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• President Trump and Vladimir Putin Just Had an Hour-Long Phone Call

  21-11-2017 23:57
  President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin discussed efforts to bring peace to war-torn Syria during an hour-plus phone call on Tuesday. Iran, North Korea and Ukraine also were on the agenda, the White House said.
  
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• President Trump Puts His Indifference To The Environment On Hold For Elephants

  21-11-2017 23:53
  WASHINGTON — Two weeks after signing executive orders to push forward the controversial Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, President Donald Trump told a group of county sheriffs gathered for a White House roundtable that he didn’t think the projects were controversial.
  
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• U.S. wants PLO's Washington office to stay open -State Dept

  21-11-2017 23:45
  The United States wants the Palestine Liberation Organization to keep its Washington office open and is in talks with Palestinian officials about the issue despite a U.S. decision that could trigger its closure, the State Department said on Tuesday.Under the law, the PLO, the main Palestinian umbrella political body, cannot operate a Washington office if it urges the ICC to prosecute Israelis for alleged crimes against Palestinians.
  
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• Weather improves but clock ticks for Argentine submarine search

  21-11-2017 23:44
  By Walter BianchiMAR DEL PLATA, Argentina (Reuters) - The search for a missing Argentine submarine and its 44-member crew was helped by calmer seas on Tuesday, but there were no new clues about its location and worries multiplied because the vessel may be running low on oxygen, a navy spokesman said.The ARA San Juan was en route from Ushuaia, the world's southernmost city, to its base in Mar del Plata and was about 300 miles (480 km) off the coast when it gave its last location on Wednesday, soo
  
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• FBI treating border agent's death as assault, for now

  21-11-2017 23:36
  DALLAS (AP) — An FBI official said Tuesday that the bureau is investigating the death of a border patrol agent and injuring of another as "potential assault," but he wouldn't rule out that they could have been injured in some other way.
  
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• Hariri back in Lebanon for first time since quitting as PM

  21-11-2017 23:20
  Saad al-Hariri returned to Beirut on Tuesday for the first time since he resigned as Lebanon's prime minister in a broadcast from Saudi Arabia and plunged his country into political crisis.Hariri's sudden resignation on Nov. 4 thrust Lebanon to the forefront of regional tussle between the Sunni monarchy of Saudi Arabia and Shi'ite Islamist Iran, whose powerful Lebanese ally Hezbollah is part of the government.Hariri was greeted by members of the security forces as he disembarked from a jet at Be
  
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• Second U.S. judge halts Trump ban on transgender troops

  21-11-2017 23:10
  A second federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump from banning transgender people from serving in the U.S. military, ruling that the prohibition likely amounted to unconstitutional discrimination.U.S. District Judge Marvin Garbis in Baltimore ruled that the ban lacked justification and "cannot possibly constitute a legitimate governmental interest." His ruling followed a similar one by a federal judge in Washington on Oct. 30.Garbis, appointed to the federal bench by former Republ
  
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• Alabama Police Chief Suspended After 'Joking' About Roy Moore Sexual Assault Allegations

  21-11-2017 23:10
  An Alabama police chief has been suspended after posting on social media what he described as “jokes” about sexual assault accusations that are dominating the state’s race for a U.S. Senate seat.
  
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• U.S. diplomats accuse Tillerson of breaking child soldiers law

  21-11-2017 23:05
  By Jason Szep and Matt SpetalnickWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of about a dozen U.S. State Department officials have taken the unusual step of formally accusing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson of violating a federal law designed to stop foreign militaries from enlisting child soldiers, according to internal documents reviewed by Reuters.A confidential State Department “dissent” memo, which Reuters was first to report on, said Tillerson breached the Child Soldiers Prevention Act whe
  
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• Venezuela arrests six top executives from PDVSA's US subsidiary Citgo

  21-11-2017 22:57
  Venezuela on Tuesday arrested the acting president and five other top executives in charge of Citgo, the US refinery subsidiary of troubled state oil company PDVSA, on corruption charges."Six senior executives have been arrested," said chief prosecutor Tarek William Saab, adding that the charges included embezzlement, bid rigging, money laundering and criminal association.The Citgo chief, Jose Angel Pereira, was arrested in Caracas.
  
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• What 3 Creepy Meetings With Charlie Rose Taught Me About Toxic Sexism And Blurred Lines

  21-11-2017 22:49
  A few years ago I belonged to the group of people who thought that working for Charlie Rose represented the holy grail of journalism.
  
