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• Two car bombs leave at least 19 dead

  28-10-2017 23:59 via cnn.com
  At least 10 people were killed Saturday when a car bomb was set off outside a hotel near Somalia's presidential palace Saturday -- two weeks after the deadliest car bombings in the nation's modern history.
  
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• Mogadishu car bomb leaves at least 19 dead

  28-10-2017 23:59 via cnn.com
  At least 10 people were killed Saturday when a car bomb was set off outside a hotel near Somalia's presidential palace Saturday -- two weeks after the deadliest car bombings in the nation's modern history.
  
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• At The Women's Convention, A Clear Message: Follow Black Women In 2018

  28-10-2017 23:50 via yahoo.com
  DETROIT— Hard conversations about race have been at the heart of the Women’s March from the moment it began to take shape last fall, and at the Women’s Convention in Detroit this weekend, they were front and center once again.
  
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• Tennessee police on high alert but white nationalist rallies pass quietly

  28-10-2017 23:41 via yahoo.com
  Counter-protesters demonstrate against a ‘White Lives Matter’ rally in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.White nationalists were heavily outnumbered by around 600 counter-protesters during a Saturday afternoon “White Lives Matter” rally in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, that passed off uneventfully after police kept the two groups separated.
  
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• 'Margaret Thatcher is my role model': German far-right AfD leader

  28-10-2017 23:36 via yahoo.com
  Alice Weidel, a leader of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, said the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is her political role model, saying Thatcher got Britain back on its feet when it was facing economic ruin.Weidel told the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag newspaper that her party, which stormed into parliament for the first time after capturing nearly 13 percent of the vote, aimed to be ready to join a coalition government by 2021.Weidel said the party was c
  
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• White nationalists and neo-Nazis stage ‘White Lives Matter’ rallies in Tennessee

  28-10-2017 23:11 via yahoo.com
  White nationalists and neo-Nazis took to the streets of Shelbyville and Murfreesboro, Tenn., to protest refugee resettlement in the state.
  
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• Power of anti-Trump resistance in question in Virginia race

  28-10-2017 23:11 via yahoo.com
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia's gubernatorial election stands as a test for the anti-Donald Trump resistance, and whether it can energize voters and donors for the less glamorous races featuring traditional Democratic politicians.
  
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• Mexican Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton has 'no cares' about winning title in Mexico

  28-10-2017 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Lewis Hamilton says he does not care whether he wins the Formula 1 title at Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix.
  
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• Earthquake jolts northern Pakistan, Afghan mountain range

  28-10-2017 22:54 via feeds.foxnews.com
  An earthquake has struck the Hindu Kush mountain range in Afghanistan and was strongly felt in northern Pakistan.
  
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• In Kenya, polarizing election re-run rekindles ethnic tensions

  28-10-2017 22:18 via yahoo.com
  By Maggie FickMUHORONI, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenya's repeat presidential election, boycotted this week by millions, has reignited long-running tensions between ethnic communities in some areas, leading inhabitants of one small village in the west to pick up traditional arms on Saturday.In the bright green sugarcane fields where the western Nyanza region rolls toward the Nandi hills, two tribes -- the Luo and the Kalenjin -- have lived in relative peace for years.The stand-off, defused by an emergen
  
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• Trump promises to release all JFK files

  28-10-2017 22:15 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump said Friday night on Twitter that he would release all documents related to President John F. Kennedy's assassination, a pledge that comes despite national security agencies' last-minute requests to keep some of the records secret.
  
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• On the streets of Barcelona, a sweet dream of independence gone wrong

  28-10-2017 22:10 via yahoo.com
  SUMMARY: The drawn-out drama over independence for Catalonia, Spain’s prosperous, tourist-friendly northeast, took an ominous turn as the regional parliament voted to secede—and Madrid responded by taking control of the provincial government.
  
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• Astros Player Banned From 5 Games For Racist 'Slant-Eye' Gesture

  28-10-2017 21:59 via yahoo.com
  Houston Astros’ first baseman Yuli Gurriel has apologized for making a racist gesture in the dugout during Friday night’s Game 3 of the World Series.
  
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• 2 NYPD Officers Charged After 18-Year-Old Claims She Was Sexually Assaulted in Police Van

  28-10-2017 21:57 via yahoo.com
  The alleged incident took place in September after the teen was pulled over.
  
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• Iraqi Kurdistan leader Barzani will hand over presidential powers on November 1

  28-10-2017 21:54 via yahoo.com
  By Raya JalabiSULAIMANIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdistan's veteran leader Masoud Barzani will not extend his presidential term beyond Nov. 1, a Kurdish government official said on Saturday.A plan to divide up the president's powers was outlined in a letter Barzani sent to the Kurdish parliament on Saturday, the official told Reuters.Barzani's current term was set to expire in four days, the same date that presidential and parliamentary elections were due to be held.
  
