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This is how Lungu is planning to rig Zambia’s 2021 general election
Mail Guardian South Africa 25 Sep 2020
Limited publicity about the commission’s plans to abolish the existing register, the long distances to the nearest administrative centres, the onset of the rainy season (which starts in late October), and the limited time available to complete the exercise will undermine the capacity of voters in these areas to take part in the voter registration....
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Kremlin critic Navalny's bank accounts frozen, apartment seized
The Jerusalem Post 24 Sep 2020
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny's bank accounts were frozen and his Moscow apartment seized under a lawsuit while he was recovering from a suspected poisoning in a Berlin hospital, his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said on Thursday ... Yarmysh said Navalny's assets were seized on Aug ... ....
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2020 Election: Trump claims first presidential debate will be ‘unfair'
Yahoo Daily News 25 Sep 2020
“He will ask tough questions of me and it will be unfair, I have no doubt about it. He will be controlled by the radical left.” ... Mr Kilmeade was quick to push back against Mr Trump’s accusations about his Fox News colleague ... “I mean, he has a tremendous advantageous really, if you think about it, but I have a much better record than he does.” ... ....
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Trump will choose Amy Coney Barrett to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Supreme Court, report says
The Independent 25 Sep 2020
Amy Coney Barrett will be Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee to replace Ruth Bader Ginsberg, according to reports ... Show 0 comments ... Breaking News ... Independent ... ....
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Did Cohen, Trump’s Longtime Lawyer, Reveal How Trump Plans To Steal Online Votes And The Election?
WorldNews.com 25 Sep 2020
Trump lose his grip on reality and turned into a dangerous delusion, where he enabled that belief and perpetrated a myth.From Rigging the Polls to Rigging ElectionsThere are many articles about disruptive technologies and how they can democratize societies....
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Biden warns ‘outrageous’ Trump voting comments could cause violence
The Independent 26 Sep 2020photo: Creative Commons
WHO warns two million virus deaths possible as Europe clamps down
Manila Bulletin 26 Sep 2020
The World Health Organization warned Friday that coronavirus deaths could more than double to two million if infection-fighting measures are not kept up, as Europe tightened the screws faced with mounting cases and the US crossed another bleak milestone ... But he added. “Are we prepared collectively to do what it takes to avoid that number? ... ....
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Palestinian leader calls for new peace process in UN speech
ABC News 25 Sep 2020
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for an international conference early next year to “launch a genuine peace process” while criticizing the recent decision of two Arab countries to normalize relations with Israel ... ....
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Iran’s Navy, IRGC to receive new combat vessels this year: Commanders
Press TV 25 Sep 2020
He said that Dena, the Saba mine-hunter and the Zereh missile boat will also be unveiled in November ... Noting that the American fleet had avoided the Persian Gulf in the past ten months, he said that the American navy had been previously positioned about 600 to 700 kilometers away from Iran’s shores ... ‘IRGC to receive oceangoing vessel in near future’....
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African court says ex-Ivory Coast leader should be candidate
The Oklahoman 25 Sep 2020
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights said Friday that former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo should not be excluded from the list of candidates for the West African country’s Oct. 31 election ... The rights court was created by the African Union in 2004, but Ivory Coast does not recognize its authority ... ....
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Germany halts Iranian purchases of mini-engines for Houthi drones
The National 24 Sep 2020
German officials imposed a ban on the sale of model aircraft engines to Iran after a shipment ended up in drones used by the Houthis in Yemen to attack Saudi Arabia ... The shipment of 42 twin-cylinder propeller motors in 2015 was routed via Athens to Tehran ... Read More. Qatar's Hezbollah funding exposed by whistle-blower contractor ... the key takeaways ... ....
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Iran has developed a totally native defence capability as a result of sanctions
Press TV 24 Sep 2020
This program is about Merits of Iraqs Imposed War on Iran ... Casey, Director of Central Intelligence, were told about the location of Iraqi chemical weapons assembly plants and Iraq’s desperate attempt at making enough mustard gas ... that Iran was about to gain a major strategic advantage by exploiting a hole in Iraqi defenses....
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Coronavirus: This is why Covid-19 could be life-threatening for some patients
The National 25 Sep 2020
When two brothers fell critically ill with Covid-19 around the same time in March, their doctors were baffled. Both were young, 29 and 31 years old, and healthy. Yet within days they couldn’t breathe on their own and, tragically, one of them died ... Shane Crotty ... Coronavirus latest. Lancet report warns countries need effective test and trace systems....
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TikTok becomes focus of US-China geopolitical war
The News International 26 Sep 2020
US President Donald Trump has called the app a national security risk, claiming that TikTok and its Chinese parent ByteDance could access user data and deliver it to Chinese intelligence services ... 700 million users ... It is known for its user-generated short videos of 15 to 60 seconds, many featuring dancing, parodies or comments on the news ... ....
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Hero of 'Hotel Rwanda' admits forming militant group behind armed attacks
France24 25 Sep 2020
Paul Rusesabagina, the polarising hero of the hit movie "Hotel Rwanda," admitted to a Kigali court on Friday that he had helped form an armed group but denied any role in its crimes ... ....