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• Israeli man's photos in holy Muslim site cause social media rage - BBC News

  21-11-2017 22:42
  BBC News
  Israeli man's photos in holy Muslim site cause social media rage
  BBC News
  Images of an Israeli citizen inside a mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, have caused anger among Arab users on social media. Russian-born Ben Tzion, 31, has been posting photos of himself visiting Iran, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Jordan. His Facebook ...and more »
  
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• The Latest: FBI says officer's death a 'potential assault'

  21-11-2017 22:40
  DALLAS (AP) — The Latest on the death of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in Texas (all times local):
  
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• Trump defends Roy Moore: 'He totally denies it'

  21-11-2017 22:32
  President Trump suggested on Tuesday that voters in Alabama should support the embattled Republican Senate candidate, Roy Moore, because the alternative on the ballot is a Democrat.
  
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• Russia's Putin hosts Assad in fresh drive for Syria peace deal

  21-11-2017 22:19
  By Katya Golubkova and Tom PerryMOSCOW/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for three hours of talks to lay the groundwork for a new push by Moscow to end Syria's conflict now that Islamic State's territory is overrun.Russia is trying to broker an international consensus around a peace deal for Syria, over two years after Moscow began a military intervention that turned the tide of the conflict in Assad's favor.Putin said he would follow up
  
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• Conservatives knew 'family values' pol had secret gay life

  21-11-2017 22:14
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — As Wes Goodman built a political career around values including "committed natural marriage," the 33-year-old Republican was secretly engaging in sexual encounters with men online, via cellphone and, on one significant occasion, in his state office.
  
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• U.S. threatens to sue Harvard over admissions policies

  21-11-2017 22:09
  The U.S. Justice Department has threatened to sue Harvard University to force it to turn over documents as it investigates whether the Ivy League school's admission policies violate civil rights laws by discriminating against Asian-American applicants.
  
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• The Latest: Jurors get San Francisco pier shooting case

  21-11-2017 21:49
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on the San Francisco pier shooting murder trial (all times local):
  
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• Senator Seeks Answers on US Attorney Firing

  21-11-2017 21:47
  Senator Chris Coons talks with Rachel Maddow about his effort to get answers from the Trump administration on why key U.S. attorney Dana Boente was pushed out of his position.
  
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• Zimbabwe's New Leaders Are None Other Than Mugabe's Former 'Enforcers'

  21-11-2017 21:42
  Jubilant crowds filled the streets of Zimbabwe’s cities on Tuesday, after the country’s speaker of parliament announced that President Robert Mugabe had resigned after decades in power.
  
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• U.S. warns citizens against risks of travel to Saudi Arabia

  21-11-2017 21:37
  The U.S. State Department on Tuesday warned citizens to "consider the risks" when traveling to Saudi Arabia due to militant threats and the threat of ballistic missile attacks on civilians by rebels in Yemen.The warning comes two weeks after U.S.-allied Saudi Arabia said it had shot down a ballistic missile fired by Iran-aligned Houthis from Yemen towards the Saudi capital Riyadh.The missile, which the Houthis said was in response to Saudi-led air strikes on civilians in Yemen, was shot down nea
  
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• Ratko Mladic still a 'legend', says Bosnian Serb chief

  21-11-2017 20:57
  The Bosnian Serb political leader Milorad Dodik said he believed Ratko Mladic would remain "a legend" regardless of the verdict at his genocide trial on Wednesday.UN war crimes judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) are to hand down their long-awaited judgement on "The Butcher of Bosnia" in The Hague.Despite the multiple charges against him, which include genocide, Mladic remains a hero to many in Serbia.
  
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• Instagram adds a request button for friends to crash your live stream - The Verge

  21-11-2017 20:48
  The Verge
  Instagram adds a request button for friends to crash your live stream
  The Verge
  Following a test this past summer and a wider rollout in late October that allowed Instagram friends to live stream together, the service today is adding the option for you to request to join a pal's live stream, just in case you believe your presence ...
  Now you can ask to join a friend's Instagram live videoEngadget
  You can now request to join someone's Instagram live streamTechCrunch
  Instagram adds a 'r
  
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• The Latest: Conyers acknowledges settling staffer complaint

  21-11-2017 20:47
  DETROIT (AP) — The Latest on sexual harassment allegations against Rep. John Conyers (all times local):
  
