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• Trump order on refugees, Muslims sparks confusion, worry

  28-01-2017 23:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Confusion, worry and outrage grew Saturday as President Donald Trump's crackdown on refugees and citizens from seven majority-Muslim countries took effect. Airlines blocked people traveling to the United States, legal challenges were underway and doubts abounded about whether the order would make America safer.
  
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• Senegal's Mane misses in shoot-out as Cameroon reach Nations Cup last four

  28-01-2017 23:40
  Senegal's Sadio Mane missed the vital spot-kick in a shoot-out as Cameroon produced a smash-and-grab performance to win 5-4 on penalties following a 0-0 draw in their African Nations Cup quarter-final on Saturday. A pulsating match produced a host of chances, mostly for a dominant Senegal, but no goals as a combination of poor finishing and some excellent goalkeeping meant the tie had to be decided by a shoot-out. The first eight penalties were scored but Liverpool's Mane saw his tame effort bea
  
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• Middle Eastern immigrants to U.S. confront upended lives

  28-01-2017 23:39
  By Yeganeh Torbati WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Families, students, engineers and doctors from across the Middle East who have made the United States their home on Saturday found themselves potentially uprooting established lives, after President Donald Trump this week curtailed immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries. The countries – Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Libya, and Somalia – together sent around 86,000 visitors to the United States in 2015, according to Department of
  
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• Trump ban causes U.S. immigration chaos, draws fury of Muslims, Iran

  28-01-2017 23:33
  By Jeff Mason and Jonathan Allen WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's most far reaching action since taking office plunged America's immigration system into chaos on Saturday, not only for refugees but for legal U.S. residents who were turned away at airports and feared being stranded outside the country. Immigration lawyers and advocates worked through the night trying to help stranded travellers find a way back home. Lawyers in New York sued to block the order, saying many
  
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• Trump sets 5-year and lifetime lobbying ban for officials

  28-01-2017 23:31
  
  President Donald Trump acted Saturday to fulfill a key portion of his pledge to "drain the swamp" in Washington, banning administration officials from ever lobbying the U.S. on behalf of a foreign ...
  
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• Trump says new order on refugees is not a Muslim ban

  28-01-2017 23:31
  President Donald Trump said on Saturday his executive order curbing immigration into the United States was not a ban on Muslims and was working out well. "It's not a Muslim ban," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office at the White House. You see it at the airports, you see it all over." The new Republican president on Friday put a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the United States and temporarily barred travellers from Syria and six other Muslim-majority countries.
  
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• Donald Trump And Theresa May's Hand-Holding Was Mere Act Of 'Chivalry' - No.10

  28-01-2017 23:31
  
  Donald Trump and Theresa May’s hand-holding in the White House was a “chivalrous” act by the new President, Downing Street has declared.
  The eye-catching photo of the Prime Minister and Trump, which flashed around the world and dominated British newspaper front pages, was simply his attempt to steady her on her feet as they walked down a ramp, No.10 said.
  The awkward moment, followed by the President patting May’s hand in his, sparked suggestions that he was overstepping
  
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• Princes William and Harry say they will erect statue to late mother Princess Diana

  28-01-2017 23:17
  By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Prince William and his younger brother Harry have commissioned a statue in honour of their mother Princess Diana who died in a Paris car crash 20 years ago to be erected outside their official London home, their office said on Saturday. Diana, the first wife of the brother's father the heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles, was killed when the limousine carrying her and her lover Dodi al-Fayed crashed in a Paris tunnel in August 1997. William was 15 and Harry was
  
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• Putin and Trump agree to try to rebuild U.S.-Russia ties, cooperate in Syria

  28-01-2017 23:12
  By Andrew Osborn and Alexander Winning MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to try to rebuild U.S. Russia ties and to cooperate in Syria, the Kremlin said on Saturday, after the two men spoke for the first time since Trump's inauguration. U.S.-Russia relations hit a post-Cold War low under the Barack Obama administration and Trump has made clear he wants a rapprochement with Moscow if he can get along with Putin, who says he is also keen to m
  
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• Trump's order aimed at terrorists sparks confusion, worry

  28-01-2017 22:54
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Confusion, worry and outrage grew Saturday as President Donald Trump's crackdown on refugees and citizens from seven majority-Muslim country took effect. Airlines blocked people traveling to the United States, legal challenges were underway and doubts abounded about whether the order would make America safer.
  
