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One Dead, Many Injured After Venezuelan National Guard Opens Fire On Civilians
WorldNews.com 22 Feb 2019
Eyewitnesses and community leaders say a group of civilians attempting to keep open part of Venezuela’s southern border with Brazil for deliveries of humanitarian aid were fired upon by Venezuelan soldiers, killing one person and leading to multiple fatalities, The Washington Post reported Friday morning....
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Is It Possible For A Government To Outlaw Democracy And No One Notice? (Part II)
WorldNews.com 22 Feb 2019
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling“It’s what happens in a totalitarian regime!” is what one activist said. Another exclaimed, “It was insane, people were getting pushed and shoved into walls!” ... It entailed wrestling them to the ground with chokeholds ... They may have even entered into a new stage ... But few are admitting it ... isn’t alone ... ....
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At Least 40 People Killed By Bootleg Liquor At Tea Plantation In India
WorldNews.com 22 Feb 2019
A government minister in Assam Golaghat said at least 41 Indian tea plantation workers died from drinking toxic bootleg liquor on Friday, with 20 more who are still hospitalized, according to Reuters ... Seven women were among the dead at the plantation in the northeastern state of Assam ... ". Two people have been arrested in the case, according to NDTV....
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Manhattan DA Preparing State Criminal Charges For Manafort In Case Of Trump Pardon
WorldNews.com 22 Feb 2019
The Manhattan district attorney's office is preparing state criminal charges against President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort on Friday to ensure he will face prison time if the president pardons him for his federal crimes, according to Bloomberg ... But prosecutors are confident they will be successful in their efforts....
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Florida Human Trafficking Investigation Leads To Charges For New England Patriots Owner
WorldNews.com 22 Feb 2019
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft faces charges of misdemeanor solicitation of prostitution after an investigation into money laundering and human trafficking at a day spa in Palm Beach County, Florida, on Friday, according to ESPN ... Kraft has denied wrongdoing. A spokesperson for Kraft released a statement which said ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Theresa May must go in three months, cabinet ministers say
The Guardian 22 Feb 2019
Senior Conservatives to make clear PM should give way to new leader for next phase of Brexit Cabinet ministers will make it clear they believe Theresa May should step down after the local elections in May and allow a new leader to deliver the next phase of the Brexit negotiations, the Guardian understands ... .......
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France says kills top Al-Qaeda commander in Sahel
This is Money 22 Feb 2019
French army snipers deploy on the top of a hill during an operation on March 16, 2013, in northern Mali. French forces have killed a top jihadist leader, Yahya Abou El Hamame, in an operation in Mali, Defence Minister Florence Parly said Friday ... A number of other "terrorists" were "neutralised", Parly added ... ....
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Trump Admin. Attacks Women's Health By Banning Funds For Clinics Which Provide Abortions
WorldNews.com 22 Feb 2019
The Trump administration issued a rule which bars groups who provide abortion referrals from receiving federal government funding on Friday, according to The Washington Post ... Recipients of the grants were already prohibited from performing abortions from the funds provided under the Title X program, which predominantly serves low-income women....
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California parents of 13 plead guilty to torture, abuse
Federal News Radio 22 Feb 2019
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A California couple who shackled some of their 13 children to beds and starved them in what was a dubbed a “house of horrors” pleaded guilty Friday to torture and other abuse that lasted years ... The children, who ranged in age from 2 to 29 at the time, were severely underweight and hadn’t bathed for months ... ....
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Okinawa Vote On U.S. Military Base Tests Alliance With Japan
WorldNews.com 22 Feb 2019
Voters are expected to vent their anger this weekend at the heavy concentration of American military bases in Okinawa, NBC News reports.The strategically important chain of islands southwest of the rest of Japan was the battleground for some of the fiercest fighting during World War II ... military personnel and civilian staff....
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India Orders Eviction Of More Than 100 Million Forest Dwellers
WorldNews.com 22 Feb 2019
India’s Supreme Court has ordered the eviction of more than one million forest dwellers, a majority of whom belong to indigenous tribal communities, after the federal government failed to defend a law aimed at protecting their rights, Al Jazeera reported.The top court's order, dated Feb ... ....
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U.S. Democrats introduce resolution stopping Trump border emergency
This is Money 22 Feb 2019
By Susan Cornwell. WASHINGTON, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a resolution on Friday aimed at ending President Donald Trump´s emergency declaration on border security, taking the first step to assert congressional power over the expenditure of taxpayer funds ... Under the U.S ... A coalition of 16 U.S ... 22 ... ....
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Woman Dies Of Food Poisoning, 29 Others Sickened, At Michelin-Starred Spanish Restaurant
WorldNews.com 22 Feb 2019
A Michelin-starred restaurant in the Spanish city of Valencia is at the center of a food poisoning outbreak that has killed one woman and affected 29 additional diners, CNN reports.The 46-year-old victim died after eating a meal at Riff in the Mediterranean coast city ... 13 and 16.Food inspectors visited the restaurant on Feb ... – Bernd H....
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Trump Blasts Jussie Smollett For 'Racist And Dangerous' Lies
Peace FM Online 22 Feb 2019
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Protests in Algeria against president’s bid for 5th term
Wtop 22 Feb 2019
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Demonstrators have taken to the streets in several Algerian towns to denounce President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s bid for a fifth term ... Protesters are responding to anonymous calls on Algerian social media ... Copyright © 2019 The Associated Press ... ....
