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• Outcry in Connecticut brings back canceled Halloween parades

  12-10-2015 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MILFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut city's school system that canceled Halloween costume parades at its elementary schools has reversed its decision following an outcry from parents.
  
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• Evidence mounts for El Nino that could ease Calif. drought

  12-10-2015 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Evidence is mounting that the El Nino ocean-warming phenomenon in the Pacific will spawn a rainy winter in California, potentially easing the state's punishing drought but also bringing the risk of chaotic storms like those that battered the region in the late 1990s.
  
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• California governor bans Redskins name at public schools

  12-10-2015 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four California high schools will be forced to change mascots after Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation making the state the first to bar public schools from using the Redskins name for sports teams.
  
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• Former MP interviewed in Staffordshire paedophile ring investigation

  12-10-2015 23:51 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  VIP paedophile group alleged to have operated with police complicity said to include peer and judge as well as 55-year-old former MP A former MP has been interviewed under caution by police over claims he was a member of a paedophile ring who sexually assaulted a young girl decades ago.Staffordshire police has spoken to the 55-year-old as part of their investigation into a group of men who reportedly met in the woods in Cannock Chase and raped the alleged victim, Esther Baker, during the 1980s a
  
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• Exclusive: U.S. probes allegations AB InBev seeking to curb craft beer distribution

  12-10-2015 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is probing allegations that Anheuser-Busch InBev is seeking to curb competition in the beer market by buying distributors, making it harder for fast-growing craft brewers to get their products on store shelves, according to three people familiar with the matter. In the past few months, the world's largest brewer has rattled the craft beer world by striking deals for five distributors in three states. Many states require brewers to
  
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• Russia, Slovakia secure places at Euro finals

  12-10-2015 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Russia and Slovakia clinched qualification for Euro 2016 on Monday as reigning continental champions Spain and England both ended their campaigns with victories. Russia's turnaround in form under Leonid Slutsky continued as they beat Montenegro 2-0 in Moscow to take the second automatic qualifying spot in Group G behind Austria and condemn Sweden to a play-off. The veteran right-back Oleg Kuzmin scored his first international goal to put Russia ahead in the 33rd minute at the Otkrytie Arena and
  
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• Dodgers pick Kershaw to start on 3 days' rest in Game 4

  12-10-2015 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Clayton Kershaw is scheduled to start on three days' rest for the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4 of their playoff series against the New York Mets.
  
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• Democratic debate a breakout chance for O'Malley, others

  12-10-2015 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Stuck far behind Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bernie Sanders in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, Martin O'Malley needs a breakout moment in the party's first debate to catch up to the front-runners.
  
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• Correction: Gun violence research story

  12-10-2015 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — In a story Oct. 12 about gun violence research, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Newtown, Connecticut, was the deadliest mass slaying at a school in U.S. history. With 26 victims, it was the second-deadliest shooting at a school; 32 were killed at Virginia Tech in 2007. The worst attack at an elementary school was a 1927 bombing that killed 38 children in Bath Township, Michigan.
  
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• Box Office Top 20: 'Pan' flops with $15.3 million

  12-10-2015 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Pan" fared even worse than expected in its dismal 3,515-screen debut. The $150 million live-action Peter Pan origin story netted $15.3 million in its first days in theaters according to Rentrak reported actuals on Monday. Sunday estimates had the film at a slightly better $15.5 million.
  
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• Volkswagen emissions scandal headed for Hollywood

  12-10-2015 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Volkswagen AG scandal over diesel emission tests is headed for Hollywood. U.S. movie studio Paramount Picture and actor Leonardo DiCaprio's production company have acquired movie rights to a book proposal by New York Times journalist Jack Ewing about the clean diesel scandal, the biggest crisis in Volkswagen's 78-year history, Paramount and New York literary agency Marly Rusoff and Associates said on Monday.
  
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• Out with the old, as Chinese chase new luxury labels abroad

  12-10-2015 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Astrid Wendlandt, Clare Baldwin and Siddharth Cavale PARIS/HONG KONG/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chinese luxury consumers are spending more on ready-to-wear and new labels, a notable shift in the behavior and tastes of the world's top spenders, a Reuters survey of retailers in the United States, Asia and Europe showed. Chinese consumers are increasingly traveling alone, rather than in groups, and are more likely to buy for themselves or friends than for their boss, or the spouse of a government offi
  
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• Streaming TV services: What they cost, what you get

  12-10-2015 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cable or satellite packages, excluding promotions, can easily run $70 to $100 a month. That gets you hundreds of diverse channels — ESPN for sports lovers, premium channels like HBO and Showtime, the major networks and niche options. But maybe you can find more cost-effective options online.
  
