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Top US officials considered removing Trump using 25th amendment, FBI lawyers confirm
The Independent 17 Feb 2019
An explosive claim that senior officials at the FBI and Justice Department discussed forcing Donald Trump out of office has been backed by two more witnesses in secret Congressional hearings ... Do U?" on the back after a visit to the US-Mexico border in Texas) ... Do U?" on the back after a visit to the US-Mexico border in Texas)....
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Iran unveils first semi-heavy missile-equipped submarine
Federal News Radio 17 Feb 2019photo: Creative Commons / Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE
Shark attacks man surfing at Australia's Byron Bay
WPTV 17 Feb 2019
A man has been airlifted to the hospital after being bitten by a shark off the coast of New South Wales in Australia, according to local police. Police said in a statement Sunday that emergency services were called to Byron Bay around 6.40 a.m ... Nine of the attacks took place in New South Wales, according to its Australian Shark Attack File....
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Polish PM cancels trip to Israel in wake of comments on Poles in Holocaust
This is Money 17 Feb 2019
WARSAW, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Poland's Prime Minister has cancelled a trip to Israel in the wake of reported remarks made by Israel's prime minister suggesting Polish complicity during the Holocaust, an aide in his office told Polish media on Sunday ... The summit of four central and Eastern European countries is set to be held in Jerusalem this week....
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Japan PM nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize after US request: report
The News International 17 Feb 2019
Japan´s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe nominated US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize last autumn after being requested to do so by Washington, a Japanese newspaper reported Sunday ... in June last year, an unnamed Japanese government source told the Asahi Shimbun....
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Don Cheadle sports political shirts as he hosts ‘SNL’
Wtop 17 Feb 2019
And in closing Saturday’s show, Cheadle wore a jersey with the former Soviet Union’s initials on the front, while the back bore the name “Trump” and the number 45 — as in the 45th U.S....
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Vettel open to offering Schumacher advice
GP Blog 17 Feb 2019
Schumacher Jr, son of seven time world champion Michael Schumacher won the European F3 title last year and will be racing for Prema Racing this season, in the class below F1 ... will do his job [here] well too....
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Saudi crown prince heads for Pakistan amid India tensions
Yahoo Daily News 17 Feb 2019
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is due to arrive in Pakistan on Sunday at the start of his tour of South Asia and China, but the visit risks being overshadowed by escalating tensions between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan....
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Syria’s Assad: U.S. Will Sell Out Those Relying on It
Hamodia 17 Feb 2019
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned on Sunday that the United States would not protect those depending on it, in reference to Kurdish fighters who control much of the north ... “The Americans will put you in their pockets so you can be tools in the barter, and they have started with [it].”....
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Idex 2019: UAE Armed Forces sign Dh5bn worth of deals on day one
The National 17 Feb 2019
The UAE Armed Forces awarded Dh4.97 billion in contracts on the first day of the International Defence Exhibition and Conference (Idex), with the lion’s share of deals going to international companies. The Armed Forces, which signed 33 contracts in total, awarded International companies contracts worth Dh3.87bn....
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24 bodies found after Zimbabwe mine disaster; search goes on
This is Money 17 Feb 2019photo: AP / Victor R. Caivano
Miner Vale evacuates 200 people near Brazilian dam on fears of instability
This is Money 17 Feb 2019
Vale said in a statement that it had evacuated people living near the inactive B3/B4 dam of the Mar Azul mine about 25 kilometers south of Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais state, after revising security data on the structure ... in Brazil's deadliest mining disaster....
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Trump tells Europe to take back ISIS fighters, warns they could be released
CNN 17 Feb 2019
(CNN)In a series of tweets, President Donald Trump has said European countries should take back and put on trial hundreds of ISIS fighters who have been captured in Syria. "Time for others to step up and do the job that they are so capable of doing," the US President tweeted late Saturday night....
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Israeli leader pledges funds for museum for Jewish WWII vets
Federal News Radio 17 Feb 2019
The project has been bogged down in bureaucratic stalemate for more than a decade as donor money has dried up and the government has wavered on its degree of support ... “This memorial site will now also include a display of the Jewish fighters who fought in World War II ... There are no museums in Israel devoted solely to Jews who fought the Nazis....
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Jim Carrey Gives Trump Some Rough Fore-Play in Latest Political Artwork
The Wrap 16 Feb 2019
Actor-artist Carrey took a shot at Trump Saturday, gifting fans with a cartoon reflecting on Trump’s recent decision to declare a national emergency in an effort to build a wall along the U.S ... In his latest work, Carrey depicted Trump swinging a golf club, an angry expression on his face and a prominent gut jutting from his midsection....
