| Hurricane Irma Sucked The Ocean Away From Beaches In The Bahamas Posted: 09 Sep 2017 08:26 PM PDT  Hurricane Irma is so powerful, it sucked the ocean away from beaches in the Bahamas on Friday.
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| Iconic 9/11 images: 16 years later Posted: 10 Sep 2017 04:00 AM PDT  The 9/11 attacks in New York City were documented extensively in photographs, and rebuilding in the World Trade Center area has been too. Here, in interactive displays that combine original images and current photos, you can compare then with now.
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| Syrian army in race with US-armed fighters for eastern Syria Posted: 09 Sep 2017 09:45 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — U.S.-backed Syrian fighters launched an offensive against the Islamic State group in eastern Syria along the border with Iraq on Saturday, bringing them into a race with government forces marching in the same direction against the extremists in their last major holdout in the war-torn country.
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| Pope vies with narco for reverence in Colombian city Posted: 09 Sep 2017 07:40 PM PDT  Medellín (Colombia) (AFP) - In her hair salon, Yamile Zapata is taking advantage of Pope Francis's visit to sell key rings with his face on it. While Francis was ministering and teaching as a Jesuit priest in the 1980s, Escobar was killing hundreds of people and trafficking billions of dollars' worth of hard drugs.
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| Egypt archaeologists unearth 3,500-year-old tomb in Luxor Posted: 09 Sep 2017 07:08 AM PDT  Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered the tomb of a goldsmith dedicated to the god Amun and the mummies of a woman and her two children, the antiquities ministry said on Saturday. The finds, dating back to the New Kingdom (16th to 11th centuries BC), were made in the Draa Abul Naga necropolis on the west bank of the Nile in Luxor, famed for its temples and burial grounds. The tomb of "Amun's Goldsmith, Amenemhat" contained a sculpture carved into a recess of him seated beside his wife, the ministry said. An Egyptian antiquities worker in the recently discovered tomb of Amenemhat Credit: Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters A portrait of their son was painted between them. A burial shaft in the tomb led to a chamber where the archaeologists discovered mummies, funerary statues and masks, the ministry said. Another shaft led to a chamber where the team found the mummies of a woman and two children. An Egyptian archaeologist looks at a newly-uncovered sarcophagus in the Draa Abul Naga necropolis Credit: Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities via AFP The woman appears to have died at the age of 50 and tests showed she had suffered from a bacterial bone disease, the ministry quoted bone specialist Sherine Ahmed Shawqi as saying. The team also discovered 150 small funerary statues carved in wood, clay and limestone. A skull and a foot are seen in the recently discovered tomb of Amenemhat Credit: Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters The tomb, located on the west bank of the river Nile in a cemetery for noblemen and top officials, is a relatively modest discovery, but one that authorities has announced with a great deal of fanfare in a bid to boost the country's slowly recovering tourism industry. "We want tomorrow's newspapers to speak about Egypt and make people want to come to Egypt," antiquities minister Khaled el-Anani told reporters. Egyptian archaeologist restoring a wooden sarcophagus at a newly-uncovered ancient tomb for a goldsmith in Luxor Credit: KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images The tomb was discovered by Egyptian archeologists, something that a senior official at the antiquities ministry hailed as evidence of their growing professionalism and expertise. "We used to escort foreign archeologists as observers, but that's now in the past. We are the leaders now," said Mustafa Waziri, Luxor's chief archaeologist.
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| 'Reclaiming My Time' Gospel Song Is Now A Suicide Prevention Anthem Posted: 10 Sep 2017 08:29 AM PDT  Chirlane McCray is using music to try to dispel stigmas surrounding mental illness.
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| Tiffany & Co. Collaborates with Reed Krakoff Posted: 09 Sep 2017 05:00 AM PDT |
| Seth Rogen is 'drunk in Orlando' as Hurricane Irma looms ahead Posted: 09 Sep 2017 09:26 PM PDT  Hurricane Irma is coming fast, and just like many other Floridians who chose to remain in the state, Seth Rogen is preparing with a bit of liquid luck.
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| Hillary Clinton: Calling Trump Supporters ‘Deplorables’ Handed Him ‘A Political Gift’ Posted: 10 Sep 2017 08:26 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Hillary Clinton on Sunday acknowledged that referring to then-GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump's supporters as a "basket of deplorables" may have further galvanized them against her and gave Trump "a political gift." "I thought Trump was behaving in a deplorable manner.
