Input: A relative of the victims of the EgyptAir flight 804 that crashed, reacts as she makes a phone call at Charles de Gaulle Airport outside of Paris, Thursday, May 19, 2016

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Input: “Terrorist groups claim credit for only one out of seven attacks,” says Abrahms

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Input: Clinton Punches Big Hole in America's 'Glass Ceiling'-By clinching the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton has joined a prestigious club of women who have made history in their search for political power in America

America's 'Glass Ceiling'

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Input: After Woodhull, there were a few more attempts, but it wasn't until 1964, Freeman argues, that a breakout female candidate shook up American presidential politics

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Input: (AP)-"The real icebreaker was Margaret Chase Smith, 1964

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Input: She ran for the Republican nomination for president

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Input: That was the icebreaker," Freeman said

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Input: "She was a respectable member of the US Senate, she was not a radical," added Freeman, who points out that no women had tried to run for the presidency since the 19th century

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Input: In '64, the Republican ticket belonged to Barry Goldwater

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Input: But Mary Chase Smith was a cause candidate—that is, she knew she wouldn't win against Goldwater

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Input: "She ran to raise issues about women, other things she was concerned about, she really had no expectations of getting the nomination, she wanted a platform, she got a platform," Freeman said

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Input: I mean, the women who have run for president have been quite diverse," said feminist scholar Jo Freeman, author of several books, including "We Will Be Heard:Women's Struggles for Political Power in the United States.

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Input: And it was a one-two punch for America in 1972

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Input: Shirley Chisholm was not only a woman, but a black one

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Input: Rep. Shirley Chisholm, (D-NY) announces her run for the presidency at the Community Center in Cambridge, Mass. in this Feb. 15, 1972 file photo

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Input: (AP)-"Sometimes I have trouble, myself, believing that I made it this far against the odds," Chisholm said in 1972

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Input: She had already made history, being elected the first African-American woman to Congress four years earlier

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Input: The rhetoric aimed at Chisholm was "horrible," said Blakemore, who just wrote a piece about the withering attacks against her in Time

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Input: Blakemore writes:-"One piece by Andrew Tully mourned that “We are, I fear, doomed to an era of female meddling in the electoral process.

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Input: "She actually did better than Mary Chase Smith did, but of course she's running after the women's movement started at a time in which there is both consciousness about women and consciousness about blacks," Freeman said

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Input: Supporters of presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton hold up letters to spell out the significance of the day's voting results during a rally in New York, June 7, 2016

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Input: "I went to the '72 convention," Freeman added, "By running for president and getting a lot of press about it, placed another big crack in that glass ceiling.

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Input: Hillary mentioned that same glass ceiling on last week on Tuesday night, her first as the presumptive Democratic nominee

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Input: (AP)-Clinton savored the moment she made history for being the first female to win a presidential nominating contest, saying “We all owe so much to those who came before, and tonight belongs to all of you.

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Input: The first one among those came before was Victoria Woodhull, who in 1872, showed her inner steel when she made her bid for the White House as a candidate of the Equal Rights Party

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Input: Her attempt, the first-ever by a female in America, came even before women won the right to vote under the U.S. Constitution in 1920

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Input: A portrait of Victoria Woodhull, who in 1872 became the first American woman to run for the presidential ticket

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Input: "Certainly Clinton has faced charges on par with those lobbed at women like Victoria Woodhull, whose sex life was constantly called out and seen, at the time, as kind of the "price of admission" for her doomed campaign.

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Input: Democrats Push for Gun Control, Republican Leader 'Open' to Suggestions-CAPITOL HILL — -Moments of silence rarely become moments of conflict

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Input: As Congress returned from a weekend break, however, to the sickening news of the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, common rallying points — moments of silence, classified briefings — instead became opportunities for partisan bickering and dysfunction over gun control legislation

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Input: “Some Republicans are trying to make this into a national security threat

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Input: It’s a domestic threat here, it’s an act of terror, it’s an act of hatred,” said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, who stood with Clyburn briefing reporters

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Input: "Sooner or later the country will hold us accountable for our inaction.

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Input: Law enforcement officials in front of Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, June 15, 2016

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Input: House Democrat Minority Whip Steny Hoyer told reporters in a briefing Tuesday morning that moments of silence should be followed by action

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Input: “We believe it appropriate that these words and moments of silence would be followed by legislation, certainly to enhance background checks, to close loopholes, that if you're on the no-fly list, you can't buy guns — no fly, no buy — weapons, which are sold freely, which have the capacity to kill large numbers of people very quickly

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Input: ... We cannot and must not remain silent," said Hoyer, of Maryland

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Input: “Pass the bills,” some House Democrats chanted on the House floor Monday night, following a moment of silence in honor of the victims in Orlando

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Input: He acknowledged the possibility that House Democrats could bring gun control legislation up for a vote by adding amendments to spending bills, but he said it had not yet been decided

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Input: That could be a difficult process, though, following last month’s Congressional battle over several spending bills

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Input: The fight prompted House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin to move away from an open-rule process that allows members to introduce amendments that can endanger bills

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Input: FILE - Rep. Peter King (R- NY) speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill

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Input: But the fact of the matter is it's not going to pass now,” King said

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Input: On the Senate side of the Capitol Tuesday, the Republican majority leader said he would oppose measures proposed by Democrats but seemed to leave the door open to some change

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Input: Divisions over gun control only continued Tuesday as House members received a classified security briefing from Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson

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Input: “A members’ briefing that immediately turns to questions of partisanship is unfortunate,” said Rep. David Jolly, a Republican from Florida, who said he left the briefing because of the tone

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Input: People leave flowers and other items at a makeshift vigil outside the Orlando Regional Medical Center, which is close to where the mass shooting occurred at the Pulse gay nightclub early Sunday in Orlando, Florida, June 14, 2016

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Input: “This is a week that we are one nation, mourning together, and if we can’t arrive at a consensus together and reject this Democrat, Republican divide, we all lose,” Jolly said

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Input: Other Republicans said the gun control issue distracted from the real problems revealed by the Orlando attack, showing the influence of ISIS and the need to confront the threat from “radical Islam.

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Input: “This president has essentially made an act of terrorism about gun control,” said Republican Rep. Trent Franks of Arizona

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Input: Senate side-The Orlando attack prompted Senate Republicans to demand a stepped-up campaign to defeat the Islamic State group, the group to which shooter Omar Mateen pledged allegiance during his rampage at the Pulse nightclub

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Input: “It’s no longer an open question whether the followers of ISIL and other Islamic terrorist groups will attempt to strike us here in the West — they have,” said Senate Majority Leader McConnell of Kentucky

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Input: "Nobody wants terrorists to have firearms," said Senator Mitch McConnell

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Input: Democrats, meanwhile, are joining forces with their House colleagues to revive long-stalled legislation restricting gun sales and introduce new ones

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Input: As in the House, Senate Democrats want to ban those on the FBI’s terror watch list from purchasing firearms, a proposal Republicans blocked late last year

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Input: In addition, Democrat Bob Casey of Pennsylvania wants to bar those convicted of hate crimes from buying a gun

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Input: “I think we should make a determined effort to take steps to reduce the likelihood that these kinds of [mass-shooting] incidents will occur, and that means taking action,” Casey told VOA

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Input: FILE -- Three variations of the AR-15 assault rifle are displayed in Sacramento, Calif

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Input: Assault weapons-Senator Bill Nelson of Florida, who spent much of Sunday in Orlando after the attack, is among many Democrats who want to go a step further and reinstate a federal ban on assault weapons

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Input: I have always had guns,” Nelson told VOA

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Input: “But my guns are for hunting, not for killing [people]

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Input: These are military assault weapons, and personally I believe that they should not be allowed [to be sold].

