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• FBI director James Comey's testimony humiliates Donald Trump

  20-03-2017 23:35 via article.wn.com
  
  Before FBI Director James Comey began his testimony before the House Intelligence Committee, President Donald Trump...
  
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• US bans electronic devices on flights from eight majority-Muslim countries

  20-03-2017 23:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  No American carriers are impacted by the ban, which involves devices larger than a mobile phone
  
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• French presidential debate: Marine Le Pen says she does not want to be 'the vice chancellor of Ms Merkel'

  20-03-2017 22:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Front National leader calls for end to language lessons in refugees' mother tongue
  
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• Trump administration publishes first 'weekly list of crimes' committed by immigrants

  20-03-2017 21:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  The list consists of 'examples' of illegal immigrants, their nationality and the alleged crime they have either been charged with or convicted of
  
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• Donald Trump seeks to shrug off FBI probe – but still puts his spin machine into overdrive

  20-03-2017 21:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  The FBI investigation is not likely to reach a conclusion any time soon
  
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• White House doubles down on claim Trump Tower was wiretapped despite FBI congressional hearing

  20-03-2017 20:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  'It's clear that nothing has changed,' Sean Spicer insists
  
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• Democrats urge investigation into Michael Flynn's Russia links and work with Kremlin-backed RT

  20-03-2017 19:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  Former national security adviser is understood to have been paid more than $30,000 by the broadcaster
  
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• FBI director James Comey confirms investigation into Trump-Russia links

  20-03-2017 19:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mr Trump has repeatedly denied any collusion with Moscow
  
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• New Supreme Court nominee promises to be independent despite concerns over Trump links

  20-03-2017 19:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Senate Judiciary Committee members took turns with opening statements addressing Merrick Garland not receiving a hearing and questioning Mr Gorsuch's record as a judge
  
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• Counting the cost of the US and UK withdrawing from the world - Arab News

  20-03-2017 18:54
  
  Arab News
  Counting the cost of the US and UK withdrawing from the world
  Arab News
  The last few years have been notable for the number of states fragmenting or dividing. Hot on the heels of Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Mali, Yemen and Libya, we now have the UK. Whereas states like Sudan, Iraq and Syria are 20th century innovations; the ...
  UK to trigger Brexit process on March 29CBC.ca
  UK Prime Minister Theresa May will trigger Brexit proceedings next WednesdayNew Zealand Herald
  UK and Germany to sign
  
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• Boris Johnson to meet with former right-wing news boss Steve Bannon this week

  20-03-2017 18:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mr Bannon is now Donald Trump's top aide
  
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• Paris Orly attack: CCTV footage emerges of gunman during French airport incident

  20-03-2017 18:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  The man, who has been named as Ziyed Ben Belgacem, is seen struggling with a female soldier for some time before help arrives
  
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• How Mosul's last librarian is preparing for when his city is free from Isis

  20-03-2017 18:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: When Isis first took Mosul, it committed what Unesco called 'one of the most devastating acts of destruction of library collections in human history'. Now, in anticipation of the city being liberated, one historian is working to rebuild what was lost
  
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• Satanist church holds drive to collect socks for the homeless

  20-03-2017 18:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  West Florida chapter to participate in organisation's 'Socks for Satan' campaign
  
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• Exclusive: Almost half of Canadians want illegal border crossers deported - Reuters poll

  20-03-2017 18:12
  By Rod Nickel and David LjunggrenWINNIPEG, Manitoba/OTTAWA (Reuters) - Nearly half of Canadians want to deport people who are illegally crossing into Canada from the United States, and a similar number disapprove of how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is handling the influx, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Monday.A significant minority, four out of 10 respondents, said the border crossers could make Canada "less safe," underlining the potential political risk for Trudeau's Li
  
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• US police officers have already killed 271 people so far this year - an increase on 2016

  20-03-2017 18:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  Fewer people - 262 - were killed by this point last year and people of colour suffer the most
  
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• Russia launches 'unprecedented' Crimea army drills to test rapid reaction forces

  20-03-2017 17:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Nato says it was not informed of the exercise
  
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• Donald Trump drops more than 200 spots in Forbes rich list to 544th with estimated fortune of $3.5bn

  20-03-2017 16:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  Forbes attributes his fall to the state of the Manhattan real estate market in which Mr Trump has invested a disproportionate amount of his fortune
  
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• FBI chief James Comey announced Clinton emails probe before election but kept Trump-Russia investigation secret

  20-03-2017 16:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  The investigation into the President began months before the election, but hasn't been revealed until now
  
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• Donald Trump wiretapping claims: NSA director denies GCHQ was asked to spy on Trump Tower

  20-03-2017 16:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Admiral Mike Rogers says claims of involvement by the British would 'frustrate' the transatlantic relationship
  
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• 'Katrina Girl' takes US Air Force rescuer to high school dance

  20-03-2017 16:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  LaShay Brown thanks her friend and mentor Major Sergeant Mike Maroney for her family's rescue 12 years ago
  
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• Donald Trump issues 'very dangerous' statement on FBI investigation into Russian election hacking

  20-03-2017 16:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  The President is 'doing nothing' to prevent interference in future elections, says the former US ambassador to Moscow, Michael McFaul
  
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• 'No evidence' to back up Donald Trump's wiretapping claims, says FBI Director James Comey

  20-03-2017 16:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  The FBI has said there is no evidence to support Donald Trump's claim that he was wiretapped by Barack Obama.
  
