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{"id": "nw_RC434d6efc53bbbca49f8388d7365515a5e3350c2395c8f1846801210d", "text": "But the weaker regulations also make it potentially easier for arms smugglers and human rights abusers to get their hands on US arms . For example , 36 US allies — from Argentina and Bulgaria to Romania and Turkey — will no longer need licenses from the State Department to import weapons and weapons parts from the United States . This will make it far easier for smuggling networks to set up front companies in such countries and get US arms and arms components that they can then pass on to third parties like Iran or China . Already a common practice , it will only increase under the new regulations . The degree to which the Obama administration has been willing to bend over backward to help weapons exporters was underscored at a 2013 hearing on those administration export “ reforms . ” Tom Kelly , then the deputy assistant secretary of the State Department ’s Bureau of Political - Military Affairs , caught the spirit of the era when asked whether the administration was doing enough to promote American arms exports .", "event": [{"event_type": "Hiding an artifact", "event_trigger": "smuggling", "arguments": [{"argument": "networks", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "arms and arms components", "role": "artifact"}, {"argument": "US", "role": "origin"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC6a03c31c04c864c0b1a7e802195ca1b52dbb81fd07e2e353edd35d85", "text": "They ’re importing not only oil , but wheat and historic artefacts as well . ” Bilal Erdogan denies Russian allegations Bilal Erdogan this week denied continuous Russian allegations that he and his family were profiting from the illegal smuggling of oil from ISIS - held territory in Syria and Iraq , after Russia ’s defence ministry said it had proof that the Erdogan family was benefiting directly from this trade . The Turkish government has already dismissed the accusations and on Tuesday the president ’s son added his voice to the many denials . “ We build offices in Istanbul ... We do not do business in the Mediterranean , in Syria or Iraq , ” he was quoted as saying in Corriere della Sera newspaper , talking about his own corporate concerns , which have been called into question by Russian media .", "event": [{"event_type": "Hiding an artifact", "event_trigger": "smuggling", "arguments": [{"argument": "he and his family", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "oil", "role": "artifact"}, {"argument": "ISIS - held territory in Syria and Iraq", "role": "origin"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC76fe84b17c551ec6d415793a48a508e5ce3b1c6acab94fae1aebc977", "text": "This bit of light devilry sent the media turbines into overdrive . How did that happen ? Well , the WikiLeaks revelations were clearly dangerous to the Clintons so a \" dust up \" had to be concocted to conceal and confuse the truth . Deep in some Clinton campaign war room - no doubt in sweat and panic -- A - team staffers and Washington insiders pasted together the bizarre \" Trump is soft on Russia \" narrative . That was to be the story .", "event": [{"event_type": "Hiding an artifact", "event_trigger": "conceal", "arguments": [{"argument": "Clintons", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "truth", "role": "artifact"}, {"argument": "a \" dust up \"", "role": "hidingplace"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC83f20d081e967e9a40e23e105c5aaf2538f3e36e706d5879818b90af", "text": "In exchange , the U.S. Attorney ’s Office promised not to pursue any federal charges against Epstein or his co - conspirators . Florida attorney Brad Edwards , who represented some of Epstein ’s alleged victims , is suing the federal government over the secret non - prosecution agreement in hopes of having it overturned . Edwards claimed in court records that the government and Epstein concealed the deal from the victims “ to prevent them from voicing any objection , and to avoid the firestorm of controversy that would have arisen if it had become known that the Government was immunizing a politically - connected billionaire and all of his co - conspirators from prosecution of hundreds of federal sex crimes against minor girls . ” The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida did not respond to a request for comment about the deal . Other politicians , celebrities and businessmen , including presidential candidate Donald Trump , have been accused of fraternizing with Epstein .", "event": [{"event_type": "Hiding an artifact", "event_trigger": "concealed", "arguments": [{"argument": "the government and Epstein", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "the deal", "role": "artifact"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC8ebe746ad98284b89c6d399357b59a3a0568433c39debf430bd96db2", "text": "If you sell it and make a profit , it ’s taxable as if it were a house or a share of stock . Last year , the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission defined virtual currencies as commodities for regulatory purposes . Despite its increasingly common use , many see bitcoin as inherently dirty , used when people have something to conceal . That is what Arias and Secret Service special agent Gregory Ponzi thought when they began their investigation in 2013 . “ There is unquestionably no evidence that the Defendant did anything wrong , other than sell his Bitcoin to an investigator who wanted to make a case , ” Pooler wrote .", "event": [{"event_type": "Hiding an artifact", "event_trigger": "conceal", "arguments": [{"argument": "people", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "something", "role": "artifact"}, {"argument": "bitcoin", "role": "vehicle"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC9538ac0c2db67e8214f1c5876c6a31e6eca06ebaca2d982413ab6db2", "text": "READ MORE : ‘ You can go your way ’ : Erdogan rejects demands to change anti - terror law for EU visa deal Erdogan has yet to appoint Davutoglu ’s successor , but as the President will no doubt want his replacement to be more malleable , it is speculated that Erdogan ’s son - in - law , Energy Minister Berat Albayrak , might have what it takes . Albayrak ’s appointment as the government ’s leader would benefit the whole Erdogan family , especially Bilal , who has been accused of involvement in illegal oil smuggling in Syria and Iraq . Bild states that Albayrak might be “ that firm part of the clan ” that the Turkish head of state wants to see by his side . READ MORE : ‘ Merkel threw me to a despot ’ : German comedian fights back against probe for insulting Erdogan", "event": [{"event_type": "Hiding an artifact", "event_trigger": "smuggling", "arguments": [{"argument": "Bilal", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "oil", "role": "artifact"}, {"argument": "Syria and Iraq", "role": "origin"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCc849a60a4e12805cf050f46e3107e7d9b2dda02f300717cc1910f898", "text": "MADRID Two Indian men arrested in Spain for smuggling Russian anti - aircraft missiles were extradited to the United States , Spanish military police said in a statement on Thursday . Spanish police detained the pair in Barcelona in 2014 along with two Pakistani men , who have already been extradited , as part of a joint operation - dubbed Operation Yoga - with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration ( DEA ) to bust a smuggling ring based in the Catalonia region . The group had offered the Russian - built Igla missiles to foreign paramilitary groups .", "event": [{"event_type": "Hiding an artifact", "event_trigger": "smuggling", "arguments": [{"argument": "Two Indian men", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "Russian anti - aircraft missiles", "role": "artifact"}, {"argument": "Catalonia region", "role": "origin"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC3806c890618dd17ce5350a20ea1a3552168bafe4ce8cc985ae8cca18", "text": "Oil prices have dropped below $ 30 a barrel in recent months , a fall of 70 percent since 2014 . Al Jazeera 's Bernard Smith , reporting from Doha , said that the challenge would be to get other producing countries , including Iran , to freeze production as well . Iran 's IRNA news agency said on Sunday the country had exported its first crude shipment to Europe since it reached a landmark deal last year with world powers . IRNA quoted Rokneddin Javadi , Iran 's deputy oil minister , as saying the shipment , the first in five years , marked \" a new chapter \" in Iran 's oil industry . Javadi said Iran had already reached an agreement to export oil to France , Russia and Spain .", "event": [{"event_type": "Dispersing or separating an artifact", "event_trigger": "shipment", "arguments": [{"argument": "country", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "crude", "role": "artifact"}, {"argument": "Doha", "role": "origin"}, {"argument": "Europe", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC3b2030c02e0afe47139f497e76d2090ffac6d0d97074ecd3d165e230", "text": "A soldier fires a rocket launcher as other U.S. servicemen watch during the Exercise Noble Partner on May 14 . ZURAB KURTSIKIDZE / EPA The equipment was shipped across the Black Sea and transported by rail to the military training area . For the Georgian military , the exercise has become a source of prestige . \" We are proud to have them here and it ’s a unique opportunity to train with these advanced troops and this advanced equipment , \" Lt . Col . Beka Ambroladze said .", "event": [{"event_type": "Dispersing or separating an artifact", "event_trigger": "transported", "arguments": [{"argument": "equipment", "role": "artifact"}, {"argument": "Black Sea", "role": "origin"}, {"argument": "the military training area", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC5757c62e252811650bd21ccd53059634c511846a7ce3e790f3d9e3ca", "text": "Julie Bishop said Russia would likely veto any moves by the United Nations security council to bring to trial those responsible , so other legal avenues would be considered . An international team investigating the downing of flight MH17 released its preliminary conclusions on Wednesday . The two - year investigation found close to 100 people were linked to the transport and firing of the Buk 9M38 missile that brought down the plane in 2014 . It found the missile had been driven from Russia into an area of eastern Ukraine controlled by Moscow - backed rebels . Russia has rejected all suggestions its military was involved in the incident .", "event": [{"event_type": "Dispersing or separating an artifact", "event_trigger": "transport", "arguments": [{"argument": "close to 100 people", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "Buk 9M38 missile", "role": "artifact"}, {"argument": "Russia", "role": "origin"}, {"argument": "an area of eastern Ukraine controlled by Moscow - backed rebels", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC9e085f5bcb26e89826969b867ac8fdd974b9a9bfbfa564f39d4325c0", "text": "Gandhi was blunter – if anything , less tactful than Nixon . Kissinger later wrote that her tone was that of “ a professor praising a slightly backward student , ” which Nixon received with the “ glassy - eyed politeness ” that he showed when trying to muscle down his resentment . She ripped into US arms shipments to Pakistan , which had outraged the Indian people , despite her efforts to restrain her public . She hammered away at Pakistan ’s “ persistent ‘ hate India ’ campaign , ” which she blamed for the two previous India - Pakistan wars . Then she gave an expansive denunciation of Pakistan .", "event": [{"event_type": "Dispersing or separating an artifact", "event_trigger": "shipments", "arguments": [{"argument": "US", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "arms", "role": "artifact"}, {"argument": "US", "role": "origin"}, {"argument": "Pakistan", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCfe56624a4774ef71901b215c67f548f21809078d42627f9d80326c8f", "text": "But Rosneft 's purchase of Essar Oil will complicate Iran 's play . Roughly 40 % of the crude imported from Iran was refined at Essar Oil 's massive refinery in the state of Gujarat . Now that the refinery is under new ownership , it 's likely to be processing more shipments from Russia . Lalit Kumar Gupta , Essar Oil 's chief executive officer , told Bloomberg in August that shipments from Iran would decline if Rosneft bought a stake in the Indian firm . \" When they are on board we will see how much to buy , what to buy , \" he said .", "event": [{"event_type": "Dispersing or separating an artifact", "event_trigger": "shipments", "arguments": [{"argument": "Russia", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "crude", "role": "artifact"}, {"argument": "Russia", "role": "origin"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC0a9aaf912b6e207ab760fa9516e4b5dc40f076091b25aa0722214ad8", "text": "The document , prosecutors said , contained a warning , in capital letters , that said : “ This conop [ concept of operations ] contains information concerning extremely sensitive U.S. planning and operations that will be discussed and disseminated only on an absolute need to know basis . ” Martin was not involved in the operation , the government said , and had no need to have the document or know its specifics . [ Read the government argument to keep former NSA contractor Harold Martin in jail ] Another document found in his car contained handwritten notes describing NSA ’s classified computer systems and detailed descriptions of classified technical operations , the prosecutors said . In an interview before his arrest , Martin denied having taken classified material and only admitted to it when confronted with specific documents , prosecutors said .", "event": [{"event_type": "Preventing exit of a person", "event_trigger": "jail", "arguments": [{"argument": "jail", "role": "preventer"}, {"argument": "Harold Martin", "role": "passenger"}, {"argument": "jail", "role": "origin"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC17bf7d8f8b095ea192d7e04bf0ea167ebb03ecb1c0c0b3576ad11ca4", "text": "Sanders America will not have more people in jail than any other country when he is president . 