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Thailand’s Parliament Has Named a New King, Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn Replaces Beloved Father

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BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s parliament has started the process of naming Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn the new king following the death of his father, Bhumibol Adulyadej, last month.

Pornpetch said he would invite Vajiralongkorn to take the throne, the 10th in the Chakri dynasty, which was founded in 1782. He did not say when Vajiralongkorn would formally accept, but Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan told reporters earlier that the royal audience would be in the next few days.

Vajiralongkorn was originally supposed to assume the throne the day his father died, but in a surprise announcement, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said the prince asked for the ascension to be put off so he had time to mourn.

Thailand’s Parliament Has Named a New King, Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn Replaces Beloved Father | World News | US News

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Competing groups are trying to define the Dakota Access pipeline debate. So where does the truth lie? 

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Opposing sides in the increasingly tense standoff over the Dakota Access oil pipeline have found little to agree on. But on this fact there is no dispute: Sometime between 3 and 4:30 a.m. on Nov. 21, a young woman demonstrating against the pipeine nearly had her arm blown off. 

Competing groups are trying to define the Dakota Access pipeline debate. So where does the truth lie? – LA Times

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India rupee ban: Sporadic ‘day of rage’ protests against cash ban 

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Indians demonstrate in a number of cities against the recent withdrawal of high-value bank notes.

Earlier this month, the 500 and 1,000 rupee notes were banned overnight, causing chaos as people lined up at banks to exchange their old currency.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has defended the decision saying it was an anti-corruption measure.

But opposition parties say the move was mishandled.

Last week, they stalled parliament and demanded Mr Modi should apologise for the decision.

India rupee ban: Sporadic ‘day of rage’ protests against cash ban – BBC News

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Nurse-turned-king arrested after dozens killed in clashes in Uganda 

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At least 54 people, including 41 rebels and 13 police officers, have been killed in clashes in Uganda’s Rwenzori region, police spokesman Felix Kaweesi told reporters. Four police officials and four soldiers have been wounded, he said.

The killings are an escalation of a long-running conflict between Ugandan security forces and rebels who are believed to be loyal to a tribal king, Charles Wesley Mumbere, a critic of the country’s long-time president.

Nurse-turned-king arrested after dozens killed in clashes in Uganda – CBS News

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Hundreds flee homes in occupied West Bank as wildfires continue 

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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.

Israeli and Palestinian firefighters, helped by foreign aircraft, have been battling dozens of bush blazes fed by drought and high winds that have seen tens of thousands of people evacuated.

About 1,000 residents had to leave the Halamish settlement near Ramallah as 45 homes were damaged or destroyed by fire, a police spokeswoman said on Saturday. Blazes were also reported near the West Bank settlements of Dolev, Alfei Menashe and Karnei Shomron, although there were no evacuations there.

Hundreds flee homes in occupied West Bank as wildfires continue | World news | The Guardian

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