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• Donald Trump will resign 'soon', says top Democrat Dianne Feinstein

  20-03-2017 15:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  Senior Senator on Judiciary Committee drops hint she knows more than she can say 'right now'
  
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• David Rockefeller dead: Billionaire philanthropist and head of Chase Manhattan dies aged 101

  20-03-2017 15:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  Infamous banker passed away peacefully in his sleep in New York home
  
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• Hillary Clinton apparently backs call for 'full investigation' into Donald Trump's Russian connections

  20-03-2017 15:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  Adam Schiff has said that the claims 'should concern all Americans'
  
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• Texas attorney general falsely accuses school for providing Muslim-only prayer room

  20-03-2017 15:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ken Paxton claimed the spare classroom was excluding students of other faiths, which the school denied
  
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• FBI reveals secret investigation into Donald Trump team's possible links to Russia during US Presidential election

  20-03-2017 15:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  The committee chairman said it had so far found no evidence of collusion between Moscow and the Trump campaign
  
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• US Intel Committee says Trump's alleged links to Russia 'should concern all Americans' and calls for independent probe

  20-03-2017 15:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Comments come as chairman of the committee says there was no physical wiretap on Trump Tower
  
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• New York attorney general hires top corruption prosecutor to investigate Donald Trump

  20-03-2017 15:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Eric Schneiderman bolsters team as he prepares to take US President through the courts
  
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• Donald Trump wiretapping claims: House intelligence chairman says there was no 'wiretap on Trump Tower'

  20-03-2017 15:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  The chairman of the US House of Representatives Intelligence Committee has flatly denied Donald Trump's claims about a wiretap on his Trump Tower residence in New York.
  
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• Artist refuses to take down Nazi Donald Trump billboard after death threats

  20-03-2017 15:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  Owner says the picture will remain up as long as he remains president
  
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• Mum sends thank you note to police for arresting springbreaking daughter for underage drinking

  20-03-2017 15:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  The mum was happy the daughter was treated with respect and hopes she learned a lesson
  
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• The world's happiest country has got some important tips for the UK - The Canary

  20-03-2017 14:58
  
  The Canary
  The world's happiest country has got some important tips for the UK
  The Canary
  Norway is now officially the happiest place on earth. And the UK could learn a thing or two from the Nordic countries on how to be a happier nation. In the World Happiness Report 2017, the least happy country is the Central African Republic. The US ...en meer »
  
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• South Sudan plane crash: 'Several injured' after passenger jet crashes and catches fire at airport

  20-03-2017 14:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  All passengers were evacuated from the plane before it was destroyed by fire
  
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• US crime rates have decreased in areas of high immigration, reports show

  20-03-2017 14:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  Two studies from the Cato Institute and the Sentencing Project cast doubt on populist rhetoric
  
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• 'Go back to Mexico': Children who won elementary school robotics competition endure racist abuse

  20-03-2017 14:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  The youngsters responded in the best possible way
  
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• What first-time millennial buyers need to know about the spring housing market

  20-03-2017 14:35 via article.wn.com
  
  Will this be the year that millennials finally start buying houses? This is the question the real estate market seems to ask every spring. According to the National Association of Realtors, the level of first-time buyers has been suppressed since 2011. But last year, the share of first-time home buyers — which likely includes many [] ......
  
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• Forced to go back home, Afghan refugees find they have 'no future' anywhere

  20-03-2017 14:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  In just 15 months, more than 250,000 Afghan refugees have been deported from neighbouring Pakistan. But there is no good land to give them, and local communities - even family members - resent them for returning
  
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• Arizona governor candidate releases extraordinary statement about his sex life

  20-03-2017 13:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  'Noah is unapologetic about his sexual choices, and wishes others the same safety and confidence as they express themselves', the politician's website states
  
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• One member of Donald Trump administration under investigation, House Intelligence chairman admits

  20-03-2017 13:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  Devin Nunes's remark prompt some people to accuse him of 'leaking'
  
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• White House mistakes satirical story about Donald Trump's budget for real news

  20-03-2017 13:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  The story ends with the words 'RAW POWER! HARD RAW POWER GRRRRRR HISSS POW! It will be great'
  
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• Iran's Khamenei criticises economy in New Year speech

  20-03-2017 13:29
  Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Monday the government's economic policies had fallen short and called for a new "resistance economy" to create jobs, piling pressure on the president before May elections.Hardliners led by Khamenei have repeatedly criticised President Hassan Rouhani, particularly for the terms of a nuclear deal he reached with world powers which lifted economic sanctions and was supposed to boost the economy."I feel the pain of the poor and lower class peopl
  
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• FBI Director James Comey expected to testify about Donald Trump's wiretap claims and Russia's election hacking

  20-03-2017 13:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  This will be the first time the security official comments on the claims in public
  
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• Donald Trump 'kept book of Adolf Hitler's speeches in his bedside cabinet'

  20-03-2017 13:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  In a 1990 interview, the billionaire businessman admitted to owning Nazi leader's 'Mein Kampf' but said he had would never read speeches
  
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• Angela Merkel's meeting with Donald Trump summed up in two gloriously/painfully awkward photos

  20-03-2017 13:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  Pictures of the German Chancellor and the US President have gone viral
  
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• Norway beats Denmark to be named happiest country in the world by UN

  20-03-2017 13:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  'What works in the Nordic countries is a sense of community and understanding in the common good'
  
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• Donald Trump's Mexico border wall must be tall, difficult to cut through and look good from US side, says White House

  20-03-2017 13:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  President promises 'big, beautiful wall' is ahead of schedule
  
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• Donald Trump's budget labelled 'all-out assault on clean air and water' by former EPA head

  20-03-2017 12:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  'Literally and figuratively this budget is a scorched-earth budget'
  
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• Neil Gorsuch: Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick said 'employers should ask women if they want children'

  20-03-2017 12:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  'It concerned me that a man educating female lawyers would be discounting their worth publicly,' says Jennifer Sisk
  
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