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Egypt's Sisi Officially Submits Candidacy for Presidential Elections
- January 27, 2018
The army said he had falsified his end of service documents. Anan's spokesman denied he had broken any laws. The military declined to comment on Anan's detention. Seven years on, Egyptians are still in quest of a new era with millions still believing Mubarak's era was better as dissidents, outspoken journalists and right activists now live under the shackles of the al-Sisi's regime that has rolled back the democratic gains achieved after the revolution. (more...)
- January 27, 2018
The army said he had falsified his end of service documents. Anan's spokesman denied he had broken any laws. The military declined to comment on Anan's detention. Seven years on, Egyptians are still in quest of a new era with millions still believing Mubarak's era was better as dissidents, outspoken journalists and right activists now live under the shackles of the al-Sisi's regime that has rolled back the democratic gains achieved after the revolution. (more...)
Davos Boos Trump for Attacking 'Fake' News Media
- January 27, 2018
Executives from companies including Siemens, Volvo, and Bayer announced upcoming investments into their US markets, all spurred by Trump's economic reforms and deregulation. Xi a year ago delivered the first address by a Chinese leader at the forum where he took up the torch of global trade to the delight of the well-heeled audience then anxious about Trump's inauguration. (more...)
- January 27, 2018
Executives from companies including Siemens, Volvo, and Bayer announced upcoming investments into their US markets, all spurred by Trump's economic reforms and deregulation. Xi a year ago delivered the first address by a Chinese leader at the forum where he took up the torch of global trade to the delight of the well-heeled audience then anxious about Trump's inauguration. (more...)
NY, Minn. File Suit Over $1B ACA Funding Cut
- January 27, 2018
As laid out in emails they received from HHS on December 21, the first quarter alone will see a $266 million cut to New York's program and a $32 million cut to Minnesota's. Grieco, assistant solicitor general; Howard Master, senior enforcement counsel; and Eric Haren, special counsel and senior adviser. "For each dollar Minnesota sends to Washington D.C., we get just 53 cents back", Swanson said. (more...)
- January 27, 2018
As laid out in emails they received from HHS on December 21, the first quarter alone will see a $266 million cut to New York's program and a $32 million cut to Minnesota's. Grieco, assistant solicitor general; Howard Master, senior enforcement counsel; and Eric Haren, special counsel and senior adviser. "For each dollar Minnesota sends to Washington D.C., we get just 53 cents back", Swanson said. (more...)
Germany anti-euro party to chair budget committee if SPD joins government
- January 27, 2018
Another party referendum will determine whether the SPD should accept the final coalition deal. There is also doubt over whether Merkel, known as "Mutti" (mother) in Germany, will see out the whole of what will be her fourth term as chancellor and there is speculation on who her successor might be. (more...)
- January 27, 2018
Another party referendum will determine whether the SPD should accept the final coalition deal. There is also doubt over whether Merkel, known as "Mutti" (mother) in Germany, will see out the whole of what will be her fourth term as chancellor and there is speculation on who her successor might be. (more...)
Czech Republic votes in run-off presidential election
- January 27, 2018
Zeman backed Donald Trump for the United States presidency before Trump's election in 2016 a rare position among leaders in Europe. Prague voter Lubos Horcic told AFP he was backing Drahos because "he will work to reconcile society and not divide it like Comrade Zeman", adding that Drahos was "moving towards Europe and the West and not towards the East". (more...)
- January 27, 2018
Zeman backed Donald Trump for the United States presidency before Trump's election in 2016 a rare position among leaders in Europe. Prague voter Lubos Horcic told AFP he was backing Drahos because "he will work to reconcile society and not divide it like Comrade Zeman", adding that Drahos was "moving towards Europe and the West and not towards the East". (more...)
Louvre Museum shuts down lower level as River Seine continues to flood
- January 27, 2018
As water levels approached the six-metre mark, police and military personnel were deployed to Villeneuve-Saint-Georges to help evacuate residents to a nearby sports centre. In 2016, several people died and the French capital's famous Louvre museum moved scores of artworks and precious artefacts to safety when the Seine rose to just over 6 metres. (more...)
- January 27, 2018
As water levels approached the six-metre mark, police and military personnel were deployed to Villeneuve-Saint-Georges to help evacuate residents to a nearby sports centre. In 2016, several people died and the French capital's famous Louvre museum moved scores of artworks and precious artefacts to safety when the Seine rose to just over 6 metres. (more...)
CM says no probe against Binoy Kodiyeri
- January 27, 2018
The secretariat, which took stock of the situation, put its weight behind party state secretary and Politburo member Kodiyeri Balakrishnan in the financial fraud involving his son Binoy. "It's very unusual and surprising that while the CPI-M special plenum clearly pointed out that Communists should live very modestly, and we recently saw the party ousting an MP because he was using an expensive pen and an iPhone". (more...)
