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• Donald Trump nominates Callista Gingrich, wife of Newt Gingrich, as ambassador to the Vatican

  21-05-2017 23:37 via yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump has nominated Callista Gingrich, wife of former House Speaker and fervent Trump ally Newt Gingrich, to serve as ambassador to the Vatican.The White House announced the nomination the same day Mr Trump left for his first trip overseas as president, during which he will stop at the Vatican for an audience with the Pope.Some in Washington hope Ms Gingrich will be able to patch up relations between the president and the pontiff, who engaged in a war of words over Mr Trump’s propos
  
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• Biden: It's time for America to regain unity and purpose

  21-05-2017 23:30 via yahoo.com
  
  WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden gave assurances Sunday that the country's current divisiveness brought on by a presidential election that "churned up some of the ugliest realities" of society will be temporary.
  
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• Newt Gingrich repeats Seth Rich conspiracy theory in Fox appearance

  21-05-2017 22:48 via yahoo.com
  
  Newt Gingrich introduces Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Florida last year.A prominent ally of Donald Trump suggested on Sunday that the special counsel appointed to investigate alleged links between the president’s aides and Russia should instead focus on the murder last year of a young Democratic staffer, Seth Rich, which has become the focus of conspiracy theorists.In an appearance on Fox and Friends less than two days after his wife was proposed as ambassador to the Holy See, N
  
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• Contradictions add up during Trump's Saudi visit

  21-05-2017 22:40 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump railed against President Barack Obama for failing to utter the words "radical Islamic terrorism." He accused the foundation run by Bill and Hillary Clinton of corruption for accepting charitable contributions from Saudi Arabia and chastised first lady Michelle Obama for not covering her head during a visit to the Kingdom.
  
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• 7 Burning ‘Agents Of SHIELD’ Questions For Season 5

  21-05-2017 22:36 via yahoo.com
  
  “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” Season 5 has so many questions to answer about Coulson and the team.
  
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• Bomb attack on Syrian Islamist rebel group kills 20: Observatory

  21-05-2017 22:33 via yahoo.com
  
  A bomb attack claimed by Islamic State killed more than 20 Syrian insurgents at a headquarters for the powerful Islamist Ahrar al-Sham group on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said.Two blasts hit the base in a village east of Saraqeb in Idlib province, the British-based Observatory reported.Ahrar al-Sham said in a statement a lone attacker had driven a motorbike up to the building, detonating explosives attached to himself and a bomb on the bike at the same time,
  
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• Trump urges Muslim leaders to confront extremism

  21-05-2017 22:30 via yahoo.com
  
  US President Donald Trump on Sunday urged Muslim leaders to take a stand against violence committed in the name of religion, describing the struggle against extremism as a "battle between good and evil".In a highly anticipated speech to dozens of leaders of Muslim countries in Saudi Arabia, Trump lashed out at Iran and softened his tone on Islam by rejecting the idea of a battle between religions.
  
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• Trump lavishes praise on Saudis, but silent on human rights

  21-05-2017 22:23 via yahoo.com
  
  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — As President Donald Trump opened his keynote address in Saudi Arabia, he lavished praise on the "magnificent" kingdom and "the grandeur of this remarkable place."
  
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• UN refugee chief urges Libya to free refugees and asylum seekers

  21-05-2017 22:10 via yahoo.com
  
  The head of the United Nations refugee agency on Sunday urged Libyan authorities to free all asylum seekers and refugees from its detention centres as he visited Tripoli."I hope first of all that asylum seekers and refugees can be taken out of detention centres," UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said after visiting one centre in the Libyan capital.Thousands of migrants are being held in dozens of detention centres in Libya, after being stopped or rescued from rickety boats as the
  
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• Babysitter Charged After Children, 9 and 6 Years Old, Take Her Car And Crash It

  21-05-2017 22:09 via yahoo.com
  
  They also found drugs in the car.
  
