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Freed 'Hotel Rwanda' Hero Rusesabagina Arrives in US
Voa News 30 Mar 2023
The man who inspired the film "Hotel Rwanda" and was freed by Rwanda last week from a terrorism sentence returned Wednesday to the United States, where he will reunite with his family after being held for more than two years ... soil." ... The person said Rusesabagina was on the ground and in a car heading to reunite with his family ... Rusesabagina, a U.S ... .
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Ukraine’s Zelensky predicts Putin moves if Russia wins battle for key city, invites China’s Xi
South China Morning Post 29 Mar 2023photo: AP / Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP
Russia stops sharing missile test info with US, opens drills
Pittsburgh Tribune Review 29 Mar 2023
about its missile tests, an announcement that came as the Russian military deployed mobile launchers in Siberia in a show of the country’s massive nuclear capability amid the fighting in Ukraine ... about planned test launches of its ballistic missiles, but Ryabkov’s statement reflected an abrupt change of course.
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Police Violence. Has France become a Police State? 3.5 Million People Mobilize against Macron. Bastille 2.0?
GlobalResearch 29 Mar 2023photo: Unsplash / MIKE STOLL
Senate votes to repeal two Iraq military authorizations
Fresno Bee 29 Mar 2023
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would repeal two decades-old authorizations to use military force against Iraq after supporters of the legislation had fended off floor efforts to amend it, including proposals that would have singled out Iran as a threat in the Middle East. Sens ... The Senate voted 66-30 to repeal both ... .
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Vatican: Pope to be hospitalized for days for lung infection
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 29 Mar 2023
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis was hospitalized with a lung infection Wednesday after experiencing difficulty breathing in recent days and will remain in the hospital for several days of treatment, the Vatican said. The 86-year-old pope doesn't have COVID-19, spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement late Wednesday ... But in a Jan ... .
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Mexican president vows to deliver justice for migrants killed in fire
Reuters 29 Mar 2023
Authorities believe the fire late on Monday, which killed mostly men from Guatemala and other Central American countries, was started by migrants setting alight mattresses in an act of protest when they discovered they would be deported. An investigation is underway to determine ...
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Uganda deploys 1,000 troops to eastern Congo
Anadolu Agency 29 Mar 2023
Uganda on Wednesday flagged off 1,000 Ugandan troops to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo under the regional East African community force. They have been flagged off by Uganda people’s defense forces (UPDF) commander for Land Forces, Lt. Gen ... Hundreds of residents from both sides of the border attended the flag-off ceremony ... Lt. Gen ... .
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Italy sweetens to its honeymoon prime minister
The Times/The Sunday Times 29 Mar 2023
Giorgia Meloni’s credibility abroad surged last week, and all it took was an off-the-cuff comment to MPs in Rome. The Italian prime minister was under increasing pressure to halt Italy’s arms shipments to Ukraine ... Related articles ... .
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‘History in the making’: UN poised to take unprecedented vote on the climate crisis
CNN 29 Mar 2023
Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu on Wednesday is poised to win a historic vote at the United Nations that would call on the world’s highest court to issue an unprecedented legal opinion on the obligation countries have to address the climate crisis ... “It’s an enormous impact,” he said.
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Opposition turns heat on Kenya government with demonstrations focused on Nairobi
News24 29 Mar 2023photo: AP / Daniel Cole, File
UN agrees on role for Int’l Court of Justice in climate change
Al Jazeera 30 Mar 2023
Leading the initiative was the Pacific nation of Vanuatu – an archipelago of roughly 80 islands spread across 1,300 kilometres – which was hit by two Category 4 cyclones within three days earlier this month ... In 2011, Palau announced plans to ask the ICJ for an opinion on the responsibilities nations had regarding climate change.
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Fernandez, Biden hold talks amid Argentina's economic strain
Democratic Underground 29 Mar 2023
He also noted the Russias war in Ukraine has caused rippling effects on his countrys economy and others. Read more ... I think we have an enormous opportunity to increase our economic interchange, our economic integration on everything from clean energy to critical minerals to technology to security, Biden said. .
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Turkmenistan to build $5-B city for leader
The Manila Times 29 Mar 2023
ASHGABAT ... "The first phase of construction of the city of Arkadag costs $3.3 billion," said Deryageldi Orazov, an official heading a state committee in charge of its construction. "The second phase will cost about $1.5 billion, according to our estimates." ... Arkadag, which is in an earthquake zone, will eventually have a population of about 73,000 ... ....
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Netanyahu rebuffs Biden’s suggestion he ‘walk away’ from legal overhaul in Israel
The Irish Times 29 Mar 2023
Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu rebuffed US president Joe Biden’s suggestion that the premier “walks away” from a contentious plan to overhaul the legal system, saying the country made its own decisions ... Asked by reporters late on Tuesday what he hoped the Mr Netanyahu did with the legislation, Mr Biden said ... READ MORE ... Photograph. AP ... AP.