- January 27, 2018
The secretariat, which took stock of the situation, put its weight behind party state secretary and Politburo member Kodiyeri Balakrishnan in the financial fraud involving his son Binoy. "It's very unusual and surprising that while the CPI-M special plenum clearly pointed out that Communists should live very modestly, and we recently saw the party ousting an MP because he was using an expensive pen and an iPhone". (more...)
Iraqi officers say United States plane mistakenly kills 7
- January 27, 2018
Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, long a critic of American military presence in Iraq, said in a statement the "American occupation proves its tyranny, its arrogance and its blatant aggression against the Iraqi government, its independence and its sovereignty, by indiscriminately and unjustly bombarding Baghdadi district which claimed innocent lives". (more...)
- January 27, 2018
Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, long a critic of American military presence in Iraq, said in a statement the "American occupation proves its tyranny, its arrogance and its blatant aggression against the Iraqi government, its independence and its sovereignty, by indiscriminately and unjustly bombarding Baghdadi district which claimed innocent lives". (more...)
A 'Millimeter' from Death: 6-Inch Screw Lodged in Teen's Skull
- January 27, 2018
His fall dislodged the wooden board, which then hit him, his mother Joy Elingsworth told CNN . 'It was very scary, one of the scariest things I've ever been through'. He was later airlifted to John Hopkins Hospital, where X-rays revealed that the piece of metal had wedged in between the two halves of the brain. The screw threatened to tear into the largest canal of the brain and drain blood and fluids. (more...)
- January 27, 2018
His fall dislodged the wooden board, which then hit him, his mother Joy Elingsworth told CNN . 'It was very scary, one of the scariest things I've ever been through'. He was later airlifted to John Hopkins Hospital, where X-rays revealed that the piece of metal had wedged in between the two halves of the brain. The screw threatened to tear into the largest canal of the brain and drain blood and fluids. (more...)
'Maze Runner' gets a bland, bloated finale
- January 27, 2018
The first two were big box office hits, but will part three live up to the hype? Then an accident happened with main Maze star Dylan O'Brien on the Death Cure set, shutting down production and causing a delay of almost a year, slowing that momentum. (more...)
- January 27, 2018
The first two were big box office hits, but will part three live up to the hype? Then an accident happened with main Maze star Dylan O'Brien on the Death Cure set, shutting down production and causing a delay of almost a year, slowing that momentum. (more...)
Pune girl detained in Kashmir likely to be handed over to family
- January 27, 2018
Sources said no incriminating documents or explosive device was seized from the alleged suicide bomber during her arrest. "After working out all leads, we were able to apprehend the suspect late last night (Thursday)", said Khan. Investigators said she was staying with her mother and other family members in Kondhwa and Yerwada area of Pune. Kashmir Police chief Munir Khan said that the police would reach to a conclusion only after interrogating the lady and verifying all the facts. (more...)
- January 27, 2018
Sources said no incriminating documents or explosive device was seized from the alleged suicide bomber during her arrest. "After working out all leads, we were able to apprehend the suspect late last night (Thursday)", said Khan. Investigators said she was staying with her mother and other family members in Kondhwa and Yerwada area of Pune. Kashmir Police chief Munir Khan said that the police would reach to a conclusion only after interrogating the lady and verifying all the facts. (more...)
Arizona Cardinals hire Al Holcomb, Mike McCoy and Jeff Rodgers
- January 27, 2018
Mike McCoy will join the Cardinals as the offensive coordinator. Unlike Wilks, McCoy has had head-coaching experience before, as he spent four seasons (2013-2016) guiding the San Diego Chargers from the sidelines. He wants to run the team on commitment, accountability and trust. I mean, you're talking about taking the air out of an individual. Kuechly led the National Football League with 153 tackles in 2014. (more...)
- January 27, 2018
Mike McCoy will join the Cardinals as the offensive coordinator. Unlike Wilks, McCoy has had head-coaching experience before, as he spent four seasons (2013-2016) guiding the San Diego Chargers from the sidelines. He wants to run the team on commitment, accountability and trust. I mean, you're talking about taking the air out of an individual. Kuechly led the National Football League with 153 tackles in 2014. (more...)
Rahul Gandhi's sixth-row seat at Republic Day Parade irks Congress
- January 27, 2018
Along with Mr Gandhi, senior Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad was also seated in the sixth row. Congress Party alleged that the gesture "is this (BJP) government's style as they want to demean the Congress party and its president in front of the ASEAN leaders and people of India - that now he and his party are no more relevant". (more...)
