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• By Stifling Migration, Sudan’s Feared Secret Police Aid Europe
  Mon, 23 Apr 2018 03:45:09 GMT-PATRICK KINGSLEY
  Undocumented immigrants arrested last year by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces. The European Union has made the country a nerve center for an effort to counter human smuggling, but many migration advocates say the moral cost is high.
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• Holstering the K-Pop, South Korea Silences Propaganda at the DMZ
  Mon, 23 Apr 2018 07:26:35 GMT-CHOE SANG-HUN
  South Korean soldiers with loudspeakers in the Demilitarized Zone between the two Koreas in 2004.
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• Salah Abdeslam Convicted for Shooting Police After Paris Attacks
  Mon, 23 Apr 2018 11:51:26 GMT-ALISSA J. RUBIN and MILAN SCHREUER
  Salah Abdeslam
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• Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, Gives Birth to a Boy
  Mon, 23 Apr 2018 13:05:58 GMT-MICHAEL WOLGELENTER and ELLEN BARRY
  Outside St. Mary’s Hospital in London, where Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, gave birth to a son on Monday. The baby, a boy, is fifth in line to the British throne.
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• China, Feeling Left Out, Has Plenty to Worry About in North Korea-U.S. Talks
  Mon, 23 Apr 2018 04:17:37 GMT-JANE PERLEZ
  Kim Jong-un, center, at a banquet with President Xi Jinping of China, front left, in Beijing in March.
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• ISIS Spokesman Calls for Attacks on Arab Nations
  Mon, 23 Apr 2018 01:11:09 GMT-RUKMINI CALLIMACHI
  Young men taking selfies atop the ruins of Nebi Yunus shrine in east Mosul, Iraq, after it was liberated from the Islamic State in February.
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• With Death in Streets, Nicaragua Cancels Social Security Revamp
  Mon, 23 Apr 2018 07:16:51 GMT-FRANCES ROBLES
  Students clashed with the riot police during a protest against social security changes in Managua, Nicaragua, on Saturday.
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• 36 Killed in Tour Bus Crash in North Korea, Chinese Officials Say
  Mon, 23 Apr 2018 12:09:23 GMT-JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ
  A still image from China Central Television video footage showing an injured passenger at a hospital after a bus accident in the southern North Korean province of North Hwanghae.
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• Macron Takes a Risk in Courting Trump, but Has Little to Show for It
  Sun, 22 Apr 2018 14:01:57 GMT-ALISSA J. RUBIN and ADAM NOSSITER
  In July, President Trump and his wife, Melania, viewed France’s Bastille Day Parade on the Champs-Élysées with President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte.
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• Airstrike on Wedding Kills More Than 20 in Yemen
  Mon, 23 Apr 2018 12:10:12 GMT-SHUAIB ALMOSAWA
  The attack by the Saudi-led military coalition also wounded dozens, including the groom, with children among many of the dead and injured, according to a local official.
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• His Father Aided a Dictator. Paraguay Elected Him President.
  Mon, 23 Apr 2018 06:52:37 GMT-SANTI CARNERI and ERNESTO LONDOÑO
  Former Senator Mario Abdo Benítez, back center, with supporters after casting his vote in Asunción, Paraguay, on Sunday. His narrow victory further cemented South America’s rightward shift.
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• Professor Apologizes for Helping Cambridge Analytica Harvest Facebook Data
  Mon, 23 Apr 2018 02:04:45 GMT-MATTHEW ROSENBERG
  Aleksandr Kogan, the academic who created an app to harvest data from tens of millions of Facebook profiles, said the company knew what he was doing.
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• He Played at Death in a Gaza Cemetery. Then He Was Buried There.
  Sun, 22 Apr 2018 22:46:34 GMT-IYAD ABUHEWEILA and ISABEL KERSHNER
  The funeral on Friday of Muhammad Ayyoub, 14, who was shot by Israeli security forces, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, during clashes along the Israel-Gaza border.
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• In Cuba’s Change of Leadership, More Black Officials in Power
  Mon, 23 Apr 2018 04:27:16 GMT-FRANCES ROBLES and AZAM AHMED
  Paying homage to Fidel Castro at Plaza de la Revolucion in Havana in 2016.
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• Reporter’s Notebook: How’s the Air in London? ‘We Should Be Worried’
  Sun, 22 Apr 2018 23:02:30 GMT-CEYLAN YEGINSU
  Many visitors coughed and sneezed, and some children cried and ran out after entering the pods.
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• Tariff Dodgers Stand to Profit Off U.S.-China Trade Dispute
  Mon, 23 Apr 2018 02:59:50 GMT-KEITH BRADSHER
  The Yangshan port in Shanghai. To avoid tariffs on exports from China, brokers there arrange transshipments, which make a stop in another country on the way to their destinations to disguise the origin of the goods.
