https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-he-campaigns-for-president-joe-biden-tells-a-moving-but-false-war-story/2019/08/29/b5159676-c9aa-11e9-a1fe-ca46e8d573c0_story.html
Washington Post
29 August 2019
As he campaigns for president, Joe Biden tells a
moving but false war story
[…] The Navy captain, Biden recalled Friday night, had
rappelled down a 60-foot ravine under fire and retrieved the body of an
American comrade, carrying him on his back. Now the general wanted Biden to pin
a Silver Star on the American hero who, despite his bravery, felt like a
failure. […] Based on interviews with more than a dozen U.S. troops, their
commanders and Biden campaign officials, it appears as though the former vice
president has jumbled elements of at least three actual events into one story
of bravery, compassion and regret that never happened. […]
https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/biden-says-essence-of-war-story-is-accurate-despite-report/article_d9fd3fba-ca8c-11e9-a1e0-4bdacd29deff.html
The Post and Courier [Charleston, SC]
29 August 2019
Biden says in SC that
‘essence’ of war story is accurate despite report of false details
ROCK HILL — Former Vice President Joe Biden pushed
back on a report in The Washington Post that he recently told an inaccurate
story in New Hampshire about traveling to Afghanistan to reward a heroic Navy
captain. […]
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CambridgeshireLive [UK]
31 August 2019
'Wish tree' coins are harming
Britain's historic woodlands, say conservationists
A trend for hammering coins into 'wish trees' is
damaging woodlands and should be stopped, according to forestry
conservationists. […]
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Times of India
31 August 2019
In Jewar, the new one rupee coin suffers a self-imposed
ban by traders
GREATER NOIDA: While the small-sized one rupee coin is
being used in the entire country, in Jewar it’s a strict no-no. Thanks to
rumours on the authenticity of the coin, most traders and shopkeepers in Jewar
refuse to deal in it. And the latest joke doing the rounds is that even a
beggar in Jewar refuses to take the new coin. […]
Times of India
26 Jan 2003
In TN, small change is sold
as scrap
TIRUCHIRAPPALLI: Rumours of demonetization of coins of
lower denomination has led to people in Tamil Nadu's southern districts
refusing to accept five paise, 10 paise and 20 paise coins which were being
disposed off as scrap by some traders. […] Reports said that even beggars at
several places refused to accept such coins. […]
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Hindustan Times
30 August 2019
With 60,000 children going
missing in India every year, social media has propelled child lifting fear
[…] When the police is not so responsive to the
complaints of missing children, the people tend to believe in social media
communication on child lifting gangs active in their regions. Most of the cases
of mob lynching of persons suspected to be child lifters have happened in
places, from where the a child has gone missing and the police has not acted
positively on the missing complaint. […]
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