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• At Venezuela’s Border, a Strange and Deadly Showdown Over Aid
  Sat, 23 Feb 2019 04:49:36 GMT-NICHOLAS CASEY, ANATOLY KURMANAEV and ERNESTO LONDOÑO
  Brazilian soldiers unload humanitarian aid for Venezuela from a Brazilian Air Force plane in Boa Vista, in northern Brazil, on Friday.
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• As Venezuela’s Politicians Fight Over Aid, Patients Die Without It
  Fri, 22 Feb 2019 12:19:30 GMT-ANATOLY KURMANAEV and ISAYEN HERRERA
  Nora Elicsa Casique, 8, in the intensive care unit of Central Hospital in San Cristóbal, Venezuela. She fractured her skull and right leg when the motorcycle she was riding on was struck by a truck. Her father has been hunting for medical supplies in pharmacies, on the black market and in Colombia.
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• ‘We Were Friends, and Then We Started Killing Each Other.’ India Recalls Partition. Carefully.
  Sat, 23 Feb 2019 08:46:17 GMT-KAI SCHULTZ
  The Partition Museum in Amritsar has videotaped accounts from survivors of the violence that followed the 1947 division of India, when Pakistan was created.
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• Amid Brexit Strains, Anglo-Irish Relations Are ‘Fraying’
  Sat, 23 Feb 2019 08:00:06 GMT-KIMIKO de FREYTAS-TAMURA
  Philip Donohoe’s dairy operation is vulnerable to British trade policies and Brexit.
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• Senegal’s President Tightens Grip on Power Ahead of Elections
  Sat, 23 Feb 2019 08:34:50 GMT-JAIME YAYA BARRY
  Posters supporting President Macky Sall of Senegal, in the capital, Dakar. Critics say he is using a string of infrastructure projects to gloss over a power grab.
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• The Vatican Is Talking About Clerical Abuse, but Italy Isn’t. Here’s Why.
  Sat, 23 Feb 2019 05:02:23 GMT-ELISABETTA POVOLEDO
  Gianni Bisoli, 69, said he was abused by priests when he was a pupil at the Antonio Provolo Institute, a Catholic school for the deaf in Verona, Italy. “The pope talks and talks, but doesn’t do anything,” he said of the clerical abuse scandal.
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• Japan Battles Worst Measles Outbreak in Years
  Fri, 22 Feb 2019 14:37:33 GMT-AUSTIN RAMZY and HISAKO UENO
  Since the beginning of the year, more than 160 people have contracted the virus, which was spread through a religious group and a Valentine’s Day gift fair.
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• ISIS Cases Raise a Question: What Does It Mean to Be Stateless?
  Fri, 22 Feb 2019 15:09:22 GMT-MEGAN SPECIA
  A detention camp in Syria holding people who fled areas that had been under the control of the Islamic State.
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• South Korea Awaits 2nd Kim-Trump Summit With Both Hope and Fear
  Fri, 22 Feb 2019 14:55:52 GMT-CHOE SANG-HUN
  A fence with messages expressing hopes for the reunification of the two Koreas near the demilitarized zone in South Korea.
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• For U.K.’s Labour, Anti-Semitism and Corbyn Are as Divisive as Brexit
  Fri, 22 Feb 2019 14:33:59 GMT-KIMIKO de FREYTAS-TAMURA
  The seven lawmakers who resigned from the Labour Party on Monday, including Luciana Berger, second from right, in London.
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• India Threatens a New Weapon Against Pakistan: Water
  Fri, 22 Feb 2019 06:16:53 GMT-JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
  Baglihar Dam on the Chenab River, which flows from India-controlled Kashmir into Pakistan. A water war could be catastrophic to the hundreds of millions of people in India and Pakistan who depend on river water.
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• Billionaire Wins Defamation Case Against Australian Media Group
  Fri, 22 Feb 2019 10:52:03 GMT-JAMIE TARABAY
  Fairfax Media, which owns the Sydney Morning Herald, was ordered to pay $200,000 to Chau Chak Wing, a well-connected political donor in Australia.
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• Social Media Posts Reveal NATO Soldiers’ Activities, Report Says
  Thu, 21 Feb 2019 20:33:54 GMT-PALKO KARASZ
  British soldiers taking part in NATO’s Trident Juncture exercise last year. Instagram photos and tagged locations offered outsiders opportunities to monitor the exercise.
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• Woman Dies After Eating at Michelin-Starred Restaurant in Spain
  Fri, 22 Feb 2019 00:07:31 GMT-ALAN YUHAS
  Bernd Knöller, head chef of RiFF restaurant, said he had closed it while the death of a woman who ate there was investigated.
