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Over 1000 Japanese Citizens Band Together To Sue Their Government Over Participation In TPP (techdirt.com)
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It Only Took Four Months For China To Achieve A Jaw-Dropping Reduction In Carbon Emissions: ...a reduction in emissions that’s approximately equal to the total CO2 emissions of the U.K. over the same period (thinkprogress.org)
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Moroccan King Mohammed VI has ordered that laws restricting abortion be loosened, allowing it in the case of rape, incest, danger to the mother's health or fetal malformation(dailystar.com.lb)
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Chechnya’s leader gives approval for 46-year-old police chief to wed 17-year-old girl in forced marriage (nydailynews.com)
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Saudi jets target and destroy 1200 year old historic mosque and 13th century castle, among other Yemeni heritage sites (observers.france24.com)
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Turkey arrests 8 of its own soldiers after they intercepted trucks that were smuggling arms to Jihadists in Syria (news.yahoo.com)
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Ancient city of Palmyra is falling to ISIS. Large sections of the city have been seized. 2,000 year old temples, shrines and ruins are likely to be destroyed if ISIS takes the city.(aljazeera.com)
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The United States slammed Gambian President Yahya Jammeh on Saturday for "unconscionable" remarks, after the West African leader reportedly threatened to slit the throats of gay men in his country (news.yahoo.com)
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Mysterious Caribbean Shipwreck Identified - Wreck full of sword blades, scissors & mule shoes turns out to be the 'Nuestra Señora de Encarnación', a Spanish ship that sank in 1681 during a storm. Very few Spanish merchant naos have ever been found & even fewer found in such amazing condition. (news.discovery.com)
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Shellfish species shrinking as rising carbon emissions hit marine life: Biologists warn that hundreds of species could die or weaken as growing levels of CO2 make oceans more acidic and disrupt shell formation (theguardian.com)
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Peru, Brazil, China Roll Ahead With Transcontinental Railway: will cut across the Andes and connect port cities in the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of South America. Expected to reduce the cost of exporting agricultural goods from Brazil to China, and bring new business to Peruvian ports. (latintimes.com)
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