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Input: But Nelson expressed skepticism that the Republican-led Congress will enact any gun control measures

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Input: “And that’s the exact opposite of what this nation needs, a nation that is grieving

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Input: Republicans insist their objection to gun laws is grounded in hard facts

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Input: “If gun control could protect the country from radical Islam, there would be no attacks in Paris or Brussels,” said Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina

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Input: Back on the House side, during a sometimes rowdy session late Monday, other members fled the floor to avoid discussion of three pieces of legislation that House Democrats say would help prevent future attacks, including strengthening background checks and preventing individuals on the terrorist watch list from purchasing guns

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Input: Rep. James Clyburn, a Democrat from South Carolina, asked for the opportunity to speak following the moment of silence observed by all members for the victims in Orlando

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Input: His effort reflected an increasing reluctance on the part of House Democrats to treat the death of 49 people in an Orlando nightclub as yet another addition to the list of mass shootings in the United States

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Input: China Disappointed Over Rejection From Global Index-BEIJING — -China has voiced its objection and disappointment with a decision to not include Chinese shares in a prominent global benchmark index for emerging markets, arguing that without the world’s second largest economy, the index is “incomplete.

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Input: But analysts and the New York-based index provider MSCI have noted that continued resistance by China to further open its markets and questions about whether it will press ahead with much needed reforms remains a key concern

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Input: "If [after inclusion] the weighting of China’s stocks is increased over time [which is the plan according to the roadmap published by MSCI last year] it could have a significant impact on both China’s equity markets and even on the renminbi exchange rate," Liu said

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Input: FILE - A couple walk past a display showing the security features of the new 100 Yuan note in Beijing, Monday, Jan. 11, 2016

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Input: Too important-The China Securities Regulatory Commission said the decision to not include Chinese "A Shares" would not have an impact on the country’s reform and opening process, adding that China needs to build long-term, stable and healthy capital markets

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Input: But it also questioned how any index could overlook China’s "A Shares" index, whose international influence is growing, adding that without "A Shares" the index would be incomplete

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Input: The statement said nothing about the specific concerns raised by MSCI

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Input: Instead of focusing on the size of its economy and benefits Beijing’s membership could bring, China should be using the decision as an opportunity for self-reflection, said Fraser Howie, co-author of the book Red Capitalism: The Fragile Financial Foundation of China's Extraordinary Rise

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Input: No one is expecting the Chinese to be perfect or of the full openness of let’s say markets in Europe or in the states, there is much the Chinese can still do,” Howie said

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Input: What that doesn’t include, he added is last minute decisions and rule changes, such as the one markets made shortly before the MSCI announcement

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Input: In its statement, the MSCI noted that the decision was a positive step, but added that a period of observation was needed to see just how the rules were used in practice

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Input: Last year, when China’s stock markets plunged about 40 percent, around half of Chinese listed shares voluntarily suspended their trading

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Input: FILE - An investor looks at an electronic screen showing stock information at brokerage house in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, Jan. 11, 2016

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Input: “When people talk about the China model having run aground, having run its course, this is what they are talking about,” Fraser Howie said, adding that if China wants to embrace next phase of market reforms and development, “the government needs to step back some.

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Fraser Howie


Input: In its statement, MSCI listed two problematic areas in its rejection of China

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Input: The statement called the pre-approval requirements “unique in Emerging Markets” and also noted that such regulations run the risk of disrupting trading if a Chinese exchange were to withhold approval

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Input: It opposed a 20 percent limit China has imposed on foreign investors for repatriating their investments and profits during share sell-offs

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Input: The index maker also expressed concern over the Chinese system that allows local exchanges in Shanghai and Shenzhen to impose pre-approval restrictions on launching financial products

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Input: China is unlikely to meet those requirements, said Oliver Rui, a professor at the China Europe International Business School

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China Europe International Business School

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Input: "A Shares" are stocks of Chinese companies that are off limits to overseas investors and can only be purchased through a specially regulated program known as Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (QFII)

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Input: MSCI listing is expected to not just enlarge the scope of QFII program, but also lead to relaxation in controls on foreign investments

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Input: Earlier, MSCI had estimated that inclusion in its Emerging Markets Index could draw $400 billion into Chinese shares in the next decade

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MSCI


Input: But some analysts believe this kind of inflow is possible in five years because of the large number of Chinese companies are planning to list in exchanges in New York, London and Hong Kong in the coming years

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Input: Either way, when the decision is finally approved the shift to "A Shares" by MSCI is likely to be gradual

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Input: Chang Liu, a China Economist with Capital Economics said that at the beginning it is likely to be limited to five percent of "A Shares"

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Chang Liu


Input: Jordan Border Bomb Stokes Fears Syrian War Is Spreading-CAIRO — -The explosion of a car bomb on Syria’s border with Jordan that killed six Jordanian troops and wounded 14 other people is raising fears that violence in Syria is spreading to its neighbors

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Input: “The frequency of attacks against or in Jordan are increasing,” said Yan St-Pierre of the Berlin-based security firm MOSECON

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Input: Jordan’s government, which already hosts 600,000 registered refugees in a country of less than 6.5 million people, says it will further restrict refugees’ ability to enter and settle

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Input: The government announced Tuesday that borders with Syria and Iraq would be considered closed military zones, and that no new refugee camps will be built

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Input: “The car moved at a very high speed,” a statement released by Jordan’s army said on Tuesday

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Input: “It avoided fire from troops, who reacted fast

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Input: When it reached the military outpost, the driver blew up the car in a vicious operation.

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Input: Western coalition-The United States-led coalition fighting Islamic State militants in Syria has been largely ineffective at containing the war because it lacks ground presence, said Andreas Krieg, an assistant professor at King’s College London who also works with the Qatar Armed Forces

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Input: By relying on local ground forces to support its aerial bombardment campaign against Islamic State militants, the U.S. is conducting “surrogate warfare,” Krieg said

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Input: The emergence of Islamic State, he adds, is partially a result of the underfunded and undertrained "surrogates" fighting the army of President Bashar al-Assad without success

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Input: “The influx of Jihadist forces into Syria is something that was facilitated because we had people on the ground with the feeling they wouldn't get anywhere with moderate forces,” he explains

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Input: "Because moderate forces weren't adequately supported.

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Input: And, like the 51 U.S. diplomats that last week called for greater military intervention Syria through a leaked internal memo, Krieg said he believes the U.S. needs to take a strong stance against Syrian government forces before it can expect compromise from the Assad regime at the negotiating table

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Input: The White House and the U.S. military have given no indication they plan to follow the diplomats’ advice, having long warned of the dangers of getting mired too deep in Syria’s chaotic and complex war

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Input: The conflict roughly pits the Syrian Army allied with Iran and Russia against a host of rebel forces allied with the West and the Gulf States

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Input: All sides, at least officially, have a mutual foe in Islamic State and the U.S.-lead coalition said it is fighting IS, not Assad

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Input: However, critics say further U.S. involvement would escalate the conflict, dumping more weapons into the war zone

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Input: “This is a valid criticism,” Krieg said in response

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Input: The U.S. is not likely to change courses under President Barack Obama, adds St-Pierre from MOSECON, and some politicians in Europe also insist that they are not planning a ground invasion in Syria

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Input: No group has claimed responsibility for Tuesday's border attack, but hours later, Jordan’s King Abdullah vowed to strike anyone who threatens Jordan or its borders “with an iron fist.

