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• UK's May says greater risk of no Brexit the longer it takes to find compromise

  06-04-2019 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  May has so far failed to secure backing for her negotiated agreement with Brussels as some Conservative lawmakers and Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, which props up her minority government, have voted it down."The fact is that on Brexit there are areas where the two main parties agree: we both want to end free movement, we both want to leave with a good deal, and we both want to protect jobs," May said in comments released by her Downing Street office."That is the basis for a compr
  
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• REFILE-UPDATE 1-UK's May says greater risk of no Brexit the longer it takes to find compromise

  06-04-2019 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Saturday that the longer it takes to find a compromise with the opposition Labour Party to secure a parliamentary majority for a Brexit deal, the less likely it is that Britain will leave the European Union.May has so far failed to secure backing for her negotiated agreement with Brussels as some Conservative lawmakers and Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, which props up her minority government, have voted it down."The fact is that on Brexit
  
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• Venezuela street rallies show deep divide in power struggle

  06-04-2019 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Rival political factions took to the streets across Venezuela on Saturday in a mounting struggle for control of the crisis-wracked nation, where U.S.- backed opposition leader Juan Guaidó is attempting to oust socialist President Nicólas Maduro.
  
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• Thieves steal hundreds from donation boxes from church in Howard Beach, Queens

  06-04-2019 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Police are searching for the people who were caught on camera stealing money from donation boxes inside a Queens church.
  
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• Rival Libyan forces say they have captured Tripoli airport

  06-04-2019 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Forces loyal to rival Libyan army commander Khalifa Hifter said Saturday they seized control of the main airport in Libya's capital Tripoli, two days after Hifter ordered his forces to seize the seat of Libya's U.N.-backed government.
  
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• Trump sees tight race between 'two good people' for Israel PM

  06-04-2019 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Tell me, I don't know," Trump asked the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas.Two good people," he said, referring to incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu and rival Benny Gantz."I stood with your prime minister at the White House to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights," he said.
  
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• For American Jews, Trump is key figure in Israeli election

  06-04-2019 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump isn't on the ballot for Israel's national election, yet he's a dominant factor for many American Jews as they assess the high stakes of Tuesday's balloting.
  
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• Obama warns progressives to avoid 'circular firing squad' as Democrats prepare for 2020 showdown

  06-04-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Barack Obama has urged progressives in the US to avoid becoming part of a “circular firing squad” that takes aim at people who do not share all their views.In what will be interpreted as a comment about the nature of the rivalry between different factions within the Democratic Party, the former president stressed the need for compromise.“The way we structure democracy requires you to take into account people who don’t agree with you,” he said at an event in Berlin h
  
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• Venezuelans protest as Guaido declares 'greatest escalation of pressure'

  06-04-2019 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Opposition supporters thronged the streets of Caracas and other cities on Saturday to protest against President Nicolas Maduro's government, as massive blackouts and the collapse of water supplies further exacerbated a growing political crisis.The United States meanwhile has stiffened its economic sanctions against the government, and one top US official on Saturday warned Venezuela's military that it must protect the rights of peaceful protesters.
  
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• Netanyahu pledges to annex West Bank settlements after vote

  06-04-2019 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Saturday to annex settlements in the occupied West Bank if he wins the upcoming general election."I will apply (Israeli) sovereignty, but I don't distinguish between settlement blocs and isolated settlements," he said in an interview to Channel 12 television.Settlements built on land occupied by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War are deemed illegal by the international community and their ongoing construction is seen as a major barrier to peace.
  
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• Attorney: Former OU president Boren met with investigators

  06-04-2019 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The attorney for former University of Oklahoma President David Boren says Boren met with investigators for the university who are looking into allegations that he sexually harassed male subordinates.
  
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• UPDATE 3-Israel's Netanyahu says plans to annex settlements in West Bank if reelected

  06-04-2019 20:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that he would annex Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank if he wins another term in office, a last-minute pre-election promise likely to enrage Palestinians and the Arab world.In an interview with Israeli Channel 12 News three days ahead of the April 9 poll, Netanyahu was asked why he had not extended sovereignty to large West Bank settlements, as Israel did without international recognition in east Jerusalem and the Golan Heigh
  
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• A 2016 hangover: Some Bernie Sanders supporters still upset

  06-04-2019 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — It was hard to miss Cheri Pichone's excitement about Bernie Sanders' second presidential run. She showed up to a recent Iowa rally decked out in Sanders gear, complete with a figurine of the Vermont senator and progressive icon.
  
