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House Republicans clash over secret memo
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/19/house-republicans-clash-release-the-memo-351132
House Republicans are sharply divided over how to handle a classified memo that President Donald Trump’s allies say contains explosive details of misconduct by senior FBI and Justice Department officials.
The memo, compiled by House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes and fellow Republicans on the panel, claims that senior federal officials abused a secret surveillance program, commonly known as FISA, to target the Trump campaign. It also alleges other federal law enforcement wrongdoing that some Republicans insist should lead to the firings of senior officials.
The memo, according to three people who have viewed it, raises questions about how the FBI handled a fall 2016 application for a warrant to surveil a Trump campaign adviser, Carter Page, and whether agents were forthcoming about the role a controversial dossier alleging Kremlin influence over Trump played in their decision to seek the warrant.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/19/house-republicans-clash-release-the-memo-351132
House Republicans are sharply divided over how to handle a classified memo that President Donald Trump’s allies say contains explosive details of misconduct by senior FBI and Justice Department officials.
The memo, compiled by House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes and fellow Republicans on the panel, claims that senior federal officials abused a secret surveillance program, commonly known as FISA, to target the Trump campaign. It also alleges other federal law enforcement wrongdoing that some Republicans insist should lead to the firings of senior officials.
The memo, according to three people who have viewed it, raises questions about how the FBI handled a fall 2016 application for a warrant to surveil a Trump campaign adviser, Carter Page, and whether agents were forthcoming about the role a controversial dossier alleging Kremlin influence over Trump played in their decision to seek the warrant.
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Deadly violence over disputed Honduras election result
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42763511
Police fired tear gas and cleared roadblocks made of burning tyres across the country. The death occurred in the northern town of Saba.
The protest was organised by supporters of the defeated opposition candidate.
Last month, incumbent President Juan Orlando Hernandez was declared the winner despite days of street protests.
On Saturday a local NGO in Saba, 210km (130 miles) north-east of the capital Tegucigalpa, said a 60-year-old man was killed and another person wounded when police opened fire on a roadblock, Reuters news agency reported.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42763511
Police fired tear gas and cleared roadblocks made of burning tyres across the country. The death occurred in the northern town of Saba.
The protest was organised by supporters of the defeated opposition candidate.
Last month, incumbent President Juan Orlando Hernandez was declared the winner despite days of street protests.
On Saturday a local NGO in Saba, 210km (130 miles) north-east of the capital Tegucigalpa, said a 60-year-old man was killed and another person wounded when police opened fire on a roadblock, Reuters news agency reported.
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MSM完全唔提
CNN個d
睇個勢係MSM唔提想sweep under the rug
唔記得都唔出奇點睇FISA Memo呢單野唔記得post，下面post翻先
如果真係mishandling，咁Muller可以唔洗查，但係公開要時間，要睇吓Muller夠唔夠快手
MSM完全唔提
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Kabul: Afghan forces 'end Intercontinental Hotel siege'
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42763517
A 12-hour siege of a luxury hotel by gunmen in the Afghan capital has come to an end, security forces say.
Six civilians, including a foreign woman, died at the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, along with three attackers, the interior ministry said.
Some 160 people were rescued after Afghan troops fought through the night to regain control of the building.
Questions are being asked as to how the heavily-armed gang was able to enter such a highly-fortified place.
No group has yet said it was behind the attack, although suspicion will fall on the Taliban who targeted the hotel in 2011.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42763517
A 12-hour siege of a luxury hotel by gunmen in the Afghan capital has come to an end, security forces say.
Six civilians, including a foreign woman, died at the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, along with three attackers, the interior ministry said.
Some 160 people were rescued after Afghan troops fought through the night to regain control of the building.
Questions are being asked as to how the heavily-armed gang was able to enter such a highly-fortified place.
No group has yet said it was behind the attack, although suspicion will fall on the Taliban who targeted the hotel in 2011.
