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Thursday, December 17, 2015

WORLD NEWS ON DEC. 17TH, 2015

By: vietpressusa December 17, 2015

VietPress USA (Dec. 17, 2015): Selected World News on Dec. 17th, 2015:

Martin Schkreli - Turing CEO who increased the price of Aids drug by 5000% - has been arrested (uk.reuters.com)
submitted  by DarpaChef
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Activists saySaudi Arabia about to behead a teenage boy for attending a protest when he was 15 (independent.co.uk)
submitted  by omanoman1
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Solar panel subsidy cuts branded 'huge and misguided: UK government has decided to cut subsidies to householders installing roof top solar panels by 65% just days after agreeing to move swiftly to a low-carbon energy future at the climate change conference in Paris (theguardian.com)
submitted  by maxwellhill
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Printer giant Lexmark fires Mexico factory workers demanding $0.35 raise (theguardian.com)
submitted  by Eierpunsch
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Putin says democratic elections must be the only path to replacing Assad (briefmedia.news)
submitted  by AlecBaldquim
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Cancer is overwhelmingly a result of environmental factors and not largely down to bad luck, a study suggests. (bbc.com)
submitted  by NinjaDiscoJesus
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Angela Merkel Calls Multiculturalism 'A Grand Delusion' says refugees must assimilate (huffingtonpost.com)
submitted  by Zero_Heros
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New Earth like planet spotted just 14 light years away: Wolf 1061c (dailymail.co.uk)
submitted  by Iziama94
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Putin says welcomes Trump's calls for deeper ties with Russia (ca.news.yahoo.com)
submitted  by Deus_G
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Teen punches Spanish PM in face during a campaign appearance, breaks his glasses (dailystar.com.lb)
submitted  by MongolPerson
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Google enlisted members of the US congress, whose election campaigns it had funded, to pressure the European Union to drop a €6bn antitrust case which threatens to decimate the US tech firm’s business in Europe. (theguardian.com)
submitted  by ShellOilNigeria
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‘Unusual heatwave’ to rip through Aussie capitals.Temperatures were not normally seen until the “height of summer, late January and early February”. (thenewdaily.com.au)
submitted  by Wagamaga
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Peshmerga repulsing ISIS attacks for 15 hours now, on multiple fronts. (rudaw.net)
submitted  by zertux
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Riot in Dutch town over plan for asylum-seeker centre (uk.reuters.com)
submitted  by Ethanol_Based_Life
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Brazil judge orders WhatsApp banned for 48 hours (reuters.com)
submitted  by mercadoviagens
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Putin: Russia did have people in Ukraine doing 'certain military tasks' (reuters.com)
submitted  by giggster
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Putin pours fresh scorn on Turkey for downing Russian jet: "The Turks", Putin said, "decided to lick the Americans in a certain place". (bbc.co.uk)
submitted  by KrelimOutreach
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U.S. helping West African troops fight ISIS-linked Boko Haram (cbsnews.com)
submitted  by Mauricewatkins
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Norwegians campaign to give Finland a mountain (thelocal.no)
submitted  by Kaskaii
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The city of Vancouver wants its residents to pay a security deposit of $500 or $750 when they remove a tree from their property. The money won't be refunded until owners can prove they’ve planted a new tree and cared for it for at least a year. (digitaljournal.com)
submitted  by KRISHNA53
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Brazil downgraded to junk status by 2nd risk agency, with negative outlook for further downgrades. (bloomberg.com)
submitted  by clarkquentao
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China launches world’s most sensitive dark matter probe (gbtimes.com)
submitted  by Dongbeihu
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Donald Trump loses Scottish windfarm appeal (theguardian.com)
submitted  by HailSatanLoveHaggis
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Ukraine banned the Communist Party (joinfo.com)
submitted  by mortalaa
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Rocket sirens sound in Israeli communities near Gaza border (haaretz.com)
submitted  by Rolling-on-Shabbos

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