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• Iran to blacklist U.S. military if Washington designates Guards as terrorists: MP

  06-04-2019 19:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran may put the U.S. military on its terror list if Washington designates the Iranian elite Revolutionary Guards as terrorists, a senior Iranian lawmaker said on Saturday.The United States is expected to designate the Revolutionary Guards a foreign terrorist organization, three U.S. officials told Reuters, marking the first time Washington has formally labeled another country's military a terrorist group."If the Revolutionary Guards are placed on America's list of terrorist groups, we will put
  
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• New Jersey high school opens every Friday night to keep students off streets

  06-04-2019 19:23 via news.yahoo.com
  "I haven't lost any more kids to gun violence since the start of the school year," said the school's principal.
  
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• Lori Loughlin's daughter 'very frustrated with her parents' in wake of admissions scandal: Report

  06-04-2019 19:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Olivia Jade is blaming her parents for her bad PR as she works to rebuild her own brand, according to People magazine.
  
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• Try this $19 Crock-Pot before you buy a $100 slow cooker

  06-04-2019 19:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Multi-cookers like the ones made by Instant Pot are fantastic, but they're also definitely overkill if you only plan to use them as slow cookers. So many people do that, and it's a huge waste of money! Check out the Crock-Pot 6-Quart Cook & Carry Oval Manual Portable Slow Cooker instead. It's a fantastic 6-quart Crock-Pot that has amassed hundreds of 5-star ratings on Amazon, and it's on sale right now for just $19 and change!Here are the key details from the product page:* 6-quart portable
  
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• New York man charged with threatening to kill Muslim U.S. lawmaker Ilhan Omar

  06-04-2019 19:01 via news.yahoo.com
  A 55-year-old New York man has been arrested and charged with threatening to assault and murder Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar, a Muslim U.S. Congress member from Minnesota, federal prosecutors said.Patrick Carlineo Jr. of Addison, New York, faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Friday in a statement.According to prosecutors, Carlineo spoke by telephone with one of Omar's staff members on March 21 and asked the employee: "Do
  
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• UK opposition leader: I'm waiting for May to move Brexit 'red lines'

  06-04-2019 18:52 via news.yahoo.com
  With Britain due to leave the bloc on April 12 and no sign of her minority government being able to pass a deal through parliament on its own, May turned to Labour Party leader Corbyn in recent days in the hope of securing a bi-partisan agreement.A deal with Corbyn could be May's last chance to deliver Brexit without either a long delay or leaving with no deal at all."I'm waiting to see the red lines move," he told the BBC.
  
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• U.S. President Trump says has not read Mueller report

  06-04-2019 18:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump said on Saturday he had not read Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report investigating contacts between his 2016 campaign and Russia.
  
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• Watch the birdie: Swedish birds pose for the camera – in pictures

  06-04-2019 18:00
  British photographer Stephen Gill would often gaze out of a window of his home in Skåne, Sweden, to find a vast yet empty sky. A bird enthusiast from a young age – his first teenage photographic project focused on bird tables – he determined to capture Skåne’s native species and placed a pillar at the end of a field and a camera with a motion sensor opposite. The experiment worked: dozens of birds unwittingly posed for the camera. “Viewing what had taken place
  
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• UPDATE 1-U.S. President Trump says has not read Mueller report

  06-04-2019 17:37 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he had not read Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report investigating contacts between his 2016 campaign and Russia that his Democratic opponents say should be released in full."I have not read the Mueller Report yet, even though I have every right to do so," Trump wrote on Twitter.U.S. Attorney General William Barr has said he plans to make public a redacted copy of the nearly 400-page investigative report into Russian interference in the 2016 electi
  
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• 25 years after genocide, can Rwanda heal? 6 villages try

  06-04-2019 17:27 via news.yahoo.com
  MBYO, Rwanda (AP) — Twenty-five years ago, Tasian Nkundiye murdered his neighbor with a machete.
  
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• You Don’t Have To Go To War To Fire A Machine Gun From A Helicopter Anymore

  06-04-2019 17:23 via news.yahoo.com
  We have the video to prove it.
  
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• Timmothy Pitzen: Ex-convict charged with pretending to be long-missing boy

  06-04-2019 16:49 via news.yahoo.com
  A former convict accused of pulling a cruel hoax by pretending pretended to be a missing boy from Illinois has been charged with making false statements.Brian Rini, 23, had claimed he was 14-year-old Timmothy Pitzen, who went missing in 2011 after his mother killed herself when he was six-years-old. He said he had escaped from an eight-year ordeal at the hands of sex traffickers.But Mr Rini’s claims were debunked earlier this week after DNA tests confirmed he was not the long-lost boy.The
  
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• 'A gross abuse of power': Trump's lawyer blasts demand for tax returns, seeks delay

  06-04-2019 16:38 via news.yahoo.com
  A lawyer for President Donald Trump argues that it's clear Democrats are requesting this information to embarrass Trump and score political points.
  
