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Trump Reverses Obama Policy on Military Gear for Police
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http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-reverses-obama-policy-on-military-gear-for-police/ar-AAqQnBh WASHINGTON — Reversing an Obama-era policy, President Donald Trump Monday removed...
Terror Official: UK has more radical Islamists than any other European country
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Terror Official: UK has more radical Islamists than any other European country Dangerous scale of jihadi threat Britain now faces. by Westmonster, September 1, 2017 Europe’s top...
The last of the german war criminals have lost their minds and can no longer be held accountable for their crimes
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"When local prosecutors in northeastern Germany made an announcement about 96-year old defendant Hubert Zafke this week, it appeared like standard procedure. Zafke's dementia, they said , had...
Invoice Barnwell creates an ideal National
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Invoice Barnwell creates an ideal National football league roster under the salary cap : 2017 ESPN000The ideal American footbal rosterNo Football staff is actually exquisite -- so far. We all...
Trump outlines the foundation of a changed approach in Afghanistan
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President Trump’s decision to recommit to Afghanistan was right and important. He explained the stakes of the fight accurately: to prevent al Qaeda and ISIS from regaining the base from which al...
Iran Is Taking Over Syria. Can Anyone Stop It?
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From the end of the Cold War until 2010, Syria, led first by President Hafez al-Assad and then by his son Bashar, had a uniquely flexible geopolitical position in the Arab world: Syria was an...
Jared Kushner’s Mideast Peace Push Is Going Nowhere. That’s Why Israelis Love It.
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Jared Kushner’s Mideast Peace Push Is Going Nowhere. That’s Why Israelis Love It. ‘Past administrations jumped into the peace process pool,’ says an Israeli official, praising Team Trump’s...
Watching Charlottesville From Jerusalem
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In the almost 20 years since we moved our three young children from a bucolic street in West Los Angeles to a Jerusalem apartment in the rough-and-tumble Middle East, my wife and I consciously...
Forget NAFTA, the roaring silence around trade talks with China is even more troubling
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There’s deep concern about precedents that include Chinese enterprises owning Canada’s natural resource enterprises, and Beijing’s demand to use imported Chinese labour As Canadians digest a...
Arab Journalists Respond To Barcelona Attack: 'We Must Take A Firm Decision' To Oppose Terrorism – Otherwise 'It Will Be Unreasonable To Ask Why They Hate Us'
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Al-Sharq Al-Awsat Editor Ghassan Charbel : Why Are We Tempted To Clash With The World, Instead Of Living With It And Within It? "Every time an explosion is heard in any city in the world,...
Headless Body Identified as Missing Journalist Who Was Allegedly Killed by Submarine Designer
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On Wednesday morning, Copenhagen police confirmed that a torso found by a cyclist was a DNA match for the missing journalist Kim Wall. Wall had been missing since August 10th and was last seen...
Trump's Plan for Afghanistan: No Timeline for Exit
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Despite prime-time billing for the president’s announcement, Americans heard a familiar argument about extending the war in Afghanistan. Joshua Roberts / Reuters What a difference four...
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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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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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...