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• China warns Taiwan of continued lockout from WHO assembly

  21-05-2017 22:03 via yahoo.com
  
  GENEVA (AP) — China's health minister has all but slammed the door on any more participation for Taiwan at the World Health Organization's annual assembly until the island's government accepts the "One China" principle.
  
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• Brooding Iran hardliners say they must still be heard after Rouhani win

  21-05-2017 22:00 via yahoo.com
  
  By Bozorgmehr SharafedinLONDON (Reuters) - Iranian hardliners indignant at President Hassan Rouhani's re-election vowed on Sunday to press their conservative agenda, with some saying his caustic campaign trail attacks on their candidate would bring a backlash.Rouhani won decisively with 57 percent of the vote on Friday, with promises of more engagement with the outside world, more economic opportunities for Iran’s youth, as well as social justice, individual freedoms and political toleranc
  
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• Mother from Peru granted stay from deportation

  21-05-2017 21:48 via yahoo.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — A mother of two children who sought sanctuary at a Quaker meeting house in Denver to avoid U.S. immigration authorities has been granted a temporary stay from deportation.
  
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• UAE minister sees chance for Iran to reset 'troubled' ties with neighbors

  21-05-2017 21:44 via yahoo.com
  
  A senior United Arab Emirates official said on Sunday the re-election of moderate Iranian President Hassan Rouhani could be a chance for Tehran to reset "its troubled relations" with its neighbors.Relations between Gulf Arab states, including the UAE, have been strained over fears that Tehran was interfering in their affairs, including in Syria and Yemen, fomenting unrest and sectarian tensions.Tehran denies these allegations.
  
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• Netanyahu says Jerusalem 'always Israel's capital'

  21-05-2017 21:24 via yahoo.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Jerusalem will always be the capital of the Jewish state, speaking ahead of a visit by US President Donald Trump."Tonight, I say to the whole world and in the clearest way possible, Jerusalem was and will always be the capital of Israel," Netanyahu said in front of thousands of concert-goers.The Western Wall is the last remnant of the supporting wall of the second Jewish temple, built by King Herod and destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD
  
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• Mike Pence hit by student walk-out at Notre Dame graduation

  21-05-2017 21:11 via yahoo.com
  
  More than 100 students and their family members have walked out of Vice President Mike Pence’s commencement speech at Notre Dame University in protest over his stance on LGBTQ issues and refugees.Mr Pence, who was born not far from the northern Indiana campus, addressed the graduating class on Sunday.Brian Ricketts, one of the group’s leaders and a former Notre Dame student body president, told IndyStar that many students were “upset and hurt” by the decision to invite Mr
  
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• Israeli minister expresses concern over U.S.-Saudi arms deal

  21-05-2017 20:43 via yahoo.com
  
  Israel expressed muted concern on Sunday to a major arms deal between the United States and Saudi Arabia announced a day earlier during the visit to the region by U.S. President Donald Trump.The central achievement of Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia wasnearly $110 billion in deals sealed on Saturday in which Riyadh will buy U.S. arms to help it counter Iran, with options running as high as $350 billion over 10 years.Although Israel also sees Iran as a threat to its security, it has a military adva
  
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• S. Africa risks becoming 'mafia state' warns Ramaphosa

  21-05-2017 20:20 via yahoo.com
  
  South Africa risks becoming a "mafia state", Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa warned Sunday, calling for a corruption probe at the top as he stepped up criticism of President Jacob Zuma.Ramaphosa is one of the main candidates to succeed Zuma as head of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) ahead of general elections expected in 2019.For some months he has been making attacks on the president, implicated in a series of corruption scandals, notably after a controversial reshuffle at the end o
  
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• Syria's third largest city Homs clear of opposition

  21-05-2017 20:16 via yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's government announced Sunday the country's third largest city Homs— once named the capital of the revolt against President Bashar Assad— had been cleared of armed opposition for the first time in more than five years. The announcement follows the completion of the evacuation of the last rebel-held neighborhood.
  
