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• Assad Forces Surge Forward in Syria as U.S. Pulls Back
  Tue, 15 Oct 2019 00:53:26 +0000-Ben Hubbard and Eric Schmitt
  Syrian government forces streamed into the country’s northeast, filling a vacuum opened up by President Trump’s decision to pull back in Syria.
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• Who Are the Kurds, and Why Is Turkey Attacking Them in Syria?
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019 21:09:11 +0000-Patrick Kingsley
  Why did Turkey invade? Why did America leave? How did the Kurds gain so much land? We answer 10 key questions about the Turkish invasion of northern Syria.
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• 14 Police Officers Killed in an Ambush in Mexico
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019 22:12:25 +0000-Elisabeth Malkin
  The attack, in an area drug gangs have battled over for decades, is a reminder of the challenges facing the president, who may end his first year with a record number of killings.
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• The Queen Speaks, but Is Overshadowed by Brexit
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019 19:56:49 +0000-Mark Landler and Stephen Castle
  By tradition, the queen’s speech is when the governing party lays out its legislative agenda. But Parliament is preoccupied with other matters just now.
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• Catalan Separatist Leaders Get Lengthy Prison Terms for Sedition
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019 19:58:24 +0000-Raphael Minder
  Spain’s Supreme Court gave the former deputy leader of Catalonia, Oriol Junqueras, 13 years. A Spanish judge also issued a new European arrest warrant for Carles Puigdemont.
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• Failed Notre-Dame Plot Leads to Shame, Regret and Heavy Sentences
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019 21:21:10 +0000-Elian Peltier
  The trial has shed new light on the role of women in homegrown terrorism in France.
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• Cell Service Returns to Kashmir, Allowing First Calls in Months
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019 19:25:58 +0000-Sameer Yasir
  After imposing a complete communications blackout two months ago, the Indian government on Monday partially restored cellphone service in the Kashmir Valley.
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• Rome University at Heart of Trump Inquiry Becomes a Vortex of Intrigue
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019 19:00:46 +0000-Jason Horowitz
  Italian newspapers that have depicted Link University as either a shady diploma mill or den of spies, unfairly tarnishing its reputation, its president says.
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• South Korean Politician Resigns After Weeks of Protests
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019 08:51:36 +0000-Choe Sang-Hun
  Ever since the appointment of Cho Kuk as justice minister, South Korea has been rocked by huge rallies for and against him.
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• Inside a Brazen Scheme to Woo China: Gifts, Golf and a $4,254 Wine
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019 19:24:05 +0000-Michael Forsythe, David Enrich and Alexandra Stevenson
  Confidential documents detail Deutsche Bank’s influence campaign and hiring practices in China. More than 100 relatives of top Communist Party officials got jobs.
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• Deal Struck in Ecuador to Cancel Austerity Package and End Protests
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019 21:42:05 +0000-José María León Cabrera and Clifford Krauss
  Under the agreement, the president pledged to withdraw from an I.M.F.-backed program that raised fuel prices, and Indigenous leaders agreed to call off more protests.
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• Tunisia Polls Suggest Conservative Professor Wins Election
  Sun, 13 Oct 2019 20:09:10 +0000-The Associated Press
  A conservative, Islamist-backed law professor looked set to assume Tunisia’s presidency in the country that unleashed the Arab Spring pro-democracy uprisings.
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• Trudeau’s Tough Fight Could Make Canada’s Small Parties Kingmakers
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019 04:01:01 +0000-Ian Austen
  As Canada’s election campaign heads into its final week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is locked in a tie with his Conservative challengers. But smaller parties could end up in a powerful position.
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• Boeing’s Board Acted After Months of Mounting Pressure
  Sun, 13 Oct 2019 23:28:13 +0000-Natalie Kitroeff and David Gelles
  The decision to strip Dennis Muilenburg of his chairman title culminated months of internal debate over whether to hold top executives accountable after the 737 Max crashes.
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• With No End to Unrest in Sight, Hong Kong’s Economic Pain Deepens
  Sun, 13 Oct 2019 18:32:19 +0000-Andrew Jacobs
  An unmistakable sense of alarm is spreading among both small business owners and corporate executives who see no way out of the impasse.
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• Pullback Leaves Green Berets Feeling ‘Ashamed,’ and Kurdish Allies Describing ‘Betrayal’
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019 11:44:42 +0000-Eric Schmitt, Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Ben Hubbard and Helene Cooper
  As Turkish forces cross into Kurdish areas of northern Syria, the orders from Washington to U.S. troops are simple: Stand back. Let the Kurds fight for themselves.
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• Police Officer Is Stabbed in Hong Kong During Flash-Mob Protests
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019 15:24:28 +0000-Mike Ives, Ezra Cheung and Tiffany May
  The rallies were spread across much of the city and reflected continuing anger over a ban on wearing face masks at public gatherings.