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Jordan’s King Abdullah


Input: The government announced Tuesday that borders with Syria and Iraq would be considered closed military zones, and that no new refugee camps will be built

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Input: In early June, five Jordanian intelligence officers were killed in an attack on a security office near a Palestinian refugee camp near the capital, Amman

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Input: Military outpost-The car bomb struck around 5:30 a.m. at a remote military outpost by the Syrian border

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Input: Omar Al-Zuhbe, right, father of Belal Al-Zuhbe, one of the solders killed in an attack on a border military post near a camp for Syrian refugees, cries during his son's funeral in Jerash, north of Amman, Jordan, June 21, 2016

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Input: The Rakban crossing is the only Jordan border that has recently allowed even a few Syrian refugees to cross, and tens of thousands of people are stuck on the Syrian side, hoping to escape war and extremist militant groups, including Islamic State

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Input: Iraqi Official Declares Fallujah 'Fully Liberated'-IRBIL, IRAQ — -Iraqi forces have liberated the city of Fallujah from Islamic State fighters, following a month-long military offensive to seize control, according to a senior Iraqi official

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Input: Lieutenant General Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi said Sunday Fallujah is now "fully liberated" after Iraqi forces took control of the Julan neighborhood, the last area of the city still held by IS

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Input: The director of a health center in Amariyat al-Fallujah, where many of the displaced ran to, warned of the lack of water and sanitation

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Input: “We have too many people, with very few latrines, and there are no more spaces in the camps

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Input: Every five meters you find a family,” said director Ahmed Basel

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Input: Displaced Iraqis from Fallujah are seen at a camp in Amiriyiah al-Fallujah, some 30 kms south of from the embattled city, June 20, 2016

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Input: Many of the displaced are women and children

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Input: All males over the age of 14 were separated from their families upon leaving Fallujah to undergo security screening to make sure they were not IS members

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Input: The destruction of the city is extensive

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Input: The screening procedure is supposed to be conducted solely by Iraqi Security Forces

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Input: But the UNHCR said Sunday that roughly 850 men and boys from the traditionally Sunni city have been held since June 3 by paramilitary groups, a term indicating Shi’ite militia forces

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Input: “Interviews with families confirmed reports indicating that almost all families are missing multiple family members,” UNHCR said

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Input: Many analysts have warned of the risks of sectarian violence by the Shi’ite militias upon Fallujah’s Sunni population

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Input: Iraqi Prime Minster Haider al-Abadi on Friday had already declared victory over the IS militants

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Input: "Daesh will be defeated," he announced, using the Arabic acronym for IS

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Input: Mosul next-The next step, Abadi said, would be to retake Mosul

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Input: For several weeks, U.S. intelligence officials have described the IS group as being "at its weakest point since its rapid expansion.

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Input: Backed by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes and a strong contingent of Shi’ite militias, Iraqi forces fought fiercely for weeks to oust the extremist fighters

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Input: But Iraqi Kurdish military commanders warn that Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, will be a much tougher fight that will require a political-military agreement between all the parties involved

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Input: Kurdish commanders, for example, have warned against allowing Shi’ite militias participate in the offensive in the predominantly Sunni area

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Input: FILE - Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga vehicles line up outside their new base in a house that they retook from IS in an offensive that pushed the frontline 23 kms closer to the IS stronghold of Mosul, June 6, 2016

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Input: (S. Behn/VOA)-Humanitarian agencies are already worried of the possibility of having some 600,000 Mosul-area civilians displaced, a disaster many times the size of the current desperate situation outside Fallujah

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Input: The UNHCR is already working to build a camp to house some 6,000 future displaced on land donated by the Governor of Irbil

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Input: But it is a drop in the bucket, and nearby camps of those fleeing the ongoing fighting outside Mosul are already full

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Input: The UNHCR overall appeal for $584 million to deal with Iraq’s 3.3 million displaced since 2014 by the war against Islamic State, is less 21 percent funded

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Input: There are no clear reports of how many IS militants and how many Iraqi security forces died or were wounded in the battle for the city

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Input: A member of the Iraqi security forces holds an Islamic State flag, after pulling it down from a building, in Fallujah, Iraq, June 25, 2016

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Input: Tens of thousands need aid-Afraid of dying in the crossfire, 85,000 people have flooded out of the city and surrounding areas, overwhelming humanitarian agencies and Iraqi government efforts to help them

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Input: “With every day that passes in the camps, the conditions for some of the most vulnerable keep deteriorating,” warned NRC’s Iraq Country Director Nasr Muflahi

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Input: Cleveland, Philadelphia Enhance Security for Conventions-Federal, state and city officials are finalizing plans to address potential unrest and extinguish any threats at the upcoming Republican and Democratic conventions, where the two parties will officially nominate their candidates for the U.S. presidency

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Input: Some 50,000 people, including about 6,000 protesters, are expected to converge on the midwestern city of Cleveland, Ohio for the Republican National Convention from July 18 to 21, and nominate Donald Trump as the party’s presidential nominee

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Input: Preparations are based on an “all hazards approach,” Ross Bulla, president of the Charlotte, NC-based private security firm The Treadstone Group, said in an interview with VOA

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Input: The “most likely disruptive events,” said Bulla, would probably be physical acts of civil disobedience, “anarchist style events” such as blocking streets, disabling police vehicles and attempts to bait police into verbal or physical altercations

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Input: Like the law enforcement agencies, Bulla said some protesters devote a lot of time to train as well

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Input: As the agencies plan how to deploy their equipment so, too, do anarchists

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Input: They may stash caches of weapons ahead of time in trash receptacles, planters or newspaper racks, Bulla said

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Input: Law enforcers are also preparing for “extraordinary crimes” such as terror and cyber attacks, added Bulla, who is consulting with several private sector entities involved in security planning for the conventions

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Input: Law enforcement officials are working with local infrastructure providers to thwart hackers’ attempts to cut off phones and lights and even disrupt water supplies

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Input: Priorities-Despite recent high-profile terrorist attacks in Orlando, Florida and Brussels, Belgium, Bulla said the threat of terrorist attacks does not rank as high as threats of cyber attacks and civil disobedience

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Input: FILE - An Orange County Sheriff's Department SWAT member arrives to the scene of a fatal shooting at Pulse Orlando nightclub in Orlando, Florida, June 12, 2016

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Input: The Cleveland mayor’s office says the “size and significance of the convention creates unique challenges” for the city, prompting officials to implement special restrictions

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Input: In the absence of threats, Bulla said law enforcers spend considerable time planning for bomb threats, minor medical emergencies and minor criminal activity such as pickpocketing, fraud, vandalism, fighting and disorderly conduct

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Input: Law enforcement agencies have developed a “three-tiered response” to any unrest that may occur outside the convention sites, Bulla said

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Input: Uniformed and plainclothes officers first arrive on the scene, followed by horse mounted and bicycle officers

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Input: Mobile field forces, commonly known as riot police, will be on standby in both cities with armored vehicles and other riot control equipment

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Input: A week after the Republican convention, tens of thousands of people — including 30,000 delegates and 15,000 journalists — will gather in the northeastern city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to elect Hillary Clinton as their party’s presidential candidate

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Input: Temporary structures go up outside the Wells Fargo Center ahead of the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, June 20, 2016

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Input: FILE - Demonstrators chant around a car during a demonstration against Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump after his campaign rally in San Jose, California, June 2, 2016

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Input: Philadelphia will allow supporters of long shot Democratic presidential candidate and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders to rally throughout the day in a park across the street from the convention site at Wells Fargo Arena

