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In the news, Sunday, November 26, 2017


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from BBC News (UK)
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Why donkeys are a reminder of one island's sweet old days
The decline of the sugar industry, and increase in modern transportation, may have rendered Antigua's donkeys redundant but that has done little to curtail their population. While some continued to be used on farms and to lug produce to and from market, they were largely left to fend for themselves after the doors closed on the last sugar factory in the 1970s. Today, the donkeys are one of the last vestiges of the roaring industry which helped build the British Empire, along with the dozens of centuries-old sugar mills which pepper the landscape.

A home in the Himalayas for Buddhist nuns
Flanked by the upper Himalayan ranges, Ladakh is a remote region along India's northern tip.

The area is largely Buddhist and its monasteries attract thousands of tourists each year. But a little-known fact about Ladakh is that the region is also home to 28 nunneries.

Archbishop of York ends decade of protest over Mugabe
The Archbishop of York has put on a dog collar for the first time in almost 10 years, ending his symbolic protest over Robert Mugabe's leadership of Zimbabwe. In December 2007, Dr John Sentamu cut up his dog collar live on BBC One's Andrew Marr Show, promising not to wear one until Mr Mugabe left office. He said Zimbabwe's leader had "taken people's identity" and "cut it to pieces", prompting him to do the same. On Sunday, he returned to the Marr Show and reinstated his collar as promised.

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from The Daily Caller
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EXCLUSIVE: CFPB’s Leandra English Is A Pupil of Elizabeth Warren
Leandra English, the new acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau appointed by outgoing director Richard Cordray over the Thanksgiving weekend, has filled a key role during many of the crises that have gripped the six-year agency, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation. English was a key aide during the agency’s first, formative year in office, and she helped set up the agency with now-Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren as part of the Department of the Treasury’s “implementation team” that formed the bureau.

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from The Seattle Times
LEFT-CENTER BIAS,  HIGH,  Newspaper in Seattle, Washington

State regulatory agencies are killing our jobs
State agencies are creating regulatory unpredictability that is killing proposed ventures in rural communities and, along with the projects, jobs.

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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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