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• The Latest: Xi meeting Obama at "hinge moment"

  19-11-2016 23:45
  
  LIMA, Peru (AP) — The Latest on President Barack Obama's final official foreign trip (all times local):
  
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• Djokovic thrashes Nishikori to set up Murray showdown

  19-11-2016 23:29
  LONDON (Reuters) - A clinical Novak Djokovic thrashed Kei Nishikori 6-1 6-1 on Saturday to set up a season-ending winner-takes-all showdown with home favourite Andy Murray at the ATP World Tour Finals. Shortly after Murray had triumphed in his semi-final against Milos Raonic, the longest match ever seen at the championships, defending champion Djokovic steamed past the lacklustre Japanese in little more than an hour, hardly breaking sweat. ...
  
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• Houthi missile and Saudi-led air strikes strain Yemen truce

  19-11-2016 23:11
  By Mohamed Ghobari SANAA (Reuters) - A 48-hour truce aimed at ending Yemen's civil war came under pressure on Saturday as residents said fighting was still going on in parts of the country. The ceasefire declared by the Saudi-led military coalition trying to restore a Saudi-backed government raised hopes of an end to a 20-month conflict that has drawn in regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia and left Yemen on the verge of famine. It appeared largely to be holding on Saturday but was strained by
  
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• Why Europe will drive a hard Brexit

  19-11-2016 23:06 via theguardian.com
  
  The timing and manner of Britain’s leaving remains unclear but the rest of Europe is preparing for the divorceLike many young Poles, Maria Fijalkowska has always wanted to study and work in England. “I have been to London and I loved it. I love the English language. I love the culture. I have thought about it for a long time,” she says. It is mid-morning in Warsaw and Fijalkowska is about to begin a class on Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales at the Institute of English Studi
  
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• The Latest: Trump meets with Mattis, retired Marine general

  19-11-2016 23:04
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• Europe’s leaders to force Britain into hard Brexit

  19-11-2016 23:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Fears grow about impact of populist surge as Nigel Farage predicts Marine Le Pen could win French presidential electionEuropean leaders have come to a 27-nation consensus that a “hard Brexit” is likely to be the only way to see off future populist insurgencies, which could lead to the break-up of the European Union. Related: Why Europe will drive a hard BrexitContinue reading...
  
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• Raonic proud of year after agonising defeat by Murray

  19-11-2016 22:58
  By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - Same opponent, same old story for Milos Raonic but despite a sixth defeat of the year by Andy Murray at the ATP World Tour Finals on Saturday the Canadian underlined he will be a player to fear in 2017. Raonic's heartbreaking 5-7 7-6 (5) 7-6 (9) semi-final loss made it a hat-trick of reverses in London alone this year against Murray, following two in quick succession at the Queen's Club and Wimbledon finals. The 25-year-old, who this year became the first Cana
  
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• Spurs win as Kane stuns West Ham with two late goals

  19-11-2016 22:46
  (Reuters) - Two quickfire late goals from Harry Kane sealed an astonishing Tottenham Hotspur comeback in a pulsating 3-2 Premier League victory over West Ham United at White Hart Lane on Saturday. With Spurs trailing 2-1 and their unbeaten league record in danger, Kane struck from close range two minutes from time and kept his cool to put away a stoppage-time penalty after Son Heung-min was fouled. It was the second time referee Mike Dean pointed to the spot on Saturday and the ninth penalty he
  
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• Sixty Conservative MPs back call to leave single market

  19-11-2016 22:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sixty Tory MPs are calling for Britain to quit the single market and customs union when it leaves the EU.
  
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• Senior U.S. officials recommend removal of NSA director - sources

  19-11-2016 22:39
  The heads of the Pentagon and the U.S. intelligence community have recommended to President Barack Obama that the director of the National Security Agency, Admiral Michael Rogers, be removed from his position, sources familiar with the matter said on Saturday. The recommendation by Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, first reported by The Washington Post, was delivered to the White House last month.    Obama chose Rogers to take over a
  
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• Injury-hit PSG warm up for Arsenal with win

  19-11-2016 22:37
  Paris St Germain suffered a double injury scare when they warmed up for their Champions League clash at Arsenal with a 2-0 home win against Nantes in Ligue 1 on Saturday. PSG, who play at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday with top spot in Group A at stake, are second in Ligue 1 with 29 points from 13 games, behind leaders Monaco on goal difference. Angel Di Maria netted the first goal, his first in Ligue 1 this season, in the opening half before limping off with a suspected thigh injury.
  