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| Equifax Clarifies Policy After Outcry Over Consumers' Legal Rights Following Hack Posted: 08 Sep 2017 11:33 PM PDT  Equifax issued a statement Friday saying that victims of a recent massive security breach won't have to waive their right to file a class action lawsuit against the company, after people noticed language buried in Equifax's terms of service that barred customers from doing so.
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| Myanmar accused of laying mines after refugee injuries Posted: 10 Sep 2017 06:45 AM PDT  COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AP) — Myanmar's military has been accused of planting land mines in the path of Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in its western Rakhine state, with Amnesty International reporting two people wounded Sunday.
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| Ex-Husband of Texas Mom Who Went Missing Before Hurricane Harvey Charged with Murder Posted: 10 Sep 2017 12:07 PM PDT  The ex-husband of a mom in Texas has been charged with her murder after she went missing the day before Hurricane Harvey
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| Mexico Earthquake Death Toll Rises to 90 Posted: 10 Sep 2017 11:17 AM PDT  The quake killed 37 in Juchita, and officials raised the nationwide toll to 90
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| Best Buy drops Kaspersky products amid Russia concerns Posted: 08 Sep 2017 05:33 PM PDT  US electronics retailer Best Buy has stopped selling products by leading computer security firm Kaspersky Lab amid concerns the company has links to Russian intelligence, the two companies confirmed Friday. A Best Buy spokeswoman confirmed in an email reports that the action was taken due to concerns over Kaspersky's alleged links to the Russian government. The security software vendor, founded in 1977 by Russia-born Eugene Kaspersky, operates a global business with an estimate 400 million product users.
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| The Reason Zayn Malik Shaved His Head Is Actually Pretty Common Posted: 08 Sep 2017 06:03 PM PDT  Zayn Malik had a very good reason to shave his head, and it wasn't because he just needed a new look.
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| Councils failing to stop people giving away cash to dodge care home fees Posted: 10 Sep 2017 12:22 AM PDT  Families are facing a care funding lottery as new figures reveal wide variations in the lengths to which councils will go to stop people giving away assets in an attempt to make the state pay instead. Local authorities means-test residents of care homes to check if they should pay towards their costs. The cut off point is £23,250 – if you have assets above this figure you are expected to fund your own care. If your assets are worth less than £23,250 the council will help to meet the costs. Average nursing home costs reached £1,000 for "self-funders" earlier this year. The spiralling cost of care has created an incentive for families to give away property, investments and savings to bring their assets below the £23,250 limit. Councils have powers to claw back money from people it can prove to have "deliberately deprived" themselves of assets to claim state aid. Yet it has long been suspected that they find it nearly impossible to prove that someone has given assets away deliberately to dodge care costs. 'I reclaimed £226,559 in care fees. Here's how you can too' Giving to children and grandchildren as a way to limit inheritance tax bills has become increasingly common. High house prices and buoyant stock markets have increased families' wealth, while the headline amount you can pass on tax free has not been increased for nearly a decade. A series of Freedom of Information requests submitted by Telegraph Money has uncovered how often councils use their powers and the amounts they have managed to claw back. Of the eight local authorities approached, North Somerset council, whose jurisdiction includes Weston-super-Mare and the outskirts of Bristol, had used its powers the most. Since 2012 it recorded 64 "deprivation" cases in relation to care funding. The total value of assets involved in the cases was £1.3m. By contrast, the London borough of Westminster had no recorded cases. This is despite the area having a similar population to North Somerset, at around 200,000, and a similar proportion of elderly residents. At a glance | Who use deprivation rules Likewise Southwark, which covers a large part of south-east London, had not used its powers at all. The north London borough of Camden had the second-highest number of cases, at 14, with a total value of £158,000 over five years. Liverpool and Hertfordshire councils refused to provide figures on the grounds of cost, while Nottingham City Council said it did not keep relevant records. Steven Cameron, a care expert at Aegon, the insurer, warned that greater scrutiny of the sector meant individuals who attempted to dodge care fees were increasingly likely to be caught by councils. "A few years ago it was highly unlikely that a council would have paid much attention to people who gave away assets to avoid paying," he said. "But with the care crisis getting worse daily and with more public interest in getting out of paying for care by giving away assets, the attention councils will pay is certain to increase considerably." Councils also take action that may not be reflected by official statistics, said Tracy Ashby a specialist legacy planner at Thursfields, the law firm. In a nutshell | How care home funding works She has seen cases in the West Midlands where instead of trying to claw back funds from families, councils simply cut off funding for care. Care homes are then left to pursue families themselves and in some cases have sought to evict patients, Ms Ashby said. The "dementia tax" Telegraph Money has reported extensively on the anomalies of the care funding system. Self-funding patients effectively subsidise those funded by councils, which set strict limits on the fees they are prepared to pay. This leaves homes in areas with few private customers battling to stay open. The Conservatives' radical plans for reforming the care system have been blamed for the party's disastrous showing in the general election. Under the plan, councils would have started to pick up the tab for care costs once a person's assets fell below £100,000, as opposed to the current level of £23,250 in England. But, crucially, family homes would also have been included in the means-testing formula for "at home" care for the first time. At the same time, the plan for a lifetime cap – which would have helped those who needed long periods of care – was dropped. The Tories quickly backtracked over the latter, which Labour called the "dementia tax". How to connect with us | Telegraph Money on social media
