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WWII Submarine USS Grayback Carrying 80 Men Discovered 75 Years After Disappearing
IFL Science 12 Nov 2019
A 75-year mystery is laid to rest this Veteran’s Day following the discovery of the USS Grayback (SS-208), an established World War II submarine that disappeared in 1944 with 80 crewmembers onboard ... The submarine was first launched on January 31, 1941, and would go on to serve nine combat patrols....
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Bolivia military, police ready for violent protests; Morales leaves for Mexico
Yahoo Daily News 12 Nov 2019
LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivia´s military and police readied on Monday to quell acts of "vandalism" posing a threat to citizens as La Paz braced for violent clashes with thousands of supporters of ousted president Evo Morales marching toward the capital city, where opposition protesters and police set up barricades....
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Daca: Dreamers take fight with Trump to Supreme Court
BBC News 12 Nov 2019
In order to qualify for Daca, applicants under the age of 30 are required to submit personal information to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including addresses and phone numbers ... In exchange, the US government agrees to "defer" any action on their immigration status for a period of two years....
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Former President Jimmy Carter hospitalized to relieve pressure in brain
Democratic Underground 12 Nov 2019
Former President Jimmy Carter was hospitalized Monday night for a procedure to relieve pressure on his brain caused by bleeding, The Carter Center said in a statement ... "President Carter is resting comfortably and his wife, Rosalynn, is with him," according to the statement....
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Chinese man held after 51 children and three teachers burned in kindergarten attack
South China Morning Post 12 Nov 2019
It said 51 pupils and three teachers were sent to Kaiyuan People’s Hospital and PLA 926 Hospital for treatment ... Kindergartens and primary schools have become targets in the past couple of years ... In March a kindergarten teacher in in Jiaozuo city, Henan, was arrested for allegedly poisoning pupils’ porridge, sending 23 of them to hospital ... ....
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UN watchdog: Iran’s violations of nuclear deal increasing
Stars and Stripes 11 Nov 2019
VIENNA — The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog reported Monday that its inspectors have discovered uranium particles of a man-made origin “at a location in Iran not declared to the agency.” ... The IAEA did not identify the site in the confidential quarterly report that was distributed to member states and seen by The Associated Press....
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Rocket fire after Israel kills Palestinian militant commander in Gaza strike
Yahoo Daily News 12 Nov 2019
The strike led to "substantial" rocket fire from the Gaza Strip towards Israel and air raid sirens rang out in parts of the country, Israel's military said, but it was unclear if it resulted in casualties or damage ... Islamic Jihad is the second most-powerful militant group in the Gaza Strip behind Hamas, to which it is allied....
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Air quality sinks to 'severe' in haze-shrouded New Delhi
Yahoo Daily News 12 Nov 2019
NEW DELHI (AP) — A thick haze of polluted air hung over India's capital Tuesday, with authorities trying to tackle the problem by sprinkling water to settle dust and banning some construction. The air quality index exceeded 400, about eight times the recommended maximum, according to the state-run Central Pollution Control Board....
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Ice loss causing Arctic to reflect less heat
BBC News 11 Nov 2019
The team of scientists from the US used satellite data, which stretches back to the early 1980s, to determine the level of the albedo effect in the Arctic. They found that sea-ice, snow on top of sea-ice and ice on land contributed equally to the region's albedo effect ... "We tried to quantify that impact as well," he said....
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Boeing 737 Max jets could fly again by January with safety checks under way
The Guardian 12 Nov 2019photo: Creative Commons / Steven Pisano
![2015 US Open Tennis - Qualies -Alexander Zverev (GER) [2] def. Nils Langer (GER)](http://ecdn4.wn.com/ph/img/e6/e4/b653d4a41149544158fee6f10d72-medium.jpg "2015 US Open Tennis - Qualies -Alexander Zverev (GER) [2] def. Nils Langer (GER)")
Sparkling Zverev tastes first victory over Nadal
The Saigon Times 12 Nov 2019
Tsitsipas beat Medvedev 7-6(5) 6-4 before Germany’s Zverev, the surprise title winner last year, thumped an out-of-kilter Nadal 6-2 6-4 to seal a rare hat-trick ... The Spaniard, who took his major haul to 19 this year, has a patchy record at the tournament ... It means so much to be playing here again where I won my biggest title last season....
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Premier League: Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp tells UEFA seminar that VAR decisions must improve
Yahoo Daily News 12 Nov 2019
The day after Liverpool beat Manchester City in a crunch match where VAR decisions were hotly disputed, the Premier League leader's coach Jurgen Klopp and other top football figures have suggested improvement is needed to the fledgling system ... "It is clear it's a process where they have to keep on improving," Klopp said....
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What if the Deep State Is a State-of-Mind, Hypocritical, and White Like Me?
WorldNews.com 11 Nov 2019
How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us," Donald Trump Jr ... for how he described in his book a visit to Arlington National Cemetery the day before his father's inauguration in 2017 ... President Donald Trump is hardly the first president to claim resistance from, and to express hostility toward, elements of the federal bureaucracy....
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Pneumonia kills a child every 39 secs: Health agencies
Deccan Herald 12 Nov 2019
In a report on what they described as a "forgotten epidemic", the United Nations children's fund UNICEF, the international charity Save The Children and four other health agencies urged governments to step up investment in vaccines to prevent the disease and in health services and medicines to treat it....
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Mexico arrests suspects in Mormon massacre
Raw Story 11 Nov 2019
Neither office immediately responded to AFP requests for further details ... Eight children managed to escape, six of them wounded. One 13-year-old boy helped the younger ones hide, then walked 22 kilometers (14 miles) home to get help ... Manuel Lopez Obrador’s struggles to rein it in....