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Angela Merkel's future in balance as riven SPD heads for crunch coalition vote
http://www.dw.com/en/angela-merkels-future-in-balance-as-riven-spd-heads-for-crunch-coalition-vote/a-42219049
Germany's oldest political party is also the one stuck with the biggest existential crisis. Some 600 Social Democratic Party (SPD) delegates — from the various state party organizations — are due in Bonn on Sunday to vote on whether to move into formal coalition negotiations with Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU).
The chancellor herself may well be clinging to her TV set in her modest apartment back in Berlin on Sunday, too. Although the delegates' decision is not final (the SPD's 440,000 members will also vote), what happens in Bonn, itself gripped by an actual storm this week, will probably show which way the wind is blowing.
http://www.dw.com/en/angela-merkels-future-in-balance-as-riven-spd-heads-for-crunch-coalition-vote/a-42219049
Germany's oldest political party is also the one stuck with the biggest existential crisis. Some 600 Social Democratic Party (SPD) delegates — from the various state party organizations — are due in Bonn on Sunday to vote on whether to move into formal coalition negotiations with Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU).
The chancellor herself may well be clinging to her TV set in her modest apartment back in Berlin on Sunday, too. Although the delegates' decision is not final (the SPD's 440,000 members will also vote), what happens in Bonn, itself gripped by an actual storm this week, will probably show which way the wind is blowing.
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Turkish jets bomb Syria's Kurdish-held Afrin
http://www.dw.com/en/turkish-jets-bomb-syrias-kurdish-held-afrin/a-42234813
Turkish warplanes on Saturday carried out airstrikes against Kurdish positions in the northwestern city of Afrin as Turkish-backed Syrian rebel fighters launched a ground offensive.
Military officials quoted by Turkey's state-run news agency said jets had hit more than 100 targets in the region. The Turkish army said the land and air assault aimed to hit positions held by the People's Protection Units (YPG) and "Islamic State" (IS) militants. However, IS is not known to have a presence in Afrin.
http://www.dw.com/en/turkish-jets-bomb-syrias-kurdish-held-afrin/a-42234813
Turkish warplanes on Saturday carried out airstrikes against Kurdish positions in the northwestern city of Afrin as Turkish-backed Syrian rebel fighters launched a ground offensive.
Military officials quoted by Turkey's state-run news agency said jets had hit more than 100 targets in the region. The Turkish army said the land and air assault aimed to hit positions held by the People's Protection Units (YPG) and "Islamic State" (IS) militants. However, IS is not known to have a presence in Afrin.
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Honduras' military clashes with protesters over president's re-election
http://www.dw.com/en/honduras-military-clashes-with-protesters-over-presidents-re-election/a-42241116
Security forces in Honduras used tear gas against rock-throwing protesters on Saturday as anger over the country's disputed presidential election continued to spill onto the streets, officials said.
At least one person was shot dead by police in the town of Saba, 210 kilometers (130 miles) northeast of the capital, Tegucigalpa.
Authorities tried to clear roadblocks of burning tires in several towns and cities following a call for a national day of strikes. Police say 12 people were arrested and four officers were injured, one seriously, in the latest confrontation with supporters of the center-left Opposition Alliance Against the Dictatorship coalition. The latest death takes to 31 the number of people killed during protests since the election. Hundreds of protesters have been jailed amid a worsening political crisis that the opposition says it will maintain at least until Hernandez's swearing in on January 27.
http://www.dw.com/en/honduras-military-clashes-with-protesters-over-presidents-re-election/a-42241116
Security forces in Honduras used tear gas against rock-throwing protesters on Saturday as anger over the country's disputed presidential election continued to spill onto the streets, officials said.
At least one person was shot dead by police in the town of Saba, 210 kilometers (130 miles) northeast of the capital, Tegucigalpa.
Authorities tried to clear roadblocks of burning tires in several towns and cities following a call for a national day of strikes. Police say 12 people were arrested and four officers were injured, one seriously, in the latest confrontation with supporters of the center-left Opposition Alliance Against the Dictatorship coalition. The latest death takes to 31 the number of people killed during protests since the election. Hundreds of protesters have been jailed amid a worsening political crisis that the opposition says it will maintain at least until Hernandez's swearing in on January 27.
