| Trump says he’s declaring North Korea a terrorism sponsor Posted: 20 Nov 2017 09:46 AM PST  Trump said the designation would trigger "further sanctions and penalties" and that it "supports our maximum pressure campaign to isolate the murderous regime."
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| Apologizing For Predatory Behavior Requires More Than Saying 'I'm Sorry' Posted: 21 Nov 2017 09:44 AM PST  In 2011, Angie's* male colleague at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History brought her into an isolated hallway and grabbed her butt without her consent.
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| 102-year-old Holocaust survivor who thought his entire family died meets nephew he didn't know existed Posted: 21 Nov 2017 09:26 AM PST  A 102-year-old Polish man who believed his entire family had died in the Holocaust was reduced to tears this week when he met a nephew that he didn't know he had.
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| Allegations Against Al Franken Could Cost Democrats A Progressive Fighter In The Senate Posted: 20 Nov 2017 03:36 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― The allegations of sexual harassment against Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.)
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| Off-Duty Officer Fatally Shoots Robbers While Holding His Baby Posted: 20 Nov 2017 05:06 PM PST  The father was shopping when two hooded men stormed a pharmacy
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| Venezuela arrests six top executives from PDVSA's US subsidiary Citgo Posted: 21 Nov 2017 01:57 PM PST  Venezuela on Tuesday arrested the acting president and five other top executives in charge of Citgo, the US refinery subsidiary of troubled state oil company PDVSA, on corruption charges. "Six senior executives have been arrested," said chief prosecutor Tarek William Saab, adding that the charges included embezzlement, bid rigging, money laundering and criminal association. The Citgo chief, Jose Angel Pereira, was arrested in Caracas.
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| U.S. airman killed in Texas plane crash Posted: 20 Nov 2017 07:32 PM PST  The two-seat, T-38 Talon jet crashed about 4 p.m. Monday, roughly 14 miles northwest of the air base near U.S. 90 in Del Rio, Texas, officials said. The surviving pilot was transferred to Val Verde Regional Medical Center in Del Rio. Base officials were not available for comment late Monday.
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| Donald Trump is reportedly more popular than some of Europe's biggest leaders Posted: 21 Nov 2017 10:58 AM PST  President Trump has received some rather dismal approval ratings, but he's reportedly more popular compared to some of his European counterparts.
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| Whitefish Shuts Down Operations In Puerto Rico, Claims It's Owed $83 Million Posted: 21 Nov 2017 03:02 PM PST  Whitefish Energy is halting work on Puerto Rico's hurricane-ravaged electrical grid after claiming the U.S. territory owes the company $83 million.
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| Former Texas Cheerleader Killed When Driver Crashed Into Her Car While Using Breathalyzer: Cops Posted: 20 Nov 2017 03:51 PM PST  After teen was killed in a car crash in Arlington, Texas, police are investigating the other driver, who was using a court-ordered breathalyzing device
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| Power struggle shakes breakaway republic in eastern Ukraine as armed men seize Luhansk Posted: 21 Nov 2017 08:31 AM PST  Armed men seized the capital of a Russia-backed separatist republic in eastern Ukraine amid a power struggle between two top officials. The takeover of Luhansk on Tuesday followed a decision by Igor Plotnitsky, the head of the breakaway Luhansk People's Republic, to fire interior minister Igor Kornet the night before. Luhansk state television showed masked men with assault rifles and heavy machine guns blocking the entrances of administrative buildings and streets in the centre of Luhansk on Tuesday, reportedly on the orders of the interior ministry. One of them wore the blue uniform the interior ministry's Berkut unit, a police force specialising in putting down riots. The armed men had ignored Plotnitsky's command to leave, Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta reported. A video on Tuesday evening showed what appeared to be dozens of military vehicles entering Luhansk from the direction of the neighbouring Donetsk separatist republic, although a Donetsk official denied it was intervening. Igor Plotnitsky, head of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic, salutes during Victory Day military parade. Credit: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters In a video on Tuesday Kornet said he wanted to "dispel rumours" of his dismissal and said his forces had captured Ukrainian saboteurs who were attempting terrorist attacks in the republic. He also claimed that Plotnitsky's chief of staff and the head of the security service had been implicated in a coup attempt last year and arrested on Plotnitsky's orders, along with the general director of the state television company. But Plotnitsky later said in a statement on his website that Kornet had indeed been fired and the actions of interior ministry forces "crossed all acceptable lines". He said the "attempts of certain people to remain in power" were futile and "will be completely neutralised in the near future". The outcome of the power struggle remained unclear on Tuesday. Novaya Gazeta reported that the republic's state security ministry, military headquarters and people's militia were "not participating in the conflict between Plotnitsky and Kornet". Interior minister Igor Kornet visits a penal colony near Luhansk in 2016. Credit: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters Separatists seized control of much of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions in April 2014 following the establishment of a pro-Western government in Kiev and Russia's annexation of Crimea. The ensuing conflict between the rebels, who have received military assistance from neighbouring Russia, and government forces has claimed more than 10,000 lives. A ceasefire agreed in Minsk in 2015 has been regularly violated, and a Ukrainian soldier died in a mortar strike on Monday. Several top separatist commanders have been assassinated since the start of the conflict.
