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Man stabbed boy at Dubai Mall in fight over girl, court hears
The National 27 Nov 2020
A man stabbed a pupil in a fight over a girl at Dubai Mall, Dubai Criminal Court heard on Sunday. According to court records, the Emirati pupil, 17, and his female friend were at the mall together on April 20 when the accused approached them and asked to speak with him outside ... The pupil ran back into the mall and collapsed ... ....
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Ethiopia begins military offensive in Tigray capital
The Irish Times 28 Nov 2020
The Ethiopian military has launched an offensive in the Tigray regional capital in its quest to arrest the region’s defiant leaders. Tigray TV announced shelling in Mekele, a city of half a million people, and a report from the city confirmed it ... He has rejected dialogue with the TPLF, and each government regards the other as illegal ... – PA. ....
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Ethiopian military operation in Tigray is complete, prime minister says
Metro USA 28 Nov 2020
ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI (Reuters) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Saturday that military operations in the northern region of Tigray have been completed, shortly after he announced federal troops had seized full control of the regional capital Mekelle ... Abiy said police were searching for the TPLF leaders ... NO WORD ON CASUALTIES ... Billene said....
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‘Iran has become Mossad’s street corner’: Iran marks death of nuke chief
The Jerusalem Post 27 Nov 2020
Iranians responded with awe and surprise as a key Iranian nuclear scientist was gunned down east of Tehran. Farsi social media was full of tweets about the surprising shooting of one of the key men behind the nuclear program in Iran. “It seems that Tehran has become a Mossad street corner,” wrote one man on Twitter. ... ....
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Honduran ex-president stopped with bag containing $18,000 in cash at airport
The Independent 28 Nov 2020
Former Honduran president Manuel Zelaya said on Friday that he had been “unjustly” detained at the airport for carrying a bag with $18,000 in cash that he said was not his. “I don't know the origin of that money. Obviously, someone must have put it in my belongings,” Mr Zelaya told local media ... The money must be declared to authorities ... Read more ... ....
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How the legal troubles of a former French president could be a blueprint for Trump's
CBC 27 Nov 2020
president’s legal future. ....
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2 shot, killed at northern California mall on Black Friday
Arkansas Online 28 Nov 2020
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Police are looking for a gunman who shot and killed two teens at a Northern California mall in the midst of Black Friday, sending shoppers running for safety, authorities said. Arden Fair Mall in Sacramento was evacuated shortly after 6 p.m. when shots were fired near one of the mall's entrances, police spokesman Karl Chan said ... ....
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China has reached a major milestone in ending absolute poverty. But the Communist Party isn't celebrating yet
CNN 28 Nov 2020
Hong Kong (CNN)Chinese President Xi Jinping reached a major milestone this week in his five-year long fight to end absolute poverty across the country -- but it doesn't appear that he's celebrating yet. China was for decades one of the world's most impoverished countries and ending absolute poverty has been an important policy goal for Xi ... Read More....
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Cash and Carrie: US sanctioned Hong Kong leader has no bank account
Straits Times 28 Nov 2020
HONG KONG (AFP) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said she has "piles of cash" at home as she has no bank account after the United States slapped sanctions on her in response to a draconian security law China imposed on the city ... "I have piles of cash at home, the government is paying me cash for my salary," she added ... � .......
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Last-ditch Brexit deal talks resume amid growing EU scepticism
The Guardian 28 Nov 2020
Michel Barnier has told MEPs that he is prepared for a further four days of make-or-break Brexit negotiations, with growing scepticism among EU member states about the utility of further talks ... An extraordinary sitting of the EU chamber has been pencilled in for 28 December, as first revealed by the Guardian....
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Sudan needs $150 million in aid to cope with Ethiopian refugees: UN
Press TV 28 Nov 2020
The United Nations (UN) says Sudan needs $150 million in aid to cope with rushing streams of Ethiopian refugees fleeing the conflict in their country’s Tigray region ... He urged “donors to provide Sudan with these resources as soon as they can.” ... He has also accused the party of defying his government and seeking to undermine it ... UN ... Tigray ... ....
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Iran's Rouhani accuses Israel of killing nuclear scientist - TV
Yahoo Daily News 28 Nov 2020
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's president on Saturday accused Israel of killing a prominent Iranian scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret nuclear bomb programme, state TV reported ... "The assassination of martyr Fakhrizadeh shows our enemies' despair and the depth of their hatred... His martyrdom will not slow down our achievements."....
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Was scientist’s killing the opening shot of a Trump-led war on Iran?
The Guardian 28 Nov 2020
The assassination on Friday of Iran’s leading nuclear scientist has heightened suspicions t hat Donald Trump, in cahoots with hardline Israeli and Saudi allies, may be trying to lure the Tehran regime into an all-out confrontation in the dying days of his presidency ... And there’s another danger ... Yet Iran’s dilemma is excruciating ... ....
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Iran scientist's assassination appears intended to undermine nuclear deal
The Guardian 27 Nov 2020photo: AP / Brennan Linsley
Biden’s win means some Guantanamo prisoners may be released
Detroit news 28 Nov 2020
Washington — The oldest prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention center went to his latest review board hearing with a degree of hope, something that has been scarce during his 16 years locked up without charges at the U.S. base in Cuba ... a favorable legal development and the election of Joe Biden ... base in Cuba. (Photo. AP) ... 19 after the hearing ... U.S ... .......
