{"id": "nw_RC05164653a9ab41381181fd02de7a94d256ed4743db7d2cef0c4b24fe", "text": "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 . Since its creation , it had jailed or exiled rival politicians . Many of its regions , like Baluchistan and the North - West Frontier Province , sought autonomy . ( India , she claimed , had always shown some forbearance toward its own separatists – something that might have come as news to the Nagas and Mizos . )", "event": [{"event_type": "Arrest, jailing, or detainment", "event_trigger": "jailed", "arguments": [{"argument": "it", "role": "jailer"}, {"argument": "rival politicians", "role": "detainee"}, {"argument": "Pakistan", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC0e19092ae7ff608a2003f79679492ed33c68818a157f918ff502307f", "text": "And in Birmingham , a police officer can go up and give them a fine if one shade was high and one shade was low on the building . Oh , you 're not taking care of your [ property ] — $ 75 fine . And these things would build up , and people would be arrested because they did n't have money to pay the fines , and they 'd have a record . \" Have you ever been arrested ? \" [ on job applications].", "event": [{"event_type": "Arrest, jailing, or detainment", "event_trigger": "arrested", "arguments": [{"argument": "people", "role": "detainee"}, {"argument": "did n't have money to pay the fines", "role": "crime"}, {"argument": "Birmingham", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC0f93bf2cef8c8352db365ab54ed721f2ad4f22212968496cd012dd36", "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": "Arrest, jailing, or detainment", "event_trigger": "incarcerate", "arguments": [{"argument": "he", "role": "jailer"}, {"argument": "Clinton", "role": "detainee"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC179639bece02a9f39e11abea168ce1d6c046302e6b319af39963c3a4", "text": "A square near Amsterdam city hall that had been earmarked for the PEGIDA demonstration had to be shut down shortly before the gathering as police and explosives experts examined what police called a “ suspect package . ” Only about 200 PEGIDA supporters were present , outnumbered by police and left - wing demonstrators who shouted , “ Refugees are welcome , fascists are not ! ” Dutch riot police detained several people as officers on horseback intervened to separate the two groups of demonstrators . _ _ _ 2:30 p.m.", "event": [{"event_type": "Arrest, jailing, or detainment", "event_trigger": "detained", "arguments": [{"argument": "police", "role": "jailer"}, {"argument": "several people", "role": "detainee"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC2b31f6e4e37e0c4bfa4e400b4ec732eded89b00f5e7943087a6e5c7b", "text": "Trump claimed that the fact that President Obama traveled to Saudi Arabia and Cuba and was not greeted at the airport by the country ’s leader was “ without precedent . ’ But we found numerous examples of this happening under Obama – and previous presidents . We do n’t know where Trump comes up with this stuff , but once again he ’s wrong , wrong , wrong . It ’s unclear where Trump is getting this information but it appears to be a bungled reference to a list issued by a Senate office concerning 30 foreign - born individuals who were arrested on charges relating to terrorism in recent years . But the majority of the 30 cases involved naturalized U.S. citizens — people who came to the U.S. as children or had arrived before 2011 . There is no evidence that “ scores ” of “ recent migrants ” are charged with terrorism .", "event": [{"event_type": "Arrest, jailing, or detainment", "event_trigger": "arrested", "arguments": [{"argument": "30 foreign - born individuals", "role": "detainee"}, {"argument": "charges relating to terrorism", "role": "crime"}, {"argument": "U.S.", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC2b6a0fbe5ca887de36b0bfdbe91e263185ce3f835f77440c76c16725", "text": "He could have raised all the issues that he has raised . And I think there would have been a positive response to that , ” Clinton insisted . Cooper followed up asking if Snowden should do jail time . Clinton replied , “ he stole very important information that has unfortunately fallen into a lot of the wrong hands . So I do n’t think he should be brought home without facing the music . ”", "event": [{"event_type": "Arrest, jailing, or detainment", "event_trigger": "jail", "arguments": [{"argument": "Snowden", "role": "detainee"}, {"argument": "home", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC3be037b09c7e63ddd5f7249ced7101be2e19bd91a22eea4b5e1de714", "text": "Turkey 's main opposition parties , too , condemned the attempted overthrow of the government . Prime Minister Benali Yildirim said 161 people were killed and 1,440 wounded in the overnight violence . He said 2,839 plotters were detained . Kerry said the U.S. had no indication beforehand of the coup attempt , which began as he and Russia 's foreign minister were in a Russian government villa in Moscow , locked in negotiations over Syria . “ If you 're planning a coup , you do n't exactly advertise to your partners in NATO , ” Kerry said .", "event": [{"event_type": "Arrest, jailing, or detainment", "event_trigger": "detained", "arguments": [{"argument": "plotters", "role": "detainee"}, {"argument": "attempted overthrow of the government", "role": "crime"}, {"argument": "Turkey", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC5959033e9b07203e3c29d67950f733698921cde3f4943282fbedd46c", "text": "Reports later emerged claiming that the apartment where the money was discovered belongs to Zakharchenko ’s sister , which the arrested official confirmed , TASS reported . Zakharchenko ’s lawyers proposed that bail be set at 70 million rubles ( $ 1 million ) . “ We are asking about two alternative measures : home arrest or 70 million rubles ( $ 1 million ) bail , ” Zakharchenko ’s lawyer Yury Novikov said , as cited by Interfax . According to TASS ’ sources , the money belonged to NOTA - Bank , which had its license