CLEVELAND. More than a hundred women stripped and posed naked with mirrors in Cleveland, answering a photographer's call to blend art with politics and portray Donald Trump as unfit for the White House... "He is a loser," photographer Spencer Tunick told AFP after the sunrise shoot in which 130 women took part. One hundred of them will be featured in the picture to be unveiled shortly before the November 8 election ... RELATED....
The purging of thousands of alleged plotters of a failed coup raised tensions Monday between Turkey and the West, with US and European officials urging restraint, while Ankara insisted that Washington extradite an exile accused of orchestrating the plot ... Ozturk, who has denied involvement and insisted he had tried to suppress the rebellion, appeared in video from Turkish TV looking bruised with a bandage over his ear ... ___ ... ....
Turkish PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdogan says he's ready to reinstate the death penalty if the Turkish people demand it and parliament approves the necessary legislation. Erdogan spoke early Tuesday to hundreds of supporters outside his Istanbul residence who were chanting for Turkey to restore capital punishment following the failed coup ...Parliament is expected to meet on Wednesday to discuss the issue ... Turkey ... Source ... ....
MPs, by an overwhelming 472 to 117 vote, backed the renewal of the UK’sTrident nuclear weapons system in Parliament, BBCNews reported Monday.The vote approves the construction of four replacement submarines at an estimated cost of £31bn ... "Nuclear weapons are here, they are not going to disappear," he said. "It is the role of government to make sure we can defend ourselves against them."....
U.S. Ambassador to TurkeyJohn Bass admonished Turkish PresidentRecep Erdogan for suggesting the United States is harboring a terrorist he claims is responsible for last Friday’s failed military coup, ABC News reported Monday. "Some news reports – and, unfortunately, some public figures – have speculated that the United States in some way supported the coup attempt....
ChrisChristie's spokesman said that the governor misspoke Monday when he cited a donation by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to SuperstormSandy relief efforts as a sign of his generosity. Christie told Michigan's Republican delegation in Ohio Monday that his wife, Mary Pat Christie, asked the billionaire businessman for a donation ... "The Governor misspoke this morning," said Christie spokesman Brian Murray....
ChrisChristie said he will nominate HaroldWirths to the StateParole Board... Chris Christie announced Monday. Wirths has served in Christie's cabinet since 2010 ... In a statement, Christie praised Wirth's leadership during the difficult economic downturn, including of new programs aimed at getting New Jerseyans back to work ... Christie said....
ChrisChristie (R) told CNN on Monday that he had a "rollicking, private" call with Donald Trump when the business guru told him that he'd chosen ......
On the convention floor, reporter Dana Bash lobbed at ChrisChristie a brutal series of questions about how it felt to be a bridesmaid twice over at this convention, first failing to win the presidential nomination and then being passed over for the number two spot in favor of Mike Pence... “God, no,” Christie lied ... Christie then looked off in ......
Donation mistake. A spokesman for ChrisChristie says the New Jersey governor was mistaken when he referred to a donation made by Donald Trump to superstorm Sandy relief efforts. Earlier Monday, Christie told the Michigan delegation that his wife, Mary Pat Christie, once asked Trump for a Sandy donation and that Trump responded by saying ... ....
AdrianChristie was again in superb form and was no doubt the man of the match, after scoring a hat-trick of tries, helping out with two and scoring two conversions ...Jamaica got on the score sheet with four minutes on the clock with a try from Christie after which Miguel Facey converted to lead The Bahamas 7-0 ... First Quamie Green made a magnificent run down the left wing and into the try zone, after which Christie converted....
CHRISTIE'S FALL FROM GRACE...ChrisChristie was honored by being tapped to give the keynote speech at the GOP convention in Tampa, Florida, reflecting his up-and-comer status in the party at the time ... The past few months have been harsh on Christie, who ran against Trump in the primary, sharply criticized him, lost, endorsed him, then appeared diminished as he played Trump's sidekick at campaign events....