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    World UK ready to drop Brexit demand on Irish border – Bloomberg – U.S.

    LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May is ready to agree to a fallback arrangement for the border between the United Kingdom and Ireland which does not have a time limit, to speed Brexit talks, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing unnamed sources. Britain’s Prime Minister...
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    World South Africa’s First Nations Have Been Forgotten – Foreign Policy

    President Donald Trump recently sparked a fierce backlash when he tweeted that the South African government was seizing white-owned land and that white farmers were being killed on a “large scale.” In the United States, his comment was a flash in the media pan. In South Africa, his … Read...
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    World As pressure on Saudi Arabia grows, Jamal Khashoggi has achieved his life’s mission | Jonathan Freedland – the Guardian

    In death he is achieving his life’s work. Jamal Khashoggi was a Saudi patriot and reformer, whose journalism helped expose the reality of Saudi Arabia and the cosseted, hypocritical relationship the kingdom enjoys with the west. Through his brutal, pitiless death, he has succeeded more...
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    World Trump says ‘we have a tremendous order’ with Saudi Arabia, doesn’t want to cancel defense contracts ‘as retribution’ for Jamal Khashoggi - Pulse Ng

    Saudi Arabia admitted that missing Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi died inside the Saudi Consulate after an encounter with Saudi operatives there "led to a quarrel and a physical confrontation." President Donald Trump said he approves of Saudi Arabia’s acknowledgement and called …...
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    World Saudi Arabia finally confirms death of journalist, Jamal Khashoggi – Laila’s Blog

    Saudi Arabia who offered various explanations for the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi two weeks ago, has finally admitted that he is dead. An earlier claim by the Kingdom, was that Jamal Khashoggi had left the consulate alive and well. However in its recent statement, the … Read...
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    World What Damage Control Looks Like In Saudi Arabia – Leadership Newspaper

    On October 13, newspapers in Saudi Arabia released a pointed reminder to the citizens of the kingdom: Article 6 of the Anti-Cyber Crime Law stipulates a maximum five years in prison and a maximum fine of 3 million riyals ($800,000) for sharing rumours or fake news that breach … Read more via...
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    World Khashoggi ‘died after fight’ – Saudis – BBC News

    This is the first time Saudi Arabia has admitted the death of Jamal Khashoggi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi died after a fight in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, the country’s state TV reported quoting an initial probe. It said deputy intelligence chief Ahmad al-Assiri … Read more via BBC...
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