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Senator: Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war has killed 20,000

An opposition senator in the Philippines said the death toll in the government’s war on drugs has now surpassed 20,000 since President Rodrigo Duterte came to office in 2016.   In a speech before the Philippine Senate on Wednesday, Antonio Trillanes said the Duterte administration’s own report shows 3,967 « drug personalities » have been killed after allegedly…

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Abominate groups in US develop for third straight year: SPLC

The number of hate groups operating in the United States grew by four percent in 2017, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), an Alabama-based monitoring group. The SPLC identified 954 hate groups in the US last year, an increase from the 917 it had documented in 2016, the group said in a report…

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Capturing survivors yelp demand wander at Florida Capitol

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Survivors of the Florida school shooting descended on the state’s Capitol on Wednesday with one overarching message: It’s time for action. The students entered a gun-friendly political climate in Tallahassee, where lawmakers have rebuffed gun restrictions since Republicans took control of both the governor’s office and the Legislature in 1999. The…

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Dozens of Nigerian girls feared abducted by Boko Haram

Dozens of schoolgirls are feared to have been abducted by members of the Boko Haram armed group after their school in northeastern Nigeria was attacked this week.  A police commissioner in Nigeria’s Yobe state said as many as 111 girls were still unaccounted for after fighters attacked a secondary school in the town of Dapchi on Monday, forcing…

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Heavy metal figure skater performs to AC/DC on the ice

While we’re all content to watch Winter Olympics figure skating set to tasteful classical music, every so often someone comes to mix up the formula. Ivette Toth of Hungary hit the ice on Wednesday in a black leather ensemble, complete with fingerless gloves and a studded belt, and performed her short program to AC/DC’s « Back…

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Kashmir’s chief minister urges dialogue with Pakistan

Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – Chief minister of Indian-administered Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, has urged dialogue with Pakistan after a spate of deadly attacks on army installations in recent months.  Mufti, who runs the regional government in alliance with the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), recently said that there was no other option to stop the « bloodshed » in the Himalayan…

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Horsing around: Muller takes guidelines from equine partner

Thomas Muller was in excellent form for Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Tuesday, and his wife may have uncovered the secret behind his success. The Germany international struck twice in a 5-0 rout of Besiktas at Allianz Arena, which effectively guaranteed Bayern’s place in the quarter-finals ahead of the return fixture. But has…