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| Obama Wishes Joe Biden A Happy Birthday With An Adorable Meme Posted: 20 Nov 2017 01:04 PM PST  Joe Biden may be another year older, but these memes never get old.
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| "I remember feeling really scared that he could be around any corner, because we weren’t sure exactly where he was." Posted: 21 Nov 2017 11:09 AM PST  Chelsea Sobolik had just come off a double shift at a Red Robin restaurant when she decided, at the last minute, to join a group of friends for a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" in Aurora, Colorado. After the shooting, Sobolik took a year off to rest and recover, something that would not have been possible without Red Robin's Giving Fund ― a charitable donation her colleagues made with every check to support workers during tough times. Between this fund, the free mental health care she received from the Aurora Mental Health Center and help from her family and friends, Sobolik feels grateful for all the support that has helped her cope, but she considers recovery a lifelong process.
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| 19 Crazy Delicious Ways To Roast Sweet Potatoes Posted: 21 Nov 2017 01:46 PM PST |
| Police: Woman confessed to putting babies in concrete in 90s Posted: 20 Nov 2017 11:10 PM PST  TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese woman was arrested Tuesday after police say she confessed to putting four newborns in concrete-filled buckets two decades ago and having been filled with guilt over not caring for her babies.
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| Black Friday tech deals from Samsung and Google Posted: 20 Nov 2017 11:33 AM PST  These days, it seems like everything from kitchen soaps to full-sized vehicles are discounted on Black Friday, making sifting though which sales to hit an overwhelming process.
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| US strike in Somalia kills more than 100 Shabaab fighters Posted: 21 Nov 2017 09:35 AM PST  US forces conducted an air strike against the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shabaab group in Somalia on Tuesday, killing more than 100 jihadists, military officials said. "In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, US forces conducted an air strike in Somalia against an al-Shabaab camp on Tuesday, November 21 at approximately 10:30 am local Somalia time (0730 GMT), killing more than 100 militants," the US Africa Command said in a statement.
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| Donald Trump Is Shutting Down His Charitable Foundation Posted: 20 Nov 2017 04:46 PM PST  Looks like Donald Trump may actually be keeping a promise.
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| American Mother Held Hostage by Taliban Details 'Intolerable' Situation for Her Children Posted: 20 Nov 2017 08:40 AM PST  "This was an intolerable situation for a child to be in, the constant fear"
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| U.S. warns citizens against risks of travel to Saudi Arabia Posted: 21 Nov 2017 12:37 PM PST  The U.S. State Department on Tuesday warned citizens to "consider the risks" when traveling to Saudi Arabia due to militant threats and the threat of ballistic missile attacks on civilians by rebels in Yemen. The warning comes two weeks after U.S.-allied Saudi Arabia said it had shot down a ballistic missile fired by Iran-aligned Houthis from Yemen towards the Saudi capital Riyadh. The missile, which the Houthis said was in response to Saudi-led air strikes on civilians in Yemen, was shot down near Riyadh airport without causing any casualties.
