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A meteor hit the moon during the lunar eclipse. Here's what we know.
Democratic Underground 23 Jan 2019
On Sunday, January 20, viewers across the Western Hemisphere were treated to the rusty hues of the decade's last blood moon eclipse. But as people across the planet watched the moon glow crimson, some lucky observers caught an unexpected delight ... ....
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McConnell Blocks Bill To Reopen Most Of Government
WorldNews.com 23 Jan 2019
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) blocked legislation on Wednesday that would reopen most of the government currently closed during the partial shutdown, The Hill reported.Sen ... 30.McConnell, however, objected. It's the fourth time he's blocked the bill to reopen most of government ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
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Nurse Charged With Sexual Assault After Woman In Vegetative State Gives Birth
WorldNews.com 23 Jan 2019
Phoenix police announced on Wednesday they arrested a 36-year-old man on suspicion of sexually assaulting and impregnating a woman in a vegetative state who gave birth in December at a health care facility, according to CNN ... Sutherland was arrested and is booked on preliminary charges of sexual assault and vulnerable-adult abuse. Phoenix police Sgt....
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Russia Says 'Arbitray' Israeli Airstrikes On Syria Must Stop
WorldNews.com 24 Jan 2019
Israel did not immediately respond.Earlier on Wednesday, Netanyahu signaled that the Syria sorties would continue.“The IDF (Israel Defense Force) is the only military that is fighting the Iranian army in Syria,” he said during a visit to an Israeli army base. “I am certain in our ability to defeat the enemy.”WN.com, Jim Berrie . ....
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Pelosi To Trump: No State Of The Union During Shutdown
WorldNews.com 23 Jan 2019
The second track is a backup plan for a speech outside of Washington, D.C.In a network appearance Tuesday, White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley suggested the president could move the location of the speech should Pelosi block it in the House, Fox News reported.“There are many ways he can deliver the State of the Union address....
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German Anti-Immigrant Party Members Walk Out Of Holocaust Survivor's Speech
WorldNews.com 24 Jan 2019photo: AP / Fernando Llano
US, Canada, OAS Head Recognize Guaidó As The New President Of Venezuela
WorldNews.com 23 Jan 2019
"The people of Venezuela have courageously spoken out against Maduro and his regime and demanded freedom and the rule of law," Trump said, calling on others to follow his lead and vowing to "use the full weight of United States economic and diplomatic power to press for the restoration of Venezuelan democracy." ... ... ... ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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White House Asks For List Of Programs Affected If Government Shutdown Lasts Until April
WorldNews.com 23 Jan 2019
White House acting chief of staff and Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney was pressing agency leaders to provide him with a list of the programs that would be most affected if the partial government shutdown continues into March and April on Wednesday, according to The Washington Post ... The Post also reported the U.S....
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China Confirms It Arrested Australian-Chinese Writer Yang Hengjun In Guangzhou
WorldNews.com 24 Jan 2019
Chinese authorities informed the Australian embassy in Beijing it did detain prominent writer and activist Yang Hengjun, according to Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on Wednesday ... China's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman told a regular press conference she was unaware of the case ... What is happening? But it is very concerning ... ... ....
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Kim Jong Un orders preparations for new Trump summit: North Korea
Fox News 24 Jan 2019
Following the White House’s announcement about a second summit between President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un next month, the rogue regime’s leader has reportedly requested for preparations towards the meeting to begin ... ....
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Breaking The Silence: Who And What’s Behind Rise In Plagues At The U.S. Border?
WorldNews.com 23 Jan 2019
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas DarlingBlowback and unintended consequences from foreign wars and military entanglements aren’t the only plagues to have come home to roost in the United States. So too are the dramatic increases in infectious and untreatable diseases along its border with Mexico ... in Latin America ... Like Wendell Berry said ... ....
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Governor convicted of blasphemy freed from Indonesian prison
Yahoo Daily News 24 Jan 2019
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A polarizing Christian politician whose campaign comments ignited protests that were the largest in Muslim-majority Indonesia in years was freed Thursday after serving nearly two years in prison for blasphemy ... Rights groups said the sentence highlighted why the easily abused blasphemy law should be repealed ... ....
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Brazil's Top Prosecutor Warns Bolsonaro To Respect Indigenous Land Rights
WorldNews.com 24 Jan 2019photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar
Planetary Collision That Formed Moon May Have Made Life On Earth Possible, Study Finds
WorldNews.com 24 Jan 2019
The collision could also have imbued our planet with the carbon, nitrogen and sulfur needed for life to form, scientists reported Wednesday in the journal Science Advances.Back then, Earth was a little like Mars is today ... Though some volatiles existed in the core, they couldn't make their way to the planet’s outer layers ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
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