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BC voters head to the polls today
NDP leader John Horgan had vowed to stop Kinder Morgan Inc's Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion, which the Liberals approved. Getting "big money out of politics", proportional representation and climate change are among the Greens' top priorities, said Weaver, whose party has banned corporate and union donations.
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18 frat members, frat, charged in Penn State student's death
Through grand jury testimony, police questioning and a review of Beta Theta Pi's complex video surveillance system, authorities have put together a harrowing narrative of the last hours of Timothy Piazza's life, from when he began the hazing ritual at the Penn State University fraternity, his fall down 15 feet of basement stairs to the 911 call for help the following morning and the desperate attempts by doctors to save his life.
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New South Korea president says he is willing to visit Pyongyang
In a discussion hosted by the Brookings Institution Tuesday, Jonathan Pollack, a senior fellow there, stressed that the US deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile system in South Korea could also create a possibility of cleavage between Washington and Seoul .
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Trump Criticizes Sally Yates For Michael Flynn Testimony
And in another tweet, the president seemed to denounce the hearings. The South Carolina Republican said the hacking was not the work of "some 400-pound guy sitting on a bed or any other country", a reference to a comment Trump has previously made on the matter.
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New South Korea President Moon Jae-in reaffirms US alliance
After leaving office two South Korean presidents have been jailed for corruption, one is awaiting trial, and another - Moon's own mentor - killed himself after being questioned over graft. "The Philippines is committed to further enhancing the relations with the ROK under President-elect Moon", he added. Xi also called for continued joint effort to defend hard-won achievements in terms of China-South Korea relations and to build mutual trust and properly settle differences based on mutual ...
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IS Video Purportedly Shows Beheading Of Russian Officer In Syria
In a previous video released by ISIS, Mr Petrenko was named as a Russian Federal Security Service colonel. "But during this I was discovered and arrested by the security services of the caliphate", the man said. air strike. However Russian Senator Vikor Ozerov apparently said, "there would be hell to pay", if the footage was proved authentic. Russian Federation has been directly involved in the war in Syria since 2015, and has been targeting both IS and moderate rebel groups.