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How Iraq helped to flush out ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
CNN 17 Nov 2019
Baghdad, Iraq (CNN)Iraq intelligence agents tracked ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi for years before getting the break they say was critical to cornering him. That break was the arrest in May of one of al-Baghdadi's brothers-in-law, Mohammed Ali Sajet al-Zubaaei, who joined ISIS in 2015 and had become one of the leader's trusted guides ... Gen ... ....
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British government and army accused of covering up war crimes
The Observer 17 Nov 2019
The UK government and the British army have been accused of covering up the killing of children in Afghanistan and Iraq. Leaked documents allegedly contain evidence implicating troops in killing children and the torture of civilians ... No case investigated by IHAT or Operation Northmoor has led to a prosecution. An IHAT detective told Panorama ... ....
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2 jets collide after landing in Frankfurt, no one injured
The News Tribune 17 Nov 2019
Authorities say a collision between two passenger jets on the tarmac at Frankfurt Airport caused damage but left no one injured. The Korean Air Boeing and Air Namibia Airbus planes hit each other shortly after both landed at the airport on Saturday evening ... Authorities are working to determine the cause....
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Trump pardons military officers convicted of war crimes
Dawn 17 Nov 2019
WASHINGTON. US President Donald Trump has granted full pardons to two American military officials and restored the rank of a third – although all three were found guilty of committing war crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq ... One of the pardoned Army officers is First Lt ... The other pardoned Army officer is Maj ... He was charged with premeditated murder ... ....
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Iran’s Khamenei Blames Enemies for ‘Sabotage’ in Gasoline Price Protests
Hamodia 17 Nov 2019
Iran’s supreme leader on Sunday backed the government’s decision to raise gasoline prices and called angry protesters who have been setting fire to public property over the hike “thugs,” signaling a potential crackdown on the demonstrations ... It remains to be seen how many people have been injured, killed or arrested ... The U.S ... ....
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UK Labour's Corbyn: We will not do coalition deal after Dec. 12 election
Yahoo Daily News 17 Nov 2019
British oppposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said his party would not form a coalition government if it fails to secure a majority in parliament at a Dec. 12 election ... ....
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'Show no mercy': leaked documents reveal details of China's Xinjiang detentions
The Guardian 17 Nov 2019
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South Sudan, UN to immunize 144,000 against cholera
Xinhua 17 Nov 2019
JUBA, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- UN agencies in collaboration with South Sudan's health ministry will launch a vaccination exercise on Monday targeting some 144,033 people against cholera in Renk, a county bordering the Blue Nile state in Sudan ... 18-23 while the second round is tentatively slated for Dec. 9 to 13 ... 18, 2017) in South Sudan. WHO said on Sept ... 12 ... ....
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The Amazon: on the frontline of a global battle to tackle the climate crisis
The Observer 17 Nov 2019
On the six-hour boat ride down the Iriri river to Manolito, there is almost no other traffic and only a handful of small homes. At its widest and calmest, the vast expanse of water is a flawless mirror of blue sky and green canopy ... Parrots fly above the treetops. Fish feast on fallen blossoms ... Manmade fires continue to ravage swathes of Brazilian land....
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Protests Grip Major Iran Cities Over Gas Prices; 1 Killed
Voa News 17 Nov 2019
Protesters angered by Iran raising government-set gasoline prices by 50% blocked traffic in major cities and occasionally clashed with police Saturday after a night of demonstrations punctuated by gunfire, in violence that reportedly killed at least one person ... That’s 13 cents a liter, or about 50 cents a gallon ... 15, 2019 ... Protests turn violent ... ....
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Taylor Swift vs Big Machine: Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez support pop star in battle ...
The Independent 17 Nov 2019
While Red signalled Swift’s full-blown transition into pop music, she couldn’t resist putting the odd country twang on songs such as “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”, which mocks an ex for being snobbish about his “indie record label that’s much cooler than mine”....
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Four more deaths in Bolivia protests: rights commission
Arab News 17 Nov 2019
LA PAZ, Bolivia. Four more people have died in protests in Bolivia, raising the total number killed in the political unrest to 23, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights said Saturday ... The Washington-based IACHR, a part of the Organization of American States, also recorded 122 wounded since Friday ... .......
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Europe is squeezed between a hungry China and surly US
The Guardian 16 Nov 2019
The idea of Xi Jinping as a modern-day Odysseus seems a little far-fetched ... It was a classical, even epic, piece of opportunism ... .......
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Myanmar rejects court probe into crimes against Rohingyas
The Himalayan 17 Nov 2019
YANGON. Myanmar’s government rejected the International Criminal Court’s decision to allow prosecutors to open an investigation into crimes committed against the Rohingya Muslim minority ... His statement was the first official reaction since the court on Thursday agreed to proceed with the case ... Both courts are based in The Hague ... ....
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Sri Lanka presidential election: Rajapaksa claims victory as count continues
The Observer 17 Nov 2019
Sri Lanka’s former wartime defence minister Gotabaya Rajapaksa has declared himself the winner of a tightly fought presidential election, after early results indicated he was ahead ... The first flurry of results showed Rajapaksa, 70, the candidate for the SLPP, the Sinhalese-Buddhist nationalist party, leading with 48.2% of the vote ... Read more ... ....