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• Syria regime regains total control of Homs city

  21-05-2017 20:11 via yahoo.com
  
  The Syrian regime on Sunday regained total control of the central city of Homs with the evacuation of rebels from the last area they had controlled.This latest setback is mostly symbolic, however, as most of the rebels had been driven out of Homs in 2014 after two years of bombardment and stifling siege."The last bus (with evacuees on board) has left the Waer neighbourhood," Homs provincial governor Talal Barazi told AFP.
  
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• Graduates walk out on Pence at Notre Dame commencement

  21-05-2017 20:09 via yahoo.com
  
  SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Dozens of graduates and family members silently stood and walked out Sunday as Vice President Mike Pence began his address at Notre Dame's commencement ceremony.
  
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• Turkey's ruling party elects President Erdogan as leader

  21-05-2017 20:07 via yahoo.com
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan returned as leader of Turkey's ruling party Sunday, pushing back criticism that his tenure has curtailed freedoms and polarized the country as he vowed to serve the nation and combat terror.
  
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• Trump's FBI comments to Russians were aimed at cooperation: aides

  21-05-2017 20:06 via yahoo.com
  
  By Ginger Gibson and Julia HarteWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump raised the firing of the FBI director in a meeting with Russia's foreign minister to explain why he had been unable to find areas of cooperation with Moscow, two top administration officials said on Sunday."The gist of the conversation was that the president feels as if he is hamstrung in his ability to work with Russia to find areas of cooperation because this has been obviously so much in the news," National Sec
  
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• Dad And Son Graduate College Together: 'It Was Really Emotional'

  21-05-2017 20:02 via yahoo.com
  
  They both received bachelor's degrees.
  
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• NASA plans emergency space walk on International Space Station

  21-05-2017 19:44 via yahoo.com
  
  By Irene KlotzCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (Reuters) - A pair of astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station as early as Tuesday for an emergency space walk to replace a failed computer, one of two that control major U.S. systems aboard the orbiting outpost, NASA said on Sunday.The primary device failed on Saturday, leaving the $100 billion orbiting laboratory to depend on a backup system to route commands to its solar power system, radiators, cooling loops and other equipment.The sta
  
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• North Korea tests another missile; Seoul says dashes hopes for peace

  21-05-2017 19:36 via yahoo.com
  
  By Ju-min ParkSEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired a ballistic missile into waters off its east coast on Sunday, its second missile test in a week, which South Korea said dashed the hopes of the South's new liberal government for peace between the neighbors.A South Korean military official said the missile appeared to be an upgraded, extended-range version of the North's solid-fuel submarine-launched missile.North Korea has defied all calls to rein in its nuclear and missile programs, even from C
  
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• Gunbattle kills 4 rebels, 3 Indian soldiers in Kashmir

  21-05-2017 19:21 via yahoo.com
  
  SRINAGAR, India (AP) — A two-day gun battle left four insurgents and three Indian soldiers dead close to a cease-fire line dividing troubled Kashmir between longtime rivals India and Pakistan, India's army said Sunday.
  
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• Some Notre Dame students walk out of commencement where Pence to speak

  21-05-2017 19:12 via yahoo.com
  
  Dozens of graduates left the university's graduation ceremony as Vice President Mike Pence took the podium.
  
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• Parents Arrested After Allegedly Forcing 5-Year-Old To Drink Mouthwash Because He Was Thirsty

  21-05-2017 19:02 via yahoo.com
  
  Their kids were reportedly abused all the time.
  
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• Dianne Feinstein: ‘Comey is in no way a nut job’

  21-05-2017 18:43 via yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Dianne Feinstein responded to reports that President Trump called former FBI Director James Comey a “nut job” on Sunday: “This is a horrible thing for a president to say.”
  