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| Georgia Man Holds Cookout For Florida Evacuees Near Highway: 'It Was Beautiful' Posted: 10 Sep 2017 11:40 AM PDT  He and the community fed around 2,000 people.
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| Hillary Clinton Rules Out Seeking Office Again, But Remains Committed To Public Service Posted: 10 Sep 2017 09:16 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Hillary Clinton on Sunday declared the end of her career as "an active politician," but she she will remain involved in the political fray through other means.
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| Qatari, Saudi leaders have a phone call, start new dispute Posted: 08 Sep 2017 10:18 PM PDT  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Leaders in Qatar and Saudi Arabia spoke by telephone early Saturday in their first high-level contact since an Arab diplomatic crisis engulfed Doha three months ago, but now even terms of what they discussed have created a new dispute.
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| The Latest: Pemex: Fuel supplies stable despite quake, storm Posted: 08 Sep 2017 08:28 PM PDT  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Latest on the Mexico earthquake (all times local):
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| 1st damage assessments of Florida Keys Posted: 10 Sep 2017 09:35 AM PDT  NWS meteorologist Bill South speaks with ABC News' chief anchor George Stephanopoulos about conditions in the Florida Keys.
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| Venezuela to sell oil in currencies other than dollar Posted: 08 Sep 2017 11:14 PM PDT  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced Friday his government will sell oil and other commodities in currencies other than the dollar, in a bid to weather US-imposed sanctions on the embattled country. "I have decided to start selling oil, gas, gold and all other products that Venezuela sells with new currencies, including the Chinese yuan, the Japanese yen, the Russian ruble, the Indian rupee among others," he said during a television broadcast. The goal is to restrict Venezuela's access to vital bond and equity markets.
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| Lorry-stopping 'super stinger' spiked net unveiled to protect crowds against terror attacks Posted: 10 Sep 2017 07:30 AM PDT  A spiked net designed to stop a terrorist lorry attack in its tracks has been unveiled by Scotland Yard to protect large public gatherings in the capital. The heavy net bristling with tungsten steel spikes can stop and trap a vehicle weighing up to 17-tons and was used for the first time to protect the Naval Associations Parade in Central London. The Met Police said the device could be laid out in less than a minute and halts even heavy vehicles by puncturing their front tyres and then becoming entangled in their wheels. The device can entangle and stop a 17-ton lorry Credit: JULIAN SIMMONDS Protecting crowds from the prospect of a ramming attack has become a police priority after Islamist jihadists have used vehicles to plough into pedestrians in a string of atrocities in Britain and on the Continent. The device, known as Talon, was laid out on Whitehall on Sunday morning as hundreds of Royal Navy sailors and veterans paraded in front of the Cenotaph. The device was used for the first time to protect a Naval Associations Parade Credit: JULIAN SIMMONDS A spokeswoman for the Met Police said: "The system is also designed to ensure that the vehicle skids in a straight line, significantly reducing risk to crowds and producing a well controlled stop after which officers can engage with the driver. "When the equipment is deployed, signs are placed in front and behind the net site advising both road users and pedestrians that there are spikes on the road and to follow instructions provided by officers." She said the device "is likely to become a familiar sight at events that attract large crowds in London". Both Islamic State and al-Qaeda have called on their followers to carry out vehicle ramming attacks. Hundreds of sailors and veterans paraded at the Cenotaph in central London to honour modern Naval heroes Credit: Julian Simmonds Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel killed 86 in Nice ploughing into crowds on Bastille Day 2016 and Anis Amri killed 12 ploughing into a Berlin Christmas market. Both the Westminster and London Bridge attackers in the UK began their killing sprees by running over pedestrians. Temporary steel and concrete barriers have already become common at public events in Britain's cities. Bollards and crash barriers to prevent vehicles being driven into crowds are also becoming a permanent feature of London tourist spots and have already been fitted to nine of the capital's bridges. Chief Inspector Nick Staley, of the Met's protective security operations unit, said: "This equipment undoubtedly has the potential to save lives and is just one of a number of measures being taken to provide protection to crowds attending major events in London and reassuring businesses, workers and visitors as they go about their daily lives."
