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Iran's Revolutionary Guards threaten to avenge military parade attack
Yahoo Daily News 24 Sep 2018
By Michael Georgy. DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards vowed on Sunday to exact "deadly and unforgettable" vengeance for an attack on a military parade that killed 25 people, including 12 of their comrades, and Tehran accused Gulf Arab states of backing the gunmen ... Soldiers crawled about as gunfire crackled. Women and children fled for their lives ... "We are Muslims, they are kafirs (non-believers)," the man says. He adds ... ....
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14 shot — 1 killed — Saturday in Chicago
Chicago Sun-Times 23 Sep 2018
A man was killed and 12 others were wounded in a series of shootings in Chicago over 24 hours Saturday. The day began with a string of shootings near Garfield Park on the West Side between midnight and 3 a.m., according to Chicago police. A single drive-by shooting wounded three people, including a woman, as they stood outside in the 100 block of North Karlov Avenue ... A 35-year-old man was riding a bicycle just before 10 p.m ... in Lawndale....
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City police officer wounded in West Baltimore shooting
Baltimore Sun
24 Sep 2018
A Baltimore police officer was shot Sunday evening in West Baltimore’s Poppleton neighborhood — in the same block where two people were shot last week, according to police. The officer was taken to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he was doing well and was expected to be released... ....
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US tells Iran to 'look in the mirror' after Ahvaz attack
BBC News 23 Sep 2018
But the US has denied responsibility and says it condemns "any terrorist attack", while a senior official for the United Arab Emirates - one of the countries Mr Rouhani was thought to be referring to - called the accusations "baseless" ... He added ... Mr Rouhani did not specify which "puppet" countries he was referring to - but his comments are widely thought to be directed at Iran's regional foe Saudi Arabia, and the UAE and Bahrain ... ....
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Brett Kavanaugh faces second allegation of sexual misconduct
Yahoo Daily News 24 Sep 2018
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh faces a second allegation of sexual misconduct after another woman came forward accusing him of inappropriate sexual behaviour during his college years at Yale University ... She said she clearly remembers the judge, then a teenager, pulling up his pants after a penis was thrust in her face during a drinking game ... Kavanaugh, who currently sits on the D.C ... This is a smear, plain and simple ... ....
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Whitsundays shark attacks occurred in swimming 'no-go zone', conservationists say
The Guardian 24 Sep 2018
Read more ... The state government insists drum lines have been effective and their use is supported by Labor and the Liberal National party in the state ... “Up in the north, in Cairns, Townsville and Mackay, they’re using mullet on the lines ... Whitsundays shark attacks ... Read more ... “We ask that everyone, including the media, please respect our family’s privacy during this very difficult time so we can focus our energies on Hannah’s recovery.”....
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Swiss Canton Overwhelmingly Votes for 'Burqa Ban' in Public Spaces
News18 23 Sep 2018 Editphoto: AP / Evan Vucci
Trump's tariffs on $200 bn of Chinese goods kicks in
Yahoo Daily News 24 Sep 2018
Washington, Sep 24 (IANS) The ongoing trade war between the US and China has escalated after American President Donald Trump's administration's new 10 per cent tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods kicked in on Monday, spanning thousands of products, including food seasonings, baseball gloves, network routers and industrial machinery parts ... The US tariffs imposed earlier in the year mostly hit industrial goods ... --IANS. ksk. ....
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Ronaldo keeps Juventus perfect in Serie A
Supersport 24 Sep 2018
Clearly something has to change ... </p>Giacomo Bonaventura had a goal disallowed in the first half but made no mistake after 61 minutes, only for Emiliano Rigoni to snatch a point for the visitors in injury time.</p>","video_url".[{"0"."https.//hls.dstv.com/hls-vod/supersport/ssarchive/SOC_230918_ISA_FROVJUV_HD5_500K.mp4.m3u8"}], ....
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Haley: US 'not looking to do regime change anywhere'
CNN 23 Sep 2018
"The United States is not looking to do regime change in Iran," Haley said on CNN's "State of the Union." ... ....
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Tanzania ferry death toll rises to 224, ship's managers detained
Yahoo Daily News 23 Sep 2018
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzanian authorities said on Sunday the number of people who died in a ferry that capsized in Lake Victoria had risen to 224 and the vessel's managers had been detained for questioning ... Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa told TBC officials involved in managing the ferry had been detained ... ....
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Google at 20: how two 'obnoxious' students changed the internet
The Guardian 24 Sep 2018
In the summer of 1995, a second-year grad student called Sergey Brin was giving a tour of Stanford University to prospective students ... “I thought he was pretty obnoxious,” Larry Page said of the encounter ... Twitter ... Twitter ... Agence France-Press sued Google in March 2005 for $17.5m for allegedly using its photos and stories on Google News without permission, leading to an arrangement to host various news agency content starting in 2007....
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Hong Kong bans pro-independence party
The Times of India 24 Sep 2018
HONG KONG. Hong Kong banned a political party which promotes independence on Monday, a first since the city was handed back to China by Britain 21 years ago as Beijing ups pressure on any challenges to its sovereignty. Semi-autonomous Hong Kong enjoys freedoms unseen on the mainland including freedom of expression but the space for political dissent is shrinking in the face of an increasingly assertive China under President Xi Jinping....
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NASA's Mars MAVEN Craft Captures Selfie on Fourth Birthday
Newsweek 22 Sep 2018
Usually, the IUVS is used to image the ultraviolet emissions coming from the upper atmosphere of the planet, according to NASA....
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Joshua overpowers Povetkin to retain world heavyweight titles
Supersport 23 Sep 2018
</p>A previously close contest turned in Joshua's favour decisively when he sent the Russian crashing to the canvas with a straight right hand and left hook. </p>Povetkin gamely beat the count but Joshua piled in before referee Steve Gray stopped the contest at one minute and 59 seconds of the seventh round ... </p>"Povetkin is a very tough challenger and he proved it tonight," Joshua told Sky Sports....
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