[Link] Queen congratulates Barbados as it becomes a republic

Read: 30/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

As Barbados removes the Queen as its head of state and becomes a republic, the monarch has sent her congratulations on the nation’s “momentous” day.

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[Link] Behind a Billboard of Bowe Bergdahl, Khost Maintains Anti-Taliban Ways

Read: 4/11/2021 coffeeordie.com

KHOST, Afghanistan — It’s one of few stretches of road among these winding hills and twisting valleys that remains paved and intact, untouched by the two-decade war that crippled most of Afghanistan’s land arteries.

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[Link] 900 Detained After Seven ‘Targeted Killings’ in the World’s Most Militarized Zone

Read: 11/10/2021 www.vice.com

Teachers. A principal. And a well-known pharmacist. They were all shot dead in broad daylight last week in India-controlled Kashmir, heightening fear in the world’s most militarized zone. 

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[Link] Johnson makes ‘unbelievably crass’ joke about Thatcher closing coal mines

Read: 7/8/2021 www.theguardian.com

On a visit to Scotland on Thursday, the prime minister made a number of provocative comments, stating that a second referendum on Scottish independence is “about as far from the top of my agenda as it is possible to be”.

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