9:34 : Sanders says issues concerning the broken criminal justice system can not be swept under the rug . He says an African - American baby being born today has a one - in - four chance of being incarcerated . He says blacks and whites smoke marijuana equally but four times as many blacks get arrested for it . He says sentencing for blacks re : traffic offenses is four times as high for blacks than whites .", "event": [{"event_type": "Preventing exit of a person", "event_trigger": "incarcerated", "arguments": [{"argument": "African - American baby", "role": "transporter"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC2852357ac91b614bd8af18709e110640b39c867ac32afb2f5447bf1a", "text": "Gates noted in the emails that the official , Ukraine 's foreign minister , did not want to use his own embassy in the United States to help coordinate the visits . Gates also directed the firms to gather information in the U.S. on a rival lobbying operation , including a review of its public lobbying disclosures , to determine who was behind that effort , the emails show . And Gates directed efforts to undercut sympathy for Yulia Tymoshenko , an imprisoned rival of then - President Viktor Yanukovych . The Ukrainian leader eventually fled the country in February 2014 during a popular revolt prompted in part by his government 's crackdown on protesters and close ties to Russia . The emails do not describe details about the role of Manafort , who was Gates ' boss at the firm , DMP International LLC .", "event": [{"event_type": "Preventing exit of a person", "event_trigger": "imprisoned", "arguments": [{"argument": "Yulia Tymoshenko", "role": "passenger"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC51af2424b4cd72a31f977b7ce4d83ed1ee3fa51538bcf621f1a2010c", "text": "Just like being interviewed on the same episode of Sixty Minutes as Putin was is not the same thing as actually dealing with Putin . So the stakes in global statecraft are infinitely higher and more complex than in the world of luxury hotels . ” Clinton mocked Trump ’s claim that John McCain is not a hero because he was captured As Breitbart News reported , McCain said that no veterans should support Clinton for president . “ I do n’t see how any veterans … could support her quest to become commander in chief , ” McCain said on a conference call with reporters before Trump secured the Republican nomination .", "event": [{"event_type": "Preventing exit of a person", "event_trigger": "captured", "arguments": [{"argument": "John McCain", "role": "transporter"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC5f1cda5d50529c0f9627d4247e9982fe5d3e6a46517dcbff1365bf7f", "text": "In actuality , the American sailors wandered or drifted ( it 's still not clear ) into Iranian waters without warning , where Iran picked them up . They were returned in about a day after direct negotiations between the US and Iran . Though Iran published embarrassing photos of the Americans being detained , the effect of this was mostly wounded pride , and in all what could have been a dangerous incident was resolved quickly and peacefully . \" I would describe this as not outside of the norm , \" Robert Farley , a professor of international relations at the University of Kentucky , told me about the handling of the Iran - sailor situation . \" Polite powers manage to resolve these kinds of issues without actually arresting and seizing and pointing guns at each other . \"", "event": [{"event_type": "Preventing exit of a person", "event_trigger": "detained", "arguments": [{"argument": "Iran", "role": "preventer"}, {"argument": "Americans", "role": "passenger"}, {"argument": "Iran", "role": "origin"}, {"argument": "US", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC61c85325a649324a70222e5cb56ae6eb0817cdb6886770c0e63595a2", "text": "And remember : Under America ’s system , they ca n’t arrest people just because they are suspicious of them . Under our criminal - justice system , a person can not be arrested until he actually commits a crime or attempts to commit a crime . America is not like totalitarian regimes or Guantanamo , where authorities can incarcerate anyone they want for as long as they want . So , as long as the U.S. death machine is killing people over there , there are going to be people over there or over here who are going to retaliate . Get used to it .", "event": [{"event_type": "Preventing exit of a person", "event_trigger": "incarcerate", "arguments": [{"argument": "authorities", "role": "preventer"}, {"argument": "anyone", "role": "passenger"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC6c4ffe805cf44a70b7f2da42b6c4da2b4d8895b78dce42965390eafc", "text": "Paul Manafort and his deputy , Rick Gates , never disclosed their work as foreign agents as required under federal law . The lobbying included attempts to gain positive press coverage of Ukrainian officials in The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal and The Associated Press . Another goal : undercutting American public sympathy for the imprisoned rival of Ukraine 's then - president . At the time , European and American leaders were pressuring Ukraine to free her . Gates personally directed the work of two prominent Washington lobbying firms in the matter , the emails show .", "event": [{"event_type": "Preventing exit of a person", "event_trigger": "imprisoned", "arguments": [{"argument": "rival of Ukraine 's then - president", "role": "passenger"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC8f242515788970bb99f8296a95ab44fda8099c2b0f7c657fbd205c70", "text": "Police are still searching for Milhem , who managed to flee the scene . His father , Muhammad Milhem , a police volunteer , recognized his son in video footage of the attack and called the police . Muhammad Milhem urged security forces on Saturday to detain his son as soon as possible , fearing he would strike again . “ What is important to me now is that they reach my son and arrest him , because he is still armed , ” he was quoted as saying by the Ynet news website . “ And just as he murdered two people , he can murder more . ”", "event": [{"event_type": "Preventing exit of a person", "event_trigger": "detain", "arguments": [{"argument": "security forces", "role": "preventer"}, {"argument": "his son", "role": "passenger"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCa1c7e10ccd2d795acb7009abf1909b17edce3adaa20188a6c531a977", "text": "He even suggested that one leaked email , where a Politico columnist asked Podesta to fact - check part of a story he was writing , was evidence this is “ a media - rigged election . ” Unlike Clinton , Trump ’s polling numbers have only nosedived for the last two weeks since The Washington Post reported he once bragged about grabbing women “ by the pussy ” without their consent . In the last presidential debate , he promised to try to incarcerate Clinton if elected and tried to make an issue out of Bill Clinton ’s past sexual misconduct . He also said he had never sexually assaulted anyone — a remark that prompted ten women to publicly accuse him of sexual misconduct . His campaign ’s circumstances have only grown more dire since then , which means he ’s likely to feel completely liberated on the debate stage .", "event": [{"event_type": "Preventing exit of a person", "event_trigger": "incarcerate", "arguments": [{"argument": "he", "role": "preventer"}, {"argument": "Clinton", "role": "passenger"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCa41dd9ccab15b2895573ad5d723960d90ddcb63795f55f8e6b9ec9af", "text": "The girls testified they were lured to Epstein ’s home after being promised hundreds of dollars to be his model or masseuse , but when they arrived , he ordered them to take off their clothes and massage his naked body while he masturbated and used sex toys on them . The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida prepared charging documents that accused Epstein of child sex abuse , witness tampering and money laundering , but Epstein took a plea deal before an indictment could be handed up . On Sept. 24 , 2007 , in a deal shrouded in secrecy that left alleged victims shocked at its leniency , Epstein agreed to a 30-month sentence , including 18 months of jail time and 12 months of house arrest and the agreement to pay dozens of young girls under a federal statute providing for compensation to victims of child sexual abuse . In exchange , the U.S. Attorney ’s Office promised not to pursue any federal charges against Epstein or his co - conspirators . Florida attorney Brad Edwards , who represented some of Epstein ’s alleged victims , is suing the federal government over the secret non - prosecution agreement in hopes of having it overturned .", "event": [{"event_type": "Preventing exit of a person", "event_trigger": "arrest", "arguments": [{"argument": "The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida", "role": "preventer"}, {"argument": "Epstein", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "Florida", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCa8586c681ee1c4866ebcc3cba26b7aa402721537dcce129c0f911a54", "text": "Humanitarian aid collected by Russian religious communities to be delivered to Syria In April 2017 , the Council for Communications with Religious Communities that reports to the Russian President set up a workgroup for assistance to the population of Syria Putin to hold talks with Kyrgyz president in Kremlin The sides are expected to sign a document on stepping up the alliance and strategic partnership between Moscow and Bishkek Russian daredevil detained on rooftop after climbing Moscow skyscraper ( VIDEOS ) The self - styled \" Russian Spiderman \" conquering a 72-story building in the capital � s Moscow City business center has been met by police and emergencies services on the rooftop . The stunt Ve?er : Border ruling will have consequences in both countries The upcoming decision of the arbitral tribunal on the border between Slovenia and Croatia , regardless of the fact that Croatia 's withdrawal from the arbitration agreement is null and void under in", "event": [{"event_type": "Preventing exit of a person", "event_trigger": "detained", "arguments": [{"argument": "police", "role": "preventer"}, {"argument": "Russian daredevil", "role": "passenger"}, {"argument": "rooftop", "role": "origin"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCb1215125d43a2f3f73524da5b39a2934d58fcf77b0232ee40f916e4e", "text": "Nine people were wounded in the stabbings ; Adan was shot and killed by an off - duty police officer . In New Jersey , Ahmad Khan Rahami , a naturalized U.S. citizen from Afghanistan , was arrested Monday in connection with bombs left in New York City and Seaside Park , N.J. The manhunt for Rahami , arrested after a shootout in New Jersey , instantly gave the GOP standard - bearer new fodder . “ Hillary Clinton Hillary Rodham ClintonGOP fires opening attack on Dem reportedly running for Heller 's Senate seat Trump seeks tech 's help for government IT overhaul What do Democrats stand for ? MORE wants to increase what [ Obama has ] let in , ” Trump said Monday on Fox News .", "event": [{"event_type": "Preventing exit of a person", "event_trigger": "arrested", "arguments": [{"argument": "Rahami", "role": "passenger"}, {"argument": "New Jersey", "role": "origin"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCbdf831fe9835b57cf63f14bb93ff49d752062eddf83bbcc9e96cb5ce", "text": "When a Russian FSB agent and a Russian soldier were killed by a team of Ukrainian saboteurs , and one of the captured Ukrainians was shown on Russian media in handcuffs , US ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt tweeted “ US government has seen nothing so far that corroborates Russians allegations of a ‘ Crimea incursion ’ & Ukraine has strongly refuted them . ” Apparently two dead Russians do n’t count for much in Pyatt ’s book : perhaps Putin personally killed them , and the whole thing is a set up .", "event": [{"event_type": "Preventing exit of a person", "event_trigger": "captured", "arguments": [{"argument": "Russians", "role": "preventer"}, {"argument": "Ukrainians", "role": "passenger"}, {"argument": "Ukraine", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCc0eb547be4c518d3cacdc3ef6179d37cf4d4aee8734312e24562c8e3", "text": "Syringe restrictions legislated during the 1980s war on drugs contributed to Danny Wilson 's HIV infection . ( CBC ) The authors found the biggest factor driving higher rates of infection among drug users was that they were excessively incarcerated and excluded from HIV and hepatitis C prevention , treatment and harm - reduction programs . These include needle and syringe exchanges , safe injection facilities and opioid substitution therapies such as methadone . Russia is the opposite extreme , the authors said .", "event": [{"event_type": "Preventing exit of a person", "event_trigger": "incarcerated", "arguments": [{"argument": "the 1980s war on drugs", "role": "preventer"}, {"argument": "drug users", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "HIV and hepatitis C", "role": "passenger"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCdae4a0526d8413432e6a17eaf3988a89dc1201386f62eb0ced5ab089", "text": "WikiLeaks was the subject of every cable TV discussion and every newspaper front page , and press packs swarmed the gates of every address even tenuously connected to it . Commentators called for arrest , deportation , rendition , or even assassination of Assange and his associates . At the same time , WikiLeaks was having its payment accounts frozen by Visa and Mastercard , Amazon Web Services pulled hosting support , and Assange was jailed for a week in the UK ( before being bailed ) on unrelated charges relating to alleged sexual offences in Sweden . Inside WikiLeaks , a tiny organisation with only a few hundred thousand dollars in the bank , such pressure felt immense . Most of the handful of people within came from a left - wing activist background , many were young and inexperienced , and few had much trust of the US government – especially after months of reading cables of US mistakes and overreactions in the Afghan and Iraq war logs , often with tragic consequences .", "event": [{"event_type": "Preventing exit of a person", "event_trigger": "jailed", "arguments": [{"argument": "UK", "role": "preventer"}, {"argument": "Assange", "role": "passenger"}, {"argument": "UK", "role": "origin"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCf6e61d3e4795436b1514a86a6863fc8c4d524b7334c88a48322b69ae", "text": "Meanwhile , O'Malley argued that his state - level policies helped reduce the rate of those imprisoned to a 20-year low . The Bureau of Justice Statistics listed Maryland 's imprisoned population at 19,977 in 1992 . By 2002 , that number had jumped to 24,162 , but by 2012 , the number imprisoned had dropped to 