revoked in November of 2015 .", "event": [{"event_type": "Arrest, jailing, or detainment", "event_trigger": "arrest", "arguments": [{"argument": "Zakharchenko", "role": "detainee"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC6b722e6f0eef2fe1dee30ecba3538b393af8a8fde8f0ca485825cc89", "text": "At the heart of the operation are Electronic Benefits Transfer ( EBT ) cards , a government - issued debit card that replaced food stamps . There are more than 900,000 people who get government assistance through the EBT card in Alabama each year , and they are allowed to use the cards for food , non - alcoholic beverages , and other basic needs , mostly through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ( SNAP ) . The investigation began in February when Gardendale police arrested a man for shoplifting steaks and some other items at Walmart in that city . When they interviewed the suspect , he said he was boosting the items to give to two convenience stores , and he named the stores , authorities said . ” As to why the State of Alabama became the only US law enforcement entity to crack down on Muhammad Tahir Javed , this report explains , is due to that State ’s top judge becoming embroiled with the Obama regime over the rights of homosexual peoples to marry — and which this action was clearly meant to send a message to President Obama himself that they knew some of his darkest secrets .", "event": [{"event_type": "Arrest, jailing, or detainment", "event_trigger": "arrested", "arguments": [{"argument": "Gardendale police", "role": "jailer"}, {"argument": "man", "role": "detainee"}, {"argument": "shoplifting", "role": "crime"}, {"argument": "Walmart", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC8a211c5b0fad87bb39e6e2300b353dc20982178253ee13b33e9f4800", "text": "It was bad enough when Trump last year disparaged the war record of Sen. John McCain ( R - Ariz . ) , who spent 5½ years as a prisoner of war of North Vietnam . “ He ’s not a war hero , ” Trump said . “ He was a war hero because he was captured . I like people who were n’t captured . ” Despite that indefensible comment , McCain eventually endorsed Trump . Now Trump has responded to Khizr and Ghazala Khan , the parents of U.S. Army Capt .", "event": [{"event_type": "Arrest, jailing, or detainment", "event_trigger": "captured", "arguments": [{"argument": "North Vietnam", "role": "jailer"}, {"argument": "he", "role": "detainee"}, {"argument": "North Vietnam", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC8c623e6388e308b5ee8647050f791d0cb8e0063aed1419d01a455cf1", "text": "Mr. Trump has also questioned the merit of deploying troops overseas , including in Japan and South Korea , where a withdrawal of forces would profoundly affect security in Asia . Such a move would significantly reduce American influence at a time of increasing Chinese aggression . And he has said he would not press President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey , a NATO ally who has suspended , detained or placed under investigation more than 60,000 people in a post - coup attempt frenzy , to respect the rule of law . Nor would he make promoting human rights abroad — a central tenet of American foreign policy under both Democratic and Republican administrations — part of his agenda , since he says America has no moral authority to make such a case . Newsletter Sign Up Continue reading the main story Please verify you 're not a robot by clicking the box .", "event": [{"event_type": "Arrest, jailing, or detainment", "event_trigger": "detained", "arguments": [{"argument": "Turkey", "role": "jailer"}, {"argument": "60,000 people", "role": "detainee"}, {"argument": "coup attempt", "role": "crime"}, {"argument": "Turkey", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC8db2ff02aaffeb095ad0b4de823c478799d15250deeec6be27be143e", "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": "Arrest, jailing, or detainment", "event_trigger": "incarcerated", "arguments": [{"argument": "drug users", "role": "detainee"}, {"argument": "drugs", "role": "crime"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC92217fda6c1526e6fe5e037f6d1aeb075fcb9a13ca2136b9390e1fa2", "text": "Warmbier was on the dean 's list at the University of Virginia , CNN affiliate WCPO - TV reported . He was also part of a student organization that \" trains young professionals for careers in investment management and other functions within the financial markets , \" according to the group 's website . Kieren Thomas , a friend of Warmbier 's younger brother , told CNN in January that the detained student was a star soccer player in high school , outgoing and loved to travel to out - of - the - way places . \" Otto was one of the smartest guys I 've ever met , \" Thomas said . \" I 've never met a person that had a bad thing to say about him . \"", "event": [{"event_type": "Arrest, jailing, or detainment", "event_trigger": "detained", "arguments": [{"argument": "student", "role": "detainee"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC9b83c1672e07492cb2b934c22434ef6debd45aa1cff4b7c30685473d", "text": "\" One should call it the way we see it . Why ? Because we have prisoners of war referred to as illegally detained individuals , the fighting on the front lines is called the anti - terrorist operation , and the measures taken by the UN are called a humanitarian campaign . Therefore , we have a problem with the involvement of international security elements . It is only if we call a spade a spade when we can count on the honesty and openness of both European and international communities , \" the official said .", "event": [{"event_type": "Arrest, jailing, or detainment", "event_trigger": "detained", "arguments": [{"argument": "prisoners of war", "role": "detainee"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCa0f0b7f5c2518052d955a4957abf1b8436201c76266b1358ea629f24", "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": "Arrest, jailing, or detainment", "event_trigger": "incarcerated", "arguments": [{"argument": "criminal