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• Canada's Trudeau welcomes refugees, airline rejects U.S.-bound passenger

  28-01-2017 22:38
  By David Ljunggren and Anna Mehler Paperny OTTAWA/TORONTO (Reuters) - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed those fleeing war and persecution on Saturday even as Canadian airlines said they would turn back U.S.-bound passengers to comply with an immigration ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries. A day after U.S. President Donald Trump put a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the United States and temporarily barred travellers from the seven countries, Trudeau said in a tweet
  
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• Russian whistleblower Stepanova makes slow return

  28-01-2017 22:36
  By Ted Siefer BOSTON (Reuters) - Russian whistleblower Yulia Stepanova made a sluggish return to international indoor athletics, finishing last in an 800 metres at the Boston Indoor Grand Prix on Saturday. The former Russian national team member's time of 2 minutes, 5.14 seconds was more than three seconds off American Charlene Lipsey's winning performance in the opening leg of the IAAF world indoor tour. Stepanova placed seventh, 0.24 seconds out of sixth.
  
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• Willy takes one game at a time in City's Cup run

  28-01-2017 22:35
  By Rex Gowar LONDON (Reuters) - Wearing the number 13 jersey for Manchester City could be seen as underlining Willy Caballero’s status as the Premier League side’s reserve goalkeeper. City were comfortable 3-0 winners at Crystal Palace in the FA Cup fourth round on Saturday, but only after Caballero made a reflex save to push away Palace’s first chance on target midway through the first half with the score 0-0. “It’s happening to us a lot that the team dominates, ha
  
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• Trump, Putin discuss 'mutually beneficial' trade, security

  28-01-2017 22:33
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Will President Donald Trump usher in a new era for U.S.-Russian relations, or are the two powers going to continue down the path as geopolitical foes?
  
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• U.S. companies scramble to cope with 7-country immigration ban

  28-01-2017 22:30
  U.S. companies scrambled on Saturday to cope with the fallout from President Trump's executive order on immigration, with Google urgently calling back employees from overseas and companies rushing to provide legal advice and assistance. Trump's order bars citizens of seven countries from entering the United States even if they hold valid visas or permanent residence permits, a move that caught many companies off-guard. Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in an email to staff that more than 100 Google
  
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• France's Hollande warns Trump against protectionism

  28-01-2017 22:24
  French President Francois Hollande on Saturday warned U.S. President Donald Trump against taking a protectionist approach, which he said would have economic and political consequences. "In an unstable and uncertain world, turning inward would be a dead-end," Hollande told Trump in their first official telephone conversation, according to a statement from the president's office. The French president told Trump, who has expressed skepticism about international organisations, that France was commit
  
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• Trump's call for deadlier Islamic State push may hit limits

  28-01-2017 22:20
  By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order calling for a military plan to defeat Islamic State, expected in the coming week, is likely to see the Pentagon revisiting options for a more aggressive use of firepower and American troops. In a briefing with reporters on Saturday, a senior administration official said Trump would soon sign the executive order asking the joint chiefs of staff to give him a plan in 30 days for defeating Islamic State, fulfi
  
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• In Middle East, U.S. travel curbs decried as unjust, insulting

  28-01-2017 22:07
  By Eric Knecht and Maher Chmaytelli CAIRO/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Arabs and Iranians planning U.S. trips reacted with fury on Saturday to new American travel curbs they said were insulting and discriminatory, as five Iraqis and a Yemeni were stopped from boarding a New York-bound flight in Cairo. In some of seven Muslim-majority countries affected by the restrictions, would-be travellers preparing family visits, work trips or seeking to escape war reported chaotic disruption to their plans. Iran, on
  
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• Yemen 'dismayed' by Trump's immigration order - official