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• Cuban legends Buena Vista Social Club to play at White House

  12-10-2015 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Havana's legendary Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club will become the first Cuban group to play at the White House in half a century on Thursday, a US official said. The Grammy-winning band will play at a White House event to mark Hispanic Heritage Month, where President Barack Obama will also make remarks, a White House official told AFP. It is the latest overture between the two Cold War foes, who have steadily sought to improve relations during Obama's administration after years of animosity.
  
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• Superbug fells American football Giant

  12-10-2015 23:08 via rss.cnn.com
  
  New York Giants tight end Daniel Fells has been diagnosed with the superbug MRSA. According to NJ.com, he has required multiple surgeries to treat the infection.
  
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• Google joins funding round for secure messaging service Symphony

  12-10-2015 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Symphony, a financial industry messaging startup, announced Monday that it has raised $100 million in a new round of funding from backers that included Google. An encrypted messaging platform launched by the year-old company has become a fast-growing rival to a service offered by Bloomberg. Google was joined in the new funding round by Swiss bank UBS, French banks Natixis and Societe Generale, and venture capital firms Lakestar and Merus Capital, an existing investor, according to Symphony.
  
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• Actor Randy Quaid and wife each held on $500,000 bail in Vermont

  12-10-2015 22:59 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Quaids held on California fugitive charges after the couple were detained at the Canadian border while trying to re-enter the United States Actor Randy Quaid and his wife were ordered held on $500,000 bail each in Vermont on Monday on charges that they skipped out of the country five years ago after being charged with vandalism in California. The Quaids were detained at the Canadian border Friday night while trying to re-enter the United States after Canadian officials granted Evi Quaid citizens
  
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• Turkey faces period of instability in wake of attacks

  12-10-2015 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The suicide bombings that ripped through a rally promoting peace in Turkey's capital have magnified the political uncertainty ahead of a key election Nov. 1 and raised fears that the country may be heading toward an extended period of instability.
  
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• US airdrops ammunition to Syrian rebel groups after strategy shift

  12-10-2015 22:52 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  US air force delivers ammunition to Syrian Arab groups fighting Isis amid shift to arming fighters inside the country after failure to train new rebel forceThe United States said on Monday it carried out an ammunition airdrop for Syrian Arab groups battling Islamic State, as Washington shifts its focus to arming fighters inside Syria after ending a failed program to train a new rebel force. US air force C-17 cargo aircraft flew into northern Syria on Sunday to carry out the mission and all aircr
  
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• US stocks edge higher as investors wait for earnings

  12-10-2015 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks edged higher Monday on a quiet day for the market ahead of a busy weak for corporate earnings.
  
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• EU referendum: Brussels tells evasive Cameron to spell out agenda for talks

  12-10-2015 22:47 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Frustrated officials and diplomats in Brussels say negotiations have not moved in months due to UK’s reluctance to table clear demands for EU reform
  David Cameron has been told by senior negotiators in Brussels that there is no point in further talks on Britain’s EU membership until he tables concrete written demands, the Guardian has learned. Downing Street has been determined to avoid putting its specific demands on paper for fear of leaks that will be seized on by Eurosceptics.Jep
  
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• Canada's Liberal party within reach of election win going into final stretch

  12-10-2015 22:33 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Liberal party gathering momentum as it hopes campaign message of change trumps Conservatives at end of longest election in country’s recent historyWith just one week to go before the national election, Canada’s Liberal Party is gathering steam, as the country enters the final stretch in what has been the longest election campaign in its modern history.Polls indicate the Liberal party, which despite election losses spanning the past decade has long considered itself to be Canada&rsquo
  
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• Multiple stabbings in Israel

  12-10-2015 22:29 via rss.cnn.com
  
  There were multiple stabbings in Israel Monday, authorities said.
  
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• 'UCC strong': Oregon college students attend first day of class since shooting

  12-10-2015 22:21 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Roseburg residents and state’s governor among hundreds welcoming students back while state troopers and sheriff’s deputies patroled the grounds
  Hundreds of people lined the road leading to the Oregon community college where a gunman killed nine people, holding signs reading “UCC Strong” as students returned on Monday to the scene of the deadliest shooting in state history. Related: Oregon shooting survivor spared by gunman as 'lucky one' tells his storyContinue reading..
  
