| World Leaders Respond To The Coordinated Strike In Syria Posted: 13 Apr 2018 07:49 PM PDT  The U.S., U.K. and France have defended their decision to launch coordinated
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| DOJ tinkers with immigration courts to speed deportations Posted: 13 Apr 2018 02:00 AM PDT  The sequence of events that lead to immigration court vary from case to case, especially now, as even broader categories of people — ranging from convicted criminals to recent border crossers seeking asylum, longtime residents and even a few U.S. citizens — are getting caught up in the Trump administration's sweeping enforcement dragnet.
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| Father Seeking Justice For Teen’s Alleged Rape At Hands Of Indian Lawmaker Dies In Custody Posted: 12 Apr 2018 08:11 PM PDT  In a grim development to a sexual assault case involving a state lawmaker in
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| Swalwell: Congress was not consulted in Syria strike Posted: 13 Apr 2018 01:17 PM PDT  Rep. Eric Swalwell says Congress was not consulted about the airstrikes launched in Syria.
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| Some Criminals Have A ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ On Google, UK High Court Rules Posted: 13 Apr 2018 03:38 PM PDT  A high court in London ruled Friday that some lawbreakers have a "right to be
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| Gun rights activists rally at state capitols nationwide Posted: 14 Apr 2018 02:26 PM PDT ![Gun rights activists rally at state capitols nationwide]( "Gun rights activists rally at state capitols nationwide") Pro-gun supporters wrapped in flags and carrying guns rallied at statehouses across the U.S.
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| Sarah Sanders holds nothing back when asked about James Comey Posted: 13 Apr 2018 01:00 PM PDT  During a press briefing at the White House, Press Secretary Sarah Sanders gave a brutal response when asked about James Comey.
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| Russian presence in Syria a concern as US, UK, France attack Posted: 13 Apr 2018 12:26 PM PDT  Keir Simmons, NBC News foreign correspondent, reports live from Moscow on the Russian concerns in Syria and considerations made of the Russian presence by the joint strike by U.S., Britain, and France.
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| Abuse Survivors Demand Concrete Action After Pope Admits His 'Serious Errors' Posted: 13 Apr 2018 04:05 PM PDT  Advocates say Pope Francis' apology to Chilean sex abuse victims is a good
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| Maddow: Trump's personal turmoil taints U.S. military options Posted: 13 Apr 2018 12:12 PM PDT  Rachel Maddow points out that the fact of Donald Trump's chaotic personal circumstances will unavoidably influence how U.S. actions and intentions are perceived around the world.
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| Ocean's Vital Gulf Stream System Weakest In 1,600 Years, Scientists Find Posted: 13 Apr 2018 05:22 AM PDT  A key current in the planet's ocean circulatory system, including the
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| What Moby Doesn’t Understand About Food Stamps Posted: 13 Apr 2018 08:08 AM PDT  In an April 9 op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, the musical artist Richard
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| Pensioner charged with shooting lawyer dead after 'accidentally recording himself confessing' Posted: 13 Apr 2018 05:09 AM PDT  Tom Pickert, a 39-year-old lawyer, was shot dead in October 2017 in Kansas City, shortly after walking his children to school. David Jungerman, 80, has been charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action. A court heard how Mr Jungerman implicated himself when he accidentally recorded himself saying he had killed someone.
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| Deported veteran becomes US citizen after California pardon Posted: 13 Apr 2018 07:29 PM PDT  SAN DIEGO (AP) — A decorated former U.S. Army paratrooper whose work on behalf of deported veterans drew widespread attention to his cause became a U.S. citizen Friday, giving immigration advocates a rare reason to celebrate.
