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New York assigns sex crimes prosecutor to Weinstein case

Harvey Weinstein kicks off the Film Finance Circle conference with an informal discussion at the inaugural Middle East International Film Festival in Abu Dhabi, UAE, October 15, 2007. REUTERS/Steve Crisp/Files NEW YORK: The Manhattan district attorney has assigned a senior *** crimes prosecutor to investigate allegations against Harvey Weinstein, his office confirmed Friday after another actress accused the fallen Hollywood mogul of rape. "A senior *** crimes prosecutor is assigned to this inv
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Car invasion halts Indian game

NEW DELHI: A man drove his car onto the pitch during an Indian championship cricket game Friday, forcing the interruption of the match after claiming he had lost his way. Indian stars including Gautam Gambhir and Ishant Sharma had to return to the pavilion after the car parked near the bowling strip during the game between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. The driver said he got lost and strayed into the Air Force ground in New Delhi. But the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said it would
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Ruff day for Louisiana court as 'lawyer, dawg' leaves jurists growling for clarity

The early morning sun can be seen behind the US Supreme Court building in Washington, DC, US, June 5, 2017. AFP/Getty Images North America/Mark Wilson/Files  WASHINGTON: When suspect Warren Demesme told New Orleans police to "just give me a lawyer dog," he thought he was exercising his right to counsel, albeit with a touch of slang. Unfortunately, neither detectives nor the Louisiana Supreme Court saw it that way. The court ruled officers were not required to stop interviewing the 22-year-o
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London police 'investigate' Spacey as accusations grow

Actor Kevin Spacey arrives for the season 4 premiere screening of the Netflix show 'House of Cards' in Washington, DC, US, February 23, 2016. AFP/Nicholas Kamm/Files  NEW YORK: Kevin Spacey's once glittering career was hanging by a thread Friday, with the star reportedly under investigation for sexual assault in Britain, accused of attempting to rape a 15-year-old boy and of harassing men on the set of House of Cards. The double Oscar-winner is now fully embroiled in Hollywood's widening sexu
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Trump leaves for Asia with heavy domestic baggage

US President Donald Trump sports a flower lei he was given as he and first lady Melania Trump arrive aboard Air Force One at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, US, November 3, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst  WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump departed Washington for an almost two week trip to Asia Friday, leaving a trail of invective and scandal that risks overshadowing efforts at top-level diplomacy. Trump left Joint Base Andrews bound for Hawaii ? where he will receive a briefing from United S
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Ronaldo to miss Portugal friendlies

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo reacts during a match between Real Madrid and Leganes in Santiago Bernabeu stadium, Madrid, Spain, November 6, 2016. REUTERS/Sergio Perez/Files  LISBON: Cristiano Ronaldo was surprisingly left out of the Portugal squad announced on Friday by coach Fernando Santos, who suggested it was merely to give his superstar a break. Santos denied the omission was due to the four-time Ballon d'Or winner's relatively meagre goal-scoring start to the Spanish league season.
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Mexico crime boss murdered during plastic surgery: officials

Jesus Martin was a gang leader for "Huachicoleros", who live from stealing fuel mostly from pipelines in Puebla state. Image Courtesy: BBC via EPA  MEXICO CITY: A Mexican crime boss was murdered on the operating table as he underwent plastic surgery to change his face and erase his fingerprints, officials in the central city of Puebla said. Gunmen burst into the clinic where Jesus "El Kalimba" Martin was undergoing the procedure on Monday afternoon and executed him along with three other peop
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Clinton accused of 'cheating' in 2016 Democratic primaries

A combined photo shows former DNC Vice-Chair Donna Brazile (L) during Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, July 26, 2016, and former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (R) onstage at 'An Evening with Hillary Rodham Clinton' during the BookExpo, New York, US, June 1, 2017. AFP/Saul Loeb and Angela Weiss  WASHINGTON: Explosive revelations by a top Democratic operative that the 2016 primaries were tipped in Hillary Cl
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Police detain five, including drug-sellers, street criminals, during Karachi raids

