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WORLD'S NEWS ON AUGUST 13, 2015

August 13, 2015


Russia unbans Reddit (meduza.io)
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Sweden drops sexual assault probe against Julian Assange as deadline expires (au.news.yahoo.com)
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Trans-Pacific Partnership could pose risk to public healthcare, leaked draft shows (theguardian.com)
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CNN & CBC Sued For Pirating 31 Second YouTube Video - In addition to claims of copyright infringement, the media giants face allegations that they breached the anti-circumvention measures of the DMCA. (torrentfreak.com)
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Turks abandoning beards due to ISIL association (hurriyetdailynews.com)
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The Dutch “basic income” experiment is expanding across multiple cities (qz.com)
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Kiribati president calls for moratorium on coal mines. “There is no plausible scenario in which a world that is tackling climate change is a world that needs more coal mines,” said Oquist.(rtcc.org)
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Muslim Scholars Prepare Call for Action on Climate Change. Islamic scholars and religious leaders are preparing a call for action on climate change that will say it’s the religious duty of the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims to fight global warming. (bloomberg.com)
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U.S. allocates $500,000 for Baltic journalism programs to combat Russian propaganda (upi.com)
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15-year old jailed in Denmark for making a YouTube-prank video in Copenhagen airport, where he handed a ticking bag to female employee saying "I'm sorry, I have to do this to you".(ekstrabladet.dk)
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37% of British workers think their jobs are meaningless (yougov.co.uk)
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Palestinian rights group sues PA over prison torture: Plaintiff says he was detained and beaten for five days after criticizing local government on social media (timesofisrael.com)
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Jimmy Carter: Zero chance for Israeli-Palestinian two-state solution - Netanyahu decided 'early on to adopt a one-state solution, but without giving the Palestinians equal rights,' (haaretz.com)
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Seen from above, the Amazon resembles a huge billiards table -- a field of intense green pockmarked by brown stains. These are the sites of illegal mines, and they reveal the scope of a gold rush that threatens the lungs of the planet (france24.com)
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Huge explosion reported in Chinese port city of Tianjin (gu.com)
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China's military wants the ability to create large modular artificial islands that can be repositioned around the world as necessary (businessinsider.com)
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Greek economy grows by 0.8% in second quarter (bulletnews.net)
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Earth ‘overshoot day’ – the day each year when our demands on the planet outstrip its ability to regenerate – comes six days earlier than 2014, with world’s population currently consuming the equivalent of 1.6 planets a year (theguardian.com)
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unbannedRussia bans Reddit (meduza.io)
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Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov mutters "fucking morons" as Saudi counterpart talks during press conference (upi.com)
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Fidel Castro to US: you owe us millions (news.yahoo.com)
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China's government wants workers to be given longer weekends during the summer in order to boost the tourism industry. The State Council is urging employers to give their staff Friday afternoons off so that they can travel more easily. (bbc.com)
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Israel would lift Gaza blockade for truce -- report (timesofisrael.com)
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John Kerry: I write emails assuming that Russia and China are 'very likely' reading them (businessinsider.com)
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Puerto Rico's Representaive in Congress Pleads For Drought Aid.The drought in Puerto Rico is affecting more than 2.5 million people and has led to extreme water restrictions as well as complete water cutoffs across the territory. (nbcnews.com)
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