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• Over 100 students walked out of a commencement speech in protest of VP Mike Pence

  21-05-2017 18:36 via yahoo.com
  
  Vice President Mike Pence's commencement address to the University of Notre Dame Class of 2017 didn't go as smoothly as he probably would have liked it to, thanks to protesters who walked out as the vice president began his remarks.  The protest, which was organized by the University of Notre Dame student activist coalition We StaND For, saw over 100 students walking out of the commencement ceremony on Sunday afternoon to a few boos and a few cheers.  SEE ALSO: The most memorable prote
  
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• Egypt refers 48 Islamic State suspects to military court over church bombings

  21-05-2017 18:35 via yahoo.com
  
  Egypt referred 48 people to the country's military judiciary on Sunday for suspected involvement in three deadly church bombings and accused them of joining the militant group Islamic State.Egypt's Christian minority has come under attack in recent months.Two deadly church bombings in Alexandria and Tanta killed more than 45 people in April, months after a bombing near Cairo's Coptic Cathedral killed at least 25.
  
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• Humpback whale stuck in Ventura Harbor Marina finds way out

  21-05-2017 18:34 via yahoo.com
  
  A rescue operation was terminated Sunday morning for a large humpback whale that got stuck in the Ventura Harbor Marina.
  
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• HR McMaster refuses to say if Trump pressed Russia on election interference

  21-05-2017 18:27 via yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump’s national security adviser refused to say on Sunday whether the president used his recent Oval Office meeting with Russian officials to confront them about interference in the 2016 election.“Well you know, there already was too much that’s been leaked from those meetings,” HR McMaster said, in an appearance on ABC’s The Week.Trump reportedly did use the meeting to disparage the FBI director he fired the day before, James Comey, as a “nutjob&rdquo
  
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• Leaving the life: The final days of the Ringling Bros. circus

  21-05-2017 18:20 via yahoo.com
  
  An elephant stretches its trunk through a window to soothe a sick child. A woman gives birth and three months later is back performing on the high wire. A handler of big cats weeps as the beasts lope out of the ring for the last time.
  
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• Little women stand tall at Dubai fashion show

  21-05-2017 18:18 via yahoo.com
  
  Like all working mums, Colleen Theriault has her hands full with her four-year-old son and a full-time career as head baker at a patisserie in the US state of North Carolina.The International Dwarf Fashion Show, a non-profit organisation that aims to "reverse the discriminatory diktats of beauty", brought seven women with dwarfism to Dubai this week for a show dedicated to raising awareness about the need for more inclusivity in fashion."This is the farthest I've ever travelled, especially by my
  
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• Black politician ‘threatened with lynching’ after calling for Donald Trump's impeachment

  21-05-2017 18:01 via yahoo.com
  
  Democrat representative Al Green said he had been menaced with threatening phone calls after he took to the House floor to accuse Mr Trump of “obstruction of justice”.One caller reportedly threatened him with a racial slur before saying he would be “hanging from a tree” if he continues to push for Mr Trump’s impeachment.Mr Green was the first member of congress to call for Mr Trump’s impeachment on the House floor earlier this, citing the Republican leader&rsq
  
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• The Greatest Show on Earth to close after 146 years

  21-05-2017 18:00 via yahoo.com
  
  After 146 years, the curtain is coming down on “The Greatest Show on Earth.” The owner of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus told The Associated Press that the show will close forever in May.The iconic American spectacle was felled by a variety of factors, company executives say.Feld Entertainment said the circus’s existing animals — including lions, tigers, camels, donkeys, alpacas, kangaroos and llamas — will go to suitable homes following the show&
  
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• A Look at the Texas Border Town at Center of Nation’s Debate

  21-05-2017 17:38 via yahoo.com
  
  Of the 3,800 residents of El Cenizo, about 20 percent are undocumented. The town made national headlines this month when its mayor filed a lawsuit against the state to block a new law that bans so-called “sanctuary cities.”
  