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| Jeremy Corbyn urged Theresa May to postpone 'legally questionable' Syria strikes at the eleventh hour Posted: 14 Apr 2018 01:28 AM PDT  Jeremy Corbyn urged Theresa May to postpone what he described as the "legally questionable" Syrian air strikes during last-minute talks with Downing Street Friday night. The Labour leader said the missile attack by Britain and the USA on Syria will make it less likely the Assad regime will be held accountable for war crimes. He also criticised Theresa May for "taking instructions from Washington" and said the Prime Minister should have obtained Parliament's backing before launching the strikes. Speaking after the US, UK and France bombed multiple Syrian government targets in an early morning operation aimed at destroying alleged chemical weapons sites, Mr Corbyn said: "Bombs won't save lives or bring about peace. "This legally questionable action risks escalating further, as US defence secretary James Mattis has admitted, an already devastating conflict and therefore makes real accountability for war crimes and use of chemical weapons less, not more likely." Mr Corbyn added: "Britain should be playing a leadership role to bring about a ceasefire in the conflict, not taking instructions from Washington and putting British military personnel in harm's way. Bombs won't save lives or bring about peace. My statement responding to air strikes on Syria: https://t.co/R6Yqkk4MV3— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) April 14, 2018 "Theresa May should have sought parliamentary approval, not trailed after Donald Trump. The Government should do whatever possible to push Russia and the United States to agree to an independent UN-led investigation of last weekend's horrific chemical weapons attack so that those responsible can be held to account." The leader of the opposition was visiting to Huddersfield on Saturday and spoke to his Conservative counterpart late on Friday. He said: "I had a late night conversation with the Prime Minister and my whole point is that Parliament should be consulted, parliament should be allowed to take a view on this but, instead, the strikes were launched last night. "Parliament is in session on Monday. She could have come to Parliament on Monday to discuss the whole situation. Instead, they've launched these strikes. "She claims there's a legal basis for it. "I've asked her in a letter I've just to sent her this morning to publish in full the legal basis and justification for it." During the Yorkshire visit, Mr Corbyn added: "Also, why she hasn't heeded the words of Antonio Guterres - the general secretary of the United Nations - who wanted the strikes to be stopped, who wanted the UN charter to be observed, and give time for the OPCW to do its inspection of chemical weapons in Syria? "And, also, to work again to get a ceasefire in Syria so that no more people are killed in this ghastly civil war in Syria." Profile | António Guterres He said: "We'll be pushing for publication of the legal advice that the government has given. "We will be demanding that the government goes back to the United Nations with the support of the Swedish government, or in support of the Swedish government in order the get a new UN resolution and bring Russia and the United States together along with Iran, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Turkey - all the neighbouring states there. This civil war is ghastly. It's killed hundreds of thousands. "It's driven millions into refuge in other countries and the chemical weapons are obviously appalling and disgusting and completely illegal within international law." Mr Corbyn said there was only a legal basis for action if there was a direct threat to the UK. He said: "You could only do it under the basis of self-defence - if there was a direct threat to us, and there wasn't." Intervention in Syria | Read more Stewart McDonald, the Scottish National Party spokesman for defence, said UK forces had been engaged in "gesture bombing with no major international consensus". "Most worrying is that she has acted at the behest of presidential tweets and sidelined Parliament," he said on Twitter. "What does this new bombing campaign do to help move Syria towards peace? Nothing. "Instead, it has the potential to dangerously complicate the war, making matters on the ground worse for the people that the strikes are supposed to help. There is no peace strategy." Owen Smith, the Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, also attacked the decision, writing on Twitter: "The House of Commons is elected to represent the people of our country and to hold our Executive to account. "Parliament should have been recalled and consulted before we engaged in this military action in Syria." But Carwyn Jones, Labour's First Minister of Wales, backed the action, as long as it was part of a wider plan to bring peace to the region. Mr Jones said: "I spoke with the PM late last night about the action in Syria. I offered my support to any intervention that could prevent a further atrocity, but it is vital that any action forms part of a wider long-term plan for the region. "I have urged the Prime Minister to do all she can to avoid civilian casualties given the complicated picture on the ground in Syria, and she has given me assurances in that regard. "Our thoughts today are with our service personnel and the people of Syria, who have endured beyond all measure." At a Pentagon briefing shortly after President Trump announced strikes had taken place, Gen Joseph Dunford said a scientific research facility in Damascus, allegedly connected to the production of chemical and biological weapons, had been hit, along with a chemical weapons storage facility west of Homs and a chemical weapons equipment storage site and command post, also near Homs. Syrian state television said government forces had shot down more than a dozen missiles, and claimed only the research facility in Damascus had been damaged. It said three civilians had been injured in Homs.
