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Maria Butina: Alleged Russian spy files to change plea in US federal court
The Independent 10 Dec 2018
Maria Butina’s lawyers and federal prosecutors have filed a request for a court hearing so that the accused Russian agent can change her plea, a joint filing shows. The court filings follow after it was revealed that Ms Butina and her attorneys had been actively negotiating a settlement for her case ... Join Indpendent Minds ... ....
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A NASA Scientist Just Threw a Huge Surprise at Us: 'Aliens May Have Visited Us, We Just Didn't Notice'
Yahoo Daily News 10 Dec 2018
There have been several theories about the existence of aliens-- that they not only visit us but live here with us in human form. And of course, there are myriad of explanations to back these theories. However, Internet theories aside, a NASA scientist, explained in a paper how 'aliens may have already visited us, and we may have just missed it.' ... ....
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Nearly 85 Percent Of UN Nations – Not US – Back Migration Deal
WorldNews.com 10 Dec 2018
"Unregulated migration bears a terrible human cost. a cost in lives lost on perilous journeys across deserts, oceans and rivers; and a cost in lives ruined at the hands of smugglers, unscrupulous employers and other predators," U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres"More than 60,000 migrants have died on the move since the year 2000," he said....
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Will Trump go to jail? Democrats say maybe so
Johnson City Press 10 Dec 2018
“There’s a very real prospect that on the day Donald Trump leaves office, the Justice Department may indict him, that he may be the first president in quite some time to face the real prospect of jail time,” said Rep. Adam Schiff, the incoming chairman of the House intelligence committee ... Rep ... Republican Sen ... Sen ... Democratic Sen ... .......
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From Washington To Wisconsin, Trump And Republicans Are Using Last-Minute Power Grabs
WorldNews.com 10 Dec 2018
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Political power doesn’t always have to grow out of the barrel of a gun. It can also grow out of imaginary crises and last-minute power grabs ... Last-minute power grabs, that is, which will be fueled by more imaginary crises used as a pretext to first defend, and then later subvert, democracy ... 4 www.vox.com....
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Meghan Markle Still “Cannot Trust” Her Father After Yet Another Tabloid Interview
Vanity Fair 10 Dec 2018
Meghan Markle’s father, Thomas Markle, is getting sentimental for the holidays. On Saturday, the duchess’s father gave an interview with the Daily Mail in which he shared several handwritten cards his daughter had given him for the holidays over the years ... BQ “I’ve pleaded with her to pick up the phone ... ....
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House Democrats may probe Kushner ties to Saudi crown prince
CNN 10 Dec 2018
(CNN)Rep. Eliot Engel, who is poised to lead the House Foreign Affairs Committee, plans to conduct a thorough review of US policy towards Saudi Arabia -- and that could include Jared Kushner's ties to the crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, according to a Democratic aide ... "Everything is on the table." ... Read More ... ....
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Theresa May Delays Parliamentary Vote On Brexit
WorldNews.com 10 Dec 2018
With a bleak outcome to a parliamentary vote set for Tuesday to endorse the Brexit plan she negotiated with the European Union, British Prime Minister Theresa May announced Monday she would pull the plan and delay the vote, The Washington Post reported. “If we went ahead and held the vote tomorrow, the deal would be rejected by a significant margin....
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Macron vows to use `all means´ to restore calm after protests
This is Money 10 Dec 2018photo: White House
Supreme Court Won't Hear Kansas, Louisiana Appeal Over Planned Parenthood
WorldNews.com 10 Dec 2018
The Washington Post reports the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected appeals by Kansas and Louisiana to strip public Medicaid money from Planned Parenthood in battles over abortion rights ... Thomas was joined in his opinion by Justices Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Neil M. Gorsuch, the report said ... Roberts Jr. and Justice Brett M....
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Macron To Address Nation After Weekend Gilets Jaunes' Protests
WorldNews.com 10 Dec 2018
A November poll found his approval rating was as low as 26 percent.France’s finance minister warned the unrest was keeping tourists and investors from the country and had already knocked 0.1 percentage points off France's GDP this quarter, the report said."Our country is deeply divided,” Bruno Le Maire said....
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New Zealand PM apologises over young British backpacker's murder
Independent online (SA) 10 Dec 2018
Wellington, New Zealand - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern choked back tears on Monday while offering a heartfelt apology to the family of murdered British backpacker Grace Millane, as the man accused of killing the young traveller made his first court appearance ... The image was captured on Saturday night, about 7.15 p.m ... Picture ... AFP ....
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EU will launch financial mechanism with Iran by year-end: Mogherini
Press TV 10 Dec 2018
The European Union will establish a mechanism to facilitate non-dollar transactions with Iran in the near future in an attempt to circumvent sanctions imposed by the United States against Tehran, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says ... Salehi ....
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US blocks ex-Gambian president, family from entering
Wtop 10 Dec 2018
BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — The U.S. State Department says former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh and members of his immediate family are now ineligible for entry into the United States ... Jammeh ruled the tiny West African country for two decades ... ....
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Trump defends hush money payments as 'simple private transaction'
Yahoo Daily News 10 Dec 2018
president could face impeachment and jail time if the transactions are proven to be campaign finance violations ... Democrats take control of the House of Representatives next month, said if the payments were found to violate campaign finance laws it would be an impeachable offense....
