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• R. Kelly's life mirrors that of prosecutor who charged him

  23-02-2019 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  In R. Kelly's fight for his freedom, he faces a straight-talking prosecutor whose life in some ways parallels his own.
  
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• Trucks return to Colombia warehouse after failed Venezuela aid effort

  23-02-2019 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  At least two trucks carrying food and medicine for Venezuela returned to warehouses in Colombia on Saturday after being turned back from the border by troops loyal to President Nicolas Maduro who fired teargas.At least two trucks caught fire on the Simon Bolivar bridge linking the two countries after a convoy carrying aid was met by Venezuelan troops who repelled the attempt to cross.As well as the two trucks that returned to warehouses in Cucuta, a further two trucks left the area of the bridge
  
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• Three ministers throw weight behind Brexit delay to stop no-deal

  23-02-2019 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Three British cabinet ministers publicly indicated on Saturday they will back plans to delay Brexit if lawmakers vote down Prime Minister Theresa May's plan for a new deal with the European Union.Business minister Greg Clark, work and pensions minister Amber Rudd, and justice minister David Gauke signaled in a Daily Mail column that they will side with rebels and opposition parties next week to stop Britain leaving the European Union without a divorce deal on March 29 if necessary, adding their
  
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• Prayers, holy water as Venezuelan Curacao aid shipment delayed

  23-02-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Willemstad, Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles) (AFP) - Venezuelan opposition supporters rallied in Curacao's port Saturday, pushing for their own shipment to join in a dangerous aid effort for their country, but the vessel's captain declined to sail yet for security reasons.While in Venezuela border clashes and military desertions raised tensions, on the sleepy Caribbean island of Curacao a handful of expatriates applied pressure on a separate front, waving flags and singing.Standing near one
  
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• Mueller Tells Judge That Manafort ‘Brazenly' Broke the Law

  23-02-2019 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Manafort, 69, is set to be sentenced on March 13 in Washington, where he pleaded guilty to two conspiracy counts and faces as much as a decade in prison.“For over a decade, Manafort repeatedly and brazenly violated the law,” Mueller’s prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memo unsealed Saturday in federal court in Washington.Mueller is investigating whether anyone in Trump’s campaign conspired with Russians who interfered in the 2016 U.S. elections.
  
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• Cargo jet with three on board crashes near Houston airport

  23-02-2019 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  A Boeing 767 cargo jetliner heading to Houston with three people aboard disintegrated after crashing Saturday into a bay east of the city, according to a Texas sheriff. Witnesses told emergency personnel that the twin-engine plane "went in nose first," leaving a debris field three-quarters of a mile long in Trinity Bay, Chambers County Sheriff Brian Hawthorne said. "It's probably a crash that nobody would survive," he said, referring to the scene as "total devastation." Witnesses said
  
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• The Latest: North Korea confirms leader on train to summit

  23-02-2019 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The Latest on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's travels to the summit with President Donald Trump in Vietnam (all times local):
  
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• North Korea confirms leader Kim Jong Un is on train to Vietnam for summit with Trump

  23-02-2019 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  North Korea confirmed Saturday that leader Kim Jong Un is on a train to Vietnam for his second summit with President Donald Trump.
  
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• North Korean leader's train arrives in China

  23-02-2019 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's armoured train arrived in China late Saturday ahead of his highly anticipated second summit with US President Donald Trump in Vietnam, according to media reports.Official North Korean news agency KCNA confirmed Kim's departure from Pyongyang earlier Saturday."The senior officials of the Party, government and armed forces organs sincerely wished Kim Jong Un good success... and safe return," KCNA reported.
  
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• Giorgio Armani presents a 'Rhapsody in Blue' at Milan fashion show

  23-02-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Veteran designer Giorgio Armani dedicated his main winter line to the color blue at Milan Fashion Week on Saturday, presenting his usual sleek, elegant and tailored looks in mainly darker tones, mixed only with black.The 84-year-old designer, affectionately called "King Giorgio" in his native Italy, gave his audience a taste of what to expect ahead of the presentation of more than 100 womens' and menswear looks, with a blue-light setting at his Armani/Silos museum venue, the first time he hosted
  
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• Two killed as Maduro sends troops to block Venezuela aid convoys

  23-02-2019 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Maduro said he was breaking diplomatic relations with Colombia and ordered its diplomatic staff to leave Venezuela within 24 hours because of its government's assistance to opposition leader Juan Guaido.Guaido, who most Western nations recognize as Venezuela's legitimate leader, gave a personal send-off on Saturday to a convoy carrying U.S. aid departing from the Colombian city of Cucuta.The opposition says the foreign humanitarian assistance is desperately needed to tackle widespread food and m
  
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• Saudi Arabia replaces envoy to Washington: royal decree

  23-02-2019 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia has replaced its ambassador to the United States, a royal decree announced Saturday, as the fallout over journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder tests relations between the two allies.Princess Rima bint Bandar was appointed the kingdom's first woman envoy to Washington, replacing Prince Khalid bin Salman, who was named vice defence minister.Prince Khalid is the younger brother of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the country's de facto ruler who also serves as the defence minister.
  