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• China has 'killed or imprisoned at least a dozen US spies in two years'

  21-05-2017 17:36 via yahoo.com
  
  American officials, current and former FBI officials told The New York Times that one operative was allegedly shot and killed in front of his colleagues as a warning against spying.US officials described the losses as “one of the worst” intelligence breaches in decades, comparing it to the number of assets lost in the Soviet Union in the 1980s and 90s, when two prominent US assets worked as double agents for the Soviets.In 2010, American intelligence-gathering in China was said to be
  
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• Iran’s Pres. Rouhani Wins Re-Election in a Landslide

  21-05-2017 17:35 via yahoo.com
  
  With an astounding voter turnout of 74%, moderate Hassan Rouhani beat hard-liner Ibrahim Raisi by nearly 8 million votes. "The Iranian nation has chosen the path of interaction with the world."
  
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• Swiss vote for gradual nuclear phaseout, energy makeover

  21-05-2017 17:34 via yahoo.com
  
  A full 58.2 percent of Swiss voters supported the shift, according to a final tally after Sunday's referendum, with only four of the country's 26 cantons voting "no".The move has been in the making since shortly after Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant was destroyed in the March 2011 tsunami disaster, when the Swiss government decided to gradually close its nuclear plants.Sunday's vote paves the way for the government to gradually begin implementing the measures starting next January.
  
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• NBC's Lester Holt to Cover Pres. Trump's Next Stop in Jerusalem

  21-05-2017 17:33 via yahoo.com
  
  Lester Holt will anchor NBC Nightly News on Monday night from Jerusalem, Pres. Trump's next stop on his five nation overseas tour.
  
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• Pres. Trump Tells Muslim Nations to ‘Drive Out’ the Terrorists in Saudi Arabia Speech

  21-05-2017 17:31 via yahoo.com
  
  In the speech, Trump tried to strike a message of unity to the Muslim world — a stark contrast to his previous comments on Islam. As a candidate, Trump frequently criticized the religion.
  
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• What will New Orleans do with the Confederate statues?

  21-05-2017 17:16 via yahoo.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Now that New Orleans has removed three prominent Confederate statues and a monument heralding white supremacy, what should it do with them?
  
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• Melania Trump 'thinks Sean Spicer is doing a bad job' defending her husband

  21-05-2017 17:08 via yahoo.com
  
  Melania Trump reportedly thinks that White House press secretary Sean Spicer is not doing a good job in defending her husband in front of the media.As a result, Mr Spicer’s role is expected to change after Mr Trump returns from his trip overseas.The press secretary's on-camera appearances have been plagued with multiple gaffes and he was temporarily dropped from running daily press briefings after his poor handling of Mr Trump’s decision to fire FBI director James Comey.
  
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• Saudi king slams Iran as 'spearhead of global terrorism'

  21-05-2017 16:57 via yahoo.com
  
  Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Sunday accused regional rival Shiite Iran of exporting extremist Islamic movements to the world and vowed to eliminate the Islamic State group."The Iranian regime has been the spearhead of global terrorism since the (Ayatollah Ruhollah) Khomeini revolution" in 1979, King Salman said in a speech to leaders including US President Donald Trump.Saudi Arabia was also determined to "eliminate the Islamic State group", the king said of the Sunni Muslim jihadist organisatio
  
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• Woman Arrested After Allegedly Macing Employees At Fast-Food Chain Over Stale French Fries

  21-05-2017 16:54 via yahoo.com
  
  A manager was also hit in the face.
  
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• Pope names cardinals for Laos, Mali, Sweden, Spain, Salvador

  21-05-2017 16:52 via yahoo.com
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — In a surprise announcement Sunday, Pope Francis named five new cardinals, for Spain, El Salvador and three countries where Catholics are a tiny minority: Mali, Laos and Sweden.
  
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• Deputy President Ramaphosa says South Africa must avoid "mafia state" fate

  21-05-2017 16:51 via yahoo.com
  
  By Ed StoddardJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, seen as a top contender to lead the ruling ANC into 2019 general elections, said on Sunday that the country must not become a "mafia state" as he admitted his party had become associated with corruption.Ramaphosa's comments were among the strongest he has made on governance as the race heats up to replace President Jacob Zuma, whose administration has been hit by scandals and missteps, prompting street protest
  
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