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Jamal Khashoggi’s Washington Post Editor on Saudi Statement: “Utter Bullshit”
Slate 20 Oct 2018
Jamal Khashoggi’s editor at the Washington Post has emerged as one of the strongest voices demanding to find out the truth about what happened to the journalist who was a columnist for the newspaper. Shortly after Saudi Arabia released a statement finally acknowledging that Khashoggi died inside the country’s consulate in Istanbul, but claiming it was the result of a fistfight, Karen Attiah did not mince words about what she thought ... ....
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Saudis shocked by government’s new story about how Khashoggi died
Sacramento Bee 20 Oct 2018
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia –– Saudi Arabia's about-face admission that journalist and government critic Jamal Khashoggi was killed in its consulate in Istanbul this month sent shock through a country where many had believed –– and defended –– initial claims that the authorities had nothing to do with it ... We lost that forever unfortunately." ... SIGN ME UP! ....
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Africa’s youngest billionaire found 10 days after being abducted at gunpoint
Metro UK 20 Oct 2018
Africa’s youngest billionaire has been found 10 days after being abducted at gunpoint. Mohammed Dewji, 43, was kidnapped from the luxury Colosseum hotel in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on October 11. It is not known how Mr Dewji was freed or whether an ransom was paid and police have suggested his captors came from South Africa ... He released a statement on Twitter which said. ‘I thank Allah that I have returned home safely ... Advertisement ... ....
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Mega Millions jackpot hits $1.6B, thanks to worsening odds
Atlanta Journal 20 Oct 2018
DES MOINES, IOWA — . If it seems like lottery jackpots are getting larger and larger, it's because they are getting larger and larger. Tuesday night's Mega Millions estimated grand prize has hit a staggering $1.6 billion, continuing a trend of giant jackpots. It ties the largest lottery prize in U.S. history — and is bound to continue growing — and joins five other top 10 drawings in the last three years ... ___ ... ....
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Thousands in a migrant caravan are waiting to cross the Guatemalan-Mexican border amid sweltering heat
CNN 20 Oct 2018
Tapachula, Mexico (CNN)Thousands of Central American migrants fleeing poverty and violence packed a bridge connecting Guatemala and Mexico in sweltering heat Saturday as part of a politically charged, US-bound caravan. At one point, several dozen migrants trying to make their way north sang the Honduran national anthem on the edge of the muddy Suchiate River between Tecun Uman, Guatemala, and Tapachula, Mexico ... That's why we're here."....
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Scientists Finally Find Proof That Earth's Core Is Solid
WorldNews.com 19 Oct 2018
Researchers from the Australian National University are confident they have found direct proof for the first time, that the Earth’s inner core is solid — albeit a little bit squishy, Newsweek reports.In a paper published in the journal Science, Hrvoje Tkalčić, an associate professor, and Than-Son Phạm, a scholar, both at ANU, describe how they detected so-called "shear waves" or “J waves” in the inner core....
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Saudi Arabia Confirms Khashoggi Was Killed in Instabul Consulate
Yahoo Daily News 19 Oct 2018
In a major development in the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia on Friday, 19 October, confirmed that Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul earlier this month ... (This is a developing story, more details soon.). ... ....
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Australian Nudist Beach Surfer Punches Shark to Escape Attack
News18 20 Oct 2018 Editphoto: AP / Amr Nabil
Ethiopia's massive new dam threatens Egypt's River Nile
CNN 20 Oct 2018
(CNN)Look at Egypt on Google Earth and you will see a green line snaking through a sand-colored landscape, fanning out into a triangle in the north. This emerald ribbon is the vegetation that grows on either side of the Nile River and around its delta. It is Egypt's only fertile land -- and testament to the country's reliance on this fabled waterway ... That could be about to change. Ethiopia's very big dam. Read More ... Photos ... Hide Caption ... ....
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Former Dutch PM Wim Kok dies at 80, haunted by Srebrenica
Stars and Stripes 20 Oct 2018
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Former Dutch Prime Minister Wim Kok, a trade unionist-turned-politician who inspired a new breed of pragmatic Social Democratic leaders who swept to power in Europe in the 1990s, has died at 80 ... Kok hitched his Dutch Labor Party to the right-wing Liberal Party and to the centrist Democrats 66 to form two ruling coalitions that steered the Netherlands to unprecedented economic success from 1994 to 2002 ... .......
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At least 60 killed as train crashes into crowd in India
Belfast Telegraph 20 Oct 2018
A speeding train has crashed into a crowd watching fireworks during a religious festival in northern India, killing at least 60 people and injuring dozens more, police said. The train failed to stop after the accident on the outskirts of Amritsar, a city in Punjab state, said local politician Pratap Singh Bajwa. Railway police said that the death toll had risen to 60. Another 50 people have been injured and are in hospital ... He said ... ....
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Barca concern as Messi substituted with worrying arm injury
AOL 20 Oct 2018
Lionel Messi was replaced in the first half of Barcelona's LaLiga match against Sevilla with a concerning arm injury, placing his Clasico participation next weekend in doubt ... He soon trudged away and down the tunnel, with Ousmane Dembele replacing him ... @Dembouz on. #Messi off ... ....
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France's Le Drian condemns Khashoggi's killing, calls for in-depth investigation
The Star 20 Oct 2018
PARIS (Reuters) - France condemns the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul and wants an in-depth investigation of the case, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Saturday ... ....
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Dave Chappelle thinks Kanye West was ‘having a manic episode’ during Trump meeting
Metro UK 20 Oct 2018
Dave doesn’t agree with Kanye’s politics (Picture. Getty). Dave Chappelle has suggested that Kanye West was having a ‘manic episode’ while meeting with President Donald Trump at the Oval Office ... And the rapper’s friend Dave Chappelle has some thoughts about the whole bizarre scenario. The comedian was performing alongside Jon Stewart at Dublin’s 3Arena, with the stars joined by Michelle Wolf for their Ask A Comedian section ... More ... He said....
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‘At least 670,000’ anti-Brexit protesters march through London
Belfast Telegraph 20 Oct 2018
At least 670,000 people turned out for the People’s Vote march, organisers have claimed – making it the biggest anti-Brexit demonstration since the referendum in 2016. Protesters told of virtual gridlock on the streets of London as they called for a final say on Brexit, joking that it had turned into more of a shuffle than a march ... BREAKING ... Ms Soubry said. “It is clear we are the many”. Addressing the cheering crowds, she said ... She added....
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