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• Court records reveal a Mueller report right in plain view

  23-02-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was in full deflection mode.
  
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• U.S. prosecutors say no leniency needed for Trump ex-aide Manafort

  23-02-2019 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  The recommendation from Mueller, who is investigating Russia's role in the 2016 U.S. election and whether Trump's campaign conspired with Moscow, increases the likelihood that Manafort will spend the rest of his life behind bars.Manafort pleaded guilty in a federal court in Washington last September to conspiracy against the United States - a charge that includes a range of conduct from money laundering to unregistered lobbying - and conspiracy to obstruct justice for attempts to tamper with wit
  
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• Back to business for Duke and Duchess of Sussex as they touch down in Morocco

  23-02-2019 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  With a star turn in New York and a celebrity-packed baby shower for the Duchess, and a series of visits to military and underprivileged children for the Duke, it has been quite the week in the Sussex household. As they landed in Morocco last night, it was back to business as a team for a whirlwind tour, which will see them boost the profile of gender equality, try out their French and meet their royal family counterparts. The Duchess, who will have “medical provision” at more than se
  
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• Buffett appears to fault Trump in annual Berkshire letter

  23-02-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  In his annual letter, the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. chairman on Saturday suggested that the president takes too much credit for the nation's economic growth.
  
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• Defense chief gets close look at US-Mexico border

  23-02-2019 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  The Pentagon's acting chief is visiting the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas as he considers how to use emergency powers invoked by President Donald Trump to help build a border wall. (Feb. 23)
  
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• US actor's allegedly fake assault could cause 'real harm'

  23-02-2019 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  American advocacy groups and police have a shared concern over the fallout from allegations that an openly gay black TV actor faked a hate-motivated assault: that future victims will face more skepticism even as hate crimes are on the rise.Chicago police have accused Jussie Smollett of engineering an elaborate hoax to exploit Americans' anxieties over political and racial divisions in order to generate publicity and a bigger paycheck.The 36-year-old star of the Fox drama "Empire" allegedly sent
  
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• Twitter rips PETA for criticizing Steve Irwin's Google doodle on the late conservationist's birthday

  23-02-2019 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Steve Irwin would have turned 57 on Friday, and to honor "The Crocodile Hunter" host, Google changed the logo its search page, which PETA criticized.
  
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• Sen. Feinstein debates children over climate change

  23-02-2019 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein and a group of San Francisco Bay Area students squared off over climate change in a sometimes tense exchange captured on video and widely shared on social media.
  
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• Illinois talk radio host says the narrative being pushed is that Jussie Smollett’s case was an ‘anomaly’

  23-02-2019 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Radio host Michael Koolidge says he is outraged that so many people were quick to believe that a Trump supporter attacked Jussie Smollett.
  
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• Judge sets $1 million bail for singer R. Kelly

  23-02-2019 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Cook County Judge John Lyke set bail at $1 million for Kelly after calling the allegations "disturbing" during a hearing on Saturday afternoon.
  
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• Venezuelan soldiers defect as troops fire tear gas at protesters on Colombia border

  23-02-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuela's socialist government was facing its biggest rebellion in almost 20 years on Saturday as military officers began to defect in numbers and the opposition leader claimed to have succeeded in bringing in supplies of aid. More than a dozen Venezuelan soldiers appeared to turn their backs on president Nicolas Maduro and defected to Colombia while food and medicine was said to have been delivered through Brazil, where the border had supposedly been shut. Ugly scenes erupted on the bridges f
  
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• NASCAR expects fireworks from rules debuting at Atlanta

  23-02-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — NASCAR was long overdue for an added punch to its racing product and eagerly awaits the results from a new competition package designed to increase the entertainment factor for the troubled series.
  
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• Tensions rise as aid convoy moves closer to Venezuela

  23-02-2019 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido gave a personal send off to an aid caravan from the Colombian city of Cucuta toward the border between the two countries on Saturday, pledging to bring food and medicine to a hungry population despite President Nicolas Maduro's resistance. Havovi Cooper reports.
  