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• Bombs kill at least 17 people in Somali capital Mogadishu

  28-10-2017 21:37 via yahoo.com
  By Abdi SheikhMOGADISHU (Reuters) - Two car bombs killed at least 17 people in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Saturday, police said, two weeks after a huge truck bomb killed hundreds of civilians in the city.Islamist group al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attacks on Saturday.A suicide car bomb was rammed into a hotel, Nasahablod Two, about 600 meters from the presidential palace, and then armed militants stormed the building, police said.
  
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• Fantasy Fest returns to Key West after Hurricane Irma

  28-10-2017 21:34 via yahoo.com
  KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Things are weird, as usual, in Key West.
  
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• White nationalists stage anti-refugee protests in Tennessee

  28-10-2017 21:23 via yahoo.com
  About 300 white nationalists and neo-Nazis held back-to-backrallies in two small Tennessee cities on Saturday to protest refugee resettlement in the state, which sued the federal government over the issue earlier this year.The "White Lives Matter" rallies in Shelbyville and Murfreesboro, organized by some of the same groups involved in a Virginia march that turned violent in August, drew an equal number of counter-demonstrators and a heavy police presence.
  
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• Carmelo Anthony posted a photo of the Oklahoma City Thunder's damaged charter plane

  28-10-2017 21:00 via yahoo.com
  This looks worse than it really was. Butdamn it looks bad, right? Members of the Oklahoma City Thunder were greeted by a surprising sight when their charter plane landed in Chicago in the early hours of Saturday morning: a giant, ugly dent in the plane's nose.  SEE ALSO: NAACP issues travel advisory for American Airlines Carmelo Anthony shared a look at the damage on Instagram, along with a completely fair question: WTF?What possibly could we have hit in the SKY at this time of night? Every
  
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• Mother Intentionally Drove Off Cliff, Killing Herself and Her 3 Kids: Police

  28-10-2017 20:48 via yahoo.com
  She veered off the a highway last year.
  
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• Lebanon premier: Cyprus can help us cope with refugee strain

  28-10-2017 20:41 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Lebanon's prime minister says Cyprus can help his country drum up support from other European Union member states for its economy that's coming under heavy strain from hosting around 1.5 million Syrian refugees.
  
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• Your Halloween Costume Will Never Top This Dog Who Went As A Mop

  28-10-2017 20:20 via yahoo.com
  If you’re still scrambling for the perfect costume this Halloween, you can chill.
  
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• Iraq orders 24-hour truce in standoff with Kurds over Kirkuk takeover by Iraqi forces

  28-10-2017 20:11 via yahoo.com
  Kurdish Peshmerga and Iraqi forces agree to a 24-hour truce after fighting broke out Oct. 16 when Iraqi forces took control of Kirkuk.
  
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• Under-17 World Cup: England crowned champions after thrilling win against Spain

  28-10-2017 20:08 via cnn.com
  English football is suddenly experiencing that feeling of waiting ages for a bus and then two come along at once.
  
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• Under-17 World Cup: England crowned after thrilling final

  28-10-2017 20:08 via cnn.com
  English football is suddenly experiencing that feeling of waiting ages for a bus and then two come along at once.
  
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• Egypt's el-Sissi appoints new armed forces chief of staff

  28-10-2017 20:02 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has named a new chief of staff of the armed forces.
  
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• 18 dead, more than 30 wounded in Mogadishu hotel blast, attack

  28-10-2017 20:00 via feeds.foxnews.com
  At least 18 people were killed and more than 30 wounded Saturday when Islamic militants attacked a hotel in Somalia’s capital after suicide bombers detonated two car bombs outside the entrance.
  
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• French investigate rape allegations against Islamic scholar

  28-10-2017 19:49 via feeds.foxnews.com
  The Paris prosecutor's office is investigating allegations of rape and sexual assault against prominent Swiss Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, who denies any wrongdoing.
  
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• Model, 14, collapses and dies after 12-hour fashion show

  28-10-2017 19:41 via feeds.foxnews.com
  A 14-year-old Russian model died after suffering from "utter exhaustion" during a three month modeling assignment in China.
  
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• Women accusing Trump of sexual harassment are lying, says White House

  28-10-2017 19:18 via yahoo.com
  The White House’s “official position” on the sexual misconduct allegations against Donald Trump that came out during the presidential campaign is that all of the women were lying, a spokesperson said.Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders responded: “Yeah, we’ve been clear on that from the beginning, and the president has spoken on it.” She did not comment further and quickly moved on to another question.
  
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• White Supremacists Meet Heavy Resistance At Tennessee Rallies

  28-10-2017 19:15 via yahoo.com
  — White supremacists, neo-Nazis and fascists descended on two Middle Tennessee towns Saturday for “White Lives Matter” rallies, striking fear into communities desperate to avoid the kind of violence that visited Charlottesville, Virginia, nearly three months ago.
  
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• Trump Often Says He Has Proof For His Claims. But He Never Comes Through.

  28-10-2017 19:07 via yahoo.com
  One of the most stunning parts of the White House’s debacle over Donald Trump’s recent call to a Gold Star family was how it caught both the president and the chief of staff in outright lies.
  