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| Footage shows African migrants being sold as slaves at auction for as little as £300 each Posted: 20 Nov 2017 08:18 AM PST  The Libyan government is to investigate allegations that African migrants are being sold as slaves at auctions. Tens of thousands of migrants, many of them from West Africa but also Bangladesh, Somalia, Sudan and Eritrea, are being held in camps and warehouses on the Libyan coast, hoping to reach Europe. When the warehouses become overcrowded, or if migrants are unable to pay traffickers for the boat journey towards Italy – where many are rescued by NGO-operated vessels – they are sold. The existence of modern-day slave markets has been known for months, with testimony from the International Organisation for Migration and other humanitarian agencies, but last week CNN obtained video footage of one such auction. In scenes reminiscent of the 19th century, when the slave trade was rife, auctioneers advertised a group of West African migrants as "big strong boys for farm work." The auctioneers referred to the migrants in Arabic as "merchandise". The CNN footage showed buyers bidding for the migrants, who were sold off for as little as $400 each. One West African man told the television network: "Sure, I was sold". Others recounted how they were beaten by their "owners" as they put to work. Ahmed Metig, the deputy prime minister of the UN-backed Government of National Accord in Tripoli, said the allegations would be investigated. He said he would establish a "commission to investigate these reports in order to apprehend and bring those responsible to justice." Migrants sit in a detention centre run by the interior ministry of Libya's eastern-based government, in Benghazi Credit: Reuters Alpha Conde, the president of Guinea and chairman of the African Union, where many migrants come from, called for an inquiry and prosecutions relating to what he termed a "despicable trade... from another era". The Senegalese government called the apparent slave market a "blight on the conscience of humanity". The IOM reported the existence of slave markets in April. "The reports of 'slave markets' for migrants can be added to a long list of outrages [in Libya]," said Mohammed Abdiker, IOM's head of operation and emergencies. "The situation is dire. The more IOM engages inside Libya, the more we learn that it is a vale of tears for all too many migrants." Migrants who are rescued at sea and brought to Italy have told how they are beaten, tortured and in some cases raped by traffickers in Libya. Many young women end up as prostitutes on the streets of Italy, with Nigerian girls as young as 13 forced to sell themselves for as little as 10 euros (£8.90) a time, terrified into submission by gang rape and voodoo curses. It is estimated that 80 per cent of Nigerian teenage girls and young women who make it to Italy are forced into the sex trade.
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| Megyn Kelly: It's Time To 'Get Comfortable' Holding Powerful Men Accountable Posted: 21 Nov 2017 09:09 AM PST  Megyn Kelly says women everywhere are in the middle of an "empowerment revolution" and there's only one way forward: Keep speaking out.
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| 10 Ways To Know You're Having A Southern Thanksgiving Posted: 21 Nov 2017 08:12 AM PST  Every family has its own Thanksgiving traditions, including special dishes, table decor and group activities.
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| Elderly couple suing police alleging excessive force after hibiscus plants mistaken for marijuana Posted: 20 Nov 2017 05:21 AM PST  An elderly couple in Pennsylvania is suing their insurance company and their local police after they were allegedly arrested and mistreated after their hibiscus plants were wrongly reported as marijuana plants. Edward Cramer, 69, and his wife Audrey, 66, from Buffalo Township, allege they were handcuffed and forced to sit in a hot police car for hours last month aft arrived looking for drugs. The couple are suing the Buffalo Township police and the Nationwide Insurance Company over the incident, claiming excessive force, false arrest, false imprisonment, invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional stress over the incident, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
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| In 1991, America Stopped Building the Ultimate Submarine Russia or China Still Can't Beat Posted: 21 Nov 2017 04:25 AM PST  The extreme quietness of the Seawolf class gave the Navy the idea of modifying the last submarine, USS Jimmy Carter, to support clandestine operations. The MMP gives Carter the ability to send and recover Remotely Operated Vehicles/Unmanned Underwater Vehicles and SEALs and diving teams while submerged. The Seawolf-class submarines were envisioned as the best submarines ever built.
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| Turkish lira hits record low against dollar Posted: 21 Nov 2017 06:44 AM PST  The embattled Turkish lira hit record lows against the dollar on Tuesday as investors took fright over an impending trial in the United States and changes to banking regulations. The Turkish lira lost over one percent in value to trade at 3.97 to the dollar late morning, testing the never-before-reached 4.0 ceiling, before rallying slightly to 3.95 in the early evening. The latest drop followed the delay on Monday of a scheduled trial in the United States of Turkish-Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab and Mehmet Hakan Atilla, the deputy chief executive of Turkish lender Halkbank, accused of defying US sanctions on Iran.
