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Former child soldiers lock
up CPN office in protest
Former Maoist child soldiers upset
with the party for discarding them
during the peace process
padlocked Communist Party of
Nepals Maoist office Monday
trapping seven of its leaders
inside. The former guerillas
threatened to continue the lock
up until the ruling party
implements its agreements and
also started their rehabilitation.
Most Americans heave a sigh of relief as the curtains came down on what seemed like a never ending presidential election. Hillary Clintons unifying approach
against Donald Trumps divisiveness during their respective final rallies left the country in deep socio-psychological turmoil
Hillary is a phenomenal woman, she
never gives up, never quits and
refuses to brought down. This
election is on us
Michelle Obama, First Lady Of The US
Trump ahead of Clinton
in US Google searches
Donald Trump might be trailing in
surveys but the Republican
nominee is more popular than his
Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in
Google searches in the US. Data
released by Google shows Trump
dominating search in 38 states till
Monday, including in key states
like Florida and Michigan.
Desi Congress hopefuls
on cusp of making history
Indian-Americans, comprising
about 1% of the countrys
population, appear to be on the
cusp of making history as a record
number of people from the
community are likely to be elected
in the general elections. Kamala
Haris (poised to enter the Senate)
and Pramila Jayapal (House of
Rep) are few of the highlights.
PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION
70%
Chance that Clinton
could be thePRESIDENTIAL
next prez
ELECTION
Democratic presidential
candidate Hillary Clinton has a 70
per cent chance of winning the
White House race against her
Republican rival Donald Trump,
FiveThirtyEight website, a top
American pollster said. The
websites Nate Silver accurately
predicted the outcome of 2008
and 2012 presidential elections.
Dems lose Trumps
intimidation case
The US Supreme Court has
rejected an 11th-hour move by the
Democratic Party in Ohio seeking
to prevent Donald Trump
supporters from carrying out
certain actions that could be
considered voter intimidation.
The legal battlehad stemmed
from Trumps assertions on the
campaign trail without
providing evidence that the
election was likely to be rigged.
Wednesday 09 11 2016
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US-backed offensive
moves closer to Raqqa
A US-backed Kurdish-Arab
alliance pushed closer to Raqqa in
Syria while Iraqi forces seized
Hamam al-Alil near Mosul as
offensives progressed against the
two Daesh strongholds. After
announcing the launch of their
assault on Raqqa on Sunday, the
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
alliance said it had moved south
despite fierce jihadist resistance.
finally the agony is over
In 2008 you gave me a chance, a
skinny guy with a funny name. Im
betting on you one more time. That is
the next President of the United
States, Hillary Clinton
Barack Obama, US President
People vote at a polling site at Public School 261, Tuesday in New York City. Citizens of the United States are choosing between Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton | AFP
Farwa Imam Ali @ New York
Giant Meteor 2016. Just End it
Already reads an US Election
bumper sticker on a car in New
York. Pun intended, or not, this is
how most voters feel as they
finally head to the polls in Amer-
ica: Exhausted and divided. Just
like their candidates
Donald Trump and Hillary
Clinton who campaigned well
past midnight on the last day in a
high stakes election. While
Trump rallied support with say-
ing, Today is our Independence
Day it was perhaps Clinton who
best summed up the moment.
Its not my name or Donald
Trumps name on the ballot,
said Clinton, adding that it was
America, one where they build
bridges not walls.
As the curtains came down on
a year and half of contentious
lobbying and rallying for the 2016
US Presidential Election, the
democrats received some encour-
aging news. A surge in Hispanic
voters during early voting in
Florida and Nevada has been re-
ported. The Clinton camp hopes
this surge will offset the low early
voters from the African-Ameri-
cans who voted en-masse for
Obama in 2008 and 2012. Even so,
recent electoral maps at all major
Dems suggested questions for CNN interview with Trump
WASHINGTON
The latest WikiLeaks release
shows CNN reaching out to Dem-
ocratic officials to suggest ques-
tions for host Wolf Blitzer to ask
Donald Trump in an interview, a
practice the network has defend-
ed as completely unremarkable
and sound journalism.
