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4 foreigners kidnapped in Kaduna regain freedom, 2 kidnappers arrested
One suspect was arrested in connection with the kidnapping and police were on the trail of remaining suspects, Abeh said. Aliyu said no ransom was paid. Canada can not release further details on the case due to privacy concerns, Babcock said. However, abductions of foreigners are not uncommon. Kidnapping has always been a problem in Nigeria's southern states, where high-profile individuals, including the families of prominent politicians, are regularly seized.
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32 children from 'terrorist school' in Somalia rescued
The Operation which SNA conducted took place at Jilyaale village in Middle Shabelle region, where Shabab were reportedly providing training to underage children. The operation came after Human Rights Watch accused al-Shabab of conscripting hundreds of children into its ranks in recent months. A statement from the U.S.
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ABVP member death: BJP hartal in Kannur district peaceful
An Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, ABVP activist was hacked to death in Kannur district yesterday. "However, it is too early to establish the motive of the attackers". Kerala has seen many brutal killings of BJP and RSS activists as part of "political murders", allegedly committed by either of the party on the lines of the CPM-BJP animosity.
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West Ham And David Moyes Unaware of Chelsea Interest in Andy Carroll
The Spaniard played under Conte at Juventus and the Blues boss was keen to sign him prior to Llorente's move to Tottenham from Swansea in the summer. Not only has he seen one of his star strikers ruled out, but the club are reportedly hiding their transfer plans from him, which is a blatant disregard for his authority.
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India beat Pakistan by 2 wickets to retain title
Sharjah: India retained the Blind Cricket World Cup trophy on Saturday after beating arch-rivals Pakistan by two wickets in a thrilling contest at Sharjah Cricket Stadium in UAE. Earlier, riding on Badar Munir's fine half-century, Pakistan set India a big target of 308. With this win, India becomes the second team to win the tournament for second consecutive time after Pakistan .
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Trump says Democrats gave him the shutdown as an anniversary 'present'
A partial shutdown will begin at midnight if Congress doesn't pass a funding bill. Trust was further undermined when Trump appeared to criticize a House stopgap funding bill that the White House hours earlier said he supported. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has scheduled a key procedural vote Friday night on a plan to avert a government shutdown, but it's still unclear if there are enough votes to keep the government open.
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Tom Cotton, David Perdue, and the Trap of Lying for Donald Trump
The reported remarks - which drew unanimous condemnation from African nations at the UN and resulted in at least two USA diplomats being called in by their hosts - are just the latest in a series of racially charged comments by the president.
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House panel releases Glenn Simpson testimony transcript
Simpson was unable to say that he had verified claims made in the dossier, which was authored by former British spy Christopher Steele and financed by the Clinton campaign and DNC. "They don't actually make any money". In a report from the Washington Post , Steele was said to have, "reached an agreement with the FBI a few weeks before the election for the bureau to pay him to continue his work, according to several people familiar with the arrangement".
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Honor 9 Lite launched in India with quad-camera and FullView display
Aiming to disrupt the selfie-focused market in India, Chinese major Huawei on Wednesday launched Honor 9 Lite smartphone with quad-camera setup and a glass body. On both these devices, the memory can be further expanded to up to 256GB via a micro SD card slot. It is fueled by a 3,000mAh battery claimed to offer juice all day after a single charge.
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TN, Uttar Pradesh hog Smart City list
Recently, Surat was announced as the highest ranked smart city for implementing and completing largest number of projects. Smart City Mission is setting a new benchmark in terms of project implementation. Similarly, for smart reuse and wastewater projects, 33 cities have issued tenders, and work has begun in 16 of them, a ministry note said. The 100th proposed city, Shillong (Meghalaya), has been given more time to submit its proposal as it failed to make it in time.
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The Trump 'shithole countries' flap takes an even more ridiculous turn
Durbin had criticized Trump for using what he said was "hate-filled, vile and racist" language when talking about immigrants from Haiti and Africa during an Oval Office meeting last week. Jackson says he will come up with a programme of exercises for trump, which doesn't put your joints at risk. Trump's physician - Navy doctor Ronny Jackson - says the president achieved a ideal score on the test, which was included in last Friday's medical checkup.