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• Hamilton ’s Message to Pence: Was It Harassment?

  19-11-2016 22:35
  Ben, the reader who sparked our long and evolving discussion thread on the best ways for Trump voters and other Americans to engage, emails about a new flashpoint: the cast of Hamilton delivering a short speech to VP-elect Mike Pence, who attended a performance of the musical on Broadway last night. Here’s how CNN covered it:
  
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• Priti Patel Censures Russia And Syria For 'Sickening' Bombing Of ‘Last Hospital In Aleppo’

  19-11-2016 22:28
  
  Britain’s International Development Secretary has condemned the “sickening” bombing in Syria, which has reportedly left rebel-held areas of Aleppo without a functioning hospital.
  Priti Patel condemned Russian and Syrian “inhumanity” as forces loyal to president Bashar al-Assad bombarded besieged areas of the northern city for a fifth-day running.
  It came after a day of air strikes which hit four hospitals, and late on Friday the opposition’s Aleppo Health Dire
  
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• The Latest: Obama meets with TPP participants in Peru

  19-11-2016 22:27
  
  LIMA, Peru (AP) — The Latest on President Barack Obama's final official foreign trip (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Trump meets with education advocates

  19-11-2016 22:17
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• Film industry tax avoiders face multi-million pound bill

  19-11-2016 22:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Investors in a film financing scheme face repaying "multiple millions of pounds" after a court tax ruling.
  
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• Debate over 'Hamilton' speech exposes post-election cracks

  19-11-2016 22:15
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump demanded an apology from the cast of the Broadway musical "Hamilton" a day after an actor in the hit show delivered a pointed message about diversity to his running mate who was in attendance, prompting angry responses from liberals and conservatives alike and underscoring yet again the fractious aftermath of the 2016 election.
  
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• Thousands gather to mourn, celebrate, journalist Gwen Ifill

  19-11-2016 22:00
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of mourners — including first lady Michelle Obama — remembered and celebrated veteran Washington journalist Gwen Ifill on Saturday, recalling her as a standard bearer, cherished friend, devoted mentor and woman of abiding faith.
  
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• Philip Hammond must signal genuine change, not tinker at the edges | John McDonnell

  19-11-2016 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The chancellor cannot just blame Brexit in the autumn statement – many of the problems we face were introduced by his predecessor’s heavy-handednessThe autumn statement on Wednesday will be the first time in 10 years George Osborne will be nowhere in sight for a major fiscal event. There will be many who breathe a sigh of relief at that alone. But his presence will be heavily felt.Not least as the budget last March contained a black hole as the decisions he had made for the previous
  
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• TPP leaders affirm its economic, strategic importance in meeting - Japan

  19-11-2016 21:52
  LIMA (Reuters) - A meeting of leaders of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), confirmed the economic and strategic importance of the agreement, Japanese Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kotaro Nogami told reporters on Saturday. Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election just over a week before leaders of Pacific Rim economies gathered for the APEC summit in Lima dashed hopes of the TPP, the largest-ever U.S.-proposed trade deal, coming to fruition. (Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka; Wri
  
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• Civilian casualties from Mosul are overwhelming capacity, U.N. warns

  19-11-2016 21:49
  By Stephen Kalin ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Mounting civilian casualties from fighting in eastern Mosul between Iraqi forces and Islamic State are overwhelming the capacity of the government and international aid groups, the United Nations said on Saturday. Nearly 200 wounded civilians and military personnel were transferred to hospital last week, the highest level since the campaign to push the jihadists out of their last major stronghold in Iraq began on Oct. 17, said Lise Grande, the U.N. humani
  
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• All Blacks avenge Ireland defeat with 21-9 Dublin win

  19-11-2016 21:47
  By Conor Humphries DUBLIN (Reuters) - New Zealand took revenge on a brave Irish side with a three-try 21-9 win in Dublin on Saturday as the world champions put behind them their first defeat by Ireland in a century. Ireland's stunning victory in Chicago two weeks ago, their first win in 29 attempts against the All Blacks, ended a record 18-match New Zealand winning run. "Two weeks ago this team suffered their first loss, creating a lot of adversity," All Blacks coach Steve Hansen told reporters.
  
