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Dec 6, 2024 | 
theafricareport.com | Jeffrey Smith
For 500 days, unelected leaders have ruled over a once hopeful country by fiat with no timetable for elections. They have trampled on basic freedoms and imprisoned hundreds of my citizens – chief among them, the elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, who, in 2021, completed the first peaceful handover of power in Niger’s history.
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
messenger-inquirer.com | Jeffrey Smith
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Jeffrey Smith
Is Russia still abiding by the terms of the
"understanding" that resolved the 1962 Cuban missile
crisis? Recent reports of Russian warships conducting
exercises in the Caribbean raise serious concerns about
Moscow's intentions.
The understanding, often referred to as the Kennedy-Khrushchev
understanding, is a verbal agreement, not a formal treaty. But its
essence — that the Russians would not deploy nuclear weapons
or systems capable of delivering nuclear weapons in Cuba —
has held for 62 years.
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
washingtonpost.com | Jeffrey Smith
Jeffrey H. Smith, senior counsel at Arnold & Porter, is a former general counsel of the CIA. Is Russia still abiding by the terms of the “understanding” that resolved the 1962 Cuban missile crisis? Recent reports of Russian warships conducting exercises in the Caribbean raise serious concerns about Moscow’s intentions. The understanding, often referred to as the Kennedy-Khrushchev understanding, is a verbal agreement, not a formal treaty.
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
star-telegram.com | Jeffrey Smith
Jun. 10-Two people won million-dollar prizes through lottery games with tickets they bought in Texas. * Someone won a $1 million prize from Mega Millions with a ticket purchased between Houston and Beaumont. The winner got the ticket at Sam's Express, 12731 FM 1409 in Old River Winfree. * A Denton resident claimed a $1 million prize from the Millionaire Maker scratch lottery game. The winner bought the ticket at Horizon Food Mart, 1205 E. University Drive in Denton.
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May 31, 2024 | 
africacenter.org | Joseph Siegle |Jeffrey Smith
In addition to undermining democracy, accommodating Africa’s military coups will exacerbate security, economic, and humanitarian concerns. An alarming string of military coups across the Sahel in recent years has significantly reshaped the political landscape in this important and highly volatile region—arguably the most unstable stretch of territory in the world today. And the stakes continue to rise.
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May 29, 2024 | 
star-telegram.com | Jeffrey Smith
May 29-A wreck along I-35 at FM 3009 in Schertz slowed southbound traffic Wednesday morning. Two mainlanes and the right shoulder were blocked by the incident, which TxDOT confirmed 4:01 a.m.Copyright (C) 2022, Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Portions copyrighted by the respective providers. This story was originally published May 29, 2024, 11:03 AM.
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May 14, 2024 | 
journalofdemocracy.org | Joseph Siegle |Jeffrey Smith
A string of Kremlin-backed military coups have brought a collection of juntas to power. The West should resist calls to placate them, and instead stick to its values and push for a return to civilian rule. By Joseph Siegle and Jeffrey SmithMay 2024An alarming string of military coups across the Sahel in recent years has greatly marginalized Western engagement in this important and highly volatile region.
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May 6, 2024 | 
star-telegram.com | Jeffrey Smith
May 6-A 4-year-old boy died after floodwaters topped a North Texas road and swept him away from his family over the weekend. The Warrens were driving home in the early hours of Sunday when their vehicle stalled in high water on County Road 528 in the Johnson County city of Burleson, according to NBC 5 in Dallas-Fort Worth. They exited their vehicle and were trying to get to a vehicle behind them when the rushing waters separated the father from the mother and son.
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
leaderadvertiser.com | Jeffrey Smith
It’s clear from recent letters-to-the-editor that some citizens are having trouble sorting facts from conspiracy theories, especially when it comes to climate science. Let’s say a specialist diagnoses you with a life-threatening condition. You don’t like it and seek other opinions. You see 99 other specialists until you find one who says you have nothing to worry about. Your move.