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• Detention inquiry aims to circumvent Border Force Act so whistleblowers can report

  12-10-2015 22:18 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Senate inquiry designed to give workers on Nauru and Manus Island the chance to testify under parliamentary privilege Conditions in Australia’s offshore detention centres on Manus Island and Nauru will be investigated by a new parliamentary inquiry designed as an outlet for whistleblowers to disclose information under parliamentary privilege, out of reach of the Border Force Act.
  The Greens and Labor joined forces in parliament on Monday to refer both offshore centres to a Senate committee
  
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• US-led coalition drops ammo to anti-IS Syrian rebels

  12-10-2015 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US-led coalition forces have parachuted ammunition to rebels fighting Islamic State jihadists in northern Syria, a US military spokesman said Monday. The move follows the Pentagon's announcement last week that it would halt its much-criticized program to train moderate rebels, and instead focus efforts on equipping pre-screened rebel leaders from groups actively fighting IS. Colonel Steve Warren, the Baghdad-based spokesman for the US-led effort to strike IS in Iraq and Syria, said the ammunitio
  
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• PM planning nine-month EU referendum window, minister reveals

  12-10-2015 22:08 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Europe minister David Lidington suggests David Cameron negotiating based on in/out ballot being held between summer 2016 and spring 2017David Cameron is running his EU negotiations on the basis that he effectively has a nine-month window from the summer of next year to the spring of 2017 to hold his in/out referendum on Britain’s EU membership.As the main pro-EU group launched its campaign with warnings about the economic dangers of a UK exit, a new timetable emerged when the Europe minist
  
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• James Taylor's mother dies at Martha's Vineyard home at 92

  12-10-2015 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHILMARK, Mass. (AP) — The mother of Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter James Taylor has died at age 92.
  
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• Raven-Symone apologizes for remark on job discrimination

  12-10-2015 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Raven-Symone is the latest panelist on "The View" to try to take back her words, saying her comment last week that she would not hire someone with an ethnic-sounding name was in "poor taste."
  
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• US stocks end higher, keeping alive positive momentum

  12-10-2015 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - US stocks finished higher Monday, keeping alive the positive momentum from last week's rally despite weakness in petroleum-linked shares.
  
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• Turkey PM says IS prime suspect in deadliest attack

  12-10-2015 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu Monday said the Islamic State (IS) extremist group was the prime suspect in the double suicide bombings in Ankara that killed 97 and sparked anger over the authorities' failure to ensure security. In his first interview since Turkey was scarred Saturday by its deadliest ever attack, Davutoglu insisted that a snap election would go ahead as planned on November 1 despite the bloodshed. The attack on a peace rally of leftist, labour and Kurdish activists ratch
  
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• U.S. airdrops ammunition to Syria Arabs after strategy revamp

  12-10-2015 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United States said on Monday it carried out an ammunition airdrop for Syrian Arab groups battling Islamic State, as Washington shifts its focus to arming fighters inside Syria after ending a failed program to train a new rebel force. U.S. Air Force C-17 cargo aircraft flew into northern Syria on Sunday to carry out the mission and all aircraft exited the airdrop area safely, the U.S. military's Central Command said. The U.S. military did not name the individual groups that received the small
  
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• Cuban legends playing White House

  12-10-2015 22:01 via rss.cnn.com
  
  For the first time in a half century, a musical act based in Cuba will play at the White House this week, a further sign of the thawing relations between the two former Cold War adversaries.
  
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• Arkansas judge orders state to disclose source of execution drugs

  12-10-2015 22:01 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Arkansas given deadline to release information about execution drug supplier to attorneys for death row inmates challenging state’s drug secrecy law Arkansas was ordered on Monday to release information about its supplier of lethal injection drugs to attorneys for death row inmates who are challenging the state’s execution secrecy law.Pulaski County circuit court judge Wendell Griffen said the state must “identify or otherwise object to disclosure” of the manufacturers, d
  
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• 'The Martian' dazzles as 'Pan' crashes

  12-10-2015 22:00 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Joe Wright's big-budget "Pan" is looking like a major loss for Warner Bros. after opening to $15.5 million from 3,515 theaters in North America, a disastrous start for a film that cost $150 million to make.
  
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• Colts QB Andrew Luck a full participant at practice for Pats

  12-10-2015 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Colts quarterback Andrew Luck was a full participant in Monday's practice for the first time in two weeks, though his availability for this weekend's showdown with New England remains unknown.
  
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• Beltre late to addition to Rangers starting lineup in Game 4

  12-10-2015 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Adrian Beltre let the Texas Rangers know he was ready to play and was a late addition to their starting lineup Monday for Game 4 of the AL Division Series.
  
