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• Walter Jones death: Republican congressman who coined 'freedom fries' dies, aged 76

  11-02-2019 17:08 via The Independent - World
  
  He said he wished he had never coined the famous phrase
  
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• The Latest: Democrats increase pressure for Mueller report

  20-04-2019 09:25 via WN.com - World News
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on congressional reaction to special counsel Robert Mueller's report (all times local): 5:15 p.m. The Justice Department says the subpoena issued by House Democrats for the full special counsel report is unnecessary. Justice Department spokesperson Kerri Kupec says Attorney General William Barr released the report with "minimal redactions." Kupec says the department is working with Congress to view more of the report and the subpoena issued Friday by Rep. Jerro
  
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• Omaha set to debut city's first rapid transit line in 2020

  20-04-2019 09:25 via WN.com - World News
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha's biggest mass transit investment in decades is coming. Now officials are out in the community with a message: Get ready. After years of preparations — and some delay — Metro transit is preparing for an April 2020 debut of Omaha's first bus rapid transit line. It's no streetcar, but the rapid transit line will try to capitalize on the same ideas to get people out of their cars: a sleek, modern ride along a dedicated route that's convenient, quick and te
  
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• Nearly 2 bln USD foreign investments enter Myanmar in first half of FY 2018-19

  20-04-2019 09:25 via WN.com - World News
  YANGON, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Over 1.87 billion U.S. dollars of foreign investments entered Myanmar's sectors in first half of present fiscal year 2018-2019,...
  
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• Indian Muslim prisoner branded with Om symbol, court issues notice

  20-04-2019 09:25 via WN.com - World News
  Dubai: Images of a man’s back branded with the Om symbol went viral online, after a Muslim inmate was subjected to abuse in New Delhi’s Tihar jail. The inmate, Shabbir alias Nabbir, who according to Indian media reports is an under trial prisoner, was presented in court late last week where he showed the presiding judge the mark seared over his back. According to Indian news website India Today, Shabbir...
  
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• In Good Friday service, Pope condemns leaders with 'armoured hearts' who turn away migrants

  20-04-2019 09:25 via WN.com - World News
  Pope Francis used a Good Friday ceremony to decry "all the crosses" of suffering in the world, including those borne by migrants who find doors closed due to "political calculations" and children who are harmed in their "innocence and purity," in a reference to paedophile clergy. From a canopied platform on the Palatine Hill, Francis watched the traditional torch-lit, nighttime procession at Rome's Colosseum that solemnly recalled the crucifixion of Jesus. Along with thousands of pilgrims, touri
  
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• Egyptians vote on referendum extending el-Sissi's rule

  20-04-2019 09:25 via WN.com - World News
  CAIRO (AP) — Egyptians are being asked to vote on constitutional amendments that would allow President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to stay in power until 2030. ......
  
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• Egypt vote on referendum extending el-Sissi’s rule to 2030

  20-04-2019 09:25 via WN.com - World News
  The Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egyptians were being asked Saturday to vote on constitutional amendments that would allow President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to stay in power until 2030. The three-day voting period for the nationwide referendum starts at 9 a.m. (0700 GMT) Saturday on proposed changes that would also further enshrine the military’s role in politics. Parliament, packed with el-Sissi supporters, overwhelmingly approved the amendments on Tuesday....
  
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• Columbine massacre remembered, 20 years on

  20-04-2019 09:25 via WN.com - World News
  Twelve students and a teacher were killed on 20 April 1999, when two teenagers armed with an assortment of weapons and home-made bombs went on the rampage at the school. ......
  
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• Bitcoin Trader, Girlfriend Could Face Death Penalty for Building 'Sea Home' Off Coast Thailand

  20-04-2019 09:25 via WN.com - World News
  Washington: An American bitcoin trader and his girlfriend could face...
  