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| Ex-FBI deputy director faulted by Justice Department on media disclosure Posted: 13 Apr 2018 04:29 PM PDT  By Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice's inspector general released a report on Friday concluding that former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe misled investigators about a decision to break with the agency's standard policy and inform a journalist about a probe into the Clinton Foundation in 2016. The highly anticipated report detailed an investigation that U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions cited when he fired McCabe last month, hours before the 21-year veteran of the Federal Bureau of Investigation was set to retire and receive his full pension. Responding to the inspector general's report, McCabe said he believed repeated calls by President Donald Trump to fire him had prompted a rush to judgment and an unfair probe into his conduct.
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| Soweto pays final respects to Winnie Mandela Posted: 13 Apr 2018 10:37 AM PDT  Hundreds of people lined the streets of Soweto on Friday to see the funeral procession of Winnie Mandela ahead of her final send-off this weekend. A black hearse carrying the body of Mandela, one of the most divisive figures in the anti-apartheid struggle, slowly drove to her house led by uniformed men bearing the flag of her African National Congress (ANC) party. Mandela, who died in Johannesburg aged 81 on April 2 after a long illness, was celebrated for keeping her husband Nelson Mandela's dream of a non-racial South Africa alive during his 27-year imprisonment.
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| 14 Killed in Tourist Hot Spot Cancun During Bloody 36-Hour Span Posted: 13 Apr 2018 11:10 AM PDT  Violence rocked Mexico's most popular tourist town last week, leaving 14 dead and five more injured in a 36-hour span, according to reports.
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| Laura Ingraham Accidentally Delivered The Best Self-Own Of 2018 Posted: 12 Apr 2018 07:17 PM PDT  Fox News host Laura Ingraham has lost more than two dozen sponsors since
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| 14-Year-Old Nearly Shot After Trying to Ask Neighbor For Directions Posted: 14 Apr 2018 07:39 AM PDT  It's not clear why the man allegedly chose to fire a shot gun at the boy.
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| Dartmouth College's Resident Bear Returns With 4 Cubs After Governor Spared Her Life Posted: 13 Apr 2018 11:54 AM PDT  Officials wanted to euthanize the bear last May
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| Scott Pruitt Uses Multiple 'Secret' Email Accounts, Senators Say Posted: 13 Apr 2018 03:23 AM PDT  Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt has used four government
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| Most rockets in Western attacks on Syria were intercepted: Russia Posted: 13 Apr 2018 10:35 PM PDT ![Most rockets in Western attacks on Syria were intercepted: Russia]( "Most rockets in Western attacks on Syria were intercepted: Russia") MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's defense ministry said on Saturday that the majority of missiles fired during the overnight attack on Syria by U.S., British and French forces were intercepted by Syrian government air defense systems, TASS news agency reported. Russia, an ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has responded angrily to the strikes, while Syrian state media called them a "flagrant violation of international law." More than 100 missiles were fired from ships and manned aircraft, and the allies struck three of Syria's main chemical weapons facilities, U.S. ...
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| Forget Russia, It's These Women Who Could Ultimately Bring Down Trump Posted: 13 Apr 2018 02:09 PM PDT  There were moments over the past few years when it seemed like misogynist in
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| Police: Woman who drove SUV with family off cliff was drunk Posted: 13 Apr 2018 08:32 PM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A woman was drunk when she drove her large family off a Northern California cliff last month and her wife and several children had large amounts of a drug in their systems that can cause drowsiness, authorities said Friday.
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| GM to cut more than 1,000 US jobs tied to small cars Posted: 13 Apr 2018 05:01 PM PDT  General Motors will cut more than 1,000 jobs in the US tied to production of sedans that are in low demand, the automaker said Friday. The cuts will affect GM's factory in Lordstown, Ohio, where the biggest US automaker produces the Chevrolet Cruze. Sales of the vehicle have dropped 32 percent in the last four years, the company said, part of a broader trend in the US that has seen consumers ignore small cars in favor of sports utility vehicles and larger "crossover" cars amid low gasoline prices and a recovering economy.
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| Disabled People Don't Belong In Music Venues, Apparently Posted: 13 Apr 2018 07:30 AM PDT  I used to see live music at least once a week, where I'd bathe in the colorful
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| Woman's Obituary Helps Agents Catch Her Son, Who Escaped From Prison in 1981 Posted: 13 Apr 2018 08:53 AM PDT  Stephen Michael Paris, 58, was arrested in Houston.
