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British Petition to Keep Donald Trump Out of Country - The New York Times - 0 views

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donald trump politics US

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  • British Petition to Keep Donald Trump Out of Country
  • a petition calling for the Republican presidential candidate to be barred from entering Britain gained more than 100,000 signatures — a threshold that requires Parliament to consider the matter for debate.
  • “The U.K. has banned entry to many individuals for hate speech. The same principles should apply to everyone who wishes to enter the U.K.,”
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Russians Are Joining ISIS in Droves - The Daily Beast - 0 views

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  • Russians Are Joining ISIS in Droves
  • Russia, with an estimated 2,400 fighters, is now believed to be the third biggest supplier of foreign fighters to radical Islamist groups fighting in Iraq and Syria,
  • In June 2014, it was estimated that Russia had around 800 foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria.
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  • The only two countries who currently supply more fighters are Tunisia, with an estimated 6,000, and Saudi Arabia, with 2,500.
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin said a task force would be established to strengthen the borders of former Soviet republic states
  • Putin said between 5,000 to 7,000 people from Russia and the former Soviet states had joined the Islamic State.
  • Through its own investigation, the Soufan Group found that in total between 27,000 and 31,000 people have traveled to Syria and Iraq to join the Islamic State
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Hiroshima and History of Bombing Civilians | Al Jazeera America - 0 views

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  • Hiroshima: How bombing civilians became thinkable
  • It wasn’t until the Spanish Civil War in 1937, when German and Italian forces dropped 5,771 bombs on the undefended Basque town of Guernica that civilian bombardment hit home in Europe.
  • When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, there was a last minute, largely futile scramble to spare civilians the brunt of the violence.
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  • Truman said in a radio address on the evening of August 9, 1945. “Our warning went unheeded.” At the same time as Truman argued that the bombs had ended the war early and saved countless American lives, he sought downplay the devastation, too.
  • n 1950, Truman again found justification for bombing: The United Nations had ruled the North’s invasion of the South an unwarranted aggression.
  • Since Vietnam, military historians have argued that the age of “major war” — conflict fought directly between two superpowers — is over. But even this age of “low-intensity conflict” has afforded few protections to those civilians trapped in conflict areas.
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Cambodian Human Rights Events Nixed Amid Crackdown | Al Jazeera America - 0 views

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  • Cambodian Human Rights Day events canceled amid state crackdown
  • cancel its annual International Human Rights Day events in the country's prisons for the first time in 20 years because of prohibitive conditions imposed by the government.
  • Nongovernmental organizations have come under increasing scrutiny in Cambodia after the country passed a law in July that requires all NGOs to report their activities and finances to the government
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  • In March, for the first time in more than 15 years, the group canceled similar activities to mark International Women's Day because of government restrictions.
  • Cambodian law allows the government to take wide-ranging action against the country's 5,000 local and international NGOs
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Beijing Declares Red Alert for Pollution | Al Jazeera America - 0 views

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  • Beijing declares first-ever red alert over pollution levels
  • The red alert — the most serious warning on a four-tier system adopted a little over two years ago — means authorities have forecast more than three consecutive days of severe smog.
  • Readings of PM2.5 particles — which includes emission from vehicle exhausts — climbed toward 300 micrograms per cubic meter on Monday and are expected to continue rising
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  • Schools were advised to close, but some were choosing to stay open if they felt they had adequate air filtration systems.
  • sending PM2.5 levels in the suburbs as high as 976 micrograms.
  • A study led by atmospheric chemist Jos Lelieveld of Germany's Max Planck Institute and published this year in Nature magazine estimated that 1.4 million people each year die prematurely because of pollution in China.
  • Most of the pollution is blamed on coal-fired power plants
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Venezuelan Opposition Claims a Rare Victory: A Legislative Majority - The New York Times - 0 views

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new york times Venezeula politics

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  • Venezuelan Opposition Claims a Rare Victory: A Legislative Majority
  • Tibisay Lucena, the head of the electoral commission, announced about 12:30 a.m. Monday that the opposition, represented by the Democratic Unity coalition, had won 99 seats and that the government’s United Socialist Party had won 46 seats.
  • He predicted that Mr. Maduro would not reach the end of his term in 2019 and that he would be removed by “constitutional means,” such as a recall referendum, a change to the Constitution, or by being forced to resign.
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  • The election took place 17 years to the day after Mr. Chávez was first elected president — and for virtually all of that time, Mr. Chávez, his allies or his political heirs controlled the National Assembly.
  • Many voters said that they did not know the names of the opposition candidates they were voting for, nor did they care
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When White Girls Deal Drugs, They Walk - The Daily Beast - 0 views

