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Let's Just BUY Afghanistan ... ... by Bob Nelson
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President Trump says he wants negotiations. Let's hope he means it. About 45 years ago, I spent a year on a hill in the northwest of South Vietnam, a helicopter ride (the road was not...
Body found as Danish submarine man says missing journalist Kim Wall died on board
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A headless female torso was found on Monday in the water's edge in Copenhagen, hours after a Danish inventor charged with killing a journalist in his home-made submarine told a court she died on...
Charlottesville : «Samedi dernier, les armes d'assaut avaient droit de cité»
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"Charlottesville: Last Saturday, Assault Rifles Were On Display" Des suprémacistes blancs en tenue de combat, samedi à Charlottesville Photo Chip Somodevilla. Getty Images. AFP Nota...
Can Anyone Stop Iran From Taking Over Iraq?
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Mosul is back in the Iraqi government’s hands and the war against the Islamic State seems to finally be approaching its end. This is the good news. But one of the byproducts of the campaign is...
GREAT ASS Fifteen teens treated for rabies after GANG RAPING a donkey… as cops urge others who ‘admired’ the beast to come forward
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GREAT ASS Fifteen teens treated for rabies after GANG RAPING a donkey… as cops urge others who ‘admired’ the beast to come forward The stricken youths spent a week in a Moroccan hospital...
China surpasses Japan as US' biggest creditor
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China surpasses Japan as US' biggest creditor chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2017-08-16 A $100 banknote is placed next to 100 yuan banknotes in this October 16, 2010 file picture illustration...
Biggest amateur-built sub sinks—owner is suspected of killing passenger
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The UV3 Nautilus in early sea trials in 2008. Frumperino Reporter missing after "minor problem with ballast" caused near-instant sinking. Believe it or not, there's a crowdsourced,...
The Alternative to Nuclear War Is a Revolution
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7 years ago
The most depressing aspect of the current North Korean crisis is that even if Donald Trump wins, he loses. Despite doubling down on his rhetoric of "fire and fury" and deriding his predecessors...
‘Why Did Nobody Notice It?’
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7 years ago
First, consider the question posed by Queen Elizabeth, who, on visiting the London School of Economics after the housing bubble and market crash that ushered in the Great Recession, asked “Why...
Jews ask Poland's leader to denounce rising anti-Semitism
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) - The leaders of Poland's Jewish community have written to the country's most powerful politician, urging him to denounce rising anti-Semitism which they say is leaving them...
Australian Leader Says Gay Marriage Could Be Law This Year
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By Associated press CANBERRA, Australia — Australia's prime minister said Tuesday that Parliament could legalize gay marriage this year if the nation's voters endorse it in a rare nonbinding...
Charity FGM debacle raises more sinister issue
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The UK’s largest children’s charity Barnardo’s caused controversy this week while attempting to raise awareness of the barbaric act of female genital mutilation (FGM). For those who missed the...
POPULARITY OF FRANCE'S UPSTART NEW PRESIDENT FADING FAST
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Emmanuel Macron's honeymoon didn't last long. Less than three months after his election, France's energetic and image-conscious president has seen his popularity drop after announcing budget...
Gad Saad, interviews Imam Mohammad Tawhidi (Islamic reformer)
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Gad Saad, the Canadian evolutionary behavioral scientist, conducts an interview with Imam Mohammad Tawhidi. (Islamic reformer) His views or interpretations of Islam, are shared by a tiny...
Israeli Authorities Arrest Antiquities Dealers In Connection With Hobby Lobby Scandal
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7 years ago
At 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, Israeli police say, authorities arrested five Palestinian antiquities dealers in Jerusalem and confiscated items dating back thousands of years from their homes and...
China officially opens its first overseas military base in Djibouti
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7 years ago
With a ceremony on Tuesday, China officially opened its first overseas military base -- though it would prefer that you not call it that. Instead, the base, located on the coast of...
The Last Hope for Venezuela Is Also a Frightening One
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7 years ago
https://newrepublic.com/article/144160/last-hope-venezuela-also-frightening-one Thinking back to Hugo Chávez’s glory years, it’s amazing how severely the revolutionary sheen of Chavismo has...
Jordan king visits slain embassy stabber’s family, vows justice
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From the Times of Israel article "Jordan’s King Abdullah II vowed justice over the death of a teenager who was killed by an Israeli security guard after being stabbed by him with a...
British Newspaper Fires Columnist After Outrageous Anti-Semitic, Anti-Female Story
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The Sunday Times of London fired controversial columnist Kevin Myers on Sunday and removed his latest piece from its website amid outrage over the column’s blatant anti-Semitic and sexist...
Australia airport security stays heighted over terror plot
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Australia airport security stays heighted over terror plot By ROD McGUIRK, Associated Press, July 30 2017 © The Associated Press Australian Federal Police and NSW Police...
Palestinians: The Metal Detector Scam
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Palestinians: The Metal Detector Scam by Khadija Khan, Gatestone Institute, July 29, 2017 Palestinians near Jerusalem's Old City protest Israel's installation of metal detectors at entrances to...