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• Pokemon Go's Community Day For February 2019 Announced

  22-01-2019 23:55 via gamespot.com
  
  February is nearly here, which means it's almost time for another Pokemon Go Community Day. Niantic has now shared the first details on next month's event, which is scheduled to take place on Saturday, February 16, and will feature another Gen 2 Pokemon: the Ice- and Ground-type Swinub.Throughout the event, Swinub will spawn much more frequently in the wild than it normally does. Based on previous Community Days, players will also presumably have a chance of encountering a Shiny Swinub during th
  
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• Venezuela's Guaido Says Opposition Seeks Financing, Debt Relief

  22-01-2019 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Since becoming head of the legislature this month, Guaido has been aggressively pushing the Venezuelan military and foreign governments to recognize him rather than the authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro as the legitimate head of state.In a Jan. 11 statement, a group of Venezuelan bond investors said they’d recognize the National Assembly as "the only legitimately elected body" and wouldn’t negotiate with Maduro over unpaid debt.
  
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• Ghostbusters' Leslie Jones Is Very Unhappy About The Upcoming Sequel - GameSpot Universe News Update

  22-01-2019 23:46 via gamespot.com
  
  Leslie lashes out.
  
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• Nearly 70,000 pounds of chicken nuggets recalled because there’s wood in them

  22-01-2019 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Food recalls are nothing new, and there's plenty of reasons that a company might need to issue a recall of a consumable product. Sometimes food is contaminated during manufacturing or contains traces of another food product that could trigger allergies in unsuspecting consumers, but a recent recall of chicken nuggets comes with a bizarre twist.According to the USDA, Perdue Foods LLC is issuing a prompt recall of nearly 70,000 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken nuggets because the company fears there
  
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• Striking teachers in LA reach tentative settlement with district

  22-01-2019 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Los Angeles public school teachers reached a tentative settlement with school officials Tuesday in order to end a weeklong strike that has affected some 500,000 students.The settlement -- reached after 21 hours of marathon talks that ended early Tuesday -- was set to be voted on by the roughly 30,000 members of the teachers union later in the day and classes are due to resume on Wednesday."The strike nobody wanted is now behind us," Los Angeles United School District superintendent Austin Beutne
  
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• US Senate to vote Thursday on opposing bids to end shutdown

  22-01-2019 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  US Senate leaders have agreed to vote Thursday on competing proposals to end a government shutdown now in its second month, but the chances are slim that either will reopen federal agencies.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and top Democrat Chuck Schumer announced an agreement on the Senate floor Tuesday for a pair of test votes.The first would be a procedural step on a measure that funds all shuttered branches of government through September, and includes President Donald Trump's demand fo
  
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• True Detective Season 3: Theories From Episode 3

  22-01-2019 23:18 via gamespot.com
  
  We're three episodes deep into Season 3 of True Detective, and the three timelines all agree on two things: someone isn't telling the truth about this murder, and someone catastrophically mishandled this case. Who's to blame, and whether this mishandling was intentional, will be subject of the next five episodes.What we know is suggestive but inconclusive. Two kids tell their father that they're going to a friend's house. Witnesses see them biking away, but they never come home. The son is foun
  
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• U.S. Banks Boost Aid to Customers as Federal Shutdown Drags On

  22-01-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Navy Federal Credit Union, a Vienna, Virginia-based lender with more 8.1 million members, is offering no-interest, no-fee loans up to $6,000 for its 100,000 affected customers.“One can only imagine, as far as missing a paycheck, of course there’s great concern and financial uncertainty,” Tynika Wilson, senior vice president of debit card and fund services at Navy Federal, said Tuesday in an interview.
  
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• Shutdown hits national security employees across government

  22-01-2019 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Officials serving in intelligence and national security roles in the FBI; the departments of Homeland Security, State and Justice; and other agencies have large numbers of employees either furloughed or working but not being paid.
  
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• Romania president: plan to invalidate graft cases not legal

  22-01-2019 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania's president said on Tuesday that a government decree that could invalidate hundreds of corruption cases involving senior officials is "crassly unconstitutional," a development that also prompted concern from the European Union.
  
