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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
President Donald Trump said negotiators between the United States and China reached an agreement on currency manipulation while the two continue to work out details before a March 1 deadline for new tariffs on Friday, according to CNBC. Trump addressed reporters after meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He in the Oval Office ... U.S....
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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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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
Kraft has denied wrongdoing ... Former prosecutor David Weinstein said most people arrested in Florida for soliciting a prostitute for the first time are allowed to enter a diversion program, which would require Kraft to perform 100 hours of community service and attend an education program about the negative effects of human trafficking....
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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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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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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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YouTube demonetizes anti-vaccination videos
Crunch 23 Feb 2019
YouTube will demonetize channels that promote anti-vaccination views, after a report by BuzzFeed News found ads, including from health companies, running before anti-vax videos. The platform will also place a new information panel that links to the Wikipedia entry on “vaccine hesitancy” before anti-vax videos ... ....
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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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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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Report: ‘The State of Stablecoins’ Maps the Growth of Fiat-Pegged Cryptocurrency
A Bit of News 23 Feb 2019
A new report published this week shines a light on the stablecoin ecosystem. Authored by George Samman and Andrew Masanto in conjunction with Amazix, the report traces the rise of digital currencies against a backdrop of high inflation in 16 countries ... Also read ... It continues. “The high volatility of today’s cryptocurrencies hinders their usefulness ... ....
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RBI Changes Risk-Weight Norms, Making Loans Costlier For NBFCs
Yahoo Daily News 23 Feb 2019
On Friday, the Reserve Bank of India tightened norms so as to make lending costlier for non-banking financial companies or NBFCs. An NBFC which owes the bank Rs ... GoodReturns.in. Also Read. ... Should You Invest? ... ....
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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....