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• R Kelly's met minor he allegedly had sex with 'during porn trial' court hears as judge sets $1 million bond

  23-02-2019 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  R&B; singer R. Kelly met one of the underage girls he is accused of sexually abusing during his 2008 child pornography trial, prosecutors disclosed on Saturday. The singer has been in custody since Friday night after being charged with ten counts of aggravated sexual abuse involving at least three underage girls. The charges relate to four alleged victims, at least three of whom were girls aged between 13 and 16 years old whom he allegedly abused between 1998 and 2010, a bond hearing in
  
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• Venezuela breaks diplomatic relations with Colombia over aid, Maduro says

  23-02-2019 20:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Saturday his government had broken relations with Colombia and would expel some Colombian diplomatic staff after Colombia assisted the opposition's efforts to bring humanitarian aid into the country."Patience is exhausted, I can't bare it anymore, we can't keep putting up with Colombian territory being used for attacks against Venezuela.For that reason, I have decided to break all political and diplomatic relations with Colombia's fascist government,"
  
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• Feinstein tells kids urging her to support the ‘Green New Deal’ she doesn’t respond to ‘it’s my way or the highway’

  23-02-2019 20:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Doug Schoen and David Avella weigh in on California Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s exchange with a group of school kids urging her to support the ‘Green New Deal’.
  
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• Venezuela: two killed in clashes over humanitarian aid as Maduro breaks relations with Colombia

  23-02-2019 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  At least two people have been killed in Venezuela in clashes with security forces over the opposition’s plan to bring in humanitarian aid from neighbouring Brazil, doctors said.Trucks loaded with food were set ablaze after president Nicolas Maduro deployed troops and armoured vehicles to turn back humanitarian assistance at border crossings with Colombia and Brazil.A witness, Fernando Flores, said national guardsmen, under orders from Mr Maduro, had set fire to the lorries once they crosse
  
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• Venezuela: Maduro breaks relations with Colombia as clashes escalate over humanitarian aid

  23-02-2019 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuela‘s president, Nicolas Maduro, has announced he will break relations with Colombia as a row over humanitarian aid shipments deepens.Mr Maduro ​vowed to defend the country’s independence with his life if necessary as violent clashes on the border escalated.The president announced he was expelling some Colombian diplomatic staff after the country helped Venezuela’s opposition’s efforts to bring in humanitarian aid.
  
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• Cardinal admits Church files on paedophile priests 'destroyed'

  23-02-2019 19:56 via news.yahoo.com
  A top Catholic cardinal admitted Saturday that Church files on priests accused of sexually abusing children were destroyed or never even drawn up in a move which allowed paedophiles to prey on others.German Cardinal Reinhard Marx was speaking on the third day of an unprecedented summit of the world's top bishops convened by Pope Francis in a bid to tackle the crisis over paedophilia within the clergy."Files that could have documented the terrible deeds and named those responsible were destroyed,
  
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• Buffett, mum on a successor, dreams of 'elephant-sized' acquisition

  23-02-2019 19:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has yet to name a successor and at age 88 still dreams of making an "elephant-sized" acquisition, he said in his annual letter to shareholders.The letter to shareholders of Buffett's holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, is considered a must-read on Wall Street, distilling the views of the "Oracle of Omaha" on the state of the economy and the wisdom of investing in this or that investment product."In the years ahead, we hope to move much of our excess liquidity
  
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• Report: Kushner family firm pays $1.1B for 6,000 apartments

  23-02-2019 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The real estate firm run by White House adviser Jared Kushner's family has pulled off its biggest deal in more than a decade.
  
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• Sen. Dianne Feinstein confronted by group of kids in San Francisco over climate change efforts

  23-02-2019 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Senator Dianne Feinstein clashed with a group of young children over climate change policy in San Francisco.
  
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• Robert Kraft, accused of soliciting prostitution, gave hundreds of millions to charitable causes

  23-02-2019 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  The $400 million Robert Kraft has contributed to a wide range of causes has earned him enormous goodwill in Boston and beyond.
  
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• Extra 1,000 troops to be sent to US-Mexico border, says senior defence official

  23-02-2019 19:51 via news.yahoo.com
  The Pentagon will increase the number of active-duty troops along the US-Mexico border to about 6,000 by the start of next month, a senior US defence official has said.The troops currently stationed at the border have also been ordered to string more concertina wire and install detection systems in remote areas away from official ports of entry, the senior defence official said.The official, who was authorised by the Pentagon to speak to reporters only on the condition of anonymity, said that so
  
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• Rare snow day in the Southwest

  23-02-2019 19:50 via news.yahoo.com
  The southwestern U.S., including Tucson, Arizona, received rare snowfall toward the end of the week. On Friday, the desert city measured 1.9 inches of snow, the most that had fallen there since Feb. 20, 2013.
  
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• 'Surviving R. Kelly' creator: Sex abuse charges should shame all of us who ignore victims

  23-02-2019 19:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Rumors about R. Kelly have persisted for decades. All of us are guilty that we let his star power blind us to injustice against women and girls.
  