File Photo KARACHI: Police rounded up five suspects late Friday night during different operations conducted in various areas of the metropolis. Two suspects ? who were wanted in a kidnapping case ? were detained following a raid in Mobina Town, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rao Anwar said. The police officer added that the suspects had kidnapped a girl named Muskan earlier. A fugitive drug-seller ? identified as Khalid ? was arrested last night in an operation carried out in Khamiso G
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Hay godown catches fire in Abbottabad

HAVELIAN: A huge fire erupted at a warehouse late Friday night here, exacerbating because the inventory comprised mostly hay and fodder, Geo News reported. Fire brigades ? sent by the cantonment and the town municipal administration (TMA) ? are currently working to bring the flames under control, rescue sources revealed. It is unclear as to what caused the blaze ? which is yet to be doused ? rescue officials said, adding that the godown is located near the local railway station.
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Trump says unsure if Tillerson will remain secretary of state

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson testifies about authorizations for the use of military force before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, October 30, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Files  WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said he was unsure whether his top diplomat, Rex Tillerson, would remain in his post for the rest of Trump?s term in the White House and was ?not happy? that some State Department staff were not supporting his agenda. In an interview
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Finland plans military drill with United States and Sweden

Finland's flag flutters in Helsinki, Finland, May 3, 2017. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/Files HELSINKI: Finland is planning large-scale military drills with the United States and other allies, its defence minister said on Friday, in a region worried by Russia?s increasing military activity. Jussi Niinisto said the exercises would help troops prepare for a crisis, without mentioning a specific threat. The war games will not take place until 2020 at the earliest and will be similar to neighbouring Swed
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Funeral of slain Malta blogger hears warning to her killers

Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia's sons Matthew and Paul carry the coffin of their mother ? who was murdered in a car bomb attack ? as they leave the Rotunda Parish Church in Mosta, Malta, November 3, 2017. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi  VALLETTA: Thousands of mourners at a funeral on Friday for slain Maltese anti-corruption blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia heard a plea for the protection of journalistic freedoms and a warning to her unknown killers that they face ?the justice of God?. The island
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At least six killed in smog-related incidents in Punjab

LAHORE: At least six people have been killed and 37 injured in incidents resulting from heavy smog in several cities across Punjab, Geo News learnt Friday. Five people were killed in Kamonki after a passenger van collided with a bus on Friday. The incident left another nine wounded. A man was killed and five others were injured in a truck-bus collision on the motorway near Jalalpur Bhattian. Smog affects country's power distribution system Four nuclear power plants, Chashma I-IV, ha
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No prison time for US soldier Bergdahl in desertion case

WASHINGTON: A US military judge ruled Friday that Bowe Bergdahl, the US soldier who deserted his Afghanistan post only to be held captive by insurgents for five years, would serve no prison time after a politically charged trial. The judge ordered Sergeant Bergdahl to be dishonourably discharged, his rank slashed to private, and that he pay a $10,000 fine, the Pentagon said. During last year's presidential campaign Donald Trump said he believed Bergdahl should be put to death for abandoning hi
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PM House approves forwarding 29 cases to military courts: Iqbal

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal remarked on Friday that Prime Minister House has approved forwarding 29 cases to military courts. ?In the last cabinet meeting, 29 cases were cleared to be forwarded to military courts,? he shared while exclusively speaking to Geo News. He also remarked that PM House has received Chief of Army Staff?s letter pertaining to forwarding cases to military courts and that its reply has already been forwarded. Eighty more cases will be sent to military court
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Daesh loses last towns in face of twin Syria, Iraq assaults

Iraqi forces and members of the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation units) advance towards the city of al-Qaim. -AFP  DEIR EZZOR: Daesh on Friday lost control of the last two major towns under its grip in Syria and Iraq, as Syrian troops and Iraqi security forces advanced in the Euphrates Valley border region. The simultaneous assaults on Deir Ezzor in eastern Syria and Al-Qaim in western Iraq dealt fresh blows to Daesh in its former heartland, leaving Abu Kamal, on the Syrian side of the b
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Deepika, Abhishek to appear in Bhansali's Sahir Ludhianvi biopic