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• Poland Election: Law and Justice Party Holds on to Power, Early Returns Show
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019 10:06:35 +0000-Marc Santora
  The party’s twinned platform of aggrieved nationalism and government largess appeared to have secured it a new term in office.
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• Russia Bombed Four Syrian Hospitals. We Have Proof.
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019 19:24:10 +0000-Evan Hill, Christiaan Triebert, Malachy Browne, Dmitriy Khavin, Drew Jordan and Whitney Hurst
  The Times obtained thousands of air force recordings, which reveal for the first time that Russia repeatedly bombed hospitals in Syria.
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• ‘Our River Was Like a God’: How Dams and China’s Might Imperil the Mekong
  Sat, 12 Oct 2019 20:38:27 +0000-Hannah Beech
  A river system that feeds millions of people is in danger of being starved of the nutrients needed to sustain its life.
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• How a Few Grams of Pot Turned an American-Israeli Into a Geopolitical Pawn
  Sat, 12 Oct 2019 19:28:33 +0000-Isabel Kershner
  Naama Issachar, a yoga student arrested at the Moscow airport, has found her fate linked to that of a little-known Russian held in Israel and facing extradition to the United States.
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• Trump’s Abrupt Shifts in Middle East Unnerve U.S. Allies
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019 14:50:02 +0000-David D. Kirkpatrick, Ben Hubbard and David M. Halbfinger
  President Trump’s acquiescence to a Turkish raid on the Kurds in northern Syria alarmed allies for its unpredictability as much as its betrayal.
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• Gunmen Strike Mosque in Burkina Faso
  Sat, 12 Oct 2019 17:24:24 +0000-Reuters
  About 15 people were killed, suggesting the spread of an Islamist insurgency in West Africa.
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• India Vows to Restore Mobile Service in Kashmir
  Sat, 12 Oct 2019 15:46:44 +0000-Sameer Yasir
  The Indian authorities said many cellphones would begin working on Monday in the disputed region after two months of a communications blackout.
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• Those Foreign Business Ties? The Trump Sons Have Plenty Too
  Fri, 11 Oct 2019 23:41:24 +0000-Eric Lipton, Steve Eder and Ben Protess
  The Trumps have criticized Hunter Biden for doing business overseas while his father was vice president. Last month, the Trumps won approval in Scotland to build 500 homes.
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• Trump Orders Troops and Weapons to Saudi Arabia in Message of Deterrence to Iran
  Fri, 11 Oct 2019 23:48:50 +0000-Eric Schmitt and David E. Sanger
  The announcement came five days after Mr. Trump said his desire to end America’s “endless wars” led him to pull back troops from the Syria-Turkey border.
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• Poland’s State Media Is Government’s Biggest Booster Before Election
  Fri, 11 Oct 2019 18:27:51 +0000-Marc Santora and Joanna Berendt
  With state television firmly under the control of the ruling party, it has proved itself more valuable than any billboard or advertising campaign.
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• Like ‘Working in a Prison’: Six Years in the Hell of Syria’s Hospitals
  Fri, 11 Oct 2019 13:35:25 +0000-Carlotta Gall
  Dr. Omar Ibrahim was a resident in neurosurgery in Egypt when he decided to go to Syria “to achieve something different.” He is out now, but wants to return to war surgery.
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• Uber Acquires Cornershop, a Grocery Delivery Start-Up
  Fri, 11 Oct 2019 13:15:05 +0000-Kate Conger
  Although the growth of its core business has slowed, Uber is building its food and freight delivery services, among other ambitions.
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• Giuliani Pressed for Turkish Prisoner Swap in Oval Office Meeting
  Sat, 12 Oct 2019 00:42:14 +0000-Jo Becker, Maggie Haberman and Eric Lipton
  The lawyer had asked that President Trump and Rex Tillerson, then secretary of state, help a client who was accused in a more than $10 billion scheme to thwart sanctions on Iran.
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• For Poland, Nobel Prize in Literature Is Cause for Conflict as Much as Congratulation
  Thu, 10 Oct 2019 22:47:31 +0000-Marc Santora and Joanna Berendt
  When Olga Tokarczuk of Poland won the prize, the reaction was as divided as is the country itself. To some, she is an eloquent writer who captures Poland’s tragic history. To others, she is a traitor.
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• Brexit Gets Adrenaline Shot From Meeting of British and Irish Leaders
  Thu, 10 Oct 2019 19:31:33 +0000-Mark Landler and Stephen Castle
  Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain and his Ireland counterpart, Leo Varadkar, saw “a pathway to a possible deal” ahead of the Oct. 31 Brexit deadline.
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• In Poland, Nationalism With a Progressive Touch Wins Voters
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019 09:27:00 +0000-Marc Santora
  The ruling Law and Justice party looks likely to hang onto power in elections on Sunday by using an unusual blend of populism and progressive policy.
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• China Blows Whistle on Nationalistic Protests Against the N.B.A.
