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Tamir Rice shooting: ‘Until cops start being jailed for killing black children like Tamir, they will continue killing us and hiding behind the legal system’ Tamir Rice was a 12-year-old boy playing with a toy gun. It also so happened he was black Terrell Starr New York Listening to Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy J McGinty explain why a …

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The Obama administration is hell bent to oust Syrian President Bashar al Assad. Determined to repeat the mistakes of Iraq and Libya, and caving to congressional war hawks, the CIA began arming rebels opposed to Assad. What could possibly go wrong? Plenty, apparently the CIA program was hijacked by Turkey and the weapons were diverted …

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Iraqi National Symphony conductor Karim Wasfi fights ISIS with music By Salim Essaid, CNN Updated 0643 GMT (1443 HKT) December 28, 2015 A bustling market is in moments a mass grave. To the inhabitants of east Baghdad, Iraq, this decor of charred vehicles and fallen structures after a bomb blast is an all-too-common sight. It’s …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:30am (ET) to …

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Evacuation from Syria’s Yarmouk camp paused Evacuation plan for armed groups from a Palestinian camp in Damascus is in limbo amid conflicting reports on pullout. Patrick Strickland | 27 Dec 2015 07:20 GMT | Humanitarian crises, War & Conflict, Middle East, Syrian crisis, Syria A plan to evacuate armed groups and families from the Damascus-area …

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Welcome to the Stars Hollow Gazette‘s Health and Fitness News weekly diary. It will publish on Saturday afternoon and be open for discussion about health related issues including diet, exercise, health and health care issues, as well as, tips on what you can do when there is a medical emergency. Also an opportunity to share …

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Christmas Day blaze guts Australia homes A Christmas Day bushfire has destroyed more than 100 homes in Australia’s Victoria state, officials say. Officials said 98 homes had been razed in Wye River and 18 at Separation Creek. No injuries are reported. Hundreds of firefighters have been battling the blaze along the famous Great Ocean Road …

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Russia, Taliban share intelligence in fight against ISIS By Brian Todd and Steve Almasy, CNN Updated 0340 GMT (1140 HKT) December 25, 2015 With the number of ISIS fighters growing in regional neighbor Afghanistan, Russian President Vladimir Putin is turning to an old enemy — the Taliban — to share intelligence. A spokeswoman for the …

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Saudi Arabia hospital fire: 25 killed and over 100 injured An overnight fire at a hospital in southern Saudi Arabia has killed at least 25 people and injured more than 100 others, officials said. The blaze broke out in the intensive care and maternity departments of the Jazan General Hospital, the Civil Defence Agency tweeted. …

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Can you pick The Onion without hovering your mouse over the links? Not much of a challenge really, but if you just looked at the headlines you’d have an easy 50 / 50 shot at being wrong.   At lottery-fixing trial, prosecutor wants Bigfoot kept out IOWA CITY, Iowa — Three friends involved in buying …

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