New Horizons Finds Nitrogen Glaciers and Hazy Air on Pluto: Astronomers astounded by the dwarf planet's active geology and atmosphere (scientificamerican.com)
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Mexico poverty rate hit 46.2% last year as 2 million more join ranks of poor.The poverty rate increased by 0.7 percentage point to 46.2 percent last year from 45.5 percent in 2012, equivalent to 55.3 million people in the nation of nearly 120 million (japantimes.co.jp)
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An independent Mexican commission said on Thursday it found serious flaws in an investigation into the apparent massacre of 43 students last year, dealing a fresh blow to President Enrique Pena Nieto over a scandal that has battered his administration. (reuters.com)
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Cannabis petition forces MPs to consider debating legalisation: More than 100,000 sign appeal calling for total legalisation hosted on government’s official e-petitions website. (theguardian.com)
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Former Gitmo detainee who wrote a book about being "Innocent in Guantanamo", is arrested in Belgium for recruiting for al Qaeda (cnn.com)
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House prices pushed up by foreign gangsters: Investigators warn the London property market is being "skewed" by international criminals seeking to hide their ill-gotten gains.(news.sky.com)
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Petition to legalise cannabis in Britain gets the 100,000 signatures it needs for Parliament debate (mirror.co.uk)
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ISIS has abducted 182 children in the Iraqi city of Mosul to train them as militants & use them as suicide bombers (sputniknews.com)
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A United Nations watchdog urged Canada on Thursday to investigate alleged human rights abuses by its mining companies abroad and launch an inquiry into the high number of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. (trust.org)
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Foreign criminals are laundering billions of pounds through the purchase of expensive properties, which is pushing up house prices in the UK, the National Crime Agency has said.(bbc.com)
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Australian arrested after acting as ISIL medic in Syria. Nurse appears in court after handing himself in to authorities in Turkey and voluntarily returning to Sydney (aljazeera.com)
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