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• Kerry, at Davos, sends Trump a one-word message: Resign

  22-01-2019 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  The former secretary of state goes after the president in a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
  
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• Senate Leaders Agree on Possible Path to Reopening Government

  22-01-2019 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell and minority leader Chuck Schumer have agreed to a deal that could end the partial government shutdown, which entered its 32nd day Tuesday.Under the deal, the Senate will vote Thursday on two bills intended to end the shutdown.One bill includes President Trump’s request for $5.7 billion to construct a wall at the southern border, and one would fund the government entities affected by the shutdown through February 8, kicking the fight down the roa
  
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• Demon's Souls Director Open To Another Studio Doing A Remaster

  22-01-2019 22:41 via gamespot.com
  
  Demon's Souls creator Hidetaka Miyazaki says that a remaster of the genre-defining game is possible, but he's not eager to get started on it himself. In an interview, the director shared some thoughts on his legacy and the changing nature of Souls-likes, including whether Demon's Souls could get a remaster similar to Dark Souls."It's like when you write--when you're younger, you look back on [previous work] and you think, ‘Oh, goodness what was I thinking,'" he told Game Informer. "It's no
  
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• Demon's Souls Creator Open To Another Studio Doing A Remaster

  22-01-2019 22:41 via gamespot.com
  
  Demon's Souls creator Hidetaka Miyazaki says that a remaster of the genre-defining game is possible, but he's not eager to get started on it himself. In an interview, the director shared some thoughts on his legacy and the changing nature of Souls-likes, including whether Demon's Souls could get a remaster similar to Dark Souls."It's like when you write--when you're younger, you look back on [previous work] and you think, ‘Oh, goodness what was I thinking,'" he told Game Informer. "It's no
  
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• New York's Gun-Transportation Rules Draw Supreme Court Scrutiny

  22-01-2019 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  The court said it will hear an appeal from three city handgun owners and an advocacy group who say New York has the most extreme firearm-transportation restrictions in the country.The case may demonstrate the impact of the newest justice, Brett Kavanaugh, whose appeals court record suggests he’ll be a more aggressive enforcer of gun rights than the justice he replaced, Anthony Kennedy.
  
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• The Magicians Season 4: 9 Things You Need To Know, Straight From The Cast And Producers

  22-01-2019 22:32 via gamespot.com
  
  The end of Season 3 of The Magicians might have been the biggest game-changer the show has experienced yet. While magic was restored, the Order of the Librarians wiped the minds of the group, leaving them with glamours that have them living mortal lives, devoid of any of the extraordinary powers they've been living with.Now, with Season 4 acting as something of a major reset, fans are going to want to pay close attention--because even with the memory wipes, The Magicians isn't slowing down one
  
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• WaPo Issues Correction after Falsely Labeling Nathan Phillips a Vietnam Vet

  22-01-2019 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  The Washington Post issued a correction Tuesday after falsely describing the elderly Native American man whose confrontation with a group of high-school students went viral over the weekend as a veteran of the Vietnam War.“Earlier versions of this story incorrectly said that Native American activist Nathan Phillips fought in the Vietnam War.
  
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• 7 Best Anime You Should Watch For Winter 2019

  22-01-2019 22:31 via gamespot.com
  
  From January to March, a bunch of new anime debut on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Crunchyroll, Funimation, Hidive, and Hulu. Here are our recommendations, including The Promised Neverland and Mob Psycho 100 season 2!
  
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• Trump seeks to go ahead with State of the Union in spite of Pelosi letter

  22-01-2019 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump is planning on pushing forward and delivering his second State of the Union to a joint session of Congress, even though Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi asked him to delay the annual event.The White House reached out to the House Sergeant-at-Arms in an email, asking for a schedule for a walk-through for the speech.The State of the Union is scheduled for the 29 January, but Ms Pelosi had cited security concerns raised by the ongoing government shutdown as reason to delay the event.
  
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• J&J, U.S. states settle hip implant claims for $120 mln

  22-01-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy Orthopaedics unit have agreed to pay $120 million to resolve deceptive marketing claims by several U.S. states.
  
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• Ex-U.S. marine jailed in Russia for spying was misled: lawyer

  22-01-2019 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Russia's Federal Security Service detained Paul Whelan, who holds U.S., British, Canadian and Irish passports, in a Moscow hotel room on Dec. 28.Whelan appeared in a Moscow court on Tuesday, where a judge rejected releasing him on bail.Whelan, who denies the charges, was detained after receiving a thumb drive containing a list of all the employees of a secret Russian state agency, the Russian online news portal Rosbalt.ru reported this month.
  
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• 'Frozen' Niagara Falls photos spread across social media

  22-01-2019 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Niagara Falls tourists flocked to social media to document the freezing phenomenon.
  
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• Trump transgender troop limits can take effect, top court decides

  22-01-2019 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  The decision, with the court's five conservative justices prevailing over its four liberals, granted the Trump administration's request to put on hold injunctions issued by federal judges against enforcement of the policy while a challenge to its legality continues in lower courts.The court did not resolve the underlying question of the legality of the Republican president's plan, which reversed the landmark 2016 policy of his Democratic predecessor Barack Obama to let transgender people for the
  
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• Kentucky mother of newborn twins missing since leaving bar with men 3 weeks ago

  22-01-2019 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  'If you know anything, we beg you, come forward': A Kentucky family is making an emotional plea to help find a mother of four who vanished.
  
