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This is how Lungu is planning to rig Zambia’s 2021 general election
Mail Guardian South Africa 25 Sep 2020
Election rigging in many of Africa’s democracies occurs through a range of strategies, such as ballot-box stuffing, electoral bribery, violence against political opponents and the emasculation of the independent media that usually serve as the main outlet for opposition parties denied coverage in state-run publications ... Step 1 ... Step 2 ...
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2020 Election: Trump claims first presidential debate will be ‘unfair'
Yahoo Daily News 25 Sep 2020
Donald Trump claims debate moderator Chris Wallace will not ask Joe Biden tough questions (Getty Images). Donald Trump has claimed the first presidential debate next week will be "unfair." . Mr Trump said in a radio interview that veteran moderator Chris Wallace was “controlled by the radical left” and would not ask Joe Biden tough questions ... ....
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Did Cohen, Trump’s Longtime Lawyer, Reveal How Trump Plans To Steal Online Votes And The Election?
WorldNews.com 25 Sep 2020
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling. There seems to be no end in sight to how President Donald Trump promises to steal the election ... Trump based on the overall number of total votes, so the votes are not visible ... In the meantime, Cohen’s hackers perfected the algorithm to ensure a seamless strategy. To no one’s surprise, Mr ... Disloyal ... Trump....
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Trump will choose Amy Coney Barrett to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Supreme Court, report says
The Independent 25 Sep 2020
Amy Coney Barrett will be Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee to replace Ruth Bader Ginsberg, according to reports ... Show 0 comments ... Breaking News ... Independent ... ....
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Palestinian leader calls for new peace process in UN speech
ABC News 25 Sep 2020
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for an international conference early next year to “launch a genuine peace process” while criticizing the recent decision of two Arab countries to normalize relations with Israel ... ....
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Kremlin critic Navalny's bank accounts frozen, apartment seized
The Jerusalem Post 24 Sep 2020
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny's bank accounts were frozen and his Moscow apartment seized under a lawsuit while he was recovering from a suspected poisoning in a Berlin hospital, his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said on Thursday ... Yarmysh said Navalny's assets were seized on Aug ... ....
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African court says ex-Ivory Coast leader should be candidate
The Oklahoman 25 Sep 2020
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights said Friday that former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo should not be excluded from the list of candidates for the West African country’s Oct. 31 election ... The rights court was created by the African Union in 2004, but Ivory Coast does not recognize its authority ... ....
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Mali swears in retired colonel as interim president
Middle East Online 25 Sep 2020
BAMAKO - Retired colonel Bah Ndaw was sworn in as Mali's interim president on Friday, tasked with presiding over an 18-month transition back to civilian rule after a military coup. Malian officials hope the inauguration will lead the country's neighbours to lift punishing sanctions imposed after the Aug ... ....
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'Extraordinary': Trump has generated 3,400 conflicts of interest since entering White House, report states
The Independent 25 Sep 2020
President Donald Trump has generated 3,400 conflicts of interest since entering the White House in 2017, according to a report by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) watchdog ... Mr Trump's business interests have repeatedly come under scrutiny since he entered office ... Read more. Judge ... ....
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Coronavirus: This is why Covid-19 could be life-threatening for some patients
The National 25 Sep 2020
When two brothers fell critically ill with Covid-19 around the same time in March, their doctors were baffled. Both were young, 29 and 31 years old, and healthy. Yet within days they couldn’t breathe on their own and, tragically, one of them died ... Shane Crotty ... Coronavirus latest. Lancet report warns countries need effective test and trace systems....
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Iran has developed a totally native defence capability as a result of sanctions
Press TV 24 Sep 2020
Four decades ago, on 22 September 1980, a day etched in the collective Iranian consciousness, Iraqi airstrikes took the country by surprise. Eight major Iranian airbases and four military installations were targeted. Iran was a sitting duck ... Washington was not only aware of this but was also actively assisting Saddam ... Iran and merits of imposed war ... ....
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Germany halts Iranian purchases of mini-engines for Houthi drones
The National 24 Sep 2020
German officials imposed a ban on the sale of model aircraft engines to Iran after a shipment ended up in drones used by the Houthis in Yemen to attack Saudi Arabia ... The shipment of 42 twin-cylinder propeller motors in 2015 was routed via Athens to Tehran ... Read More. Qatar's Hezbollah funding exposed by whistle-blower contractor ... the key takeaways ... ....
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Putin calls for reset in cyber ties with U.S., no election meddling: Kremlin
The Star 25 Sep 2020
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin called on Friday for an agreement between Russia and the United States to guarantee not to engage in cyber-meddling in each other's elections and internal affairs, the Kremlin said. Read full story ... ....
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Iran’s Navy, IRGC to receive new combat vessels this year: Commanders
Press TV 25 Sep 2020
The naval forces of the Iranian Army and Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) are set to receive new combat and logistics vessels this year, according to the forces’ commanders ... He said that Dena, the Saba mine-hunter and the Zereh missile boat will also be unveiled in November ... Iran unveils Fateh submarine equipped with cruise missiles ... ....
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Hero of 'Hotel Rwanda' admits forming militant group behind armed attacks
France24 25 Sep 2020
Paul Rusesabagina, the polarising hero of the hit movie "Hotel Rwanda," admitted to a Kigali court on Friday that he had helped form an armed group but denied any role in its crimes ... ....
