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Democrat Joe Biden is one state away from presidential victory after winning Michigan about 10am AEDT, placing him six electoral votes away from the needed 270. He also won Wisconsin overnight. On election day, President Donald Trump won the battlegrounds of Florida, Ohio and Texas. Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina and Pennsylvania are still in play, although Nevada will not report any votes until 3am, AEDT.
He was removed from the archdiocese after the arrest of Clark, who was ordained in 2013. Church law specifies that they must 'repaired by penitential rite' if holy places are violated before they can be used again.
In the central Mediterranean, by far the deadliest stretch, Italy and Malta have shamelessly squabbled and dithered over rescues, even as they closed their ports and struck bilateral deals with Libya to block the boats.
Many of those intercepted or rescued and returned to Libya this year have been taken to unofficial detention centres where they can easily fall into the hands of smugglers and traffickers.