Emails from the hacked file of
Hillary Clinton campaign chair-
seoul
S Korean prez drops her
nominee for PM post
S Korean President Park Geun-
Hye Tuesday agreed to dump her
nominee for prime minister and
cede control of some state affairs
in a major climbdown after a
huge political scandal. Park told
the speaker of the National
Assembly she would accept a
prime minister chosen by the
opposition-controlled legislature
and let him control the cabinet.
Because were losing our great
president to term limits, it will be a
change election. We have to decide,
are we going to change forward
together or backward?
Bill Clinton, former US President
Poll agencies project Clinton to
win 268 electoral votes from states
that are solidly blue or leaning in
her direction. That said, in retro-
spect, the 2016 Presidential cam-
paign has been the most unruly,
untamed and uncultivated ever
according national sentiment.
Trumps loud, divisive, conde-
scending, vitriolic rhetoric re-
mained until his last rally at
Grand Rapids, Michigan, a stark
contrast to Clintons softer, unify-
ing, respectful and restrained
style. The end result: a country in
deep socio-psychological turmoil.
Reflecting the turmoil are the is-
sues each candidate raised dur-
ing their campaigns.
Sexism notwithstanding,
Trump, rarely showed true un-
derstanding of foreign affairs or
domestic policy relying on per-
sonal attacks and his economic
acumen to make his case.
Clinton on the other hand end-
ed her campaign at Raleigh, in
the swing state of North Caroli-
na, where early voting suggests
Clinton has underperformed
President Obama's 2012 per-
formance. Making a last attempt
here she talked about unifying
and being a President for all, even
those who did not vote for her.
In the last 24 hours of cam-
paigning, Donald Trump mocked
man John Podesta also showed
the network asking Democrats to
suggest questions for an inter-
view with Ted Cruz.
The communications could in-
fer a coziness with Democrats,
particularly in the wake of previ-
ous reports that former CNN con-
tributor and current Democratic
National Committee chief Donna
Brazile had communicated with
the Clinton campaign about po-
Packages to be delivered by Chinese
courier companies on Singles day
seoul
Samsung electronics HQ
raided in wake of scandal
S Korean prosecutors Tuesday
raided Samsung Electronics
headquarters as part of a probe
into a scandal sparked by
President Park Geun-Hye and her
close friend. Media reports
suggest that Samsung may have
funnelled as much as 2.8 million
Euros ($3.1 million) to Choi Soon-
Sil, to bankroll her daughters
equestrian training in Germany.
the last-ditch
I will not consider it great if I dont
win. (Its a) tremendous waste of
money, energy and time if I lose
Donald Trump
Republican presidential nominee
Hillary Clinton for bringing star
power to bolster her campaign. In
the last 72 hours, a number of
stars pulled their weight for Hil-
lary Clinton in a what is turning
out to be tighter race than the
Democrats imagined. Some of
these include Katy Perry, Be-
yonce, Jay-Z, LeBron James, Jon
bon Jovi, Stevie Wonder, Bruce
Springsteen and Lady Gaga.
Trumps counter to the star
power? According to him, he
doesnt need such gimmicks giv-
en who he is and what he has ac-
complished. Such comments un-
nerve many folks in America
today. Especially immigrants
who do not get to vote. Ivan Soko-
vaic, a marketing executive from
Pennsylvania, has been motivat-
ing his friends to get out the vote
because he cannot. Does he really
think Trump can win? You can
never tell. This is a country that
voted for George Bush twice.
Trump makes even George Bush
Jr look good! So, it was left to
President Obama, at a rally in
Philadelphia, to tell it like it is.
