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India Orders Eviction Of More Than 100 Million Forest Dwellers
WorldNews.com 22 Feb 2019
India’s Supreme Court has ordered the eviction of more than one million forest dwellers, a majority of whom belong to indigenous tribal communities, after the federal government failed to defend a law aimed at protecting their rights, Al Jazeera reported.The top court's order, dated Feb ... ....
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US-China Reach Deal On Currency Manipulation As Trade Talks Move Forward
WorldNews.com 22 Feb 2019
Xi delivered a letter to Trump on Friday which carried an optimistic tone about the trade talks ... Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, who also attended the Oval Office meeting, cautioned reporters that "a few very big hurdles" remain in the talks ... a new overall trade agreement....
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One Dead, Many Injured After Venezuelan National Guard Opens Fire On Civilians
WorldNews.com 22 Feb 2019
Eyewitnesses and community leaders say a group of civilians attempting to keep open part of Venezuela’s southern border with Brazil for deliveries of humanitarian aid were fired upon by Venezuelan soldiers, killing one person and leading to multiple fatalities, The Washington Post reported Friday morning....
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Florida Human Trafficking Investigation Leads To Charges For New England Patriots Owner
WorldNews.com 22 Feb 2019
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft faces charges of misdemeanor solicitation of prostitution after an investigation into money laundering and human trafficking at a day spa in Palm Beach County, Florida, on Friday, according to ESPN ... Kraft has denied wrongdoing. A spokesperson for Kraft released a statement which said ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Americans Arrested With Arsenal In Haiti Won't Face U.S. Charges
WorldNews.com 22 Feb 2019
The five heavily armed Americans arrested in Haiti earlier this week are back on their home soil and won’t be facing any criminal charges in the United States — a decision already causing outrage among some Haitian leaders, the Miami Herald reports.Federal sources told the Herald that the men will not be charged criminally, but are being debriefed....
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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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Okinawa Vote On U.S. Military Base Tests Alliance With Japan
WorldNews.com 22 Feb 2019
Voters are expected to vent their anger this weekend at the heavy concentration of American military bases in Okinawa, NBC News reports.The strategically important chain of islands southwest of the rest of Japan was the battleground for some of the fiercest fighting during World War II ... military personnel and civilian staff....
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R. Kelly Charged With 10 Counts Of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse In Chicago
WorldNews.com 22 Feb 2019
A Cook County judge approved charges against R&B star R. Kelly on Friday, including 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse in Chicago, according to The Chicago Sun-Times. Prosecutors said the charges included 4 alleged victims, who were minors at the time of the abuse which occurred between 1998 and 2010 ... Kelly" Lifetime miniseries....
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California parents of 13 plead guilty to torture, abuse
Federal News Radio 22 Feb 2019
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A California couple who shackled some of their 13 children to beds and starved them in what was a dubbed a “house of horrors” pleaded guilty Friday to torture and other abuse that lasted years ... The children, who ranged in age from 2 to 29 at the time, were severely underweight and hadn’t bathed for months ... ....
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Woman Dies Of Food Poisoning, 29 Others Sickened, At Michelin-Starred Spanish Restaurant
WorldNews.com 22 Feb 2019
A Michelin-starred restaurant in the Spanish city of Valencia is at the center of a food poisoning outbreak that has killed one woman and affected 29 additional diners, CNN reports.The 46-year-old victim died after eating a meal at Riff in the Mediterranean coast city ... 13 and 16.Food inspectors visited the restaurant on Feb ... – Bernd H....
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Justice Official Says Barr Won't Get Mueller Report Next Week
WorldNews.com 22 Feb 2019
The outlet reported those plans were subject to change.In December, NBC News reported a Mueller report could be delivered to the attorney general as soon as mid-February.Democratic lawmakers have demanded Mueller's findings be made public ... Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., reiterated her demands that a report be provided to Congress and the public....
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Manhattan DA Preparing State Criminal Charges For Manafort In Case Of Trump Pardon
WorldNews.com 22 Feb 2019
The Manhattan district attorney's office is preparing state criminal charges against President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort on Friday to ensure he will face prison time if the president pardons him for his federal crimes, according to Bloomberg ... But prosecutors are confident they will be successful in their efforts....
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Australian Driver Who Killed 6 In Crowd Gets Life Sentence
WorldNews.com 22 Feb 2019
Under the terms of his sentence, he will spend at least 46 years in prison before he's eligible for parole.Families of the victims filled the courtroom for Justice Mark Weinberg's ruling. Gargasoulas was in a drug-induced psychosis in January 2017 when he killed the six people and injured dozens more in the busy Bourke St ... He pleaded not guilty....
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Typhoon Expected To Lash Guam With Winds, Rain
WorldNews.com 22 Feb 2019
A growing typhoon in the Pacific is heading toward the Mariana Islands and could lash Guam with strong winds, rain and surf this weekend, The Associated Press reports.The U.S. National Weather Service in Guam reports Typhoon Wutip was packing 100 mph winds and will continue to intensify through Saturday ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
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At Least 40 People Killed By Bootleg Liquor At Tea Plantation In India
WorldNews.com 22 Feb 2019
A government minister in Assam Golaghat said at least 41 Indian tea plantation workers died from drinking toxic bootleg liquor on Friday, with 20 more who are still hospitalized, according to Reuters ... Seven women were among the dead at the plantation in the northeastern state of Assam ... ". Two people have been arrested in the case, according to NDTV....
