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Rio's waters are so filthy that 2016 Olympians risk becoming violently ill and unable to compete (businessinsider.com)
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As the world mourned Cecil the lion, five of Kenya’s endangered elephants were slain (washingtonpost.com)
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An entire Palestinian village that has received Australian aid money to help improve living conditions is facing demolition by Israeli authorities. (abc.net.au)
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Germany Just Got 78% Of Its Electricity From Renewable Sources - The new record exceeds the previous May, 2014 record by as much as 5 percentage points. (thinkprogress.org)
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U.K. released hundreds of Nazis after the Holocaust, says leading historian | Dr. Dan Plesch of SOAS, London, says that the the former Nazi officers were released under pressure from the U.S., which wanted Germany on its side in the Cold War. (haaretz.com)
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1000s of Animals Saved in Nepal as Mass Slaughter Is Canceled - World's largest animal sacrifice called off in landmark victory for activists. At 2009 religious event some 500,000 water buffalo, goats, chickens, & other animals were killed. "The time has come to transform an old tradition." (news.vice.com)
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Supreme Court of India in a landmark ruling allows 14 year old rape survivor to terminate her pregnancy. She was 24 weeks into her pregnancy. (indiatoday.intoday.in)
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Defense Department is "already observing the impacts of climate change in shocks and stressors to vulnerable nations and communities," including in the United States, the Arctic, Middle East, Africa, Asia and South America. (mashable.com)
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Spanish man fined up to €600 under new gag laws for calling police 'slackers' in Facebook post (independent.co.uk)
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Saudi Arabian royals who annexed an entire public beach for their stay on the French Riviera 'ordered local police not to allow female officers near them' (dailymail.co.uk)
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Chechen women con Islamic State out of thousands of dollars posing as jihadi brides online (ibtimes.co.uk)
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Only one percent of Kenyan government spending can be properly accounted for, according to a report by the country's auditor-general released just days after US President Barack Obama warned corruption was holding the country back (france24.com)
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“We will access, disclose and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails, other private communications or files in private folders), when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary to”. - Microsoft (edri.org)
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