Non-IT News Thread
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Similar attacks hitting Baghdad today: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/11/dozens-dead-isil-claims-attacks-iraqi-shias-151113165046854.html
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Belgium increases border security
The Belgian authorities have told AFP news agency that they have boosted checks on their borders, especially with France, following the attacks in Paris.
"Reinforced border checks have been established on the borders within the framework especially of a close collaboration with the French authorities," Belgium's national centre for threat evaluation, OCAM, said.
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Toll up to 153
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Tricolour over Manhattan...
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So incredibly sad
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Seven dead as French TGV high-speed train derails in east
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34822666
A high-speed TGV train has derailed near the eastern French city of Strasbourg, killing at least seven people, officials say.
The crash happened during a test run in the town of Eckwersheim, on a new Paris-Strasbourg line.
Reports say technicians were on board the train and seven people were injured. -
US Cowers in Fear of ISIS and Caves to their Wishes of No Longer Taking Refugees
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34835353
More than a dozen US states do exactly what ISIS wants and refuse to take refugees as a response to the attacks in Paris. So sad that instead of standing up, the states give in so quickly.
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Latest from France:
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Going to be lots of magic underpants on craigslist going cheap
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Would have been so much better if they were mailing in underpants instead of letters.
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51 Arrested in Minneapolis Police Protest
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Charlie Sheen confirms he is HIV positive
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34845630 -
Man at centre of Minneapolis race protests dies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34848250 -
Russia steps up attacks against IS with missile bombardment
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34849063 -
Paris attacks: Heavy shooting heard in northern suburb
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34853657 -
Paris attacks: Police in deadly swoop on apartment in northern suburb
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34853657 -
Avista: Wind Storm Damage Has Caused 'Largest Crisis in 126 Years,' Power Utility Says
About 180,000 of the utility's customers in Eastern Washington, Idaho and Oregon lost power by the peak of Tuesday's storm. Avista said it would take at least three to five days to restore service.
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@mlnews said:
US Cowers in Fear of ISIS and Caves to their Wishes of No Longer Taking Refugees
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34835353
More than a dozen US states do exactly what ISIS wants and refuse to take refugees as a response to the attacks in Paris. So sad that instead of standing up, the states give in so quickly.
If I'm not mistaken the states don't have the legal right to do this. This is a federal matter.
