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Ex-Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang jailed for 20 months over corruption
However, having received over 40 letters in support of Mr Tsang, the judge applied a discount of 10 months, giving him credit for a career of dedicated public service. The Independent Commission Against Corruption started the investigation against Tsang in 2012. February 2017: Tsang is charged with one count of misconduct while another count is quashed.
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Pro-Life Quotes From Norma McCorvey, 'Jane Roe'
You may know Norma McCorvey best by her alias, Jane Roe . Norma McCorvey , whose known for her legal challenge under the pseudonym "Jane Roe " which led to the U.S. Her 1984 public revelation as " Roe " drew an ugly response of hate mail and threats from those on the anti-abortion side. "I am dedicated", she said, "to spending the rest of my life undoing the law that bears my name".
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Iraqi Forces Take Area Around Mosul Airport
Separately, police forces in armoured vehicles were moving towards the sprawling Ghazlani military base on the southwestern outskirts of the city. "This is zero hour and we are going to end this war, God willing", Mahmoud Mansour, a police officer, said as he prepared to move out.
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French elections: centrist Bayrou offers alliance with Macron
Ms Le Pen said: "I clearly explained that in the political picture the least bad option is the politically realistic. The highest Sunni authority didn't have this requirement, but it doesn't matter", she said. Lebanon has some 1.5 million Syrian refugees. Le Pen's two-day visit to France's former colony has been seen as a way to boost her foreign policy image as well as target the votes of French citizens of Lebanese descent, many who fled to France following a civil war.
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Bodies of 74 migrants wash up on Libya's coast
Red Crescent spokesman Mohamed al-Misrati said the corpses had been recovered Monday near the city of Zawiya and the asylum seekers appeared to have died during the past two days. Leggeri blamed the high death rates on the very poor dinghies and vessels used by smugglers. Having largely closed off sea crossings between Turkey and Greece a year ago, the European Union is searching for ways to stem the flow of migrants from Libya.
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Vail Resorts buys Stowe Mountain Resort
The business includes AIG Affordable Housing (representing over 102,000 multi-family units across the United States), and the investment management of Stowe Mountain Resort . As reported by POWDER , Stowe - prior to today - was the only ski resort in America that had been under the same ownership since 1949. Vail Resorts will look to retain most of Stowe's employees and look to integrate the mountain in the Epic Pass for the 2017-2018 winter.