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Input: FILE - Supporters gather to see U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speak during a election night rally in Santa Monica, California, June 7, 2016

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Input: Philadelphia mayoral spokeswoman Lauren Hitt told VOA officials have met with protest groups and expect demonstrations outside the arena to be peaceful

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Input: Students Protest Facebook Cheating Scandal in Egypt -CAIRO — -Hundreds of high school students marched in Cairo, calling for the Minister of Education's resignation after officials were arrested for leaking cheat sheets for national exams on Facebook

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Input: The Egyptian Ministry of Education canceled the results and has re-scheduled the test, along with other exams in other subjects

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Input: High school students in Cairo say they don’t want to re-take the exam after their scores were canceled, and that officials should weed out tests that have the exact answers found online, June 27, 2016

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Input: (H. Elrasam/VOA)-Onlookers in the surrounding buildings splashed cool water on the students marching in the hot summer sun, most of them fasting for the Islamic holy month of Ramadan

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Input: "We are all fed up from the school system," said Mohamed Abdullah, a high school student who wants to study math in college

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Input: High school students call for the resignation Egypt’s education minister in Cairo, June 27, 2016

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Input: “Sometimes, the even ten minutes before the exam, the test is compromised,” says Mariam (L), with her friend, Manar (R)

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Input: (H. Elrasam/VOA)-The Egyptian government says that approaching human rights through the lens of Western norms distorts the truth, citing national security concerns

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Input: The year-end exams, they said, are crucial because they often determine college admittance and which majors they are allowed to pursue within the university system

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Input: Hamada Elrasam contributed to this report

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Input: Protesters say even though officials were arrested, the Facebook page where exam questions and answers are leaked is still running, June 27, 2016

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Input: Later in the day, observers say some students were arrested after trying to force their way into Tahrir Square, the epicenter of mass protests in 2011 and 2013

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Input: (H. Elrasam/VOA)-"A student in front of me took out his cellphone during the test," said Abdel Rahman Youssef, a high school senior at the protest

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Input: Iraq's Deadliest Attack Since 2007-Sunday's Islamic State attack in Baghdad's busy Karrada shopping area is one of the deadliest in the country since the 2003 U.S. invasion

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Input: Rescuers continued to search for bodies more than a day after the suicide truck bombing

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Input: Obama: US Has 'Strong Foundation' to Recover From 'Painful' Shootings-WASHINGTON/DALLAS — -U.S. President Barack Obama sought Saturday to reassure Americans shaken up by what he acknowledged was a "painful week" following two fatal police shootings of African-Americans and an ambush that left five policemen dead in Dallas

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Input: Obama was speaking at a NATO summit in Warsaw, but he devoted much of his news conference to events back home

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Input: U.S. Army retired Combat Medic Chandler Davis stood in quiet salute for hours at a makeshift memorial outside the Dallas Police Headquarters, in Dallas, Texas, July 9, 2016

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Input: On Saturday, the people of Dallas were working through the emotions of Thursday's violence and trying to make sense of the tragedy, which in addition to the fatalities it caused left seven officers and two civilians injured

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Input: In front of Dallas Police Department headquarters, passers-by offered condolences at two squad cars decked with flowers, children’s toys and notes of sympathy

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Input: Those who came were African-Americans, whites and Latinos, and included many officers mourning the loss of their colleagues

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Input: 'Support them'-Michael Walton, a Dallas police officer and president of the Dallas Fraternal Order of Police, earlier in the day had visited the injured officers in the hospital

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Input: Recalling the events of Thursday night, “I was ... just in shock,” recalled Terry Mack, an officer with the Dallas transit police, who was off duty but lost one colleague and saw others injured

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Input: “All of our officers are heroes,” said Dallas police Sergeant Demetrick Pennie, president of the Dallas Fallen Officers Foundation

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Input: “While everyone else was running away from the bullets, our officers were running to the bullets.

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Input: Karen Copeland came to the memorial site with her daughter Kylie, 5, to try to make sense of images they had seen on television, and “to show her [daughter] that in the midst of it all, there’s still peace and people still have love in their hearts.

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Input: Flags fly at half-staff at a makeshift memorial near the crime scene two days after a gunman ambushed and killed five police officers at a protest decrying police shootings of black men, in Dallas, July 9, 2016

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Input: Jason Quigley, a sheriff’s department deputy in nearby Denton County, brought his teenage daughter to “understand what we do every day and understand what can happen to us.

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Input: Quigley said he also wanted her to see “how the community supports everybody.

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Input: More than a dozen riders from the Southern Dawgs Motorcycle Club, which includes former police officers, also came to pay their respects

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Input: “The people that were there that night were peaceful, exercising their right to voice their opinion,” said the club’s spokesman, known as Shocker

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Input: WATCH: 'I Firmly Believe America is Not as Divided as Some Have Suggested,' Obama Says-Video size-width-x-height-pixels-Obama: 'I Firmly Believe America is not as Divided as Some Have Suggested'-Share this video-0:01:35-▶-0:00:00-/0:01:35-▶-▶-Direct link-264p | 3.5MB-352p | 4.4MB-480p | 26.1MB-Race relations-Obama spoke at length on race relations, rejecting any suggestion that the country was returning to the strife and urban riots of the 1960s, and noting that police in Dallas kept on protecting protesters even while they were being shot at

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Input: He said the country has made tremendous progress, both in lowering violent crime rates and on achieving racial equality

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Input: Obama said that he hoped his daughters, Sasha and Malia, and their children could live in a more just and equal country, but that progress takes time

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Input: Asked about his legacy on race as the first African-American president, Obama said: "We plant seeds

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Input: The president left Warsaw after the news conference for Spain, arriving Saturday night

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Input: The city remained on edge Saturday, especially after Dallas police received an anonymous threat against officers across the city

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Input: Obama will meet with King Felipe and acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy before traveling to a U.S. naval base in Rota, in southern Spain

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Input: U.S. President Barack Obama, left, waves as is welcomed by Spain's King Felipe following his arrival aboard Air Force One at the Torrejon airbase, outside Madrid, Spain, July 9, 2016

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Input: From aboard Air Force One on the flight to Madrid, Obama phoned Texas Governor Greg Abbott to offer his condolences on behalf of the American people, a White House statement said

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Input: Details of attack-Dallas Mayor Rawlings confirmed that the shooting of the officers on Thursday was carried out by a lone gunman, identified as Micah Johnson

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Input: The attack, which city officials labeled an "ambush," happened toward the end of a peaceful demonstration against the killing of two black men by police officers in Minnesota and Louisiana earlier in the week

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Input: Jasmine Ruiz writes a note at a makeshift memorial in front of the police department in Dallas, July 9, 2016

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Input: Five police officers were killed in a shooting in downtown Dallas on Thursday

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Input: Texas Governor Abbott said law enforcement officers would investigate and determine whether any co-conspirators or other suspects might have helped him

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Input: He added, "We need to focus on the imperative of unity: that we unite all citizens of Dallas, all citizens of Texas.

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Input: During a search of Johnson's home Friday, Dallas police detectives found bomb-making materials, ballistic vests, rifles, ammunition and a personal journal of combat tactics, the police department said

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Input: The threat led officials to lock down the headquarters and several blocks surrounding the building as a "precautionary measure," a police statement said

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Input: The gunman was a former Army reservist who served in Afghanistan

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Input: The attack was the deadliest day for U.S. law enforcement since the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, on the U.S. East Coast

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Input: In Poland, Obama opened his remarks with the aftermath of the Dallas shooting, saying, "I firmly believe America is not as divided as some have suggested.

