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Has America Plunged Into Agnotology – A Culture That Creates Ignorance And Stupidity?
WorldNews.com 20 Mar 2019
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas DarlingJust because you ignore the facts doesn’t mean they cease to exist. But you wouldn’t know this if you lived in America.Whereas Allianz’s chief economic adviser Mohamed El-Erian just said wealth inequality is a “good thing,” an aging nuclear industry wants more deregulation ... He makes a good point....
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New Zealand FM Will Visit Turkey To Confront Erdogan Over Shooting Comments
WorldNews.com 20 Mar 2019
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Foreign Minister Winston Peters would "confront" Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan over his comments on the recent mass shooting killed at least 50 people when a white supremacist opened fire at two Christchurch mosques on Wednesday, according to Reuters ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Trump Says 'Ridiculous' Mueller Report Should Be Released
WorldNews.com 20 Mar 2019
President Donald Trump said Wednesday he believes special counsel Robert Mueller's report should be released to the public, even as he disparaged its very existence as "ridiculous," The Associated Press reports."Let it come out, let people see it," Trump told reporters as he left the White House on Wednesday for a trip to Ohio ... ... ....
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Millions watched her kids on YouTube. Off-screen, she was beating and starving them.
Democratic Underground 20 Mar 2019
They cast spells and engage in Nerf wars. They go on a cookie capture mission, suspending themselves over a granite countertop in a handsome suburban kitchen to swipe their sisters baked goods ... Its color evoked a green room, almost like a staging area for their performances. They were being pepper-sprayed and beaten with belts, brushes and hangers....
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Senate Panel Calls FAA, Boeing Officials To Testify Over 737 MAX Plane Crashes Next Week
WorldNews.com 20 Mar 2019
A United States Senate panel will hold a hearing on March 27 to discuss the two fatal Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft crashes since October on Wednesday, according to Reuters. The Senate Commerce subcommittee on aviation and space will also schedule another hearing later with Boeing and other manufacturers to discuss aviation safety....
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Judge Blocks Trump Administration Plan To Drill On Federal Lands In Wyoming
WorldNews.com 20 Mar 2019
A federal judge ruled on Tuesday President Donald Trump's Interior Department violated federal law when it did not take into account the climate impact of its gas and oil leasing in the western United States, according to The Washington Post. U.S ... The judge temporarily blocked drilling on more than 300,000 acres of land in Wyoming with his ruling....
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More Democratic 2020 Candidates Consider Abolishing The Electoral College
WorldNews.com 20 Mar 2019
Democratic presidential hopefuls are including more and more progressive ideas in their platforms, including the plan to scrap the electoral college, the method used to elect U.S. presidents, according to National Public Radio ... The system was established by the U.S ... And the way we can make that happen is that we can have national voting....
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Battle For Islamic State's Last Enclave In Syria Nears Its End
WorldNews.com 20 Mar 2019
The group was also forced into retreat by numerous other local and foreign forces roused by its public displays of bloodletting and the attacks it plotted abroad.WN.com, Jim Berrie....
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Fake Pathologist For Germanwings Air Crash Victims On Trial In Netherlands
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Trump Says China Tariffs Could Remain In Place Indefinitely
WorldNews.com 20 Mar 2019
President Donald Trump said Wednesday his administration’s tariffs on Chinese imports could stay in place indefinitely until Beijing complies with a still-developing trade deal — which the president said “is coming along nicely,” CNBC reports ... Negotiations will restart next week when U.S ... businesses.“President Xi [Jinping] is a friend of mine....
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U.S. Concerned About Continuing India-Pakistan Tensions
WorldNews.com 20 Mar 2019
The United States remains concerned about India-Pakistan tensions as the nuclear-armed countries’ militaries remain on alert nearly three weeks after their most dangerous confrontation in decades, a senior U.S ... officials charge is harbored by Pakistan. Islamabad denies the allegation.On Feb ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
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Lion Air pilots were looking at handbook when plane crashed
The Guardian 20 Mar 2019
The investigation into the crash last October has taken on new relevance as the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and other regulators grounded the model last week after a second deadly accident , in Ethiopia .......
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Huge Plume-Producing Fire At Texas Petrochemical Tank Farm Finally Out
WorldNews.com 20 Mar 2019
A fire burning since Sunday morning and sending a huge plume of thick black smoke into the air at a Houston-area petrochemicals storage facility was extinguished early Wednesday, the tank farm's owner said, CBS News reported.Intercontinental Terminals Company said flames in all the tanks that were burning were out by 3 a.m ... ....
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Brazilian Prosecutor Says Mining Giant Vale Dismissed Dam Safety Efforts Before Disaster
WorldNews.com 21 Mar 2019
A state prosecutor told news website G1 executives at the mining giant Vale SA quashed attempts from Brazilian authorities to audit one of the company's mining dams just months before it collapsed, according to Reuters ... The legal team said they hired an auditor, the German firm Tuv Sud, in November ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Canadian Lawmaker Quits Trudeau's Liberal Party Caucus
WorldNews.com 21 Mar 2019
In a fresh blow to the embattled government of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a legislator quit his ruling Liberal Party to sit as an independent on Wednesday after defending a former minister at the center of a political scandal, Reuters reported.Trudeau has been on the defensive since Feb ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