22,558 . Maryland 's population , meanwhile , had increased from 4.8 million in 1990 to 5.8 million in 2010 , meaning the raw number imprisoned may have increased overall in that roughly 20-year span , but the rate itself decreased . Verdict : True .", "event": [{"event_type": "Preventing exit of a person", "event_trigger": "imprisoned", "arguments": [{"argument": "Maryland", "role": "preventer"}, {"argument": "imprisoned population", "role": "passenger"}, {"argument": "Maryland", "role": "origin"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC5abe54c1e7de468ee4aa08b3adbfd45cc794b10dc716630fca8dcb7e", "text": "Iran does not accept that the U.N. resolution bars it from testing missiles , as long as it has no nuclear weapons to place on them . The standoff has turned into a diplomatic and political test for both Washington and Tehran , even as the lifting of sanctions under the nuclear deal draws closer . Early in the new year , the United States and European Union are expected to unfreeze billions of dollars of Iranian assets , allow Iranian firms access to the international financial system and end bans that have crippled Iran 's oil exports . The deal was a risky diplomatic achievement for both Obama and Iran 's President Hassan Rouhani , leaders of countries that have been enemies for nearly 40 years . Both men are under pressure from hardliners at home to demonstrate that they have not compromised on wider issues .", "event": [{"event_type": "Sending, supplying or exporting an artifact", "event_trigger": "exports", "arguments": [{"argument": "Iran", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "oil", "role": "artifact"}, {"argument": "Iran", "role": "origin"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC8d05f7e8c2fc3cd2e9688061f02ee8101d1a99e7e2705779c3304f13", "text": "The Russian economy is likewise much smaller ( only $ 1.3 trillion ) . That is around one - tenth the size of the U.S. economy . Moreover , Russia ’s economy is both fragile and one - dimensional , with a heavy dependence on energy exports . In short , Russia does not have the features one usually finds in an aggressively revisionist power in the international system . Nevertheless , Russophobes have viewed Moscow ’s annexation of Crimea and its support for pro - Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine as the harbinger of much wider aggression , when there is almost no evidence of such an agenda .", "event": [{"event_type": "Sending, supplying or exporting an artifact", "event_trigger": "exports", "arguments": [{"argument": "Russia", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "energy", "role": "artifact"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCcf0d2fee085722878229983b062e16e6948006b9175798cf5362adae", "text": "Most synthetic drugs that end up in the United In States come from China , either directly or by way of Mexico , according to the DEA . China already has placed controls on 19 fentanyl - related compounds . Adding carfentanil to that list is likely to only diminish , not eliminate , global supply . Despite periodic crackdowns , people willing to skirt the law are easy to find in China 's vast , freewheeling chemicals industry , made up of an estimated 160,000 companies operating legally and illegally . Vendors said they lie on customs forms , guaranteed delivery to countries where carfentanil is banned and volunteered strategic advice on sneaking packages past law enforcement .", "event": [{"event_type": "Sending, supplying or exporting an artifact", "event_trigger": "supply", "arguments": [{"argument": "people willing to skirt the law", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "carfentanil", "role": "artifact"}, {"argument": "packages", "role": "vehicle"}, {"argument": "China", "role": "origin"}, {"argument": "the United In States", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCdfe6494169483a9bcccf43c292dd6b4a3ca71a8c4cf754e558bf8f2a", "text": "Oil prices have dropped below $ 30 a barrel in recent months , a fall of 70 percent since 2014 . Al Jazeera 's Bernard Smith , reporting from Doha , said that the challenge would be to get other producing countries , including Iran , to freeze production as well . Iran 's IRNA news agency said on Sunday the country had exported its first crude shipment to Europe since it reached a landmark deal last year with world powers . IRNA quoted Rokneddin Javadi , Iran 's deputy oil minister , as saying the shipment , the first in five years , marked \" a new chapter \" in Iran 's oil industry . Javadi said Iran had already reached an agreement to export oil to France , Russia and Spain .", "event": [{"event_type": "Sending, supplying or exporting an artifact", "event_trigger": "exported", "arguments": [{"argument": "Iran", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "crude shipment", "role": "artifact"}, {"argument": "Iran", "role": "origin"}, {"argument": "Europe", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCe03c360bce4c8f07e715f726e4fdf026d3105e00800fec39c4e1c995", "text": "The 2010 ban sent prices skyrocketing in key markets like Egypt , fueling unrest that contributed to a revolution . But exports have been growing since Russia first returned in volume to the global wheat market in 2002 . Over the first seven months of this year , farm and food exports were 5.5 percent of Russia ’s total , still far behind top - ranked oil and gas but the highest share in at least 15 years and more than big earners like weapons , according to official data . “ With our nature and climate , it ’s our destiny to be an exporter , ” said Arkady Zlochevsky , president of the Russian Grain Union , an industry group . The price of Russian wheat for export from Black Sea ports dropped to the lowest in at least six years in July and was last at $ 169 a metric ton as of Sept. 30 , according to the Institute for Agricultural Market Studies .", "event": [{"event_type": "Sending, supplying or exporting an artifact", "event_trigger": "exports", "arguments": [{"argument": "Russia", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "food", "role": "artifact"}, {"argument": "Black Sea ports", "role": "origin"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCf0c32e1b01d334bbd7330caed6cc351ac1d49cf00f43d5582a699b79", "text": "By By Kesavan Unnikrishnan Mar 13 , 2016 in Environment A newly released government document says the Canadian government is spending $ 2.5 million to monitor the annual commercial seal hunt , the largest marine mammal cull on the planet , which had an export value of only $ 500,000 . Commercial hunt has shrunk in recent years as major export markets such as the European Union , the United States and Russia have banned import of seal - fur products over animal - welfare concerns . Still , more than 38,000 seals were killed in the year 2015 .", "event": [{"event_type": "Sending, supplying or exporting an artifact", "event_trigger": "export", "arguments": [{"argument": "seal - fur products", "role": "artifact"}, {"argument": "Canadian", "role": "origin"}, {"argument": "the European Union , the United States and Russia", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCf9d4647eb5592887c7ca8bb37a0559c12f5462d22bdf220d872f67ab", "text": "Acetylfentanyl , for example , is a weaker cousin of carfentanil that China included on last year 's list of restricted substances . Six months later , monthly seizures of acetylfentanyl in the U.S. had plummeted by 60 percent , DEA data obtained by the AP shows . Several vendors contacted in September were willing to export carfentanil , but refused to ship the far less potent acetylfentanyl . A Jilin Tely Import & Export Co. saleswoman offered carfentanil for $ 3,800 a kilogram , but wrote , with an apologetic happy face , that she could n't ship acetylfentanyl because it \" is regulated by the government now . \" Contacted by the AP , the company said it had never shipped carfentanil to North America and had offered to sell it just \" to attract the customer . \"", "event": [{"event_type": "Sending, supplying or exporting an artifact", "event_trigger": "export", "arguments": [{"argument": "Several vendors", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "carfentanil", "role": "artifact"}, {"argument": "China", "role": "origin"}, {"argument": "North America", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC42d732f03c22c8b256b3626bcc60183f19725648ea773fd041bd53b9", "text": "But North Korean viewers wo n’t be getting anything close to what Netflix offers . That ’s right , The Interview , among other less controversial content , will not be landing on the service anytime soon . For movies made outside of North Korea , its citizens will have to continue to rely on smuggled material from activists like this guy who ’s been using drones to carry USB drives loaded up with Western movies into the country . With its broadband infrastructure limited as well as tightly controlled , it ’s not clear how many people will actually be able to access Manbang . It ’s thought only a few thousand people in the country – population 25 million – have access to the internet , with special permission necessary needed to get online .", "event": [{"event_type": "Hiding a person", "event_trigger": "smuggled", "arguments": [{"argument": "guy", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "Western movies", "role": "passenger"}, {"argument": "USB drives", "role": "hidingplace"}, {"argument": "drones", "role": "vehicle"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCb621c3870497db7f284f798d22bc35e1788d66251561ffa2dd04cee1", "text": "Police in Istanbul and elsewhere have in the past months conducted similar raids on workshops that produce defective lifejackets sold to migrants . Turkey is under intense pressure to stem the flow of migrants to Europe . In November , it agreed to fight the smuggling networks and help curb irregular migration . In return , the European Union pledged 3 billion euros ( $ 3.25 billion ) to help improve the refugees ’ conditions . The International Organization for Migration says 284 migrants have died so far this year trying to make the dangerous crossing from Turkey to Greece .", "event": [{"event_type": "Hiding a person", "event_trigger": "smuggling", "arguments": [{"argument": "migrants", "role": "passenger"}, {"argument": "Turkey", "role": "origin"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCd85867fb0fdecf98d0ab9e34dca64fde651f018145951c7a7b91277f", "text": "They include President Xi Jinping and two more , Zhang Gaoli and Liu Yanshan , who sit on the party 's powerful seven - member Standing Committee . According to several reports , posts about the leak are being scrubbed from Chinese social networks including Sina Weibo and Wechat , after the topic started to trend on those networks early Monday . The so - called papers , which were comprised of 11 million documents leaked from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca and reported on Sunday , indicate that at least 140 current or former world leaders set up offshore accounts to conceal their assets . In total , the firm has set up more than 240,000 of those accounts . Several Western countries have begun investigations into whether the information warrants prosecution .", "event": [{"event_type": "Hiding a person", "event_trigger": "conceal", "arguments": [{"argument": "at least 140 current or former world leaders", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "offshore accounts", "role": "hidingplace"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC205c6ac8950ea8536e9a269ef84ec4563dfbc7400e83b883a7594d80", "text": "\" We are also concerned that groups like ISIS could order it commercially . \" Weber considered a range of alarming scenarios , including the use of carfentanil to knock out and take troops hostage , or to kill civilians in a closed environment like a train station . He added that it is important to raise awareness about the threat from carfentanil trafficking . \" Shining sunlight on this black market activity should encourage Chinese authorities to shut it down , \" he said . Fentanyls also have been described as ideal tools for assassination — lethal and metabolized quickly so they leave little trace .", "event": [{"event_type": "Smuggling or extracting an artifact", "event_trigger": "trafficking", "arguments": [{"argument": "carfentanil", "role": "artifact"}, {"argument": "Chinese", "role": "origin"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC32d0751a8b8376a92c27ae33237196391f0c47d90e08627f1cc26020", "text": "“ We 're not fans of data localization — the last thing the world needs is 193 members of the United Nations demanding that data only be stored within their own borders , ” he said . “ This is really a set of issues where the tech sector tends to be pretty united . ” RECENTLY ON PRO CYBERSECURITY — The Democrats ’ platform formally endorses a encryption commission that includes outside experts … Researchers say ISIL militants are shunning WhatsApp in favor of Telegram for encrypted communications … “ A federal judge ordered a suspect in a sex trafficking case to unlock his iPhone using his fingerprint , but for unknown reasons the process did not work ” … Three men were charged in what the Justice Department called a “ sophisticated ” cell phone hijacking scheme … A court denied Matthew Keys ’ attempt to remain out of prison while he appeals . QUICK BYTES — Russia is worried about Pokemon Go .", "event": [{"event_type": "Smuggling or extracting an artifact", "event_trigger": "trafficking", "arguments": [{"argument": "suspect", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "sex", "role": "artifact"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC58cfd5f520393ed90eed371e6e7587c0d51a5d0507011cc2dec11c8c", "text": "Police in Istanbul and elsewhere have in the past months conducted similar raids on workshops that produce defective lifejackets sold to migrants . Turkey is under intense pressure to stem the flow of migrants to Europe . In November , it agreed to fight the smuggling networks and help curb irregular migration . In return , the European Union pledged 3 billion euros ( $ 3.25 billion ) to help improve the refugees ’ conditions . The International Organization for Migration says 284 migrants have died so far this year trying to make the dangerous crossing from Turkey to Greece .", "event": [{"event_type": "Smuggling or extracting an