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Input: He said the country has a foundation to build on to tackle the very real problems it faces, including tensions between law enforcement and minority communities

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Input: Asked about how he would characterize the Dallas shooter, Obama called him a "demented individual.

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Input: WATCH: Dallas Honors Fallen Officers-Video size-width-x-height-pixels-Dallas Honors Fallen Officers-Share this video-0:00:57-▶-0:00:00-/0:00:57-▶-▶-Direct link-270p | 2.7MB-360p | 4.3MB-720p | 21.4MB-The Dallas shooter is not representative of blacks, the president said, just as the man who killed people at a historic African-American church last year in Charleston is not representative of whites, and the Muslim American who killed 49 people at an Orlando nightclub last month is not representative of Muslim Americans

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Input: Cambodian Activist Gunned Down in Phnom Penh-PHNOM PENH — -Prominent Cambodian political activist and commentator Kem Ley was shot dead in broad daylight while sitting in a coffee shop at a gas station in Phnom Penh Sunday

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Input: The popular public figure was an outspoken critic of the government and the founder of the Grass Roots Democracy Party

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Input: In a video taped confession circulating online, the suspect bizarrely claimed his name was Chuab Samlaap, which translates to "meet death" in Khmer

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Input: Ley’s body remained in a pool of blood at the Caltex coffee shop for hours as protesters refused to let police remove the corpse

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Input: Eventually police relented and hundreds, perhaps thousands of people marched through the streets with his body in a car filled and surrounded by family, heading to Wat Chak pagoda to commence his funeral

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Input: Cambodians shout slogans outside a shopping mall where prominent political analyst Kem Ley was shot dead in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 10, 2016

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Input: “Kem Ley had analyzed that issue

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Input: His killing has intensified growing public outrage at the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen, with a large crowd of protesters at the scene convinced this was just the latest act in a wave of government intimidation of opposition politicians and civil society ahead of elections next year

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Input: Another prominent activist, Tep Vanny, said the failure of the courts to find justice for Chea Vichea, a unionist who was murdered in 2004, and Chut Wutty, an environmentalist who was gunned down in 2012, left her with little faith Kem Ley’s murder would be handled any differently

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Input: “We can see that other nationalists such as Chea Vichea and Chut Wutty were shot and no suspects were arrested

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Input: Because they [the government] are involved,” she said

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Input: Kem Ley's wife Pou Rachana weeps as her late husband's body is driven through Phnom Penh on the way to his funeral at Wat Chak pagoda, Cambodia, July 10, 2016

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Input: The U.S. embassy tweeted that it was shocked and saddened by Ley’s murder and expressed its condolences to his family

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Input: Kem Ley was a charismatic and immensely popular political figure who frequently criticized both the government and the opposition for failing to implement democratic structures within their own parties

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Input: An eyewitness, who asked reporters to conceal her identity, said two men walked into the shop where Ley was drinking coffee and shot him in the head repeatedly at point blank range

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Input: He was particularly popular on radio – a medium that remains one of the most powerful in Cambodia because of its deep reach into rural areas

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Input: FILE - Kem Ley discusses the meaning of color revolution and freedom of expression in Cambodia during Hello VOA call-in show in Phnom Penh, June 30, 2016

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Input: (Lim Sothy/VOA Khmer)-Government's crackdown-In recent months the government has made sweeping arrests of opposition members and outspoken members of civil society, repeatedly threatened the media and launched a sustained attack on deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha

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Input: The Cambodia National Rescue Party deputy leader remains holed up in CNRP headquarters trying to avoid a charge related to allegations he engaged in prostitution and corruption by having an extra-marital affair

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Input: Cambodians are set to head to local elections next year and a national ballot the following year, having almost voted the ruling party out of its more than three decades in office in 2013

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Input: Police survey the crime scene where Kem Ley was shot dead while family members pray next to his dead body, July 10, 2016

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Input: National Police spokesman Kirt Chantarith said a suspect had been arrested who told them he had shot Ley over a debt

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Input: We arrested one of the suspects by 10 a.m. - we found him with a gun

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Input: “After questioning him, he said he lost some of his land because Kem Ley had not paid his debt to him

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Input: US Looks Ahead After a Week of Deadly Violence in 3 Cities-WASHINGTON — -The United States finds itself beginning a new work week Monday after enduring a week of violence - two police shootings of African American men at point-blank range in Louisiana and Minnesota and the shooting deaths of five police officers in Dallas, Texas, at what was a peaceful demonstration against alleged police brutality

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Input: Police in Dallas say gunman Micah Xavier Johnson had plans to deliver more destruction in Dallas

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Input: Johnson left Afghanistan when a fellow soldier brought sexual harassment charges against him, saying he needed mental health counseling

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Input: Johnson's shoot-out Thursday night with the police in Dallas was triggered, many believe, by police shootings earlier in the week that ended with the deaths of two black men

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Input: Baton Rouge, Minnesota incidents-Tuesday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, cell phone footage showed police shooting 37-year-old Alton Sterling at point-blank range as he was being held down by two police officers

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Input: Sterling was armed, but video shows what appears to be a gun removed from his pocket before the lethal shots were fired

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Input: A woman protesting the shooting death of Alton Sterling is detained by law enforcement near the headquarters of the Baton Rouge Police Department in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, July 9, 2016

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Input: Wednesday evening in a suburb of St. Paul, Minnesota, the fiancée of Philando Castile managed to livestream on her private Facebook account just seconds after a police officer shot Castile several times after pulling them over for a broken tail light

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Input: Diamond Reynolds and her 4-year-old daughter were in the car when the officer opened fire

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Input: Reynolds, who was driving the car, said the officer had been informed Castile had a permit to carry a gun and was reaching for identification when the officer fired several shots from just outside the passenger side window

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Input: "We're convinced that this suspect had other plans and thought that what he was doing was righteous and believed that he was going to target law enforcement -- make us pay for what he saw as law enforcement's efforts to punish people of color," Police Chief David Brown said

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Input: "Maintaining a truthful and serious and respectful tone is going to help mobilize American society to bring about real change and that is our ultimate objective," Obama said Sunday

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Input: "I would like all sides to listen to each other," Obama said in reference to protestors such as those involved with the 'Black Lives Matter' movement and police organizations throughout the U.S.-FILE - President Barack Obama answers a reporter's questions after meeting with Spain's acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy at the Palacio de la Moncloa in Madrid, Spain, July 10, 2016

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Input: Obama said violence against police by anyone concerned about fairness in the criminal justice system does "a disservice to the cause.

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Input: The president plans to visit Dallas Tuesday and deliver remarks at a memorial service

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Input: More protests -Demonstrations have been held in many cities across the country in recent days with some confrontations between protesters and police, as well as numerous arrests

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Input: Dallas police were able to cut short Johnson's plans when the department used a robot to deliver a bomb into the garage where Johnson was holed up

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Input: Brown told CNN, "We believe that we saved lives by making this decision" to use a robot to kill Johnson

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Input: "The materials were such that it was large enough to have devastating effects throughout or city and our North Texas area," Brown said

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Input: In an emailed statement, the U.S. Army said Johnson was a carpentry and masonry specialist during his time in the service from March 2009 to April 2015

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Input: He was deployed to Afghanistan from November 2013 to July 2014

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Input: Baton Rouge and Ferguson: A Tale of Two Police Shootings-"We're not Ferguson.