Asking clearly that voters do not
elect Trump, Obama said: Amer-
ica, I am betting on you one more
time, envisaging that the nation
would reject fear and choose
hope. Did America listen? We will
know in 24 hours.
tential questions to be asked in
campaign forums. B u t C N N
Monday said it does the same
with Republicans as part of ef-
forts to present the best inter-
views. When preparing for in-
terviews, we are regularly sent
suggestions from rival campaigns
and political parties, both solic-
ited and unsolicited, said CNN
spokeswoman Lauren Pratapas.
Casting a wide net to ensure a
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columbus
Ohio man arrested for
trying to join Daesh
An Ohio man accused of trying to
join the Daesh has been arrested
while attempting to fly to Libya,
federal authorities said. A criminal
complaint alleges Aaron Daniels,
20, told an undercover informant
about his interest to travel abroad
to commit jihad. It also says he
wired $250 in January to a Beirut
intermediary for now deceased
Daesh recruiter Abu Isa Al-Amriki.
This election is basically between
division and unity in our country. Its
between strong leadership and a
loose cannon who could put
everything at risk
Hillary Clinton, Democratic nominee
(Above) Donald Trump is joined by his wife Melania Trump (R), daughter Ivanka
Trump (Below) Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton greet supporters voting in New York | afp
tough and fair interview isnt just
common media practice, its
smart. She did not immediately
provide specific examples of Re-
publicans being asked for similar
help. A representative from the
Republican National Committee
did not respond to a request for
comment. WikiLeaks has not
similarly targeted Republican of-
ficials in their release of private
communications.
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canberra
Australia senate drops
vote on gay marriage
Australias Senate late Monday
voted by a margin of 33 to 29
against the non- binding public
plebiscite on same-sex marriage
which Prime Minister Malcolm
Turnbulls conservative
government had planned to hold
on February 11. Most gay marriage
advocates had opposed it,
warning it would spark a divisive
public debate.
I got about 3 hours of sleep but I feel
about as good as you can feel with 3
hours of sleep. I think we have a
chance to win all states
Tim Kaine, Hillary Clintons running mate
The WikiLeaks communica-
tions showed an email chain in-
volving several officials at the
Democratic National Committee
that discussed Blitzer interview-
ing Trump in April on the eve of
a foreign policy address. It wasnt
clear who at CNN had communi-
cated the request. The interview
was subsequently cancelled. The
email chain had 17 suggested
questions.  PTI
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islamabad
Pak forms committee to
probe leaked news report
The Pakistan government Monday
formed a committee to
investigate the leaked
controversial news report about a
rift between the government and
the powerful army over support to
militants in the country. The
committee headed by a former
high court judge will complete its
report in 30 days and submit its
findings to the government.
A unified Republican government
Donald Trump and our Senate and
House candidates will dedicate
itself to solving the countrys
problems
Paul Ryan, Speaker of House of Rep
Defence key
to India-US
ties under
Trump rule
WASHINGTON
Defence and counter-terror-
ism would be two key pillars of
Indo-US strategic ties under Don-
ald Trump, his top military advi-
sor has said while asserting that
India will be absolutely critical
to the Republican candidates for-
eign policy as president.
This is a country that shares
our values, this is a country that
shares a lot of geo-political inter-
est and I think, his (Trumps)
work is going to be continuing
the tradition of Bush Adminis-
tration which made a lot of
progress in that regard, Alexan-
der Gray, a senior military advi-
sor and author of several of the
ambitious defence policies of
Trump, told PTI.
We (Trump Administration)
would be looking to strengthen
not just the cultural and econom-
ic aspect, but also on the defence
side there is so much common
ground with India. At a time
when Indias foreign policy is
changing because of China and
Pakistan, because of Islamic ter-
rorism, we need to be there to
greet them with open arms. I
think, the Trump Administra-
tion is ready to do that, Gray
said giving an insight into the In-
dia policy of a possible Trump
administration. Trump is the
only presidential candidate to
have addressed Indian Ameri-
cans and spoken about a strong
India-US relationship.  PTI