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Ethiopia’s prime minister announced the release and pardon of political prisoners and the closure of a detention center that watchdog groups say has been used for torture. North Korea reopened its hotline to South Korea, and President Trump declared war on the world’s grubbiest Svengali, Steve Bannon.

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