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Input: The mantra has been heard often since the 2014 shooting of a black man by a white police officer in Ferguson led to weeks of protests and turned the Midwestern town into a symbol of police brutality and fractured race relations

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Input: FILE - Officers and protesters face off along West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, Missouri, Aug. 10, 2015

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Input: HRW has been monitoring the situation in Baton Rouge, and had people on the ground in Ferguson two years ago

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Input: Not all police shootings fit the pattern, say experts

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Input: The July 6 fatal police shooting of Philando Castile, an African-American who was stopped in his car for a broken taillight outside St. Paul, Minnesota, has triggered as much outrage as the shooting in Baton Rouge

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Input: Subsequent protests were relatively smaller, and the police response more measured

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Input: Baton Rouge-Baton Rouge was thrust into the national spotlight when police fatally shot Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old black CD vendor outside a convenience store after receiving a 911 call that a person with a gun was threatening another person

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Input: A police search warrant filed Monday claimed that officers had spotted a handgun in Sterling's pocket and they saw him reach for it before shooting him

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Input: But the owner of the convenience store, who recorded one of two videos of the shooting, has disputed the police version

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Input: The latest echo came in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where protesters last week and over the weekend took to the streets to decry the July 5 killing of a black man by white police

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Input: The U.S. Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into the shooting

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Input: But then the protesters, joined by the radical New Black Panther Party and later by the Nation of Islam, upped the ante, assembling outside the headquarters of the Baton Rouge Police Department on Friday and veering onto a highway in what police described as a deliberate attempt to disrupt traffic

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Input: To disperse the protesters, police put on a show of force

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Input: With a Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) emitting an ear-splitting sound from an armored personnel carrier, police in riot gear and gas masks moved to clear the highway, forcibly removing protesters

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Input: FILE - Police arrest Black Lives Matter leader Deray McKesson during a protest along Airline Highway, a major road that passes in front of the Baton Rouge Police Department headquarters, July 9, 2016

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Input: All told, between 150 and 200 protesters were arrested over a three-day period, including Deray McKesson, nationally known leader of the Black Lives Matter movement

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Input: McKesson used the Periscope app to livestream the standoff and his own arrest

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Input: "Baton Rouge is not Ferguson," East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillard Moore said at a press conference after the shooting

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Input: McKesson said the police tactics were provocative and even violent

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Input: "The response seems much more militarized," said Jonathan Blanks, a research associate at Cato Institute and managing editor of PoliceMisconduct.net

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Input: In Baton Rouge, opinion remained divided

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Input: "People who want to see a brutal police force, they see a brutal police force," said Peter Kovacs, the Baton Rouge-based editor of The Advocate, Louisiana's largest daily newspaper

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Input: Baton Rouge is a racially and economically divided city, with a predominantly black and poor north side — where Sterling was killed — and a well-to-do, white south side

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Input: "Historically, the people of color have not received the same type of justice that others have, and, unfortunately, that is the case in Baton Rouge," said Lori Martin, a professor of sociology at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge

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Input: "Like other cities, Baton Rouge has been attempting to address issues around race, especially as they relate to the plight of young black men.

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Input: FILE - A demonstrator is detained by police during protests in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, July 10, 2016

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Input: A 2015 study commissioned by the Urban Congress of African American Males in Baton Rouge shows that more than half of black men in Baton Rouge drop out of high school before graduation

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Input: Fifty-four percent of black men without high school diplomats are likely to be unemployed, with a 70 percent chance of being incarcerated

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Input: According to a Washington Post tally, 990 people were killed by police last year, and 515 have been fatally shot so far this year

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Input: Black Americans, who represent just 13 percent of the U.S. population, account for nearly one-third of the shootings

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Input: The killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson and other high-profile shootings of black men sparked a national debate about police reform and race relations, leading President Barack Obama to create the Task Force on 21st Century Policing in December 2014

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Input: The group of police leaders, academics and activists produced a host of recommendations, ranging from adopting community policing to eliminating incentive-based quotas for arrests

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Input: Ferguson is a tiny suburb of the Midwestern U.S. city of St. Louis; Baton Rouge, the mid-sized capital of the southern state of Louisiana with a population 10 times Ferguson's

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Input: That is because, unlike most countries, the U.S. doesn't have a national police force; policing in the country is carried out by local departments

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Input: Of an estimated 18,000 law enforcement agencies in the country, less than 1 percent is said to have embraced the recommendations

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Input: Among model departments is the Dallas Police Department which, under a new leader, has adopted community policing and slashed both excessive force by police and assaults on police officers through training and techniques such as "de-escalation.

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Input: Just before the July 7 sniper shooting that killed five of its men, DPD was tweeting clips of a peaceful rally and photos of smiling officers with protesters

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Input: "That's what local departments should aspire to," Blanks said

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Input: FILE - A Dallas Police officer hugs a child who came to pay respects at a makeshift memorial at Dallas Police Headquarters following the multiple police shootings in Dallas, Texas, July 9, 2016

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Input: The Dallas Police Department's success was built on trust, he added

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Input: "If you have a city that does not have the trust of the people, they're not going to get cooperation," Blanks said

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Input: Uncertain future-The protests in Baton Rouge are likely to continue in one form or another in the days to come, as they did Monday when a small group led by the Nation of Islam gathered outside the convenience store where Sterling was killed last week

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Input: But similarities are there, and they're hard to ignore: both are largely African-American towns that have a mostly white police force accused of fatally shooting an innocent black man

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Input: Baton Rouge hasn't seen anything like this since 2005, when Hurricane Katrina drove tens of thousands of residents of New Orleans into the city, said The Advocate's Kovacs

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Input: "And, also, there are more chapters in this: the funeral [and] the decision whether to prosecute" the police officers involved in the shooting

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Input: And there is more: dozens of arrests and a "militarized" show of force by the police in response to protests

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Input: "I think it's a fair comparison," said Antonio Ginnata, U.S. Advocacy Director for Human Rights Watch (HRW) in Washington

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Input: "You're seeing a similar pattern: a questionable shooting by police of an African-American man that gives rise to frustrations and anger and grief by the community, that goes out and protests and the police react with a militarized response

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Input: Obama: America ‘Not Even Close’ to Healing People-Police Divide-WHITE HOUSE — -After a nearly four hour-long meeting at the White House Wednesday with leaders in law enforcement and prominent members of the black community, President Barack Obama said that America is still nowhere close to healing the decades-long build up of mistrust between the two sides

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Input: “We're not there yet, we're not even close to being where we want to be,” Obama said

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Input: But he added this sober assessment: "There is no doubt police departments still feel embattled and unjustly accused

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Input: The president said progress on preventing shootings like last week's incidents will not happen overnight, because the roots date back not just decades, but centuries

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Input: “As a country," Obama said, "we have to sit down as a country and just grind it out.

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Input: The meeting produced a list of priorities that Obama said everyone at the table agreed on, which included working with police departments to improve training and de-escalation techniques and creating a “system of accountability” that would grant citizens greater access to data on law enforcement actions

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Input: Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said the conversation on race was extremely urgent, and that although not everyone agreed on everything, the activists, police officers and elected officials present were able to re-establish a sense of common humanity

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Input: “We're not at a point yet where communities of color feel confident that their police departments are serving them with dignity and respect and equality and we're not there yet where police departments feel adequately supported at all levels.

