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• Off-duty Chicago police officer fatally shoots armed robber on NW Side, police say; 2nd suspect in custody

  22-11-2018 23:45 via yahoo.com
  An off-duty Chicago police officer fatally shot a teenage boy who police said was trying to rob him on the Northwest Side Thursday morning. Police said a second suspect is in custody.
  
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• Trump suggests 'vicious world' should be blamed for Khashoggi murder while disputing Saudi responsibility

  22-11-2018 23:25 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has suggested “maybe the world” should be held accountable for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, as he doubled down on his insistence the CIA had not concluded Saudi Arabia’s crown prince was responsible for the killing.Speaking to reporters after delivering a Thanksgiving Day message to troops deployed to Afghanistan, the president again denied the country’s pre-eminent intelligence agency believed the powerful Mohammed bin Salman was behind last month’s
  
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• House Republicans issue subpoenas for James Comey and former attorney general Loretta Lynch

  22-11-2018 23:15 via yahoo.com
  Former FBI Director James Comey has said he will resit a subpoena to appear before a congressional committee unless the hearing is public, because otherwise House Republicans will seek to distort anything he says.Subpoenas have been issued for Mr Comey and Attorney General Loretta Lynch, requesting private depositions with each of them.The request from House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte comes as time is running out for Republicans.
  
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• Trump Avoids Visiting Troops In Harm’s Way, Talks To Them From His Country Club Instead

  22-11-2018 23:09 via yahoo.com
  For the second straight year as president, President Donald Trump chose not to
  
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• Migrants march to border in Tijuana

  22-11-2018 22:58 via yahoo.com
  TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — A small group of Central American migrants marched peacefully to a border crossing in Tijuana Thursday to demand better conditions and push to enter the U.S.
  
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• Hundreds searching for remains of California wildfire victims

  22-11-2018 22:53 via yahoo.com
  Hundreds of volunteers and police officers spent the Thanksgiving holiday combing through the wreckage of California's deadliest wildfire, searching for the remains of victims killed in the blaze as rains looked set to complicate their work.The Camp Fire killed at least 83 people and 563 are still unaccounted for in and around Paradise, a community of nearly 27,000 people that was largely incinerated when the flames swept through two weeks ago, according to authorities."We haven't taken the day
  
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• Hillary Clinton: Europe Needs Tougher Immigration Laws To Stave Off Nationalism

  22-11-2018 22:05 via yahoo.com
  Hillary Clinton said she thinks Europe needs to "get a handle" on reforming
  
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• Saudi crown prince goes on tour of Arab states amid Khashoggi storm

  22-11-2018 22:04 via yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday at the start of a tour of several Arab countries, his first trip abroad since the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi that caused a global outcry.The prince, the country's de facto ruler, is also expected to participate in a G20 meeting in Buenos Aires at the end of the month which will be attended by leaders from the United States, Turkey and European countries.The killing of Khashoggi, a Washington
  
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• Taiwan Vote on Changing Olympic Team Name Risks Angering China

  22-11-2018 22:00 via yahoo.com
  One of 10 questions on the ballot during local elections on Saturday is a vote on whether athletes should compete in international sporting events under the name “Taiwan” instead of “Chinese Taipei.” Topics relating to Taiwan’s name, national symbols and constitution are barred under the current law.The elections for hundreds of city mayors, county magistrates and councilors will be a key test for President Tsai Ing-wen, who has seen relations with Beijing deteriora
  
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• Best Black Friday 2018 Target deals: Instant Pot, iPhone XS, Apple Watch, 23andMe, TVs, and more

  22-11-2018 22:00 via yahoo.com
  The only thing better than a Target run is a Target runduring a sale. We are obsessed with Target and could easily spendhours in the store or on the site just for fun — so Target with slashed Black Friday prices is an IRL dream. Target dates just turned into Target marriage proposals. SEE ALSO:All the best Black Friday 2018 sales, right in one place The variety here is one of the best we've seen this Black Friday season, folks: Smart TVs, iPhones, Instant Pots, DSLR cameras, DNA
  