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• Bangladesh erupts in protests after a woman who accused her principal is killed

  20-04-2019 09:25 via WN.com - World News
  World Bangladesh erupts in protests after a woman who accused her principal is killed Protesters demand justice for Nusrat Jahan Rafi on Friday in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Mahmud Hossain Opu / Associated Press) Dozens of protesters took to the streets in Bangladesh's capital to demand justice for an 18-year-old woman who died after being set on fire for refusing to drop sexual harassment charges against her Islamic school's principal. Nusrat Jahan Rafi told her family she was lured to the roof of her
  
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• Julian Assange put through 'hell' at embassy, says former diplomat

  20-04-2019 09:20 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  Julian Assange was always respectful but went through "hell" in the Ecuadorian embassy as officials tried to "break him down", according to a former senior diplomat.Fidel Narvaez worked at the London embassy for six of the seven years the WikiLeaks figurehead lived there and says they became friends.Its new president, Lenin Moreno, publicly criticised the whistleblower and gave the impression the government ended his stay after growing tired of his alleged bad behaviour.
  
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• LEADING OFF: Bour blunder, deGrom hurts, Swihart's new start

  20-04-2019 09:18 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  A look at what's happening around the majors today:
  
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• How Porn Stars Balance Sex Work and Parenting: ‘My Kids Are Trained to Respect Privacy’

  20-04-2019 09:12 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  GettyMILF. Mom. Stepmom. All three terms made Pornhub’s top-10 most-searched in 2018. Women’s no. 1 searched term in 2018 was “Daddy,” according to xHamster’s trend report. As the interest in fauxcest continues to climb, adult performers are increasingly fetishized as parents—but for some porn stars, being a mommy (or daddy) isn’t just sexy role-play, it’s real life. Not only do adult performers struggle with striking the same work-life balance as
  
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• Voting begins in Egypt's constitutional referendum, Sisi casts ballot - state TV

  20-04-2019 09:10 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  CAIRO (Reuters) - Voting began on Saturday in Egypt in a referendum on proposed constitutional amendments that would extend President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's rule.
  
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• Avalanche beat Flames 5-1 in Game 5 to advance to 2nd round

  20-04-2019 09:08 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — After getting shut out in the series opener, the Colorado Avalanche clamped down defensively to shut down the Western Conference-leading Calgary Flames.
  
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• Twenty years since the Columbine massacre and America is still failing its young people

  20-04-2019 09:00 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  Twenty years ago, at a school in Littleton, Colorado, as students prepared for lunch, their lives were irrevocably changed in one of the most distressing school shootings America had ever seen. Now, it's not even amongst the ten worst mass shootings in modern American history.
  
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• Anger-fuelled Yellow Vests to protest in first Saturday after Notre Dame fire

  20-04-2019 08:55 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  The French interior minister warned on Friday that violence could flare up on the 23rd Saturday of Yellow Vest marches, the first after the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral. Protesters felt outraged when near one billion euros was pledged to restore it. After weeks of relative calm, with the marches attracting declining numbers, Interior minister Christophe Castaner said during a press conference on Friday domestic intelligence services had informed him of a potential return of rioters intent on wre
  
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• Easter Sunday 2019: Chocolate eggs, Eostre and and how the date is decided

  20-04-2019 08:54 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  Easter weekend is fast approaching with all the fondant-filled Creme Eggs, sticky hot cross buns and sugar-coated Mini Eggs our stretchiest waistbands can withstand.
  
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• U.S. intelligence says Huawei funded by Chinese state security - report

  20-04-2019 08:48 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  The CIA accused Huawei of receiving funding from China's National Security Commission, the People's Liberation Army and a third branch of the Chinese state intelligence network, the British newspaper reported, citing a source.Earlier this year, U.S. intelligence shared its claims with other members of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing group, which includes Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, according to the report.
  
