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Here is our weekly survey of news stories to round out the week of November 9-15, 2015.
From Missouri to Yale, reasonable protests at universities are being marred by absurd ones https://t.co/CAn4PXsCKC pic.twitter.com/thwosi9rbU
— The Economist (@EconUS) November 13, 2015
Under Obama, Democrats’ losses in state legislatures are among the worst in 115 years. https://t.co/1tVzsi1qvL pic.twitter.com/OhJqmAAY3m
— NYT National News (@NYTNational) November 13, 2015
Weaker growth exposes the downside of ties with China. Taiwan’s economy https://t.co/MctmzcCaj1 pic.twitter.com/9M0KfLkDbw
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) November 12, 2015
Differentiation strategy allows the EU to have normal relations with Israel, even if the occupation doesn’t end https://t.co/BWm24Tirkv
— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) November 12, 2015
Latin American Herald Tribune – Greeks Kick Off 1st General Strike under Tsipras Gov’t https://t.co/pQEe1fucD0
— LatAm Herald Tribune (@LAHT) November 12, 2015
Hillary Clinton unveils $30 billion plan to help coal towns. https://t.co/6caLbeK40L via @MaggieNYT pic.twitter.com/XtyjocLyky
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) November 13, 2015
A Good Debate, but Not for Trump, writes @KarlRove: https://t.co/9PgA88Nbnn #GOPDebate
— WSJ Editorial Page (@WSJopinion) November 13, 2015
Egypt finds way to make salt water drinkable with half the energy https://t.co/VWa6FgNfT5 @lucyjcomms pic.twitter.com/15nL5NxYWc
— CS Monitor (@csmonitor) November 12, 2015
US obesity rates ‘rising again’ https://t.co/eCEewARDuN
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) November 12, 2015
G20 summit marks Justin Trudeau’s debut on world stage https://t.co/qQRPA6cAGX #topstories
— TorontoStar (@TorontoStar) November 12, 2015
US lifts sanctions against Liberia https://t.co/ZFvCWmvHEk
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) November 13, 2015
Ben Carson may be a political outsider, but his campaign is run by one of Washington’s biggest insiders https://t.co/MgUUKWDD7l
— National Journal (@nationaljournal) November 13, 2015
Slovenia’s decision to build a fence on its border with Croatia draws criticism from human rights activists. https://t.co/LvDA2eyWCr
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) November 12, 2015
Report: Kenyan military “in business” with Al-Shabab. @TyMcCormick reports. https://t.co/WGTePBhsx4 pic.twitter.com/p8uIhi7PQB
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) November 12, 2015
Newt Gingrich on rethinking general election debates https://t.co/McnbB7eJQd #GOPDebate #Election2016
— The Washington Times (@WashTimes) November 12, 2015