| Marianne Williamson lays off 2020 campaign staff nationwide Posted: 02 Jan 2020 02:05 PM PST  Bestselling author and spiritual guru Marianne Williamson has laid off her entire 2020 campaign staff but is pushing ahead with her Democratic presidential bid, two former staffers said Thursday. A former campaign aide told The Associated Press that Williamson laid off her entire campaign staff on Dec. 31 because of financial concerns. The spiritual guru has barely registered in the polls since launching her quixotic bid for president last January .
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| Chinese Government Razes Over 100 Uighur Cemeteries, Images Show Posted: 02 Jan 2020 11:07 AM PST  The Chinese government has systematically razed over 100 Uighur cemeteries belonging to the Muslim minority group in Xinjiang province, according to satellite images reviewed by CNN.Working for months to review images and collaborate with sources on the ground, CNN found that dozens of official Chinese government notices announcing the "relocation" of cemeteries corresponded to the destruction of traditional cemeteries. Another 60 gravesites have vanished entirely, a fact the Chinese government did not deny."Governments . . . in Xinjiang fully respect and guarantee the freedom of all ethnic groups . . . to choose cemeteries, and funeral and burial methods," a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs read in part.One official explained a prior "relocation" as necessary "to meet the demand of city planning and promote construction."The destruction of Uighur cemeteries was first reported in October by AFP and satellite imagery analysts Earthrise Alliance. They found at least 45 cemeteries had been destroyed since 2014, and reporters on the ground found shattered tombs and discarded human bones.In southern Xinjiang, Uighurs were given two days to claim their dead or face "consequences" and the relocation of their deceased loved ones as "unclaimed corpse."China's totalitarian crackdown against the Uighurs has received attention after a trove of government documents leaked to The New York Times revealed how the Chinese were systematically incarcerating Uighurs and separating families in the name of "training."A report in November detailed how the Chinese government created a "Pair up and Become Family" program to assign Chinese men to live with and monitor the families of detained Uighur men in order to "promote ethnic unity."
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| U.S. consulate warns employees as gun battles rock Mexican border city Posted: 01 Jan 2020 10:56 PM PST  The United States consulate in Mexico's border city of Nuevo Laredo issued a security alert on Wednesday, warning against gun battles and urging government employees to take precautions. Gun battles have killed at least three people this week in the northern city bordering the Texas city of Laredo, media have said. It one of the Mexican cities where the U.S. government has sent asylum seekers to wait as their cases are decided.
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| Several thousand protest church bill in Montenegro Posted: 01 Jan 2020 02:02 PM PST  Several thousand people on Wednesday held protests in Montenegro against a religious property bill that is opposed by the Serbian Orthodox Church and Russia. Led by Serbian Orthodox Church priests, pro-Serb Montenegrins have been holding protest marches since last week. Peaceful religious protests were held Wednesday in the capital Podgorica and several other towns.
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