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Bill Cosby in prison: Where he’ll go, what it will be like
The Mercury News 25 Sep 2018
Bill Cosby’s first stop as he enters the state prison system will be at the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix, a new $400 million, 3,830-bed prison in Collegeville, near Philadelphia ... When he arrives at SCI Phoenix, the staff will assess his physical, medical and security needs ... Related Articles ... ....
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China Denies US Navy Ship's Request For Port Visit In Hong Kong Amid Trade War Tensions
WorldNews.com 25 Sep 2018
American officials said Beijing denied a request for a U.S. Navy ship to visit Hong Kong on Tuesday, according to NBC News. The USS Wasp, an amphibious assault warship, was scheduled to make a port call in the former British colony of Hong Kong in October, according to diplomatic sources who spoke to Reuters. "The Chinese government did not approve a request for a U.S. port visit to Hong Kong by the USS Wasp," a spokeswoman for the U.S ... ....
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Thousands Of Georgetown Residents Told To Flee Rising Floodwaters In South Carolina
WorldNews.com 26 Sep 2018
Thousands of people were told to evacuate their homes in Georgetown, South Carolina, after rainfall from Hurricane Florence caused rivers to surge above their banks, threatening some neighborhoods with as much as ten feet of water on Tuesday night, according to Reuters ... The county prepared for evacuees by opening up two emergency shelters while hotels in nearby Myrtle Beach were offering discounts to anyone fleeing the floods....
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French man fined for sexually harassing woman on bus
RTE 26 Sep 2018
A French court has fined a man for insulting a woman during an assault on a bus, the first conviction under a new law that punishes sexual harassment in public spaces. The prosecutor's office in the south Paris suburb of Evry said the incident occurred last Wednesday when the 30-year-old man, visibly drunk, boarded the bus and spotted a 21-year-old woman ... ....
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Mexican Military Takes Over After Entire Acapulco Police Force Investigated For Drug Ties
WorldNews.com 26 Sep 2018
Federal, state police, and the Mexican military took over policing duties in the popular tourist spot of Acapulco in the Guerrero state after the entire local force was disarmed due to suspected infiltration by criminal gangs on Tuesday, according to Mexico News Daily ... ... Mexican officials have launched similar operations across the country, but it's unusual for a city with the population of 700,000 such as Acapulco ... ....
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Europe, Russia, China Join Forces To Create Mechanism To Dodge Iran Sanctions
WorldNews.com 25 Sep 2018
In the latest sign of the growing divide between Washington and its allies, the European Union’s foreign policy chief announced Monday that the bloc was creating a new payment mechanism to allow countries to transact with Iran while avoiding U.S ... On Nov. 4, a second round of penalties will fall on Iran's massive oil sector, which accounts for 70 percent of the country's exports ... financial system ... penalties on their operations....
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China Says Plots To Disrupt Ties With Pakistan Will Fail
NDTV 26 Sep 2018
Any plots to sow discord in China's ties with Pakistan will not prevail, the Chinese government's top diplomat said on Tuesday, as Beijing fends off criticism of its economic projects in Pakistan and... ....
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Special throne for Japan’s next emperor arrives in Tokyo
Sacramento Bee 26 Sep 2018
The special imperial throne to be used for the coronation of Japan's new emperor has arrived in Tokyo from an ancient imperial palace in Kyoto more than a year ahead of time....
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EU, China and Russia in move to sidestep US sanctions on Iran
The Guardian 26 Sep 2018
The European Union, Iran, China and Russia have set out a new plan to sidestep unilateral US sanctions designed to cripple the Iranian economy and force the Iranians to renegotiate the nuclear deal signed in 2015. European diplomats hope the proposed measure – known as a Special Purpose Vehicle – will help persuade an increasingly reluctant Iran to stay inside the deal in the hope of rescuing its economy ... 'There will be hell to pay'....
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EU has more pressing priorities than Brexit: French finance minister
DNA India 26 Sep 2018
The European Union has more pressing priorities than Britain's future relationship with the bloc, starting with its own future, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said. EU leaders last week rejected British Prime Minister Theresa May's proposals for post-Brexit trade, standing firm on their position that the plan would undermine their cherished single market ... ....
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Researchers find link between lung inflammation and anxiety
Deccan Chronicle 26 Sep 2018
Turns out, persistent lung inflammation may be one possible explanation for why having asthma during childhood increases your risk for developing anxiety later in life, a new study has revealed. In a study with mice, researchers found that childhood exposure to allergens was linked to persistent lung inflammation. It was also connected to changes in gene expression related to stress and serotonin function. ... end-of. ....
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Bill Cosby Ruled A Sexually Violent Predator, Sentenced To Three To Ten Years In Prison
WorldNews.com 25 Sep 2018
The comic once known as 'America's Dad' for his role on The Cosby Show, Bill Cosby was sentenced "no less than three years and no more than ten years" in state prison for aggravated indecent assault on Tuesday, according to CNN. Earlier on Tuesday, a Pennsylvania judge ruled Cosby was a sexually violent predator which meant the 81-year-old would undergo counseling for life and would appear on the sex offenders' registry ... ....
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Japanese Rovers Send Back First Images Ever Taken On An Asteroid's Surface
WorldNews.com 25 Sep 2018
Over the weekend Japan’s Hayabusa-2 spacecraft successfully landed two rovers on an asteroid – the first in history, IFL Science reported.Those two little rovers, called Rover-1A and 1B but together MINERVA-II1, have returned some amazing images from their mission at asteroid Ryugu, 280 million kilometers (175 million miles) from Earth.The first image sent back came from Rover-1A on Sept. 21 ... 22....
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Math Professor Claims To Have Come Up With Simple Solution To Longtime Puzzle
WorldNews.com 26 Sep 2018
The Riemann hypothesis was first poised in 1859 by German mathematician G.F.B Riemann.He proposed that the distribution of these numbers is very similar to a function called the Riemann Zeta Function. ζ(s) = 1/1s + 1/2s + 1/3s + 1/4s + … ... If you are famous already, you become infamous.” – Michael Atiyah“Nobody believes any proof of the Riemann hypothesis because it is so difficult,” he said....
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Erdogan: Turkey Will Keep Importing Iran's Natural Gas Despite US Sanctions
Sputnik 26 Sep 2018
The Turkish lira's slide is not linked to a diplomatic row with Washington, and the country's economic hardship has been exaggerated, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated in an exclusive interview to Reuters ... ....
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