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• Trump, Romney, once bitter rivals, meet, smile, shake hands

  19-11-2016 21:43
  
  BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump and Mitt Romney met Saturday at the billionaire's golf club in New Jersey, both emerging with smiles and a public handshake but no word on what, if any, role the 2012 GOP hopeful might play in the new administration.
  
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• Toure back with bang as Man City join Liverpool on top

  19-11-2016 21:24
  By Ian Chadband LONDON (Reuters) - Yaya Toure returned to Manchester City's ranks on Saturday after a public apology to manager Pep Guardiola and scored twice in a 2-1 win at Crystal Palace that took them to the top of the Premier League alongside Liverpool. While Liverpool's progress was checked by a goalless draw at Southampton, City clambered back level with the Anfield club on 27 points from 12 matches thanks to the double from old favourite Toure whose stand-off with Guardiola was quickly f
  
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• Congo authorities block opposition demonstration

  19-11-2016 21:22
  By Kenny Katombe KINSHASA (Reuters) - Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo blocked an opposition demonstration in the capital on Saturday aimed at putting pressure on President Joseph Kabila to step down next month at the end of his mandate, witnesses said. The rally was banned and heavily armed security forces and large police trucks blocked off key streets. "The sites where the meeting was to have taken place have been isolated," police spokesman Pierre Mwanamputu said in a statemen
  
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• Klopp happy despite Liverpool's rare blank day

  19-11-2016 20:39
  So many goals fly in, often at both ends, during Liverpool matches that a scoreless 90 minutes against Southampton came as an unexpected shock, although Juergen Klopp was happy enough with the point that kept his side top of the Premier League. Normal goal service may resume against Sunderland at Anfield next week, although Liverpool will again be without Adam Lallana, the player who might have made a difference at a rainswept St Mary's on Saturday. Klopp said Lallana was expected to miss "two o
  
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• Murray digs deep to down Raonic and reach London final

  19-11-2016 20:38
  By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - Outplayed at times and running on empty, Andy Murray survived another marathon match to beat Milos Raonic 5-7 7-6(5) 7-6(9) in a nerve-jangling semi-final thriller at the ATP World Tour Finals on Saturday. Big-serving Raonic had a match point in the final exchanges of a spellbinding three hour 38 minute battle of wills but like world number one Murray's last 23 opponents found the Briton an impossible riddle to solve. Murray looked out on his feet at times but
  
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• Rooney slams 'disgraceful' treatment over photos

  19-11-2016 20:31
  Wayne Rooney believes he was the victim of "disgraceful" treatment following the publication of photos that showed him socialising at England's team hotel when on international duty last weekend. The England and Manchester United captain said he was shown a "lack of respect" by the media after he joined in a wedding party in between the matches against Scotland and Spain. Rooney received criticism in some quarters, and backing in others, after the photos were sold to a newspaper and he ended up
  
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• Last-gasp Laidlaw penalty gives Scotland 19-16 win over Pumas

  19-11-2016 20:07
  A penalty after the hooter by Greig Laidlaw gave Scotland a last-gasp 19-16 win over Argentina in a fiercely contested test at Murrayfield on Saturday. Argentina breached the Scottish line 10 minutes into the second half when centre Matias Orlando chased and caught Juan Martin Hernandez’s measured cross kick and ran round to touch down under the posts. Scotland hit back within four minutes to level at 13-13 when winger Sean Maitland scored in the corner from Huw Jones’s fine run and
  
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• Triumphant Toure return delights Guardiola

  19-11-2016 20:04
  Yaya Toure demonstrated that it is never too late to say sorry as he made such a triumphant return to the Manchester City fold on Saturday which made his manager Pep Guardiola feel as if he had almost signed a brand new player. Toure, left out of the team for three months in an unseemly stand-off between him, Guardiola and the player's agent Dimitri Seluk, was welcomed back from exile and celebrated his shock recall with both goals in City's 2-1 win at Crystal Palace. It was an emotional return
  
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• Labour proposes jail for software-using ticket touts

  19-11-2016 19:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Tom Watson accuses government of failing music and sports fans over ‘industrial-scale market abuse’ involving botsTouts who use automated software to bulk-buy thousands of concert tickets for resale at a profit would face prison sentences under new proposals from the Labour party. Related: How the ticket touts get away with bleeding fans dryContinue reading...
  
