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More US states challenge Trump travel ban

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Three US states have joined Hawaii in a legal challenge against President Donald Trump's revised travel ban. Mr Trump signed an executive order placing a 90-day ban on people from six mainly Muslim countries on Monday. New York maintains the new directive is a ban on Muslims while Washington says it is harmful to the state. Oregon and Massachusetts later also joined. The ban begins on 16 March, with the White House saying it is "very confident" of winning in court. Mr Trump's original order was more expansive but it was defeated after a legal challenge initially mounted by Washington and Minnesota. What states this time and why? Oregon  - said the order hurts residents, employers, universities health care system and economy Washington  - it has "same illegal motivations as the original" and harms residents, although fewer than the first ban New York  - "a Muslim ban by another name", said the attorney general Massachusetts  -

IS conflict: US sends Marines to support Raqqa assault

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The US has sent 400 additional troops to Syria to support an allied local force aiming to capture the so-called Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa. They include Marines, who arrived in the past few days. US special forces are already in Syria. Meanwhile, US-led coalition air strikes killed 20 civilians - including children - near Raqqa, reports say. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is to host a meeting of the coalition members on 22 March. Foreign ministers and senior officials from 68 nations and international organisations had been invited to attend a two-day gathering in Washington, the state department said. "Secretary Tillerson has been crystal clear that defeating Isis (IS) is the state department's top priority in the Middle East," acting state department spokesman Mark Toner said. The coalition is expected to launch an assault on Raqqa in the coming weeks. Defence officials told the Washington Post  that a Marine artillery unit would have M777

Has Obama been disrespected more than usual for a president?

I'm still young (20) and didn't really develop my passionate interest for politics until 18, so I don't remember much of Bush but when I watch how the media treats Obama they can be downright disrespectful to the commander in chief. I realize we have the right to speak ill of him btw.

What are the best new mobile applications that most people don't know about?

1. TimePin Lock :  Unlike the ordinary PIN option, if you choose TimePin lock in our App Lock, your lock screen password will be changing every minute to the current time in your mobile. So, your lock screen password will be changing automatically to the current time on every minute and you need not remember anything to recollect the password. Just look at time in the notification bar and enter it. Still don’t get it? Lets say you have selected TimePin option and locked WhatsApp application. You try to open the WhatsApp at 11:15 PM, the lock screen will show up before the Whatsapp and ask for the PIN to unlock it. The PIN will be 1115 which is the current time your mobile. If you try to open WhatsApp on 11:20, the PIN by that time will be 1120. 2. DatePin Lock :  DatePin lock is similar to TimePin whereas the PIN will be changing to current date in the mobile instead of the current time. So, your PIN will be changing every day automatically to the current date. Lets say the current

If USA invades Pakistan, should India support Pakistan?

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Who would win if the USA alone invades india ?

Even if USA does invade India, I have serious doubts it will be able to conquer it, more so win it. If you need proof take into account the military conquests of Alexander, Mahmud Ghanzni, the Mongols, the Huns,   Of course Pakistan would provide its bases and armed forces units as forward units. And much like Italy during the World War II with its imprisoned Mafia dons in Sicily, the USA will strike a deal with the the various main and fringe terrorist organisations to provide the auxilliary shock troops. The Indian army has at all times 4,00,000 standing troops in reserve. This count excludes the military, navy and air force deployments at present and the initial troop count. We have a gentleman named Ajit Doval, who is the current NSA. You may have read about the military operation in Myanmar ( I apologise to our friends in Myanmar for the inconvenience caused, but we cannot let anyone just kill our soldiers and not pay for it ). That was done under the supervision of Mr. Doval

If the U.K. was invaded, what would the U.S. do?

As of the 2011 census, there were over 177,000 Americans or persons of American birth living in the UK, so it's kind of already happening. I'm one of them. There are a few things about the UK that I might change to make a bit more like America, but a lot more things about America that I'd like to change to make it more like the UK. As an example of the former, British drivers really need to understand the American concept of a 4-way-stop. This way they would know what to do when traffic lights fail in a power outage. What they currently do is play a game of chicken. The winners get to continue on, and the losers go home by means of an ambulance. As an example of the latter, America needs universal health care.