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• The Latest: Russia FM opposes attempts to lay blame in Libya

  06-04-2019 16:37 via news.yahoo.com
  CAIRO (AP) — The Latest on developments in Libya (all times local):
  
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• Ilhan Omar: New York man charged with threatening to kill Muslim congresswoman

  06-04-2019 16:32 via news.yahoo.com
  A man has been charged with threatening to kill one of the first Muslim women to serve in the US Congress. Patrick Carlineo Jr was arrested after placing a call to Ilhan Omar's office in which he allegedly called the Democrat a “terrorist” before threatening to shoot her, federal prosecutors said. The FBI said that the 55-year-old sounded angry during the call to the Washington DC office of the of Minnesota representative, but he “spelled his name correctly and provided contact
  
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• When a Ferrari 488 Spider Becomes an Ambulance

  06-04-2019 16:30 via news.yahoo.com
  A crosstown adventure featuring a friend with peanut (and Ferrari) envy.
  
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• Philips Hue white LED bulbs are somehow down to $10 on Amazon, today only

  06-04-2019 16:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Have you been toying with the idea of a Philips Hue smart lighting setup in your home? Well today is definitely the day you should pull the trigger because Amazon is running a crazy one-day sale on all sorts of different refurbished Philips Hue LED bulbs. You'll find pretty much everything you might be looking for among Saturday's one-day deals, but the star of the show here has to be the Philips Hue White A19 LED Bulb 4-Pack for just $39.99 -- that's only $10 a bulb, which is unheard of! You ca
  
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• Joe Biden refuses to apologize for anything he's ever done after joking about allegations of inappropriate behavior

  06-04-2019 16:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Former Vice President Joe Biden jokes during a conference about touching people.
  
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• Libyan strongman's forces say targeted by air strike

  06-04-2019 16:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Forces loyal to Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar said Saturday they had been targeted by an air strike, as fresh fighting flared south of Tripoli."We strongly condemn the air raid... in the Al-Aziziya region" by a plane, which had taken off from western Misrata, said the media office of Haftar's self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA).Forces in Misrata are mostly loyal to Libya's internationally-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), which has been battling Haftar for control of the war-t
  
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• France says G7 mostly agreed except on Iran, Israeli-Palestinian issue

  06-04-2019 15:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven nations broadly agreed on issues during a two-day meeting, but were unable to bridge differences on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and how to deal with Iran, France's top diplomat said on Saturday."Despite the crisp air of Dinard, we couldn't overcome some of our differences," Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said at the end of a two-day meeting in western France."I think the talks were constructive and pleasant both in tone and in the fundamentals."L
  
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• Last flight leaves Ataturk as Istanbul switches airports

  06-04-2019 15:48 via news.yahoo.com
  The mammoth transfer between the two hubs, described by Turkish authorities as unprecedented in scale and speed, was already largely complete a little more than 24 hours after it began before dawn on Friday.The new Istanbul Airport, costing some $8 billion and one of several mega-projects championed by President Tayyip Erdogan, will initially be able to handle 90 million passengers a year, close to the world's largest existing airport capacity.Overnight hundreds of trucks carried equipment such
  
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• Will Jussie Smollett be forced to pay back the $130,000 he owes the city of Chicago for their investigation?

  06-04-2019 15:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Deroy Murdock says if Jussie Smollett was smart he would pay back the $130,000 the city of Chicago has requested before the city sues him for triple that amount.
  
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• The biggest thing Apple needs to improve for the iPhone 11 to keep pace with Android

  06-04-2019 15:01 via news.yahoo.com
  No matter how you try to spin it, there's no getting around the fact that iPhone sales have been stagnant over the past few years. Despite some respectable upgrades over the past few years -- the introduction of Face ID and a brand new form factor with the iPhone X being two prime examples -- the simple reality is that consumers are holding onto their devices for longer. Suffice it to say, the 2-year upgrade cycle that helped transform Apple into the most profitable company on the planet is now
  
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• MeToo founder Tarana Burke condemns Joe Biden’s ‘inexcusable’ responses to unwanted touching allegations

  06-04-2019 14:46 via news.yahoo.com
  The founder of the MeToo movement has hit out at Joe Biden for jokingly referring to complaints made against him by women about unwanted physical contact. Tarana Burke, who founded the movement against sexual harassment and assault, said the former vice president’s light-hearted response was “disrespectful and inexcusable”.Ms Burke, who first started using the phrase “MeToo” to raise awareness about the prevalence of sexual misconduct in 2006, said the women were ri
  
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• Joe Biden laments lack of personal connection in politics as he pledges to respect space

  06-04-2019 14:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Facing allegations by several women of unwanted touching, former vice president Joe Biden is bemoaning the lack of personal connections in politics.
  