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• Redefine and Rebuild: Germany’s Social Democrat Leader Digs In
  Sun, 22 Apr 2018 18:15:53 GMT-MELISSA EDDY
  Andrea Nahles, after being elected as chairwoman of the Social Democrats in Wiesbaden, Germany, on Sunday.
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• Korean Air Heiresses, One Known for ‘Nut Rage,’ Lose Their Jobs
  Mon, 23 Apr 2018 04:02:24 GMT-CHOE SANG-HUN
  Cho Hyun-ah, center, a former Korean Air executive, leaving court after receiving a suspended jail sentence in Seoul in 2015.
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• That Shaggy Mutt? At Dog Museums, Our Drooling Companions Are the Stars
  Sun, 22 Apr 2018 16:17:15 GMT-LAURA M. HOLSON
  A new museum in Passau, Germany, celebrates the dachshund, a beloved symbol of Bavaria, with hundreds of paintings, books, statues and porcelain wares dedicated to the breed.
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• Zar Mountain Journal: Smothered by Smog, Polish Cities Rank Among Europe’s Dirtiest
  Mon, 23 Apr 2018 09:21:39 GMT-MACIEK NABRDALIK and MARC SANTORA
  Smog hangs over the valley below Zar Mountain, in southern Poland, where most villagers burn coal for heat in winter.
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• Manuel Valls, Ex-French Premier, Plots a Comeback ... in Barcelona
  Sun, 22 Apr 2018 14:17:15 GMT-RAPHAEL MINDER
  Manuel Valls, in black turtleneck, and Albert Rivera, center, the leader of the Ciudadanos party, attended a demonstration in Barcelona, Spain, in March.
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• Armenia Detains 3 Opposition Leaders Amid Protests
  Sun, 22 Apr 2018 16:20:03 GMT-REUTERS
  A demonstration in Yerevan, Armenia, on Saturday against the appointment of Serzh Sarksyan, the former president, as prime minister.
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• ‘So Many Bodies’: Bomber Kills Dozens Signing Up to Vote in Kabul
  Mon, 23 Apr 2018 09:08:04 GMT-MUJIB MASHAL and JAWAD SUKHANYAR
  Afghans at the site of a suicide bombing in Kabul, where people had gone in response to a push by the authorities to get more people to register to vote.
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• Kabul Journal: There Are No Chickens on Chicken Street. Now There Are No Customers Either.
  Sun, 22 Apr 2018 09:00:08 GMT-ROD NORDLAND
  At Kabul Leather on Chicken Street, furs and animal skins are for sale.
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• Satellite Images Reveal the Birth of a Drone Base
  Sun, 22 Apr 2018 07:00:04 GMT-
  Dust storms, scorching temperatures and lengthy delivery times have put the Pentagon’s new drone base in the Sahara in Niger more than a year behind schedule and $22 million over its original budget. Here is what images from space revealed about the construction process that started in 2016.
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• Dragon Boats Capsize in Southern China; 17 Rowers Drown
  Sun, 22 Apr 2018 23:12:08 GMT-CHRIS BUCKLEY
  The two dragon boats that capsized on the Taohua River in Guilin, China. Seventeen people are reported to have died when the boats flipped, throwing dozens of rowers into the water.
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• Saudi Arabia Says Toy Drone Shot Down in Capital Riyadh
  Sat, 21 Apr 2018 21:23:19 GMT-MEGAN SPECIA
  The state news agency says security forces shot down a toy drone flying in an unauthorized space on Saturday.
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• Inspectors Examine Site of Suspected Chemical Attack in Syria
  Sat, 21 Apr 2018 18:39:19 GMT-MEGAN SPECIA
  A plume of smoke rising in Douma, Syria on Friday.
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• Cannabis Flowers Are Legal in Italy. You Just Can’t Eat or Smoke Them.
  Sun, 22 Apr 2018 09:06:26 GMT-ELISABETTA POVOLEDO
  A greenhouse at Canapa Mundi, a three-day trade fair in Rome hat showcased hemp-based products in February.
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• Cubans Doubt a Change at the Top Will Bring Change at the Bottom
  Sun, 22 Apr 2018 02:10:07 GMT-AZAM AHMED
  Hanging clothes out to dry on Thursday, when Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez was formally named Cuba’s new president, ending decades of rule by the Castro family.
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• No Handshake, No Citizenship, French Court Tells Algerian Woman
  Sat, 21 Apr 2018 15:59:09 GMT-AURELIEN BREEDEN
  Newly naturalized French citizens during a ceremony in Nice in 2014.
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• News Analysis: Will Kim Jong-un Trade His Nuclear Arsenal to Rebuild Economy?
  Sat, 21 Apr 2018 15:42:22 GMT-CHOE SANG-HUN
  Kim Jong-un of North Korea in a photo by the official Korean Central News Agency from a performance in Pyongyang on Monday. Some political analysts believe Mr. Kim is prepared to bargain away nuclear weapons to achieve the sort of rapid economic growth seen in China.
