| Fire put out at 87-story residential skyscraper in Dubai Posted: 04 Aug 2017 02:06 PM PDT  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Police in Dubai reopened the streets around one of the world's tallest residential skyscrapers after firefighters put out a blaze that erupted early Friday in the high-rise, forcing residents to evacuate in the middle of the night and sending chunks of debris plummeting below.
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| Ethiopia lifts emergency rule imposed last October after months of unrest Posted: 04 Aug 2017 01:24 PM PDT  By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia on Friday lifted a state of emergency imposed last October following months of protests that killed hundreds of people. More than 29,000 people were arrested during the period and nearly 8,000 of them are on trial for taking part in the violence, Defence Minister Siraj Fegessa said. The unrest was provoked by a development scheme for the capital Addis Ababa and turned into broader anti-government demonstrations over politics and human rights abuses.
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| China 'coordinating with U.S.' in South China Sea search for sailor Posted: 03 Aug 2017 09:21 PM PDT  China said on Thursday that it was coordinating with the U.S. navy in the search for a missing U.S. sailor in the South China Sea, a rare show of goodwill between the navies in the disputed waters.
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| West Virginia governor Jim Justice defects from Democrats to support Donald Trump Posted: 03 Aug 2017 08:47 PM PDT  The governor of West Virginia has abandoned the Democrats to support President Donald Trump. Jim Justice, a 66-year-old coal mining magnate and the richest man in West Virginia, was elected as a Democrat governor in the November 2016 election - although he refused to endorse Hillary Clinton's presidential bid. He defeated the Republican candidate, Bill Cole. But, eight months after taking office, he has switched sides, and instead throw his weight behind Mr Trump. "This man is a good man. He's got a backbone. He's got real ideas," Justice said. "He cares about America. He cares about us in West Virginia." Jim Justice, governor of West Virginia, is to defect from the Democrats to the Republicans On Thursday night Mr Trump held a "Make America Great Again" rally in West Virginia, and earlier in the day he promised a "big announcement". Mr Justice is said to have friendly relationships with some members of Mr Trump's family. Before entering politics he gave money to politicians from both parties, and was at times registered as a Republican, Democrat and independent. A colourful character, standing six foot seven tall, Mr Justice made headlines when he brought a cow pat into the state congress to illustrate his complaints about the Republican budget proposal. "What we have is nothing more than bunch of political bull you-know-what," he said, pulling the lid off a silver platter to reveal the prop, placed on top of a printed copy of the budget. The news came as Mr Trump's approval rating hit a new low. The president, however, remains popular in West Virginia, where Mrs Clinton famously promised to "put a lot of coal miners out of work".
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| Trump told a big, fat lie: Boy Scouts leaders never said he gave the 'greatest speech' Posted: 03 Aug 2017 08:12 PM PDT  Not only did President Donald Trump earn zero achievement badges for his much-criticized Boy Scouts speech, but now he's also lying about the praise he's gotten from Scout leaders. After his politically-charged rant at the Boy Scouts of America National Scout Jamboree in West Virginia last week was lambasted, the president said "the head of the Boy Scouts" told him it was "the greatest speech that was ever made to them." Um, but the Scouts say that never happened, according to the Associated Press. SEE ALSO: Everyone is tweeting the Boy Scouts values after Trump turns jamboree into full-blown political rally All the guy had to do was say things that were appropriate enough for a bunch of kids to hear, but he just couldn't. Instead, he wound up talking about politics and a big sex yacht, causing Chief Scout Executive Michael Surbaugh to write a letter essentially apologizing to the world. But Trump (quite possibly in denial) encouraged people to forget about all the controversy, telling The Wall Street Journal (in an interview published by Politico) the scout leaders loved it. "I got a call from the head of the Boy Scouts saying it was the greatest speech that was ever made to them, and they were very thankful. So there was — there was no mix." Problem is Surbagh, the head of the Scouts and the one who wrote that apology letter, never made that call. Neither did the other top Scout, President Randall Stephenson, the Boy Scouts told the AP "We are unaware of any such call," the Scouts said. What is truth in 2017 anyhow? What a dumb thing to lie about. https://t.co/Oix38LOwbt — Anthony De Rosa (@Anthony) August 2, 2017 