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Is It Possible For A Government To Outlaw Democracy And No One Notice? (Part II)
WorldNews.com 22 Feb 2019
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling“It’s what happens in a totalitarian regime!” is what one activist said. Another exclaimed, “It was insane, people were getting pushed and shoved into walls!” ... It entailed wrestling them to the ground with chokeholds ... They may have even entered into a new stage ... But few are admitting it ... isn’t alone ... ....
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Trump Blasts Jussie Smollett For 'Racist And Dangerous' Lies
Peace FM Online 22 Feb 2019
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Police investigating negligence in deadly Bangladesh fire
Myrtle Beach Online 22 Feb 2019
Bangladesh police said Friday that they were seeking up to a dozen suspects in connection with a fire in the oldest part of the capital and could charge them with negligence over the blaze that killed at least 67 people ... He declined to give details. "Upon investigation we will be able to disclose everything," he told reporters ... SIGN UP ... #ReadLocal ... Col....
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American IS bride's father sues Trump administration over citizenship
Yahoo Daily News 22 Feb 2019
Washington, Feb 22 (IANS) The father of a woman from Alabama, who left in November 2014 to join the Islamic State (IS) terror group, has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's administration over her American citizenship, seeking her return ... --IANS. ksk/ab. ....
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Nigeria's Buhari promises security for delayed presidential election
The Star 22 Feb 2019
ABUJA (Reuters) - President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday urged Nigerians "to go out and vote", promising that there would be adequate security for Saturday's postponed election that pits him in a tight race with businessman Atiku Abubakar ... ....
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Botswana considers allowing big game hunting and elephant culling
The Irish Times 22 Feb 2019
Botswana, home to almost a third of Africa’s elephants, is considering lifting a ban on big game hunting, to combat what the government says is growing conflict between humans and wildlife ... “We recommend ... Mr Masisi said he would present the report to his cabinet before making a decision ... ....
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SpaceX Rocket Launches Israel's First Lunar Lander Into Space From Florida
WorldNews.com 22 Feb 2019
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off from Florida on Thursday night while carrying three payloads, one of which is Israel's first lunar lander on a mission to make the Jewish state the fourth nation to ever achieve a controlled touchdown on the surface of the moon, according to The Associated Press ... The launch occurred at 8.45 p.m ... Air Force....
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Powerful 7.5 quake strikes Peru-Ecuador border region, no tsunami warning
DNA India 22 Feb 2019
A deep earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 struck the Peru-Ecuador border region early on Friday morning, the United States Geological Survey said ... ....
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Venezuela shuts its Brazil border
Arkansas Online 22 Feb 2019
MEDELLIN, Colombia -- President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela ordered its border with Brazil closed Thursday, part of his escalating effort to stop opponents from sending humanitarian aid into his poverty-stricken country ... Maduro, who has called Guaido an American lackey, has vowed not to let the aid in ... ....
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India's top court orders protection for Kashmiris
Gulf News 22 Feb 2019
NEW DELHI. India's Supreme Court on Friday ordered bolstered protection for Kashmiris who have faced a violent backlash from a suicide bombing in the troubled territory that killed 40 paramilitaries. More than 700 Kashmiri students, workers and traders have returned to the Himalayan region from the rest of India to escape reprisals for the attack ... ....
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Japanese spacecraft lands on asteroid, takes samples
Khaleej Times 22 Feb 2019
A Japanese spacecraft successfully touched down on the asteroid Ryugu on Friday, which is some 340 million km from Earth, to take samples that could provide clues on the origins of the solar system ... "Spacecraft state is normal ... Hayabusa2 was launched in December 2014 from the Tanegashima space centre and is scheduled to return to Earth in late 2020 ... ....
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Cryptocurrency Daily News Bulletin: February 22, 2019
WorldNews.com 22 Feb 2019
General NewsBanco BTG Pactual, Latin America’s largest investment bank, is planning to raise $15 million through a security token offering. The ReitBZ (RBZ) token is backed with distressed Brazilian real estate assets ... The Hong Kong-based company is a spin-off of Coinfloor, the UK’s oldest Bitcoin exchange....
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Russian opens money laundering probe involving Moldova
Wtop 22 Feb 2019
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian Interior Ministry says that it has launched a money laundering probe involving the influential leader of Moldova’s Democratic Party, just two days before parliamentary elections in the former Soviet republic ... All rights reserved ... More News ... ....
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'Empire' Team Debates Bringing Jussie Smollett Back as Others Question Salary Motive
Billboard 22 Feb 2019
The increasingly complicated story of Jussie Smollett’s January assault, and the mounting evidence that he staged it, has left many of those who have worked with him in shock ... Chicago police said Thursday that the embattled Empire star choreographed the "publicity stunt" because he was "dissatisfied with his salary" on the Fox show ... 2 concert ... ....
