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End The Death Penalty
The Independent 17 Oct 2021
By the time Dylann Roof went on trial, Reverend Sharon Risher was already starting to have her doubts about the death penalty. In 2015, Roof, an avowed white supremacist, shot and killed nine people at a historic Black church in Charleston, South Carolina, after they had welcomed him into their Bible study session ... ((AP Photo/Stephen B.
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Slaughter in Indonesia: Britain’s secret propaganda war
The Observer 17 Oct 2021
But Wynne was no ordinary official ... Revealed ... Read more ... Two years earlier, in response to British plans to create an independent state of Malaysia out of its colonial possessions, Indonesia’s left-leaning President Sukarno launched “Konfrontasi”, or Confrontation, an undeclared war that included military incursions over the border into East Malaysia.
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Haiti: 15 US missionaries and family kidnapped
Deutsche Welle 17 Oct 2021
The missionaries had been heading home from building an orphanage when they were pulled off a bus by a gang, according to media reports. Haiti has witnessed more than 600 kidnappings already this year. At least 15 American missionaries and family members have been kidnapped by a gang outside the Haitian capital, security sources said Sunday ... .
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Giant Rome rally urges ban on extreme right
The Jordan Times 17 Oct 2021
ROME — Tens of thousands of Italians called for a ban on the extreme right as they rallied in Rome on Saturday after protests over a tough coronavirus pass regime last weekend degenerated into riots blamed on neo-fascists. Carrying placards reading “Fascism ... The violence has focused attention on the country’s fascist legacy ... Image. Section ... Right .
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Russia says it pushed US destroyer from area near its waters
Belleville News-Democrat 16 Oct 2021
Russia’s Defense Ministry said a ...
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Pressure mounts on ex-DoJ official Jeff Clark over Trump’s ‘election subversion scheme’
The Guardian 17 Oct 2021
The report noted Clark repeatedly tried to “induce Rosen into helping Trump’s election subversion scheme”, including by telling Rosen that if he agreed to join their cabal to overturn election results, Clark would turn down an offer Trump had made him to become attorney general in place of Rosen ... .
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Taliban To Announce Plans For Girls' Education "Soon": UN
NDTV 16 Oct 2021
The Taliban will announce a framework that allows girls to attend school in Afghanistan "soon," a senior United Nations official said, after four weeks in which Afghan boys have been allowed a... .
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Venezuela Halts Talks After Maduro Ally Extradited to US
NBCBayArea 17 Oct 2021
Venezuela’s government said Saturday it would halt negotiations with the country's opposition in retaliation for the extradition to the U.S. of a close ally of President Nicolás Maduro wanted on money laundering charges ... Our redesigned local news and weather app is live! Download it for iOS or Android — and sign up for alerts ... U.S. & World ... Biden ... .
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Japan's Kishida sends ritual offering to notorious Yasukuni shrine
China.dot.org 17 Oct 2021
TOKYO, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday sent a ritual offering to the notorious Yasukuni Shrine, which honors 14 convicted Class-A Japanese war criminals from World War II and is deemed by neighboring countries as a symbol of Japan's past militarism ... Enditem .
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Police to help MLAs beef up their protection
Belfast Telegraph 17 Oct 2021
All Northern Ireland MPs and MLAs are being contacted by police to check on their personal security in the wake of the murder of Sir David Amess. The PSNI said it is also urging politicians in the province to “immediately report” any safety worries so they can keep themselves and their constituency meetings safe ... ACC Jones yesterday added ... Most Read ... .
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Australian police seize biggest heroin shipment ever
RNZ 16 Oct 2021
Australian police said today they seized the largest heroin shipment ever detected in the country, worth an estimated $A140 million ($NZ147 million), and arrested a Malaysian national over the importation of the illicit drug ... The maximum penalty is life imprisonment, the police said ... - Reuters ....
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UK: MP's killer was referred to counter-terrorism scheme
Khaleej Times 17 Oct 2021
The attacker who fatally stabbed British lawmaker David Amess was referred to an official counter-terrorist scheme for those thought to be at risk of radicalisation, according to media reports ... Police have said they are investigating "a potential motivation linked to extremism" ... "I'm feeling very traumatised".
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How a massacre of Algerians in Paris was covered up
BBC News 17 Oct 2021
"It was a miracle I was not thrown into the Seine," Algerian Hocine Hakem recalled about an infamous but little-known massacre in the French capital 60 years ago ... The police killed hundreds of protesters and dozens of others were thrown into the River Seine, making it one of the darkest pages of France's chequered colonial history ... Anti-Arab racism ... .
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LA County wants Vanessa Bryant and others to take psychiatric exam ahead of trial
ABC7 17 Oct 2021
LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles County wants to compel the widow of NBA legend Kobe Bryant and others involved in a lawsuit over leaked photos of the helicopter crash that killed him, their daughter and seven others to take psychiatric exams before the case goes to trial, court filings show ... The-CNN-Wire ... All rights reserved. .
