| The West’s learning curve on Russian election meddling Posted: 13 Sep 2017 12:51 PM PDT ![The West's learning curve on Russian election meddling]( "The West's learning curve on Russian election meddling") German security officials are scratching their heads. What's changed, they ask, since the recent American and French elections when Russia was accused of disseminating fake news, leaking negative information, or trying to tamper with election machinery? One change may be that Russia now knows that voters in the West have wised up to its tactics and more firmly embrace the essentials of democracy, such as the need to discern the truth in political campaigns and to safeguard the integrity of the voting process.
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| Why plight of Rohingya Muslims has suddenly captivated the Arab world Posted: 13 Sep 2017 12:33 PM PDT ![Why plight of Rohingya Muslims has suddenly captivated the Arab world]( "Why plight of Rohingya Muslims has suddenly captivated the Arab world") Graphic images of dead children and burning villages are circulated with exhortations to "pressure the UN and the government." The Arabic hashtag #rohingya_are_beingeliminated_silently is trending with tens of thousands of posts. At Friday prayers across the Arab world, "Pray for Muslims in Palestine and Syria, Iraq, Libya, and Yemen – and Burma!" has been a common prayer. This past Friday, the plight of the Rohingya was the main subject of sermons.
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| California poised to become 'sanctuary' state. But do such policies work? Posted: 13 Sep 2017 09:28 AM PDT ![California poised to become 'sanctuary' state. But do such policies work?]( "California poised to become 'sanctuary' state. But do such policies work?") On Monday Gov. Jerry Brown (D) and state Senate leader Kevin De León struck a deal on Senate Bill 54, or the California Values Act, making the state potentially the next in the nation to limit state and local law enforcement's ability to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. Only Oregon has a similar law, which it passed in 1987 – though some have called Illinois' newly signed TRUST Act a sanctuary state measure. The move to take sanctuary policies statewide comes in a year in which the Trump administration has vowed to take action against cities and counties that have adopted measures to shield undocumented immigrants from deportation.
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