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Month: August 2023

Bill Clinton Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Bill Clinton, 42nd president of the United States. Personal Birth date: August 19, 1946 Birth place: Hope, Arkansas Birth name: William Jefferson Blythe III Father: William Blythe Mother: Virginia (Kelley) Blythe Marriage: Hillary (Rodham) Clinton (October 11, 1975-present) Children: Chelsea Victoria, February 27, 1980 Education:

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Pervez Musharraf Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Pervez Musharraf, former president of Pakistan. Personal Birth date: August 11, 1943 Death date: February 5, 2023 Birth place: New Delhi, India Birth name: Pervez Musharraf Father: Syed Musharraf Uddin, career diplomat Mother: Begum Zarin Musharraf Marriage: Sehba Musharraf (December 1968-February 5,

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Missouri budgets $50M for railroad crossings in response to fatal 2022 Amtrak derailment

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri plans to spend $50 million on railroad crossing improvements in response to a 2022 fatal Amtrak derailment. Gov. Mike Parson and state transportation officials on Thursday outlined options for how to spend about $19 million of that, including improvements at 27 crossings and closure

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Senate Democrats ask for Alito to be recused from Supreme Court ethics and tax cases

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter (CNN) — Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee asked Chief Justice John Roberts in a new letter sent Thursday to take “appropriate steps” to ensure that Justice Samuel Alito recuse himself from any future legal disputes that might arise concerning pending congressional legislation that regulates the Supreme

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Tunisian minister concedes ‘small groups’ of migrants were pushed back into desert no man’s land

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s interior minister has conceded that small groups of sub-Saharan migrants trying to enter the country are pushed back into the desert border areas.  In an interview with The Associated Press, Kamel Fekih says the security forces don’t engage in “collective” expulsions, dumping migrants into

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Scores injured after protesters against Eritrea’s government attack cultural festival in Sweden

David Keyton STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish media are reporting that an Eritrea-themed cultural festival in a Stockholm suburb took a violent turn when about a thousand anti-Eritrean government protesters stormed the event, leaving at least 52 people injured.  The protesters on Thursday set booths and vehicles ablaze, sending smoke billowing into the sky. Swedish police

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Romanian mobster swindled Twin Cities retailers out of thousands of dollars using sleight of hand, charges say

By Web staff Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Prosecutors allege a woman belonging to a Romanian organized crime group stole thousands of dollars from Twin Cities retailers using a sleight of hand scheme. Baronita Rostas, 24, is charged with one count of theft by swindle, according to court documents filed

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