  28-01-2017 22:06
  (Reuters) - Yemen is "dismayed" by U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to temporarily ban its citizens from travelling to the United States, saying that the country was a victim of attacks itself, an official said on Saturday. "We are dismayed by the decision to unilaterally ban, even for only a month, travel to the United States for people holding Yemeni passports," said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity. Yemen is one of seven Muslim-majority countries affected by a Trump's 90
  
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• Canada PM tweets welcome to refugees as Trump puts hold on arrivals

  28-01-2017 22:06
  OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Saturday Canadians would welcome those fleeing persecution, terror and war, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump put a four-month hold on allowing refugees from seven Muslim-majority countries into the United States. "To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith. Diversity is our strength #WelcomeToCanada," the prime minister tweeted on Saturday. (Reporting by Andrea Hopki
  
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• Trump, Merkel agree NATO members must pay fair share

  28-01-2017 22:03
  German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed on the fundamental importance of the NATO alliance and that all NATO members must pay a fair share for their collective security, the two leaders said in a joint statement on Saturday. Trump and Merkel spoke by telephone on Saturday about issues including the Middle East, North Africa, their ties to Russia and the conflict in eastern Ukraine, a German government spokesman said, in a statement approved by both countries.
  
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• The Latest: Trump and Merkel agree on importance of NATO

  28-01-2017 21:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• Putin, Trump, in 'positive' call, say want to cooperate in Syria - Kremlin

  28-01-2017 21:51
  Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump said in a "positive" phone call on Saturday they favoured their two countries cooperating in Syria to defeat Islamic State, the Kremlin said in a statement. In an eagerly awaited phone call, the first since Trump's inauguration, the two men stressed the importance of restoring economic ties between the two countries and of stabilising relations, the Kremlin said. U.S.-Russia relations had hit a post-Cold War low under Barack Obama
  
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• Hollande calls on Europe to stand up to Trump

  28-01-2017 21:50
  ‘Club Med’ summit calls for greater economic convergence within the EU
  
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• François Hollande calls on Europe to stand up to Donald Trump

  28-01-2017 21:50
  ‘Club Med’ summit calls for greater economic convergence within the EU
  
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• Stoke and Copeland by-elections will test Labour’s vote

  28-01-2017 21:32
  
  Ukip or the Tories could capture seats, thanks to Brexit and Jeremy Corbyn
  
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• In Turkey visit, May pushes trade, mentions human rights

  28-01-2017 21:32
  By Elizabeth Piper and Tulay Karadeniz ANKARA (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May signed a $125 million (£100 million) fighter jet deal with Turkey on Saturday and briefly cautioned Ankara on human rights following last year's failed coup, in a visit squarely aimed at boosting trade between the NATO allies. May, in Turkey a day after meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, avoided criticising his sweeping ban on people from certain countries seeking refuge in the
  
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• Has Jeremy Corbyn ended Labour unity with article 50 whip?

  28-01-2017 21:30
  
  In cities such as Liverpool there is growing disillusionment with the Labour leader’s stance on EuropeLast August, as Jeremy Corbyn’s ill-tempered leadership contest with Owen Smith crawled towards its inevitable conclusion, a crowd of 10,000 people gathered outside St George’s Hall, in Liverpool’s city centre, to hear the embattled Labour leader speak from the top of a fire engine. It was an extraordinary show of support for a leader whose apparently lukewarm opposition
  
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• Syrian family with U.S. visas denied boarding Paris-Atlanta flight - Lebanese airport sources

  28-01-2017 21:16
  A Syrian family with visas to travel to the United States was prevented from boarding a flight bound from Paris to Atlanta on Saturday, and returned to their departure airport of Beirut, Lebanese airport sources said. The family had travelled from Beirut to Paris overnight where they waited for their U.S.-bound journey, the sources said.
  
