The opposition says the government ordered the move to avoid broadcasting their win.
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Monday, December 31, 2018
At End of a Violent Year, London Police Take No Chances in a Stabbing
By ANNA SCHAVERIEN from NYT World https://nyti.ms/2EZsLsL
Four More N.F.L. Coaches Get the Axe, Including Marvin Lewis
By VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports https://nyti.ms/2ApjnvD
Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Season of Turmoil
By KATIE THOMAS and CHARLES ORNSTEIN from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2EVPHt4
When Doctors Serve on Company Boards
By KATIE THOMAS and CHARLES ORNSTEIN from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2EVPKoK
Parkland school shooting survivors' anger at Louis CK routine
Survivors of the Florida school shooting hit out after the comic poked fun at them in a stand-up set.
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from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2GNMaQ4
Elizabeth Warren vs. Donald Trump: A Blow-by-Blow History
By NATALIE RENEAU and WHITNEY HURST from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2EYtiLF
How Early Do Presidential Campaigns Start? Earlier Than You May Think
By SARAH MERVOSH and MATT FLEGENHEIMER from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2SovnnU
Elizabeth Warren Announces She Is Running for President in 2020
By ASTEAD W. HERNDON and ALEXANDER BURNS from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2AnrSHv
California Today: A Hollywood Actor Remembered as a Working Dad
By JILL COWAN from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2EZzcNu
Syria conflict: Trump slows down troop withdrawal
The US president confirms reports that the withdrawal of US forces will be slower than he promised.
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from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2TeFz2q
Trump Orders 'Slowdown' in Syria Troop Pullout, but Christians Still Alarmed by Deadly Dangers
President Donald Trump has ordered a slowdown to the withdrawal of US forces in Syria. Nevertheless, for some Syrian Christians, the pending US pullout is hard to accept.
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from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2R0EX3U
Franklin Graham Suspended by Facebook, Blocked for His Biblical 'Hate Speech'
Evangelist Franklin Graham has revealed that he was recently suspended from Facebook for taking a stand for his biblical beliefs.
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Trump Orders 'Slowdown' in Syria Troop Pullout, but Christians Still Alarmed by Deadly Dangers
President Donald Trump has ordered a slowdown to the withdrawal of US forces in Syria. Nevertheless, for some Syrian Christians, the pending US pullout is hard to accept.
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from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2R0EX3U
Franklin Graham Suspended by Facebook, Blocked for His Biblical 'Hate Speech'
Evangelist Franklin Graham has revealed that he was recently suspended from Facebook for taking a stand for his biblical beliefs.
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from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2GPWHKu
Elizabeth Warren Takes Big Step Toward Challenging Trump in 2020 Presidential Race
Liberal Democrat Sen. Elizabeth Warren is taking the first major step toward launching a widely anticipated campaign for the presidency to challenge President Trump in 2020.
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from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2Rky3Wv
Communications Breakdown Between Trump, Democrats as Shutdown Enters a Second Week
The president and Democratic leaders traded punches via Twitter, but that's about as far as the communications have gone lately.
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from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2GNHZnm
Franklin Graham Suspended by Facebook, Blocked for His Biblical 'Hate Speech'
Evangelist Franklin Graham has revealed that he was recently suspended from Facebook for taking a stand for his biblical beliefs.
from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2GPWHKu
from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2GPWHKu
Elizabeth Warren Takes Big Step Toward Challenging Trump in 2020 Presidential Race
Liberal Democrat Sen. Elizabeth Warren is taking the first major step toward launching a widely anticipated campaign for the presidency to challenge President Trump in 2020.
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from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2Rky3Wv
US senator Elizabeth Warren takes step toward presidential run
The US Democratic senator announces she has set up an exploratory committee to consider a 2020 bid.
from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2s3Y6Tz
from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2s3Y6Tz
Communications Breakdown Between Trump, Democrats as Shutdown Enters a Second Week
The president and Democratic leaders traded punches via Twitter, but that's about as far as the communications have gone lately.
from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2GNHZnm
from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2GNHZnm
12 Teams, One Goal: A First Look at the N.F.L. Playoffs
By BILL PENNINGTON from NYT Sports https://nyti.ms/2EYOz8D
Meteor Showers That Will Light Up Night Skies in 2019
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR from NYT Science https://nyti.ms/2SvN2u6
US zoo intern fatally attacked by lion in North Carolina
Alexandra Black, 22, had recently graduated and started working at the centre only 10 days before.
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from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2EXJcWs
Pete Tong NYE 'balloon drop' cancelled after protests
Organisers had planned to release 130,000 balloons at a Manila nightclub to ring in the new year.
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from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2s13rLt
Iran TV chief sacked over uncensored Jackie Chan sex scene
A regional TV channel broadcast Jackie Chan's Shinjuku Incident without censoring an "immoral" part.
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from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2EZkNRs
Amal Fathy: Egypt court imposes jail term over harassment video
Amal Fathy faces two years in jail for criticising the state for failing to tackle sexual harassment.
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from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Rkn27y
Hopman Cup: Serena Williams & Roger Federer to play for first time
Roger Federer and Serena Williams will meet on court for the first time at the Hopman Cup on Tuesday.
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from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2AmrZTG
2019: The New Year begins with a bang in New Zealand
Auckland has said goodbye to 2018 and got the world's New Year celebrations officially underway.