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• Best Black Friday 2018 mattress deals: Nectar, Casper, Leesa, Eight Sleep, and more

  22-11-2018 22:00 via yahoo.com
  It's a well-known fact that we spend about a third of our lives in bed. If you haven't upgraded your mattress or your sheets in a while (can you even remember the last time you changed them?!), then Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the perfect time to score something new. SEE ALSO:All the best Black Friday 2018 sales, right in one place Rather than maneuver the store crowds or dig through websites for the best deals though, we've done all the hard work for you. If you want something simple
  
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• Facial Recognition Can’t Distinguish Picture From Actual Person

  22-11-2018 21:49 via yahoo.com
  Facial recognition is all the rage. Everyone seems to be very excited about it, that is, until it turns against them. Some have reason to believe we are pushing the technology much faster than we should. It is already being deployed before it has been proven. That leads to the sort of incident that happened in Zhejiang province this week. The Verge provides more detail.
  
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• Ex-FBI director Comey to testify before outgoing Congress

  22-11-2018 21:13 via yahoo.com
  Former FBI director James Comey and former attorney general Loretta Lynch have been subpoenaed to testify before Congress next month before Republicans relinquish control of the House, documents showed Thursday.Comey confirmed he had received a subpoena from the House Judiciary Committee but said he would resist if made to answer questions behind closed doors.Lynch, who served under former president Barack Obama, did not immediately comment, but copies of the subpoenas made public Thursday show
  
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• Trump demands judicial 'common sense,' shrugs off Roberts

  22-11-2018 21:11 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Incensed by a ruling against his migrant asylum policy, President Donald Trump on Thursday demanded "some common sense" from America's judges and directed his ire at a liberal-leaning appeals court. He professed respect for Chief Justice John Roberts, with whom he is engaged in a startling public dispute over the independence of the judiciary, yet shrugged off the Republican appointee as someone who "can say what he wants."
  
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• The 2020 Range Rover Evoque Is an Evolution, Not a Revolution

  22-11-2018 21:00 via yahoo.com
  The second-generation model adds technology but otherwise sticks to a proven formula.
  
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• Saudi prince lands in UAE on first foreign tour since Khashoggi murder

  22-11-2018 20:28 via yahoo.com
  Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman embarked Thursday on a regional tour starting with the United Arab Emirates, his first official trip abroad since critic Jamal Khashoggi's murder tipped the country into crisis.Prince Mohammed will visit a "number of brotherly" Arab states at the request of his father, King Salman, the royal court said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency, without naming the countries.Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed welcomed him on his first
  
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• California Fire Fallout: Public Confused By, May Mistrust Government As DNA Samples Wanted To ID Victims

  22-11-2018 20:07 via yahoo.com
  Following the devastation of the California wildfires, authorities are seeking DNA samples from relatives of those who are missing in order to identify victims.Meanwhile, the DNA testing of the remains that have been found “has been surprisingly easy,” said Annette Mattern.
  
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• Trump warns of government shutdown next month over border security

  22-11-2018 20:04 via yahoo.com
  There certainly could and it will be about border security, of which the wall is a part," Trump told reporters in Palm Beach, Florida.The U.S. Congress faces a deadline next month to fund parts of the federal government and a possible showdown over money for Trump's proposed border wall.Having won control of the House in midterm elections, Democrats have said they will be even less motivated than before to meet Trump's wall demands.
  