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| After Irma, Tim Duncan Pens Emotional Plea: 'Don't Forget' The U.S. Virgin Islands Posted: 10 Sep 2017 04:28 AM PDT  In an impassioned plea on behalf of his "home," the hurricane-battered U.S. Virgin Islands, former NBA star Tim Duncan has urged fans and others to not "forget" about the people who are suffering there ― and to act quickly and generously to extend a much-needed helping hand.
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| A Devastating Hurricane Season Exposes America’s Flood Insurance Problem Posted: 09 Sep 2017 07:37 AM PDT  The question looming over many families is whether they will be able to afford to rebuild their homes
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| Best Portable Gas Grills for Tailgating Posted: 09 Sep 2017 09:19 AM PDT  A good portable grill is just the ticket if you're into tailgating, assuming you're happy sticking to the basics, like hamburgers and hot dogs. That's because most portable models have only one ...
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| Bill Maher Sat Down With Ken Bone To Find Out Who He Voted For Posted: 09 Sep 2017 12:21 AM PDT  Ken Bone played hardball on Friday when Bill Maher asked him who he voted for in the 2016 election.
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| Russia berates German defense minister for war games remarks Posted: 09 Sep 2017 06:48 AM PDT  Russia's Defence Ministry on Saturday criticized German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen, saying it was bewildered by her assertion that Moscow planned to send more than 100,000 troops to war games on NATO's eastern flank this month. On Thursday, the German defense minister said the war games, code named Zapad or "West", were a clear "demonstration of capabilities and power of the Russians". "Anyone who doubts that only has to look at the high numbers of participating forces in the Zapad exercise: more than one hundred thousand," von der Leyen told reporters at an EU defense ministers' meeting in Tallinn.
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| The Latest: Classes suspended in 2 Mexico states after quake Posted: 10 Sep 2017 03:15 PM PDT  JUCHITAN, Mexico (AP) — The latest on the aftermath of Mexico's magnitude 8.1 earthquake (all times local):
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| 305 Syrian migrants reach Cyprus; 313 are stopped in Turkey Posted: 10 Sep 2017 12:19 PM PDT  NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus police arrested a 36-year-old man Sunday for allegedly driving one of two boats that brought 305 Syrian refugees to the Mediterranean island's northwestern coast.
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| Forgetting Westgate: how Kenya erases terrorism Posted: 08 Sep 2017 06:57 PM PDT  On the inside Nairobi's Westgate mall is a shiny shopping centre, all sparkling glass shop fronts, Bose-conveyed muzak and boutiques stuffed with expensive imports. Two years after the mall reopened, Westgate remains glossy and new, as if nothing happened. "Westgate has been erased from the public imagination," says Patrick Gathara, a Kenyan cartoonist, blogger and curator of online publication The Elephant.
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| 21 Seriously Game-Changing Thanksgiving Cakes Posted: 09 Sep 2017 06:33 AM PDT  You may never go back to serving pie after these.
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| See How Miami's Biggest Zoo Is Preparing For Hurricane Irma Posted: 09 Sep 2017 09:32 AM PDT  Preparing for a major hurricane is even more complicated when you have more than 3,000 wild animals in your care.