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• Trump immigration curbs cause worldwide chaos, panic, anger

  28-01-2017 21:15
  By Yeganeh Torbati and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's most far reaching action since taking office plunged America's immigration system into chaos on Saturday, not only for refugees but for legal U.S. residents who were turned away at airports and feared being stranded outside the country. Immigration lawyers and advocates worked through the night trying to help stranded travelers find a way back home. Lawyers in New York sued to block the order, saying many people
  
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• 'Case by case' approach for U.S. green card holders under Trump's new order

  28-01-2017 21:11
  By Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. green card holders from Syria and six other Muslim-majority countries travelling outside the United States need to check with a U.S. consulate to see whether they can return, senior U.S. administration officials said on Saturday. New restrictions on immigrants and refugees in an executive order signed by President Donald Trump will mean legal permanent residents who have passports from the seven countries have to be cleared back into
  
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• Wolves leave Liverpool reeling after Cup shock, Spurs scrape through

  28-01-2017 21:08
  By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - Liverpool sank deeper into their mid-season rut when Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers claimed a deserved 2-1 FA Cup fourth-round victory at Anfield as the competition lived up to its reputation for shocks on Saturday. Goals by Richard Stearman and Andreas Weimann proved enough for Wolves, 18th in the second tier, to inflict a third home defeat in a week on Juergen Klopp's faltering side who managed only one win in eight matches in January. Fourth-tier
  
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• Bayern beat Werder for record 13th straight time

  28-01-2017 21:07
  Bayern Munich edged past Werder Bremen 2-1 on Saturday for a Bundesliga record 13th consecutive win over them to stay three points clear at the top of the table. Bayern, who face Arsenal in the Champions League knockout stage on Feb. 15, never hit top form but are now on 45 points with promoted RB Leipzig on 42 after they ended Hoffenheim's unbeaten run this season with a 2-1 win. Dutchman Arjen Robben drilled in after 30 minutes for Bayern following a spectacular run down the wing from Franck R
  
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• Syria refugees see dream of better life crushed by Trump ban

  28-01-2017 21:02
  
  AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Syrian refugee Ammar Sawan took a first hopeful step toward moving to the United States last fall, submitting to an initial security screening.
  
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• Grassroots Labour supporters revolt against Jeremy Corbyn over Brexit

  28-01-2017 21:00
  
  Letter signed by 2,000 members causes more strife for party leader after high-profile resignations from frontbench over article 50
  Jeremy Corbyn is facing a serious revolt by grassroots Labour supporters who backed him to be leader as the party’s crisis over Brexit escalates rapidly.With more members of Corbyn’s frontbench considering resigning – shadow Welsh secretary Jo Stevens became the first to quit the shadow cabinet on Friday – the rebellion is now spreading among
  
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• Britain, Turkey sign defense deal to develop Turkish fighter jet

  28-01-2017 20:40
  Britain and Turkey signed a defense deal worth more than 100 million pounds on Saturday to develop Turkish fighter jets, opening the way to deeper cooperation over the lifetime of the project. In Ankara to strengthen ties with Turkey as she navigates Britain's departure from the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May hailed the deal, saying it showed "that Britain is a great, global, trading nation and that we are open for business". The deal, announced by May and Turkish Prime Minister Bina
  
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• The Gentle Anarchy of the Park Ranger

  28-01-2017 20:24
  Probably the first AltParks project started in 1919, just three years after President Woodrow Wilson signed a law creating the National Park Service to oversee what were then 14 parks, including Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Glacier. Robert Sterling Yard, a Princeton-educated veteran of the New York Sun and Scribner’s, was running the new service’s public-education wing, where he produced publicity praising the parks as the nation’s “gallery of masterpieces” and &ldquo
  
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• May faces criticism for failing to condemn Trump’s Muslim migrant ban

  28-01-2017 20:22
  Prime minister appears reluctant to damage newly-forged relationship with US president
  
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• May faces criticism for failing to condemn Trump’s Moslem migrant ban

  28-01-2017 20:22
  Prime minister appears reluctant to damage newly-forged relationship with US president
  
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• Iraqis with U.S. ties are first to sue over Trump immigration order

  28-01-2017 20:07
  By David Ingram and Mica Rosenberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - An initial volley in a potential barrage of legal challenges to President Donald Trump's new restrictions on immigration came on Saturday on behalf of two Iraqis with ties to U.S. security forces who were detained at New York's JFK Airport. In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, the men are challenging the directive on constitutional grounds.
  