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| Xi Jinping plans live-fire drills in Taiwan Strait after biggest naval exercises in China's history Posted: 13 Apr 2018 11:08 AM PDT  China is set to hold live-fire drills in the Taiwan Strait next week in a move certain to ratchet tensions with Taipei, after Chinese president Xi Jinping oversaw the biggest naval exercises in the country's history. The new drills, which are planned for Wednesday, come as tensions between Beijing and Taiwan simmer over increased American support for the government of the self-ruled island. Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan's president, on Friday presided over her first military drills since she took office in 2016, but those exercises did not involve live fire. Tensions between Beijing and Taipei have escalated in recent weeks amid speculation of a visit to Taiwan by new US national security adviser John Bolton and Washington's backing of Taiwan's plans to build an indigenous submarine force. Chinese media said a decision by Donald Trump's administration to give the go ahead for US defence contractors to help Taiwan build the submarine fleet has made war between Taiwan and China "more probable". China's drills next week will be the first in the Strait since just before the 2015 presidential election, which saw Mrs Tsai, the candidate for the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), sweep to power. Beijing has viewed the Taiwanese president with suspicion and believes she is preparing to move Taiwan towards formal independence - a move that would represent a red line for China. Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech as he reviews a military display of Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy in the South China Sea Credit: Li Gang/Xinhua via REUTERS China views Taiwan as a renegade province which will one day be reunited with the mainland - by force if necessary. On Thursday President Xi presided over huge exercises in the South China Sea in an unmistakable show of force to Beijing's regional rivals. The drills involved 48 ships, among them China's sole operating aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, along with 76 helicopters, fighter jets and bombers, and more than 10,000 personnel. Chinese media said it was the largest of its kind. "The mission of building a mighty people's navy has never been more urgent than it is today," Mr Xi, dressed in army fatigues, said in remarks on the helicopter deck of one of China's most advanced destroyers. "Strive to make the people's navy a first-rate world navy." The nationalist Global Times newspaper warned in a commentary on Taiwan's drills that the island's leaders were making a gamble they couldn't afford to lose. The Liaoning aircraft carrier is accompanied by navy frigates and submarines Credit: Li Gang/Xinhua via AP "The mainland has abundant capability to take back the Taiwan authorities' bargaining chips one at a time until it deals a decisive blow to 'Taiwan independence'," the state-run newspaper said. China's state television broadcaster cited China's Taiwan Affairs Office as saying that Beijing had firm will and the ability to "thwart any kind of Taiwan independence separatist plot and action, and safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity". Beijing has claimed Taiwan since defeated Nationalist forces fled to the island in 1949 after losing the civil war with Mao Tse-tung's Communists. China has become increasingly assertive on the world stage since Mr Xi assumed power five years ago. The Chinese president has also oversaw the rapid modernisation of China's military - which is the world's largest. China's increasing power has caused concern among its neighbours in the South China Sea. Beijing claims nearly all of the strategic waters, despite partial counter-claims from Taiwan and several south-east Asian nations including the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, and Vietnam. The US Navy has been confronting China in the region with 'freedom of navigation' exercises. The US aircraft carriers Theodore Roosevelt and Carl Vinson have sailed through the South China Sea in recent months, angering Beijing.
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| Russia fails in U.N. bid to condemn U.S.-led strikes on Syria Posted: 14 Apr 2018 12:25 PM PDT  By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A Russian bid for the United Nations Security Council to condemn U.S., British and French air strikes on Syria over a suspected chemical weapons attack failed on Saturday after only China and Bolivia joined Russia to vote in favor of a draft resolution. The 15-member council met on Saturday, at Russia's request, the fifth time it has met on Syria since a suspected deadly poison gas attack in the Syrian town of Douma a week ago. The United States, France and Britain fired 105 missiles overnight in retaliation, targeting Syria's chemical weapons program.
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| Comey Memoir: Hiding Clinton Email News Would've Made Her Presidency 'Illegitimate' Posted: 13 Apr 2018 10:26 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Former FBI Director James Comey ― whom Hillary Clinton blames for
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| Van goes off California cliff, man walks away from wreckage Posted: 13 Apr 2018 11:47 AM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A minivan driver plunged in the vehicle off a California cliff Friday and into the ocean but managed to get out of the wreckage and walk on rocks to a rescuer who rappelled down to him, authorities said.
