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WORLD'S NEWS ON AUGUST 22, 2015

Saturday, August 22, 2015


Explosion at chemical warehouse in China's Shandong province (rt.com)
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U.S. confirms Islamic State use of chemical weapons (defensenews.com)
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Dresden riots: Protesters in Germany attack refugee buses shouting 'foreigners out' (independent.co.uk)
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In the UKPoverty-stricken people are being encouraged to plead guilty to crimes they did not commit out of fear they will face crippling costs imposed by new financial penalties, leading lawyers, magistrates and campaigners have warned. (independent.co.uk)
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No Attack Has HappenedNorth Korea warns it 'will attack South at 8.30am Saturday' as Kim Jong-un declares state of war (mirror.co.uk)
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Finally, women got the right of vote and registered for elections 1st time in the 100 year history of modern Saudi Arabia. They will also be able to participate in election as a candidate(thecredittruth.com)
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London schoolgirl 'radicalised' by parents' IS propaganda must be removed from home, judge rules (standard.co.uk)
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DPRK and ROK still in high level negotiation well after midnight in an apparent move to end escalation. (news.yahoo.com)
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Tianjin Officials: All Those Dead Fish Are Nothing to Worry About - Chinese authorities deny deaths of 1000s of fish near scene of a catastrophic industrial disaster are linked to last week’s chemical explosions in Tianjin that killed at least 114 people. (theguardian.com)
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S. Korea, U.S. fly 8 combat jets in show of force against N. Korea (english.yonhapnews.co.kr)
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Plane crashes at airshow in West Sussex (bbc.com)
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31 Police Officers Injured as Anti-Immigrant Protesters Riot in Germany | VICE News (news.vice.com)
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Magnetic Wormhole Created in Lab - "This device can transmit the magnetic field from one point in space to another point, through a path that is magnetically invisible," said study co-author Jordi Prat-Camps, a doctoral candidate in physics at the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain. (scientificamerican.com)
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South Korean spokesman says high-level talks with North Korea have adjourned until Sunday afternoon (bigstory.ap.org)
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DPRK has positioned artillery inside the DMZ and moved additional forces to the lines. (m.koreatimes.co.kr)
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Islamic State is systematically destroying heritage sites, says UNESCO chief (smh.com.au)
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Islamic leaders join growing religious outcry over climate change - Call on faithful, urging Muslims to phase out greenhouse gas emissions & commit to renewable energy. Scholars from 20 countries issue “Islamic Declaration on Climate Change”, asking world’s 1.6 billion Muslims to do their part. (msnbc.com)
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Belarusian President Frees All 6 Political Prisoners: "Freeing political prisoners was a condition set by the European Union and United States for improved relations with Belarus"(abcnews.go.com)
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Syria: Isis Destroys 1,500-Year-Old Catholic Monastery in Qaryatain, Discards Remains of Saint Elian (ibtimes.co.in)
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Not MarinesA group of US Marines foiled a potential terror attack on a French train (uk.businessinsider.com)
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India’s obesity problem is so huge, officials want to ban junk-food sales to students - A government committee recommended a prohibition on vendors of high-fat and high-sugar treats within 656 feet of campuses. (takepart.com)
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Asylum 'could cost Germany €10bn' in 2015 - Based on new projections for the number of asylum seekers expected to arrive in Germany this year, the country may have to find €10 billion to fund its already creaking system. (thelocal.de)
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Thousands of migrants rush past police into Macedonia (washingtonpost.com)
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Nasa has confirmed – after rumours swept the internet about an imminent asteroid strike expected between 15 and 28 September – that the two-week period in question will be entirely free of Earth-destroying space attacks. (theguardian.com)
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France train gunman identified as Islamist militant (reut.rs)
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