artifact", "event_trigger": "smuggling", "arguments": [{"argument": "networks", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "migrants", "role": "artifact"}, {"argument": "Turkey", "role": "origin"}, {"argument": "Europe", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC5c020d2e1c362e165640f65b71806f67c17b5c9a928790aa8eb0b05a", "text": "And with the exception of Islamic State , it refers only to “ armed groups ” seeking to overthrow President Bashar al - Assad . But despite the neutral tone the findings are shocking . In an atmosphere of “ coercion , fear and fanaticism ” , blackmail , theft and smuggling have supported the continuation of armed conflict so that the Syrian economy has become “ a black hole ” absorbing “ domestic and external resources” . Oil production continues to be an “ important financial resource ” for Isis and other armed groups , it says . Consumer prices rose 53 % last year . But suffering is unevenly spread .", "event": [{"event_type": "Smuggling or extracting an artifact", "event_trigger": "smuggling", "arguments": [{"argument": "Syrian", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC80b821c63217c0659d417cda4451d8994cf385c0ac3da8660c34ddca", "text": "Donald Trump repeatedly defended his claim that the Mexican government is sending criminals and rapists to the United States . But a range of studies shows there is no evidence immigrants commit more crimes than native - born Americans . Moreover , the vast majority of unauthorized immigrants in prison do not belong in the category that fit Trump ’s description : aggravated felons , whose crimes include murder , drug trafficking or illegal trafficking of firearms . Fox News host Megyn Kelly asked Donald Trump a pointed question about his verbal treatment of women . On the Sunday shows , Trump refused to apologize — and further asserted that Kelly lists things he did not say .", "event": [{"event_type": "Smuggling or extracting an artifact", "event_trigger": "trafficking", "arguments": [{"argument": "aggravated felons", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "drug", "role": "artifact"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCa64196408151bdeda610b8b07aea707ee060cdee9982016fef0be8e9", "text": "But the weaker regulations also make it potentially easier for arms smugglers and human rights abusers to get their hands on US arms . For example , 36 US allies — from Argentina and Bulgaria to Romania and Turkey — will no longer need licenses from the State Department to import weapons and weapons parts from the United States . This will make it far easier for smuggling networks to set up front companies in such countries and get US arms and arms components that they can then pass on to third parties like Iran or China . Already a common practice , it will only increase under the new regulations . The degree to which the Obama administration has been willing to bend over backward to help weapons exporters was underscored at a 2013 hearing on those administration export “ reforms . ” Tom Kelly , then the deputy assistant secretary of the State Department ’s Bureau of Political - Military Affairs , caught the spirit of the era when asked whether the administration was doing enough to promote American arms exports .", "event": [{"event_type": "Smuggling or extracting an artifact", "event_trigger": "smuggling", "arguments": [{"argument": "networks", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "arms and arms components", "role": "artifact"}, {"argument": "front companies in such countries", "role": "vehicle"}, {"argument": "US", "role": "origin"}, {"argument": "third parties like Iran or China", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCd5cf54dc48b643162fc2d42e93401b2bb31b1aa4813ef367007e52b4", "text": "Virgins are needed for meeting very rich men . Your home country and town do not matter Advert seeking escorts Related stories Eyes on the prize Montpellier midfielder Ryad Boudebouz hilariously caught ogling at French beauty queen LAG LOVE Prisoner , 22 , writes love poem to his ' black beauty ' officer , 24 , after she smuggled phones into prison for him On claud nine Italian beauty Claudia Romani celebrates AC Milan win by stripping down to her skimpy underwear ' I want people to look up to me ' Beauty Queen Soheila Clifford set to take X Factor by storm with sexy selfies Dolling up with the Kardashians Inside Kim Kardashian 's £ 650 A DAY beauty routine PICTURE PERFECT ? This Morning beauty Holly Willoughby like you 've NEVER seen her before Just like mum Cindy Crawford 's 15-year - old lookalike daughter Kaia Gerber unveiled as new face of Marc Jacobs beauty She claimed Anna was no longer living in the hotel where they originally stayed but was now in a flat in Dubai with two other eastern European girls who were ready to work as escorts .", "event": [{"event_type": "Smuggling or extracting an artifact", "event_trigger": "smuggled", "arguments": [{"argument": "she", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "phones", "role": "artifact"}, {"argument": "prison", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC67456b32d02a632eeb1a4a436cff8427ded5056835f079b29184af23", "text": "Gandhi was blunter – if anything , less tactful than Nixon . Kissinger later wrote that her tone was that of “ a professor praising a slightly backward student , ” which Nixon received with the “ glassy - eyed politeness ” that he showed when trying to muscle down his resentment . She ripped into US arms shipments to Pakistan , which had outraged the Indian people , despite her efforts to restrain her public . She hammered away at Pakistan ’s “ persistent ‘ hate India ’ campaign , ” which she blamed for the two previous India - Pakistan wars . Then she gave an expansive denunciation of Pakistan .", "event": [{"event_type": "Bringing, carrying or unloading an artifact", "event_trigger": "shipments", "arguments": [{"argument": "US", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "arms", "role": "artifact"}, {"argument": "US", "role": "origin"}, {"argument": "Pakistan", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC828a04e0fe4e8136692963b9389f6c893f07e9e92f4910c775cf3fd6", "text": "A soldier fires a rocket launcher as other U.S. servicemen watch during the Exercise Noble Partner on May 14 . ZURAB KURTSIKIDZE / EPA The equipment was shipped across the Black Sea and transported by rail to the military training area . For the Georgian military , the exercise has become a source of prestige . \" We are proud to have them here and it ’s a unique opportunity to train with these advanced troops and this advanced equipment , \" Lt . Col . Beka Ambroladze said .", "event": [{"event_type": "Bringing, carrying or unloading an artifact", "event_trigger": "transported", "arguments": [{"argument": "equipment", "role": "artifact"}, {"argument": "by rail", "role": "vehicle"}, {"argument": "military training area", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCa126de51679be6c1052e8b1124f0ac7dc47c2b9c0062ee878a364397", "text": "Investors from local farmers to billionaire tycoons are pumping money into the business . Russian wheat has crowded out U.S. supplies in Egypt , the world ’s biggest buyer , and is gaining footholds in some other countries , such as Nigeria , Bangladesh and Indonesia . That ’s four decades after the Soviet Union turned to U.S. shipments of wheat and corn to offset shortfalls in its own harvests . Over the last decade , Russia has been the biggest single source of growth in wheat exports , vital to meeting surging global demand . “ Russia will be among the top exporters for a long time , especially given the potential advances in productivity there , ” said Tom Basnett , general manager at Market Check , a Sydney - based commodity consultant .", "event": [{"event_type": "Bringing, carrying or unloading an artifact", "event_trigger": "shipments", "arguments": [{"argument": "U.S.", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "wheat and corn", "role": "artifact"}, {"argument": "U.S.", "role": "origin"}, {"argument": "Soviet Union", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCa186402ed7209b7537b7537b76054aa1b7d87a623ec15441b2aa09f0", "text": "Roughly 40 % of the crude imported from Iran was refined at Essar Oil 's massive refinery in the state of Gujarat . Now that the refinery is under new ownership , it 's likely to be processing more shipments from Russia . Lalit Kumar Gupta , Essar Oil 's chief executive officer , told Bloomberg in August that shipments from Iran would decline if Rosneft bought a stake in the Indian firm . \" When they are on board we will see how much to buy , what to buy , \" he said . Now , Iran might need to find new buyers in a global market already saturated with supply .", "event": [{"event_type": "Bringing, carrying or unloading an artifact", "event_trigger": "shipments", "arguments": [{"argument": "Essar Oil", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "shipments", "role": "artifact"}, {"argument": "Iran", "role": "origin"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC7eb78d3189c55acad757025672c662552a4afced4a7969b018ce0452", "text": "And in another message , a staffer appears to suggest to Podesta that the campaign should set up specific chants from the crowd at a Clinton rally : “ Wonder if tomorrow night , we should be more purposeful about generating the ‘ U - S - A , U - S - A ' chants during her riff about the need for togetherness and unity … with people holding the little American flags . ” “ I really like that , ” Podesta replies . One memo attached to an email from March 2016 is titled “ Concept Paper ” and outlines a proposal to “ use young elected officials and entertainers to build a ‘ grassroots ’ movement of under 40 voters as a vehicle to migrate support for Bernie into activism for Hillary . ” “ The group should be branded separately from the campaign so people who engage with it feel like they created and own it , ” the memo says . As the Democratic primary race with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders was tightening in early 2016 , Clinton 's team weighed options for responding to Sanders ’ arguments that she was too close to Wall Street , including whether to focus on her plan for regulating the finance industry or trying to debunk Sanders ' claims .", "event": [{"event_type": "Granting entry or asylum to a person", "event_trigger": "migrate", "arguments": [{"argument": "a ‘ grassroots ’ movement", "role": "granter"}, {"argument": "voters", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "support", "role": "passenger"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC9ea5c72e1887aaf7ab43d37d191aa73df2020a817e7e54b26cb4d732", "text": "Increasingly , Chinese - owned factories in Siberia churn out finished goods , as if the region already were a part of the Middle Kingdom 's economy . \" According to Reuters , Chinese firms already lease or control at least 1.5 million acres of land in Russia 's Far East . Critics of Putin 's land grab plan say it will only increase the amount of Chinese workers immigrating in masses across the border to work on newly - developed Russian farms . Countered one Chinese businessman : \" I think the Russians need to understand that if they do n't allow Chinese investment or Japanese investment or Korean investment here , they will actually lose the place . \"", "event": [{"event_type": "Granting entry or asylum to a person", "event_trigger": "immigrating", "arguments": [{"argument": "Putin", "role": "granter"}, {"argument": "Chinese workers", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "across the border", "role": "origin"}, {"argument": "Russian farms", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCb809c0aab203666143be4d550f895b94e7f217eeff2f779ba823f5fa", "text": "Image copyright AFP Image caption Julian Assange has been claiming asylum at London 's Ecuadorean embassy since 2012 WikiLeaks says that Ecuador has shut down internet access for its founder Julian Assange . The transparency activist has sought asylum at London 's Ecuadorean embassy since 2012 to avoid extradition over sex assault allegations .", "event": [{"event_type": "Granting entry or asylum to a person", "event_trigger": "asylum", "arguments": [{"argument": "Ecuadorean embassy", "role": "granter"}, {"argument": "Julian Assange", "role": "passenger"}, {"argument": "London 's Ecuadorean embassy", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC589d564383d17bfeccf510ce9a79348753cc486a0c5d282c40609094", "text": "The Russian embassy in Pyongyang made the announcement this week that 2,394 tons of flour and other food items have been sent to the North Korean port city of Chongjin , Sputnik news agency reported Thursday . The flour was sent through the United Nations World Food Program and was made possible with a Russian donation , according to South Korean news agency Yonhap . This is the second time in 2016 Russia has delivered a shipment . In March , Moscow provided funds for the delivery of 2,500 tons of flour to North Korea . The flour is to be used to produce nutritious biscuits and cereals that can be distributed to child daycare centers in North Hamgyong and Kangwon provinces , according to the report .", "event": [{"event_type": "Dispersing or separating people", "event_trigger": "shipment", "arguments": [{"argument": "Russia", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "Russia", "role": "origin"}, {"argument": "North Korea", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCabbdfd3dd8af8c9dca526727f0bffadf7453d3786c3df28d4e81336c", "text": "Oil prices have dropped below $ 30 a barrel in recent months , a fall of 70 percent since 2014 . Al Jazeera 's Bernard Smith , reporting from Doha , said that the challenge would be to get other producing countries , including Iran , to freeze production as well . Iran 's IRNA news agency said on Sunday the country had exported its first crude shipment to Europe since it reached a landmark deal last year with world powers . IRNA quoted Rokneddin Javadi , Iran 's deputy oil minister , as saying the shipment , the first in five years , marked \" a new chapter \" in Iran 's oil industry . Javadi said Iran had already reached an agreement to export oil to France , Russia and Spain .", "event": [{"event_type": "Dispersing or separating people", "event_trigger": "shipment", "arguments": [{"argument": "the country", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "crude", "role": "passenger"}, {"argument": "Iran", "role": "origin"}, {"argument": "Europe", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCc3e609b97f0c45220b1a2ace86f4699f761fe3910a5303091e748cc4", "text": "The United Kingdom has been by