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| Was There a Civilization On Earth Before Humans? Posted: 13 Apr 2018 07:36 AM PDT ![Was There a Civilization On Earth Before Humans?]( "Was There a Civilization On Earth Before Humans?") It only took five minutes for Gavin Schmidt to out-speculate me. Schmidt is the director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (a.k.a. GISS) a world-class climate-science facility. One day last year, I came to GISS with a far-out proposal. In my work as an astrophysicist, I'd begun researching global warming from an "astrobiological perspective." That meant asking whether any industrial civilization that rises on any planet will, through their own activity, trigger their own version of a climate shift. I was visiting GISS that day hoping to gain some climate science insights and, perhaps, collaborators. That's how I ended up in Gavin's office.
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| Bike of the Week: TGS Motorcycles’ “Kamikaze” H2 Posted: 13 Apr 2018 08:17 AM PDT  Bike of the Week: TGS Motorcycles' "Kamikaze" H2 TGS Motorcycles' H2-powered, H1-framed, GSXR-suspended retro masterpiece Customizing a beloved classic motorcycle can be a bit of a minefield. While there's a big difference between modifying an original
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| Prosecutors: DNA ties suspected killer clown to getaway car Posted: 12 Apr 2018 06:13 PM PDT ![Prosecutors: DNA ties suspected killer clown to getaway car]( "Prosecutors: DNA ties suspected killer clown to getaway car") WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Two nights before a clown fatally shot a woman at her front door, a customer showed up at a nearby costume shop and begged to be let in at closing.
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| Romaine Lettuce Caused An Ongoing E. Coil Outbreak, CDC Says Posted: 13 Apr 2018 03:48 PM PDT  It's advising shoppers to discard their lettuce
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| Pakistan supreme court hands former PM Sharif lifetime ban Posted: 13 Apr 2018 01:03 AM PDT  Pakistan's supreme court Friday banned former prime minister Nawaz Sharif from participating in elections for life, as his embattled ruling party prepares for nationwide polls due later this year. The ruling was the latest in a series of blows to Sharif who was ousted from the premiership over graft allegations last July. Supreme Court Justice Umar Ata Bandial described the ban on Sharif as "permanent" in a judgement read to the court, clarifying the length of an earlier ruling that disqualified the former premier from office.
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| Russia accuses Britain of staging Syria chemical weapons attack Posted: 13 Apr 2018 05:44 AM PDT  Russia's defence ministry has accused Britain of staging the chemical weapons attack that killed more than 40 people in the Syrian town of Douma on Saturday. Maj Gen Igor Konashenkov, a military spokesman, said the Russian Army had "proof that testifies to the direct participation of Britain in the organising of this provocation in Eastern Ghouta." Speaking at a briefing in Moscow on Friday, he claimed that Britain ordered the White Helmets, the volunteer rescue service who act as first responders in rebel-held areas, to fake the suspected Sarin and chlorine gas attack. Dozens of civilians including women and children were killed in the chemical weapons attack in Douma. Western governments including Britain have blamed Bashar al Assad's government, a Russian ally, for the attack. Donald Trump has threatened to launch missile strikes against Mr Assad's forces in response. Britain and France have backed his call for action. A girl holds an oxygen mask over the face of an infant following a reported gas attack in the rebel-held besieged town of Douma Credit: HASAN MOHAMED/AFP Maj Gen Konashenkov's allegations against Britain came after Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, claimed to have evidence that the attack had been "staged" by foreign powers. A spokesman for the Foreign Office said "Russia has wielded its UNSC veto 6 times since February 2017 to shield the Asad regime from scrutiny for its use of chemical weapons. "These accusations from Moscow are just the latest in a number of ludicrous allegations from Russia, who have also said that no attack ever happened. This simply shows their desperation to pin the blame on anyone but their client: the Asad regime. "The chemical weapons attack in Douma last Saturday was a shocking and barbaric act that cost up to 75 lives including young children." Earlier on Friday it emerged that Russia could ban Scotch whisky in retaliation for sanctions imposed in the wake of the Salisbury chemical attack and any Western military action in Syria. A sweeping ban on Western alcohol imports is among a number of options Russian MPs have drawn up to hit back at the West after the United States imposed sanctions on Russian businesses following the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal. Scotland's whisky industry could be targeted by Russian sanctions Credit: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Vyacheslav Volodin, a former top aide to Mr Putin who is now speaker of parliament, introduced the legislation as a response to the "boorish behaviour of the United States" on Friday. The bill allows the government to adopt wide ranging retaliatory sanctions against