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| Elizabeth Warren: Donald Trump's 'Racist Slurs' Won't Shut Me Up Posted: 21 Nov 2017 01:47 AM PST  TONIGHT: @SenWarren and @StephenAtHome examine how their lives have changed since @realDonaldTrump took office a year ago... Wait.
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| US ending temporary permits for almost 60,000 Haitians Posted: 20 Nov 2017 11:25 PM PST  The Trump administration said Monday it is ending a temporary residency permit program that has allowed almost 60,000 citizens from Haiti to live and work in the United States since a 2010 powerful earthquake ...
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| Watch This High Schooler Demand Answers From Her Congressman On DACA Posted: 20 Nov 2017 12:21 PM PST  The sophomore at Port Richmond High School on New York's Staten Island asked her congressman, Dan Donovan (R-NY), a hard-hitting question during a town hall forum on Sunday afternoon.
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| 12 Ways To Eat Sushi You Haven't Thought Of Yet Posted: 21 Nov 2017 05:02 PM PST |
| Meghan McCain and Ben Domenech Are Married Posted: 21 Nov 2017 03:23 PM PST  The conservative co-host of ABC's The View, 33, who is the daughter of Senator John McCain, wed conservative pundit Ben Domenech, 35, just before sunset at the bride's family ranch in Sedona, Arizona, a rep for McCain tells PEOPLE exclusively
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| A Timeline Of Charles Manson’s Path To Infamy Posted: 20 Nov 2017 02:47 PM PST  Charles Manson has been called many things over the years.
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| This idyllic Swiss village wants to pay you more than £50,000 to move there Posted: 21 Nov 2017 07:27 AM PST  If it's ever been a distant dream of yours to wind up in a tiny and beautiful mountain village, consider this. The Swiss town of Albinen, located in the scenic canton of Valais, wants to pay people 25,000 Swiss francs (£18,900) each to move there. The council will soon be voting on the new initiative, which aims to repopulate a community that has dwindled to just 240 residents, reports The Local. Under the scheme, each new adult resident will be paid the fee, with an additional 10,000 Swiss francs (£7,600) per child. For a family of four, that's more than £53,000. Most of the previous residents who have left the village have been families with children, according to Swiss news agency ATS, with the last three departures leading to the closure of Albinen's school. It should be noted, however, that this was never exactly a thriving neighbourhood. Its highest ever number of inhabitants on record was 380, back in 1900. What's the catch? There are certain conditions attached to the proposed offer. New residents must be under the age of 45, and are required to build or purchase a property to live in full time, not used as a holiday home, worth at least 200,000 Swiss francs (£151,900). You'll also have to remain in residence there for at least 10 years, or forfeit the fee. Officials hope that Albinen's flailing economy will benefit from an influx of new homeowners through taxes, building contracts and the purchase of local produce. Switzerland has a high level of immigration from EU countries What does Albinen have to offer? Six square miles of Alpine land makes up the municipality of Albinen, huddled at an altitude of 4,300 ft in the south-west of Switzerland and dwarfed by its surrounding mountains. Most of Albinen is farmland and forest, with its settled area of buildings and roads accounting for little over three per cent of it. Only 240 residents live here, surrounded by forest and farmland Credit: Wikipedia Commons Xenos There's little going on in the town's centre, save for its narrow cobbled turns, centuries-old houses, a church and a shop. And you'll need to learn German, the region's first language. But hop in the car and it's less than four miles to Leukerbad, home to one of Europe's largest medical wellness, beauty and thermal baths complex. Charlie Chaplin, Tolstoy and Goethe were among those who travelled to the village to bathe in the calcium- and sulphate-rich thermal waters. Switzerland tours Prefer to live in Italy? This is far from the first time a shrinking town in Europe has offered to pay people to move there, most commonly in Italy. Just last month, the Italian town of Candela in Puglia announced it would hand out up to €2,000 (£1,792) for new residents. They must live permanently in the village, rent a house, and have a salary of at least €7,500 (£6,723). Earlier this year, Italy also said it was giving away 103 of its historic buildings for free, with one catch - all takers will need to commit to transforming the properties into tourist facilities including hotels, restaurants or spas.
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| What 3 Creepy Meetings With Charlie Rose Taught Me About Toxic Sexism And Blurred Lines Posted: 21 Nov 2017 01:49 PM PST  A few years ago I belonged to the group of people who thought that working for Charlie Rose represented the holy grail of journalism.