- January 27, 2018
Along with Mr Gandhi, senior Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad was also seated in the sixth row. Congress Party alleged that the gesture "is this (BJP) government's style as they want to demean the Congress party and its president in front of the ASEAN leaders and people of India - that now he and his party are no more relevant". (more...)
Saudi Arabia releases MBC's owner held on corruption charges
- January 27, 2018
Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal sits for an interview with in the suite where he has been detained at the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He gave the interview partly in order to disprove such rumours, Alwaleed said. Saudi officials could not immediately be reached for comment and the terms of his release were not immediately clear. (more...)
- January 27, 2018
Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal sits for an interview with in the suite where he has been detained at the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He gave the interview partly in order to disprove such rumours, Alwaleed said. Saudi officials could not immediately be reached for comment and the terms of his release were not immediately clear. (more...)
Mueller questioned 20 White House employees in Russia probe
- January 27, 2018
A few weeks later, two pairs of bipartisan senators unveiled legislation to protect Mueller if Trump tried to fire people in the Justice Department in a way that would eventually lead to getting rid of Mueller. Strzok was reassigned from Mueller's Russian Federation investigation following the discovery of anti-Trump text messages he and Page, who was also briefly detailed to Mueller's team, had shared. (more...)
- January 27, 2018
A few weeks later, two pairs of bipartisan senators unveiled legislation to protect Mueller if Trump tried to fire people in the Justice Department in a way that would eventually lead to getting rid of Mueller. Strzok was reassigned from Mueller's Russian Federation investigation following the discovery of anti-Trump text messages he and Page, who was also briefly detailed to Mueller's team, had shared. (more...)
Sherman deaths dominated double murder
- January 27, 2018
What a coincidence that just a short time after those revelations, with veritable egg on their face, police announced their revised belief that this was a double homicide after all - just like the independent probe had said. A gifted student, Barry Sherman entered the pharmaceutical trade through his uncle's Empire Laboratories, working for him while still at university before buying the company when his uncle died. (more...)
- January 27, 2018
What a coincidence that just a short time after those revelations, with veritable egg on their face, police announced their revised belief that this was a double homicide after all - just like the independent probe had said. A gifted student, Barry Sherman entered the pharmaceutical trade through his uncle's Empire Laboratories, working for him while still at university before buying the company when his uncle died. (more...)
Tillerson Blames Russia as 'Ultimately Responsible' for Chemical Weapons Attacks in Syria
- January 27, 2018
Earlier, Moscow slammed the allegations voices by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley that Russian Federation was by default "ultimately" complicit in all reported chemical attacks in Syria , due to its backing of President Bashar Assad, calling it a "propaganda attack". (more...)
- January 27, 2018
Earlier, Moscow slammed the allegations voices by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley that Russian Federation was by default "ultimately" complicit in all reported chemical attacks in Syria , due to its backing of President Bashar Assad, calling it a "propaganda attack". (more...)
Somewhat Favorable News Coverage Somewhat Unlikely to Impact Exelon (EXC) Share Price
- January 27, 2018
BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp increased its stake in Exelon by 2.0% during the 3rd quarter. Public Employees Retirement Association Of Colorado sold 9,271 shares as the company's stock declined 1.46% while stock markets rallied. (more...)
- January 27, 2018
BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp increased its stake in Exelon by 2.0% during the 3rd quarter. Public Employees Retirement Association Of Colorado sold 9,271 shares as the company's stock declined 1.46% while stock markets rallied. (more...)
Moscow Says Reserves Right to Respond to New US Sanctions
- January 27, 2018
Any attempt to browbeat Moscow into a policy change will be in vain, it stressed. Commenting on the new batch of restrictive measures, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Russia will not cave into pressure and reserves the right to retaliate. (more...)
- January 27, 2018
Any attempt to browbeat Moscow into a policy change will be in vain, it stressed. Commenting on the new batch of restrictive measures, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Russia will not cave into pressure and reserves the right to retaliate. (more...)
Andrew Brady is 'Celebrity Big Brother's lowest paid celebrity EVER'
- January 27, 2018
Not holding back, Andrew angrily declared he would be "ashamed" of his the controversial views about gay marriage she has publicly expressed in the house. He said: 'Where I'm from if you throw around comments like that you wake up in a f**king ambulance'. As he headed back into the house on his own, Ann could be seen shaking her head when she remarked "poor old Andrew". (more...)
- January 27, 2018
Not holding back, Andrew angrily declared he would be "ashamed" of his the controversial views about gay marriage she has publicly expressed in the house. He said: 'Where I'm from if you throw around comments like that you wake up in a f**king ambulance'. As he headed back into the house on his own, Ann could be seen shaking her head when she remarked "poor old Andrew". (more...)
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