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January 20, 2020
Virginia pro-gun rally draws crowds amid fears of violence
RICHMOND, California — Hundreds of gun rights supporters began massing outside the Virginia state capitol Monday for a rally under heavy surveillance and a state of emergency declared by authorities fearing violence by far-right groups.Dressed in hunting jackets and caps, rally-goers were checked for weapons as they passed through tight security before entering a fenced off area of Richmond's Capitol Square for the so-called "Lobby Day" event.Hundreds more gathered in ...
January 19, 2020
Maduro says still in control, open to talks with US: report
WASHINGTON - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said he was still comfortably in charge and open to direct negotiations with the US, in an interview published Saturday by The Washington Post.The interview was Maduro's first with a major US outlet since February of last year, when he abruptly ejected all Univision journalists from Venezuela."If there's respect between governments, no matter how big the United States is, and if there's a dialogue, ...
January 19, 2020
Chileans march against police repression of social unrest
SANTIAGO - Hundreds of Chileans rallied Saturday night to protest what they call police repression during three months of the worst social unrest since democracy replaced the country's military dictatorship in 1990.More than 1,000 people, many wearing black, marched in silence from Plaza Italia, ground zero of all the protests, along Alameda Avenue, the main thoroughfare in Chile's capital.Keeping quiet was their way of denouncing the security forces' use of ...
January 19, 2020
Trump lawyers present defense for 'dangerous' impeachment
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's legal team presented Saturday its line of defense for his upcoming impeachment trial, a process they dismissed as unconstitutional and "dangerous."It was the first time the team presented its arguments, modeled on those put forward since December by Trump and his fellow Republicans.White House counsel Pat Cipollone will be lead lawyer, backed by Trump's personal attorney Jay Sekulow. They will be joined by Ken ...
January 19, 2020
In Washington, women march against Trump as election looms
WASHINGTON - Thousands of women marched through Washington on Saturday at a now-annual event opposing US President Donald Trump, striking a defiant tone despite falling attendance numbers.Many protesters said they were horrified at the prospect of Trump winning four more years of power in November's presidential election.In 2017, more than three million people gathered nationwide the day after Trump's inauguration, but numbers have since declined each year.A few thousand protesters ...
January 18, 2020
US 'white extremist' trio arrested for anti-government plot
WASHINGTON - Three alleged members of a US white supremacist group have been arrested on charges of plotting to overthrow the American government and conspiracy to murder two anti-fascist activists.Police said the trio were members of The Base, which US prosecutors have described as an international network of white nationalists who discuss "committing acts of violence against minority communities.""The group was involved in recruiting new members online, meeting to discuss ...
January 18, 2020
Mexico ramps up border security to block migrant caravan
CIUDAD HIDALGO - Mexico deployed around 200 National Guard officers to the Guatemalan border on Friday in an effort to block a huge migrant caravan traversing Central America toward the United States.A group of more than 3,000 people, mainly from Honduras and El Salvador, crossed into Guatemala on Wednesday.According to Guatemala's new President Alejandro Giammattei, Mexico has vowed to use "everything at its disposal" to stop the convoy from entering ...
January 18, 2020
Ken Starr, celebrity lawyer Dershowitz join Trump defense team
WASHINGTON - Ken Starr, who was at the center of Bill Clinton's impeachment in the 1990s, and America's biggest celebrity lawyer Alan Dershowitz were announced Friday to be joining President Donald Trump's Senate impeachment defense.The administration has yet to unveil the full team but confirmed that White House counsel Pat Cipollone will be lead lawyer, backed by Trump's personal attorney Jay Sekulow."President Trump has done nothing wrong and is confident ...
January 18, 2020
Trudeau urges Iran to send downed jetliner's black boxes to France
OTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday urged Iran to hand over black boxes from last week's downed airliner to France, saying it has one of the few laboratories capable of properly examining them."Iran does not have the level of technical expertise and mostly the equipment necessary to be able to analyze these damaged black boxes quickly," Trudeau said.So, he told a press conference, "the right place to ...
January 18, 2020
Amazon indigenous leaders accuse Brazil of 'genocide' policy
PIARACU, BRAZIL - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's pledge to open up the Amazon to mining companies was tantamount to "genocide", indigenous leaders said Friday at a meeting to oppose the government's environmental policies.Hundreds of elders gathered this week at Pairacu, deep in the rainforest, to form a united front against Bolsonaro's environmental policies, which have seen deforestation in the jungle nearly double since the Brazilian leader came to power a ...
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