far the biggest purchaser of US weapons in Europe of late , with more than $ 6 billion in deals struck over the past two years alone — more , that is , than the US has sold to all other European countries combined . The British defense behemoth BAE is Lockheed Martin ’s principal foreign partner on the F-35 combat aircraft , which at a projected cost of $ 1.4 trillion over its lifetime already qualifies as the most expensive weapons program in history . If Brexit - driven austerity were to lead to a delay in , or the cancellation of , the F-35 deal ( or any other major weapons shipments ) , it would be a blow to American arms makers . But count on one thing : Were there to be even a hint that this might happen to the F-35 , lobbyists for BAE will mobilize to get the deal privileged status , whatever other budget cuts may be in the works . On the bright side ( if you happen to be a weapons maker ) , any British reductions will certainly be more than offset by opportunities in Eastern and Central Europe , where a new Cold War seems to be gaining traction .", "event": [{"event_type": "Dispersing or separating people", "event_trigger": "shipments", "arguments": [{"argument": "Lockheed Martin", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "weapons", "role": "passenger"}, {"argument": "the F-35 combat aircraft", "role": "vehicle"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC01c475afaa8820356fb5a16e6f62756ac03338d338f89923fff4f551", "text": "They all fly the Maltese flag . In addition to Russian accusations , Syrian Information Minister Omran Zoabi also recently alleged that Turkey downed the Russian bomber over Syria in November in response to the destruction of hundreds of truck oil tankers sent to Turkey from Syria by the ISIS . The information minister alleged that oil smuggled into Turkey was bought by the Turkish president ’s son , who owns an oil company . Mr al - Zoubi said in an interview , “ All of the oil was delivered to a company that belongs to the son of Recep [ Tayyip ] Erdogan . This is why Turkey became anxious when Russia began delivering airstrikes against the IS infrastructure and destroyed more than 500 trucks with oil already .", "event": [{"event_type": "Smuggling or extracting a person", "event_trigger": "smuggled", "arguments": [{"argument": "oil", "role": "passenger"}, {"argument": "Syria", "role": "origin"}, {"argument": "Turkey", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC0c433bfb4038867345f607ba6344878ec7bd38bb35869f4ef5d975a3", "text": "I dislike the symbolism of a wall , but the status quo , where we have large swaths of a wall , death - trap gaps in parts of the desert that are particularly dangerous to cross , and armed guards on patrol , many of them corrupt , is n't exactly a symbol of welcome ! It may have more costs than a barrier that decreased instances of agents and migrants meeting . Either way , so long as the War on Drugs continues , there will be drug - smuggling routes that double as human smuggling routes . I am not for totally open borders . While I ca n't tell you exactly how many immigrants I favor , I can say with confidence that America can easily accommodate the people already living here and the levels of both legal and illegal immigration we 're seeing now .", "event": [{"event_type": "Smuggling or extracting a person", "event_trigger": "smuggling", "arguments": [{"argument": "human", "role": "passenger"}, {"argument": "America", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC3b41c0cd53fc350aae8a11cb112fa4acd21358bb47cafef8b04784af", "text": "But the weaker regulations also make it potentially easier for arms smugglers and human rights abusers to get their hands on US arms . For example , 36 US allies — from Argentina and Bulgaria to Romania and Turkey — will no longer need licenses from the State Department to import weapons and weapons parts from the United States . This will make it far easier for smuggling networks to set up front companies in such countries and get US arms and arms components that they can then pass on to third parties like Iran or China . Already a common practice , it will only increase under the new regulations . The degree to which the Obama administration has been willing to bend over backward to help weapons exporters was underscored at a 2013 hearing on those administration export “ reforms . ” Tom Kelly , then the deputy assistant secretary of the State Department ’s Bureau of Political - Military Affairs , caught the spirit of the era when asked whether the administration was doing enough to promote American arms exports .", "event": [{"event_type": "Smuggling or extracting a person", "event_trigger": "smuggling", "arguments": [{"argument": "networks", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "US arms and arms components", "role": "passenger"}, {"argument": "United States", "role": "origin"}, {"argument": "such countries", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC55aa830c3dc6b7349bad602cd93837b6e8548740cd07a141b0ccea21", "text": "See the most - read stories this hour » Online exhortations and blueprints for attacks that are pushed to followers on Twitter and via encrypted apps can inspire individuals to “ embark on this path to destruction ” while evading a surveillance net that tracks communications and travel for potential signs of terrorist plots , Brennan said . Intelligence analysts are concerned that Islamic State may try send terrorists into Western countries by hiding them among refugees , by using smuggling channels or by finding weaknesses in the security screening of legitimate travelers , he said . Gunmen and suicide bombers , including some who had returned from the war in Syria , killed 130 people in restaurants , a concert hall and a sports arena in Paris last Nov. 15 . And on March 22 , another terrorist team directed by Islamic State bombed the airport and subway in Brussels , killing 32 people .", "event": [{"event_type": "Smuggling or extracting a person", "event_trigger": "smuggling", "arguments": [{"argument": "Islamic State", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "terrorists", "role": "passenger"}, {"argument": "Western countries", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC897ab086be21013876820c89628ffdf8e1ea942ae6cda1a8e0e33d3d", "text": "Under the circumstances , it should be obvious that trends in the global arms trade are a major news story and should be dealt with as such in the country most responsible for putting more weapons of a more powerful nature into the hands of those living in “ volatile ” regions . It ’s a monster business ( in every sense of the word ) and certainly has far more dangerous consequences than licensing a Hollywood blockbuster or selling another Boeing airliner . Historically , there have been rare occasions of public protest against unbridled arms trafficking , as with the backlash against “ the merchants of death ” after World War I , or the controversy over who armed Saddam Hussein that followed the 1991 Persian Gulf War . Even now , small numbers of congressional representatives , including John Conyers , Chris Murphy , and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul , continue to try to halt the sale of cluster munitions , bombs , and missiles to Saudi Arabia . There is , however , unlikely to be a genuine public debate about the value of the arms business and Washington ’s place in it if it is n’t even considered a subject worthy of more than an occasional media story .", "event": [{"event_type": "Smuggling or extracting a person", "event_trigger": "trafficking", "arguments": [{"argument": "the global arms trade", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "arms", "role": "passenger"}, {"argument": "Saudi Arabia", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCf2f17463d1b01a5b7579c8be789146c4878110f5406fbe7559fbd518", "text": "Former President Bill Clinton was a much more frequent flyer on a registered sex offender ’s infamous jet than previously reported , with flight logs showing the former president taking at least 26 trips aboard the “ Lolita Express ” -- even apparently ditching his Secret Service detail for at least five of the flights , according to records obtained by FoxNews.com . Clinton ’s presence aboard Jeffrey Epstein ’s Boeing 727 on 11 occasions has been reported , but flight logs show the number is more than double that , and trips between 2001 and 2003 included extended junkets around the world with Epstein and fellow passengers identified on manifests by their initials or first names , including “ Tatiana . ” The tricked - out jet earned its Nabakov - inspired nickname because it was reportedly outfitted with a bed where passengers had group sex with young girls . “ Bill Clinton … associated with a man like Jeffrey Epstein , who everyone in New York , certainly within his inner circles , knew was a pedophile , ” said Conchita Sarnoff , of the Washington , D.C. based non - profit Alliance to Rescue Victims of Trafficking , and author of a book on the Epstein case called \" TrafficKing . \" “ Why would a former president associate with a man like that ? ” Expand / Contract Epstein owns the entire 72-acre island .", "event": [{"event_type": "Smuggling or extracting a person", "event_trigger": "Trafficking", "arguments": [{"argument": "Victims", "role": "passenger"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC13cc2568553709c295752bfebf4d3e60cf00697f3cf6a431a6588175", "text": "Advertisement Continue reading the main story Mr. Assange spoke from the Ecuadorean Embassy in London , where he has been holed up for four years . Sweden is seeking his extradition for an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations ; his supporters have expressed fear that if he is arrested , he could be sent to the United States and prosecuted for publishing leaked documents . After the Democratic chairwoman , Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz , resigned Monday when Sanders supporters reacted angrily to revelations in the emails that party officials had privately rooted for Mrs. Clinton to win the presidential nomination , Mr. Assange told the news program “ Democracy Now ! ” that he had timed their release to coincide with the Democratic convention . “ Often it ’s the case that we have to do a lot of exploration and marketing of the material we publish ourselves to get a big political impact for it , ” he said .", "event": [{"event_type": "Preventing exit of an artifact", "event_trigger": "arrested", "arguments": [{"argument": "Ecuadorean Embassy", "role": "preventer"}, {"argument": "Sweden", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "Mr. Assange", "role": "artifact"}, {"argument": "London", "role": "origin"}, {"argument": "Sweden", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC240e4014bafcdc65c4badd76b225768b85e9bb0ee88a59aaa8944fb0", "text": "_ _ _ 7 p.m. Police in Calais have dispersed a rowdy anti - migrant protest with tear gas after clashes with protesters and detained several far - right demonstrators . Around 150 militants from the anti - Islam , anti - immigration group PEDIGA gathered Saturday at the northern French city chanting slogans like : “ We must not let Calais die ! ” Calais has been a focal point for migrants who want to slip into Britain via the Channel Tunnel .", "event": [{"event_type": "Preventing exit of an artifact", "event_trigger": "detained", "arguments": [{"argument": "Police", "role": "preventer"}, {"argument": "a rowdy anti - migrant protest", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "Calais", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC3072c08ed00be85bc9ecac7cde06ed2403e88911ade70287781bb466", "text": "Officials opened a criminal case the next day , following an autopsy of the patient 's body , which revealed the presence of traumatic brain injury , the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Belgorod region said in a statement . The doctor was fired and his actions are classified as negligence , since there is no evidence he intended to kill the patient , the Investigative Committee said . The incident was captured on surveillance video and went viral on the Internet . The committee said the criminal case was initiated before the video surfacing online . The patient entered the hospital and , in the course of a procedure , kicked a nurse , the Russian state news agency Ria Novosti reported , citing investigators .", "event": [{"event_type": "Preventing exit of an artifact", "event_trigger": "captured", "arguments": [{"argument": "The incident", "role": "artifact"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC338b50a0e04493547cf0c12813be6aa86a4083b8c622d0f208a63ecb", "text": "Given the beating he 's taken on this issue , it is obvious that the truth would be ferociously damaging if revealed . Trump earned his spot on the national stage with his racist claim that President Obama was born abroad . And just last month , he insisted that the five minority teens wrongly imprisoned in the infamous Central Park jogger case are guilty , despite undisputable DNA evidence that they are not . He misses no chance to inflame racial and ethnic hatreds , as long as he can play the divisions to his advantage . And now , in the final stretch , he is taking aim at our democracy itself , suggesting he might not honor the results .", "event": [{"event_type": "Preventing exit of an artifact", "event_trigger": "imprisoned", "arguments": [{"argument": "five minority teens", "role": "artifact"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC56e66cae4bca56e5e5d5d09af4131f7238c79fe4c477f1b89fd7f4da", "text": "Instead of the vague creep of more boots on the ground , we should be clear about our long - term commitment to support allies and our willingness to ensure no new havens emerge . The announcement to maintain NATO troops and support in Afghanistan was an important step . With terrorists hiding behind encrypted communications , we should consider detaining high - value targets consistently to fill intelligence gaps . The Obama administration should also rethink whether this is the right moment to release the remaining detainees from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay , Cuba , to various parts of the world . And we need to support and amplify voices and networks around the world confronting the ideology that animates terrorism — online and in the physical world .", "event": [{"event_type": "Preventing exit of an artifact", "event_trigger": "detaining", "arguments": [{"argument": "we", "role": "preventer"}, {"argument": "high - value targets", "role": "artifact"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC69c20547f5349198246a5dff6b6de72bf2adea5e2327f1124f19625f", "text": "' I realised it was n't a wig as I thought initially , but a head - that 's why blood was dripping on her shoes and skirt . ' I stopped , had a cigarette , tried to get my breath back to normal because I was so shocked . ' She claimed a security guard and two policeman missed the chance to detain her . Alexandra added : ' People ran away from her . I saw five people fleeing .", "event": [{"event_type": "Preventing exit of an artifact", "event_trigger": "detain", "arguments": [{"argument": "a security guard and two policeman", "role": "preventer"}, {"argument": "her", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "head", "role": "artifact"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCc9549bea6509939b8f64dd719c888d14fdafe7fd9ab5e1bcf1889ee0", "text": "Syringe restrictions legislated during the 1980s war on drugs contributed to Danny Wilson 's HIV infection . ( CBC ) The authors found the biggest factor driving higher rates of infection among drug users was that they were excessively incarcerated and excluded from HIV and hepatitis C prevention , treatment and harm - reduction programs . These include needle and syringe exchanges , safe injection facilities and opioid substitution therapies such as methadone . Russia is the opposite extreme , the authors said .", "event": [{"event_type": "Preventing exit of an artifact", "event_trigger": "incarcerated", "arguments": [{"argument": "drug users", "role": "transporter"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCd21d8f096a20d41a919bb780e18a47337ca60447a8640fd85f043fcc", "text": "Investigators claim she murdered the girl , who is believed to have learning difficulties , after starting a fire at the child 's family home in a block of flats . Scroll down for video A burka - clad babysitter has been arrested in Moscow after she walked through the streets carrying the severed head of a four - year - old girl The nanny , Gyulchehra Bobokulova , 38 , from Uzbekistan , has been arrested . It is now known that the beheaded remains of the girl , identified as Anastasia ( Nastya ) Meshcheryakova , were discovered inside her cot .", "event": [{"event_type": "Preventing exit of an artifact", "event_trigger": "arrested", "arguments": [{"argument": "Investigators", "role": "preventer"}, {"argument": "A burka - clad babysitter", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "the severed head of a four - year - old girl", "role": "artifact"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCd8582af5be9779180e99aa12e625e6bdb3a6fadefeb35f32d8e5b0f9", "text": "As Mr. Marczak examined the spyware further , he found that it was being deployed from 67 different servers and that the emails had baited more than 400 people into clicking its links and unknowingly loading its malware onto their machines . He also found that 24 Emiratis were being targeted with the same spyware on Twitter . At least three of those targeted were arrested shortly after the surveillance began ; another was later convicted of insulting Emirate rulers in absentia . Mr. Marczak and the Citizen Lab plan to release details of the custom Emirates spyware online on Monday . He has developed a tool he called Himaya — an Arabic word that roughly means “ protection ” — that will allow others to see if they are being targeted as well .", "event": [{"event_type": "Preventing exit of an artifact", "event_trigger": "arrested", "arguments": [{"argument": "Emirate", "role": "preventer"}, {"argument": "three", "role": "artifact"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCe2171080d114a4a6bbdf2893c74530c7da7ceccd1901a407401be6aa", "text": "This number is consistent with a long - term trend of declining violent crime in Maryland during O'Malley 's time in office , from 2007 - 2015 . But Maryland 's drop in the number of violent crimes reported also coincided with a national drop in violent crime reported by the FBI in the same period . Meanwhile , O'Malley argued that his state - level policies helped reduce the rate of those imprisoned to a 20-year low . The Bureau of Justice Statistics listed Maryland 's imprisoned population at 19,977 in 1992 . By 2002 , that number had jumped to 24,162 , but by 2012 , the number imprisoned had dropped to 22,558 .", "event": [{"event_type": "Preventing exit of an artifact", "event_trigger": "imprisoned", "arguments": [{"argument": "policies", "role": "preventer"}, {"argument": "those", "role": "artifact"}, {"argument": "Maryland", "role": "origin"}, {"argument": "Maryland", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCeca65d740e0fadf3046b2ae5c2fc3ac80b90380fe86aac6d36ed56e7", "text": "His promise to use his executive power to reopen that case , and have it investigated again , was unlike anything in recent presidential debates . “ It ’s just awfully good that someone with the temperament of Donald Trump is not in charge of the law in our country , ” Clinton said . “ Because you ’d be in jail , ” Trump said . The first half - hour of this debate was dominated not by questions from the undecided voters in the audience , but by interruptions and accusations by Trump himself . At one point , Trump referred to the endorsement by Sen. Bernie Sanders ( Vt . ) of Clinton as a deal with “ the Devil . ”", "event": [{"event_type": "Preventing exit of an artifact", "event_trigger": "jail", "arguments": [{"argument": "Trump", "role": "preventer"}, {"argument": "Clinton", "role": "transporter"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCefa2de7a1aa50aa382e84cc74e2d52c4521457fa45801161d2679fad", "text": "He even suggested that one leaked email , where a Politico columnist asked Podesta to fact - check part of a story he was writing , was evidence this is “ a media - rigged election . ” Unlike Clinton , Trump ’s polling numbers have only nosedived for the last two weeks since The Washington Post reported he once bragged about grabbing women “ by the pussy ” without their consent . In the last presidential debate , he promised to try to incarcerate Clinton if elected and tried to make an issue out of Bill Clinton ’s past sexual misconduct . He also said he had never sexually assaulted anyone — a remark that prompted ten women to publicly accuse him of sexual misconduct . His campaign ’s circumstances have only grown more dire since then , which means he ’s likely to feel completely liberated on the debate stage .", "event": [{"event_type": "Preventing exit of an artifact", "event_trigger": "incarcerate", "arguments": [{"argument": "he", "role": "preventer"}, {"argument": "Clinton", "role": "transporter"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC9f2f97e3659081e65918b572a6be1702649616800edd4c901d7bcaa7", "text": "That may encourage Thailand , controlled by a military regime , to cooperate when China seeks out dissidents living in tropical exile . Thailand ’s foreign minister , himself an army general , even gushed late last year that he would “ fall in love ” with his Chinese counterpart if only he were female . The hard - learned lesson for Chinese dissidents : If you plan to flee , try to flee farther than China ’s backyard . Prominent classified intelligence leakers sought by America — namely Julian Assange and Edward Snowden — have sought refuge with the help of Ecuador and Russia , among a small number of nations willing to defy the world ’s leading superpower . Likewise , as China ascends , it too is expanding the pool of countries willing to help capture dissidents on the lam .", "event": [{"event_type": "Evacuation or rescue of a person", "event_trigger": "flee", "arguments": [{"argument": "Chinese dissidents", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "Chinese dissidents", "role": "passenger"}, {"argument": "China", "role": "origin"}, {"argument": "Thailand", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCaa074b57575e3e8360aa55feb606a85d576adbfbee5527766289308f", "text": "More than two thousand of those deer have already died , all of them in the Yamalo - Nenetsky area . This territory is located above the Arctic Circle , and is generally known for a very long winter that lasts up to 8 months , and extremely low temperatures , reaching -70 degrees Celsius . A total of 90 people , half of them children , were taken to hospital after being evacuated from the remote area where the infection spread . Most of them tested negative for the disease . Yamal residents are collecting donations for the evacuees , who had to leave most of their possessions behind .", "event": [{"event_type": "Evacuation or rescue of a person", "event_trigger": "evacuated", "arguments": [{"argument": "90 people", "role": "passenger"}, {"argument": "remote area", "role": "origin"}, {"argument": "hospital", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCcc7133ecaecc586d79e2c6529f0c13e4568d8ee79bf7d71b58c54d2d", "text": "The video lasts nine minutes and ends with a masked man addressing President Vladimir Putin and urging Daesh supporters to attack Russia . © REUTERS/ Ahmed Saad Daesh Commanders Fleeing Mosul Amid Iraqi Army 's Liberation Campaign Daesh terrorist group , outlawed in the United States , Russia and numerous other countries throughout the world , has seized vast areas in Iraq and Syria , forcing thousands of people to flee their homes . The radical Sunni group has become notorious for its human rights atrocities , such as public beheadings of foreign journalists . Daesh and its affiliates have claimed responsibility for numerous terrorist attacks carried out in various parts of the world , including the July 14 Nice attack and the the March 22 Brussels attacks .", "event": [{"event_type": "Evacuation or rescue of a person", "event_trigger": "flee", "arguments": [{"argument": "thousands of people", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "thousands of people", "role": "passenger"}, {"argument": "their homes", "role": "origin"}]}]}
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{"id": "nw_RCe9fd7707a1869eb8bf5def9d81b564ea37baa8d031963349de728ef8", "text": "The infection has resurfaced in western Siberia 75 years after the previous outbreak . The child died in hospital in the city of Salekhard , the capital of the Yamalo - Nenetsk Autonomous Area , where quarantine over the anthrax outbreak was declared last week . The boy was among several dozen indigenous people evacuated from the contaminated area . “ We are 90 percent sure that he died from anthrax . He had the intestinal form of the disease , which is harder to diagnose , ” the office of Yamal Governor Dmitry Kobylkin told TASS .", "event": [{"event_type": "Evacuation or rescue of a person", "event_trigger": "evacuated", "arguments": [{"argument": "indigenous people", "role": "passenger"}, {"argument": "the contaminated area", "role": "origin"}, {"argument": "hospital in the city of Salekhard", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC088f8227320d18698df3d773f387ec73089968990c1cba814e1cd22f", "text": "This is why Turkey became anxious when Russia began delivering airstrikes against the IS infrastructure and destroyed more than 500 trucks with oil already . This really got on Erdogan and his company ’s nerves . They ’re importing not only oil , but wheat and historic artefacts as well . ” Bilal Erdogan denies Russian allegations Bilal Erdogan this week denied continuous Russian allegations that he and his family were profiting from the illegal smuggling of oil from ISIS - held territory in Syria and Iraq , after Russia ’s defence ministry said it had proof that the Erdogan family was benefiting directly from this trade .", "event": [{"event_type": "Receiving or importing an artifact", "event_trigger": "importing", "arguments": [{"argument": "Erdogan", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "oil", "role": "artifact"}, {"argument": "trucks", "role": "vehicle"}, {"argument": "Syria and Iraq", "role": "origin"}, {"argument": "Turkey", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC74245e925a611b7c9eaa6815950106072582c17b07bbcd07232bf0b8", "text": "Among the recipients of that report was Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta , whose hacked emails were posted by WikiLeaks on Friday . In her remarks to Goldman Sachs , Clinton pointed to the Syrian government ’s air defense systems , and noted that destroying them would take the lives of many Syrian civilians . “ They ’re getting more sophisticated thanks to Russian imports . To have a no - fly zone you have to take out all of the air defense , many of which are located in populated areas . So our missiles , even if they are standoff missiles so we ’re not putting our pilots at risk — you’re going to kill a lot of Syrians , ” she said .", "event": [{"event_type": "Receiving or importing an artifact", "event_trigger": "imports", "arguments": [{"argument": "Syrian government", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "air defense systems", "role": "artifact"}, {"argument": "Russian", "role": "origin"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC9f8d5a63ac40290e8132a28921ddd5ed6534980ffe2f3528fc606382", "text": "Moreover , she says this would be in violation of international trade rules and Mexico and China would respond by going to the World Trade Organization , where they would win a judgment . Or they could retaliate against U.S. goods , such as agricultural products , which would \" inflict great damage . \" Trump would impose tariffs on some goods from Mexico and huge penalties on imports from China , from 25 percent to 45 percent . These countries are cheating America on trade , he charges . But trade specialists note that he could n't do this unilaterally .", "event": [{"event_type": "Receiving or importing an artifact", "event_trigger": "imports", "arguments": [{"argument": "Trump", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "goods", "role": "artifact"}, {"argument": "China", "role": "origin"}, {"argument": "America", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC2a52042a391c229a1c782a24461de5af8f24064993a511a793951957", "text": "\" The people are really friendly , and I really think I 'll come back and spend some more time here . \" - ' Afraid to work here ' - In May , Turkey suffered its worst drop - off in visits in 22 years -- down 35 percent from a year ago -- as an industry which ordinarily brings in 30 billion euros ( $ 33.2 billion ) went into free fall . This was partly a result of a Russian ban on Turkish package holidays that Moscow had slapped on Ankara over a bitter diplomatic row . That ban was lifted last week as the two countries made up -- cause for celebration in the resort province of Antalya , where Russians traditionally come to sun themselves in their droves .", "event": [{"event_type": "Granting entry to an artifact", "event_trigger": "brings in", "arguments": [{"argument": "industry", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "30 billion euros", "role": "artifact"}, {"argument": "Turkey", "role": "destination"}]}]}
