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Muzzled Canadian scientists now free to speak with media: "For years, scientists who worked for the federal government were silenced by strict rules that made them seek departmental approval before speaking to the press." (thestar.com)
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UK government says fast broadband is a fundamental right like water or power and pledges all businesses and households will have it by 2020 (bbc.co.uk)
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China emits nearly 1 billion tonnes more CO2 a year than it discloses, report claims (sciencealert.com)
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Satellite pictures of a remote and treeless northern steppe reveal colossal earthworks recognizable only from the air and the oldest estimated at 8,000 years old. (nytimes.com)
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Mikhail Lesin, Putin associate and creator of Russia Today (rt.com), found dead in D.C. hotel room. (nydailynews.com)
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Britain, U.S. intercepted 'chatter' supporting theory bomb took down Russian jet - officials (uk.reuters.com)
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An underwater vessel containing undetonated explosives has been found near the Russian underwater gas pipeline Nord Stream, just off the Swedish coast. (thelocal.se)
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NATO Was 'Praying' for MSF as the US Attacked Its Hospital in Kunduz | Doctors Without Borders reveals that, while US airstrikes were killing patients in an Afghan hospital, the alliance was being warned via text that it was hitting civilians -- and that it replied with prayers (news.vice.com)
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A plane carrying British holidaymakers to Sharm el-Sheikh came within 300 metres (1,000ft) of a missile as it neared the Egyptian airport in August, the government has confirmed. (theguardian.com)
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