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• White House Insists Hackers Didn't Sway Election, Even As Recount Begins

  By ERIC GELLER 11/26/16 12:09 PM EST The Obama administration said it has seen no evidence of hackers tampering with the 2016 presidential election, even as recount proceedings began in Wisconsin. “We stand behind our election results, which accurately reflect the will of the American people,” …

• Iraq's Parliament Votes To Give Legal Status To Shiite Militias

  The Iraqi legislature has passed a law granting legal status to the militias, who have been a key force in fighting the “Islamic State” (IS) militant group. The law was passed in a session boycotted by many Sunni parliamentarians. It guarantees militias from the Popular Mobilization Fo…

• Syrian Army Takes Strategic District In Eastern Aleppo

  26.11.2016 Syrian state media has announced that the army has seized control of an important district in eastern Aleppo after fierce fighting. The capture of Hanano has been viewed as a turning point in the battle for the city. An army statement said troops had taken full control over the Hanano ho…

• Trump rages as Clinton helps recount

  http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/clinton-campaign-wisconsin-recount-231847 Just when you thought it was over, the acrimonious presidential race is back. Nearly three weeks after Election Day, the Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump campaigns went back into battle mode Saturday in the wake of Wisc…

• Ron Glass (of Barney Miller fame) has died at 71

  'Barney Miller' Star Ron Glass — Dead At 71 https://t.co/uCQopXfRZO — TMZ (@TMZ) November 26, 2016

• Standing Rock press conference, please share!

  https://www.facebook.com/TheYoungTurks/videos/10154129594269205/

• Israeli Settlers Flee As West Bank Wildfires Spread

  Jerusalem (AFP) – Wildfires near Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank have forced hundreds to flee their homes, after mass evacuations in Israel and more than a dozen arrests, police said Saturday. Israeli and Palestinian firefighters, helped by foreign aircraft, have been battling do…

• Trump Could Reverse Obama's Cuba Policy 'Fairly Quickly'

  http://abc7ny.com/news/trump-could-reverse-obamas-cuba-policy-fairly-quickly/1626576/ President Obama has said he worked to make the re-establishment of diplomatic ties between the United States and Cuba “irreversible,” but the policies he has put in place to thaw the more than 50-year …

• Clinton campaign to join Wisconsin recount

  http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/clinton-campaign-wisconsin-recount-231847 After a period of public silence about the results of the 2016 election, Hillary Clinton’s top campaign lawyer said the campaign will play a role in the Wisconsin recount initiated Friday by Green Party candidate …

• Wikileaks: Covert Action EffectiveInstrument of US Policy?

  US CRS: "Covert Action: An Effective Instrument of U. S. Foreign Policy?" https://t.co/fePiBe7zsq #FidelCastro #Cuba pic.twitter.com/VVfOPc82N7 — WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) November 26, 2016

• Wikileaks: Castro in Angola

  Castro in Angola — full text of SECRET cable (1976) https://t.co/WmyRLkOfjP pic.twitter.com/5LvJu6CJ0T — WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) November 26, 2016

• Wikileaks: Congressional Report, Cuba after Castro

  US CRS: "Cuba after Fidel Castro: U.S. Policy Implications & Approaches" (2006, pdf) https://t.co/ur8FsOJt03 — WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) November 26, 2016

• NYT: Fidel Castro Dies at 90

  200 million children sleep on the streets tonight. Not one of them is Cuban. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/26/world/americas/fidel-castro-dies.html

• Reporter becomes Canada's first hijab-clad news anchor

  Reporter becomes Canada’s first hijab-clad news anchor Charmaine Noronha, Associated Press Updated 12:53 am, Saturday, November 26, 2016 TORONTO (AP) — A Toronto television journalist is believed to be Canada’s first anchor to don a Muslim head scarf at one of the city’s major …

• Judge: Roof competent to stand trial in church shooting

  Judge: Roof competent to stand trial in church shooting Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press Updated 2:41 am, Saturday, November 26, 2016   COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The white man charged in the shooting deaths of nine black parishioners at a South Carolina church last year is competent to stand t…