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• Lebanon's Hariri meets Sisi in Egypt ahead of return home

  21-11-2017 20:44
  Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri briefly stopped Tuesday in Egypt for talks on his way back from France to his country, which is reeling from his surprise resignation amid an escalating regional crisis.Hariri's media office said he met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who has sought to defuse the tensions between Hariri's sponsors in Saudi Arabia and the powerful Lebanese Hezbollah and its Iranian patrons.Hariri's visit to Cairo follows two weeks of deep uncertainty after he announced
  
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• OCA Launches Social Media Manuals - Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service

  21-11-2017 20:40
  Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service
  OCA Launches Social Media Manuals
  Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service
  Photo: Michael Sloley United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Jamaica, Mark Connolly (left) and Children's Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison, display copies of the social media manuals that will provide internet safety guidelines for ...
  
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• How the U.S. Navy Could Beat China in a War

  21-11-2017 20:39
  During its westward advance across the Pacific, the U.S. Navy fashioned techniques and hardware to refuel, resupply, and repair ships from dispersed, often improvised island bases.The allies should ransack history for insight—thinking ahead about how to use Japan’s many islands and inlets as impromptu logistics hubs.After all, the conventionally powered surface fleets based in Japan need fuel too.
  
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• Natalie Portman Has '100 Stories' Of Sexual Misconduct, Discrimination

  21-11-2017 20:34
  When actress Natalie Portman heard the mounting allegations of sexual assault and misconduct in Hollywood, she said she considered herself lucky that she has never been personally assaulted.
  
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• Trump pardons Drumstick, the national Thanksgiving turkey

  21-11-2017 20:22
  President Donald Trump pardons Thanksgiving turkey Drumstick in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Nov. 21, 2017
  
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• "They said, I’m sorry, because you weren’t physically injured, you can’t go to the private events."

  21-11-2017 20:10
  Lisa Hamp was in the same building as the gunman on the day of the Virginia Tech shooting. She and her classmates pushed against the door of the room to keep him from entering.Last fall, we were talking, and we were like, “Are you going to the 10-year anniversary?” And I said, “I haven’t been to one since my senior year, which was the first anniversary, but I’d love to go because now I’m recognizing all this power from recovery and healing.
  
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• "I remember feeling really scared that he could be around any corner, because we weren’t sure exactly where he was."

  21-11-2017 20:09
  Chelsea Sobolik had just come off a double shift at a Red Robin restaurant when she decided, at the last minute, to join a group of friends for a midnight screening of “The Dark Knight Rises” in Aurora, Colorado.After the shooting, Sobolik took a year off to rest and recover, something that would not have been possible without Red Robin’s Giving Fund ― a charitable donation her colleagues made with every check to support workers during tough times.Between this fund, the f
  
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• Donald Trump is reportedly more popular than some of Europe's biggest leaders

  21-11-2017 19:58
  President Trump has received some rather dismal approval ratings, but he’s reportedly more popular compared to some of his European counterparts.
  
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• Zimbabwe's Mugabe resigns, ending four decades of rule

  21-11-2017 19:51
  By MacDonald DzirutweHARARE (Reuters) - Robert Mugabe resigned as Zimbabwe's president on Tuesday a week after the army and his former political allies moved to end four decades of rule by a man once feted as an independence hero who became feared as a despot.The 93-year-old Mugabe had clung on for a week after an army takeover.Wild celebrations broke out at a joint sitting of parliament when Speaker Jacob Mudenda read out Mugabe's brief resignation letter and suspended the impeachment procedure
  
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• More remains of slain US soldier found in Niger

  21-11-2017 19:48
  Additional remains of a US soldier who was killed in an ambush in Niger last month have been found in the West African nation, the Pentagon said Tuesday.Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White said a joint US Africa Command military team on November 12 discovered the remains at the site where Sergeant La David Johnson's body was recovered following the October 4 attack."Today, we can confirm that the Armed Forces Medical Examiner has positively identified these remains as those of Sergeant Johnson," Whi
  
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• Iran's Rouhani urges France to remain "realistic, impartial" in Middle East

  21-11-2017 19:48
  BEIRUT/PARIS (Reuters) - France can play a productive role in the Middle East by taking a "realistic and impartial approach", Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, in a phone call on Tuesday, according to Iranian state media.Tensions between Iran and France increased last week after Macron said that Tehran should be less aggressive in the region and should clarify its ballistic missile program.
  