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• Black Friday Bargains At Target, Walmart And Best Buy That You Should Steer Clear Of

  22-11-2018 19:59 via yahoo.com
  Black Friday madness is nearly upon us, but before you bust out your wallet at the big retailers, you might want to rethink a few of those “deals” that actually aren’t as great as they might seem.CBS Money Watch reports that shopping expert Phil Dengler of BestBlackFriday.com has found the Black Friday bargains that shoppers should steer clear of at the major retailers this year.If you plan on skipping the early morning lines in favor of a little online shopping, keep in mind t
  
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• Trump hints could make first visit to Afghanistan

  22-11-2018 19:57 via yahoo.com
  Delivering a Thanksgiving holiday message by teleconference to troops in Afghanistan, Trump told a U.S. Air Force general he would see him back in the United States, before adding: "Or maybe I'll even see you over there.You never know what's going to happen."Recent U.S. commanders-in-chief have routinely visited troops in active war zones.Trump has come under criticism for failing to do so, though Vice President Mike Pence made a surprise trip to Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan last December to v
  
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• Igor Korobov, head of Russia's GRU spy agency, dies at 62

  22-11-2018 19:41 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — Igor Korobov, head of the Russian military intelligence agency GRU, which has been accused of meddling in U.S. elections, has died in Moscow. He was 62.
  
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• Mexico Mining Selloff Worsens as Concerns Grow on Law Proposals

  22-11-2018 19:40 via yahoo.com
  Industrias Penoles SAB, Grupo Mexico SAB and Fresnillo Plc extended losses after Morgan Stanley downgraded the stocks on concerns that Mexico’s new congress is considering as many as 11 bills or resolutions that could materially impact mining companies operating in the country.On Tuesday, an initiative from Morena party Senator Angelica Garcia called for increasing surveillance of mining activities and giving greater powers to communities and the government.
  
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• ‘Southern Charm’ Star Patricia Altschul Wishes Fans Happy Thanksgiving With A Funny Photo

  22-11-2018 19:36 via yahoo.com
  Nobody can say that Southern Charm star Patricia Altschul doesn’t have a sense of humor.This year to wish her fans a Happy Thanksgiving, she presented cast member Cameran Eubank’s baby, Palmer Wimberly, as the turkey on a platter for her holiday Instagram post.Altschul blew some minds on Twitter when she explained to people that the Thanksgiving feast in Massachusetts was not the first Thanksgiving.
  
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• Comey resists closed-door Congress interview on FBI actions

  22-11-2018 19:16 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former FBI chief James Comey said Thursday he will resist a subpoena to appear before a congressional committee Dec. 3 unless that happens publicly because House Republicans will distort anything he says behind closed doors.
  
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• Trump Rants About Khashoggi, Judges, Borders In Thanksgiving Call With Troops

  22-11-2018 18:52 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump went off-script in a Thanksgiving Day call with members
  
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• James Comey Responds To Subpoena From Republicans: 'Let's Invite Everyone To See'

  22-11-2018 18:50 via yahoo.com
  Former FBI Director James Comey and former Attorney General Loretta Lynch
  
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• Colts Neck mansion fire: Husband, wife, kids believed killed before fire, brother in custody

  22-11-2018 18:42 via yahoo.com
  The Monmouth County prosecutor said the four victims suffered "homicidal violence" before the Colts Neck fire was set.
  
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• Hamas photos of alleged Israeli force spark censor warning

  22-11-2018 18:36 via yahoo.com
  Israel's army censor warned Thursday against publishing photos released earlier in the day by Hamas of eight people it claimed were part of a recent Israeli special forces operation in the Gaza Strip that turned deadly.The armed wing of Hamas, the Islamist movement that runs the Gaza Strip, called for information on the people in the photos as it continued an investigation into the botched Israeli mission.Hamas also distributed images of two vehicles purportedly linked to the covert operation, b
  
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• UBS turns to Deutsche for latest hire in industrial push

  22-11-2018 18:13
  Swiss bank has been a particularly active recruiter in the second half of 2018, while Deutsche sheds staff from its investment bank
  
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• Investors tell companies: curb excessive pay or expect more revolts

  22-11-2018 18:01
  Trade body for fund managers has strengthened guidelines to appease public concern that companies are ignoring shareholder revolts over executive pay
  
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• FedEx driver who fatally punched man after he hurled racist slurs will not face criminal charges

  22-11-2018 18:00 via yahoo.com
  A FedEx delivery driver who punched a man who shouted racial slurs at him will not face criminal charges after the man later died, officials announced.Timothy Warren was driving his truck through a Portland, Oregon, neighbourhood when Joseph Magnuson began to shout at him to tell him that he was going too fast.Mr Warren stopped his truck and tried to explain to Mr Magnuson that he was exhausted and just wanted to finish his work.
  