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• The Knights of Malta-Vatican feud: a tale of chivalry and sovereignty

  28-01-2017 20:02
  By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - On the afternoon of Jan. 24, a black BMW pulled out of a 16th century palace in Rome, crossed the Tiber River and headed for the Vatican, a short trip to end a brazen challenge to the authority of Pope Francis. Inside the car was 67-year-old Englishman Matthew Festing, the head of an ancient Catholic order of knights which is now a worldwide charity with a unique diplomatic status. Festing was about to resign, the first leader in several centuries of t
  
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• Factbox - Who are the Knights of Malta?

  28-01-2017 19:58
  The Knights of Malta, an ancient Catholic order which operates as global charity, has its headquarters on one of Rome's most exclusive streets, the cobble-stoned Via Condotti where red-and-white flags bearing the Maltese Cross fly above the entrance. The leadership of the order -- formally, the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta -- has been locked in a battle with the Vatican for the past two months. Here are some facts about the order: - The K
  
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• France's Hollande warns of U.S. 'populism' to Europe

  28-01-2017 19:44
  By Axel Bugge LISBON (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande said on Saturday the new U.S. government was encouraging "populism and even extremism", as he and fellow southern European leaders urged unity to face an increasingly uncertain world. "We have to stand together in Europe," Hollande said during the meeting in Lisbon. "What is at stake is populism.
  
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• Republican lawmakers worry if 'Trumpcare' doesn't deliver

  28-01-2017 19:39
  Republican lawmakers are fearful about the potential political fallout if their eventual replacement of President Barack Obama's health law doesn't deliver, and they didn't hold back at their recent policy ...
  
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• President Trump's Muslim Refugee Ban Is Already Ruining Lives

  28-01-2017 18:57
  
  Despite only being signed a matter of hours ago, President Trump’s executive order banning US entry for refugees from seven Muslim-majority countries is already having life-changing consequences.
  There are multiple reports of refugees being detained or turned away at American airports.
  Even green-card holders, legal permanent US residents, are being denied entry back into the country.The ban on those from Syria is indefinite while that affecting Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and
  
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• Former National winner Many Clouds dies after race

  28-01-2017 18:46
  Former Grand National winner Many Clouds collapsed and died after winning a race at Cheltenham on Saturday. The 10-year-old horse crossed the line first in the Cotswold Chase at Cheltenham's Festival Trials Day but collapsed shortly afterwards and was pronounced dead by veterinary staff. Many Clouds, owned by Trevor Hemmings, won the 2015 Grand National and Gold Cup trial and the Hennessy Gold Cup in 2014.
  
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• British PM May visits Turkey, reaches $125M fighter jet deal

  28-01-2017 18:33
  
  Turkey and Britain signed a deal to jointly build fighter jets during Prime Minister Theresa May's visit to Ankara on Saturday, even as the British leader called on Turkey's government to uphold democracy ...
  
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• Trump's refugee ban no solution to problems, Turkey PM says

  28-01-2017 18:28
  President Donald Trump's sweeping ban on people seeking refuge in the United States is no solution to problems, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Saturday, adding that Western countries should do more to help ease Turkey's refugee burden. The new Republican president on Friday put a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the United States and temporarily barred travellers from Syria and six other Muslim-majority countries, although NATO ally Turkey was not among them.
  
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• The Latest: Trump, Putin are holding closely watched call

  28-01-2017 18:24
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• Iran says to ban U.S. visitors in retaliation to Trump move

  28-01-2017 18:18
  Iran said on Saturday it would stop U.S. citizens entering the country in retaliation to Washington's visa ban against Tehran and six other majority-Muslim countries announced by new U.S. President Donald Trump. "While respecting the American people and distinguishing between them and the hostile policies of the U.S. government, Iran will implement the principle of reciprocity until the offensive U.S. limitations against Iranian nationals are lifted," a Foreign Ministry statement said.
  
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