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Iraq Starts Offensive to Retake Mosul From Islamic State

Edit Bloomberg 17 Oct 2016
... of Nineveh province in northern Iraq -- in June 2014 and declared a caliphate on June 29, merging territory it already held in Syria, including its de facto capital Raqqa....

40% of residents 'live in housing that falls below acceptable living standard'

Edit Belfast Telegraph 17 Oct 2016
Four in 10 people in Britain live in homes which fail to meet an acceptable living standard, Shelter has said. The housing charity has developed a "living home standard", designed to be the housing equivalent of the living wage, to measure what makes an acceptable home ... Shelter and Ipsos MORI developed the living home standard through a series of workshops and surveys with the public, with support from British Gas ... ....

What to expect as Mosul battle nears

Edit The Oklahoman 17 Oct 2016
The offensive to liberate Mosul from ISIS control has begun, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said in a televised statement early Monday ... The assault's buildup has been ongoing for some time ... A US artillery unit has provided cover for operations south of Mosul ... This is it ... Bracing for the offensive, ISIS in recent days allowed wounded fighters in Mosul to move to Raqqa, Syria, the group's de facto capital, a source inside Mosul said....

Iraqi PM: Offensive to take Mosul from ISIS is underway

Edit The Oklahoman 17 Oct 2016
The offensive to liberate Mosul from ISIS control has begun, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said in a televised statement early Monday. "Our dearest people in Nineveh province, the victory bell has rung, and the operations to liberate Mosul have begun," he said ... Bracing for the offensive, ISIS in recent days allowed wounded fighters in Mosul to move to Raqqa, Syria, the group's de facto capital, a source inside Mosul said ... ....

Hillary leads by 7 points as Trump faces grope claims

Edit The Hindu 16 Oct 2016
Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton leads rival Donald Trump by seven percentage points, according to a Reuters/Ipsos national opinion poll taken as the Republican nominee fought off accusations of groping women ... That was little changed from Tuesday when the Reuters/Ipsos poll showed Trump trailing by eight points ... The Reuters/Ipsos poll is conducted online in English in all 50 states....

Approval rating of Peru's Kuczynski drops 8 points after scandal

Edit Reuters 16 Oct 2016
LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski's approval rating dropped 8 percentage points to 55 percent after a corruption scandal forced him to fire his health adviser, an Ipsos poll published in a newspaper showed on Sunday. ....

Letter: Don't vote in protest

Edit Deseret News 16 Oct 2016
It is a dilution of voting power — and a de facto submission to a powerful collective of people who will alter our courts, our laws and our rights in ways that are anything ......

Fidel Castro felt basketball was perfect training for guerrilla warfare

Edit Mashable 16 Oct 2016
Image ... Though baseball is the de facto national sport of Cuba, the country’s leader Fidel Castro was a passionate player of a different game ... ....

Arvind Kejriwal snubs Anna Hazare biopic makers

Edit The Times of India 16 Oct 2016
Not so long ago, when Anna Hazare was spearheading the Jan Lokpal Bill movement, Arvind Kejriwal was his trusted lieutenant. The current Delhi CM could be seen at Anna's side in most of his rallies and was the de facto second-in-command of the movement ... Anna disowns Kejriwal, says this Arvind is different. 02.10 ... RELATED....

Kaczynski’s body to be exhumed

Edit Arabnews 16 Oct 2016
Author. . AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE. Sun, 2016-10-16. ID. . 1476561440772504500. WARSAW ... “I have agreed with the prosecutor’s decision on the exhumations. The remains of my brother... “The bodies, once they were brought back to Poland, were not examined ... Only 10 percent of Poles approve of the decision to exhume the bodies, according to a opinion survey conducted by the Ipsos institute published on Saturday ... Main category. . World. ....

Clean bill of health for Celtic ahead of Champions League tie

Edit Scotsman 16 Oct 2016
“Today was about the squad,” said the Irishman. “I had to leave Tom Rogic out totally. The guy's been to Saudi Arabia and then on to Melbourne ... Today was maybe a push too far.” ... The surprise departure of the club's head of football development John Park on Thursday, meanwhile, brought a slightly touchy response from Rodgers over the possible successor to the man who has been the club's de facto chief scout for almost a decade ... ....

Cowboys’ QB solution: Romo gets his job — until he loses it

Edit New York Post 16 Oct 2016
The name Wally Pipp soon is going to be a part of the conversation around the Cowboys. Tony Romo or Dak Prescott? When Romo, the Cowboys’ incumbent starting quarterback, returns from the broken bone in his back, should he get his job back despite the fact the rookie Prescott has performed so well in his absence? ... It’s the best scenario ... Jerry Jones, the Cowboys’ owner/general manager/de facto head coach ... ....

Clinton heavily favored to win Electoral College: Poll

Edit The Times of India 16 Oct 2016
NEW YORK. After a brutal week for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, Democrat Hillary Clinton maintained a substantial projected advantage in the race to win the Electoral College and claim the US presidency, according to the latest results from the Reuters/Ipsos States of the Nation project released on Saturday ... It is the second week in a row that the project has estimated her odds so high ... RELATED. From around the web....
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