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• Three dead from separate avalanches in Colorado and New Mexico

  22-01-2019 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Two deaths have been confirmed in the US after two separate avalanches in Colorado and New Mexico trapped skiers in crushing snow this week and last.Authorities in Aspen, Colorado confirmed the most recent death on Monday, which happened to be the same day that relatives of a New Mexico avalanche victim announced their loss.A second victim of the New Mexico avalanche had already been reported.
  
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• Nintendo Direct-Style Stream For Switch Games Coming Tomorrow

  22-01-2019 21:20 via gamespot.com
  
  Nintendo UK has announced it is airing a new Switch-focused presentation tomorrow, January 23. The broadcast is scheduled to begin at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET / 2 PM GMT and will showcase a number of indie games coming to the hybrid console in 2019.Nintendo UK will stream the presentation on its website, YouTube, and Twitch channels. GameSpot will have an embed of the stream up tomorrow as well, so you can tune in to it right here. We'll also have a recap of all the biggest news and announcements from
  
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• Miami prosecutor probing MLK traffic incident as hate crime

  22-01-2019 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  MIAMI (AP) — A traffic incident in Miami involving a gun-wielding white man and a group of black bicyclists protesting housing inequality on Martin Luther King Day is being investigated as a possible hate crime, prosecutors said Tuesday.
  
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• What Would a "Green New Deal" Look Like for Architecture?

  22-01-2019 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  The implications of such a plan—championed by new Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez—extend well beyond the ecological
  
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• Shutting Down the Shutdown

  22-01-2019 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  The fact that he has taken an important step toward the first of these has been enough to shake up the ghastly Democratic morality play, with its promise that if the president just brings everyone back to work in the federal government, they will sit down with him in a spirit of compromise but will not give more than one dollar for any sort of wall or barrier.The Democrats seem to have gained about three points in the polls so far, but that is a very modest return from the president’s tele
  
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• Pence compares Trump wall effort to MLK; Dem calls Trump 'Grand Wizard' of Pennsylvania Ave.

  22-01-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., also refers to the president as 'Birth-in-Chief." Meanwhile, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., calls Trump a racist.
  
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• Free PUBG MOBILE Swag Giveaway

  22-01-2019 20:50 via gamespot.com
  
  We're giving away free PUBG MOBILE swag packages to three (3) lucky fans. Entering into our Instagram giveaway below is easy -- just like and follow for a chance to win!View this post on Instagram🔥GIVEAWAY! We're giving away free PUBG MOBILE prize packages to three (3) lucky fans. ------ To enter: 1. Follow @GameSpot + @pubgmobile 2. Like this post 3. Tag your friends in separate comments below to gain additional entries 👇 (Max 5 friends) ------ Giveaway ends January 28 at 12 PM
  
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• Alleged US spy received Russian 'state secret' without knowing: lawyer

  22-01-2019 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  A former US Marine charged with espionage in Russia was handed a USB drive containing state secrets without knowing what was on the device, his lawyer said Tuesday after a hearing extending his client's custody.Paul Whelan, 48, was taken into custody on December 28 by the Russian FSB security service, which said he was caught "while carrying out an act of espionage".
  
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• Norwegian Cruise Line denies claim crew member used passenger's cabin for sex

  22-01-2019 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Norwegian Cruise Line on Tuesday denied that a crew member used a British couple's cabin for sex during a recent voyage.
  
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• FBI agents say shutdown hinders fight against gangs and terrorism

  22-01-2019 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  The FBI Agents Association (FBIAA) repeated its call for the partial government shutdown to end, arguing that it is undermining the bureau’s ability to protect the nation.
  
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• Waymo revs up self-driving car making near Motor City

  22-01-2019 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Waymo on Tuesday announced it will rev up its self-driving car production by establishing a factory devoted exclusively to mass production of autonomous vehicles in Michigan.The company owned by Google-parent Alphabet collaborated with Michigan's economic development corporation on a plan to use a manufacturing facility in that state for integrating self-driving technology into vehicles it adds to its fleet.Waymo already has about 20 workers based in the southeast Michigan city of Novi.
  
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• Hamas militant killed by Israeli fire after soldier hurt

  22-01-2019 19:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli tank shelling killed a Hamas militant along the Gaza border on Tuesday as Israel responded to gunfire that wounded one of its soldiers, officials said.Mohammed al-Nabaheen, 24, was killed by tank fire while two other people were hurt, a Gaza health ministry spokesman said.Hamas, the Islamist movement that rules Gaza, confirmed he was a member of its armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades.
  
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• White House officials tell Fox News they will pursue two tracks for the State of the Union address

  22-01-2019 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Sources say the White House is considering a backup plan where President Trump could deliver speech outside of Washington; chief White House correspondent John Roberts reports.
  
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• Supreme Court allows Trump's partial ban on transgender troops in military to take effect

  22-01-2019 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  The Supreme Court will allow Trump's partial ban on transgender people serving in the military to take effect while court challenges continue.
  
