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Trump: Let 'Napoleon Bonaparte' rescue Kurds
Yahoo Daily News 14 Oct 2019
Washington (AFP) - Donald Trump suggested Monday that Syria's formerly US-allied Kurds could look to 19th century French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte for protection after the US president ordered the departure of nearly 1,000 US troops from the country ... ....
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14 police killed in western Mexico attack - officials
RTE 14 Oct 2019
Gunmen killed 14 police officers today in an attack in the state of Michoacan, western Mexico, authorities said. It is is the latest violence in the region - a hotspot for criminal groups and vigilantes. The government "condemns the attack that killed 14 police officers in Aguililla, Michoacan ... ....
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Thanks to Trump’s Business Schemes in Turkey and Saudi Arabia, More People Will Die
WorldNews.com 14 Oct 2019
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. On June 25, 1996, a tanker truck loaded with 25,000 pounds of explosives ripped through the U.S. Air Force military housing complex Khobar Towers in Dharan, Saudi Arabia, killing 19 U.S. airmen and wounding nearly 500 others ... It was the deadliest attack against U.S ... Visions of Blood Money ... corporations ... ....
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Pro-Catalan Independence Protesters Block Roads and Rail Lines as Leaders Face Prison
The Daily Telegraph Australia 14 Oct 2019
Protesters began blocking traffic, with hundreds then heading for the El Prat airport on the outskirts of Barcelona, clashing with police and disrupting flights ... Credit....
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Police: 81-year-old woman found with cocaine in wheelchair - Colombia
The Washington Times 14 Oct 2019
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - An 81-year-old woman has been captured in Colombia after authorities discovered cocaine embedded in her wheelchair as she tried to board a flight to Spain. Police say Irene Mesa de Marulanda was caught with nearly three kilograms (6.6 pounds) of cocaine inside the metal tubing of ... ....
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Ronaldo fires 700th career goal in Euro 2020 qualifier against Ukraine
Yahoo Daily News 14 Oct 2019
Cristiano Ronaldo scored the 700th goal of his professional career during Portugal's Euro 2020 qualifying loss to Ukraine on Monday. The five-time Ballon d'Or winner brought up his septuple century for club and country when he converted a second-half penalty in Kiev, awarded after Taras Stepanenko handled the ball inside the box ... 2-1 ... ....
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Syrian army moves to confront Turkish forces as US withdraws
Independent online (SA) 14 Oct 2019
DAMASCUS — Syria's army has been deployed near the Turkish border on Monday, hours after Syrian Kurdish forces previously allied with the U.S. said they had reached a deal with Damascus to help them fend off Turkey's invasion ... troops withdrawn from the northern border area amid the rapidly deepening chaos ... AP ....
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Man who drove car into police at UK parliament jailed for life
Toronto Sun 14 Oct 2019
LONDON — A man who drove his car at members of the public and police officers outside Britain’s parliament last year in what authorities treated as a terrorist attack was sentenced to life in prison on Monday ... / ... “This was a man who used his car as a weapon to attempt to kill as many people as possible, spreading fear and terror ... ....
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Top Microsoft exec says online privacy has reached ‘a crisis point’
Wtop 14 Oct 2019
Microsoft president Brad Smith thinks it’s time antitrust laws are updated for the digital age. Rather than the traditional method of calculating a company’s market share, Smith said regulators should also consider how much consumer data it possesses when determining whether it is a monopoly ... “Microsoft had to change ... Source ....
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Trio win Nobel Economics Prize for work on poverty
Khaleej Times 14 Oct 2019
A trio of American economists on Monday won the Nobel Economics Prize for their work in the fight against poverty, including with new approaches in education and healthcare, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said ... Another example is the heavy subsidies for preventive healthcare that have been introduced in many countries," the jury said ... ....
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Trump 2020 campaign disavows parody media massacre video
BBC News 14 Oct 2019
Mr Trump's head is superimposed on the body of a man who goes on a killing rampage inside "the Church of Fake News". The heads of the people he kills have been replaced with the logos of media organisations, including BBC News, CNN and the Washington Post, and political opponents such as Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton ... Related Topics. ....
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Elton John calls Michael Jackson 'mentally ill'
Sify 14 Oct 2019
In the memoir titled, "Me", Elton John also described MJ's company disturbing, reports "dailymail.co.uk". Elton John developed friendship MJ early on in his career. He has now admitted that over the years, he became concerned about the way in which he started to "sequester himself away from the world" ... ....
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Ecuador reaches deal to cancel austerity measures, end mass protests
Market Watch 14 Oct 2019
President Lenín Moreno and leaders of Ecuador’s indigenous peoples struck a deal late Sunday to cancel a disputed austerity package and end nearly two weeks of protests that have paralyzed the economy and left seven dead. ... Indigenous leaders, in turn, will call on their followers to end protests and street blockades. ... and 8 p.m ... 2....
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Japan typhoon death toll rises to 58 as hopes for missing fade
Toronto Sun 15 Oct 2019
TOKYO — The death toll in the worst typhoon to hit Japan for decades climbed to 58 on Tuesday as rescuers slogged through mud and debris in an increasingly grim search for the missing and as thousands of homes remained without power or water ... Many of the dead in Fukushima were elderly, NHK said ... ....
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Jeremy Renner abused cocaine, threatened to kill ex-wife: Report
The Hollywood Gossip 14 Oct 2019
Jeremy Renner has often been in the news of late due to his hobby of flipping houses. But new details regarding the alleged ways he used to flip out on his ex-wife were made public on Monday morning and they offer a very frightening look at the actor's life and his failed marriage to Sonni Pacheco ... Seriously scary stuff ... ....