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• House Republicans Make Last-Minute Call On James Comey For Private Deposition — He Asks For It To Be Public

  22-11-2018 17:56 via yahoo.com
  House Republicans are making a last-ditch move to call on former FBI Director James Comey to testify in a private deposition, but he has other ideas.On Thanksgiving morning, Comey revealed that he had received a subpoena request from the House Judiciary Committee, which will be led by Republicans for only a few more weeks before they turn over control to Democrats.Bob Goodlatte, the chairman of the committee, has sent subpoenas to both Comey and former Attorney General Loretta Lynch for testimon
  
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• Fund managers warned they are not putting enough aside for emergencies

  22-11-2018 17:56
  Where the FCA obliges companies to recalculate their risk buffers, it can lead to multi-million pound hits to profits
  
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• Greek Court Clears Suspects Of Murder In Brutal Beating Of US Tourist

  22-11-2018 17:51 via yahoo.com
  Nine men haven been cleared of murder in the July 2017 brutal slaying of Bakari Henderson, an American who was on a working vacation in Greece, according to CBS News.A Greek court handed down sentencing today to nine men convicted of assault in the Henderson case.Henderson, 22, of Austin, Texas, was in Greece working on a photo shoot for a clothing line he was launching.
  
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• France imposes sanctions on 18 Saudi citizens over Khashoggi killing

  22-11-2018 17:50 via yahoo.com
  France said on Thursday it had imposed sanctions, including travel bans, on 18 Saudi citizens linked to the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and said more could follow depending on results of an investigation.Berlin on Monday also banned 18 Saudis and moved to halt all arms sales to Saudi Arabia.The bans bind all members of the European Union's passport-free Schengen zone, it said.
  
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• Divided by war, Israel and Gaza's Instagrammers tell their own stories

  22-11-2018 17:40 via yahoo.com
  One group are Gaza Palestinians and the other are Israeli schoolgirls living beside Gaza, with Israel’s concrete and razorwire border fortifications stretching between them.The missiles have stopped flying - for the moment - and the world’s eyes have already moved on after a week which saw the fiercest rocket salvoes and air strikes since a 2014 war between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian militant group which controls the Gaza Strip.[USKCN1NI0RS]."Gaza is closed, not many have acce
  
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• The history of Thanksgiving day: Pies, parades and presidential pardons

  22-11-2018 17:36 via yahoo.com
  While Thanksgiving is one of the biggest events in the American calendar, for us Brits it's always been a little bit of a mystery. The most exposure many of us get to the holiday is by watching American television series' Thanksgiving-themed episodes - and even those tend to leave us in the dark. From how the holiday came about to why the President pardons a turkey, here is everything you need to know about the American holiday. When is Thanksgiving? This year Thanksgiving falls today -&nbs
  
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• Yahoo News Explains: Who were the first Pilgrims in America?

  22-11-2018 17:34 via yahoo.com
  If you remember anything from history class, you already know a small group of people boarded the Mayflower in 1620 in hopes of a better life in America.A couple of the crew members had actually been to America before to fish or to explore.A man on the Mayflower, Stephen Hopkins, had tried to settle in the New World 10 years earlier but got shipwrecked in Bermuda.  Shakespeare’s renowned play “The Tempest” was allegedly based on that wreck.
  
