Thursday, 1 February 2018

Top adviser to Khamenei says Iran's regional influence 'inevitable': Fars

ANKARA (Reuters) - The top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday the country's leadership had no intention of reining in its influence across the Middle East despite U.S. pressure to do so, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.


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US extends protected status for Syrians but caps enrollment - NBCNews.com


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US extends protected status for Syrians but caps enrollment
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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Wednesday that it would allow nearly 7,000 Syrians to remain in the United States for another 18 months but won't let more Syrian citizens apply for the special protection program. The decision was a partial ...
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Germany calls for release of Chinese rights lawyer arrested for inciting subversion

BEIJING (Reuters) - Germany called for the immediate release of disbarred Chinese lawyer Yu Wensheng, who was arrested in January and charged with inciting subversion, saying all he had done was campaign for democracy and support human rights.


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Second person of interest related to Las Vegas massacre admits selling gunman ammo - AOL


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Second person of interest related to Las Vegas massacre admits selling gunman ammo
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A second person of interest related to last year's mass shooting at a Las Vegas music festival was identified as an ammunition dealer who sold to gunman Stephen Paddock, according to newly unsealed court documents. The dealer, Douglas Haig, was named ...

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UK defense spending plans may fall short by 21 billion pounds: watchdog

LONDON (Reuters) - The budget set by Britain's defense ministry to support new equipment needed in the next decade could fall short by 20.8 billion pounds ($29.5 billion), Britain's independent government spending watchdog has said.


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Reuters reporters arrested in Myanmar brought to court; bail decision likely

YANGON (Reuters) - Two Reuters journalists accused of violating Myanmar's colonial-era Official Secrets Act were brought to a district court on Thursday where, according to a defense lawyer, the judge is due to rule on a bail request.


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Cuba hands note of protest to U.S. over internet task force

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba handed a note of protest to the top U.S. diplomat in Havana on Wednesday over the Trump administration's creation of a Cuba Internet Task Force that it said was an attempt to violate its sovereignty and carry out subversive activities.


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Former Trump Spokesman Believed Hope Hicks Was Considering Obstructing Justice Over Trump Tower Meeting ... - Slate Magazine


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Former Trump Spokesman Believed Hope Hicks Was Considering Obstructing Justice Over Trump Tower Meeting ...
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White House Communications Director Hope Hicks and President Trump speak to reporters aboard Air Force One while departing Manila on Nov. 14, 2017. JIM WATSON/Getty Images. Donald Trump Jr.'s statement to the New York Times last summer in response to a ...

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Exclusive: Controversial FBI agent co-wrote initial draft of explosive Comey letter reopening Clinton email probe - CNN


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Exclusive: Controversial FBI agent co-wrote initial draft of explosive Comey letter reopening Clinton email probe
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Washington (CNN) Emails obtained by CNN show the FBI agent at the center of a Capitol Hill storm played a key role in a controversial FBI decision that upended Hillary Clinton's campaign just days before the 2016 election: the letter to Congress by ...
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Who Is Robert Forrest Jr.? Nashville Mayor Megan Barry Admits Affair - International Business Times


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Who Is Robert Forrest Jr.? Nashville Mayor Megan Barry Admits Affair
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Nashville Mayor Megan Barry admitted Wednesday to having an extramarital affair with the former head of her security team. Barry, a Democrat, released a statement apologizing to her family and the people of Nashville, Tennessee. "Today, I have ...

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San Francisco will wipe out thousands of marijuana convictions dating to 1975 - Los Angeles Times


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San Francisco will wipe out thousands of marijuana convictions dating to 1975
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San Francisco will retroactively apply California's new marijuana legalization laws to prior convictions, expunging or reducing misdemeanor and felony convictions dating back to 1975, the district attorney's office announced Wednesday. San Francisco ...
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AP Investigation Details Shocking Massacre, Mass Graves Of Myanmar Rohingya - NPR


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AP Investigation Details Shocking Massacre, Mass Graves Of Myanmar Rohingya
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Rohingya Muslim children, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, wait squashed against each other to receive food handouts distributed to children and women by a Turkish aid agency at Thaingkhali refugee camp, Bangladesh, in October. Dar Yasin ...
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Poland's Holocaust Law Seeks to Weaponize Memory - Bloomberg


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Poland's Holocaust Law Seeks to Weaponize Memory
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Some will never stop seeking to whitewash World War II memories, but parliaments should keep out of it. by. Leonid Bershidsky. @Bershidsky More stories by Leonid Bershidsky. January 31, 2018, 10:13 PM PST. Bitter debate. Photographer: JANEK SKARZYNSKI ...
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ICE says it won't make immigration sweeps at courthouses - SFGate


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ICE says it won't make immigration sweeps at courthouses
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Federal immigration officials, criticized for authorizing arrests at courthouses, say their agents will enter court buildings to seize specific immigrants but will not conduct sweeps in search of anyone else who is undocumented. U.S. Immigration and ...
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Cuba hands note of protest to U.S. over internet task force

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba handed a note of protest to the top U.S. diplomat in Havana on Wednesday over the Trump administration's creation of a Cuba Internet Task Force that it said was an attempt to violate its sovereignty and carry out subversive activities.


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Turkey orders detention of 120 army personnel over Gulen links: Anadolu

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish prosecutor issued detention warrants for 120 suspects from the military, the state-run Anadolu agency said on Thursday, the latest in a long-running government crackdown launched after a failed coup attempt in 2016.


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