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WORLD NEWS ON OCT. 27, 2015

October 27, 2015


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Greenland Is Melting Away (nytimes.com)
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As large animals disappear, the loss of their poop hurts the planet (washingtonpost.com)
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Belgian Scientologists go on trial for fraud and extortion - church could face ban if convicted (theguardian.com)
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China say's US warship "illegally" entered its waters. (cnn.com)
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Change of heart for peace: Top Pakistani hardliner cleric says I am a Pakistani and I do not hate India (en.dailypakistan.com.pk)
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Exxon Knew about Climate Change Almost 40 Years Ago - A new investigation shows the oil company understood the science before it became a public issue and spent millions to promote misinformation. (scientificamerican.com)
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Whistleblowers in Canada could receive awards in excess of $1.5 million when a formal policy is unveiled Wednesday by the Ontario Securities Commission to encourage those in the know to help ferret out corporate wrongdoing. (business.financialpost.com)
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343 UK scholars pledge boycott of Israeli universities (jpost.com)
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Turkey confirms shelling Kurdish fighters in Syria (bbc.com)
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Guatemala just elected a comedian with zero political experience to be president (vox.com)
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Sec. Carter: U.S. to Begin 'Direct Action on the Ground' in Iraq, Syria (nbcnews.com)
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Russia expects to run out of Reserve Funds by 2017 (upi.com)
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Low-paid British workers facing a 93 per cent effective tax rate, under proposed 'tax credit' cuts (independent.co.uk)
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Rape Victims Are Being Jailed Under Extramarital Sex Laws in the UAE (news.vice.com)
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Yemen hospital hit by Saudi-led airstrikes (theguardian.com)
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German Jews Warn Merkel That Refugees May Spread Anti-Semitism: Jewish leaders told German Chancellor Angela Merkel they’re concerned that refugees streaming into the country may foment anti-Semitism, underscoring the risk of social conflict as her government struggles to contain the migrant crisis (bloomberg.com)
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Doctors Without Borders clinic in Yemen hit by airstrike, second time this month an MSF hospital has been leveled by 'friendly' airstrikes (inquisitr.com)
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Skeleton of ancient warrior & hoard of treasure found in 3,500-yr-old tomb - US archeologists found the wooden coffin of the unknown soldier on the Peloponnese peninsula, with jewellery, a bronze sword & ivory combs inside (theguardian.com)
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Last-surviving cracker from Titanic is auctioned for £15,000. “Most valuable biscuit.” (mashable.com)
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Roman Polanski should be deported from Poland to the US to face sentence over a conviction for having sex with a minor in 1977, according to the leader of Poland’s newly elected Law and Justice party. (theguardian.com)
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College applications in UK to become anonymous "to prevent unconscious bias against candidates from minority groups" (bbc.co.uk)
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Poachers kill another 22 elephants with cyanide in Zimbabwe (cbsnews.com)
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Emperor Palpatine takes City Council seat in Ukraine’s Odessa (rt.com)
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‘Intolerable’ Heat May Hit the Middle East by the End of the Century - "By the end of this century, areas of the Persian Gulf could be hit by waves of heat and humidity so severe that simply being outside for several hours could threaten human life" (nytimes.com)
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Parts of London have higher TB rates than Iraq or Rwanda (bbc.co.uk)
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