  Fri, 11 Oct 2019 11:02:52 +0000-Keith Bradsher and Javier C. Hernández
  China has clamped down on state media coverage and online discussion of an American basketball executive’s tweet about the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.
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• Ukraine’s President: ‘I Wanted to Be World Famous,’ but Not This Way
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019 10:17:29 +0000-Michael Schwirtz and Andrew E. Kramer
  Volodymyr Zelensky came to office vowing to fight corruption and forge peace. Then came the Trump phone call. Today, in a marathon news conference, he tried to start over.
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• Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke Awarded Nobel Prizes in Literature
  Thu, 10 Oct 2019 21:09:41 +0000-Alex Marshall and Alexandra Alter
  The 2018 and 2019 laureates were named at the same time because last year’s prize was postponed over a scandal involving a husband of an academy member.
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• Only a Locked Door Stopped a Massacre at a German Synagogue
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019 14:20:03 +0000-Christopher F. Schuetze and Melissa Eddy
  The gunman who fatally shot two people made clear that he chose his target intending to kill as many Jews as possible and that he hoped to impress extremists beyond Germany.
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• Apple Removes App That Helps Hong Kong Protesters Track the Police
  Thu, 10 Oct 2019 20:13:37 +0000-Jack Nicas
  Apple said it was removing the HKmap.live app, which was criticized by Chinese state media, because the Hong Kong authorities said protesters used it to attack the police.
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• Top Contender for Tunisia Presidency Freed From Jail, 4 Days Before Vote
  Thu, 10 Oct 2019 00:57:02 +0000-Lilia Blaise
  Nabil Karoui, one of the two candidates in the runoff to become Tunisia’s president, was released after threatening to seek postponement of Sunday’s vote.
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• Russia Couldn’t Stop This Putin Critic. Now It Has a New Tactic.
  Wed, 09 Oct 2019 19:00:44 +0000-Andrew Higgins
  Russian authorities stepped up their long campaign to silence the opposition leader, accusing him of taking foreign money, a charge he denies.
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• War Zone Stories, Liberated via Social Networking
  Thu, 10 Oct 2019 02:07:18 +0000-Vivian Yee and Hwaida Saad
  Vivian Yee and Hwaida Saad, who cover the Middle East, have found Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter and YouTube vital to getting information out of Syria.
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• Assailant Live-Streamed Attempted Attack on German Synagogue
  Thu, 10 Oct 2019 12:55:00 +0000-Melissa Eddy, Rick Gladstone and Tiffany Hsu
  A gunman tried to enter a synagogue in Germany during Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, in what officials called an anti-Semitic attack.
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• U.S. Disputes Finding That Airstrikes on Afghan Drug Labs Killed 30 Civilians
  Wed, 09 Oct 2019 13:18:01 +0000-Thomas Gibbons-Neff
  The American military said the facilities were funding the Taliban. But a United Nations report argued that those working in the labs were not “performing combat functions.”
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• The Green Revolution Spreading Across Our Rooftops
  Wed, 09 Oct 2019 09:46:54 +0000-Kelly DiNardo
  Green roofs can save energy, reduce air pollution and attract residents with their appealing look. Now, cities worldwide are enshrining them into law.
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• Turkey Launches Offensive Against U.S.-Backed Syrian Militia
  Fri, 11 Oct 2019 15:49:29 +0000-Ben Hubbard and Carlotta Gall
  President Trump condemned the attack on the Kurdish-led militia, which began days after he had greenlighted it.
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• ‘An Exorcism Must Be Done’: An Anti-Putin Shaman Sets Off Unrest
  Wed, 09 Oct 2019 21:10:39 +0000-Anton Troianovski
  With discontent growing in Russia, a mystic, helped by a video-blogging cabby, set off unheard-of protests in one of Siberia’s biggest cities.
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• In Paris Knife Attack, Missed Signals and Calls for Vigilance
  Wed, 09 Oct 2019 04:20:43 +0000-Adam Nossiter
  Police officials did not act on concerns by a killer’s co-workers, but President Emmanuel Macron called on the French to “be on the lookout.”
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• Mysterious Oil Spill Becomes New Environmental Crisis for Brazil
  Tue, 08 Oct 2019 18:08:52 +0000-Ernesto Londoño
  Brazil’s president said the government had a theory of what led to the spill, adding that a foreign country was on “the radar.”
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• Ally of Al Qaeda Killed in Afghanistan Raid, Officials Say, but Taliban Deny It
  Tue, 08 Oct 2019 18:23:54 +0000-Thomas Gibbons-Neff
  U.S. and Afghan officials say commandos killed Asim Umar, head of a Qaeda affiliate that has recruited many militants. The Taliban denied the claim.
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• Militia Commander Says It Will Attack Turkish Forces if They Enter Syria
  Wed, 09 Oct 2019 14:25:59 +0000-Ben Hubbard, Carlotta Gall and Eric Schmitt
  Turkey’s president said a Syrian operation was imminent but confusion remained over President Trump’s Syria policy.
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