Rawda terrorist attack

(Daily News Egypt)
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Rawda terrorist attack = Stark terror act at wadi

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Emmerson Mnangagwa: the 'Crocodile' taking power in Zimbabwe

(The Guardian)

President Emmerson Mnangagwa, aka the 'Crocodile' = We deplore Grace, sack madman, intern them, as I go on

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Ratko Mladic sentenced to life in prison for genocide

(Al Jazeera)

Serbian General Ratko Mladic sentenced = "Landmark genocide case!" blares Internet

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Harvey Weinstein and the Power of Celebrity Exceptionalism

(The Atlantic)

Celebrity exceptionalism = It nearly becomes explicit = Impatiently coercible sex = Claim lot by its experience

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Zimbabwe latest: Thousands celebrate end of Mugabe era

(BBC)

Evil President Mugabe ~ gives up. Liberate, mend.

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Donald Trump's LaVar Ball tweets cross a line -- even for him

(CNN)

US media personality and businessman LaVar Ball = Unbelievable! Liar Donald Trump says: "Man is an ass!"

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Missing Argentine Sub

(Washington Post)

Missing Argentine Sub = It's grim; sea's unbenign

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Cryptocurrency Review: What Is iCash?

(FT Reporter)

What are these 'Bitcoins'? = A new iCash. Oh, it's better!

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US Navy pilot draws obscene pictures over Washington state

(CBS News)

US Navy pilot draws obscene pictures over Washington state = Observers note a penis, suspect wrong activity, and shout "Law!"

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Drunken diplomat falls to his death

(UPI)

Drunken diplomat falls to his death = Folk unharmed, the idiot lands splat!

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Donald Trump Receives Backlash for Mocking Al Franken Over Groping Allegations

(US Magazine)

"Senator Al Franken kissed and groped me without my consent" = Mad snake Donald Trump's chastening tweets reek of irony, no?

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Tax reform

(UPI)

Tax reform's ~ extra forms

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With four films coming this year, Domhnall Gleeson is going for much more than a 'Star Wars' villain

(Los Angeles Times)

Irish thespian Domhnall Gleeson = Oh, name is hard to spell in English

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North Korea 'sentences Trump to death' for insulting Kim Jong-un

(The Guardian)

North Korea has sentenced Trump to death = Hah! Rocketman snorted, threatened POTUS

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Zimbabwe crisis: Army takes over - Mugabe 'detained'

(BBC)

Mugabe 'detained' = Um, negate baddie?

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Kevin Spacey: Completed film to be reshot without accused actor

(BBC)

The film 'All The Money In The World' about the US industrialist Jean Paul Getty has to be reshot. "Good riddance Kevin Spacey," says Sir Ridley Scott, "Welcome Christopher Plummer." = Knotty re-edit problem. Emeritus director who just shrewdly cut alleged filthy molester (he is in rehab house) has immediately changed to saintly colossus Captain von Trapp.

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Trump: I believe Putin on election meddling. Intel leaders: You're getting "played".

(Vox)

Russian Collusion = All's Innocuous, Sir.

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Trump believes Putin on Russia meddling, says Mueller may cost lives

(The Guardian)

Be presumptive until ~ Putin believes Trump

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Thursday football

(UPI)

Thursday football ~ Hurts. Bloody. Fatal?

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George Blake: Russian spies must save world from nuclear hell

(The Guardian)

George Blake = Gee, a KGB role

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