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• In Latest Shift, Trump Agrees to Leave 400 Troops in Syria
  Sat, 23 Feb 2019 00:23:58 GMT-MARK LANDLER and HELENE COOPER
  Men suspected of being ISIS fighters waited to be searched by the Syrian Democratic Forces, which are supported by the United States, in Deir Ezzor province on Friday.
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• Michael Cohen, Robert Kraft, R. Kelly: Your Friday Evening Briefing
  Fri, 22 Feb 2019 23:37:24 GMT-PENN BULLOCK and DEBBIE BONDULIC
• Terrorism Watchdog Castigates Pakistan Over Aid to Militants
  Sat, 23 Feb 2019 05:01:33 GMT-MARIA ABI-HABIB
  Under Prime Minister Imran Khan, as with prior governments, Pakistan has declined to crack down on militants to the extent sought by international organizations.
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• Facing Protests, Sudan’s Leader Declares Yearlong State of Emergency
  Sat, 23 Feb 2019 02:53:53 GMT-DECLAN WALSH
  Sudan’s leader, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, imposed a yearlong state of emergency on Friday.
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• Canada Letter: They Left Canada for ISIS. Should They Be Allowed Home?
  Fri, 22 Feb 2019 20:53:51 GMT-IAN AUSTEN
  A detention camp in northeast Syria that holds people who have fled from areas formerly under ISIS control.
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• Pablo Escobar’s Home Is Demolished in Colombia, Along With a Painful Legacy
  Fri, 22 Feb 2019 20:45:32 GMT-MEGAN SPECIA
  The former home of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in Medellín, Colombia, being demolished on Friday.
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• 5 Children Die of Food Poisoning in Pakistan, Spurring Food Safety Concerns
  Fri, 22 Feb 2019 18:59:01 GMT-ZIA ur-REHMAN and MARIA ABI-HABIB
  In Karachi, five children from one family died of food poisoning on Friday, the latest of several incidents causing an outcry over lax enforcement of safety laws.
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• Saudi Sisters’ Plan to Escape to Australia Is Halted in Hong Kong
  Sat, 23 Feb 2019 04:14:27 GMT-TIFFANY MAY
  The women, who said they are 18 and 20, have appealed for asylum as their legal stay in Hong Kong nears an end, their lawyer said.
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• The Saturday Profile: In Beirut, a ‘Teeming Vision of the Inferno’
  Fri, 22 Feb 2019 17:18:50 GMT-VIVIAN YEE
  The filmmaker Nadine Labaki and her husband, Khaled Mouzanar, spent three years researching the impoverished neighborhoods where “Capernaum” is set. He’s the producer, co-writer and composer of the film, which has been nominated for an Oscar.
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• At War: The Problem With Memorializing Our War Dead Without Honest Accounting of History
  Fri, 22 Feb 2019 22:50:50 GMT-C. J. CHIVERS
  James Blaine’s military trunk, which includes a photo collage made by his brother Rob. The collage shows photos of James next to John Olson’s photo from when it was published in People magazine.
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• Family of American Imprisoned on Spy Charge in China Appeals for Help
  Fri, 22 Feb 2019 23:37:43 GMT-CHRIS BUCKLEY and EDWARD WONG
  “The Trump administration must use all tools available to prioritize bringing Mr. Li back home,” Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York, said on Thursday.
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• At War: Afghan War Casualty Report: Feb. 15-21
  Fri, 22 Feb 2019 12:20:41 GMT-FAHIM ABED
  At least 52 pro-government forces and 14 civilians were killed in Afghanistan during the past week.
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• North Carolina, Jussie Smollett, Peter Tork: Your Friday Briefing
  Fri, 22 Feb 2019 12:26:29 GMT-CHRIS STANFORD
  At a hearing in Raleigh, N.C., on Thursday, Mark Harris, the Republican candidate, said, “a new election is warranted.”
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• Yemen Dispatch: For Yemen Child Soldiers, a Refuge Mixes Play With Saudi Propaganda
  Fri, 22 Feb 2019 23:00:33 GMT-DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
  A child’s drawing of a battle scene, right, at the Saudi-financed rehabilitation center for child soldiers. At left, a child in red identifies himself on a hill, facing his enemy on the other hill.
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• How a Border Bridge Became a Flashpoint in Venezuela’s Crisis
  Fri, 22 Feb 2019 10:00:02 GMT-
  Venezuela’s president — and the U.S.-backed opposition looking to oust him from power — are using events at a barricaded border crossing to rally support. Here’s why both sides are only telling half the story.
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• Xinjiang, Labour Party, Venezuela: Your Friday Briefing
  Fri, 22 Feb 2019 04:54:54 GMT-PENN BULLOCK
  Tahir Imin, a Uighur, had his blood drawn and face scanned by the Chinese authorities in Xinjiang.
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• 200 U.S. Troops to Stay in Syria, White House Says
  Fri, 22 Feb 2019 12:51:56 GMT-ANNIE KARNI and THOMAS GIBBONS-NEFF
  American Special Forces last year at an outpost outside Manbij, in northern Syria.
