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Confidential documents reveal U.S. officials failed to tell the truth about the war in Afghanistan
The Jamestown Sun 09 Dec 2019
WASHINGTON — A confidential trove of government documents obtained by The Washington Post reveals that senior U.S. officials failed to tell the truth about the war in Afghanistan throughout the 18-year campaign, making rosy pronouncements they knew to be false and hiding unmistakable evidence the war had become unwinnable ... history ... The U.S ... He added ... ....
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Pressure from Macron and Merkel on Russia is crucial to ending the war in eastern Ukraine
The Independent 09 Dec 2019
Five years after Russia and its proxies invaded eastern Ukraine, a fresh peace initiative is raising hopes of a solution to the Donbass conflict that has claimed 13,000 lives and left more than 30,000 injured ... The meeting is promising, but Western pressure on Russia will be crucial to finding a solution ... Download the new Indpendent Premium app ... ....
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![File - Carolina Schmidt (right), Minister of Environment of Chile and President of the 25th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change [COP25], speaks at a panel discussion during the high-level meeting on Climate and Sustainable Development for All.](http://ecdn4.wn.com/ph/img/f4/0e/34c65fc0ab72feda067ef3ee9199-medium.jpg "File - Carolina Schmidt (right), Minister of Environment of Chile and President of the 25th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change [COP25], speaks at a panel discussion during the high-level meeting on Climate and Sustainable Development for All.")
About 100 countries at UN climate talks challenge Australia's use of carryover credits
The Guardian 09 Dec 2019
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Will Articles Of Impeachment Include Trump's "Paranoid Style In Politics?"
WorldNews.com 09 Dec 2019
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Most Americans had wanted to believe that Donald Trump, once in office and facing the serious demands and responsibilities of the presidency, would finally become a president of the nation and someone the world could admire. But instead, he continued to attack and dehumanize certain Americans....
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US Army preparing biggest European deployment in years
Raw Story 09 Dec 2019
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China Tells Government Offices To Remove All Foreign Computer Equipment
Slashdot 09 Dec 2019
China has ordered that all foreign computer equipment and software be removed from government offices and public institutions within three years, the Financial Times reports. hackingbear writes ... Read more of this story at Slashdot. ....
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From international celebrity to global pariah. What happened to Aung San Suu Kyi?
Australian Broadcasting Corporation 09 Dec 2019
Aung San Suu Kyi has slowly lost her status as an international democracy icon, and her trip to The Hague to defend Myanmar on genocide charges appears to have nothing to do with winning friends overseas, writes Amy Bainbridge ... ....
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Ukrainians fear president will accept peace on Putin's terms, as questions swirl over US support
CNN 08 Dec 2019
Kiev, Ukraine (CNN)As the US pushes forward with impeachment hearings into President Donald Trump and his dealings with Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian leader is set to sit down Monday with the man overseeing another conflict involving his country. Russian President Vladimir Putin ... Putin has kept his cards close ahead of the meeting ... Read More ... ....
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Report: Witnesses say Juice WRLD popped pills, had 70 pounds of marijuana on plane before death
Atlanta Journal 09 Dec 2019photo: Creative Commons / Rfleming
New Zealand volcano: Five people dead after White Island eruption, police say
The Independent 09 Dec 2019
Five people have died in the White Island volcanic eruption in New Zealand, police have said. Emergency workers are unable to access the island, located in the Bay of Plenty. White Island exploded with ash and steam on Monday while some 50 people were nearby, authorities said earlier. Download the new Indpendent Premium app ... Shape Created with Sketch ... ....
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Russia handed four-year-ban by WADA over doping scandal
CNN 09 Dec 2019
(CNN)The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has unanimously agreed to ban Russia from major international sporting competitions for four years over doping non-compliance ... WADA's executive committee decided to uphold the recommendations at a meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland on Monday ... Read More. READ ... Why the ban? ... ....
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'Old man' Trump is 'bluffing' says North Korea: KCNA
Deccan Herald 09 Dec 2019
Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un engaged in mutual insults and threats of devastation in 2017, sending tensions soaring before a diplomatic rapprochement the following year ... Denuclearisation negotiations have been at a standstill since a summit in Hanoi broke up in February ... "Our action is for his surprise ... "We have nothing more to lose."....
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Miss South Africa wins Miss Universe 2019 competition
The Grio 09 Dec 2019
Nelson Mandela would be so proud. Zozibini Tunzi of South Africa was crowned Miss Universe 2019 on Sunday after receiving excellent scores for her response to questions on social issues and what we should be teaching young girls about their value, self-being and how they have to “cement” themselves in spaces that they enter. READ MORE ... ....
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French Supreme Court rejects Benzema's appeal for the 'Valbuena case'
BE Soccer 09 Dec 2019
The French Supreme Court rejected the Real Madrid striker's appeal with which he hoped to bury the accusation that has persecuted him since 2015 for his alleged involvement in an attempt to blackmail his then team-mate, Matthieu Valbuena. Karim Benzema's appeal for the 'Valbuena case' has finally been resolved ... .......
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Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker has died
Arkansas Online 09 Dec 2019
Paul Volcker, who as Federal Reserve chairman in the early 1980s elevated interest rates to historic highs and triggered a recession as the price of quashing double-digit inflation, has died, according to his office. He was 92. Volcker took charge of the Fed in August 1979, when the U.S. economy was sinking into the grip of runaway inflation ... ....