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• 2 injured in Italy when small plane crashes on train tracks

  28-10-2017 18:56 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Italian news agency ANSA says that a small tourist plane has crashed into train tracks in Rome, injuring the two people on board.
  
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• Conway confirms Trump wanted gag order lifted for FBI informant

  28-10-2017 18:40 via cnn.com
  In response to reporting that President Donald Trump personally pressed for an informant's gag order to be lifted, White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said Friday that he wanted the informant to be free to speak out.
  
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• Pope: Christians can promote political dialogue in Europe

  28-10-2017 18:39 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Pope Francis says that Christians can help shape Europe's future by promoting political dialogue "especially where it is threatened and where conflict seems to prevail."
  
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• Mueller's Office Will Issue First Indictment Monday, Sources Say

  28-10-2017 18:38 via nbcnews.com
  Special counsel Robert Mueller will issue an indictment on Monday though the charges and target are unknown, a U.S. official confirmed to NBC News.
  
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• Mogadishu car bomb leaves at least 10 dead

  28-10-2017 18:35 via cnn.com
  At least 10 people were killed Saturday when a car bomb was set off outside a hotel near Somalia's presidential palace Saturday -- two weeks after the deadliest car bombings in the nation's modern history.
  
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• Bill O'Reilly Sues Ex-Politician Who Dated One of His Accusers

  28-10-2017 18:32 via yahoo.com
  O'Reilly is asking for at least $5 million in damages
  
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• Tropical Storm Selma lashes El Salvador; new storm eyes Cuba

  28-10-2017 18:28 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Tropical Storm Selma made landfall on the coast of El Salvador on Saturday with strong winds, heavy rains and dangerous ocean swells, while another system developing in the Caribbean was on a forecast path taking it toward Cuba and then Florida.
  
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• Florida Police Release Eerie New Surveillance Video In Hunt For Suspected Serial Killer

  28-10-2017 18:27 via yahoo.com
  Florida police have released a new surveillance video of a “person of interest” wearing a long jacket with a hood and repeatedly flipping open a cell phone in investigators’ hunt for a suspected serial killer in a Tampa neighborhood.
  
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• Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría - Madrid's enforcer for Catalonia

  28-10-2017 18:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Spain's deputy prime minister is seen as a capable politician but one lacking in charisma.
  
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• Obama Expected to Serve Jury Duty in Illinois

  28-10-2017 18:13 via nbcnews.com
  Obama's been spotted kitesurfing and hitting a Broadway show. He may soon add jury duty to his post-presidency pastimes.
  
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• Octopuses 'walking out of the sea' on the Welsh coast

  28-10-2017 18:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Scores of the sea creatures are witnessed crawling out of the water at a beach in Ceredigion.
  
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• As Russia Probe Heats Up, Conservatives Call For Special Counsel Mueller To Quit

  28-10-2017 18:05 via yahoo.com
  Shortly before a federal grand jury filed the first charges in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, conservatives were renewing their calls for the attorney to resign.
  
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• 'Sonic attacks' denied by Cuban officials

  28-10-2017 17:59 via cnn.com
  The Cuban government apparently named for the first time some of the US diplomats who suffered health problems as a result of a series of mysterious incidents in Havana that US officials have described as attacks on their personnel.
  
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• Caitlyn Jenner shares first-ever swimsuit video: 'Walking on the beach being my authentic self'

  28-10-2017 17:36 via yahoo.com
  Caitlyn Jenner finally achieved one of her own on Friday as she hit the beach in a floppy hat and halter one-piece swimsuit -- the first time post-transition that she's publicly worn such an item for the world to see.
  
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• Tanya Thicke reveals late husband Alan Thicke's final words to her and the moment she 'knew something was really, really wrong'

  28-10-2017 17:35 via yahoo.com
  Tanya Thicke is opening up about her late husband, Alan Thicke's, last day alive.
  
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• Women rescued by US navy after five months adrift at sea admit they weren’t prepared

  28-10-2017 17:34 via yahoo.com
  The two women who were rescued by the US navy after spending five months adrift at sea have admitted they weren’t prepared, with one of them having never sailed.Jennifer Appel said she and sailing partner, Tasha Fuiava, didn’t know what they were getting themselves into when they set off to sail the 2,700 miles from Hawaii to Tahiti in May.Ms Appel said: "I had no idea what I was getting myself into.
  
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• Donald Trump unable to halt attacks on media even while handing out treats to journalists' children

  28-10-2017 17:19 via yahoo.com
  Why, just look at how the kindly 71-year-old grandpa welcomed a group of kids to the White House at a Halloween trick or treat event on Friday – for children whose parents just happened to be members of the media.“I cannot believe the media produced such beautiful children!” he declared.It was almost as if he was trying to tell the assembled press pack, and their children, something.
  
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• Death Toll Rises to 23 in Hotel Attack in Somalia's Capital

  28-10-2017 17:17 via yahoo.com
  A suicide truck bomb exploded outside a popular hotel
  
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