justice system", "role": "jailer"}, {"argument": "blacks", "role": "detainee"}, {"argument": "marijuana", "role": "crime"}, {"argument": "America", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCc060850e62ce4b39b76b741e6162793b898fa56a8e59ce0d454a2e0b", "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": "Arrest, jailing, or detainment", "event_trigger": "incarcerate", "arguments": [{"argument": "authorities", "role": "jailer"}, {"argument": "anyone they want", "role": "detainee"}, {"argument": "totalitarian regimes or Guantanamo", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC054859b76817fb2c9e29e044e1fe9d189080765ed845ae641c225a87", "text": "As I started looking into Page , I began getting calls from two separate “ corporate investigators ” digging into what they claim are all kinds of shady connections Page has to all kinds of shady Russians . One is working on behalf of various unnamed Democratic donors ; the other wo n’t say who turned him on to Page ’s scent . Both claimed to me that the FBI was investigating Page for allegedly meeting with Igor Sechin and Sergei Ivanov , who was until recently Putin ’s chief of staff — both of whom are on the sanctions list — when Page was in Moscow in July for that speech . So the question continued to linger : Who is Carter Page ? * * *", "event": [{"event_type": "Investigation of a crime", "event_trigger": "investigating", "arguments": [{"argument": "FBI", "role": "investigator"}, {"argument": "Page", "role": "defendant"}, {"argument": "meeting with Igor Sechin and Sergei Ivanov", "role": "crime"}, {"argument": "Moscow", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC34397e5ca63336e425d9ef9a75f338baa575e00986ef7a49f1897aea", "text": "WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange took the offer a step further in an interview , suggesting that Rich was potentially a WikiLeaks source . In a statement to Business Insider on Wednesday , Brad Bauman , a spokesperson for the Rich family , thanked investigators and implored high - profile figures to stop attempting to politicize Rich 's death by perpetuating unfounded theories about the shooting . \" The family welcomes any and all information that could lead to the identification of the individuals responsible , and certainly welcomes contributions that could lead to new avenues of investigation , \" Bauman said . He added : \" That said , some are attempting to politicize this horrible tragedy , and in their attempts to do so , are actually causing more harm than good and impeding on the ability for law enforcement to properly do their job .", "event": [{"event_type": "Investigation of a crime", "event_trigger": "investigation", "arguments": [{"argument": "investigators", "role": "investigator"}, {"argument": "Rich 's death", "role": "crime"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC44821eec46bc596a9454002a71a9807fe2fb180315602315aa8a0f26", "text": "He had no business writing to Congress about supposed new emails that neither he nor anyone in the FBI has ever reviewed . ” \" It is not the function of the FBI director to be making public pronouncements about an investigation , never mind about an investigation based on evidence that he acknowledges may not be significant , \" Akerman added . \" The job of the FBI is simply to investigate and to provide the results of its investigation to the prosecutorial arm of the U.S. Department of Justice . His job is not to give a running commentary about any investigation or his opinion about any investigation . This is particularly egregious since Secretary Clinton has no way to respond to what amounts to nebulous and speculative innuendo . ”", "event": [{"event_type": "Investigation of a crime", "event_trigger": "investigate", "arguments": [{"argument": "FBI", "role": "investigator"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCa324a1e57db1b8a1f8ab6136ca4bcbbab5365461aa9112eecce4f138", "text": "“ At this time , I do n't have any new insights or commentary to share beyond the facts that I presented [ earlier ] , ” he told NBC News . Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort dismissed allegations of Russian complicity in the leak of DNC emails Monday , as the FBI announced that it is investigating what it called “ a cyber intrusion involving the DNC and are working to determine the nature and scope of the matter . ” \" A compromise of this nature is something we take very seriously , ” said the FBI in a statement , “ and the FBI will continue to investigate and hold accountable those who pose a threat in cyberspace . ”", "event": [{"event_type": "Investigation of a crime", "event_trigger": "investigate", "arguments": [{"argument": "FBI", "role": "investigator"}, {"argument": "those who pose a threat in cyberspace", "role": "defendant"}, {"argument": "a threat in cyberspace", "role": "crime"}, {"argument": "cyberspace", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCb56b3c88795c107f830c825f3670419c3100d78e047ae466b6015187", "text": "When Hillary Clinton stated her \" predecessors did the same thing \" with email , this statement was rated \" Mostly False \" by POLTIFACT . Nobody in U.S. history , since the invention of email , has acted in the manner of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State . Previous secretaries of state were n't investigated by the FBI , and never used a private server exclusively . Thus , a Democratic nominee at risk of indictment , or incited by the Justice Department at the request of the FBI , will lose to any Republican on November 8 , 2016 . I explain why Democrats need Bernie Sanders now , more than ever , in this YouTube segment .", "event": [{"event_type": "Investigation of a crime", "event_trigger": "investigated", "arguments": [{"argument": "FBI", "role": "investigator"}, {"argument": "Hillary Clinton", "role": "defendant"}, {"argument": "used a private server