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  • When White Girls Deal Drugs, They Walk
  • In the days after her arrest, multiple news organizations ran stories focusing not on her crimes as much as her “photogenic smile.”
  • In a 2009 report, Human Rights Watch found black adults to be arrested for drug charges at rates 2.8 to 5.5 times higher than those of white adults in every year from 1980 through 2007
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  • although African Americans make up the majority of drug arrests, they are not more likely to use drugs or sell them.
  • ACLU report finding blacks to be 3.73 times more likely to be arrested for possession than whites.
  • Another study from the Justice Policy Institute found 18- to 29-year old African Americans to be hit with higher bail than both whites and Latinos.
  • prosecutors pursue mandatory minimum charges against blacks at a rate of 2:1 when compared to whites with similar crimes. The number helps explain why 57 percent of state prison law violators and 77 percent of federal are minorities.
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HRW Calls for Prosecution of Torturers | Al Jazeera America - 0 views

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torture human rights watch US

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  • HRW calls for prosecution of US officials complicit in torture
  • Human Rights Watch called on the U.S. government to hold to account those who created, authorized, implemented or conspired to commit the torture inflicted by the CIA after the 9/11 attacks
  • New evidence of the CIA prison abuse came to light when the Senate Intelligence Committee released a partially redacted summary of its torture findings on Dec. 9, 2014.
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  • HRW described former Vice President Dick Cheney as a “principal political force” pushing to justify torture, and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice and CIA Director George Tenet are also among those who should be scrutinized,
  • In addition to prosecuting the offenders, HRW called for the victims to be compensated as required by the Convention Against Torture, which was ratified by the U.S.
  • Other countries that conspired with the U.S. in its global torture program have to some degree made amends with CIA victims.
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ISIS Followers in U.S. Are Diverse and Young - The New York Times - 0 views

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ISIS US crisis

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  • ISIS Followers in U.S. Are Diverse and Young
  • American authorities this year have arrested nearly five dozen people in the United States for helping to support or plot with the Islamic State
  • ndividuals arrested on charges related to the Islamic State since March 2014, including 56 this year, emerged from a comprehensive review of social media accounts and legal documents of nearly 400 American sympathizers
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  • “The individuals range from hardened militants to teenage girls, petty criminals and college students,”
  • The average age of the American supporter of the Islamic State was 26
  • 80 percent of those arrested were younger than 30, and 40 percent were under 21.
  • According to the study, about 14 percent of those arrested were women
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Obama warns Putin on intervening in Syria's civil war - CNNPolitics.com - 0 views

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  • Obama warns Putin on intervening in Syria's civil war
  • Obama said he does not disagree with Putin -- with whom he met on Monday -- on the necessity of a political resolution to Syria's conflict.
  • A successful outcome for the Paris climate talks will include a "legally binding" mechanism to ensure countries are adhering to their carbon reduction commitments, Obama said.
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  • The President was one of nearly 150 world leaders gathering outside the city to agree on carbon reduction targets.
  • Claiming similar gun sprees don't happen in other countries, Obama said he hoped the shooting -- which left three dead -- spurs a larger conversation about access to firearms.
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How ISIS Is Recruiting Women in London - The Daily Beast - 0 views

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  • How ISIS Is Recruiting Women in London
  • She asked Sally Jones—one of Britain’s most notorious ISIS defectors—for advice on Twitter, saying that her mother didn’t want her to wear the hijab.
  • She was soon being approached by other ISIS recruiters. “You need ticket money,” one wrote, in another direct message.
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  • Abu Haleema, a radical preacher who was arrested on terror charges in January, replied to say that he could put Aisha in touch with women who ran “study groups” in London.
  • The first one took place in a publicly funded community center in Walthamstow.
  • In 2003, she reportedly claimed that she ran the female wing of al Muhajiroun, an organization that has been linked to almost all of Britain’s convicted Islamic terrorists
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Putin Calls for Sanctions Against Turkey | Al Jazeera America - 0 views

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  • Putin calls for sanctions against Turkey after downing of plane
  • The decree published on the Kremlin's website Saturday came hours after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had voiced regret over the incident
  • It doesn't specify what goods are to be banned or give other details, but it also calls for ending chartered flights from Russia to Turkey and for Russian tourism companies to stop selling vacation packages that would include a stay in Turkey.
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  • It was the first time in half a century that a NATO member shot down a Russian plane and drew a harsh response from Moscow.
  • Putin has denounced the Turkish action as a "treacherous stab in the back,"
  • After the incident, Russia deployed long-range S-400 air defense missile systems to a Russian air base in Syria just 30 miles south of the border with Turkey to help protect Russian warplanes,
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Burkina Faso Votes for New President After Coup | Al Jazeera America - 0 views