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• Officers and Passersby Rush to Rescue Injured Driver From Burning Car Wreck

  20-04-2019 08:42 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  Officers from the Camden County Police Department rushed to the rescue of two men trapped in the burning wreckage of a crashed car in New Jersey on April 7, dramatic bodycam footage shows.A car and an SUV were involved in a traffic incident on the 676 in the City of Camden, and as officers arrived on the scene, they found two men in the burning car. Two other injured men were helped from the SUV after officers forced open the doors.Officers “shattered windows and the windshield on a car th
  
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• Bour blunders again on bases, Angels fall to Mariners 5-3

  20-04-2019 08:38 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Justin Bour shouted, turned his head and headed back toward the bench.
  
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• Islamic State attacks Syrian army, allies, killing dozens - monitor

  20-04-2019 08:36 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  Islamic State attacks on the Syrian army and allied militias in central Syria have killed 35 soldiers over two days, a war monitor said early on Saturday.Although Islamic State lost its last territorial enclave in Syria at Baghouz near the Iraqi border last month to U.S.-backed forces, it still has fighters holding out in the remote central desert.The monitor, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said the attacks constituted Islamic State's biggest military operation since losi
  
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• Australia's Shorten sets 100-day target to boost overtime pay

  20-04-2019 08:20 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  Australian opposition leader Bill Shorten gave himself 100 days to make sure that low-paid workers get more money for working overtime if he wins next month's election.Labor party leader Shorten, a former union organiser, said on Saturday he would reverse the decision by a tribunal to cut overtime pay in several low-paying industries within 100 days of the May 18 poll.The commission, an independent tribunal that sets the minimum wage, ruled that the cuts would vary, depending on the industry.
  
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• Magistrates' Courts Are Closing In Communities Across The UK. Is Austerity Harming Our Access To Justice?

  20-04-2019 08:13 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  When the doors to Chorley Magistrates' Court shut for a final time, LindsayHoyle says he knew it would have a profound impact on his constituents
  
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• Fake news? Mueller isn't buying it

  20-04-2019 08:12 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  President Donald Trump and his team love to deride unfavorable stories as "fake news," but it's clear from Robert Mueller's report that the special counsel isn't buying it.While there are a few exceptions, Mueller's investigation repeatedly supports news reporting that was done on the Russia probe over the last two years and details several instances where the president and his team sought to mislead the public.Trump's supporters believe that Mueller's determination that there was not enough evi
  
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• Fed Cup semifinal: Belarus takes 1-0 lead over Australia

  20-04-2019 08:10 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka has given Belarus a 1-0 lead over Australia after defeating Samantha Stosur 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 in the opening singles match of their Fed Cup semifinal Saturday on hard courts at Pat Rafter Arena.
  
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• Anne Hathaway apologises for that Yorkshire accent as she gets ready to offend all over again

  20-04-2019 08:01 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  There’s a fine tradition of Hollywood’s finest playing British characters on stage and screen and - not to put too fine a point on it - mangling our regional accents in the process.
  
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• Republican discussed violent attacks and surveillance with rightwingers

  20-04-2019 08:00 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  Antifa members form a circle and surround helmeted members of a rightwing and pro-Trump group during the 2019 Women’s March at Boston Common in Boston, Massachusetts, on 19 January. Photograph: Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty ImagesA Washington state Republican politician took part in private discussions with rightwing figures about carrying out surveillance, “psyops” and even violent attacks on perceived political enemies, according to chat records obtained by the Guardian.State rep
  
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• Hundreds sign online petition supporting woman suing JD.com CEO in rape case

  20-04-2019 08:00 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  Hundreds of people have added their names to an online petition in support of a University of Minnesota student who said she was raped last August by Richard Liu, the chief executive officer of China's e-commerce retailer JD.com Inc.The student, Liu Jingyao, from China, filed a civil lawsuit against JD's CEO in a Minneapolis court on Tuesday, nearly four months after prosecutors declined to press criminal charges against him.Richard Liu, through his lawyers, maintained his innocence throughout t
  
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