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PM Modi in Independence Day speech bats for creation of new India
The Prime Minister also said that since the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government came into power in 2014, the government has recovered Rs 1.25 lakh crore black money within three years. - I bow to all those who have sacrificed for the independence of the nation. Neither by bullet: nor by abuses but by hugging we can solve the problem of Kashmir .
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Trump considering pardon of former Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Arpaio was formally charged with criminal contempt-of-court after U.S. Department of Justice attorneys accused him of intentionally violating a federal judge's order. Along with Trump, Arpaio was at the center of the birther movement, insisting President Barack Obama's birth certificate had been faked. The sentencing in Arpaio's case will take place on October 5 and he faces 6 months in jail.
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Barack Obama's Charlottesville Tweet Is Second-Most Liked Tweet of All Time
The first part of Obama's tweet of comfort - both denouncing hate and calling for love - is now up to nearly 2.5 million likes and has over one million retweets. Lets come together as one! After bragging about the current strength of the economy, the president publicly addressed those at fault for the violence, condemning the racist actions of members of the KKK, neo-Nazis, and white supremacists .
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President Moon Pledges to Safeguard Peace, Stability of Korean Peninsula
What doesn't: a fiery war of words between North Korea and the United States president just ahead of the drills. He was assured later yesterday by visiting top United States general Joseph Dunford that USA military options being prepared against the North would be for when diplomatic and economic sanctions failed, South Korea's presidential office said.
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Protesters in North Carolina topple a statue of a Confederate soldier
Lee statue in the city. Governor Roy Cooper took to social media Tuesday to speak out against last weekend's violence in Charlottesville, Virginia and offer his suggestions for how best to handle Confederate markers in North Carolina moving forward.
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Island prepared for the worst: Guam governor
The missile plans were previously announced. North Korea's state news agency KCNA reported earlier in the day that leader Kim Jong Un had examined plans for a launch. "If we stick with our strategic end-state being denuclearization, then we're talking war and limited strikes are not going to take care of the problem if we decide truly we can not live with a nuclear North Korea", Scott Silverstone, a senior fellow with the school's Center on the Future of War , said.