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{"id": "nw_RC6d6e5d3a2310acb992d71e506f07534f126575c9e04022c71525a1ec", "text": "The Observatory said the dead include three children and a pregnant woman . In Turkey , the private Dogan news agency reported that more than 30 of those wounded in Russian airstrikes in Azaz , primarily children , were transferred to a hospital in southern Turkey . It showed footage of ambulances arriving at the Kilis State hospital and medical personnel unloading children on stretchers and a girl wrapped in a blanket , as well as a handful of adults . \" They hit the school , they hit the school , \" wailed a Syrian woman who was unloaded from an ambulance onto a wheelchair . The Observatory and al - Halaby also reported an air raid on the village of Kaljibrin near Azaz .", "event": [{"event_type": "Bringing, carrying or unloading a person", "event_trigger": "unloading", "arguments": [{"argument": "medical personnel", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "a girl", "role": "passenger"}, {"argument": "ambulances", "role": "vehicle"}, {"argument": "Azaz", "role": "origin"}, {"argument": "Kilis State hospital", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC917c3b9b2e7447f7810499d788b551940c3700f066203f480fa3b122", "text": "In Turkey , the private Dogan news agency reported that more than 30 of those wounded in Russian airstrikes in Azaz , primarily children , were transferred to a hospital in southern Turkey . It showed footage of ambulances arriving at the Kilis State hospital and medical personnel unloading children on stretchers and a girl wrapped in a blanket , as well as a handful of adults . \" They hit the school , they hit the school , \" wailed a Syrian woman who was unloaded from an ambulance onto a wheelchair . The Observatory and al - Halaby also reported an air raid on the village of Kaljibrin near Azaz . Al - Halaby said the air raid hit a school , killing seven and wounding others while the Observatory said five were killed .", "event": [{"event_type": "Bringing, carrying or unloading a person", "event_trigger": "unloaded", "arguments": [{"argument": "medical personnel", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "Syrian woman", "role": "passenger"}, {"argument": "ambulance", "role": "vehicle"}, {"argument": "Kaljibrin", "role": "origin"}, {"argument": "Kilis State hospital", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCf500c527dd45b98e2e78d2b4a30375a3ee3ae3cd7be887f682c1e577", "text": "A soldier fires a rocket launcher as other U.S. servicemen watch during the Exercise Noble Partner on May 14 . ZURAB KURTSIKIDZE / EPA The equipment was shipped across the Black Sea and transported by rail to the military training area . For the Georgian military , the exercise has become a source of prestige . \" We are proud to have them here and it ’s a unique opportunity to train with these advanced troops and this advanced equipment , \" Lt . Col . Beka Ambroladze said .", "event": [{"event_type": "Bringing, carrying or unloading a person", "event_trigger": "transported", "arguments": [{"argument": "rail", "role": "vehicle"}, {"argument": "the military training area", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCde0d8953f28d8f32356644d577bf48864ebd62646b53c33d71a93d3f", "text": "It was everything we hate about scripted mannequin candidates captured in a brief crack in the political façade . Charles Ommanney / Getty Rubio plummeted in the polls , and Kasich , already mentally checked out , was the surprise second - place finisher in New Hampshire , with 15.8 percent of the vote . \" Something big happened tonight , \" Kasich said vaguely , not seeming sure what that thing was exactly . Even worse from a Republican point of view , Dinkley McBush somehow finished fourth , above Rubio and in a virtual tie with Iowa winner Ted Cruz .", "event": [{"event_type": "A person falling", "event_trigger": "plummeted", "arguments": [{"argument": "Rubio", "role": "passenger"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC411c8f98c9107dc801a1568fc9a02c1a3463d922917a4e64c48342b0", "text": "said that the country did not need another lecture on “ Islamophobia . ” “ We need a commander in chief who does everything necessary to defeat the enemy , ” he said . Privately , Obama has worried that a large - scale terrorist attack in Europe or on U.S. soil could force him to plunge American forces into another large and costly war in the Middle East — something he has vowed to avoid . In the near term , this nightmare scenario could lead Obama to deploy more U.S. Special Operations forces to track and destroy the Islamic State cells involved in planning terrorist attacks in Europe and North America . If that is not enough , Obama could choose to speed up plans to drive the Islamic State from its major havens .", "event": [{"event_type": "An artifact falling", "event_trigger": "plunge", "arguments": [{"argument": "American forces", "role": "artifact"}, {"argument": "into another large and costly war in the Middle East", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCc645d97d6f5e8da15e1e5c02c2d5580a7d6dee5545d5e52e8fa3d971", "text": "The helicopter came down roughly mid - way between Aleppo and Russia 's main air base at Hmeimim in the western province of Latakia , near the Mediterranean coast . Russian air power began supporting Syrian President Bashar al Assad late last year , an intervention which tipped the balance of the war in Assad 's favor , eroding gains the rebels had made that year . No group has claimed responsibility for downing the Mi-8 military transport helicopter . Government and opposition forces have both denied using chemical weapons during the five - year - old civil war . Western powers say the government has been responsible for chlorine and other chemical attacks .", "event": [{"event_type": "An artifact falling", "event_trigger": "transport", "arguments": [{"argument": "helicopter", "role": "artifact"}, {"argument": "Hmeimim", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC02b10304953fd37a9a246f6839244497c51e8d18128b670fc4999950", "text": "“ This is all very calculated , ” one of her advisers told me . “ Ivana is very shrewd . She ’s playing it to the hilt . ” Many floors beneath the Trumps , Japanese tourists roamed the Trump Tower lobby with their cameras . Inevitably , they took pictures of the display of Trump ’s familiar portrait from the cover of his book Trump : The Art of the Deal , which was propped on an easel outside the Trump Tower real - estate office . The Japanese still took Donald Trump to be the very image of power and money , and seemed to believe , as Trump once had , that this red - marble - and - brass monument was the center of the world .", "event": [{"event_type": "Self-motion of a person", "event_trigger": "roamed", "arguments": [{"argument": "Japanese tourists", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "the Trump Tower lobby", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC1575a2bc7faa770b09fa6cf9354d2e8dbcf5da201591ab53c8b0f406", "text": "' You have become so hardened , you have eliminated so many of us . Look I am a suicide bomber , I will die , doomsday will come in a second . ' She pulled the severed head out of a bag and walked near the metro station entrance in north - west Moscow . Video of the dead girl 's mother , Ekaterina Meshcheryakova , collapsing in the street upon hearing the horrific news has emerged . She was taken to hospital in an unconscious condition .", "event": [{"event_type": "Self-motion of a person", "event_trigger": "walked", "arguments": [{"argument": "a suicide bomber", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "the metro station entrance in north - west Moscow", "role": "origin"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC6b5a4800c602ff868b0e8ac7c8d76b1c97ae7fbd90d2e2ab7fbba21b", "text": "Each of them is equipped with an iPad mini , strapped to their wrist , and they refer to them constantly — to review their digital “ walk books ” and determine the doors on which to knock , to bring up the script they read to the people who open those doors , and to tabulate the responses they get . All this creates ever more data points for the vast trove of voter information the Kochs are building . For Newsweek ’s benefit , the three 20-something men are walking through this Upper Merion neighborhood . Usually , they run . Daily Emails and Alerts- Get the best of Newsweek delivered to your inbox", "event": [{"event_type": "Self-motion of a person", "event_trigger": "walking", "arguments": [{"argument": "three 20-something men", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "Upper Merion neighborhood", "role": "origin"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC8ad662e6f8d1f4b82165587b32dd41109923f82ee5f04854232aa05f", "text": "During the debate on Sunday , he was erratic , failed to land many blows , and humiliated his running mate on the Syria question . As for Clinton , her performance may not go down in the history books as one of the most sparkling debates , but it did n’t need to . She managed to remain above the fray , seeming calm , presidential , and poised as her rival roamed the stage and interrupted . Trump ’s pugilistic performance may serve as a rallying point for his key supporters , but the Republican ’s task right now is to staunch the bleeding and start winning over new voters , since he does n’t currently have enough to win . There ’s practically no prospect he made progress on that goal Sunday night .", "event": [{"event_type": "Self-motion of a person", "event_trigger": "roamed", "arguments": [{"argument": "her rival", "role": "transporter"}, {"argument": "the stage", "role": "origin"}, {"argument": "the stage", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC04299b67b717062aced72c38b0794361dd1b0bc130f09b2b4a5ab3b7", "text": "The new study says that since 2008 , 221 to 450 snow leopards have been poached every year , maybe even higher . James Compton , an author of the study , says , We think that what most observations , seizure records and expert opinion shows is that the majority is still happening because of retaliatory killing . He adds , “ One of the major interventions to stop that is better protection for livestock , in some of these very remote areas where you have nomad communities and herds of livestock , because that ’s where the friction takes place . ” More than 90 % of the poaching was recorded in China , Mongolia , India , Pakistan and Tajikistan .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RC062a7eed1282ee4f36b0eeddb331c431fcab543818b37cd86e92a583", "text": "The chances of intentional conflict are real , as is the possibility of an unintended clash escalating . At the same time , Syria is not essential to the national security of Russia or the United States . It is not without importance , but a defeat or capitulation there will not change the balance of power between them at all . It would of course affect psychological and political perception , but in the long run , perception ultimately comes down to substantial military and economic power . The United States can afford to back off .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RC06f93fc9b12b98ac26b24fc14a957aaec925686625df43896942248e", "text": "In the immediate aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing that ripped apart a federal building and killed 168 people , he was dispatched to the city to set up the early stages of the prosecution case , winning plaudits for gathering large amounts of evidence that led to the convictions of both McVeigh and Terry Nichols . He was also central to the prosecution of the Unabomber , Ted Kaczynski . He acquired his passion for being a judge by sitting at the feet of the liberal supreme court justice William Brennan , who was a champion of progressive policies such as opposition to the death penalty and support of abortion rights . Garland has had plenty of opportunity to wield similar progressive influence as chief judge of the DC appeals circuit which , given its location , frequently acts as arbiter in major cases concerning the federal government . Among those were the 2008 judgment from the appeals court , led by Garland , that punched a hole in the Bush administration ’s detention of so - called “ enemy combatants ” in Guantánamo Bay without any oversight from the civilian courts .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RC0a9b210c1a61094dc553e9be4194af167d4a0785bc09754ebdd35bec", "text": "In the latest response : Turkey 's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim blamed a \" racist Armenian lobby \" for the resolution Armenia 's Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said it was a \" valuable contribution \" to the \" international recognition and condemnation of the Armenian genocide \" German Chancellor Angela Merkel said : \" There is a lot that binds Germany to Turkey and even if we have a difference of opinion on an individual matter , the breadth of our links , our friendship , our strategic ties , is great \" Armenian ' genocide ' vote ignites press", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RC1d87ba6454e56a11a32269793522b6c76d5f232492648441d1f6bbd2", "text": "Among the 150 posters up for grabs are three thought never to have made it into production featuring Adolf Hitler , Nazi spin doctor Joseph Goebbels and Luftwaffe chief Hermann Goerring . It is thought the designs were blocked from print because Brits might not have recognised the enemy leaders and might have taken the messages to \" take time off \" literally . Play slideshow PenzanceAuctionHouse / BNPS 1 of 16 A fascinating archive of iconic World War Two recruiting posters , some which have never been seen before has emerged for sale for £ 10,000 . The team can be seen examining bullets , scraps of tents and personal items such as shoes ; many of which appear to be dated and marked with the swastika . In a statement , Evgeny Ermolov , a senior researcher at the Russian Arctic National Park said : “ Before it was only known from written sources , but now we also have real proof . ” All the objects found will now be taken back to the Russian mainland , where the researchers hope they can be archived , studied , and eventually put on display for the public .