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World News on Dec. 17th, 2016
Saturday, December 17, 2016
VietPress USA ()Dec. 17th, 2016:
Thousands of Muslims donate 10 tonnes of food to help homeless Londoners at Christmas (independent.co.uk)
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WikiLeaks offers to 'authenticate' US intelligence on Russia's involvement in election hacking (msn.com)
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Afghan gunmen kill five women airport guards -- The women worked as security guards at a Kandahar airport searching luggage and female passengers. They had received death threats from people opposed to women in the workforce. (dw.com)
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Foreign banks in Britain pay fraction of tax rate - Some of the biggest foreign investment and commercial banks operating in Britain paid an average tax rate of just 6 percent on the billions of dollars of profits they made in the country last year, a Reuters analysis of regulatory filings shows. (uk.reuters.com)
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In his final news conference of the year, President Barack Obama emphasized that Russia cannot change or significantly weaken the U.S., adding that Russia is a smaller and weaker country (cnbc.com)
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UK 'secretly selling arms to Saudi Arabia and elsewhere under opaque licencing system' (independent.co.uk)
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13 killed, 56 woundedExplosion occurs outside of Erciyes university in Turkey, unknown casualties (hurriyetdailynews.com)
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India to halt building new coal plants in 2022 | Draft government plan finds no need for new coal stations beyond those already under construction, calls for massive renewable energy push (climatechangenews.com)
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China's navy seizes unmanned US Navy vehicle in international waters of South China Sea (independent.co.uk)
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Norway extended compulsory military service to women in summer 2016. Women currently make up about ten percent of the Norwegian Armed Forces. All medically fit women aged between 19 and 44 years will be obliged to complete at least 19 months of military service. (dw.com)
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ISIL inspired 12 year old Iraqi/German attempts to detonate bombs at Christmas market (euronews.com)
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Behind Soft PaywallRussia accused of waging secret warfare against Britain using cyber attacks, espionage and fake news (telegraph.co.uk)
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