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THE WORLD'S NEWS ON AUGUST 8, 2015
Saturday, August 08, 2015
29 leading U.S. nuclear scientists praise 'unprecedented' Iran deal - "In letter to Obama, scientists - among them 5 Nobel laureates - say deal can serve as 'guidepost for future nonproliferation agreements.'" (haaretz.com)
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Pakistan’s biggest child pornography ring exposed by journalist. 280 minors were sexually abused and filmed over a decade, the videos were sold for 50 cents each, sometimes to pedophiles in the West over Skype (en.dailypakistan.com.pk)
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Soylent 2.0 will contain algae, a next step toward fully-grown food replacements that could feed a city the size of LA using as little as 100,000 square feet of urban factory farm space(weburbanist.com)
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Five women accused of witchcraft lynched by India mob - Villagers drag middle-aged women from their huts and beat them to death around midnight in eastern Jharkhand state. (aljazeera.com)
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Mr. Obama denounced the Iran deal’s opponents as “lobbyists” doling out millions of dollars to trumpet the same hawkish rhetoric that had led the United States into war with Iraq. The president never mentioned Aipac by name, but his target was unmistakable. (nytimes.com)
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Iran's Jewish community gets behind nuclear deal with U.S. Most Iranian Jews strongly disagree with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's denunciations of the accord (usatoday.com)
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Activists in Uganda have held a gay pride rally, a year since a law requiring homosexuals to be jailed for life was overturned. (bbc.com)
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Eye shape reveals whether an animal is predator or prey, new study shows - A close look at the eyes of 214 types of animal has revealed a relationship between the shape of the pupil and the animal’s ecological niche. (theguardian.com)
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Cutting down on working hours could increase UK productivity.Research has found that a focus on shorter working hours and an increase of sleep could help the the UK improve its lack of productivity. (realbusiness.co.uk)
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Ukraine blacklists Russian artists including French-born Gerard Depardieu, whose work will be banned from TV, radio and cinemas (bbc.com)
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Thousands of Iraqis braved the scorching summer heat to stage a huge protest in central Baghdad on Friday, calling on the prime minister to dissolve the parliament and sack corrupt government officials.This is the second Friday of protests in Baghdad and across Iraq (nytimes.com)
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Israeli Justice minister backs death penalty for terrorists who killed Palestinian baby (timesofisrael.com)
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Indian Woman Who Was Married Off At Just 11 Months Old Fights Against Child Marriage (huffingtonpost.com)
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Brazilian radio host famous for exposing corruption in his city murdered while broadcasting live on the air by two gunmen. (laprensasa.com)
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The United States has secured commitments from a dozen countries to accept nearly half of the 52 Guantanamo prisoners already cleared for transfer, U.S. officials said on Friday, as the Obama administration tries to accelerate efforts to close the military prison (reuters.com)
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Twenty-four submarines that belonged to the former Imperial Japanese Navy have been found at the bottom of the sea near the Goto Islands in Nagasaki Prefecture, the Japan Coast Guard said Friday. (japantimes.co.jp)
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Royal Dutch Shell cuts ties with Alec over rightwing group's climate denial - Shell joins BP in corporate exodus from membership of the conservative, free-market lobbying group, which continues to deny the science of climate change (theguardian.com)
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