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• Resurgent Taliban threaten to overrun another Afghan city

  12-10-2015 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fighting flared in eastern Afghanistan Monday as Taliban insurgents threatened to storm another provincial capital, two weeks after their lightning capture of northern Kunduz city which marked their biggest military victory in 14 years. The attempt to seize Ghazni city, south of Kabul, was repelled by Afghan forces but it raised security alarm bells as the resurgent militant group pushes to expand beyond its rural strongholds in the south of the country. The violence, which prompted local shops
  
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• Cannabis petition: MPs debate liberalisation of drug laws

  12-10-2015 21:56 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Paul Flynn and Peter Lilley among cross-party group of MPs urging relaxation of laws on cannabis in debate called after petition attracts 220,000 signatures Cannabis is the oldest medicine in the world, the Labour MP Paul Flynn has said, calling on the government to legalise the use of the drug for medicinal purposes.Flynn was one of a cross-party group of MPs to call for the liberalisation of cannabis laws during a Westminster Hall debate in parliament on Monday evening. The debate was called a
  
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• Judge: 16-year-old to be tried as adult in family stabbing

  12-10-2015 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A 16-year-old Oklahoma boy will stand trial as an adult in the stabbing deaths of his parents and three siblings, a judge ruled Monday, rejecting a request by defense attorneys to certify him as a juvenile delinquent or youthful offender.
  
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• Rivers crest, I-95 opens as South Carolina turns to recovery

  12-10-2015 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHAPIN, S.C. (AP) — As the worst of the floodwaters that roared through South Carolina washed out to sea, Gov. Nikki Haley and other officials said Monday it is time to start recovering instead of reacting to the ongoing emergency.
  
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• 'Campus (Dildo) Carry': sex toy ban spurs protest over Texas gun laws

  12-10-2015 21:50 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  University students plan protest over law that will allow concealed weapons on campus where display of sex aids can lead to a $500 fine for obscenityFrom 1 August 2016, licensed Texans will be allowed to carry concealed weapons on the campuses of public universities. In the wake of a spate of campus shootings, a group of students have decided to protest the incoming law by entering classrooms carrying different accessories: dildos.Related: University of Texas professor quits over state's 'campus
  
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• US airdrops small arms ammunition to Syrian Arab groups

  12-10-2015 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. cargo planes dropped small arms ammunition to Arab groups fighting the Islamic State group in northern Syria, a U.S. military spokesman said Monday.
  
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• Syria regime advances, US drops ammo to anti-IS rebels

  12-10-2015 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Regime troops aided by Russian air strikes fought their fiercest clashes with rebels in weeks Monday, as US-led coalition forces parachuted ammunition to rebels battling jihadists in northern Syria. Meanwhile, the UN's peace envoy to Syria said he was heading to Moscow to promote a political end to the conflict, despite Russia intensifying its raids. In a complex conflict involving several foreign players, Moscow has sided militarily with President Bashar al-Assad against his armed foes, brandin
  
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• CNN urged to add liberal panelist for debate

  12-10-2015 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Liberals are urging CNN to add a left-leaning questioner to its panel at this week's debate of Democratic presidential candidates, saying it's only fair because conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt participated in the network's coverage of the second Republican debate last month.
  
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• US stocks edge higher after a big week; Oil slumps

  12-10-2015 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks edged higher Monday as traders looked ahead to a busy week for corporate earnings. The stock market was coming off its best week of the year. Energy stocks slumped as oil dropped the most in six weeks.
  
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• Q&A: Ryan weighs speaker post, conservatives still a puzzle

  12-10-2015 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Paul Ryan says he doesn't want to be the next House speaker but he's thinking it through — even as the Republican establishment pressures him to just do it.
  
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• Firefighters battle blaze at historic Co-op building in Manchester

  12-10-2015 21:40 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Public urged to avoid city centre as eight engines involved in tackling fire at former Co-operative Wholesale Society buildingEmergency services have been battling a major fire in the historic headquarters of the Co-operative Wholesale Society that has brought part of Manchester city centre to a standstill.Members of the public were urged to avoid the area near Victoria railway station on Monday evening after the fire broke out at the former CWS building. Continue reading...
  
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• Police remove officers watching Assange – video

  12-10-2015 21:38 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  British police on Monday remove their officers who were standing outside the Ecuadorean Embassy in London to keep watch over Julian Assange. Despite this, the police have said they will still do their best to arrest the WikiLeaks founder, who has been holed up there since June 2012. The 24-hour surveillance operation has been controversial because it is so costly. London’s Metropolitan Police says the operation has cost Continue reading...
  
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• Extremism must be tackled without demonising Muslims, cleric tells Q&A

  12-10-2015 21:36 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Sheikh Wesam Charkawi says problems of identity among young Muslims must be dealt with by the whole communityViolent extremism can be tackled without demonising Muslim communities, in the same way the causes of domestic violence are being addressed without demonising all men, an Islamic cleric has said.Also on Monday’s Q&A, a former neo-Nazi shared a first-hand account of the appeal of extremism, describing how “all of sudden the world is no longer complex, it’s literally b
  
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