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Putin refuses to congratulate new Ukraine president Volodymr Zelensky
The Independent 22 Apr 2019
Vladimir Putin has refused to congratulate Ukrainian president-elect Volodymyr Zelensky on his landslide election. Speaking with journalists on Monday evening, his spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was "too early" to talk about congratulating Mr Zelensky, or to comment about the prospect of future co-operation ... You can form your own view ... Comments....
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Arab League pledges $100 million to Palestinians, rejects Trump's 'deal'
Gulf News 22 Apr 2019
Cairo - The Arab League has pledged to pay $100 million a month to the Palestinian Authority to plug the gap left when Israel blocked tax transfers earlier in the year. "We confirm that Arab countries will support the Palestinian state's budget... ....
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Observers Warn the Future Prospects of Two Dalai Lamas
Voa News 22 Apr 2019
“By repressing them, they create disloyalty to the state. The consequences of their [China’s] action is the exact opposite of what their goals are. And the more repression, the more disloyalty,” said Professor Grunfeld ... H. the Dalai Lama ... Not a single Tibetan has had faith in the so-called Han Panchen Lama, recognized by China,” Tsering said ... ....
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Notre Dame fire was a warning bell. But will Europe listen?
Yahoo Daily News 22 Apr 2019
PARIS (AP) — It's a thin line where the patina of age on Europe's countless monuments gives way to the onset of neglect. Like with so many loved ones, all is assumed to be fine, until suddenly it's not ... Some say the wake-up call, not just for Europe but the whole world, rang in Paris ... As if she wanted to sacrifice herself for the cause." ... ____ ... ___ ... ....
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What Countries With ‘Hard Borders’ Can Learn From The Good Friday Agreement
WorldNews.com 22 Apr 2019
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling On Friday, April 10 1998, the Republic of Ireland (IRL) and British Northern Ireland signed the Good Friday Agreement ... Barely noticeable today, gone are the militarized checkpoints and armed patrols, including concrete walls ... The Troubles ... Then came the many checkpoints between the two countries ... It read....
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Turkey police arrest ruling party member, five others after opposition leader attacked
South China Morning Post 22 Apr 2019
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Woman arrested for claiming officer killed chicken in drive-by shooting
Belfast Telegraph 22 Apr 2019
A woman was arrested after claiming she saw a law enforcement officer shoot a chicken through the window of his car. David Morgan, the sheriff of Escambia County in Florida, released a video statement in response to a rumour that he said had been “getting some legs on social media” ... “Now we know why the chicken crossed the road…. ... Press Association. ....
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U.S. Launches Latest Agent Orange Clean-Up at a Vietnamese Air Base
Time Magazine 22 Apr 2019
The U.S. has launched a $183 million clean-up campaign at a former air base in Vietnam that was used to store the toxic chemical Agent Orange. The 10-year project at the Bien Hoa Airport outside Ho Chi Minh City, considered the country’s most contaminated remaining site, kicked off with an opening ceremony Saturday ... U.S ... While the U.S ... ....
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Oil prices rise on report US will end all Iran oil sanction waivers
The Times of India 22 Apr 2019
SINGAPORE. Oil prices rose by 1 per cent on Monday, with Brent hitting its highest level since November, driven up by a report the United States is preparing to announce that all imports of Iranian oil will have to end or be subject to sanctions ... Reuters was unable to independently verify the report. A State Department spokesman declined to comment ... ....
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Trump Sues To Block House Democrats Subpoena Seeking Financial Information
WorldNews.com 22 Apr 2019
A move late last week by House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings to subpoena information about U.S. President Donald Trump’s finances has been met with complaint by the president and his business seeking to squash the subpoena, CNBC reported Monday.The filing, filed in federal court in Washington, D.C....
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We're losing the war on climate change
CNN 22 Apr 2019
(CNN)For years now, people like environmentalist and journalist Bill McKibben have been screaming from the treetops that we need a World War II-scale mobilization to fight the scourge of climate change. They're right, of course ... I've read the Green New Deal and seen the videos of young people demanding that US reps adopt it ... climate change ... Read More ... ....
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No democracy without peace in Israel
Korea Times 22 Apr 2019
By Javier Solana. MADRID ― Having secured a fifth term (and his fourth in a row) as Israel's prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu is on his way to surpassing David Ben-Gurion, the state's founding father, as his country's longest-serving leader ... As L.P. Hartley wrote in the opening of "The Go-Between". "The past is a foreign country ... Though the U.S ... ....
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Sri Lanka bombings: Islamist group blamed but focus also on failure of security forces
The Observer 22 Apr 2019
Sri Lankan officials have blamed a small local group called National Thowheeth Jama’ath for the bomb attacks on Sunday ... There is a similarly named Islamist organisation active on the island nation – the Sri Lanka Thowheeth Jama’ath ... There has also been a surge in Hindu and Buddhist extremism in recent years ... ....
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13 arrested over Easter Sunday blasts in Sri Lanka
Dawn 22 Apr 2019photo: Palácio do Planalto
Israel's Netanyahu praises Trump move to end waivers on Iran oil
This is Money 22 Apr 2019
In this file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes an address at the president's residence in Jerusalem on April 17, 2019 ... "We stand by the determination of the US against Iranian aggression and this is the right way to stop it," he said ... ....