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• Kindergartener bags buck under Wisconsin's new hunting rules

  21-11-2017 19:40
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin kindergartener is among the first youngsters to bag a buck under a new law that eliminates the state's minimum hunting age.
  
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• Sarah Silverman Says She 'Fell In Love' With Trump Voters While Traveling

  21-11-2017 19:39
  Sarah Silverman has some things to say about Trump voters she’s encountered while traveling for work ― and they’re all positive!
  
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• Countering Russian Information Operations in the Age of Social Media - Council on Foreign Relations

  21-11-2017 19:38
  Council on Foreign Relations
  Countering Russian Information Operations in the Age of Social Media
  Council on Foreign Relations
  Russia's information warfare operations, aimed to weaken adversaries' social cohesion and political systems, are complex and adaptive, but Western governments can take steps to guard against them. November 21, 2017. A Russian flag and a 3-D model of ...
  
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• Prosecutors Won't Seek Death Penalty Against Husband Accused of Pushing Wife Off Cruise Ship

  21-11-2017 19:37
  Kenneth Manzanares has been charged with murder in the July death of his wife, Kristy Manzanares.
  
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• The advertising-based internet is destroying society, tech pioneer says - CNBC

  21-11-2017 19:31
  CNBC
  The advertising-based internet is destroying society, tech pioneer says
  CNBC
  Technology companies have been under pressure over whether they contributed to the spread of misinformation or divisive content. Jaron Lanier is known as one of the early leaders of virtual reality technology and released a new book, "Dawn of the New ...and more »
  
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• 'This Is Not a Pleasant Story for Me.' Megyn Kelly Opens Up About Her Own Experience With Charlie Rose

  21-11-2017 19:19
  "This isn't a pleasant story for me"
  
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• Former Virginia death row inmate granted parole

  21-11-2017 18:54
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia death row inmate who came within two days of being executed before his sentence was commuted decades ago amid questions about his guilt was granted parole.
  
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• More charges filed against woman in Missouri teen's suicide

  21-11-2017 18:51
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — More charges have been filed against the former manager of a small-town Missouri Dairy Queen accused of bullying a teenage employee so relentlessly that he killed himself.
  
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• U.S. Military Investigation Finds More Remains in Niger

  21-11-2017 18:48
  The Pentagon revealed it found additional human remains of a U.S. soldier killed during the Oct. 4 ambush in Niger.
  
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• Time could be running out for missing Argentine sub; flares reported

  21-11-2017 18:44
  By Walter BianchiMAR DEL PLATA, Argentina (Reuters) - Authorities were investigating white flares spotted in the South Atlantic overnight, as urgency grew on Tuesday in the search for a missing Argentine navy submarine amid worry that its 44 crew members could be running out of oxygen.Searchers found an empty raft floating in the ocean, and noticed white flares from a distance.
  
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• Apologizing For Predatory Behavior Requires More Than Saying 'I'm Sorry'

  21-11-2017 18:44
  In 2011, Angie’s* male colleague at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History brought her into an isolated hallway and grabbed her butt without her consent.
  
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• CBS, PBS Cut Ties With Charlie Rose Following Sexual Misconduct Allegations

  21-11-2017 18:37
  CBS has fired “This Morning” co-host Charlie Rose amid allegations he sexually harassed and groped multiple women.
  
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• US strike in Somalia kills more than 100 Shabaab fighters

  21-11-2017 18:35
  US forces conducted an air strike against the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shabaab group in Somalia on Tuesday, killing more than 100 jihadists, military officials said."In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, US forces conducted an air strike in Somalia against an al-Shabaab camp on Tuesday, November 21 at approximately 10:30 am local Somalia time (0730 GMT), killing more than 100 militants," the US Africa Command said in a statement.
  
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• 102-year-old Holocaust survivor who thought his entire family died meets nephew he didn't know existed

  21-11-2017 18:26
  A 102-year-old Polish man who believed his entire family had died in the Holocaust was reduced to tears this week when he met a nephew that he didn't know he had.
  
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• Syria in ruins but Assad's hold on power looks firm

  21-11-2017 18:24
  BEIRUT (AP) — His nation is a smoldering ruin, much of it held by rival armed factions, domestic or foreign. Half the population is displaced, hundreds of thousands have died and much of the West regards him as a tyrant and human rights abuser. But Syrian President Bashar Assad appears to have survived the war and is likely to hold onto power for the foreseeable future.
  
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