Deepika Padukone and Abhishek Bachchan will be seen together in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's next project, a biopic on lyricist-poet Sahir Ludhianvi, reported The Quint. Bhansali's upcoming movie, Padmavati, is slated to be released on December 1.  Deepika will be seen playing poet Amrita Pritam while Abhishek will play Ludhianvi.  Reportedly, the role offered to Deepika was first offered to Priyanka Chopra, who declined the offer for reasons unknown.  ?Abhishek has begun preparing for his Sahi
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Funniest social media reactions to #WhatsappDown

Friday morning the world face a mini-crisis: WHATSAPP DOWNTIME While many restarted their phones to check why the messages weren't going on the app, others uninstalled and reinstalled it. Everyone kept thinking if the end of the world is here and they will have to converse with people face-to-face.  While some were fretting, the Twitterati were having a field day.  Soon, #WhatsAppDown starting trending worldwide and here are some of the funniest reactions to the downtime. There were some fam
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Spain to issue arrest warrant for Catalan leader

MADRID: A judge in Madrid was set Friday to issue an EU arrest warrant for Catalonia's deposed leader over his region's tumultuous independence drive, in a move likely to take tensions to a new level in Spain´s worst political crisis in decades. The warrant for Carles Puigdemont, who is holed up in Belgium, was expected a day after a Spanish judge threw a large chunk of Puigdemont's axed regional government behind bars over their role in Catalonia´s secession push. Students blocked roads and a
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Umrah pilgrims to undergo biometric verification from December onwards

KARACHI: Pakistani Umrah pilgrims will be required to undergo biometric verification from December onwards, according to the Saudi Embassy spokesperson. The people will not be able to submit their applications in the Saudi embassy for Umrah visas until their fingerprints are taken, the spokesperson said. The Saudi Embassy explained that the biometric verification will provide relief to the people of Pakistan. The people will no longer have to wait in long queues at Jeddah airport anymore, the
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Haribo launches probe into 'inhumane working conditions' in Brazil

BERLIN: German sweets maker Haribo said it had launched an internal investigation after a TV documentary alleged Brazilian workers supplying ingredients for their confectionary suffer inhumane conditions. "We have tasked a group of independent, accredited and certified auditors with conducting a full investigation of our carnauba wax supply chain and are currently awaiting the findings of the investigation," the company said in a statement Thursday. The company has faced criticism in the Germa
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Malnutrition soaring among Rohingya children in Bangladesh: UN

GENEVA: Life-threatening levels of malnutrition have risen dramatically among Rohingya refugee children who have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh, the United Nations warned Friday. The UN children's agency said preliminary data indicated a full 7.5 percent of the children crammed into one of the camps in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar district were at risk of dying from severe acute malnutrition. More than 600,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar´s Rakhine state since late August during military operations tha
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Italy seizes 50 million euros worth of Daesh ´fighter drug´

ROME: Italian police have seized 50 million euros worth of tablets of a synthetic opiate destined to be sold by Daesh in Libya to raise funds for attacks, a court said Friday. Financial police discovered over 24 million Tramadol tablets, en route from India to Libya, at the port of Gioia Tauro in southern Italy. The painkiller has been described as the "fighter drug" as it is known to be popular among militants for its ability to dull pain and suppress fatigue. The haul is estimated to be wor
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Nadal withdraws from Paris Masters with knee injury

PARIS: World number one Rafael Nadal pulled out of the Paris Masters on Friday before his quarter-final with a knee injury. The Spaniard, who had his right knee strapped during his third-round win on Thursday, said he wanted to try and be ready to face Filip Krajinovic in the last eight but that "it wasn't possible to play". He did not say if he would be fit to play at the World Tour Finals in London later this month. "Yesterday (Thursday), the pain was very strong but it was not the moment t
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