exclusively", "role": "crime"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCd3f6ee41c2134ed205d1068c2517a346881b92ecfd59a2a31a91f0f4", "text": "They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the press . Some of the suspects were shot dead in front of other ISIS fighters as a lesson , the Iraqi officials said . After the Tunisian militant Abu Hayjaa was killed on the road outside Raqqa on March 30 , ISIS leadership in Iraq sent Iraqi and Chechen security officials to investigate , according to Abdurrahman and al - Talawy , the Syria - based activist . Suspects were rounded up , taken to military bases around Raqqa , and the purge ensued . Within days , 21 ISIS fighters were killed , including a senior commander from North Africa , Abdurrahman said .", "event": [{"event_type": "Investigation of a crime", "event_trigger": "investigate", "arguments": [{"argument": "Iraqi and Chechen security officials", "role": "investigator"}, {"argument": "Suspects", "role": "defendant"}, {"argument": "Abu Hayjaa was killed", "role": "crime"}, {"argument": "road outside Raqqa", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCf2f3da326a2485bd5c3599c38b9ee1c38bca21c88032f9bddcb33e55", "text": "Chelsea Manning , then known as Bradley Manning , who is serving a 35-year prison sentence . WikiLeaks also provided the documents to news outlets , including The New York Times . Despite a criminal investigation into Mr. Assange , he has not been charged ; the status of that investigation is murky . ) In addition , Mr. Assange criticized Mrs. Clinton for pushing to intervene in Libya in 2011 when Col . Muammar el - Qaddafi was cracking down on Arab Spring protesters ; he said that the result of the NATO air war was Libya ’s collapse into anarchy , enabling the Islamic State to flourish . “ She has a long history of being a liberal war hawk , and we presume she is going to proceed ” with that approach if elected president , he said .", "event": [{"event_type": "Investigation of a crime", "event_trigger": "investigation", "arguments": [{"argument": "he", "role": "defendant"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC6d8a832785220d18a7545f8483080d1e85458959bac9941038c956fb", "text": "Assange 's decision – and it was a decision – to elide his Swedish case with any possible US prosecution was a cynical one . It led many to support his cause alongside those of Chelsea Manning or Edward Snowden . And yet it is more difficult , not easier , to extradite Assange to the US from Sweden than from the UK , should Washington even wish to do so . Assange coming to believe his own spin may be what 's been behind six years of effective imprisonment for him . No one is keeping him in the Ecuadorian embassy – where he has fallen out with his hosts – but himself , and a fear of losing face .", "event": [{"event_type": "Extradition proceedings", "event_trigger": "extradite", "arguments": [{"argument": "US", "role": "extraditer"}, {"argument": "Assange", "role": "defendant"}, {"argument": "Sweden", "role": "origin"}, {"argument": "US", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC97c25bd10d0730744fbe2031792efd7e5447d9bf96ffe302e57d4954", "text": "“ POLITICAL DECISION ” “ Whether the U.S. extradites Gulen or not this will be a political decision , ” Bozdag said . “ If he is not extradited , Turkey will have been sacrificed for a terrorist . ” A recent opinion poll showed two thirds of Turks agree with their president that Gulen was behind the coup plot . Turkey has been holding almost daily mass rallies since July 15 in support of democracy and the government and against the plotters .", "event": [{"event_type": "Extradition proceedings", "event_trigger": "extradited", "arguments": [{"argument": "U.S.", "role": "extraditer"}, {"argument": "he", "role": "defendant"}, {"argument": "coup plot", "role": "crime"}, {"argument": "U.S.", "role": "origin"}, {"argument": "Turkey", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC995e1871bebec6f7c3dd948250e7b3284b7c545f34122034b3519f13", "text": "She said she assumed Russia would veto any attempt by the United Nations Security Council to bring those responsible to trial , so Australia would consider other options . “ There can be a Lockerbie - style prosecution , a tribunal that ’s set up by the international community , or there can be domestic prosecutions in , say , the Netherlands , ” she said . “ As long as they had the powers of extradition and the like , a prosecution could be mounted successfully in a domestic jurisdiction , but that would cover the interests of the 298 victims aboard that flight . ” “ Both have positive and negative attributes . I think a domestic style tribunal would possibly be easier to establish but you ’d have to make sure that it had all the necessary powers , for example extradition , to be able to absolutely hold those responsible for this atrocity to account . ”", "event": [{"event_type": "Extradition proceedings", "event_trigger": "extradition", "arguments": [{"argument": "they", "role": "extraditer"}, {"argument": "those responsible", "role": "defendant"}, {"argument": "this atrocity", "role": "crime"}, {"argument": "Australia", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCb534a6d507d99b1059f76461c530b4e739743a97db86e15e117550b1", "text": "He has also accused Erdogan of using the coup to amass greater powers . “ POLITICAL DECISION ” “ Whether the U.S. extradites Gulen or not this will be a political decision , ” Bozdag said . “ If he is not extradited , Turkey will have been sacrificed for a terrorist . ” A recent opinion poll showed two thirds of Turks agree with their president that Gulen was behind the coup plot .", "event": [{"event_type": "Extradition proceedings", "event_trigger": "extradites", "arguments": [{"argument": "the U.S.", "role": "extraditer"}, {"argument": "Gulen", "role": "defendant"}, {"argument": "the coup", "role": "crime"}, {"argument": "Turkey", "role": "origin"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCde52709d81fd0acbf73fa35ce54a42af9d6b631f3969837d91c5df2c", "text": "The hacked DNC emails , which included