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  • Burkina Faso votes for new president after coup
  • Burkina Faso voted on Sunday in an election to choose the country's first new president in decades
  • Compaore seized power by that route and ruled for 27 years, winning four elections, all of which were criticized as unfair.
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  • The election was pushed back from Oct. 11 because of an abortive coup in September by members of the elite presidential guard, in which transitional President Michel Kafando and his prime minister were taken hostage.
  • That coup cost more than $50 million in lost revenue, trimming growth by 0.3 percentage points.
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Gunman Arrested After Shootout at Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs - The New York... - 1 views

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new york times colorado US

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  • Gunman Arrested After Shootout at Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs
  • A gunman was taken into custody late Friday after exchanging gunfire with the police for hours inside a Planned Parenthood center here,
  • The Planned Parenthood facility has frequently been a scene of protests since a series of videos secretly recorded by a conservative group showed Planned Parenthood officials discussing the use of fetal organs for research.
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  • Both the police and Planned Parenthood officials emphasized, however, that they did not know the gunman’s motive.
  • Colorado Springs is an area of fast growth about 60 miles south of Denver and home to an Army base and Air Force base.
  • The local news media reported that the gunman had been firing at passing cars from the parking lot of the clinic.
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Turkey-Syria border: Russian plane downed - CNN.com - 0 views

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Russia Syria plane politics policy

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  • Russian warplane downed; Turkey says aircraft violated airspace near border
  • Russian officials denied that the plane had violated Turkish airspace.
  • Turkey vehemently opposes the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad. Russia is propping up the Assad regime.
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  • He said the downing of the Russian plane would hamper efforts to form a united front against the terrorist group ISIS.
  • In March of 2014, Turkey shot down a Syrian fighter jet after the warplane strayed into its airspace, according to then-Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Why It Takes Two Years for Syrian Refugees to Enter the U.S. - The New York Times - 0 views

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  • Why It Takes Two Years forSyrian Refugees to Enter the U.S.
  • after the Paris attacks, the House voted to further tighten screening procedures. Since 2011, the United States has admitted fewer than 2,000 Syrian refugees.
  • 13. Some cases referred for additional review. Syrian applicants must undergo these two additional steps.
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  • Cultural orientation class.
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Pentagon Says 'Jihadi John' Was Probably Killed in Airstrike - The New York Times - 0 views

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jihadi john new york times politics US

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  • Pentagon Says ‘Jihadi John’ Was Probably Killed in Airstrike
  • in a debate that paralleled the criticism over the Obama administration’s decision to target and kill Anwar al-Awlaki, an American-born cleric and a United States citizen, in Yemen in 2011.
  • The leader of this network was Bilal al-Berjawi, who was stripped of his British citizenship in 2011 after he went to Somalia to join the Islamist group known as the Shabab, and was killed by an American drone strike the next year.
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  • Britain is not formally taking part in military action in Syria — its Parliament having rejected such an intervention two years ago — but Britain and France are involved in the American-led air campaign against Islamic State targets.
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Underground Railroad Conductor Pardoned 168 Years After Conviction - History in the Hea... - 0 views

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  • Underground Railroad Conductor Pardoned 168 Years After Conviction
  • As he entered a Dover, Delaware, courtroom on November 2, 1847, however, the Underground Railroad conductor faced a future in chains himself.
  • unknown how many of Delaware’s approximately 2,500 slaves Burris helped liberate
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  • Burris sold for $500
  • Delaware Governor Jack Markell yesterday rendered history’s verdict by overturning the decision handed down exactly 168 years earlier
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Vatican Arrests 2 in Connection With Leaked Documents - The New York Times - 0 views

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vatican new york times culture

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  • Vatican Arrests 2 in Connection With Leaked Documents
  • arrests come just days before the publication of two books — “Avarizia,” or Avarice, by Emiliano Fittipaldi, and “Merchants in the Temple” by Gianluigi Nuzzi — purporting to raise the lid on old and new scandals at the Vatican.
  • personal butler, Paolo Gabriele was arrested on charges of leaking the documents to Mr. Nuzzi. Mr. Gabriele was tried and was sentenced in October 2012 to 18 months in prison.
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  • The authors of the books have been warned that the Vatican’s legal offices are considering legal action.
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In Waves of Migrants, Children Arrive Alone and Settle In Uneasily - The New York Times - 0 views

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new york times Syria politics crisis

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  • In Waves of Migrants, Children Arrive Alone and Settle In Uneasily
  • Many of Europe’s new mystery children are boys ages 14 to 17, sent by families too poor to pay smugglers for more than a single journey.
  • Only about 2 percent of the teenagers who arrive alone are girls, but they often have the most harrowing tales of abuse.
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  • the term “unaccompanied minor refugee” was not even part of his vocabulary. Now, this city of 50,000, one of the most popular gateways to Germany on the migrant trail, has an administration dedicated to them.
  • The files on Mr. Schacherbauer’s computer tell of 16-year-olds who can sleep only with the lights on, like toddlers.
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