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With All Eyes On Kavanaugh; Trumpian Democracy Packs Courts To Win Culture War
WorldNews.com 19 Oct 2018
Article by WN .Com Correspondent Dallas DarlingIt was with great irony President Andrew Jackson said ... Blacks, women and Native Americans were excluded.The same kind of political malfeasance is now taking place. In fact, as all eyes were on the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S ... While three of the judges are for the powerful circuit courts of appeals, the other 12 were for district court positions....
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Migrant Caravan Approaches Guatemalan Border With Mexico
WorldNews.com 19 Oct 2018
Mexico deployed hundreds of riot police along its border with Guatemala before Friday in anticipation of the massive caravan of Central American migrants making their way to the United States, according to The AFP ... border. Trump had also threatened to deploy the military to the U.S.-Mexico border and even close the border if the migrants continued through Mexico ... ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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At Least 50 Feared Dead After Train Hits Crowd In India
WorldNews.com 19 Oct 2018
A train that was traveling from Jalandhar to Amritsar killed at least 50 people who were gathered on the tracks while watching a fireworks display celebrating a Hindi festival in northern India on Friday, according to The India Times. At least 300 people were watching 'Ravana Dahan' at a ground near the tracks in Punjab state when the train barreled through the crowd at the usual speed. "There are more than 50 dead ... S ... ... ....
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Fentanyl Smuggled From China Blamed In Deaths Of Thousands Of Americans
WorldNews.com 19 Oct 2018
The U.S. government blames China’s Zheng drug trafficking organization for the deaths of thousands of Americans from overdoses of synthetic opioids, the Los Angeles Times reports.The operation was hardly clandestine ... The group was so adept at smuggling, and so brazen in its marketing, that it offered a money-back guarantee to buyers if its goods were seized by U.S ... states. U.S ... 1 cause of opioid-related overdose deaths ... Gen....
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Conservative Americans are smearing Jamal Khashoggi in defence of Trump
Independent online (SA) 19 Oct 2018
Washington - Hard-line Republicans and conservative commentators are mounting a dark whisper campaign against Jamal Khashoggi that is designed to protect President Donald Trump from criticism of his handling of the dissident journalist's alleged murder by Saudi Arabia operatives - and support Trump's continued aversion to a forceful response to the oil-rich desert kingdom ... At a Thursday rally in Montana, Trump openly praised Rep ... . ... ....
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Suspect says he didn't mean to kill Bulgarian journalist
This is Money 19 Oct 2018
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - A Bulgarian court has ordered a suspect in the rape and slaying of a television journalist to remain in custody until his trial. Severin Krassimirov told reporters before the district court hearing in Ruse on Friday that he killed Viktoria Marinova, but didn't mean to. The 21-year-old Krassimirov said. "I regret it so much. I cannot believe I did it." ... 6 ... 19, 2018 ... (AP Photo) ... ....
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Mad cow disease: More animals to be destroyed as chief vet insists 'no need to panic'
The Independent 19 Oct 2018
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Wife of China's detained Interpol chief says he might already be dead
CNN 19 Oct 2018
(CNN)The wife of former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei, who dramatically vanished into police custody after returning to China in September, told the BBC she isn't sure her husband is still alive. In an exclusive interview, Grace Meng said she has received threatening phone calls since the Chinese government announced her husband was in custody in early October. "I think it is political persecution. I'm not sure he's alive. They are cruel ... ....
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NASA calls for science payloads for delivery to Moon
The Siasat Daily 19 Oct 2018
Washington. In line with its plan to conduct more research on the Moon’s surface ahead of a human return, NASA has issued a call for science instruments and technology payloads that will fly on commercial lunar landers as early as next year or 2020 ... The initial proposal deadline is November 19, 2018, the US space agency added ... Source. IANS. ....
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Spain Angers Franco Supporters After Announcing Officials Will Exhume His Remains
WorldNews.com 19 Oct 2018
The Spanish government passed legislation which will allow officials to move the remains of the dictator Francisco Franco from his self-made memorial but many supporters are angry over the decision, according to National Public Radio. Franco is interred behind the main altar of the basilica in the Valle de los Caídos, but the site has become a pilgrimage location for those who maintain support for the 20th-Century General....
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Mnuchin Will Attend Saudi Anti-Terror Finance Meeting In Riyadh Later This Month
WorldNews.com 19 Oct 2018
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will still participate in an anti-terror finance meeting with Saudi security officials and other Middle Eastern officials in Riyadh later this month amid growing international outrage over the suspected abduction and murder of U.S.-based Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi ... and Turkish officials believe was killed and then dismembered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2....
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Japan's Famous Cherry Blossoms Come Months Early After Bouts Of Severe Weather
WorldNews.com 19 Oct 2018
With more than 350 reports of premature blossoms being reported across the island nation of Japan, the famous "Sakura" season seems to have arrived several months early as fall morphs into spring stretching from the southwestern island of Kyushu all the way across the archipelago as far north as Hokkaido, according to CNN ... “This time we are hearing about it from all over the country.” ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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EU top court tells Poland to suspend supreme court measure
The Telegraph Macon 19 Oct 2018
The European Union's top court has ruled that Poland must immediately suspend politically-charged measures relating to the lowering of retirement age for supreme court judges ... SIGN UP Be the first to know ... ....
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Putin Says Russia Will Deploy Hypersonic Weapons In The 'Coming Months'
WorldNews.com 18 Oct 2018
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Moscow will deploy hypersonic weapons in the "coming months," a significant step that would enable the Kremlin to surpass the United States and China, CNBC reports.A hypersonic weapon can travel at least five times the speed of sound, or about one mile per second. What's more, the U.S ... You have failed to contain Russia." ... The U.S ... ....
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Islamic preacher who encouraged support for ISIS released from UK prison
Stars and Stripes 19 Oct 2018
LONDON — An Islamic preacher was released Friday from a British prison after serving less than half of a 5-1/2-year prison sentence for encouraging support for the Islamic State group. Anjem Choudary, 51, left the high security Belmarsh prison in southeast London but will be subject to strict supervision. Prime Minister Theresa May says authorities are equipped to supervise Choudary ... In addition, Choudary's name has been added to a U.N....
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