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Bolstered by Polls, Fundraising Haul, Sanders Surges Forward into Wis. Primary
With boosts from a massive fundraising haul and new poll results, Bernie Sanders is harnessing energy with the Wisconsin primary days ahead. A Public Policy Polling survey in Wisconsin released Thursday found Sanders with a 6-point lead—49-43 percent—over Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. [...]
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Austria to Send Soldiers to Border With Italy Amid Refugee Crisis
Austria intends to send military to the Italian border to boost protection amid the refugee crisis, the country's defense minister said. Austria is planning to send soldiers to the border with Italy to enhance border protection amid a migrant inflow, Austrian Defense Minister Hans Peter Doskozil said Saturday. [...]
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Russia’s Deployment on the Kurils Signals Severe Limitations for US in Asia
Russia’s decision to deploy advanced coastal missile systems on the Kuril Islands and explore the possibility of setting up a permanent naval base for its Pacific Fleet on the island chain is a signal to the US that its 'Pivot to Asia' will have severe limitations, according to a former Indian diplomat. [...]
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FULL Powerful Speech By Rosario Dawson At A New York Bernie Sanders Rally March 31st 2016
LIVE Stream: Bernie Sanders Town Hall in Sheboygan, WI (4-1-16) Bernie Wisconsin Rally 4PM ET Click the link below to share TY! Dawson was born in New York City. Her mother, Isabel Celeste, is a writer and singer who is of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent. Isabel was sixteen years old when Rosario was born; she never married Rosario's biological father, Patrick C. Harris.[3][4][5] When Rosario [...]
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Erdogan’s Security Team Thinks They Have Jurisdiction in Washington, DC
As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivered a speech before the Brookings Institute on Thursday, a largely peaceful protest assembled outside. To quell the legal assembly, the embattled leader’s security detail clashed with journalists, in a scene reminiscent of the media crackdown in Ankara.   [...]
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Crimea to end electricity supplies from Ukraine
“One day they sell energy, the next they blow up power lines,” said Crimea's First Deputy Prime Minister Mikhail Sheremet, adding that the peninsula is done with energy supplied from Ukraine. "We have definitely decided to abandon supplies of Ukrainian electric energy. We do not need it. [...]
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ISIS urges German jihadists to turn country into battleground with Brussels-like attacks
Islamic State has urged its radical followers in Germany to carry out Brussels-like attacks on the Chancellor’s office and an airport in one of Germany’s main cities. Despite the threats, German authorities have no plans to step up security measures. [...]
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‘Biggest bribery scandal’: US, UK, Australia launch probe into mass oil industry corruption
An investigation into a massive global oil bribery scandal has been launched by authorities in the US, Britain, and Australia, after leaked confidential files indicated that some of the world’s most powerful corporations were part of the racket. [...]
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Ukraine should never join EU – Dutch Prime Minister
Ukraine should never become a member of the European Union, Mark Rutte, the Prime Minister of Netherlands said in an interview a week before the Dutch referendum on the association agreement between the EU and Kiev. The Netherlands, which is holding the EU rotating presidency till July, is [...]
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Russian soldier who called airstrike on himself while surrounded by ISIS is hero
I don’t know Aleksandr Prochorenko. I know nothing of his background or what his dreams and hopes were for the future. But I do know that he’s a hero who will never be forgotten, and that the cause for which he sacrificed his life is a righteous one. [...]
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Trump vs. Bernie in the First Ever @midnight Presidential Debate
Bernie Sanders (James Adomian) and Donald Trump (Anthony Atamanuik) debate their likeness to Jesus and launch attack ads in the @midnight presidential debate. @midnight with Chris Hardwick airs weeknights at 12a/11c on Comedy Central. /* */ [...]
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Kerry in Moscow: Penny has dropped; isolating Russia was never going to work
In a single tweet, the head of Russia’s Foreign Affairs Committee Alexei Pushkov summed up John Kerry's Moscow visit: "There's nothing more powerful in politics than need. Under its influence, forgetting about isolating Russia, the US has begun to move." [...]
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Iran’s ‘Suez Canal’: Tehran Could Connect Caspian Sea and Persian Gulf
One of the most ambitious initiatives that Tehran plans to launch will see an artificial channel link the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf. The project, which is expected to be completed in the 2020s, is particularly interesting for Russia due to the cold spell with Turkey, but European and post-Soviet states will also benefit from it. [...]
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147 FBI agents involved in Clinton email investigation – report
The FBI has tasked 147 agents to investigate whether former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton broke the law by storing classified information on a private email server during her time as the country’s top diplomat, according to a new report. The Washington Post reported Sunday that the number of agents deployed was so large because the FBI was making sure that the probe could be resolved qui [...]
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Our Way or the Highway: Germany Wants Refugees to Assimilate or Leave
A new draft law proposed by German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere makes taking German lessons and otherwise integrating into society a mandatory requirement for refugees seeking to stay in Germany for the long term. Germans are clearly not happy with their government's hospitable policy toward the refugees that continue to flee to Europe predominantly from war-torn Middle East and poor Af [...]
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Untold Story of Syrian Coup: Who is Really Behind the Plot to Topple Assad?
Thanks to modern technologies one can easily reconstruct the story of Washington's conspiracy aimed at destabilizing Syria by exploiting the country's ethnic and religious divisions. In his recent Op-Ed for Russia Today Neil Clark, a journalist, writer, broadcaster and blogger, writes that former US Secretary of State Clinton's emails as well as secret labels and reports provided by Wikile [...]
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All quiet on Western front after Syrian forces recapture Palmyra from ISIS
The recapture of the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra was the single biggest defeat for ISIS since it declared its caliphate, but the West does not seem interested. Why? Because then they’d have to give some credit to Russia. Indeed, it must have been a tough weekend for Western media’s favorite Syria pundits. [...]
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Broken Dreams: This is How Russia Ruins Erdogan’s Energy Plan
Moscow’s responsive measures toward Ankara have dealt a heavy blow to the Turkish economy. What is more, Russia’s military success in Syria risks ruining the entire Turkish energy industry. On November 24, 2015 a Turkish jet downed a Russian Su-24 bomber over Syria. Relations between Turkey and Russia deeply deteriorated [...]
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Reaping Fruits of Victory: First Results of Russia’s Air Campaign in Syria
The war on terrorism in Syria is not over yet. However, after the bulk of Russian forces were withdrawn from Syria one can take a closer look at some aspects of how the operation unfolded and the weapons involved. Key Ingredient to Combat Success. In order to be successful, any military operation needs full-fledged combat support. [...]
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