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North Korean scientist flees to Finland with gigabytes of data on inhumane experiments with biochemical weapons, will testify before European parliament later this month (koreatimesus.com)
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ISIS wants to destroy Egypt's Sphinx and pyramids saying it's a religious duty (businessinsider.com.au)
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Kurds intent on carving new state out of Iraq after ISIS fight ‘whether the US likes it or not’ (foxnews.com)
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The House of Councilors in Japan passed a bill into law on Friday allowing companies to obtain patents on inventions by their employees — more than a decade after Nobel Prize winner Shuji Nakamura launched a lawsuit against his company over the invention of the blue light-emitting diode. (japantimes.co.jp)
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Blasphemy decriminalised in Iceland. A bill submitted by the Pirate Party in aftermath of Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris approved in Icelandic parliament today. (icelandmonitor.mbl.is)
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Talk show host, guest to be tried for ‘insulting’ Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah (en.dailypakistan.com.pk)
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Japan’s population fell 271,058 in 2014, the biggest drop on record and the sixth straight year of decline, to 126.16 million, according to the internal affairs ministry: census released July 1 also showed that 25.90 percent of the population were 65 years old or older. (ajw.asahi.com)
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The Koch Brothers Spending Tens of Millions of Dollars on Groups That Oppose Puerto Rico Filing for Bankruptcy (news.vice.com)
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Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak had close to US$700 million (448.55 million pounds) in deposits from troubled state fund 1MDB wired into his personal account. (channelnewsasia.com)
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