Author: Associated Press, Washington Examiner
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Dick Cheney dead at 84: One of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in US history
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Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84.Cheney died Monday night due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, according to a statement from his family. “For decades,…
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Protests over Tanzania’s electoral results enter a third day
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DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — Hundreds of demonstrators faced off with police in Tanzania’s commercial capital Friday to demand the national electoral body stop announcing election results that have sparked protests, leading to the deployment of the military and an internet shutdown. State television was broadcasting the mainland results of Wednesday’s vote in which the Chama…
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Dozens arrested and hurt in clashes with police near Philippine presidential palace
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine police arrested 49 people suspected of hurling rocks, bottles, and fire bombs at officers and blocking heavily guarded roads and bridges leading to the presidential palace Sunday, while a peaceful anti-corruption rally took place in the capital, officials and witnesses said. The melee outside the country’s seat of power unfolded…