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• Hamas publishes photos of raid 'fugitives'; Israeli censor warns media

  22-11-2018 17:25 via yahoo.com
  Hamas published photos on Thursday of six men and two women who it said were involved in a botched Israeli undercover raid into the Gaza Strip this month and appealed for details about them.Israel's military censor, without commenting on the credibility of Hamas's information, urged the media not to disseminate any details about the Nov. 11 incident in which an Israeli colonel, a Hamas commander and six other Palestinian militants were killed.Israel has not released the name of the dead Israeli
  
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• This Thanksgiving, The Trump Administration Is Taking Land From The Tribe That Welcomed The Pilgrims

  22-11-2018 17:24 via yahoo.com
  About 400 years ago, a man named Tisquantum was kidnapped by an English
  
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• Next McLaren supercar to debut next month

  22-11-2018 17:17 via yahoo.com
  McLaren has released teasers of what we can safely assume is the convertible version of the McLaren 720S Spider, which is to be unveiled December 8 -- who needs warm weather to ride a drop-top anyway?From the single image and 13-second video that the company shared Wednesday of what looks to be a convertible derivative of the McLaren 720S Spider, we can see pretty much see the entire exterior and get a taste of the interior.Despite the specs not being announced yet, we're reasonably confide
  
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• At tense Ankara news conference, EU rebukes Turkey over detentions

  22-11-2018 16:45 via yahoo.com
  Johannes Hahn, the EU commissioner responsible for relations with countries that aspire to join the bloc, emphasized the importance of political dialogue.Journalists and civil society must be able to do their important work," Hahn told reporters, standing alongside Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.Hahn was referring to jailed rights activist Osman Kavala and 13 academics detained last week in an investigation accusing them of a bid to unseat the government through mass protests in 2013.
  
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• Get fit quick with these Black Friday UK deals on Reebok, Nike, adidas, Asics, and Sports Direct

  22-11-2018 16:35 via yahoo.com
  The Reebok Black Friday UK sale has slowly but surely built up to a crescendo. Not long ago the retail giant was offering 30% off thousands of items, and we were celebrating their generosity like idiots. We foolishly thought that was it, and can you really blame us? Chopping basically a third off of nearly everything is surely a great deal in anyone's eyes, and we mistakenly believed that this was as good as it was going to get. We were wrong because Reebok's Black Friday offer has increased to
  
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• Barack Obama Helps Chicago Food Bank Workers in a Surprise Thanksgiving Visit

  22-11-2018 16:30 via yahoo.com
  "Wherever you are in the country, I'm sure there is an organization like this one doing some really great work"
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Throws Support Behind Nancy Pelosi For House Speaker

  22-11-2018 16:27 via yahoo.com
  Incoming Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) announced her support
  
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• Authorities Struggle To Retrieve Body Of American Missionary Killed By Isolated Tribe

  22-11-2018 16:13 via yahoo.com
  Officials in India are contemplating how to obtain the body of an American tourist who was killed by a tribe of North Sentinel islanders, ABC News is reporting. As previously reported in the Inquisitr, missionary John Allen Chau traveled to a forbidden area last week in hopes of converting an isolated tribe to Christianity. The Sentinelese tribe has rejected modern society for thousands of years, and laws have been put in place over time forbidding outsiders from intruding on their lifestyle. ..
  
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• KPMG and partner under fire again in Silentnight saga

  22-11-2018 16:04
  KPMG has hit back at the FRC claiming that the allegations are “wholly without merit”.
  
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• Unique gifts for your friend that's obsessed with skywatching

  22-11-2018 16:00 via yahoo.com
  Everybody loves a good meteor shower.  There's nothing quite like a night spent out under the stars, learning a little bit more about your place in the cosmos.  Everyone has that friend who's obsessed with space — I am that friend for many people — so maybe this holiday it's time to give them a gift they'll use all the time when heading out for long nights of skywatching. SEE ALSO: A former park ranger's favorite gifts for the outdoorsy, adventurous folks in your life You m
  
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• Polish leader suing Walesa for blaming him for plane crash

  22-11-2018 15:53 via yahoo.com
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two of Poland's most famous foes, former President Lech Walesa, and the country's de facto leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, faced off in court Thursday, exchanging wry comments.
  
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• This Royal Rolls-Royce Phantom hides a dark Communist past

  22-11-2018 15:27 via yahoo.com
  Ordered by Communist Dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu before Moscow stripped the car from his custody, this Phantom V found a home in America and was used by Princess Grace of Monaco and Queen Elizabeth II
  
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