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Input: Several participants spoke of a breakthrough moment, saying every single person had a chance to speak, and people felt like they were truly being heard by those normally on the opposite side of the divisive issue of race and law enforcement

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Input: Mayor Garcetti said a breakthrough moment for him was when one of the Black Lives Matter activists turned to a police officer and told him he was sorry for the loss of five police officers shot in Dallas last week by a sniper

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Input: The conversation on race took place on the same day funerals were held in Dallas for three of the five police officers killed last week

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Input: In the U.S. Senate, Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas introduced legislation that would make it a federal crime to kill a police officer

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Input: In a statement, Cornyn said: “As our country continues to grieve following last week’s tragedy in Dallas

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Input: On Facebook, Obama asked Americans from all walks of life to share their own ideas for healing racial wounds and keeping people safe: “Going forward, I want to hear ideas from even more Americans about how we can address these challenges together as one nation

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Input: Whether you're a police officer working to keep our communities safe, an activist marching and organizing, or anyone else, you can share your story and ideas here: go.wh.gov/VDPvKz.

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Input: White House correspondent Mary Alice Salinas and Joshua Fatzick contributed to this report from Washington

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Input: A large and diverse group participated in the exchange of ideas, including Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, NAACP President Cornell Brooks, other elected officials, police chiefs from several major cities, activists representing the Black Lives Matter movement, and several faith leaders

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Input: The president said he wanted to bring people into the room with different perspectives to listen to each other

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Input: Two black men were shot by white police officers at point-blank range in the states of Louisiana and Minnesota; five white police officers were then shot at a rally in Texas protesting against those shootings, by a black gunman who said he wanted to kill white people

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Input: After the White House meeting, which went on much longer than planned, the president said the good news is that progress has been made in many police departments across the country

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Input: He said Wednesday’s conversation would build off his administration’s “Task Force on 21st Century Policing,” and would share solutions from communities that have already found ways to build trust and reduce racial disparities

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Input: US Urges Turkey to Respect Rule of Law as it Probes Coup Attempt-The United States is urging Turkey to exercise restraint and act within the rule of law as it investigates last week’s failed coup, amid conflicting reports about whether a former Air Force commander confessed to being a ringleader of the attempted takeover

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Input: The state-run Anadolu news agency reported that 8,777 officers have been suspended and 6,000 members of the judiciary and military have been detained following the attempted coup Friday, sparking concern from world leaders who warn against actions that would damage constitutional order

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Input: EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini told a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels that the rule of law "needs to be protected for the sake of the country.

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Input: Erdogan said Sunday he is receptive to reinstating the country's death penalty in the aftermath of the coup attempt

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Input: But Mogherini warned that such a step may end Turkey's EU membership hopes

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Input: In Germany, a spokesman for Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed that the EU is a "community of laws and values" with which the death penalty was not compatible

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Input: A colleague cries as friends carry the coffin of a police officer killed during a failed military coup last Friday, during his funeral at Kocatepe Mosque in Ankara, Turkey, July 17, 2016

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Input: "At every level of government, the period of cleaning this virus will continue," Erdogan said

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Input: Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag says Turkish authorities are accelerating arrests of people, which have included judges, military officers and soldiers

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Input: Those in custody include the commander of the Third Army Corps, General Erdal Ozturk, who could face charges of treason

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Input: On Monday, Anadolu quoted General Akin Ozturk, who earlier had denied involvement in the uprising against the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as saying that he "acted with the intention of carrying out a coup.

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Input: Other high-ranking military officials flew to neighboring Greece by helicopter and requested political asylum

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Input: Turkish media reports say some of those who fled are believed to be among the architects of the coup

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Input: On Thursday, a court in Athens will decide whether or not to send the military officials back to Turkey for punishment

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Input: His speech was punctuated by frequent calls of "we want the death penalty'' from the large crowd, to which Erdogan responded: "We hear your request

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Input: Because those who attempt a coup in this country must pay.'

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Input: Turkey hasn't executed anyone since 1984, and capital punishment was legally abolished in 2004 as part of Turkey's bid to join the European Union

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Input: But the news agency has since taken the report down and his alleged involvement has been denied in reports by private news media outlets in Turkey

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Input: Mogherini, however, was straight-forward in saying that if Turkey were to institute the death penalty, it would lose all hope of joining the EU

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Input: "We think it's irresponsible to have accusations of American involvement," Kerry told CNN on Sunday

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Input: FILE - Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen is pictured at his residence in Saylorsburg, Pa., Sept. 26, 2013

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Input: Turkish President Erdogan has accused Fethullah Gulen, a reclusive cleric now living in Pennsylvania, of orchestrating the violence and demanded that Gulen be extradited

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Input: Erdogan frequently refers to "masterminds" who he says are bent on breaking up Turkey, in what appears a veiled reference to the West in general, and more specifically, the United States

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Input: On Saturday, Labor Minister Suleyman Soylu accused Washington of being behind the coup attempt

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Input: In a phone call on Saturday, Kerry told Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu “public insinuations or claims about any role by the United States in the failed coup attempt are utterly false and harmful to our bilateral relations,” according to a report of the call released by the State Department

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Input: In Brussels Monday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he supported bringing perpetrators of the attempted coup in Turkey to justice, but warned the government against going "too far" while restoring order in the country

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Input: Kerry also told CNN that Turkey has made no formal request for Gulen's extradition, and that he'd asked the country's foreign minister to make the official request, saying that "the United States is not harboring anybody.

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Input: Gulen has denied being behind the failed coup and dismissed calls for his extradition back to Turkey

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Input: Gulen said he has “no concerns” about being extradited to Turkey, because the United States is “a country of law

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Input: I don't believe this government will pay attention to anything that is not legally sound,” Gulen said during an interview with media

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Input: Funerals-Meanwhile, thousands of people attended funerals Sunday in Istanbul and Ankara for those killed

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Input: Erdogan openly wept Sunday at the funeral for his top campaign manager and the manager's teenage son who were killed when renegade soldiers opened fire on protesters at the Bosporus Bridge in Istanbul on Friday night

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Input: At the White House, spokesman Josh Earnest stressed U.S. support for Turkey's "democratically elected" government and said Washington strongly values "the important relationship" with its NATO ally

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Input: The government Monday said 208 were killed in the uprising, including 145 civilians, 60 police and three soldiers, in addition to more than 100 coup plotters

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Input: Conditions remained tense in Istanbul, Ankara and some other provincial cities, and there were reports of sporadic violence

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Input: Erdogan has also encouraged citizens who took to the streets during the coup attempt to stay there as a “vigil” for democracy

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Input: Turkey had closed its airspace following the attempted coup

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Input: Turkey, a NATO member, is a key partner in U.S.-led efforts to defeat the Islamic State group and has allowed American jets to use its Incirlik air base to fly missions against the extremists in nearby Syria and Iraq

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Input: VOA's National Security Correspondent Jeff Seldin, White House Correspondent Mary Alice Salinas and VOA's Turkish service are among those who contributed to this story

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Input: But he said the government should “be supportive of due process and freedoms that are outlined in the Turkish constitution that include freedom of speech, freedom of press and freedom of assembly.

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Input: People carry the coffin of victim of the coup attempt Sehidmiz Murat Inci during his funeral ceremony at the Kocatepe Mosque in Ankara on July 18, 2016

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Input: Turkish President Erdogan ordered F-16 fighters to patrol Turkey's skies overnight, although there was no new sign of resistance against the government

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Input: Meanwhile, Ankara suspended annual leave for more than three million civil servants

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Input: Harder vs. Softer, the Republican and Democratic Foreign Policy Platforms-In his acceptance speech at the Republican convention Thursday night, Donald Trump laid out a foreign policy vision that marked a sharp departure from that of his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton

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Input: Trump claimed that many U.S. allies take Washington’s support for granted, and countries should contribute more financially for U.S. security guarantees in order to ensure that American troops will come to their aid

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Input: While calling for American global leadership and “the strongest military in the world,” the Democrat Party’s draft platform says that “war must always be the last resort” and stresses the need for the “smart use of diplomacy, development, and economic statecraft.

