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The last great regions of pristine wilderness – from Asia to the Amazon – are threatened by an unprecedented road-building programme financed by aggressive development banks with little interest in protecting the natural world, a leading environmental scientist has warned. (independent.co.uk)
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New US fighter jet on course to becoming ‘one of history’s biggest white elephants’ - The UK considered buying 150 F-35s from the US, but not one plane is combat ready as costs soar.(independent.co.uk)
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Russian soldiers quit over Ukraine - "Their accounts call into question the Kremlin's continued assertions that no Russian soldiers have been sent to Ukraine, and that any Russians fighting alongside rebels there are volunteers" (reuters.com)
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NSA asked its German counterpart BND to spy on Germany's technology giant Siemens (dailystar.com.lb)
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The population of African elephants in Tanzania plummeted by 60 percent (65,000) in the past five years (sputniknews.com)
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Islamists jailed for chopping of teacher's hand 'because exam paper insulted Prophet Mohamed' (independent.co.uk)
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