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    FBI refused White House request to knock down recent Trump-Russia stories

    FBI refused White House request to knock down recent Trump-Russia stories Washington (CNN)The FBI rejected a recent White House request to publicly knock down media reports about communications between Donald Trump's associates and Russians known to US intelligence during the 2016 presidential...
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    Canada Is Surging Ahead In Clean Technologies

    Canada > America Canada Is Surging Ahead In Clean Technologies Clean technologies are increasingly being viewed as a future driver for the Canadian economy, creating well-paid jobs and export revenues. The recently released Global Cleantech 100, a rigorously researched list of the world’s...
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    $5 TRILLION Dollars

    President Donald Trump’s sweeping crackdown on undocumented immigrants will strain an already tight U.S. job market, with one study suggesting that removing all of them would cost the economy as much as $5 trillion over 10 years. That represents the contribution of the millions of unauthorized...
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    Nasa's 'holy grail': Entire solar system that could support alien life discovered

    We need to find out what their refugee policy is like. Nasa's 'holy grail': Entire solar system that could support alien life discovered Scientists have found a new solar system filled with planets that look like Earth and could support life, Nasa has announced. At least three of the seven...
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    Trump presidency has lead to Chinese New World Order

    Thanks Trump. Chinese president Xi Jinping has vowed to lead the “new world order” Chinese president Xi Jinping has vowed for the first time that China should take the lead in shaping the “new world order” and safeguarding international security, one of the latest moves putting him in stark...
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    Liberals unveil resettlement plan for 1,200 Yazidis

    Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen announced today that nearly 400 survivors have already arrived in Canada in the last four months since the House of Commons unanimously supported a Conservative motion that called on the government to provide asylum to an unspecified number of Yazidi women and...
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    Bodies of 74 migrants wash up on Libyan shore

    Bodies of 74 migrants wash up on Libyan shore The bodies of at least 74 migrants have been found washed up on the shore in western Libya after the engine of their inflatable boat was stolen, coastguard and aid officials said on Tuesday. Red Crescent spokesman Mohamed al-Misrati said the...
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    Liberal decline reverses in wake of Trudeau’s Trump visit – 5 point lead widens to 9

    I hereby declare Eaglesmack is silly. Canada > America Liberal decline reverses in wake of Trudeau’s Trump visit – 5 point lead widens to 9 in a week Ballot – Support for federal parties stands at 39.3 per cent for the Liberals, 29.6 per cent for the Conservatives, 16.9 per cent for the...
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    Crowds flock to Saudi Arabia's first Comic Con

    I LOVE Saudi Arabia!!! Crowds flock to Saudi Arabia's first Comic Con (CNN) Dressed all in black with her face exposed, Fatima Mohammed Hussein has come to Saudi Arabia's first Comi Con event dressed as Bat Girl. "The minute I stepped in, I couldn't believe this is happening here," she told...
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    White House fires senior NSC aide who criticized President Trump

    White House fires senior NSC aide who criticized President Trump The White House promptly fired a senior National Security Council aide after learning he openly bashed the President and several of his top advisers, including daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner. Craig Deare...
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    The first assassination attempt?

    Fighter jets scrambled near Trump's Fla. estate to intercept aircraft A pair of Air Force F-15 fighter jets were scrambled to intercept an unresponsive aircraft near President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Friday, creating a “sonic boom” that alarmed nearby residents, officials said...
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    Republican: Attacks on press are how dictators get started

    McCain: Trump’s attacks on press are 'how dictators get started' President Donald Trump’s attacks on the press echo the language of dictators, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” warning the nation to heed lessons of history. Attacks on the press, McCain said, are “how...
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    In less than a month, Trump cost US taxpayers as much as Obama in a year

    Donald Trump’s family’s trips have cost taxpayers nearly as much in a month as Barack Obama’s cost in an entire year. The US President’s three visits to his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida since his presidential inauguration, combined with his sons’ business trips, reportedly cost $11.3m (£9.1m)...
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    Mike Pence goes to Munich to soothe America's allies. He is unlikely to succeed

    Mike Pence goes to Munich to soothe America's allies. He is unlikely to succeed A word-cloud from a background briefing to journalists by White House officials on the eve of Mike Pence’s trip to this weekend’s Munich Security Conference, his first foray abroad as Vice President, would have...
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    America Is the 'Problem Now': Asylum Seekers Flee to Canada

    America Is the 'Problem Now': Asylum Seekers Flee to Canada A Somali man trekked 21 hours as temperatures hovered around 0 degrees Fahrenheit to make it across the northern U.S. border into Manitoba, Canada, CBC, a Canadian news agency reported. The freezing and exhausted man shared his story...
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    Canadians voice support for Muslims amid ‘hatred’ unleashed at Liberal MP

    And you're a racist if you disagree. Canadians voice support for Muslims amid ‘hatred’ unleashed at Liberal MP OTTAWA — Canada's Muslim community has received an outpouring of support in the wake of stinging personal attacks against a Liberal MP and her motion to condemn and combat...
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    The stupendously dishonest Tucker Carlson

    The stupendously dishonest Tucker Carlson Fox News yesterday told the Erik Wemple Blog to be ready to discuss the very broad topic of media bias and the 2016 election on our appearance last night on “Tucker Carlson Tonight.” Instead, host Tucker Carlson wished to discuss the appearance in The...
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    Government intervention into housing prices has helped Canadians

    Another victory for good governance. Average Canadian house price barely increased in past 12 months The average price of a Canadian home sold in January was $470,253, just 0.2 per cent more than the same month a year earlier. The Canadian Real Estate Association reported Wednesday that...
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    Canadians are not paying their fair share

    Canada misses out on nearly $50 billion in tax each year The federal government forgoes as much as $47.8 billion in uncollected taxes every year, according to a new report that Ottawa has yet to release. These billions represent only a fraction of all taxes that go unpaid because they don’t...
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    BREAKING: US National Security Advisor Resigns over Russian Involvement

    This is big. Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn resigns amid Russian controversy National security adviser Michael Flynn has resigned after reports he misled Trump administration officials about his contacts with Russia's ambassador to the U.S. Flynn's departure less than one...