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Rescue ops by armed forces in Kerala sets off debate

Deccan Herald 18 Aug 2018

... contending that the scale of the operation was beyond resources available with the state government ... Even as Chennithala maintains that his criticism is not on political lines, the call for Armed Forces to take over the operations has also set off a political debate....

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US suspends financing for Syria stabilization projects

Middle East Online 18 Aug 2018

But officials denied the United States was pulling out of Syria, saying Washington will support long-term reconstruction, but only under the currently stalled 2012 Geneva roadmap, which requires a political transition in Damascus opposed by President Bashar al-Assad and his Russian allies ... - US wants Damascus 'political transition' -....

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Austria’s far-right government ordered a raid on its own intelligence service. Now allies are freezing ...

The Washington Post 18 Aug 2018

The operation has led to “paralysis” at the agency and questions about what happens when once-fringe political parties come to power ... ....

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Austria’s far-right government ordered a raid on its own intel. Now allies are freezing the ...

The Seattle Times 18 Aug 2018

The operation has led to "paralysis" at the intelligence agency and questions about what happens when once-fringe political parties come to power. "The alarms are going off," one senior European intelligence official said. "What happened in Austria reminds me of what autocrats would do." ... ....

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Democrats are embracing diversity ahead of crucial mid-terms

The National 18 Aug 2018

Hank Sheinkopf, a veteran political operative, said the Democrats had boosted their midterm chances by picking candidates who reflected the communities from which they came ... US politics swept by 'Blue Muslim wave' ... “People like myself and who normally wouldn't be in politics are rising up all over and I think that's what healthy democracy looks like,” she said....

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Belarus' Alexander Lukashenko dismisses top ministers, names new PM

The Times of India 18 Aug 2018

MINSK ... The 63-year-old leader has heeded some calls from the West to show more leniency towards political opposition, but opponents say their freedom to operate remains severely limited. ....

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Belarus' Lukashenko dismisses top ministers, names new PM

This is Money 18 Aug 2018

The 63-year-old leader has heeded some calls from the West to show more leniency towards political opposition, but opponents say their freedom to operate remains severely limited ... Advertisement. ....

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Beto O’Rourke, on a ‘suicide mission’ against Ted Cruz, is having the time of his life — and might even come out of it alive

Yahoo Daily News 18 Aug 2018

Political operatives from the Obama campaign banded together as “Battleground Texas” to brainstorm on strategies ... A Democratic operative told the Texas Observer he suspected the political machine in south Texas, where workers known locally as politiqueras expect to be paid to turn out voters (and have been arrested for election fraud and corruption ......

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This mafia style of government makes Trump a role model for all autocrats | Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian 18 Aug 2018

Trump has used it a political tool, which is why on Thursday no fewer than six former CIA chiefs signed a statement denouncing the move ... In each case, Trump took what had previously been regarded as a neutral function of government and abused it to punish those he deems political enemies. Trump won't recognise there are spheres of administration that are meant to operate free of executive interference....

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Italy mourns victims of Genoa bridge collapse with state funeral

This is Money 18 Aug 2018

The disaster has dragged toll-road operator Autostrade per l'Italia (ASPI), controlled by infrastructure group Atlantia , into a political storm ... Italy's populist ruling coalition on Friday launched a formal procedure aimed at revoking concessions held by Autostrade to operate toll highways ... Autostrade, which operates 3,000 km of motorways in Italy, ......

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The shelf company, one weird trick Paul Manafort allegedly used

Fast Company 18 Aug 2018

Among them. the definition of “shelf company,” a term that arose in relation to allegations that Manafort hid payments he received from Ukrainian political operations. advertisement ... That appearance of age can boost the company’s credibility and obscure the date when the company actually became active, which may reveal clues about its operations ... and Peranova Ltd ... Some, like Life’s Little Pleasures Inc....

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Around the nation

Decatur Daily 18 Aug 2018

FBI agents need to keep their politics and biases out of their day-to-day behavior and certainly away from their workflow ... Until recently, the various aggregations of alt-right sentiment were called fringe groups because they were exactly that — extremists operating on the loony edge of American politics ... And each branch of the military already has operations dedicated at least in part to space-based warfare....

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Taliban Chief: US Offers to End Afghan War 'Neither Rational Nor Practical'

Voa News 18 Aug 2018

Senior diplomat for the region, Alice Wells, led the U.S. delegation in the July 23 talks in Qatar, where the Taliban operates its so-called “Political Office ." ... Afghan officials said Saturday President Ashraf Ghani was consulting his aides, civil society representatives and government peace negotiators on whether or not the government should halt counter-insurgency operations during the upcoming Eid festivities ... ....

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