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World News on Jan. 9th, 2017
Monday, January 09, 2017
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A 1,000-foot-thick ice block about the size of Delaware is snapping off of Antarctica (businessinsider.com)
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Czech government tells its citizens how to fight terrorists: Shoot them yourselves | The interior ministry is pushing a constitutional change that would let citizens use guns against terrorists (independent.co.uk)
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Paris mayor unveils new plans to permanently pedestrianise city centre | She said the capital’s current road infrastructure, which is built around cars, is “archaic” and believes there is an “environmental urgency” to act. (independent.co.uk)
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Conservationists and scientists are aiming to produce an animal that will be a "near 100% substitute" of the ancient auroch, one of the earliest cow species, which became extinct in 1627 (edition.cnn.com)
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Rodrigo Duterte urges mayors of cities in the Philippines to resign or die in the "final" drug list. (rappler.com)
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Syrian government 'ready to negotiate on everything,' Assad says: President Bashar al-Assad indicates he is willing to consider the possibility of stepping down in free elections if rebels agree to restarting peace talks later this month (independent.co.uk)
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Egypt suicide attack: Bomber in truck full of explosives kills 10 at Sinai security post | The attack happened in the city of el-Arish in northern Sinai(independent.co.uk)
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The pound fell against all major currencies as U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s comments over the weekend stoked fears that the U.K. will lose access to Europe’s single market (bloomberg.com)
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Japanese scientists believe they have established the identity of a "missing element" within the Earth's core. (bbc.com)
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Scotland’s wind turbines provided more electricity than the country needed four days in a row (independent.co.uk)
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Ancient Italian 'Stonehenge' accidentally discovered by group of friends - The group of amateur archaeologists were mapping World War II bunkers when they made the surprising discovery (independent.co.uk)
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Marine Le Pen defends Russian funding: “If any English or American bank would offer money I would gladly accept it” (frenchelection.online)
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Pakistani civil society alarmed over the disappearance of liberal activists: Four Pakistani activists have been missing since last week, raising concerns that they might have been picked up by security forces or Islamists. Rights groups find the "trend" alarming for free speech (dw.com)
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Hundreds of neo-Nazis in Germany have gone underground: German police are hunting for hundreds of neo-Nazis. The Interior Ministry says there was a significant jump in outstanding arrest warrants in 2016. Experts believe that right-wing terrorist networks pose a threat (dw.com)
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