some that disparaged Hillary Clinton 's opponent , Bernie Sanders , were released by the organization called WikiLeaks on the eve of the Democratic National Convention and forced the resignation of national committee chairperson Debbie Wasserman Schultz . WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said he intended to harm Hillary Clinton 's campaign with the release . Assange , who has lived for years in Ecuador 's embassy in London , avoiding extradition to Sweden on charges of sexual misconduct , said that \" no one knows who our source is . \" The one source mentioned most often by Clinton aides , pundits including conservative George Will , and U.S. intelligence services , is the Russian government led by Vladimir Putin . ( The best evidence for the link was discovered by a British professor who revealed it earlier this month . )", "event": [{"event_type": "Extradition proceedings", "event_trigger": "extradition", "arguments": [{"argument": "Sweden", "role": "extraditer"}, {"argument": "Assange", "role": "defendant"}, {"argument": "sexual misconduct", "role": "crime"}, {"argument": "London", "role": "origin"}, {"argument": "Sweden", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC02848ed29789b170d8d27ddd0c525edf36ad3b3f8aaa8237a82aedc2", "text": "ARA News TEHRAN – The Iranian regime has executed dozens of opposition activists across the country by hanging them to death in public squares , local sources reported on Sunday . Iranian security forces last week arrested over 40 young activists , and executed at least 27 of them . “ The authorities did not announce the real reason behind the execution of those people . It said they were a group of drug dealers , but this is a baseless charge fabricated to misguide international rights organisations .", "event": [{"event_type": "Carrying out an execution", "event_trigger": "executed", "arguments": [{"argument": "Iranian security forces", "role": "executioner"}, {"argument": "at least 27 of them", "role": "defendant"}, {"argument": "public squares", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC1f4c5e3ac366f6fc671d750bedba3909098c8797c3f5184799adda2c", "text": "A file photo showing Iranians while reacting to a public execution in Tehran . ( AP ) Click to email this to a friend ( Opens in new window )", "event": [{"event_type": "Carrying out an execution", "event_trigger": "execution", "arguments": [{"argument": "Tehran", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC30e5fdd7d5803dbae6e74371cb31668b2852783395d23d2c8ad85b1e", "text": "Saudi Arabia follows the ultra - conservative Wahhabi strain of Sunni Islam , and the public practice of any religion other than Islam is prohibited . Its legal system is governed by Sharia law , and a 2015 study from Middle East Eye noted that Saudi Arabia and Islamic State prescribed near - identical punishments , such as amputation and stoning for similar crimes . The government is also renowned for carrying out public executions after trials that Amnesty International condemns as “ grossly unfair ” ; Amnesty describes the Saudi “ justice system ” as “ riddled with holes . ” Given the two countries ’ divergent values , the U.S.-Saudi alliance relies almost entirely on overlapping economic and national security interests .", "event": [{"event_type": "Carrying out an execution", "event_trigger": "executions", "arguments": [{"argument": "government", "role": "executioner"}, {"argument": "Saudi Arabia", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC47e80debaadc59856d251dfc5f4315472276e8d101090cef29ed232c", "text": "We ’d better get acquainted with it if we ’d like to avoid it , no ? Nikolai Bukharin ’s Wretched Ides of March Bukharin ’s execution , as well as all of the wild show trials with forced confessions and executions of so many high - level Soviet leaders , caused shock and disillusionment among several prominent communists in the West . ( One of them , Arthur Koestler , reflected on the impact of the show trials in his novel “ Darkness at Noon . ” ) In that last letter , he requested poison to drink rather than a bullet to the head .", "event": [{"event_type": "Carrying out an execution", "event_trigger": "execution", "arguments": [{"argument": "Soviet", "role": "executioner"}, {"argument": "Bukharin", "role": "defendant"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC48be0d5c57d0686bcb77ebfe9116540661ff1604dd5ad267060f1fd2", "text": "It 's no secret Trump has a thorny history with African - Americans . The billionaire 's father ’s real - estate company , helmed by The Donald at the time , was sued by the Justice Department in 1973 for allegedly refusing to rent properties to black tenants . In 1989 , he memorably took out full - page ads in New York 's daily newspapers — including this one — demanding that five black and Hispanic teens accused of raping a female jogger in Central Park be given the death penalty , though they later turned out to be innocent . To this day , he routinely tacks on an antiquated definite article ( \" the blacks \" ) when referring to the racial group . And in February , when asked in a CNN interview whether he disavowed the support of former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke , he played dumb — later blaming his avoidance on a faulty earpiece .", "event": [{"event_type": "Carrying out an execution", "event_trigger": "death penalty", "arguments": [{"argument": "five black and Hispanic teens", "role": "defendant"}, {"argument": "raping", "role": "crime"}, {"argument": "Central Park", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC7db5973009b31580fb6237ade9dfae03b346eaf0c290c76557adf796", "text": "Iran has repeatedly denied it is attempting to develop nuclear weapons and that all its nuclear activity is to build civilian power stations . In January , international sanctions on Iran were lifted in exchange for confirmation , verified by the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) , that the country is not attempting to build nuclear weapons . Mr Amiri ’s execution follows the hanging of 20 people in Iran last week for alleged terrorism offences . World news in pictures 42 show all World news in pictures", "event": [{"event_type": "Carrying out an execution", "event_trigger": "execution", "arguments": [{"argument": "Mr Amiri", "role": "defendant"}, {"argument": "Iran", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC9abc53575d62687a86b8a93ccd358cdf02570f349075c1f3e22c6e91", "text": "Although Clinton has called for reforming the criminal justice system this election season , she once supported a crime bill that essentially created the era of mass incarceration . Bill Clinton 's 1994 crime bill approached criminal justice reform with a \" tough on crime \" strategy . This bill expanded the death penalty , eliminated federal funding for educational programs in prisons , and encouraged states to increase prison sentences , among other things . The population of federal and state prisons increased by 673,000 , and nearly 60 percent of those serving time in federal prison during this time were serving for drug offenses . Clinton has been criticized for supporting the 1994 crime bill and her use of the term \" super predators . \"", "event": [{"event_type": "Carrying out an execution", "event_trigger": "death penalty", "arguments": [{"argument": "federal and state prisons", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCa4c8280fd1853941b81c1c2d910cc182973fc431890f869730fcda7b", "text": "Its membership had been growing over years of prison raids freeing Islamist militants , while leadership was strengthened with the addition of military and intelligence officers who served under Saddam Hussein . Isis already held several towns and swathes of territory across Iraq and Syria but did not come to international attention until it captured Mosul , sparking the declaration of a state of emergency by the Iraqi government as soldiers fled their posts . The group ’s subsequent advance and international expansion , marked by waves of brutal executions and terror attacks , has been well - documented . As well as international bombing campaigns in Iraq and Syria , the US - led coalition is attempting to throttle Isis’ revenue streams and resources .", "event": [{"event_type": "Carrying out an execution", "event_trigger": "executions", "arguments": [{"argument": "group", "role": "executioner"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCcd7b56dde259d6a36165c83a6fa2aefc661deebace4d92d7987675f9", "text": "It said they were a group of drug dealers , but this is a baseless charge fabricated to misguide international rights organisations . The victims were political activists and most of them were Kurds , ” Iranian Kurdish politician Enwer Mohamadi told ARA News . “ We continue to witness these brutal executions in the streets of Iran , while the international community remains unable to take action against this totalitarian regime , ” he said . This comes after several human rights organisations condemned brutal practices by the Iranian authorities , especially public execution of opposition figures and civil rights activities . According to reports , the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has executed at least 2500 people in the past two years .", "event": [{"event_type": "Carrying out an execution", "event_trigger": "executions", "arguments": [{"argument": "totalitarian regime", "role": "executioner"}, {"argument": "political activists and most of them were Kurds", "role": "defendant"}, {"argument": "Iran", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC11645d834c5c15d81f1fffad163d11ee373dd8e7608023f10983efb6", "text": "It is not clear if Ms. Abedin downloaded the emails to the laptop or if they were automatically backed up there . The emails dated back years , the officials said . Ms. Abedin has testified that she did not routinely delete her emails . Advertisement Continue reading the main story Because of the age of the emails , many could be outside the scope of the Clinton inquiry , investigators said .", "event": [{"event_type": "Trial or hearing process initiation", "event_trigger": "testified", "arguments": [{"argument": "officials", "role": "prosecutor"}, {"argument": "Ms. Abedin", "role": "defendant"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC5a1277cba8a39c9fc0f7faad0940a8119865d29702f347c717d6b78c", "text": "Share on Facebook SHARE Share on Twitter TWEET Link Whistleblower Edward Snowden is willing to return to the US , if given a fair trial . Photo : AP Mr Snowden has previously spoken of making offers to the government to return home and his willingness to discuss a plea deal and even go to jail .", "event": [{"event_type": "Trial or hearing process initiation", "event_trigger": "trial", "arguments": [{"argument": "Edward Snowden", "role": "defendant"}, {"argument": "the US", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCb00cc3cdb1fd318d0c6e5948483f86644142420cd19c83df73e2bc3b", "text": "The party can not be saved , but the country still can be . \" Learning to love Big Brother : \" There are those who merely hope to survive . Their consciences wo n’t let them curry favor so shamelessly , so they mumble their pledges of support , like the victims in Stalin 's show trials , perhaps not realizing that the leader and his followers will get them in the end anyway . \" Bonus Greek drama : \" When the plague descended on Thebes , Oedipus sent his brother - in - law to the Delphic oracle to discover the cause . Little did he realize that the crime for which Thebes was being punished was his own .", "event": [{"event_type": "Trial or hearing process initiation", "event_trigger": "trials", "arguments": [{"argument": "Stalin", "role": "defendant"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCb15db7e8b1914d1539f0ab9bb205d2f250f28ae91374b1101bce94d8", "text": "Bishop said on Sunday said the next step for investigators was to identify those responsible for the missile attack , including the chain of command in the Russian