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| Football Season Demands a Big-Game TV Tune-up Posted: 10 Sep 2017 06:23 AM PDT  The new NFL season will bring footbll fans plenty of fast-paced action and gripping matchups. But if your TV isn't adjusted properly, even an exciting game could look flatter than a glass of thre...
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| Former FBI Agent Wants A Special Prosecutor for Clinton Posted: 09 Sep 2017 11:55 AM PDT  The Trump-Russia special counsel isn't enough, according to a former FBI agent—he thinks there should also be one for Clinton's emails.
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| Winds intensify in Miami as Hurricane Irma nears Posted: 10 Sep 2017 08:41 AM PDT  ABC News' Gio Benitez reports from Miami, FL as Hurricane Irma nears.
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| Merkel optimistic EU dispute over refugee distribution will soon end Posted: 10 Sep 2017 07:06 AM PDT  German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was optimistic that a dispute over how to distribute asylum seekers in the EU would soon be resolved after a court ruled on Wednesday that member states must take in a share of refugees who reach Europe. Speaking to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (F.A.S.) newspaper two weeks before a national election in which she is expected to win a fourth term, Merkel said she welcomed the court's decision. Separately, the newspaper also reported that in negotiations between member states about redistribution, a compromise was starting to emerge which would link accepting refugees to payments that would come from the EU.
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| Wildfire smoke clearing in US West as storms move through Posted: 09 Sep 2017 12:37 PM PDT  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Storms brought cooler and wetter weather into the Western and Northwestern U.S. this weekend, breaking up a temperature inversion that had blanketed much of the region with acrid smoke from dozens of wildfires.
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| 'Anti-Semitic' robbers target Jewish family near Paris Posted: 10 Sep 2017 01:00 PM PDT  A Jewish family was beaten, held hostage and robbed in their home near Paris because of their religion, French authorities and anti-hate groups said Sunday. Three attackers burst into the house in the Paris suburb of Livry-Gargan late Thursday, cut off the electricity and confined three members of a Jewish family, beating them and threatening to kill them, until one of them managed to escape and alert the police, said anti-Semitism watchdog BNVCA. One of the victims was Roger Pinto, the 78-year-old head of Siona, an association "defending the Jewish people and the state of Israel," Pinto's lawyer, Marc Bensimon, said.
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| Leslie Jones Just Couldn't Contain Herself During New York Fashion Week Posted: 09 Sep 2017 07:55 PM PDT  As if you needed any more reason to make Leslie Jones your best friend.
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| 'It's All Hands on Deck.' Inside Miami's Hurricane Response Hub Posted: 08 Sep 2017 08:40 PM PDT  The emergency management center in Miami is prepping for one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the Atlantic
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| A text from Keys: 'Getting worse. Water n winds, whiteout' Posted: 10 Sep 2017 05:18 PM PDT  John Huston is riding out the storm in his house on Key Largo, Florida, where he's lived since 1993. His neighborhood is on the Atlantic side of the island, just south of John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park.
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| Catalan independence vote divides region's mayors Posted: 09 Sep 2017 05:48 PM PDT  Argentona (Espagne) (AFP) - "It's a dream come true," says Eudald Calvo, mayor of Argentona, a municipality near Barcelona which is gearing up for an October 1 referendum on Catalan independence that Madrid has branded illegal. When Catalonia's pro-separatist regional government asked for a list of polling stations, he didn't hesitate. Four schools and two municipal buildings will be open on that day for the 12,000 people registered to vote in this picturesque town nestled between hills and the sea some 30 kilometres (18 miles) northeast of Barcelona.
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| Canada deported hundreds to war-torn countries: government data Posted: 10 Sep 2017 09:33 AM PDT  By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada has deported hundreds of people to countries designated too dangerous for civilians, with more than half of those people being sent back to Iraq, according to government data obtained by Reuters. The spike in deportations comes as Canada faces a record number of migrants and is on track to have the most refugee claims in more than a decade. Between January 2014 and Sept. 6, 2017, Canada sent 249 people to 11 countries for which the government had suspended or deferred deportations because of dangers to civilians.
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| Two-Headed Rattlesnake Found Near Arkansas Home Posted: 09 Sep 2017 01:57 PM PDT  Such a snake is not quite as uncommon as some might think.
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