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Ed Payne / CNN:
Mali hotel attack: 3 dead after gunmen take captives at Radisson Blu in Bamako — (CNN)LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: — • [7:20 a.m. ET] Security forces have begun a counter-assault on the hotel in Mali's capital, said French President Francois Hollande, who said he'd been in touch …
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BBC:
Mali attack: Special forces storm hotel to free hostages — Malian special forces have entered the Radisson Blu Hotel in Mali's capital, Bamako, to end a siege by gunmen. The hotel says 137 people remain inside. — The gunmen stormed the US-owned hotel, which is popular with foreign businesses …
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Daily Mail:
Jihadists kill three as they go ‘floor to floor’ screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’ during AK-47 rampage at Mali hotel and take 170 hostages before freeing those who could recite the Koran — Radison Blu hotel under attack by jihadists armed with AK-47s and hand grenades in Malian capital of Bamako
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Tiemoko Diallo / Reuters:
Gunmen attack luxury hotel in Mali capital, 170 taken hostage — Gunmen shouting Islamic slogans attacked a luxury hotel full of foreigners in Mali's capital Bamako early on Friday morning, taking 170 people hostage, a senior security source and the hotel's operator said.
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THE REZIDOR HOTEL GROUP:
Hostage-taking at Radisson Blu Hotel, Bamako / Mali — We are closely following the hostage-taking incident that is taking place at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Bamako / Mali today, 20th November 2015. According to our latest information 125 guests and 13 employees are still in the building.
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Isabelle Fraser / Telegraph:
Mali hotel attack: gunmen hold 170 hostage at Radisson Blu as third body found at Paris terrorist lair - live
Mali hotel attack: gunmen hold 170 hostage at Radisson Blu as third body found at Paris terrorist lair - live
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Ted Cruz Creates a ‘National Prayer Team’ — Pray for Ted Cruz. — That appears to be among the chief tasks to be undertaken by the Cruz campaign's “national prayer team,” a group announced on Thursday and scheduled to begin its work next month. — Mr. Cruz, who has aggressively courted …
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NBC News:
Donald Trump Retakes Lead in GOP Race; Ted Cruz Makes Gains: Poll — In the Republican primary race, the newest NBC News/SurveyMonkey online poll shows Donald Trump has the frontrunner spot to himself, with 28% support among Republican and independent voters who lean Republican.
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
How Ted Cruz is locking up the evangelical vote
Hadas Gold / Politico:
CNN reporter suspended after tweet on refugees — CNN global affairs correspondent Elise Labott has been suspended for two weeks, a source at CNN confirmed to POLITICO. — Earlier on Thursday Labott had tweeted about the House voting on a bill that would make it harder for Syrian refugees to enter the United States.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Dear CNN: Are you biased?
Dear CNN: Are you biased?
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Vaughn Hillyard / NBC News:
Donald Trump's Plan for a Muslim Database Draws Comparison to Nazi Germany — NEWTON, Iowa — Donald Trump “would certainly implement” a database system tracking Muslims in the United States, the Republican front-runner told NBC News on Thursday night. — “I would certainly implement that.
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Vaughn Hillyard / MSNBC:
Trump: ‘Would certainly implement’ Muslim database
Trump: ‘Would certainly implement’ Muslim database
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Donald Trump Says He'd ‘Absolutely’ Require Muslims to Register
Donald Trump Says He'd ‘Absolutely’ Require Muslims to Register
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Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Business:
Clinton Opens 25-Point Lead on Sanders in Bloomberg Politics National Poll — She also earns higher scores on commander-in-chief traits, including the ability to combat terrorism. — margarettalev — Hillary Clinton has solidified her lead nationally in the Democratic presidential nominating contest …
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Daily Mail:
Hillary hammers ‘obsession’ with the words ‘radical Islamic terrorism’ as she insists 'Muslims …
Hillary hammers ‘obsession’ with the words ‘radical Islamic terrorism’ as she insists 'Muslims …
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Sanders invokes FDR to defend democratic socialism
Sanders invokes FDR to defend democratic socialism
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Daily Kos:
These 47 Democrats Just Voted to Send Syrian Refugees Back to their Imminent Death — The House just passed the Republicans' bill that would halt any acceptance of refugees from Syria and create additional layers of bureaucratic hoops for refugees to pass through, effectively making it impossible for them.
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Marco Rubio / Politico:
We Asked Marco Rubio to Lay Out His ISIL Strategy. Here It Is.
We Asked Marco Rubio to Lay Out His ISIL Strategy. Here It Is.
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New York Times:
Jonathan Pollard Is Freed After 30 Years in Prison, but Not to Israel — WASHINGTON — Jonathan J. Pollard, the American convicted of spying on behalf of Israel, walked out of prison early on Friday after 30 years, the Israeli prime minister said, but the Obama administration had no plans …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
After 30 Years in Prison, Jonathan Pollard to be Freed — but Not to Israel
After 30 Years in Prison, Jonathan Pollard to be Freed — but Not to Israel
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Farce Awakens — Erick Erickson, the editor in chief of the website RedState.com, is a serious power in right-wing circles. Speechifying at RedState's annual gathering is a rite of passage for aspiring Republican politicians, and Mr. Erickson made headlines this year when he disinvited Donald Trump from the festivities.
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Kelly Winters / Facebook:
Improving the Experience When Relationships End — Community Support FYI is a new series of blog posts about how we work to keep the Facebook community safe, supported and connected. — Facebook is a place for sharing life's important moments, which for many people include their romantic relationships.
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Michele Hall / Blavity:
This morning at Harvard Law School we woke up to a hate crime. — The hallways of Harvard Law School are lined with portraits of every tenured professor in the history of the university. As a first-year law student, the first time that I walked down those hallways I was painfully aware …
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Steve Annear / BostonGlobe.com:
Tape found on portraits of black Harvard law professors
Tape found on portraits of black Harvard law professors
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP group plans most aggressive anti-Trump campaign yet — John Kasich has attacked Donald Trump relentlessly in debates and now his super PAC is planning to invest $2.5 million in the most aggressive takedown of the poll leader yet — on behalf of an increasingly anxious GOP establishment.
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Major insurer may leave ObamaCare — One of the country's largest health insurers warned Thursday that it may leave the ObamaCare exchanges within two years, delivering a shock announcement that could ripple through the marketplace. — At a shareholder meeting Thursday …
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Ex-CIA director: Snowden should be ‘hanged’ for Paris — A former CIA director says leaker Edward Snowden should be convicted of treason and given the death penalty in the wake of the terrorist attack on Paris. — “It's still a capital crime, and I would give him the death sentence …
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