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• The Latest: Sex abuse victims speak of lost childhoods

  23-02-2019 19:27 via news.yahoo.com
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Latest on the sex abuse prevention summit at the Vatican (all times local):
  
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• In a shift, Buffett says focus on Berkshire's stock price

  23-02-2019 19:10 via news.yahoo.com
  The shift is something of a retreat from the 88-year-old Buffett's decades of preaching patience and long-term thinking for investors and Berkshire shareholders, the antithesis of what stock prices often represent.Buffett's business acumen has helped make him the world's third-richest person, worth $82.9 billion according to Forbes magazine, and transformed Berkshire from a failing textile company into a $496 billion behemoth.
  
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• Fiery Skirmishes Erupt as Guaido Tries to Bring Venezuela Aid

  23-02-2019 19:09 via news.yahoo.com
  National Guard soldiers fired volleys of tear gas and plastic pellets at supporters of opposition leader Juan Guaido, who were trying to persuade them to defect and permit tons of food and medicine into the country.Masked paramilitary gangs supporting the autocrat Maduro tore through the area there on motorcycles, firing guns in the air.Trucks of supplies rolled slowly through Cucuta, Colombia, toward the Tienditas Bridge with throngs of opposition supporters riding on top and cheering.
  
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• Rising anti-US sentiment on Okinawa ahead of military base referendum

  23-02-2019 19:05 via news.yahoo.com
  When Chiemi Yonashiro was told an object from a United States military helicopter appeared to have fallen onto the nursery where she had dropped off her three-year-old daughter Mimaru just hours earlier, she burst into tears. Her daughter – and around 70 other children playing at the nursery at the time – were unhurt, but for Mrs Yonashiro, 46, the incident confirmed her conviction that her family was not safe living in southern Japan’s Okinawa region for one uncomfortable reas
  
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• Venezuela border tensions turn violent amid aid distribution bid

  23-02-2019 19:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Ureña (Venezuela) (AFP) - Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido claimed Saturday a first shipment of humanitarian aid has reached Venezuela, defying a border blockade by President Nicolas Maduro as a standoff over the entry of food and medical aid turned violent.Venezuelan National Guard forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets at several crossing points on the Colombia border, pinning down demonstrators seeking to reach humanitarian aid stockpiled on the other side.Guaido formally la
  
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• Robert Kraft 'categorically' denies soliciting sex at spa after police said he was filmed twice in the act

  23-02-2019 18:57 via news.yahoo.com
  New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has “categorically” denied soliciting sex at a spa in Florida after police said he was filmed doing so twice.Mr Kraft, 77, faces two counts of soliciting sex from a prostitute.The billionaire is one of two dozen men who were arrested for allegedly paying $59 (£45) for a half-hour and $79 (£60) for an hour of sex at Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter, Florida.
  
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• Virgin Galactic takes crew of three to altitude of 55 miles

  23-02-2019 18:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Virgin Galactic's spacecraft reached an altitude of more than 55 miles (88.5 kilometers) on Friday, carrying for the first time a passenger in addition to its two pilots.SpaceShipTwo, built by British billionaire Richard Branson to carry tourists into space, launched from California's Mojave desert and flew to an altitude of 55.87 miles (89.9 kms), the company said.The US definition of space is anything over an altitude of 50 miles.
  
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• Oscars 2019: Why 'Black Panther' really deserves that best-picture nod

  23-02-2019 18:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Superhero films haven't always received respect at the Oscars, but "Black Panther" really deserved to be the first to land a best picture nomination.
  
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• Airlines admit having cameras installed on back of passengers’ seats

  23-02-2019 18:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Three of the world’s biggest airlines have admitted some of their planes have cameras installed on the backs of passenger seats.American Airlines, United Airlines and Singapore Airlines have new seat-back entertainment systems that include cameras.Companies that make the entertainment systems are fitting them with cameras to offer passengers options such as seat-to-seat video conferencing, according to an American Airlines spokesman.
  
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• Tensions as Venezuelans clash with National Guard

  23-02-2019 18:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuela's National Guard has fired tear gas on residents clearing a barricaded border bridge between Venezuela and Colombia to let humanitarian aid pass through. (Feb. 23)
  
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• India police arrest Kashmir activists amid rising tensions

  23-02-2019 18:26 via news.yahoo.com
  SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Police have arrested at least 300 activists seeking the end of Indian rule in disputed Kashmir, officials said Saturday, escalating fears among already wary residents that a sweeping crackdown could touch off renewed anti-India protests and clashes.
  
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• Trump and Kim Jong Un impersonators detained in Vietnam ahead of nuclear summit

  23-02-2019 18:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un impersonators have said they were detained by the authorities in Vietnam ahead of next week’s summit between the world leaders in the capital Hanoi.Kim lookalike Howard X claimed 15 officers had questioned him and Trump lookalike Russell White for almost three hours, warning them to drop their imitation act.The pair have been making public appearances in Hanoi over the past few days, talking to media and taking pictures with amused onlookers.
  
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