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眾議院House Intelligence Committee的主席同幾個共和黨人寫咗一張機密的memo，當中指FBI同Justice Department的官員濫用秘密監控計劃去監控侵侵的選舉顧問，個計劃係based on Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)去執行。
The memo, according to three people who have viewed it, raises questions about how the FBI handled a fall 2016 application for a warrant to surveil a Trump campaign adviser, Carter Page, and whether agents were forthcoming about the role a controversial dossier alleging Kremlin influence over Trump played in their decision to seek the warrant.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/19/house-republicans-clash-release-the-memo-351132
部分共和黨人指，其中的不恰當行為可能會令資深官員下台。民主黨反對公開，而共和黨都有唔同意見。
The memo, according to three people who have viewed it, raises questions about how the FBI handled a fall 2016 application for a warrant to surveil a Trump campaign adviser, Carter Page, and whether agents were forthcoming about the role a controversial dossier alleging Kremlin influence over Trump played in their decision to seek the warrant.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/19/house-republicans-clash-release-the-memo-351132
部分共和黨人指，其中的不恰當行為可能會令資深官員下台。民主黨反對公開，而共和黨都有唔同意見。
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Anti-Kabila protests turn deadly in Democratic Republic of Congo
http://www.dw.com/en/anti-kabila-protests-turn-deadly-in-democratic-republic-of-congo/a-42243325
Demonstrators demanding the ouster of long-time President Joseph Kabila in the capital Kinshasa were met with live fire Sunday, resulting in at least five deaths and 17 wounded.
Police used both live ammunition and tear gas to scatter anti-government protesters who took to the streets following church services.
Protests were taking place across the country, including Goma and Lubumbashi. They are demanding the ouster of President Josef Kabila who has clung to power for 17 years.
http://www.dw.com/en/anti-kabila-protests-turn-deadly-in-democratic-republic-of-congo/a-42243325
Demonstrators demanding the ouster of long-time President Joseph Kabila in the capital Kinshasa were met with live fire Sunday, resulting in at least five deaths and 17 wounded.
Police used both live ammunition and tear gas to scatter anti-government protesters who took to the streets following church services.
Protests were taking place across the country, including Goma and Lubumbashi. They are demanding the ouster of President Josef Kabila who has clung to power for 17 years.
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Middle East Relationships, Explained Through An Interactive Map
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/30/middle-east-explained_n_6056786.html
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/30/middle-east-explained_n_6056786.html
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Germany: SPD meets to decide whether to accept coalition talks
http://www.dw.com/en/germany-spd-meets-to-decide-whether-to-accept-coalition-talks/a-42242452
Some 600 delegates from various state organizations of Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) gathered in the western German city of Bonn on Sunday to decide whether their party should begin formal talks with Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU).
If the SPD congress votes in favor of entering talks with Merkel’s conservatives and negotiations are successful, it could mean that Germany has a working government in place by Easter, ending what will have then been its longest period without one.
But many within the SPD are opposed to the idea of a renewed "grand coalition" — which is being called a "GroKo" in German — under Merkel 's leadership, fearing that the center-left party, already faltering in the opinion polls, could be weakened further by such a move. In particular, the leader of the SPD’s "Young Socialists" (Jusos), Kevin Kühnert, has voiced vigorous opposition, expressing concern that the party has already given too much ground in "exploratory" talks with the CDU/CSU last week.
http://www.dw.com/en/germany-spd-meets-to-decide-whether-to-accept-coalition-talks/a-42242452
Some 600 delegates from various state organizations of Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) gathered in the western German city of Bonn on Sunday to decide whether their party should begin formal talks with Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU).
If the SPD congress votes in favor of entering talks with Merkel’s conservatives and negotiations are successful, it could mean that Germany has a working government in place by Easter, ending what will have then been its longest period without one.
But many within the SPD are opposed to the idea of a renewed "grand coalition" — which is being called a "GroKo" in German — under Merkel 's leadership, fearing that the center-left party, already faltering in the opinion polls, could be weakened further by such a move. In particular, the leader of the SPD’s "Young Socialists" (Jusos), Kevin Kühnert, has voiced vigorous opposition, expressing concern that the party has already given too much ground in "exploratory" talks with the CDU/CSU last week.
