Sunday, November 13, 2016

Park's Former Aides Arrested as Protesters Demand She Resign and other top stories.

  • Park's Former Aides Arrested as Protesters Demand She Resign

    Park's Former Aides Arrested as Protesters Demand She Resign
    South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s former secretaries were arrested early Sunday, adding pressure on her to resign as tens of thousands of protesters demanded her ouster over one of the nation’s biggest political scandals in years.Arrest warrants for former senior presidential secretary for policy coordination An Chong-bum and former secretary for private presidential affairs Jeong Ho-seong have been issued, according to text messages from the Seoul Central District Court. An has been accus..
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  • PM vows to carry out Brexit 'in full' following High Court ruling

    PM vows to carry out Brexit 'in full' following High Court ruling
    Image copyright PA Image caption The prime minister said MPs needed to accept the result of the Brexit referendum Theresa May has vowed to carry out Brexit "in full" despite the High Court ruling on leaving the EU.The prime minister said the government needed to "get on with the job" and MPs should "accept" the referendum result.Writing in the Sunday Telegraph she said she was appealing against the High Court decision because there was "an important p..
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  • Pakistan Official Wants to Stop Deportation of Famed Refugee

    Pakistan Official Wants to Stop Deportation of Famed Refugee
    A Pakistani provincial minister says his administration should intervene with the central government to prevent a world-famous Afghan refugee from being deported. Mustaq Ghani, the information minister for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said Sunday that his administration would request that federal authorities grant refugee status to Sharbat Gullam, saying it would improve Pakistan's image. A court last Friday convicted Gulla of possessing forged identity papers; she received a 15-day jail te..
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  • Trump Just Told The Truth, And It's More Terrifying Than His Racism And Lies

    Trump Just Told The Truth, And It's More Terrifying Than His Racism And Lies
    Donald Trump just released a pair of true statements about policy which should horrify anyone in the 99% about the Republican’s plan to foster income inequality and a vast expansion of highway taxation on regular people. It’s only days from the election ending, Donald Trump’s campaign just released the Republican nominee’s plan to cut $100 billion dollars in federal climate change spending over eight years, presumably to pay for the ridiculous tax cuts to the rich he proposes. In late October, T..
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  • Trump rushed off stage in Reno by security, but quickly returns

    Trump rushed off stage in Reno by security, but quickly returns
    RENO — Donald Trump was rushed off stage Saturday night during a campaign rally here as security officials swarmed, but the candidate emerged back on stage after a few minutes and finished his speech. The U.S. Secret Service later said in a statement that it took action after “an unidentified individual shouted ‘gun’” in front of the stage. Agents apprehended the person, but found no gun, the statement said, adding that an investigation into the incident continues. Trump concluded his rally wi..
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  • The Latest: Car bomber kills 9 at Tikrit checkpoint

    The Latest: Car bomber kills 9 at Tikrit checkpoint
    MOSUL, Iraq –  The Latest on the battle to retake Mosul from the Islamic State group (all times local): 10: 45 a.m. A provincial spokesman says a suicide attack against a security checkpoint north of Baghdad has killed at least nine people. The spokesman for Salahuddin province, Ali al-Hamdani, says the suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car during rush hour Sunday morning into the main checkpoint at the southern entrance of the provincial capital, Tikrit. Al-Hamdani said five female st..
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  • Jailed mayor slain by Philippine police

    Jailed mayor slain by Philippine police
    BAYBAY, Philippines -- Philippine police killed a mayor in his jail cell in a purported gunbattle Saturday, the second killing in a week of a politician linked to illegal drugs under President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal crackdown. Rolando Espinosa Sr., the mayor of the town of Albuera in the central province of Leyte, and a fellow inmate identified as Raul Yap were shot dead before dawn after they fired at officers who staged a raid in search of firearms and illegal drugs in the provincial jail i..
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  • Missing Chibok schoolgirl found with baby, Nigerian army says

    Missing Chibok schoolgirl found with baby, Nigerian army says
    She was discovered carrying a 10-month-old son among a group that had escaped from a Boko Haram hideout in Sambisa Forest, the army said."This morning as part of the operation we've been conducting, we rescued one of the Chibok girls. ... Our troops in Pulka rescued her along with a Boko Haram member," Maj. Gen. Lucky Irabor said at a press briefing Saturday. The girl, identified as Maryam Ali Maiyanga, is said to have been among the 276 girls and women that Boko Haram militants herded from bed ..
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  • Trump continues to knock Mosul offensive, calls leaders 'group of losers'

    Trump continues to knock Mosul offensive, calls leaders 'group of losers'
    The Republican presidential nominee knocked US officials as a "group of losers" for not launching a "surprise" attack and said he was convinced the offensive -- which is led by the Iraqi military -- was launched "for political reasons" to benefit his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton. He suggested she would get "credit" for its success.Trump's repeated criticisms of the ongoing military operation in Mosul come despite forces on the ground making key gains."Whatever happened to the element of s..
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  • U.S. ready to defend network from Russia hack on Election Day

    U.S. ready to defend network from Russia hack on Election Day
    U.S. military hackers have prepared secret cyber weapons and are ready to hit back at any Russian forces that try to meddle with American networks, especially on Tuesday. Intelligence officials have not released any details about the covert cyber ...
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