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‘Boycott French products’ launched over Macron’s Islam comments
Al Jazeera 25 Oct 2020photo: Creative Commons / Tim Dobbelaere
Three year old boy in Texas shoots and kills himself at his own birthday party
The Independent 25 Oct 2020
A three-year-old boy in Texas has died at his own birthday party after finding a family member’s gun and accidentally shooting himself in the chest. The accident happened on Saturday afternoon in Porter, 30 miles from downtown Houston ... “The child was located with a gunshot wound to the chest.” ... Read more ... ....
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The ghost haunting the 2020 election
CNN 25 Oct 2020
(CNN)What is haunting the campaign of 2020?. The ghost of 2016, when Donald Trump overcame dismal mid-October polls and eked out a surprise Electoral College victory over Hillary Clinton to become president. Trump's supporters are hoping it will happen again, that the polls aren't registering the full degree of his support among voters ... Read More ... W ... ....
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Turkish President says Macron needs mental 'treatment' over response to teacher beheading
Australian Broadcasting Corporation 26 Oct 2020
In a growing diplomatic tussle over Islam and freedom of speech, France recalls its ambassador from Turkey as the European country still reels over the beheading of a teacher who showed caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad in class ... ....
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Chilling find shows how Henry VIII planned every detail of Boleyn beheading
The Observer 25 Oct 2020
It is a Tudor warrant book, one of many in the National Archives, filled with bureaucratic minutiae relating to 16th-century crimes. But this one has an extraordinary passage, overlooked until now, which bears instructions from Henry VIII explaining precisely how he wanted his second wife, Anne Boleyn, to be executed ... But he continued ... ....
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Infection of Pence aides raises new questions about Trump’s virus response
Indian Express 26 Oct 2020
“COVID, COVID. COVID, COVID, COVID, COVID,” President Donald Trump groused at a rally in North Carolina on Saturday, expressing dismay that the deadly coronavirus pandemic had come to dominate the final days of his struggling reelection campaign. He made up a scenario. “A plane goes down, 500 people dead, they don’t talk about it ... Robert C ... Rep ... Tags ... ....
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Trump Sons Hint At Future Runs for President
Democratic Underground 25 Oct 2020photo: Creative Commons
Inside the illicit trade in West Africa’s oldest artworks
Mail Guardian South Africa 25 Oct 2020
Outside it has become night. In front of the windows of one of Abuja’s grandest hotels, the pool shines turquoise blue. Finally, the phone rings. It is the hotel’s front desk, announcing a guest. The man who comes into the room, hours late for the scheduled appointment, is named Umaru Potiskum. He is an art dealer ... But the first stop is the Nok Valley....
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Belarus protest: Police 'fire stun grenades' at demonstrators in Minsk
BBC News 25 Oct 2020
Belarusian police have fired stun grenades at protesters in the capital Minsk, hours ahead of an opposition deadline for President Alexander Lukashenko to resign ... Tens of thousands gathered for the 11th successive Sunday of protests ... Related Topics. ....
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Nuclear weapons treaty: Campaigners hail new era for nuclear disarmament
BBC News 25 Oct 2020
Campaigners have hailed a "new chapter" after a key step by the United Nations towards banning nuclear arms. Honduras has become the 50th country to ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons so it will now come into force in 90 days time ... Supporters hope it will nevertheless have a deterrent effect ... What has the reaction been? ... Features ... ....
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Pakistan's PM Imran Khan accuses Macron of 'attacking Islam'
Live Mint 25 Oct 2020
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan accused French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday of "attacking Islam", after the European leader criticised Islamists and defended the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed ... Macron said the teacher "was killed because Islamists want our future." ... Caricatures of Mohammed are forbidden by Islam ... ....
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Pakistani PM writes to Facebook CEO seeking ban on Islamophobic content
The Star 25 Oct 2020
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has written a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg seeking a ban on Islamophobic content on the social networking site, the government said on Sunday. Read full story ... ....
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Spain declares new national state of emergency over coronavirus
ITV 25 Oct 2020
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has declared a second nationwide state of emergency in the hope of stemming a resurgence in coronavirus infections. The Socialist leader told the nation in a televised address that the extraordinary measure will go into effect on Sunday ... (PA Graphics) Credit. PA Graphics ... It lasted until Saturday ... ....
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Lincoln Project attorney on billboards lawsuit threat: 'Please peddle your scare tactics elsewhere'
The Hill 25 Oct 2020
The Lincoln Project, a prominent anti-Trump Republican group, is defending its right to erect billboards in Times Square critical of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, noting they are both public officials, after an attorney for the president’s daughter and her husband threatened to sue. ... “Mr. Kushner and Ms ... Kushner and Ms ... Mr ... ....
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IRGC deploys mechanized brigade to NW border amid Azeri-Armenian conflict
Press TV 25 Oct 2020
The Ground Force of Iran’s Islamic Republic Guards Corps (IRGC) has deployed a mechanized brigade to protect the country’s northwestern border amid ongoing firefight between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. The Corps’ Sepah News outlet reported the deployment on Sunday ... Defense minister ... www.presstv.ir ... www.presstv.tv. ....