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Taliban claims Kabul Intercontinental hotel siege
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/01/taliban-claims-deadly-kabul-hotel-siege-180121083158937.html
Afghan Taliban has claimed responsibility for an attack on Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel that left at least five civilians killed and six wounded.
Gunmen dressed in army uniform stormed the heavily-guarded hotel in the Bagh-e Bala area on Saturday evening, holding a siege that continued into Sunday.
Kabul: Afghan forces 'end Intercontinental Hotel siege'
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42763517
A 12-hour siege of a luxury hotel by gunmen in the Afghan capital has come to an end, security forces say. Six civilians, including a foreign woman, died at the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, along with three attackers, the interior ministry said.
Taliban claims Kabul Intercontinental hotel siege
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/01/taliban-claims-deadly-kabul-hotel-siege-180121083158937.html
Afghan Taliban has claimed responsibility for an attack on Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel that left at least five civilians killed and six wounded.
Gunmen dressed in army uniform stormed the heavily-guarded hotel in the Bagh-e Bala area on Saturday evening, holding a siege that continued into Sunday.
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Turkey starts ground incursion into Kurdish-controlled Afrin in Syria
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/21/turkey-starts-ground-incursion-into-kurdish-controlled-afrin-in-syria
Turkey said it had begun a ground incursion into the Kurdish enclave in Syria known as Afrin a day after intense aerial bombardment that signalled the opening of hostilities in a new phase of Ankara’s involvement in the war across the border.
The launch of the ground campaign by the Turkish military on Sunday, alongside Syrian rebel factions under Ankara’s tutelage, came on the second day of a military offensive called “Operation Olive Branch” by the Turkish government, with dozens of airstrikes hitting more than 150 targets in the Kurdish-dominated district from late on Saturday afternoon.
Kurdish militias shelled the Turkish province of Kilis across the border in response. A spokesman for the Kurdish militias that control the district said they had blocked the Turkish army-led initial attempt at a ground incursion on Sunday morning.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/21/turkey-starts-ground-incursion-into-kurdish-controlled-afrin-in-syria
Turkey said it had begun a ground incursion into the Kurdish enclave in Syria known as Afrin a day after intense aerial bombardment that signalled the opening of hostilities in a new phase of Ankara’s involvement in the war across the border.
The launch of the ground campaign by the Turkish military on Sunday, alongside Syrian rebel factions under Ankara’s tutelage, came on the second day of a military offensive called “Operation Olive Branch” by the Turkish government, with dozens of airstrikes hitting more than 150 targets in the Kurdish-dominated district from late on Saturday afternoon.
Kurdish militias shelled the Turkish province of Kilis across the border in response. A spokesman for the Kurdish militias that control the district said they had blocked the Turkish army-led initial attempt at a ground incursion on Sunday morning.
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Fourteen foreigners confirmed dead in Kabul hotel attack
http://www.euronews.com/2018/01/21/afghan-armed-forces-end-deadly-siege
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, which saw more than 150 guests flee, with some shimmying down tied-together sheets from upper-floor windows and others rescued by Afghan forces.
At least 14 other people were killed, while 153 people, including 41 foreigners were evacuated, said Danish.
Kabul: Afghan forces 'end Intercontinental Hotel siege'
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42763517
A 12-hour siege of a luxury hotel by gunmen in the Afghan capital has come to an end, security forces say. Six civilians, including a foreign woman, died at the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, along with three attackers, the interior ministry said.
Taliban claims Kabul Intercontinental hotel siege
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/01/taliban-claims-deadly-kabul-hotel-siege-180121083158937.html
Fourteen foreigners confirmed dead in Kabul hotel attack
http://www.euronews.com/2018/01/21/afghan-armed-forces-end-deadly-siege
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, which saw more than 150 guests flee, with some shimmying down tied-together sheets from upper-floor windows and others rescued by Afghan forces.
At least 14 other people were killed, while 153 people, including 41 foreigners were evacuated, said Danish.