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• Rwanda's post-genocide guide keeps the memories alive

  06-04-2019 14:17 via news.yahoo.com
  (This version of the April 5th story corrects date in paragraph 2 to April 6 not April 7)By Clement UwiringiyimanaKIGALI (Reuters) - Every weekday, Aline Uwase Turatsinze gets up, washes her face and rides a motorbike to the site where more than 60 members of her family were buried after being murdered.The quiet woman with the long braids is a guide at Rwanda's genocide museum, a memorial to the killing that claimed 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu lives after the then-president's plane was shot
  
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• Penn State hazing sentence sends a message to frat boys, college students: Grow up

  06-04-2019 14:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Penn State's Beta Theta Pi fraternity didn't invent the ritual that killed Timothy Piazza. It's a rite of passage we've tolerated for far too long.
  
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• Does North Korea Have Any Chance of Killing an F-35?

  06-04-2019 13:45 via news.yahoo.com
  With South Korea getting the F-35A this month it's time we ask the question.
  
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• Mitch McConnell is destroying the Senate – and American government

  06-04-2019 13:22 via news.yahoo.com
  The majority leader cares only for winning, not rules or democracy itself. He is doing more damage than Trump* The Hill to Die On: Trump and a Republican dumpster fireDonald Trump speaks to the press alongside Mitch McConnell. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty ImagesNo person has done more in living memory to undermine the functioning of the US government than the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell.Yes, Donald Trump has debased and defiled the presidency. He has launched blistering a
  
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• Can’t Any Democrat Here Play This Game?

  06-04-2019 12:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Time to check on the 20 Smurfs.Joe Biden recorded a message on a friend’s iPhone in which he admitted that he’s made women and “some men” uncomfortable by, among other things, touching them, rubbing their shoulders, and smelling their hair. It’s his way of making a “connection,” Biden explained, as though he were a domestic animal introducing himself to another pet. Men, women, “young, old,” he’s touched them all. Handshakes and small t
  
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• Engie, Caisse to Buy Petrobras Pipe Unit for $8.6 Billion

  06-04-2019 11:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Engie and the Caisse prevailed after multiple rounds of bidding for the unit, known as TAG, beating out Macquarie Group Ltd. and a joint bid from EIG Global Energy Partners and Mubadala Development Co. It is the biggest-ever single asset sale for Petrobras, whose new chief executive officer has sought to speed divestitures that began years ago, when the state-run energy giant briefly became the world’s most indebted oil company.Engie has been selling oil and coal assets in recent years to
  
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• Trump administration set to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as terrorist group, report says

  06-04-2019 11:37 via news.yahoo.com
  The US is reportedly preparing to designate Iran‘s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organisation.It would be the first time Washington has formally labelled another country’s military a terrorist group.The decision is expected to be announced by the US State Department perhaps as early as next week, The Wall Street Journal reported. It has been rumoured for years.Iran warned it might put the US military on its terror list in retaliation, a senior
  
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• Ecuador Rejects WikiLeaks Claims That It Plans to Expel Assange

  06-04-2019 10:35 via news.yahoo.com
  In a statement Friday evening, Ecuador’s Foreign Ministry denied it has an agreement with the U.K. about Assange’s arrest.WikiLeaks said earlier on Twitter that Ecuador was about to expel its founder within “hours to days,” citing what it called a high level source within the Ecuadorian government.
  
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• 'Our country is full': Trump says migrants straining system

  06-04-2019 08:48 via news.yahoo.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Declaring "our country is full," President Donald Trump on Friday insisted the U.S. immigration system was overburdened and illegal crossings must be stopped as he inspected a refurbished section of fencing at the Mexican border.
  
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• The Latest: Trump visits his California golf club

  06-04-2019 08:01 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the border (all times local):
  
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• Boeing to slow production of 737 Max as it continues working on software fix

  06-04-2019 07:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Boeing said that it will slow the production of its prized 737 Max jet as it works on the software update
  
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• Country diary: these hardy honeybees could help our ailing apiaries

  06-04-2019 06:30
  Weaverham, Cheshire: While imported bees huddled around their queens, Owley Wood’s wild colony was active throughout the winterFrom the edge of a 1930s housing estate, Owley Wood tumbles down a steep bank to the River Weaver. The woodland is ancient but many of the current trees became established following first world war clearances. Several veteran trees are now at rest, reclining unnaturally, their branches digging into the soil. I’m looking for the remains of a broad ash that for
  
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