama in the final days of the presidential race.

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Input: And Assad's fight against non-terrorist rebel forces has had severe consequences for the people of Syria. Russia now appears to be aiding that fight. Dozens of people starved to death in Madaya, Syria, after the government enacted a blockade in July to cut off access to nearby Damascus. Russia has supported Syrian denials of the humanitarian crisis in Madaya, saying that reports from the town contain "fake pictures" and "phony news," according to the website Syria Deeply. The siege is ongoing.

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Input: Government forces cut off rebel-held eastern parts of Aleppo last month. Image copyright Reuters Image caption A tail section from the helicopter appeared to have broken off after the aircraft was struck Russia and Syria announced the opening of what they called humanitarian corridors for civilians and rebels wanting to surrender, but few people are reported to have used them, fearing they would be targeted. The child sitcom star killed in Aleppo Burning tyres to curb air strikes

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Input: — Bennet Omalu (@bennetomalu9168) September 12, 2016 Dr. Bennet Omalu tweeted the warning (Picture: Getty Images) Putin has been accused of poisoning Hillary (Photo by Sean Gallup / Getty Images) Trump has, in the past, expressed admiration for the Russian president – and his links to the Kremlin have been well documented. US student dies after he is released from North Korea with brain damage

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Input: As she mentioned in the debate, her time as secretary of state required everything from traveling to 112 countries and debating peace deals and ceasefires, to negotiating the release of dissidents -- men and women who pushed back against authoritarian regimes. What she didn't mention was just how real that "stamina" was: She set records for travel as secretary of state. But during Clinton's time as secretary, she also advocated a powerful, important worldview: that the United States could be a force of good and progressivism across the world, advocating for human rights, development, and equality in nations that may not know any of those things. She pushed for investment and accommodation with Asian powers such as China, who she knows we can share mutual goals with like preventing war in the Asian Pacific and spurring economic growth by investing in the future of technology. In the beginning of her term as secretary of state, Clinton had to win over President Barack Obama -- something that, at the time, was not guaranteed.

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Input: Story Continued Below As thousands of diplomats gather for the U.N. General Assembly here this week, many are struggling to hold their tongues about the brash billionaire running for the White House, a man who has managed to tick off much of the planet. “If you represent one of these countries that has been insulted or attacked, you tend to react,” said one Latin American diplomat attending the General Assembly. Speaking of his own background, he told POLITICO, “We are very passionate, and our blood is pretty hot. But we have to play it cool and understand that this is a campaign, and an election, and that we are diplomats.”

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Input: The following month, he tweeted about the mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., 90 minutes after the violence began. It took fewer than 12 hours from the time an EgyptAir flight went … Politics Yes, Donald Trump and other presidents can be charged with obstruction The authority given to the commander in chief does not include violating federal law.<p > With the recent leak that special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating President Trump for possible obstruction of justice, a new objection has arisen in the cable news echo chamber. Some experts have argued … Trump Administration Hear Jared Kushner speak < b > Washington (CNN) — < /b > Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, made some of his first public remarks since joining the administration when he spoke Monday at an event for the American Technology Council.<p > It is the first time many Americans have heard Kushner's voice.

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Input: The Obama administration has issued several statements of “concern” about the violence in Yemen, but has yet to formally announce any reduction in military or tactical support for the coalition. A U.S. official touted the fact that Washington’s “engagement” with Riyadh has led to the kingdom’s commitment to an inquiry into civilian deaths in the conflict. “Saudi Arabia has also pledged to create an investigations commission to evaluate military targeting, ensure the protection of civilians, and investigate incidents of civilian harm during the conflict in Yemen,” said the U.S. official. “This is a vital step towards protecting civilians, and also avoiding future civilian harm.” While praising the decision to hold the sale of cluster bombs to Riyadh, prominent humanitarian groups told FP it’s not enough.

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Input: Apparently it worked. At the debate Tuesday night, Pence proved totally unflappable, calmly reimagining Trump’s policy proposals on a host of issues and refusing to flinch through dozens of interruptions by Tim Kaine. Kaine may have thrown the first punch — but Mike Pence repeatedly got the last word. And while the debate was a proxy battle for the top of the ticket, Pence managed to both make it about his own competence and political skill — rather than Donald Trump’s many flaws. Think Pence 2020, rather than Trump-Pence 2016.

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Input: Instead of condemning this, Trump called on Russia to hack some more! Trump’s praise of Putin, his apparent willingness to consider recognizing Russia’s annexation of Crimea and remove sanctions is also profoundly shocking given the grave deterioration in the human rights situation under Russian occupation. Since the Spring of 2014, Russia has carried out a policy of repression against all opponents of annexation; has severely curtailed all rights and freedoms and imprisoned people on politically motivated charges. It has effectively declared war against the Crimean Tatars, the main indigenous people of the peninsula and is carrying out a policy of terror and intimidation. One Crimean Tatar leader, Akhtem Chiygoz, is facing a long sentence on absurd charges relating to a pre-annexation demonstration over which Russia has no jurisdiction, while another Ilmi Umerov could also end up imprisoned for 5 years over a broadcast in which he spoke of how Crimea must be returned to Ukraine.