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Pakistan raises case of Kulbhushan Jadhav in UNSC debate
The Pakistani envoy said despite the large presence of foreign military forces in Afghanistan and the large sums of development aid that had been provided to the country, security had deteriorated and economic growth had been anaemic. "This approach is misguided or worse pernicious", he said. Pakistan's Ambassador to the US Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry asked the US government on Saturday to beef up its efforts against the Haqqani Network, which operates out of the Washington DC area in the United ...
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President Trump's approval rating edges up to 40% — CNN Poll
Ten percent each said the president's recently signed tax legislation and military successes against Islamic State militants. In regard to Republicans in Congress, 61 percent of respondents disapproved of their job performance and 28 percent do.
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College of Alabama pupil who stated N-word is expelled
She added "This is not a reflection of how [Barber] was raised. She's just degrading herself and it breaks my heart", Barbera told the publication. "I hope someone can look at this and learn". "This unfortunate behavior has been reported to the Office of Student Conduct as it does not align with the community expectations of students at the Capstone".
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Democrats want a government shutdown: US President Trump
Republicans are claiming that Democrats are holding the government hostage over demands to protect 700,000 " dreamer " immigrants brought to the country as children and now living in the U.S. Although past government shutdowns have done little lasting damage to the USA economy, they can rattle financial markets. "The blame should crash entirely on President Trump's shoulders", Schumer said.
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Australian Open: Players wilt in 'dangerous' Melbourne heat for second day
Former champion Wawrinka only returned from a knee injury in Melbourne and there was plenty of rustiness in his game against the appropriately named Tennys Sandgren , the American taking full advantage to continue his best grand slam performance.
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North Korea Reveals How It Defied US and Other Nations Failed
Talks began at the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) headquarters on Saturday to finalise details on North Korea's participation at the Winter Olympics in the neighbouring South next month. South Korea has also proposed that it send a 12-member delegation to North Korea on Tuesday to inspect preparations for a joint cultural event at the North's scenic Diamond Mountain and a training session between non-Olympic skiers at the North's Masik ski resort ahead of the Olympics in the ...
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Trump in 'Excellent' Physical, Cognitive Health, Doctor Says
But he also added an extra exam - a cognitive screening test for memory loss or early dementia. "And I'll tell you, out of everybody there, the president had more stamina and more energy than just about anybody there". Jackson told reporters on Tuesday that he and Trump "talked diet and exercise a lot". And Jackson has upped Trump's dosage of Crestor, a cholesterol-lowering statin.
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Olympian Aly Raisman Confronts Abuser Larry Nassar, Delivers Powerful Speech During Sentencing
He pleaded guilty to 10 counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct in November. A graduate of Michigan State University, who says the abuse from Nassar started when she was 15, said in the hearing, "I am disgusted to my core that this man was able to harm so many under their responsibility".
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2016 champ Kerber into 2nd round, extends streak to 10 wins
Top-ranked Simona Halep had to save set points at 5-2 down in the first set, and badly twisted her left ankle early in the second, before beating teenage wild-card entry Destanee Aiava 7-6 (5), 6-1. I played really well at the net, finished the balls off with a swing volley or good volley. "This is the matches I'm looking forward to have, especially at the beginning of the year".
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Trump clears medical test: Doctor administered Montreal Cognitive Assessment
Dr. Bandy X. Lee wrote in an op-ed for USA Today , with former Obama administration ethics head Norm Eisen, that mental health experts who felt it necessary to start conversations around Trump's mental fitness "have been chastised by those who wish to silence them".
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Seoul Demands Explanation From North Over Canceled Visit for Olympic Preparation
They also chose to form a joint women's ice hockey team and send 230 North Korean cheerleaders to the sporting event. The invitation review panel, set up by the International Olympic Committee to check every Russian athlete's eligibility for the Games in South Korea starting on February 9, said each case was reviewed anonymously.
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Zimbabwe shocked by Donald Trump statements
Word of Trump's comments threatened to upend delicate negotiations over resolving the status of the hundreds of thousands of immigrants who were brought to the country illegally as children. They work, go to school, pay taxes, and have served in the US military. Now President Trump , who campaigned heavily on immigration fears, has to dance a delicate foxtrot between the demands of his hyper-conservative political base and his need to win enough Democratic votes to pass a bipartisan ...
