Canada Aboriginals Reject $960 Million Petronas Gas Deal. An aboriginal group along Canada’s Pacific Coast turned down Petroliam Nasional Bhd.’s offer of C$319,000 ($267,000) for each member as compensation for building a natural gas export terminal on ancestral lands. (bloomberg.com)
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Isis Proxy Leader Abu Alaa al Afri, who Stepped in for Injured Baghdadi, 'Killed in Airstrike' (ibtimes.co.in)
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Malaysia and Thailand turn away hundreds on migrant boats: An estimated 6,000 Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshis are stranded at sea as south-east Asian nations turn back refugees (theguardian.com)
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North Korean defense chief NOT executed. South Korea redacts earlier statements about the execution. (upi.com)
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PayPal has blocked an account set up by Russian opposition activists to raise funds for a report alleging Russian military involvement in the Ukraine war, citing the political nature of the donation campaign (rferl.org)
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Effective from tomorrow, Emirates SkyCargo will not accept any kind of animal “Hunting Trophies” for carriage on Emirates services (ameerashipping.com)
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A Navy nurse who refused to force feed prisoners on hunger strike at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is no longer facing an administrative discharge over his protest, his lawyer said Wednesday (bigstory.ap.org)
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Black Miss Japan fights for race revolution: "I want to start a revolution," Miyamoto added with a laugh. "I can't change things overnight but in 100-200 years there will be very few pure Japanese left, so we have to start changing the way we think." (news.yahoo.com)
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Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania request permanent NATO troop presence to counter Russian aggression. (bigstory.ap.org)
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Ottawa wants Omar Khadr declared adult offender for throwing grenade in Afghan firefight - killing American medic - when 15 years old: case in Supreme Court (ctvnews.ca)
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The three Baltic states, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, will ask NATO leadership to deploy a permanent brigade in an effort to deter Russia (en.delfi.lt)
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Female Indonesian military applicants receive 'two-finger' virginity tests to recruit 'best people' (smh.com.au)
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