military and all those involved in firing the missile . “ I expect that by the end of the year , maybe early next year , the list of those that we believe should be held accountable will be confirmed and then there must be a prosecution , ” she told the ABC on Sunday . She said she assumed Russia would veto any attempt by the United Nations Security Council to bring those responsible to trial , so Australia would consider other options . “ There can be a Lockerbie - style prosecution , a tribunal that ’s set up by the international community , or there can be domestic prosecutions in , say , the Netherlands , ” she said . “ As long as they had the powers of extradition and the like , a prosecution could be mounted successfully in a domestic jurisdiction , but that would cover the interests of the 298 victims aboard that flight . ”", "event": [{"event_type": "Trial or hearing process initiation", "event_trigger": "trial", "arguments": [{"argument": "United Nations Security Council", "role": "prosecutor"}, {"argument": "those", "role": "defendant"}, {"argument": "missile attack", "role": "crime"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCb6c380f0bd2b1f7891ae14f5f754839c635396b06cabf91bb68e77a6", "text": "Just hours before the first presidential debates , CNN writes “ Clinton , Trump virtually tied headed into debate . ” MSNBC states that “ NBC / WSJ poll shows Trump deemed more trustworthy . ” Yes , polls show Trump more trustworthy than Clinton . If that ’s not bad enough , after all of Clinton ’s years in government NBC News finds that “ Trump Leads Clinton Among Military and Veteran Voters . ” From the FBI criminal investigation where James Comey testified Clinton was “ extremely careless ” and “ negligent ” to Reddit ’s “ Sonetear , ” all the advantages Hillary Clinton once had over Trump have now evaporated . President Trump might become a reality and H. A. Goodman warned everyone for over one year . Sadly , my detractors could n’t comprehend these warnings and focused solely on attacking the messenger .", "event": [{"event_type": "Trial or hearing process initiation", "event_trigger": "testified", "arguments": [{"argument": "James Comey", "role": "prosecutor"}, {"argument": "Clinton", "role": "defendant"}, {"argument": "the FBI", "role": "judgecourt"}, {"argument": "extremely careless", "role": "crime"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC2bbd630fe275996128ef4e99d76f9f297fdf01da65d71b52c7598822", "text": "If ever there was a case that an information democracy is preferable to an information oligarchy , then this is it The nutritional establishment has proved itself , over the years , skilled at ad hominem takedowns , but it is harder for them to do to Robert Lustig or Nina Teicholz what they once did to John Yudkin . Harder , too , to deflect or smother the charge that the promotion of low - fat diets was a 40-year fad , with disastrous outcomes , conceived of , authorised , and policed by nutritionists . Professor John Yudkin retired from his post at Queen Elizabeth College in 1971 , to write Pure , White and Deadly . The college reneged on a promise to allow him to continue to use its research facilities .", "event": [{"event_type": "Charging or indictment proceedings", "event_trigger": "charge", "arguments": [{"argument": "nutritionists", "role": "defendant"}, {"argument": "the promotion of low - fat diets", "role": "crime"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC30489b7122012260c97418654086b33cefda2cce48b78391a8704084", "text": "Goodman wrote on Huffington Post in October . Sometimes such sweeping pronouncements prove true ; sometimes they are found to be folly . True , I predicted Bernie Sanders would win the nomination and the FBI would indict Clinton , but extraordinary things took place for my crystal ball to stop working . Comey made the case for indictment ( admitting “ we assess it is possible that hostile actors gained access to Secretary Clinton 's personal email account ” ) , but for some reason could n’t find “ intent . ” As for Bernie Sanders becoming nominee , just ask where Debbie Wasserman Schultz is now working .", "event": [{"event_type": "Charging or indictment proceedings", "event_trigger": "indict", "arguments": [{"argument": "FBI", "role": "prosecutor"}, {"argument": "Clinton", "role": "defendant"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC49a5130478f9e2812857c5162a59588c5b0a202d2fc53f9f54a9673f", "text": "The samovar - engraved with the letters \" FSB \" and the organisation 's logo - been presented to the head of the Investigations Committee 's Internal Security Directorate , Mikhail Maksimenko , and was left sitting in his office , Moscow daily Izvestiya reports . The three were arrested in July , but details of the bugging operation have only just been revealed as their case comes to court . A court in Moscow detained Maksimenko and senior officials Denis Nikandrov and Alexander Lamonov over charges that they accepted bribes from a known crime kingpin , Kommersant reports . All three deny the accusations and claim that the FSB surveillance activities against them were \" illegal \" and did n't implicate them in bribe - taking anyway . Their conversations were \" the prattle of tipsy men , \" Nikrandov told the court .", "event": [{"event_type": "Charging or indictment proceedings", "event_trigger": "charges", "arguments": [{"argument": "court", "role": "prosecutor"}, {"argument": "Denis Nikandrov and Alexander Lamonov", "role": "defendant"}, {"argument": "court", "role": "judgecourt"}, {"argument": "accepted bribes", "role": "crime"}, {"argument": "Moscow", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC4fd9b9a9e5590d54ac1a2f32d2700b73038cc8327be8dee5a0db16ff", "text": "Clinton campaign spokesman Josh Schwerin called Judicial Watch a \" right - wing organization \" that \" has been attacking the Clintons since the 1990s , \" and added that Hillary Clinton \" never took action as secretary of state because of donations to the Clinton Foundation . \" Questions about the relationship between the Clinton Foundation and the State Department have persisted for years . Republicans , citing her use of a private email server and her deletion of tens of thousands of emails she deemed personal , have accused Clinton of trying to conceal the potentially embarrassing connections . A 2011 exchange , released by the State Department this year , showed that Ukrainian steel magnate Victor Pinchuk , who has pledged more than $ 10 million to the Clinton Foundation in recent years , met that year with a top State Department official . Pinchuk spoke on behalf of Ukraine 's president to try to soothe tensions with Washington over that country 's human - rights record and its growing closeness with Russian President Vladimir Putin , emails showed .", "event": [{"event_type": "Charging or indictment proceedings", "event_trigger": "accused", "arguments": [{"argument": "Republicans", "role": "prosecutor"}, {"argument": "Clinton", "role": "defendant"}, {"argument": "trying to conceal the potentially embarrassing connections", "role": "crime"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC598cc676878c6b181efae7dd4eab1efc5f22db3b55c9bd33cdedfd1a", "text": "Exclusive : Before the Democrats lock in their choice for President , they might want to know if Hillary Clinton broke the law with her unsecure emails and may be indicted , a question that ex - CIA analyst Ray McGovern addresses . By Ray McGovern A few weeks after leaving office , former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may have breathed a sigh of relief and reassurance when Director of National Intelligence James Clapper denied reports of the National Security Agency eavesdropping on Americans .", "event": [{"event_type": "Charging or indictment proceedings", "event_trigger": "indicted", "arguments": [{"argument": "her", "role": "defendant"}, {"argument": "unsecure emails", "role": "crime"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCb4139166515d2abbe3c49abbd38a9ec9dede16213fd26de6709e2827", "text": "Chelsea Manning , then known as Bradley Manning , who is serving a 35-year prison sentence . WikiLeaks also provided the documents to news outlets , including The New York Times . Despite a criminal investigation into Mr. Assange , he has not been charged ; the status of that investigation is murky . ) In addition , Mr. Assange criticized Mrs. Clinton for pushing to intervene in Libya in 2011 when Col . Muammar el - Qaddafi was cracking down on Arab Spring protesters ; he said that the result of the NATO air war was Libya ’s collapse into anarchy , enabling the Islamic State to flourish . “ She has a long history of being a liberal war hawk , and we presume she is going to proceed ” with that approach if elected president , he said .", "event": [{"event_type": "Charging or indictment proceedings", "event_trigger": "charged", "arguments": [{"argument": "he", "role": "defendant"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCbfa341be9aa89a193ff91c1003459dbf3df3b64d90baaa2e9dd27643", "text": "( Sarah Parnass / The Washington Post ) In a statement , Clinton campaign spokesman Brian Fallon said , “ These materials further demonstrate why the Justice Department believed there was no basis to move forward with this case . ” Republicans have been pressuring the FBI to make public more material from the investigation , which ended in July with a finding by FBI Director James B. Comey that Clinton should not be charged with a crime though she had been “ extremely careless ” with classified information . The documents include summaries of nearly four dozen interviews with top Clinton aides , tech workers , other state department officials , and even a Romanian hacker . Agents interviewed some multiple times , and some of the summaries are heavily redacted .", "event": [{"event_type": "Charging or indictment proceedings", "event_trigger": "charged", "arguments": [{"argument": "James B. Comey", "role": "prosecutor"}, {"argument": "Clinton", "role": "defendant"}, {"argument": "a crime", "role": "crime"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCc2816d0f3765261029773424658daeed2aec15700ae499f128d2bc2e", "text": "It asks the \" carbon majors \" to take remedial actions on behalf of typhoon survivors in the islands , which suffer devastating storms that may have worsened as a result of climate change . \" Heede 's report is one of the bedrock pieces of science and research that helped form our campaign , \" says Kristin Casper , litigation counsel for Greenpeace 's Global Climate Justice and Liability Project in Toronto , Canada . In late July , the commission sent orders to 47 of the world 's largest investor - owned fossil fuel companies , asking them to respond to the human rights charges in the petition . Similar actions and lawsuits are proceeding in several other countries . Now , Heede is extending his carbon accounting into the future , quantifying the potential carbon release from future fossil fuel exploration .", "event": [{"event_type": "Charging or indictment proceedings", "event_trigger": "charges", "arguments": [{"argument": "fossil fuel companies", "role": "defendant"}, {"argument": "several other countries", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCdadac515085d66f3d80ee694aec272c0508949619f15361ab297978f", "text": "That will not work . Indicted by a Democratic administration , Clinton can not claim that it 's the \" vast right - wing conspiracy . \" That line has no relevance if President Obama 's Justice Department indicts her . 14 . The party , the donors and bundlers , the super - delegates and incumbents will not want to run alongside an indicted person .", "event": [{"event_type": "Charging or indictment proceedings", "event_trigger": "indicts", "arguments": [{"argument": "Justice Department", "role": "prosecutor"}, {"argument": "her", "role": "defendant"}, {"argument": "Justice Department", "role": "judgecourt"}]}]}
{"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": []}