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• Trump meets former rival Romney, a possible contender as top diplomat

  19-11-2016 19:57
  By Steve Holland BEDMINSTER, N.J. (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump and 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney set aside their long-simmering rivalry on Saturday and sat down for talks that could include whether Romney should serve as Trump's secretary of state. "Mr. President-elect, how are you sir?" Romney said in greeting Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence on his arrival at Trump's golf resort in Bedminster, New Jersey. Romney was the first in a long list of people Tru
  
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• Tories trusted on economy by twice as many voters as Labour – poll

  19-11-2016 19:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Opinium/Observer survey reveals just 18% of voters would trust Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell with the public financesMore than twice as many people trust Theresa May and Philip Hammond to run the economy than Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell, according to a new poll on the eve of the autumn statement.Just 18% of voters would trust the Labour leadership to manage the public finances, the findings of the Opinium/Observer poll show, compared with 44% who have faith in the prime minister and chan
  
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• John McDonnell backs revamp of Buckingham Palace as petition grows

  19-11-2016 19:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Shadow chancellor says ‘national monument’ must be repaired but petition calls for royal family to pay £369m bill
  The shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, has backed the publicly funded £369m refurbishment of Buckingham Palace.The republican Labour MP declared the Queen’s main residence a national monument and said no government would allow it to fall into disrepair. Continue reading...
  
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• Polish teachers and parents protest against education reform

  19-11-2016 19:35
  Thousands of Polish teachers and parents marched through the streets of Warsaw on Saturday to protest against planned education reforms which they fear will bring chaos to schools. The ruling party's popularity remains high thanks to higher welfare spending but its efforts to assert control of state institutions have deeply split Polish society and raised European Union fears about an erosion of Polish democracy and media freedoms. "We want to protest against the chaos, confusion and dismantling
  
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• Injury-hit PSG warm up for Arsenal with Ligue 1 win

  19-11-2016 19:34
  Paris St Germain suffered a double injury scare as they warmed up for their Champions League clash at Arsenal with a 2-0 home win against Nantes in Ligue 1 on Saturday. Angel Di Maria netted the first goal, his first in Ligue 1 this season, in the first half before limping off with a suspected thigh muscle injury before Jese wrapped up the win with a late penalty. Di Maria's Argentine compatriot, Javier Pastore, who came on as a late replacement for his first appearance since suffering a calf in
  
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• Holloway makes winning start in eventful game at QPR

  19-11-2016 19:26
  Ian Holloway's second spell in charge of Queens Park Rangers got off to a frenetic start with a missed penalty and sending-off after two minutes in an eventful 2-1 Championship victory at home to Norwich City on Saturday. The drama began when visiting left back Martin Olsson was dismissed for handling on the line and Tjaronn Chery blasted the spot kick wide. Goals from Conor Washington and Sebastian Polter eventually saw mid-table Rangers home as sixth-placed Norwich, who replied through Steven
  
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• The Latest: Romney arrives for private meeting with Trump

  19-11-2016 19:13
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• Opponents say barring pot use in Denver businesses unwise

  19-11-2016 19:11
  Opponents of a state ruling that would prevent bars and many restaurants in Denver from offering on-site marijuana consumption said the ruling would overturn a law approved by voters and force people to ...
  
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• The Latest: Obama on jobs and trade

  19-11-2016 19:09
  
  The Latest on President Barack Obama's final official foreign trip (all times local): 1 p.m. President Barack Obama is emphasizing opportunities to create jobs as he meets with leaders of countries involved ...
  