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RC2515478f76f7dc224c8115a155391c2a911cf63f0ac0e49703ecedf7", "text": "But while the Trump Wall ( as he has called it ) is the most provocative proposal of the election season , it is not particularly original . Over the past five millennia , politicians have repeatedly turned to large walls to solve problems . We should look carefully at the track record of this ancient technology before we invest what some estimates suggest could be $ 25 billion in construction costs for a 2,000-mile - long wall , plus millions more in annual maintenance . One of the earliest examples of a large - scale barrier wall was constructed by the rulers of the city of Ur , in what is now southern Iraq , at the end of the third millennium B.C. The kings of Ur faced a considerable challenge along their northwestern border from a semi - nomadic people known as the Amorites .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RC56ac8813a5d68219941d67e3cd3a6a5a2ea8ca1a59f43f3c4efbb983", "text": "During the debate on Sunday , he was erratic , failed to land many blows , and humiliated his running mate on the Syria question . As for Clinton , her performance may not go down in the history books as one of the most sparkling debates , but it did n’t need to . She managed to remain above the fray , seeming calm , presidential , and poised as her rival roamed the stage and interrupted . Trump ’s pugilistic performance may serve as a rallying point for his key supporters , but the Republican ’s task right now is to staunch the bleeding and start winning over new voters , since he does n’t currently have enough to win . There ’s practically no prospect he made progress on that goal Sunday night .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RC5c31140862fd7a879dace43fa6a47be8f5d8540c5f81840ad3cd0108", "text": "President Obama , Donald Trump , Hillary Clinton , and others of the mainstream interventionist ilk continue to debate whether the terrorist problem that America is facing is due to radical Muslims or regular Muslims . Depending on where they come out on that question , their solutions inevitably encompass more destruction of American liberty and privacy , such as with gun control , immigration controls , or surveillance schemes . There is one big problem with their analysis , however : The terrorism problem America has been facing even before 9/11 is n’t due to Islam , Muslims , or the Koran . Instead , the anti - American terrorism problem is rooted in U.S. interventionism in the Middle East and Afghanistan , specifically the ongoing death and destruction that the U.S. military death machine has been wreaking in those parts of the world on an ongoing basis for the past 25 years .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RC71eaf7c51d828f0e36cf9eab2e31b9a7ac7ed94e4a972bfd07f6677c", "text": "But , the perfect is the enemy of the good . It is our goal to throw our weight behind the candidate who has a reasonable chance of actually becoming President of the United States whose views are CLOSEST to libertarianism . Crippled America : How ... Donald J. Trump Best Price : $ 1.15 Buy New $ 6.49 When put in this way , it is clear that The Donald is the most congruent with our perspective . This is true , mainly because of foreign policy . And , of the three , foreign policy , economic policy and person liberties , the former is the most important .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RC735b5b17f76a72e2456a8e2b0e88e9343abc000367d3f104e508268e", "text": "The Bureau of Justice Statistics listed Maryland 's imprisoned population at 19,977 in 1992 . By 2002 , that number had jumped to 24,162 , but by 2012 , the number imprisoned had dropped to 22,558 . Maryland 's population , meanwhile , had increased from 4.8 million in 1990 to 5.8 million in 2010 , meaning the raw number imprisoned may have increased overall in that roughly 20-year span , but the rate itself decreased . Verdict : True . Hillary Clinton", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RC7425672cff67186d1e189ce4b240b371c11f617f86da4b576b4bbcff", "text": "At the same time , lower down the ranks , at the operations level , one of the American military service personnel said quite frankly that they spent several days preparing this strike . How could they make an error if they were several days in preparation ? ” said Putin . “ This is how our ceasefire agreement ended up broken . Who broke the agreement ? Was it us ?", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RC77574168ea635b1c24f66bf89f37ba91c1125fa80c56f270c1e7cbe8", "text": "The leaflets carried several messages to the citizens attempting to reassure them that the advancing army \" would not target civilians , \" but warned them to avoid the known locations of Isis militants . The military operation is the most complex carried out in Iraq since US forces withdrew from the country in 2011 . Last week , the UN said it was bracing itself for the world 's biggest and most complex humanitarian effort following the battle , which it expects will displace up to one million people and see civilians used as human shields .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RC7ddf99e6940dc86c96af417612dbf17d2efac3de8b1f220dfc498d4a", "text": "The United States later vaulted past Russia to become the world ’s largest natural gas producer . As a result , prices dropped to record lows , and America began to wean itself from coal , along with oil and gas imports , which lessened its dependence on the Middle East . The surging global gas supply also helped shrink Russia ’s economic clout : profits for Russia ’s state - owned gas company , Gazprom , plummeted by more than 60 % between 2008 and 2009 alone . Clinton , who was sworn in as secretary of state in early 2009 , believed that shale gas could help rewrite global energy politics . “ This is a moment of profound change , ” she later told a crowd at Georgetown University .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RC83ecedfedf2351aba86b9489d8fe5021c97ffa26d9d5d00c9d1185f4", "text": "For decades , wages of the middle and working classes have remained stagnant in the United States while the top earners have seen their wages grow exponentially . In the United States since the 2008 recession , nearly 99 percent of all new generated income has gone to the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans . Current trends suggest these enormous disparities in wealth are expanding . Amid calls for reform to redistribute wealth in the United States to the middle and working classes , criticism has mounted , stereotyping such reforms as \" handouts , \" \" free stuff \" or \" socialist . \" What these criticisms of proposed reforms for wealth inequality fail to recognize is that socialism for the wealthy not only exists , but is prevalent throughout our current system of government in the form of corporate socialism .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RC97ebd3bb80eda544109f69e93e0de6ca065e43cb7477c52747896929", "text": "“ With all due respect to Ethiopia , I do n’t know of any contributions that Ethiopia has made to the making of America . ” Story Continued Below President Lyndon Johnson , hoping to tamp down concerns about the immigration act at a time when Congress was engaged in an even more ferocious debate over the voting rights act , sought to downplay the implications of the proposed immigration law : “ This bill that we will sign today is not a revolutionary bill , ” he said upon signing it . The president , like many other of the law ’s supporters , sincerely believed that Europeans were most likely to take advantage of less stringent U.S. immigration policy . He was wrong .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RCa84a0ee22abc4bee5942982b99eab0de6b201c53d445592c76724162", "text": "Sanders says he believes that comprehensive immigration reform needs to be passed and we have to move toward a path to citizenship . He agrees with Obama ’s use of executive orders to enact amnesty . Sanders says he wants to “ bring families together , not divide them up ” re : his immigration agenda . Sanders says he will use executive orders to grant a path to citizenship for all of the country ’s illegal immigrants . Clinton says she agrees with Obama ’s executive amnesty .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RCbdd2144adf0a3e93953f3a40d6e942376b9ad6c589c066affec6364e", "text": "Then Elites run for president . Why run for president when already control country like dictatorship ? ” Then after what they call the “ fun Cyber Weapons Auction ” comes the real message , a serious threat . “ We want make sure Wealthy Elite recognizes the danger [ of ] cyberweapons . Let us spell out for Elites .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RCc4036358190b357f97a526dfc0564b806a01341218e0ac1bc3f5d230", "text": "FBI agents met senior Clinton officials in Brooklyn in March to warn them it was the target of cyber attack . It was weeks before the attack on the Democratic National Committee came to light . Buy Yahoo News ' Michael Isikoff reported Friday that agents asked the campaign to hand over internal computer logs and senior officials ' email addresses . Through lawyers , the campaign refused to give over the information because ' the FBI ’s request for sensitive personal and campaign information data was too broad and intrusive ' , Yahoo News said . The involvement of the Justice Department 's national security division is a sign that the Obama administration has concluded that the hacking was state sponsored , individuals with knowledge of the investigation said .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RCc4f1095e77d3b6d931a29cd40a0cafa95cf46b36ae48131f2a1ec07e", "text": "“ We 're not fans of data localization — the last thing the world needs is 193 members of the United Nations demanding that data only be stored within their own borders , ” he said . “ This is really a set of issues where the tech sector tends to be pretty united . ” RECENTLY ON PRO CYBERSECURITY — The Democrats ’ platform formally endorses a encryption commission that includes outside experts … Researchers say ISIL militants are shunning WhatsApp in favor of Telegram for encrypted communications … “ A federal judge ordered a suspect in a sex trafficking case to unlock his iPhone using his fingerprint , but for unknown reasons the process did not work ” … Three men were charged in what the Justice Department called a “ sophisticated ” cell phone hijacking scheme … A court denied Matthew Keys ’ attempt to remain out of prison while he appeals . QUICK BYTES — Russia is worried about Pokemon Go .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RCcf3bd64c426aebec0e783381b122f5a0b9d26e9b674d07884d6a0353", "text": "Nearly three quarters of scholars believe that these missiles will somewhat or strongly increase the likelihood of violent confrontation between NATO and Russian forces . Not surprisingly , 27 percent of IR scholars believe that renewed Russian assertiveness is one of the most important foreign policy issues facing the United States today . The rhetoric of U.S. presidential candidates suggests they agree as “ how would you deal with Putin ” has become both a talking point and an internet meme . As we observed in the South Carolina Republican debate , we should not be surprised to see Russian foreign policy used by candidates as a cudgel to attack each other in the race for the U.S. presidency . TRIP Snap Polls are conducted with support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RCd02add6b9aaebe46a2f4b869577e948680b76d3d07699ca5de410039", "text": "Oil prices have dropped below $ 30 a barrel in recent months , a fall of 70 percent since 2014 . Al Jazeera 's Bernard Smith , reporting from Doha , said that the challenge would be to get other producing countries , including Iran , to freeze production as well . Iran 's IRNA news agency said on Sunday the country had exported its first crude shipment to Europe since it reached a landmark deal last year with world powers . IRNA quoted Rokneddin Javadi , Iran 's deputy oil minister , as saying the shipment , the first in five years , marked \" a new chapter \" in Iran 's oil industry . Javadi said Iran had already reached an agreement to export oil to France , Russia and Spain .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RCdf6547bbe4531938cc9bcdb5ba45e6bfd7d9d4835415fdb5bf4f4c9c", "text": "All four girls married fighters approved by Isis – including an Australian and a US national – and two became widows within months of arriving in Syria , their families were told . In March last year , the Metropolitan police commissioner , Sir Bernard Hogan - Howe , said the teenagers could return home without fear of being prosecuted for terrorism , as long as no evidence emerged of them being engaged in violence . Akunjee told ITV : “ Leaving Isis is like trying to escape from Alcatraz , with a shoot - to - kill order added in ... Perhaps the only benefit out of this is as a tombstone and a testimony for others of the risks of actually going to a war zone , to dissuade people from ever making that choice . ”", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RCe3f9c17cb88e1a8bd515e9853e8f37f4aca92677275634afe35a3d24", "text": "The Republicans ’ creation will soon be let loose on the land , leaving to others the job the party failed to carry out . ” Then referring to himself , he added , “ For this former Republican , and perhaps for others , the only choice will be to vote for Hillary Clinton . ” [ See Consortiumnews.com ’s “ Neocon Kagan Endorses Hillary Clinton . ” ] Kagan , whom Clinton appointed to a State Department advisory panel , is married to Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Victoria Nuland , a former senior aide to Vice President Dick Cheney who rose under Clinton and helped orchestrate the Ukraine coup which sabotaged Obama ’s behind - the - scenes cooperation with Putin on touchy issues such as Iran and Syria . The Ukraine coup also opened the U.S. military - spending spigot even wider to pay for a new Cold War . [ See Consortiumnews.com ’s “ A Family Business of Perpetual War . ” ] Unpopular Warmongering", "event": []}