the United States and its allies, but it also pushes back against Western threats of Syria strikes over the chemical attack in Douma, a senior MP has said. Western countries took action against Russia following the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal Credit: BEN STANSALL/AFP The bill in its current form explicitly targets the United States, but it says the measures can be extended to countries that adopted or simply "supported" sanctions against Russia. It could also target the United Kingdom, France and other countries that have a "certain position" on Syria, Alexei Chepa, deputy head of parliament's foreign affairs committee, told state news agency. The move comes as the US, Britain and France prepare to launch missile strikes in Syria Credit: Ford Williams/US Navy "The legislation has not been discussed yet, maybe when it is there will be suggestions to expand these sanctions and actions to other countries, and other countries could be added to the list, including the United Kingdom," Kirill Prokopov, an aide to Mr Chepa, told The Telegraph. "And if there is a military operation in Syria, that will be part of the discussion," he said. He said parliament would probably not vote on the legislation until May. Britain and France are considering joining potential US strikes against Bashar al Assad's regime. The European Union has adopted several rounds of sanctions against Russia. Mr Volodin's involvement means the bill will almost certainly pass when it is put to the vote. Russian State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin introduced the bill on Friday Credit: Pavel Golovkin/AP It was not immediately clear how exactly the sanctions would affect the UK - but key provisions in the text would allow Mr Putin to target key British industries ranging from whisky export to legal and consulting services. The text published on the website of the State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, would grant the Russian government powers to take a number of actions including banning imports of alcohol or tobacco products "from the United States and/or other countries." Other measures would include a black list of citizens of "unfriendly" countries banned from visiting Russia, suspending special visa programs for highly qualified individuals, and imposing embargoes on agricultural produce and Western-produced medicines. It also prescribes suspension of trade and cooperation in nuclear power, rocket engines, and aircraft manufacturing, hi-tech sectors where Russian and US industry is heavily intertwined. Russian-made rocket engines have powered many US space launches in recent years. In particular, the first stage of the Atlas V rocket made by Boeing and Lockheed has been driven by a Russian engine. The Atlas V rocket uses Russian engines Credit: Orlando Sentinel/Getty It would also allow the Russian government to ban Western firms from taking part in state tenders for equipment procurement or consulting, legal, or auditing services. It would also increase overflight fees for Western airlines using Russian airspace. In one of its most surprising moves, the legislation would "end the exclusive right to trademarks" and brand names on goods to be designated by parliament, which would open the door to Russian companies making brand-name products without rights-holders' permission. "The domination of the Anglo-Saxon, Western world is facilitated by intellectual property rights, and we will deliver a blow to this right," MP Mikhail Yemelyanov told Interfax news agency. The proposed legislation grants the Russian government the authority to take such action, but does not mean that sanctions will be introduced. The United States imposed sweeping sanctions on several Russian businessmen and their companies last week, as part of a retaliation for the nerve agent attack against former spy Sergei Skripal in Salisbury. The sanctions, which hit prominent businessmen including the metals billionaire Oleg Deripaska, wiped billions of dollars off Russian-linked stocks and prompted the ruble to dive. Russia banned imports of Western fruit, vegetables, fresh meat, and dairy products in 2014 in retaliation for sanctions imposed following the annexation of Crimea and invasion of eastern Ukraine.
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| Trump Promised Senator No Federal Crackdown On Legal Weed, But Who Even Knows Posted: 13 Apr 2018 03:33 PM PDT  President Donald Trump has assured a top Senate Republican that he will allow
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| Philadelphia police investigate arrest of two black men in Starbucks Posted: 14 Apr 2018 10:54 AM PDT ![Philadelphia police investigate arrest of two black men in Starbucks]( "Philadelphia police investigate arrest of two black men in Starbucks") Cellphone footage that onlookers filmed of Thursday's incident shows the two men sitting quietly at a table and talking for several minutes to police officers who have apparently been called to the store. Other customers, including a middle-aged white man, try to intervene. Other customers can be heard agreeing with him.
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| UN Security Council holds emergency meeting on Syria Posted: 14 Apr 2018 08:21 AM PDT  Russia expected to introduce a draft resolution condemning the U.S., U.K, and France joint attack on Syria; Laura Ingle reports.
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