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Former Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole dies at age 98
ABC7 05 Dec 2021
Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole, who will be remembered for the tenacity that defined his career and his work on behalf of fellow military veterans, died Sunday morning in his sleep. He was 98. It is with heavy hearts we announce that Senator Robert Joseph Dole died early this morning in his sleep ... More information coming soon ... War is like that ... Bush ... Rep ... Sen ... .
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Myanmar junta chief meets Suu Kyi party stalwart
Straits Times 05 Dec 2021
YANGON (AFP) - Myanmar's junta chief sat down with a prominent senior figure of Ms Aung San Suu Kyi's ousted party on Sunday (Dec 5), the first significant meeting since the February coup ... "Min Aung Hlaing told U Tin Oo that health treatment could be provided if necessary, and his army hospital will help," the junta's information team announced ... �.
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Belgian police use water cannon and tear gas on Covid protesters
Belfast Telegraph 05 Dec 2021
Belgian police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse protesters in Brussels on Sunday after most demonstrators marched peacefully to protest against tightened Covid-19 restrictions designed to counter a surge in coronavirus infections ... Some also carried signs critical of vaccines and against making vaccination mandatory ... AP/PA Images. / ... / ... Latest.
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Indian Forces Mistakenly Kill at Least 14 Civilians, Officials Say
The Wire Network 05 Dec 2021
At least 14 tribal civilians and one security personnel were mistakenly killed when Indian forces opened indiscriminate fire in the remote northeastern state of Nagaland, government and military officials said Sunday ... Firing began when a truck carrying 30 or more coal-mine laborers were passing the Assam Rifles camp area.
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Epstein’s dark legend wraps Maxwell trial in web of conspiracy theories
The Guardian 05 Dec 2021
Analysis ... Turns out that’s true.” Class too, plays a role. In an early indication of how Maxwell’s defense counsel intends to play its hand, her team tried to undercut one of the first witnesses, “Jane”, by challenging her account of where she lived in Palm Beach and whether her gated community was attached to a “country club”. .
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Lewis Hamilton distances himself from F1 team Kingspan deal
The Guardian 05 Dec 2021
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The loss of trust in politics in liberal democracies is damaging society
The Observer 05 Dec 2021
Liberal democracy in the UK, and across the western world, is under strain. After the most recent sleaze scandal to have hit Westminster, our polling shows that almost two in three people see politicians as “out for themselves”. In 1944, when this question was first put to the public, only one in three shared this view ... Yet it is also very fragile ... .
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West condemns Taliban over ‘summary killings’ of ex-soldiers and police
The Observer 05 Dec 2021
The US has led a group of western nations and allies in condemnation of the Taliban over the “summary killings” of former members of the Afghan security forces reported by rights groups, demanding quick investigations ... ‘We will start again’. Afghan female MPs fight on from parliament in exile. Read more ... Read more ... Reuse this content. .
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Rio Tinto lithium mine: thousands of protesters block roads across Serbia
The Guardian 05 Dec 2021
Crowds chanted slogans condemning government of Aleksandar Vučić, which backs planned Anglo-Australian $2.4bn mine Thousands of demonstrators blocked major roads across Serbia on Saturday as anger swelled over a government-backed plan to allow mining company Rio Tinto to extract lithium ... .
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Several wounded as Myanmar security forces ram anti-coup protest
Al Jazeera 05 Dec 2021
Several people have been wounded after Myanmar security forces rammed a car into an anti-coup protest in Yangon, witnesses and local media reported ... Anti-military protests have continued despite the killing of more than 1,300 people since the coup ... Dozens of others were injured, witnesses told the Reuters news agency ... .
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France to work with Saudis to resolve crisis with Lebanon
Egypt Independent 05 Dec 2021
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — France’s president and Saudi Arabia’s crown prince held a joint phone call with Lebanon’s prime minister during Emmanuel Macron’s visit to the kingdom on Saturday, in a significant gesture amid an unprecedented crisis between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia ... Riyadh also banned imports from Lebanon ... ___ ... ....
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Death toll rises after eruption of volcano on Indonesia’s Java island
Belfast Telegraph 05 Dec 2021
The death toll following the eruption of the highest volcano on Indonesia’s most densely populated island of Java has risen to 13, with seven people still missing, officials said as smouldering debris and thick mud hampered search efforts ... Several villages were blanketed with falling ash ... AP/PA Images. / ... Enter email address ... AP/PA Images. / ... Most Read ... .
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'Eternal' chancellor: Germany's Merkel to hand over power
Urdu Point 05 Dec 2021
Berlin, Dec 5 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 5th Dec, 2021 ) .She was called "the leader of the free world" against authoritarian populists on the march in Europe and the United States, but Angela Merkel is wrapping up a historic 16 years in power with a mixed legacy at home and abroad ... "not having to constantly make decisions" ....
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El Salvador bets on sliding bitcoin, buys another 150 coins
Gulf News 05 Dec 2021
San Salvador. El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said the Central American country had acquired an additional 150 bitcoins after the digital currency’s value slumped again, enlarging his bet on the cryptocurrency despite criticism ... .
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Gambia's President Barrow Takes Slim, Early Lead as Vote-Tallies Continue
Voa News 05 Dec 2021
Gambian President Adama Barrow had a narrow early lead after Saturday's presidential election, according to provisional results from the first few constituencies to be verified by the electoral commission ... Preliminary results from four of the 53 constituencies showed Barrow in the lead with 14,599 votes vs ... .