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• Letter 95: The Media Is Not the Enemy
  Fri, 22 Feb 2019 02:01:57 GMT-DAMIEN CAVE
  President Trump with, from left, his press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders; his senior communications adviser, Bill Shine; the publisher of The New York Times, A.G. Sulzberger; and Times White House correspondents Maggie Haberman and Peter Baker.
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• Venezuela’s Ex-Spy Chief Urges Military to Turn Against Maduro
  Thu, 21 Feb 2019 23:11:05 GMT-
  In a video released on social media, Hugo Carvajal, a Venezuelan congressman and a former intelligence chief in Venezuela, urged the military to reject President Nicolás Maduro.
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• After SpaceX Launch, Israeli Spacecraft Begins Journey to the Moon
  Fri, 22 Feb 2019 03:02:38 GMT-KENNETH CHANG
  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying an Israeli moon lander and other payloads ahead of its launch from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Thursday.
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• North Carolina, Roger Stone, Jussie Smollett: Your Thursday Evening Briefing
  Fri, 22 Feb 2019 00:05:44 GMT-REMY TUMIN and DEBBIE BONDULIC
• Stop Asking Women About Childbearing Status, China Tells Employers
  Fri, 22 Feb 2019 05:03:11 GMT-AMY QIN
  Garment factory workers in Guangzhou, China.
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• Scores Killed in Bangladesh Blaze
  Thu, 21 Feb 2019 21:44:53 GMT-
  The inferno, which was set off when a car’s gas cylinder exploded, ravaged one of the most historic neighborhoods in Bangladesh.
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• Venezuela’s Ex-Spy Chief Rejects Maduro, Accusing Leader’s Inner Circle of Corruption
  Fri, 22 Feb 2019 03:02:06 GMT-ANA VANESSA HERRERO and NICHOLAS CASEY
  In 2017, the Treasury Department imposed sanctions against Tareck El Aissami, center, then vice president, calling him a “prominent Venezuelan drug trafficker.”
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• Bangladesh, Xinjiang, Venezuela: Your Friday Briefing
  Thu, 21 Feb 2019 21:09:25 GMT-ALISHA HARIDASANI GUPTA
  Tahir Imin, a Uighur who had his blood drawn and face scanned by authorities in Xinjiang.
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• Maduro Closes Venezuela’s Border With Brazil to Block Aid
  Thu, 21 Feb 2019 18:27:50 GMT-NICHOLAS CASEY
  President Nicolás Maduro ordered Venezuela’s border with Brazil closed on Thursday.
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• How Israel’s Moon Lander Got to the Launchpad
  Fri, 22 Feb 2019 19:22:24 GMT-KENNETH CHANG
  SpaceIL's Beresheet spacecraft, with technicians and the company's C.E.O., Ido Anteby, second left, in December.
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• Scores Dead in Bangladesh Fire: ‘This Isn’t About Poverty, It’s About Greed’
  Fri, 22 Feb 2019 10:12:21 GMT-JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
  Relatives of victims of the fire on Thursday.
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• China Uses DNA to Track Its People, With the Help of American Expertise
  Thu, 21 Feb 2019 19:07:59 GMT-SUI-LEE WEE
  Tahir Imin, a 38-year-old Uighur, had his blood drawn, his face scanned and his voice recorded by the authorities in China’s Xinjiang region.
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• Made on the Inside, Worn on the Outside
  Thu, 21 Feb 2019 16:26:25 GMT-ELIZABETH PATON and ANDREA ZARATE
  Peruvian inmates at work.
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• Pope Francis Opens Summit on Sexual Abuse
  Thu, 21 Feb 2019 14:18:48 GMT-
  Pope Francis opened a historic summit on child protection and the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse crisis, saying, “We hear the cry of the little ones asking for justice.”
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• Julie Bishop Quits Australian Politics, Adding to Exodus of Conservative Women
  Thu, 21 Feb 2019 13:04:20 GMT-JAMIE TARABAY
  Ms. Bishop, the former foreign minister, said she would not run in the next election. Last year she lost a party leadership vote that would have made her prime minister.
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• Gay Priests, Secret Rules and the Abuse of Nuns: Some of the Vatican Controversies as Bishops Meet
  Thu, 21 Feb 2019 17:03:16 GMT-MEGAN SPECIA
  Pope Francis at the Vatican this month.
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• Chinese Girl Finds a Way Out of Tedious Homework: Make a Robot Do It
  Thu, 21 Feb 2019 23:38:37 GMT-DANIEL VICTOR and TIFFANY MAY
  Upgrading a handwriting robot’s software at an exhibition in Guiyang, China. A student made the news in China for putting a similar machine to inventive use.
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