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Input: Isis has claimed its first terror attack on Russian soil after two supporters attempted to murder police officers near Moscow. Both of the men were killed during the assault at a traffic post on a motorway in Balashika on Wednesday, when they were armed with a gun and two axes. Russia's Investigative Committee said one of the men was shot dead while attacking the post and the other was killed when he put up “armed resistance”. Two police officers were injured in the attack, one seriously, but were expected to survive. Isis’ propaganda agency released a video of the attackers late on Thursday night showing them pledging allegiance to leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

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Input: Mrs. Clinton, she added, needed to explain to voters that “every single president over the last couple decades has understood the value of alliances” and that “playing by the rules makes sense for all of us.” Mr. Trump said Mrs. Clinton was “fraudulent” in her misrepresentation of his foreign policy positions, explaining that he supported global alliances, but believed that the United States should shoulder less of the financial burden. “Our country ca n’t afford to protect the world anymore, and at least not get reimbursed for it,” he said. Mrs. Clinton has delivered a series of foreign policy speeches over the course of the nominating fight that included calling for accelerating the American-led operation to defeat the Islamic State, ending the economic embargo against Cuba, and pledging unwavering support of Israel. And she had already begun to lay the groundwork against what she called Mr. Trump’s “reckless actions” on foreign policy.

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Input: If the movement can not hold the city, then it overall power and influence in Syria and Iraq will be much reduced. To assess the current mood in Mosul and discover how Isis is responding to the threat of attack, The Independent interviewed by email a local observer in the city, whose pseudonym is Hammad Abu Jasim. Given that Isis had just executed a woman and her daughter for talking by mobile phone from a high building in Mosul to relatives in Erbil, his discretion about his identity is understandable. It is worth quoting Abu Jasim at some length to give the flavour of what may the last days of Isis in Mosul. There are signs of Isis moving its personnel within Mosul and out of the city.

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Input: "Unless a permanent lifeline to Aleppo is opened it will be only a matter of time until we are again surrounded by regime troops, hunger takes hold and hospitals’ supplies run completely dry. Death has seemed increasingly inescapable." So not only does attacking medical facilities and personnel hamper the ability of that one facility and those personnel to provide aid to the regime’s enemies, it also deters people in other areas of Syria from providing aid. As documented in the UN independent inquiry commission report: Medical workers, including doctors, dentists, nurses, paramedics, ambulance drivers and laboratory technicians, have been attacked for attending to the wounded.

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Input: Tuesday's warning As Clinton finished up her speech laying into Trump's economic policies, the Republican's burgeoning rapid-response unit sent forth an avalanche of emails, tweets and social media posts critiquing both the candidate and former president for a series of misdeeds, ranging from instances of alleged personal impropriety to broad responsibility for the state of the American economy. In the first of nine emails sent out directly before, during and minutes after the former secretary of state spoke to supporters in Columbus, Ohio, Trump's campaign pointed out that Mark Zandi, an economist who Clinton pointed out in her address advised Sen. John McCain, had donated to the Democratic candidate and had his policies praised by the current administration. Another email sought to link Tuesday's news that Boeing had reached an agreement with Iran's largest airline as a consequence of the Iranian nuclear deal, stating," Iran, the world’s largest state sponsor of terror, would not have been allowed to enter into these negotiations with Boeing without Clinton’s disastrous Iran Nuclear Deal." Trump's campaign later attacked Clinton's "lack of poise under pressure" in response to her argument that he lacks the proper temperament to be president, referring to a forthcoming book by a former Secret Service agent who wrote that what he "saw in the 1990s sickened me."

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Input: The chants demanding that Hillary Clinton be deposited in the nearest prison, on loan from Donald Trump's campaign, were sporadic. After Clinton officially secured the Democratic nomination on Tuesday in Philadelphia, the "Bernie or bust" contingent had largely been silenced. And after President Barack Obama brought down the house on Wednesday night, they seemed to have formally surrendered, while still muttering that the system was rigged. But before Obama took the stage in Philadelphia, the Berniacs made their final stand, greeting Clinton's vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine with a banner accusing his ticket of "election fraud," and advising the conspiracy-minded to visit the Wikileaks website for proof. This latest evidence to support the rigged-system claim comes in the form of voicemail recordings from the Democratic National Committee (DNC), which were stolen — possibly by Russian government-sponsored hackers — and made public by the anti-secrecy organization.

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Input: Zeifman also refused to give Clinton a letter of recommendation, making her one of only three employees he snubbed during his 17-year career. Bonus! Gift-gate: Hillary blasted former Clinton adviser Dick Morris when he alleged in a New York Post article that the former first lady had n’t disclosed “three or four” pricey handbags from designer Judith Leiber worth more than $ 3,000 each, five dresses received from the king of Morocco (one of which Hillary was seen wearing), a gold bracelet Chelsea Clinton accepted in India and other gifts Hillary was given during the Clinton administration. Morris wrote, “Hillary Clinton got many expensive and personal gifts during her eight years as first lady and never disclosed them.” A Clinton aide acknowledged the handbags were given to Hillary, but he said one was received before the inauguration, another was listed on a 1994 disclosure form and others were turned over to the National Archives.

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Input: A man who kept his daughter as a sex slave for 23 years has been released from prison despite fears he may reoffend. Ronald Van der Plaat was sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2001 for repeatedly hanging his daughter, Tanjas Darke, up by her ankles and placing her head in a box with a padlock on as he raped her. He was originally released in 2010 but was ordered back to jail in 2012 after being seen holding hands with a young girl at a museum in Auckland. Under the terms of his parole the is not allowed to have any contact with any person under the age of 16 unless supervised by an adult who knows about his history and has been approved by his probation officer.

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Input: Going to have many appointments. Could be as many as five, could be three, could be four. One of the really big factors in this election, we are going to appoint Supreme Court justices who will be outstanding. Outstanding. So important.

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