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• The Interpreter: Where Countries Are Tinderboxes and Facebook Is a Match
  Sun, 22 Apr 2018 14:58:26 GMT-AMANDA TAUB and MAX FISHER
  A Buddhist mob set fire to Muslim-owned shops and homes in Digana, Sri Lanka, in March.
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• Could the U.K. Vote Again on Brexit? The Prospects Are Rising
  Sat, 21 Apr 2018 14:04:26 GMT-STEPHEN CASTLE
  A demonstration outside Parliament in March against Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union. Several groups have come together recently to make the case for a new vote.
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• Tiny Islands Make for Big Tensions Between Greece and Turkey
  Sat, 21 Apr 2018 09:00:13 GMT-PATRICK KINGSLEY
  Kastellorizo, which belongs to Greece, lies just a mile off the south coast of Turkey. Such islands give Greece the right to potentially exploit energy resources in the seabed nearby, which Turkey says is unfair.
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• Suspects in Attack on Ex-Spy Are in Russia, U.K. Newspaper Reports
  Fri, 20 Apr 2018 23:57:09 GMT-ELLEN BARRY
  The former Russian spy Sergei V. Skripal during his trial in Russia in 2006. He and his daughter were the victims of a nerve agent attack in Britain last month.
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• Michael Cohen, North Korea, Avicii: Your Friday Evening Briefing
  Fri, 20 Apr 2018 23:23:54 GMT-KAREN ZRAICK and BRENT MURRAY
• Four Killed in Gaza, as Weekly Protests Shrink
  Sat, 21 Apr 2018 00:33:23 GMT-ISABEL KERSHNER and IYAD ABUHEWEILA
  A Palestinian protester during clashes with Israeli security forces near the border east of Gaza City on Friday.
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• From Janitor to Chief Justice: Could Joaquim Barbosa be Brazil’s Next President?
  Sat, 21 Apr 2018 03:59:53 GMT-SHASTA DARLINGTON
  Joaquim Barbosa, center, who met this week with election officials in Brasília, is considering running for president of Brazil.
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• Modi May Pay the Price as India’s A.T.M.s Run Out of Cash Again
  Mon, 23 Apr 2018 03:31:47 GMT-HARI KUMAR and VINDU GOEL
  A customer being rebuffed by an A.T.M. in New Delhi. India’s government says an unusual spurt in demand has caused a shortage of cash, but economists say it is primarily the government’s fault.
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• Nicaragua Roiled by Protests Over Social Security Benefits
  Sat, 21 Apr 2018 02:20:02 GMT-KIRK SEMPLE
  Protesters clashed with the police in Managua, Nicaragua, this week during demonstrations against changes to the country’s social security program.
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• Nobel Panel Admits Inquiry Found Sexual Misconduct, but Nothing Illegal
  Sat, 21 Apr 2018 03:59:52 GMT-CHRISTINA ANDERSON
  People gathered in Stockholm on Thursday in a show of support for Sara Danius, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, who stepped down last Thursday.
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• A Canadian Terrorism Disclosure on a Times Podcast: the Canada Letter
  Sat, 21 Apr 2018 02:10:56 GMT-IAN AUSTEN
  Rukmini Callimachi at a church in western Mosul, Iraq, that had been converted into the headquarters of the Islamic State’s morality police.
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• Natalie Portman Backs Out of Israeli Award Ceremony
  Sun, 22 Apr 2018 15:03:21 GMT-ISABEL KERSHNER and MEGAN SPECIA
  Natalie Portman has been very critical of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.
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• A French Honor Not Always for the Honorable; Assad Returns His
  Fri, 20 Apr 2018 16:12:37 GMT-RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
  A Syrian official, left, handing the Legion of Honor medal awarded to President Bashar al-Assad of Syria to a representative of the Romanian Embassy in Damascus on Thursday. Romania is representing France’s interests in Syria, and Mr. Assad returned the medal before France could withdraw the honor.
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• A Trace of Novichok on Your Salad?
  Fri, 20 Apr 2018 15:52:17 GMT-MATTHEW LUXMOORE
  Alexei Yakushev has introduced a sunflower oil called “Novichok.” The label describes it as “Recommended by the K.G.B.”
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• Kangaroo Pelted With Rocks Dies in Chinese Zoo, and Fury Flies
  Fri, 20 Apr 2018 14:56:49 GMT-CHRIS BUCKLEY
  A 5-year-old male kangaroo at Fuzhou zoo in southeastern China, with a foot injury said to be from a visitor throwing a stone to make it jump. A 12-year-old female kangaroo died at the same zoo after being pelted with rocks.
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• The Saturday Profile: Long Before Cambridge Analytica, a Belief in the ‘Power of the Subliminal’
  Fri, 20 Apr 2018 19:54:53 GMT-ELLEN BARRY
  The offices of SCL Group in London. Its founder, Nigel Oakes, has stayed studiously in the background.
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