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Fracking poses 'significant' risk to humans and should be temporarily banned across EU, says new report: A major scientific study says the process uses toxic and carcinogenic chemicals and that an EU-wide ban should be issued until safeguards are in place (independent.co.uk)
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WikiLeaks exposes that Saudi Arabia and Russia traded votes for spots on the UN Human Rights Council (wikileaks.org)
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Australian Senate passes '3 strikes and you're out' bill disabling internet access to citizens who access piracy related websites (theage.com.au)
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Clean energy 'creates more jobs than fossil fuels', report claims. "This report moves the debate another positive step forward by showing that employment and development result from sustainable, green growth." (businessgreen.com)
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New Zealand scientists voice concern over gagging on climate change. "When 40 percent of scientists say they are being gagged and can't speak out on issues of public importance, it's clear evident something is wrong," Labor science and innovation spokesperson David Cunliffe said in a statement. (globalpost.com)
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Giant toxic algae bloom off West Coast may be largest ever:What may be the largest toxic algae bloom ever recorded on the West Coast is poisoning sea lions in Washington State and shutting down fisheries as far north as B.C. (ctvnews.ca)
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German MP suggests country's army should have enough equipment - "a tank battalion with no tanks is not a tank battalion" (thelocal.de)
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South African Government owned telecoms company Telkom is retrenching 4000 white employees, following the 1000 white engineers to be retrenched from energy company Eskom. (businesstech.co.za)
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China has opened a new, "safer" and "more convenient" route for Indians undertaking the arduous Kailash-Manasarovar Yatra as the first batch of pilgrims crossed the Indian border and entered Tibet via Nathu La, in the latest confidence-building measure between the two neighbours. (business-standard.com)
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The United States and its allies won't let Russia "drag us back to the past", U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in an address in Berlin on Monday, as he accused Moscow of trying to re-create a Soviet-era sphere of influence. (reuters.com)
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EU launches navy operation against migrant-traffickers ~ The European Union launched a naval operation Monday to try to stop human-traffickers from bringing migrants across the Mediterranean to Europe in unseaworthy boats, a lucrative and at times deadly practice. (news.yahoo.com)
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Saudi Arabia warns citizens about 'fake' information after Wikileaks release 60,000 secret documents giving an insight into Saudi foreign policy and the behaviour of the royals (independent.co.uk)
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