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Ram Dass, LSD proponent turned spiritual guru, dies at 88
Associated Press, Published on 24/12/2019
» HONOLULU: Baba Ram Dass, the 1960s counterculture spiritual leader who experimented with LSD and travelled to India to find enlightenment, returning to share it with Americans, has died. He was 88.x
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Ex-Swedish envoy indicted in HK bookseller case
Associated Press, Published on 09/12/2019
» STOCKHOLM: Prosecutors in Sweden said Monday the country's former ambassador to China has been indicted for unauthorised contacts with a foreign power for organising a meeting in Stockholm between the daughter of a Swedish publisher detained in China, China's ambassador and two businessmen about the possible release of her father.
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Indonesia arrests 36 militant suspects
Associated Press, Published on 17/10/2019
» JAKARTA: Indonesia's elite anti-terrorism unit went on a busy 24-hour spree to root out suspected Islamic militants ahead of a presidential inauguration that will be attended by regional leaders and foreign envoys.
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Assange hauled from embassy, faces US charge
Associated Press, Published on 12/04/2019
» LONDON: British police on Thursday hauled a bearded and shouting Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian Embassy where he was holed up for nearly seven years, and the US charged the WikiLeaks founder with conspiring with former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to get their hands on government secrets.
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Escort says she gave Trump information to Russian tycoon
Associated Press, Published on 02/02/2019
» MOSCOW: A Belarusian escort who claims to have information on ties between Russia and Donald Trump's election campaign told The Associated Press on Friday that she has turned that material over to Russian billionaire businessman Oleg Deripaska.
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Reports: Malaysia plans to end death penalty of all crimes
Associated Press, Published on 11/10/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's government reportedly plans to abolish the death penalty for all crimes and halt all pending executions, a rare move against capital punishment in Asia that human rights groups hailed Thursday as a major advance.
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'Master of comedy' Neil Simon dies at 91
Associated Press, Published on 26/08/2018
» NEW YORK: Playwright Neil Simon, a master of comedy whose laugh-filled hits such as The Odd Couple, Barefoot in the Park and his Brighton Beach trilogy dominated Broadway for decades, has died. He was 91.
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Nasa spacecraft heads for the Sun
Associated Press, Published on 13/08/2018
» CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: Embarking on a mission that scientists have been dreaming of since the Sputnik era, a Nasa spacecraft hurtled Sunday toward the sun on a quest to unlock some of its mysteries by getting closer than any object sent before.
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Iran-Contra villain North to head NRA
Associated Press, Published on 08/05/2018
» ATLANTA, USA: Retired Lt Col Oliver North, the US Marine at the centre of the Iran-Contra affair three decades ago, was named president Monday of the National Rifle Association, giving it star power as it faces a backlash over the massacres in Florida and Las Vegas.
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Senators want CIA to lift veil on Haspel's Thai black site past
Associated Press, Published on 17/03/2018
» WASHINGTON: Gina Haspel's long spy career is so shrouded in mystery that senators want documents declassified so they can decide if her role at a CIA black site should prevent her from directing the agency.
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