Sunday, March 19, 2017

Trump Team Talked With Russian Intelligence During Election Campaign (Report) and other top stories.

  • Trump Team Talked With Russian Intelligence During Election Campaign (Report)

    Members of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and their associates had repeated contact with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the presidential election, according to phone records and intercepted calls, The New York Times reported Tuesday. The communication was detected by American law enforcement and intelligence agencies around the time it came to light that Russia was trying to hack the Democratic National Committee, three officials said, according to the Times. The..
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  • Rand Paul claims it would be 'excessive' to investigate Trump administration over Russia ties

    Rand Paul claims it would be 'excessive' to investigate Trump administration over Russia ties
    President Trump's national security adviser resigned because of sketchy phone calls with a Russian ambassador and several Trump associates are under FBI investigation for suspected ties to the Kremlin — but Sen. Rand Paul thinks it's "excessive" to ...
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  • Sasikala convicted but 'mafia from Mannargudi' is here to stay. Who are they?

    Sasikala convicted but 'mafia from Mannargudi' is here to stay. Who are they?
    Highlights1Before surrendering, Sasikala got her nephews back into the AIADMK fold2Nephew Dinakaran is deputy general secretary of AIADMK, a post revived after years3Sasikala's family from Mannargudi was banished from AIADMK by Jayalalithaa in 2011With Sasikala Natarajan surrendering before the trial court in Bengaluru following her conviction in the disproportionate assets case, it is her family--(in)famously known as Mannargudi Mafia--that is believed to be now running the show in Tamil Nadu.B..
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  • China Lodges Protest With India Over Visit by Taiwan Legislators

    China Lodges Protest With India Over Visit by Taiwan Legislators
    BEIJING (Reuters) - China has lodged a diplomatic protest with India over a visit by a parliamentary delegation from self-ruled Taiwan, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. Three Taiwanese parliamentarians, led by ruling Democratic ...
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  • In first under Trump, Russian jets buzzed a US destroyer at close range

    In first under Trump, Russian jets buzzed a US destroyer at close range
    A Russian Su-24 buzzes the USS Donald Cook in the Baltic Sea on April 12, 2016. (U.S. Navy) Multiple Russian aircraft buzzed a U.S. destroyer patrolling in the Black Sea last week, in an incident the captain of the American ship called “unsafe,” the Pentagon said Tuesday. The three flybys occurred on Feb. 10 and were first reported by the Washington Free Beacon. Lt. Col. David Faggard, a U.S. European Command spokesman, said the USS Porter, an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, w..
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  • Russia violates Cold War-era arms treaty with missile launch

    Russia violates Cold War-era arms treaty with missile launch
    Russia denies that the cruise missile launch violated an arms treaty prohibiting certain types of cruise missile launches. (Alexei Druzhinin/AP). THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Wednesday, February 15, 2017, 6:17 AM. WASHINGTON — Russia has deployed a ...
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  • Kim Jong-nam, the Hunted Heir to a Dictator Who Met Death in Exile

    Kim Jong-nam, the Hunted Heir to a Dictator Who Met Death in Exile
    It remained uncertain whether Mr. Kim was traveling alone and whether any bodyguards were present. It also was unclear how many people were involved in the attack and whether it was captured on video by airport cameras. As the police hunted for his killers, grainy footage released Wednesday showed a woman suspected of being one of the assassins, who appeared to be of Asian descent and was wearing a shirt emblazoned with “LOL” in large letters, before she fled the airport.The Royal Malaysia Poli..
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