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• England's options growing by the week

  19-11-2016 19:06
  By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) - England coach Eddie Jones knows that to win a World Cup a team needs real strength in depth, so he was delighted by the contributions of a number of fringe players in Saturday's 58-15 victory over Fiji. A match England were always likely to win gave Jones the chance to look at some new faces and shuffle some positions and, much like his entire year in charge, everything he tried seemed to come off. Four players scored their first international tries as Englan
  
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• Higher borrowing is key for Britain’s budget

  19-11-2016 18:59
  The chancellor has an opportunity to rebuild the UK’s infrastructure at low cost
  
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• Trump to meet Romney, a sharp critic in campaign

  19-11-2016 18:55
  
  BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is filling his Twitter feed like the campaigner of old even while racing to fill senior positions in his administration.
  
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• Sensational Toure return sees Man City join Liverpool on top

  19-11-2016 18:50
  By Ian Chadband LONDON (Reuters) - Yaya Toure returned to the Manchester City ranks on Saturday after his public apology to manager Pep Guardiola and scored both goals in a 2-1 win at Crystal Palace to lift them back to the top of the Premier League alongside leaders Liverpool. While Liverpool's progress was checked with a goalless draw at Southampton, City clambered back level with the Reds on 27 points thanks to the double from old favourite Toure, whose stand-off with Guardiola was quickly fo
  
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• Labour's McDonnell backs £369m Buckingham Palace repairs

  19-11-2016 18:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shadow chancellor John McDonnell says he supports the £369m taxpayer-funded restoration of Buckingham Palace.
  
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• Republican John McDonnell Backs Publicly-Funded £370m Restoration Of Buckingham Palace

  19-11-2016 18:41
  
  Republican shadow chancellor John McDonnell has backed the publicly-funded £370 million restoration of Buckingham Palace.
  The Labour left-winger declared the Queen’s main residence a “national monument” and said no government would allow it to fall into disrepair.
  And he indicated that when he was recently inducted into the Privy Council he kneeled before the monarch, despite previous suggestions that he would not.
  On Buckingham Palace, Mr McDonnell told Matt Frei on LBC
  
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• Anichebe at the double as Sunderland win again

  19-11-2016 18:28
  SUNDERLAND 3 HULL CITY 0 Nov 19 (Reuters) - Two goals from Victor Anichebe and another from Jermain Defoe gave Sunderland a deserved 3-0 win over fellow strugglers Hull City as David Moyes' side registered back-to-back wins for only the third time in 2016. Anichebe, who netted his first goal in 546 days against Bournemouth last time out, grabbed two more in 22 minutes after Defoe had opened the scoring from a Duncan Watmore knockdown with his 150th Premier League strike.
  
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• Egypt jails journalists' union chief, two others for two years

  19-11-2016 18:23
  By Mohamed Abdellah and Amina Ismail CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court sentenced the head of the journalists' union and two board members to two years in prison on Saturday for harbouring colleagues wanted by the law and spreading false news, judicial sources and their lawyer said. Amnesty International condemned the sentences as "a new stage of a crackdown on media and freedom of expression". The verdict comes amid efforts by Egyptian authorities to quell rising dissent against army gene
  
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• Last-gasp Coleman denies Swansea's Bradley first win

  19-11-2016 18:22
  LONDON - EVERTON 1 SWANSEA CITY 1 Just when Bob Bradley thought Swansea had secured their first win under his management, Seamus Coleman produced an 89th-minute header to give Everton a deserved 1-1 draw at Goodison Park. Bradley made eight changes in a bid to kickstart his side's spluttering season and when Gylfi Sigurdsson scored from the penalty spot, after having been brought down by Phil Jagielka in the 41st minute, it was the first time they had even led under the American. ...
  
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• Wales survive huge scare to edge Japan 33-30

  19-11-2016 18:14
  Replacement flyhalf Sam Davies's last-gasp drop goal gave Wales a 33-30 win over a feisty Japan side in a thrilling test at the Principality stadium on Saturday. Wales were given a big fright when replacement back Amanaki Lotoahea raced down the right wing for a try which flyhalf Yu Tamura converted to put the 2019 World Cup hosts level at 30-30 with five minutes remaining. The Welsh were indebted to 15 points from the boot of Leigh Halfpenny as they were never allowed a breather by a Japan side
  
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