As a parent of a Boy Scout, this whole story from Trump's speech to this outrageous LIE infuriates me. How low will he go? — Mindy Grosh (@MindyGrosh) August 2, 2017 So Boy Scouts "Do Not Lie" BUT "Trump Lies" 45 NEVER A BOY SCOUT!! https://t.co/xhqVnm5HQj — UnitedWeStandNina (@Luv2salzzaNina) August 2, 2017 Trump lied about the BOY SCOUTS. A senior Scouts source says there was no call at all, let alone a call telling him his speech was the best. — Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 1, 2017 He lied about the size of his inauguration crowd, which we could all plainly see. Makes sense he'd lie even more about what we can't see. — shauna (@goldengateblond) August 1, 2017 UPDATE (and yes this is real life) Aug. 2 2:37 p.m. PT: Sarah Huckabee Sanders insisted during Wednesday's press conference that "it wasn't a lie" and that Trump heard from "multiple members of Boy Scout leadershop" who extended "quite powerful compliments." "The conversations took place," she added, referring also to a supposed conversation with the president of Mexico. "They just simply didn't take place over a phone call. He had them in person." WATCH: Trump bars transgender people from military, calls them a "disruption"
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| Pope Francis' allies accuses US Catholics of forming an 'alliance of hate' to back Trump Posted: 03 Aug 2017 07:18 PM PDT  Two people close to Pope Francis have accused ultra-conservative American Catholics of making an alliance of "hate" with evangelical Christians to back Donald Trump. Catholic priest Antonio Spadaro and Protestant theologian Marcelo Figueroa published a joint article in La Civilta Cattolica, a journal published by Jesuit priests in Rome and overseen by the Vatican, in which they denounced US Catholics for supporting the extremist positions of the American right, saying the world view of hard-line Catholics is "not too far apart" from that Islamist jihadists.
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| The Lexus-driving Vietnamese exec 'kidnapped' in Berlin Posted: 03 Aug 2017 05:32 PM PDT  Portrayed by Vietnamese officials as a Lexus-driving tycoon who flaunted his wealth while costing the state millions of dollars, Trinh Xuan Thanh fled the country as he fell under the cross-hairs of a corruption crusade by communist authorities. German media reported that Thanh, the former head of a state-linked construction firm, was bundled into a car on July 23 as he visited Tiergarten park in downtown Berlin by several armed Vietnamese security agents. Germany, one of Vietnam's largest European trading partners, on Wednesday decried the "scandalous violation" of its sovereignty, furiously dressing down the Vietnamese ambassador and booting out one of the country's spies.
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| Pilot could face homicide charges over Portugal crash landing Posted: 03 Aug 2017 04:28 PM PDT  A flight instructor and trainee pilot whose small plane killed two people during an emergency landing on a crowded Portuguese beach could face negligent homicide charges, prosecutors said Thursday. The two men refused to speak to reporters as they left court in Almada, across the River Tagus from Lisbon, where they were questioned behind closed doors. "The plane first hit the man, who had his back to it," Filipe Janeira, 34, who was at the beach, told daily Jornal de Noticias.
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| Dark Ages Fort Built by Mysterious 'Painted People' Found in Scotland Posted: 03 Aug 2017 03:34 PM PDT  A fort that is more than 1,000 years old, dating back to the time of Alfred the Great, has been unearthed in Scotland, more than 200 years after it was thought to have been completely destroyed. The ancient fort was built by the Picts, a loose confederation of tribes who lived in what is now Scotland during the Dark Ages. The fort was likely a major source of power for the Pictish kingdom between A.D. 500 and 1000.
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| Trump 'pressed Mexico to stop talk of wall payments' Posted: 03 Aug 2017 02:53 PM PDT  Donald Trump tried to press the President of Mexico to stop saying publicly that the Mexican government would never pay for the construction of a wall along the US's southern border. Mr Trump had promised during his presidential campaign that he would build a border wall, but the project has faced contracting delays and funding issues since he was sworn into office in January. In a call with Mr Trump on 27 January, a week after the US leader's inauguration, President Enrique Peña Nieto said his "position has been and will continue to be very firm" that Mexico cannot pay for the continuous barrier along its 2,000-mile border with the US.
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| Man Kept Woman and Her Kids Captive for 2 Years: Cops Posted: 03 Aug 2017 02:03 PM PDT  Kariem Moore is accused of somehow holding the woman and her two children hostage in a Virginia home for years.
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