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US Senator blocks move to say Armenian mass killing was genocide
BBC News 14 Nov 2019
There is general agreement that hundreds of thousands of Armenians died when the Ottoman Turks deported them en masse from eastern Anatolia to the Syrian desert and elsewhere in 1915-16 ... Armenians say 1.5 million died ... ....
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We just want our right to self-determination – Palestine’s Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister
Independent Online 14 Nov 2019
While tensions are at a high between Israel and the Palestinian people, The Palestinian Authority’s Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Amal Jadou told The Malta Independent during an interview that they just want their right to self-determination ... So many years of occupation and subjugation need to come to an end." ... We only have police forces....
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Government set to declare state of emergency in Venice: Italian PM
The Times of India 14 Nov 2019photo: AP / Kin Cheung
Pro-democracy protesters bring Hong Kong to standstill for a fourth day
RTE 14 Nov 2019
Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters have brought parts of the Chinese-ruled city to a standstill for a fourth day, forcing schools to close and blocking highways. Students have also built barricades and stockpiled makeshift weapons, setting the stage for campus showdowns ... It deleted the tweet soon afterward without an explanation ... READ MORE. ... ....
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Star spotted flying through universe at blistering speed after being thrown out of black hole
The Independent 14 Nov 2019
A star has been spotted speeding through the universe after being thrown out of a supermassive black hole. It is going so fast that it will eventually be thrown out of the galaxy and never return, scientists said. The star was thrown out of the black hole at the centre of our galaxy, known as Sagittarius A* ... Download the new Indpendent Premium app ... ....
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MH17 investigators say phone taps reveal Russian political ties
Yahoo Daily News 14 Nov 2019
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Investigators released a series of phone intercepts on Thursday which they said revealed Moscow's influence over pro-Russian rebels accused of downing Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine five years ago ... All 298 passengers and crew died ... In June, the JIT charged three Russians and a Ukrainian with 298 murders ... ....
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Scarlett Johansson says she was ‘hypersexualised’ as a teenager in Hollywood
The Independent 14 Nov 2019
Scarlett Johansson has said she believes she was “hypersexualised” as a teenager in Hollywood. . Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, the Avengers star spoke about how an image of her was created “by a bunch of dudes” that fuelled the narrative of her as an on-screen siren. ... Download the new Indpendent Premium app ... Show all 30 ... ... ....
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War on terror has killed over 801,000 people and cost $6.4 trillion: report
Alternet 14 Nov 2019
The so-called War on Terror launched by the United States government in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks has cost at least 801,000 lives and $6.4 trillion according to a pair of reports published Wednesday by the Costs of War Project at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs ... pic.twitter.com/Ge5S85MmkR ... ....
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Philippines deports 312 Chinese, detains 36 Japanese in crackdown on phone scams
South China Morning Post 14 Nov 2019
A group of 312 Chinese nationals who were arrested in the Philippines last month in connection with telecommunications fraud were deported on Thursday ... The office was allegedly conducting telephone scamming operations, using phishing techniques to defraud or extort their victims, mostly Chinese nationals from the mainland ... ....
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Arizona congressman’s tweets raise Epstein conspiracy theory
Detroit news 14 Nov 2019
Phoenix – Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar appears to be signaling support for a conspiracy theory that Jeffrey Epstein did not kill himself while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges ... Paul Gosar, DDS (@RepGosar) November 13, 2019 ... .......
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Islamic Jihad says cease-fire reached to end Gaza fighting
The Himalayan 14 Nov 2019
GAZA CITY GAZA STRIP. Gaza’s militant Islamic Jihad group announced a cease-fire with Israel early on Thursday, ending two days of heavy fighting that left at least 34 Palestinians dead. Spokesman Musab al-Berim said the Egyptian-brokered deal went into effect at 5.30 am ... “And we intend to continue with this.” ... At least 16 of the dead were militants ... ....
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U.S. wrong to push Turkey to drop Russian defenses: Erdogan
Reuters 14 Nov 2019
Turkey's president Tayyip Erdogan said Washington was not right to propose that Ankara get rid of the Russian S-400 missile defenses it purchased, calling it an infringement of sovereign rights, according to Turkish media ... ....
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China Completes Lander Test For First Mars Mission In 2020
NDTV 14 Nov 2019
China on Thursday successfully completed a lander test in northern Hebei province ahead of an unmanned exploration mission to Mars next year ... ....
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Lebanese officials warn of 'dangerous' crisis as anger mounts
Middle East Online 14 Nov 2019
BEIRUT - Lebanon's Defence Minister said on Thursday the country was in a "very dangerous situation" and compared street unrest of recent days to the start of 1975-90 civil war ... 29 ... Though the protests have been overwhelmingly peaceful, a protester was shot dead south of Beirut on Tuesday ... And this is situation is very dangerous." ... ....
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Second Ebola vaccine introduced in the DRC
Mail Guardian South Africa 14 Nov 2019
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo Thursday introduced a second vaccine to fight the deadly Ebola virus in the east of the country, the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) charity said. It said the new vaccine, produced by a Belgian subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, is aimed at protecting about 50 000 people over a period of four months ... ....
