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Cruz Says 'Washington Establishment' Has Dumped Rubio In Favor Of Trump
Mr Dole (92), an establishment grandee, told the New York Times on Wednesday that the party would suffer "cataclysmic" and "wholesale" losses in congressional and state elections if Cruz becomes the Republican nominee. Cruz and Trump are in a political battle for Iowa delegates. "So let's just pick somebody out of the phone book if we have to", he said. In a series of July 2013 tweets , Trump also wrote: "We should be concerned about the American worker & invest here".
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National Review stands against Trump
BuzzFeed News reported early Friday that the RNC had disinvited the National Review from a GOP debate it had been set to co-host on February 25 after its latest issue - called " Against Trump " - featured essays slamming the real estate mogul from leading conservatives including Glenn Beck, Erick Erickson and Russell Moore.
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North Korea arrests US university student
The University of Virginia's online student directory lists someone named Otto Frederick Warmbier as an undergraduate commerce student. Last year, a South Korean-born Canadian pastor arrested inside North Korea was sentenced to life in jail by Pyongyang.
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At least 21 die in boat sinkings in Greece
The number of refugees and migrants arriving by land and sea in the European Union surpassed 1 million for 2015 and a further 3,600 have died or gone missing, the United Nations refugee agency and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) stated on Tuesday.
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Florida reports first three Zika virus cases
Jeffrey Silvers, director of infectious diseases at Sutter Health. Fever, rash, and headaches are all symptoms resulting from the Zika virus, which is shared by mosquitoes. At the moment, the only method to combat the Zika virus, which is spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, is to clear bodies of stagnant water. In December, the World Health Organization designated Zika as a "serious" emerging disease that requires action as soon as possible.
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US may deploy aircraft carrier to Korean peninsula next month - Yonhap
The US and Japan deemed North Korea's actions to be "yet another violation of its obligations and commitments under worldwide law". "We hope all parties can maintain restraint, proceed cautiously, and avoid successively escalating tensions", said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei when asked about the U.S.