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Jihadists to safety about 6 miles away. The book was a bestseller and josh is someone with a knife or some truly Great Stories and he has done it again with his new book falcon sees which recounts another true and gripping tale of adventure this one about wildlife smuggling. Josh is a journalist by trading and had a pretty adventurous globetrotting run himself working for newsweek over nearly two decades. He joined it newsweek in the late 1980s as a business and media writer but within a few years he was off to cover the rest of the world. And back here in the us in los angeles. For the past decade and a half he has continued to report and travel widely writing for a range of publications. Four years ago he 10 National Magazine award in reporting. That was a prizewinning story that told the story of aor physician who would lead the effort to control the ebola outbreak. In addition to the timbuktu josh wrote three other previous works were on about his younger brother who became a relig
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Going straight to. The Iraqi Parliament has approved Prime Minister abdul mahdi his resignation comes after weeks of protests from more than 400 people were killed across the country hell stay on to lead a caretaker government but attention now turns to who will replace him so manifold and reports now from baghdad. After only 13 months in office iraqs of bethels Prime Minister added up that he has officially stepped down yet his succession is mired in uncertainty according to the constitution the president is supposed to take up the office of the Prime Minister until a replacement is chosen but instead of the mahdi is staying on as part of a caretaker government. The largest bloc in Parliament Led by shiite cleric mulcted out of sudden must now nominate every placement within 15 days. Its a murky and often lengthy process that requires consent from shia sunni and kurdish parties as well as regional and global power brokers 7. More than ever the choice would have to be accepted on the s