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Tuesday, September 20, 2016
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Teachers at Christian fundamentalist schools in Britain allegedly performed exorcisms on pupils, beat children in religious rituals and “groomed” girls for marriage, according to former students who say they have decided to speak out now after years of suffering in silence. (independent.co.uk)
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China embarked on wind power frenzy, says IEA: China has been building two wind turbines every hour (bbc.com)
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Statistical Evidence Suggests Russia's Ruling Party Cheated Its Way to Supermajority (themoscowtimes.com)
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Number of smokers in England falls to record low: Just one in six adults now smokes, according to figures from Public Health England (independent.co.uk)
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CCTV captures the moment 'an election official stuffs a pile of voting papers in to a ballot box' in Russia as Putin's party sweeps to victory amid claims of vote-rigging(dailymail.co.uk)
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'World's saddest' polar bear offered new home in UK: Bear made headlines after footage was released showing its cramped living conditions in a Chinese shopping centre(theguardian.com)
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Canada's telecom regulator will force largest players to sell wholesale access of ultra fast fibre networks to smaller, cheaper ISPs (business.financialpost.com)
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"You do not want to f*** with me" - A former chief execu in a consultancy marketing firm has threatened to publicly divulge the names, addresses and bank details of customers of "the largest mobile phone company" [in Ireland] unless paid €135,000 by [Tuesday], the High Court was told [Monday]. (thejournal.ie)
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China’s fancy for ‘aquatic cocaine’ could wipe out rare porpoise: There are only around 60 vaquitas left, and it is now up to China whether the world’s smallest porpoise will escape extinction, according to report. (newscientist.com)
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Behind Soft PaywallMuslim migrant boat captain faces murder charges for pushing Christians overboard (telegraph.co.uk)
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