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Trump slams Durbin, who he says 'misrepresented' his immigration comments
Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz ., similarly said, "The words used by the president, as related to me directly following the meeting by those in attendance, were not 'tough, ' they were abhorrent and repulsive". A White House official told CNN on Thursday the President's " shithole " remark was being received much differently inside of the White House than it is outside.
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Ex-military chief of staff to run in Egyptian presidential election
Al- Sisi added: "I pledge that the next presidential election will be an example of transparency". Sisi explained that Egypt's educational accommodates 22 million people, and that if the country was to spend LE 10,000 on each student every year, "then we will need LE 220 billion", Sisi said, before saying those funds "don't exist".
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Big Crowds Expected At Women's Marches In Vegas And Reno
Afterward, a wave of women chose to run for elected office and the #MeToo movement against sexual misconduct became a cultural phenomenon. On January 21, 2017, one day after Trump's inauguration, more than three million people marched nationwide opposing the president, according to a Washington Post estimate.
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CJI Dipak Misra meets the four senior-most SC judges
Chandrachud are mediating with the four judges and the Chief Justice to hammer out a solution at the earliest, keeping in mind the fact that the judiciary's image was already dented by the unilateral move by the four judges to air their grievances before the media.
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Trump denies he's a racist as Americans honor King
Cory Booker, D-N.J., angrily criticized Nielsen's comments, telling her during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing: "Your silence and your amnesia is complicity". A person familiar with the meeting said Durbin and South Carolina GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham brought a plan to Trump that involved cutting the visa lottery in half and, at the behest of the Congressional Black Caucus, the rest would go to underrepresented countries in Africa and Temporary Protective Status nations, including Haiti.
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Rohingya leaders make a list of demands before repatriation process begins
In a meeting that took place in Myanmar's capital Naypyidaw on Tuesday, the two countries agreed that Bangladesh would establish five transit camps close to the border between the two countries, from which returnees would be received initially in two reception centers on the Myanmar side.According to Myanmar's Foreign Ministry, Myanmar would shelter the returnees in a temporary accommodation at the 124-acre Hla Pho Khung camp near Maungdaw township, which can accommodate 30,000 people in its ...
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Trump vulgarity debate has become an 's-show,' senator says
She said that their divorce at times was "nasty" but said: 'It was nasty because the lawyers were involved. "Why did [US Senate Democratic minority leader] Chuck Schumer and all of his colleagues come and beg Donald Trump for money?" Sen.
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Can Steve Bannon get away with not answering congressional questioning about Russian Federation?
President Donald Trump has not invoked executive privilege to keep his current and former aides from answering questions to Congress about Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign. It was unclear who Mr Burck was communicating with in the White House. "Mueller is very well versed in the limits of privilege claims, and he's no afraid to go to court and determine the limits of privilege and compel testimony", he said.
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Some Lawmakers Aren't Happy With Steve Bannon's Testimony
Bannon refused to answer questions about his time with the Trump administration or the transition period leading to it when he first appeared before the panel on Tuesday. One of the sources said the "executive privilege" argument amounts to Trump poking "Congress in the eye". A spokesman for Mueller's office declined to comment.
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Pep Guardiola congratulates Manchester United and Alexis Sanchez over potential transfer
City had been favourites to sign Sanchez but chose to pull the plug on any deal because they believed the package to sign him was too expensive. Wenger also confirmed that United playmaker Henrikh Mkhitaryan is on the verge of swapping clubs with Sanchez by completing a move to north London.
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Trump Signs Bill to Reauthorize Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
The measure easily passed the U.S. House of Representatives last week despite mixed signals posted on Twitter by Trump and narrowly avoided a filibuster in the Senate earlier this week that split party lines. But it would require a warrant to view the actual content in cases unrelated to national security. In his tweet announcing that he has just signed the bill, Trump wrote: "This is NOT the same FISA law that was so wrongly abused during the election".
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Turkey Launches Operation Against US-Backed Kurdish Fighters In Syria
A statement issued at the end of the meeting also criticized the United States , saying Turkey was saddened by the fact an ally has "declared terrorists as partners" and "armed them without taking our security into consideration". "When the Turkish people and Turkish state's safety is in question, when it is necessary to remove risks and destroy threats, Turkey will do so without hesitation", Bozdag said.