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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?President Donald Trumps defense team and the prosecutors of his impeachment are laying out their arguments over whether his conduct toward Ukraine warrants his removal from office.Trump lawyers on Sunday previewed their impeachment defense with the questionable assertion that the charges against him are invalid, adopting a posi
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After his meeting with President Barack Obama, the Dalai
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salomon Tibet is a part of China and it does not support Tibetan independence.However, with U.S.-China relations already strained over a $6 bill
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