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| Daughter of Haitians, 10, urges Trump to extend families' protected status Posted: 20 Nov 2017 01:00 AM PST  Any 10-year-old who records her own video address to a United States president is usually seeking high marks in fifth grade civics. For Ronyde Christina Ponthieux, the message is much more poignant – a personal appeal to Donald Trump not to tear her family apart. While Ronyde is an American citizen, born and raised in Miami, her parents are not, and they face deportation if Trump follows an expected path and ends the temporary protected status (TPS) of more than 50,000 Haitian immigrants living legally in the US.
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| Iran, Lebanon reject Arab League criticism as tensions mount Posted: 20 Nov 2017 06:38 AM PST  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Monday rejected a harsh statement by Arab League foreign ministers condemning the Islamic Republic and its proxy Hezbollah, saying the tirade was "full of lies" and the product of Saudi "pressure and propaganda."
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| Brielmaier lawn mowers are changing the landscaping game Posted: 21 Nov 2017 08:00 AM PST  These lawn mowers are able to cut grass on hills and mountains
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| 15 Tweets That Accurately Describe Thanksgiving After Marriage Posted: 20 Nov 2017 11:30 AM PST  Stressful attempts to split the holiday between two families, kitchen calamities and uncomfortable conversations with in-laws: Welcome to Thanksgiving as a married couple!
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| Russia Wants the Strangest of All Weapons: An 'Underwater ICBM' Posted: 21 Nov 2017 07:01 AM PST  Before the U.S. spends trillions on developing on strategic anti-torpedo defense, let's take a close look at the alleged Russian super-weapon. Except that a real ICBM can reach targets on the other side of the world because missiles zoom into open sky, into outer space, and then down again through more open sky.
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| Ohio Man Threatened Historical Mass Shooting At Las Vegas Casino Posted: 20 Nov 2017 10:56 AM PST  An Ohio man is facing federal charges after he allegedly threatened to stage a historic mass shooting at a Las Vegas casino where his estranged wife was employed at the time.
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| Grandson of Charles Manson Hopes to Bury Cult Leader: 'I'll Fight For You' Posted: 21 Nov 2017 08:56 AM PST  Jason Freeman is the son of Manson's only known child, who took his own life in 1993.
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| Family sues owners and staff after five-year-old boy crushed to death in rotating restaurant Posted: 20 Nov 2017 04:33 AM PST  The family of a five-year-old boy who was crushed to death after he became trapped by a rotating restaurant floor is suing the restaurant and hotel chain. Charles Holt was killed in April after he became trapped between a wall and a wooden booth at the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel's Sun Dial restaurant in Atlanta. Marriott International, which owns the hotel, did not immediately respond to The Independent for comment.
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| White Ex-Cop Sentenced To 15 Years For Shooting Death Of Daughter's Black Boyfriend Posted: 20 Nov 2017 02:00 PM PST  A white former police officer in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been sentenced to 15 years behind bars for fatally shooting his daughter's 19-year-old black boyfriend in 2014.
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| Donald Trump’s Pricey New Christmas Hat Gets Exactly The Reception You’d Expect Posted: 21 Nov 2017 12:48 AM PST  This time, he's selling a Christmas version of his famous lid, with "Make American Great Again" covered in embroidered lights on the front and "Merry Christmas" on the back.
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| Philippines' Duterte defends troops on looting in Marawi siege Posted: 21 Nov 2017 03:39 AM PST  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday rejected allegations by a rights group that troops engaged in looting during the bloody battle against Islamic State followers in the southern city of Marawi. Duterte also assured soldiers he would protect their interests following allegations by Amnesty International that they had committed abuses during the five-month battle in Marawi that left over a thousand people dead. "Those (allegations) of stealing in Marawi, I don't believe it.
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| 33 Hearty Soups That'll Feed A Hungry Crowd Posted: 21 Nov 2017 12:29 PM PST |
| Bombing at Nigeria mosque kills at least 50 Posted: 21 Nov 2017 01:39 PM PST  LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A teenage suicide bomber attacked worshippers as they gathered for morning prayers Tuesday at a mosque in northeastern Nigeria, killing at least 50 people, police said, in one of the region's deadliest assaults in years.
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