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Tillerson contradicts Trump on Iran nuclear deal ... Green Rules apply
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The US secretary of state has expressed his support for the Iran nuclear deal, placing him at odds with US President Donald Trump who has labelled the agreement, "the worst deal ever"....
The irony of Australia's constitutional crisis ... Green Rules apply
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"We have apparently imagined the whole thing." So said Greens Senator Scott Ludlam, the first to fall in what many have dubbed "the world's most ridiculous constitutional crisis" at his final...
Is Trump Going to Lie Our Way Into War With Iran? ... Green Rules apply
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A decade and a half ago, in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, President George W. Bush’s administration conjured up not only terrifying images of nuclear mushroom clouds but also of Saddam...
Donald Trump is going to build a big, beautiful deficit and rely on China to help pay for it ... Green Rules apply
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Republicans’ tax plans are going to clash headfirst with President Trump’s anti-China, anti-trade-deficit rhetoric. It's just simple economics. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks...
British Far-Right Group Exults Over Attention From Trump ... Green Rules apply
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She organized “Christian patrols,” marched with crosses through heavily Muslim neighborhoods and accosted veiled women to rail against Islam. She was barred from entering any mosque in England....
Ireland will block Brexit talks on border issues ... Red Rules apply
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Ireland's EU commissioner said Dublin would "continue to play tough" over its threat to veto talks about trade after Brexit, unless Britain provided guarantees over the border between Northern...
Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Blames Deadly Floods on “God’s Rage” Against Atheist Prime Minister
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Source . . The often outspoken Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Kalavryta, Ambrosios, took to his personal blog to blame the deadly floods that killed 21 people on “God’s rage.” He called...
Saudi Arabia’s Arab Spring, at Last ... Red Rules apply
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The crown prince has big plans to bring back a level of tolerance to his society. Shonagh Rae I never thought I’d live long enough to write this sentence: The most significant reform...
How Britain celebrates Christmas in 2017: Armed guards, concrete barriers and metal detectors spring up around festive markets due to terror attack fears
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How Britain celebrates Christmas in 2017: Armed guards, concrete barriers and metal detectors spring up around festive markets due to terror attack fears Armed police, large concrete barriers...
Surgeons remove worms, parasites from N. Korean soldier
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Surgeons remove worms, parasites from N. Korean soldier Associated Press 18 hrs ago Hospital officials say on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017, the condition of the North Korean soldier severely wounded...
Tesco Defends Muslim Family In Christmas Advert After Racist Backlash And Boycott
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Tesco Defends Muslim Family In Christmas Advert After Racist Backlash And Boycott LBC (Leading Britain's Conversation) 11 November 2017 The supermarket has responded to an outpouring of...
Netanyahu’s Office: Iran, Iraq Turned Down Israel’s Aid Offer After Earthquake Devastated Border Region
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Netanyahu’s Office: Iran, Iraq Turned Down Israel’s Aid Offer After Earthquake Devastated Border Region After an earthquake devastated the border region of Iran and Iraq on Sunday, Israel...
Facebook asking for nude photos to protect users
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Facebook is telling users to send them naked pictures they might have of themselves for their own protection. The social network says it is part of a way to prevent someone from posting the...
You Tube Removes Thousands Of Al-Qaeda Videos
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www.ibtimes.co.uk - YouTube has removed thousands of propaganda videos from late al-Qaeda-linked cleric Anwar al-Awlaki amid mounting pressure from governments and counterterrorism...
Charlie Hebdo gets fresh death threats over Islam cartoon
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Charlie Hebdo gets fresh death threats over Islam cartoon By AFP, November 6 2017 © Provided by AFP Swiss Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan has denied allegations of...
Hong Kong activist sentenced for tuna sandwich attack
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Sandwich-flinger Avery Ng Man-yuen was released pending an appeal A pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong has been sentenced to three weeks in prison after he threw a tuna sandwich at the...
UBC student not criminally responsible for attack on classmate
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UBC student not criminally responsible for attack on classmate by Kendra Mangione, CTV Vancouver , October 26, 2017: A university student has been found not criminally responsible for an...
Sailors Rescued After Months at Sea Didn’t Activate Emergency Beacon
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Source HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard said Monday that the two Hawaii women who were lost at sea for five months had an emergency beacon aboard their sailboat that was never activated.U.S....
Horror as Tokyo police find 9 bodies hidden in apartment
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Horror as Tokyo police find 9 bodies hidden in apartment THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tuesday, October 31, 2017, 7:34 AM TOKYO (AP) — Japanese police found nine dismembered bodies hidden in coolers in...
U.N. gives $1.3 billion for Palestinian “legal recourse” against Israel & other “development programming”
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U.N. gives $1.3 billion for Palestinian “legal recourse” against Israel & other “development programming” UN Watch, October 28, 2017: GENEVA, October 29, 2017 – An independent...
Israeli wins judo gold in UAE, which refuses to play anthem, raise flag
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An Israeli judoka won a gold medal on Thursday at the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam judo tournament, but had to sing his own private “Hatikvah” because the organizers refused to play the Israeli national...
China Unveils Leadership Ambition
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China Unveils Leadership Ambition by Amir Taheri, Gatestone Institute, October 29, 2017 When in a recent column we speculated that the China is preparing to reveal its ambitions for...