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Canada's Conservative party leads in 166 constituencies, and is likely to win the 155 seats for a majority in parliament. The NDP is leading in 100 constituencies and will have the second largest bloc of seats. The Liberals were likely to win only 33 seats and the party Quebecois was ahead in only 3 constituencies. The NDP's gains came at the expense of the Liberals and the party Quebecois.

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The debate in Turkey on the rules issued by Turkish Airlines banning the use of certain types of lipstick by flight attendents and limiting the use of alcohol on additional routes beyond the routes to Islamic countries. Some of the rules were later retracted after criticism from the public. Turkish Airlines is 49% owned by the government. The airline plans to expand in European routes.

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Jeff Flake, U.S. Senator from Arizona tells Republican candidates, "Distance yourself from Trump," and Flake is thinking not just of 2016, but of elections to come.  In the West generally it is not just about minorities, but also the educated white collar professionals in cities such as Salt Lake City, Denver and Phoenix. The percentage of registered Republicans in Colorado dropped by 4 percentage points since 2012, and now Democrats have the same share of registered voters. In Arizona Hillary Clinton has invested resources to register more Hispanics and minorities. The distancing from Trump by Romney and the shift of the Mormon vote is making Utah also a place where Clinton is catching up in polls. As a result most of the West now looks very different. The remaining western states of Wyoming, Idaho, Montana and Alaska, say experts have a total of 13 of the 538 Electoral College votes. With Utah this is 19.