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from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Ss0PBN
Australian cane toads hitch a lift on python's back after storm
Paul Mock filmed the cane toads riding the python, known as Monty, after a bad storm in Kununurra.
from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2GOcA4a
from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2GOcA4a
American Is Arrested in Moscow on Spying Charges
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR from NYT World https://nyti.ms/2CIEbzD
An Ongoing Look Into the Origins of Trump’s Wealth
By Unknown Author from NYT Podcasts https://nyti.ms/2EYPndB
N.Y. Today: A Party With 3,000 Pounds of Confetti, 1 Ball and Too Many People to Count
By AZI PAYBARAH from NYT New York https://nyti.ms/2R2cudI
Bangladeshi Food Is a Rarity Around New York. This Place Helps Fill the Void.
By MAYUKH SEN from NYT Food https://nyti.ms/2EWr8vW
Border Wall, N.F.L., New Year’s Eve: Your Monday Briefing
By CHRIS STANFORD from NYT Briefing https://nyti.ms/2BQthGn
Russian security agency arrests 'US spy' in Moscow
The FSB security agency says a US man named Paul Whelan has been charged with spying.
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from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2CHzCFI
Mother of the Hubble: Tributes paid to Nasa scientist
Dr Nancy Grace Roman, the first woman to hold a senior leadership position at NASA, has died at 93.
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from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2SoZ7kp
Duterte: Outrage as Philippines president says he sexually abused maid
Rights groups call the Philippine president's comments "repulsive" and "unworthy of his position".
from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2VjtESU
from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2VjtESU
2018: The Year in Visual Stories and Graphics
By THE NEW YORK TIMES from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2GLlDTy
Congratulations on the Promotion. But Did Science Get a Demotion?
By AARON E. CARROLL from NYT The Upshot https://nyti.ms/2RoLapw
NASA’s New Horizons Will Visit Ultima Thule on New Year’s Day
By KENNETH CHANG from NYT Science https://nyti.ms/2RqYh9J
The Origins of the Times Square Ball Drop
By RAILLAN BROOKS and ALEXANDRIA SYMONDS from NYT Reader Center https://nyti.ms/2CGuZvr
N.Y.’s New Attorney General Is Targeting Trump. Will Judges See a ‘Political Vendetta?’
By JEFFERY C. MAYS from NYT New York https://nyti.ms/2QcY5Gh
Castro Takes Manhattan: Vintage Pictures of the Cuban Conqueror as Tourist
By BILL KELLER from NYT New York https://nyti.ms/2QcY5WN
Superb Oddities: Robert Gottlieb Reviews a Biography of Edward Gorey
By ROBERT GOTTLIEB from NYT Books https://nyti.ms/2Vk7ccd
Bangladesh’s Leader Wins a Third Term but Opposition Contests Results
By JULFIKAR ALI MANIK and MARIA ABI-HABIB from NYT World https://nyti.ms/2CI02qY
Deadly blast ruins Russia housing block in Magnitogorsk
At least three people died in a suspected gas explosion in the city of Magnitogorsk.
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from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2EYqvTq
An American Photographer’s Pilgrimage to the Italian Village of Luzzara
By JOSEPH SCIORRA from NYT Lens https://nyti.ms/2Qd6cCI
Philippines deadly storm and landslides kill more than 60
An official says people did not take precautions as the storm was not classed as a typhoon.
from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2VkEYy4
from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2VkEYy4
3 Dead and Scores Missing in Russia Building Collapse
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR from NYT World https://nyti.ms/2VkIfxm
Year-End Storm in the Philippines Kills More Than 60
By JASON GUTIERREZ from NYT World https://nyti.ms/2R55gWI
Philippine President Says He Sexually Abused Housemaid as a Teenager
By JASON GUTIERREZ from NYT World https://nyti.ms/2AqsfRv
C.I.A.’s Afghan Forces Leave a Trail of Abuse and Anger
By MUJIB MASHAL from NYT World https://nyti.ms/2EZjOjT
In Orange County, a Republican Fortress Turns Democratic
By ADAM NAGOURNEY and ROBERT GEBELOFF from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2F0FQSR
‘The Train Was So Packed That It Was Difficult For Me to Do What I Always Did’
By Unknown Author from NYT New York https://nyti.ms/2SrN1ar
2 of New York’s Most Influential Offices Are About to be Held by One Person
By J. DAVID GOODMAN from NYT New York https://nyti.ms/2Tllzvc
What’s on TV Monday: New Year’s Eve Celebrations and Taylor Swift
By SARA ARIDI from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2AmjsAe
Armed Man in Tactical Clothing Headed to a Texas Church to ‘Fulfill a Prophecy,’ Police Say
By SANDRA E. GARCIA from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2CH9f2G
Trump Digs In, Darkening Hopes for a Deal to End the Shutdown
By MAGGIE HABERMAN and SHERYL GAY STOLBERG from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2Qdoeov
Obamacare, Ruled Invalid by Federal Judge, Will Remain in Effect During Appeal
By SARAH MERVOSH from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2GQ7rIL
Lindsey Graham Suggests Syrian Troop Drawdown Will Take Longer Than 30 Days
By MAGGIE HABERMAN from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2GIQ7p0
Quotation of the Day: C.I.A.-Led Afghan Forces Leave Grim Trail of Abuse
By Unknown Author from NYT Today’s Paper https://nyti.ms/2GMzf0B