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• Stunning video captures icy Niagara Falls

  22-01-2019 19:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Sub-freezing temperatures Monday caused Niagara Falls to freeze over at its edges, creating a wintertime visual treat for viewers on the Canadian side. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
  
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• New Xbox One Game Deals Available Now On Xbox Live

  22-01-2019 19:30 via gamespot.com
  
  A new sale is underway in the Microsoft Store. From now through January 28, Xbox One and Xbox 360 owners can find some steep discounts on a variety of games for each console, with some particularly good deals available across the wide-ranging Tom Clancy series.On the Xbox One side, players can pick up the popular tactical shooters Rainbow Six Siege and Ghost Recon Wildlands for $15 each. If you're looking for even more Wildlands content, the game's season pass is also on sale for $26, while its
  
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• New Free Game From Twitch/Amazon Prime Out Now, Before You Can Buy It

  22-01-2019 19:23 via gamespot.com
  
  Twitch Prime regularly offers free games on a monthly basis, but January's offerings come with a twist. The company added an extra game to its rotation, and on top of that, it released it a few days before it's available widely to the public.The new puzzle-platformer Pikuniku is available through Twitch Prime until February 28. However, it isn't actually out until January 24, so for the next few days you can grab it before it goes on sale. To claim your free games, you'll just have to link your
  
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• Hong Kong Massacre Gameplay Live

  22-01-2019 19:23 via gamespot.com
  
  Hong Kong Massacre is a fun mash up of Hotline Miami and Max Payne set in a classic revenge story.
  
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• Waymo says it will build self-driving cars in Michigan

  22-01-2019 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Waymo has proposed private investments of $13.6 million to build a facility in southeast Michigan and create more than 100 jobs, potentially up to 400 jobs, the Michigan Economic Development Corp said separately on Tuesday.Waymo said the new facility would be dedicated to mass production of L4 or level 4 autonomous vehicles which can pilot themselves without a human driver under certain conditions.
  
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• Supreme Court's inaction leaves DACA program for young migrants intact for now

  22-01-2019 19:15 via news.yahoo.com
  The justices have yet to give the Trump administration a new chance to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA.
  
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• British 'spy' accused of receiving USB stick with 'state secrets,' lawyer says

  22-01-2019 19:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Investigators have accused a British citizen held on espionage charges in Russia of receiving a USB stick that contained state secrets, his lawyer has said.  Paul Whelan, 48, believed the USB stick had photographs and other information about a church he had visited, lawyer Vladimir Zherebenkov said. FSB security agents swooped in and seized him before he could see what was on the flash drive, he added. Russian media previously claimed he was grabbed at the Metropole Hotel near the Krem
  
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• The Moon was hit by a meteorite while you were staring at the ‘Super Blood Wolf Moon’ eclipse

  22-01-2019 19:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Skywatchers had plenty to be excited about this past weekend thanks to a lunar eclipse that was visible from the Americas as well as parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia. It got the nickname "Super Blood Wolf Moon" thanks to a combination of labels that may or may not have much meaning, but it was an undeniably cool sight nonetheless.As it turns out, the eclipse was even more special than most observers had noticed, as the Moon was actually struck by a meteorite while everyone was gazing in wonder
  
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• North Dakota couple killed by fallen tree in San Diego

  22-01-2019 19:01 via news.yahoo.com
  GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota couple died while vacationing in San Diego when a 75-foot-tall pine tree crashed onto their rental house as they slept, relatives and police said.
  
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• Colbert: 'We went from BuzzFeed to buzzkill'

  22-01-2019 18:36 via news.yahoo.com
  The comics take a close look at Russia, Mueller and the latest scandal in Best of Late Night.
  
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• Covington Catholic HS Closed Tuesday to Protect Students from Backlash

  22-01-2019 18:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Covington Catholic High School cancelled classes Tuesday in response to the torrent of outrage and harassment directed at a group of its students who were captured on video in a tense confrontation with an elderly Native American man near the Lincoln Memorial during Saturday’s March for Life.“After meeting with local authorities, we have made the decision to cancel school and be closed on Tuesday, January 22, in order to ensure the safety of our students, faculty and staff,&rdqu
  
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• Anastasia Vashukevich: Model who claimed evidence of Trump-Russian collusion freed from custody

  22-01-2019 18:30 via news.yahoo.com
  A model from Belarus who has claimed she has recordings of conversations between Russian officials and members of the Trump campaign, has reportedly been freed from custody.Anastasia Vashukevich and three other individuals, were taken into Russian police custody after arriving in Moscow last week from Thailand, the TASS news agency said.Ms Vashukevich was then released on Tuesday after promising not to release further video or audio recordings of Russian metals magnate Oleg Deripaska, of whom sh
  
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