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Input: “Democrats further believe that when America leads, it should be as a principled force for peace and prosperity in the world,” the draft reads

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Input: On the campaign trail and in interviews, including a recent interview with the New York Times, Trump has disparaged NATO members for failing to “pay their bills” and demanded that alliance members shoulder a larger military burden

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Input: The Republican platform reflects some of that thinking, asking for a renewal of the 67-year-old alliance and demanding that NATO members “fulfill their commitments and meet their need for greater investment in their armed forces.

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Input: It also says that the U.S., while working through NATO and other multilateral organizations, “must always reserve the right to go its own way.

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Input: The Democratic platform criticizes what it calls Trump’s desire to “abandon our NATO allies” and goes on to say, “We believe in strong alliances and will deter Russian aggression, build European resilience, and protect our NATO allies.

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Input: Iran -On at least two other major foreign policy planks – Iran and Israel -- the platforms differ sharply

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Input: On Iran, the Democratic platform expresses support for the 2015 nuclear deal signed between Iran and major world powers while the Republican platform takes a more hawkish stand, calling it “a personal agreement between the president and his negotiating partners and not binding on the next president.

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Input: But while Trump clearly holds unorthodox views, his party’s official platform, adopted by the convention delegates this week, is seen as a more traditional Republican document, and on a host of foreign policy issues – from Russia to China to Syria – it mirrors the draft put out by Democrats

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Input: Echoing hardline Republican criticism of the nuclear deal, the Republican platform questions its legality by saying that “(w)ithout a two-thirds endorsement by the Senate, it does not have treaty status.

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Input: The Democratic platform credits the deal with blocking Iran’s ability to build a nuclear weapon but nevertheless vows to “strengthen non-nuclear sanctions” if necessary

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Input: Israel-Bipartisan support for Israel has long been a cornerstone of American foreign policy

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Input: Both platforms offer unequivocal support for the Jewish state, but a subtle change in the Republican plank separates the two parties

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Input: In a break with long-standing U.S. policy, the Republican platform has removed any reference to a “two-state solution” to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

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Input: It calls Jerusalem the “eternal and indivisible” capital of Israel and says it wants the U.S. embassy to be moved there from Tel Aviv

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Input: The Democratic draft retains the two-state solution language

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Input: It says the status of Jerusalem is a matter of final negotiation between Israelis and Palestinians, but should nonetheless remain the capital of Israel

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Input: The status of Jerusalem has proven a deal breaker in Middle Eastern peace negotiations, and the change in the Republican plank’s wording, seemingly trivial, is consequential for a final political settlement

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Input: The platform, a statement of party principles and ideas, is a non-binding document, but it does serve as a road map for presidential candidates

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Input: Islamic State-The Democrats pledge to lead the anti-Islamic State coalition while working toward a political settlement to end the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad

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Input: The Democratic platform doesn’t incorporate policy initiatives that Clinton has advocated as a candidate, including the creation of a no-fly zone in northern Syria and a ramp-up of the bombing campaign

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Input: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gives a foreign policy speech at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, April 27, 2016

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Input: As a candidate, Trump has said he’d step up the bombing campaign to “knock out” IS and stop buying oil from Saudi Arabia if it doesn’t contribute troops to the fight against the Islamic State

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Input: Recently, he said he’d ask Congress to declare war on the terrorist organization and commit NATO to fight it

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Input: And in the New York Times interview, he said getting rid of IS is “much more important to us than Assad.

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Input: But little of that rhetoric is to be found in the Republican platform

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Input: The manifesto blames President Barack Obama and then-Secretary of State Clinton for “mishandling” the 2011 Arab Spring and failing to “rally the world” against Assad

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Input: It backs “the transition to a post-Assad Syrian government” and calls for continued support for Iraq and the creation of a safe having in northern Iraq for refugees fleeing from ISIS

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Input: China-Both platforms are censorious of Chinese trade practices and growing military posturing in the South China Sea

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Input: It goes on to criticize Chinese currency manipulation and calls for parity in trade as well as religious freedom

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Input: The Democratic platform similarly slams Chinese currency and trade practices and pledges to “press China to play by the rules.

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Input: But while both platforms take a tough stand on China ally North Korea, the Republican platform goes a step further, not only calling for dismantling the communist dictatorship’s nuclear arsenal but also imploring China “to hasten positive change on the Korean Peninsula.

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Input: Russia-The two platforms offer tough rhetoric about Russia despite Trump’s campaign statement that he’d “get along very well” with Russian President Vladimir Putin

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Input: Contending that a weak Obama Administration has invited Russian aggression, the Republican platform supports maintaining sanctions on Moscow and “if warranted, increasing sanctions” until Ukraine’s sovereignty is restored, a reference to Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and continued support for separatists in eastern Ukraine

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Input: The Democratic platform reads: “We will make it clear to Putin that we are prepared to cooperate with him when it is in our interest—as we did on reducing nuclear stockpiles, dismantling Iran’s nuclear program, sanctioning North Korea, and resupplying our troops in Afghanistan—but we will not hesitate to stand up to Russian aggression.

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Input: The Democratic draft supports President Obama’s recent decision to keep 8,400 American troops in Afghanistan into next year and to press Pakistan to deny save haven to terrorists

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Input: With its emphasis on the use of diplomacy and economic development, the Democratic platform embraces what is known as idealism, a school of foreign policy that holds that America is a force for good in the world and that, with a combination of military strength and soft power, can shape global affairs

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Input: While the Republican platform takes a swipe at the Administration’s “feckless treatment of troop commitments” to Afghanistan, it does not oppose Obama’s decision

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Input: Trump has said he wants to keep some troops in the country

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Input: “A Republican president will work with all regional leaders to restore mutual trust while insisting upon progress against corruption and the narcotic trade that fuels insurgency,” the Republican platform reads, adding that the new president will work to strengthen “historic ties” with Pakistan

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Input: Before each party convention, platform committee members fight over changes small and big to their party's manifesto but because it’s a nonbinding document, few can hold their candidate to it

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Input: “Truth be told, it’s not going to matter,” said Eric Brakey, a Republican State Senator from Maine and a member of the Republican platform committee, who voted against the platform

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Input: More than twice as long on foreign policy as the Democratic version, the Republican platform presents a harder-edged, Reaganesque manifesto with some, but by no means all, of Trump's controversial ideas

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Input: “There is a huge conceptual difference between the two platforms,” said David Coates, a professor of political science and international affairs at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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Input: Hard vs soft-Invoking Ronald Reagan’s mantra of “peace through strength” and Trump’s own call for a military build-up, the Republican platform puts forth a muscular foreign policy sustained by military might, “a Reagan-era force that can fight and win two and half wars, ranging from counterterrorism to deterring foreign aggressors.

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Input: Democrats Embrace Black Lives Matter Movement-PHILADELPHIA — -Democrats at the party’s national convention Tuesday evening embraced the Black Lives Matter campaign, welcoming to the stage a group of mothers whose children had died from gun violence or in police custody

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Input: But the party’s focus on black lives drew the ire of a police union that suggested blue lives were being disregarded

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Input: Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton appears on a large monitor to thank delegates during the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, July 26, 2016

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Input: Trump has slammed Black Lives Matter protesters for “dividing America,” and many in his party say the group is partly to blame for the recent outbreak of shootings of police officers

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Input: Blue Lives Matter-The killings of police have spurred a parallel movement, Blue Lives Matter, which focuses on the well-being of law enforcement officers

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Input: Some in this movement say they are offended that Democrats are highlighting the Black Lives Matter activists

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