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'Choose, either I kill you or rape you': horrific accusations of abuse surge in Ethiopia's war
Independent online (SA) 23 Jan 2021
By Michael Georgy. Hamdayet, Sudan - The young coffee seller said she was split from family and friends by an Ethiopian soldier at the Tekeze river, taken down a path, and given a harrowing choice. "He said ... "The soldier ... forced a gun on her and raped her," Limeuh, who was volunteering with the Sudanese Red Crescent, said the woman told him ... ....
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Tunisia: Rights groups say 1,000 arrested in protests
WorldNews.com 23 Jan 2021
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Larry King: American talk show legend dies aged 87
ITV 23 Jan 2021
US talk show host Larry King has died in Los Angeles at the age of 87. King died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to Ora Media, the studio and network he co-founded ... The statement from Ora Media said ... ....
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S. Arabia struggling to save face in Yemen: Danish political activist
Tehran Times 23 Jan 2021photo: AP / Eraldo Peres
Jair Bolsonaro could face charges in The Hague over Amazon rainforest
The Guardian 23 Jan 2021
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Pakistani man killed during TikTok stunt on train track
Straits Times 23 Jan 2021photo: WN / Shilpa
China risks a Himalayan water war with India
Asiatimes 23 Jan 2021
China-India tensions in the Himalayas is shifting from confrontation and saber-rattling over contested border territory to a potentially more destabilizing conflict over water flows from the world’s highest mountain range ... Photo. AFP Forum ... It’s possible China is trying to establish a similar dynamic with India with its Yarlung Zangbao Dam designs....
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Kosovo Election Authorities Put Main Opposition Leader's Candidacy In Doubt
Radio Free Europe 23 Jan 2021
Kosovo election authorities have rejected dozens of candidates for upcoming parliamentary elections on February 14, potentially dashing former Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s bid of taking up the post again ... According to the law, a candidate found guilty of a crime in the previous three years is barred from running for office ... .......
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Russia detains dozens of Navalny supporters at anti-Putin protests
Manila Bulletin 23 Jan 2021
Russian police detained dozens of protesters on Saturday as thousands of supporters of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny took to the streets following his call to protest against President Vladimir Putin’s rule ... (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) ... He was arrested at Sheremetyevo Airport and jailed ... ....
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China authorises coast guard to fire on foreign vessels if needed
Al Jazeera 23 Jan 2021
China has passed a law that for the first time explicitly allows its coast guard to fire on foreign vessels, a move that could make the contested South China Sea and nearby waters more choppy. China has maritime sovereignty disputes with Japan in the East China Sea and with several Southeast Asian countries in the South China Sea ... ....
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World COVID-19 Infections Climb Towards 100 Million
Beijing News 23 Jan 2021
The world is steadily inching up to 100 million COVID cases. Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center reported early Saturday there are more than 98 million global COVID infections and more than 2 million deaths. "For the moment, the virus still has its hand in the game, but we still have our two best players ... Also Friday, U.S ... ....
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Schumer: Trump impeachment trial to begin week of Feb. 8
The Independent 23 Jan 2021
Opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial for Donald Trump over the Capitol riot will begin the week of Feb. 8, the first time a former president will face such charges after leaving office ... “We all want to put this awful chapter in our nation’s history behind us,” Schumer said about the deadly Jan ... And that is what this trial will provide.” ... ....
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China marks Wuhan lockdown anniversary
RTE 23 Jan 2021
China has reported more new cases of Covid-19 and the financial hub of Shanghai imposed new restrictions, as the country marked the anniversary of the world's first coronavirus lockdown in Wuhan city, where the disease emerged in late 2019 ... The commission said in a statement that 90 of the new cases were local infections ... ....
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If Words Have Consequences, Biden’s Inaugural Speech Will Be Memorable (Except for This One Glaring Omission)
WorldNews.com 22 Jan 2021
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling. If words have consequences, President Joe Biden’s inauguration speech may be another notable moment in United States history ... Roosevelt’s “We Have Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself,” and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech ... “Today, on this January day, my whole soul is in this....
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Yes, Bernie Sanders is laughing at those viral inauguration memes too
The Spokesman-Review 23 Jan 2021
Sen. Bernie Sanders is feeling the Bern – and the love – after a photo of him sitting alone in his face mask, winter coat and patchwork mittens at Wednesday’s presidential inauguration went viral ... “Yeah, I’ve seen ’em,” the 79-year-old politician said. “What’s been really nice is the woman who made the mittens lives in Essex Junction, Vermont....
