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With All Eyes On Kavanaugh; Trumpian Democracy Packs Courts To Win Culture War
WorldNews.com 19 Oct 2018
Article by WN .Com Correspondent Dallas DarlingIt was with great irony President Andrew Jackson said ... Blacks, women and Native Americans were excluded.The same kind of political malfeasance is now taking place. In fact, as all eyes were on the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S ... While three of the judges are for the powerful circuit courts of appeals, the other 12 were for district court positions....
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Migrant Caravan Approaches Guatemalan Border With Mexico
WorldNews.com 19 Oct 2018
Mexico deployed hundreds of riot police along its border with Guatemala before Friday in anticipation of the massive caravan of Central American migrants making their way to the United States, according to The AFP ... border. Trump had also threatened to deploy the military to the U.S.-Mexico border and even close the border if the migrants continued through Mexico ... ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Wife of China's detained Interpol chief says he might already be dead
CNN 19 Oct 2018
(CNN)The wife of former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei, who dramatically vanished into police custody after returning to China in September, told the BBC she isn't sure her husband is still alive. In an exclusive interview, Grace Meng said she has received threatening phone calls since the Chinese government announced her husband was in custody in early October. "I think it is political persecution. I'm not sure he's alive. They are cruel ... ....
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Suspect says he didn't mean to kill Bulgarian journalist
This is Money 19 Oct 2018
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - A Bulgarian court has ordered a suspect in the rape and slaying of a television journalist to remain in custody until his trial. Severin Krassimirov told reporters before the district court hearing in Ruse on Friday that he killed Viktoria Marinova, but didn't mean to. The 21-year-old Krassimirov said. "I regret it so much. I cannot believe I did it." ... 6 ... 19, 2018 ... (AP Photo) ... ....
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Mad cow disease: More animals to be destroyed as chief vet insists 'no need to panic'
The Independent 19 Oct 2018
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At Least 50 Feared Dead After Train Hits Crowd In India
WorldNews.com 19 Oct 2018
A train that was traveling from Jalandhar to Amritsar killed at least 50 people who were gathered on the tracks while watching a fireworks display celebrating a Hindi festival in northern India on Friday, according to The India Times. At least 300 people were watching 'Ravana Dahan' at a ground near the tracks in Punjab state when the train barreled through the crowd at the usual speed. "There are more than 50 dead ... S ... ... ....
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Conservative Americans are smearing Jamal Khashoggi in defence of Trump
Independent online (SA) 19 Oct 2018
Trump's remarks about reporters amid the Khashoggi fallout have inflamed existing tensions between his allies and the media. At a Thursday rally in Montana, Trump openly praised Rep. Greg Gianforte, R-Mont., for assaulting a reporter in his bid for Congress last year ... "Khashoggi was tied to the Muslim Brotherhood," Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner asserted on Thursday's highly rated "Outnumbered" show ... "The president is concerned ... . ... Sen ... ....
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NASA calls for science payloads for delivery to Moon
The Siasat Daily 19 Oct 2018
Washington. In line with its plan to conduct more research on the Moon’s surface ahead of a human return, NASA has issued a call for science instruments and technology payloads that will fly on commercial lunar landers as early as next year or 2020 ... The initial proposal deadline is November 19, 2018, the US space agency added ... Source. IANS. ....
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Putin Says Russia Will Deploy Hypersonic Weapons In The 'Coming Months'
WorldNews.com 18 Oct 2018
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Moscow will deploy hypersonic weapons in the "coming months," a significant step that would enable the Kremlin to surpass the United States and China, CNBC reports.A hypersonic weapon can travel at least five times the speed of sound, or about one mile per second. What's more, the U.S ... You have failed to contain Russia." ... The U.S ... ....
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EU top court tells Poland to suspend supreme court measure
The Telegraph Macon 19 Oct 2018
The European Union's top court has ruled that Poland must immediately suspend politically-charged measures relating to the lowering of retirement age for supreme court judges ... SIGN UP Be the first to know ... ....
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Mnuchin Will Attend Saudi Anti-Terror Finance Meeting In Riyadh Later This Month
WorldNews.com 19 Oct 2018
The Post said three people familiar with Mnuchin's travel plans said he would still attend the security gather next week, which is separate from the financial summit Mnuchin said he would not be attending. The "Davos in the Desert" event has already had dozens of other Western officials, news organizations, and corporations pull out of the summit due to Khashoggi's disappearance ... 2 ... and AOL founder Steve Case ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Fentanyl Smuggled From China Blamed In Deaths Of Thousands Of Americans
WorldNews.com 19 Oct 2018
The U.S. government blames China’s Zheng drug trafficking organization for the deaths of thousands of Americans from overdoses of synthetic opioids, the Los Angeles Times reports.The operation was hardly clandestine ... The group was so adept at smuggling, and so brazen in its marketing, that it offered a money-back guarantee to buyers if its goods were seized by U.S ... states. U.S ... 1 cause of opioid-related overdose deaths ... Gen....
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Rihanna said 'no' to headline Super Bowl Halftime Show: Report
Toronto Sun 19 Oct 2018
Rihanna reportedly declined an invitation to headline the 2019 Super Bowl Halftime Show to stand in solidarity with controversial American football star Colin Kaepernick. Sources told Us Weekly that the Bajan singer turned down the offer to perform in front of American football fans at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia in February to show her support for Kaepernick ... The quarterback sparked controversy in the U.S ... ....
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One Chinese City Has Plans To Replace Street Lights With An Artificial Moon
WorldNews.com 19 Oct 2018
The Chinese city of Chengdu is attempting to replace electricity-powered streetlights and the Earth's moon with an artificial moon to help illuminate nighttime in China's Sichuan province on Thursday, according to Yahoo News. The People's Daily Online reported the chairman of the Chengdu Aerospace Science and Technology Microelectronics System Research Institute Co. Wu Chunfeng first posited the idea this week ... ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Unheard versions of the Beatles' While My Guitar Gently Weeps released
The Guardian 19 Oct 2018
Three unheard versions of While My Guitar Gently Weeps, regarded by many as George Harrison’s greatest contribution to the Beatles, have been released online. The song was written by Harrison in 1968, after he had studied transcendental meditation with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in India. There are two completely unheard versions ... Facebook. Twitter. Pinterest ... Facebook. Twitter. Pinterest ... .......
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