VietPress USA (Dec. 9th, 2015): Selected World News on Dec. 9th, 2015:
"The US State Department has approved a $1.29 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia, which includes as many as 13,000 precision guided weapons or smart bombs. The sale comes as Human Rights Watch charges that Saudi airstrikes in Yemen 'have indiscriminately killed and injured civilians.'" (npr.org)
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Nearly 70,000 clerics came together and passed a fatwa against terrorist organizations, including IS, Taliban and al-Qaida. These are "not Islamic organizations," the clerics said to a sea of followers, adding that the members of these outfits were "not Muslims" (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
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Kim Jong-un’s uncle admits he defected to U.S. due to fears of being victimized during power struggles (koreatimesus.com)
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Historians say that “in all likelihood” they have found the remains of the tomb of Suleiman the Magnificent, who died in 1566 while his troops were besieging the fortress of Szigetvar in southern Hungary. (washingtonpost.com)
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2000 Sex Workers From Indian State Maharashtra Skipped 2 Meals A Day To Gift One Lakh Rupees To Chennai Flood Relief (indiatimes.com)
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Major Russian Muslim group has issued a fatwa against ISIS, reviling them as ‘enemies of Islam’ and calling for the punishment of all its members as criminals. (rt.com)
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Iran's Rouhani to Erdogan: “in Iran there is democracy and sometimes media publish such articles.” referring to Erdogan's criticism of articles published in Iran about him. (al-monitor.com)
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A 15-year-old and a 20-year old have been arrested in counter-terrorism raids in Sydney. (abc.net.au)
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Thousands Sign 'Ban Trump From UK' Petition. "The UK has banned entry to many individuals for hate speech" (news.sky.com)
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India accounted for $12.3 billion, or 40%, of the total of $31 billion of globalized engineering and R&D in 2015 (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
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A brazen Taliban assault on an air base outside the southern Afghan city of Kandahar triggered a 24-hour gunbattle that killed at least 37 people and was still underway. Also Wednesday, the Taliban seized a district in another southern province, Helmand, killing 14 Afghan security forces (bigstory.ap.org)
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An anti-corruption documentary is gaining momentum in Russia — and the government is taking notice (businessinsider.com)
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An undercover sting by Greenpeace has revealed that two prominent climate sceptics were available for hire by the hour to write reports casting doubt on the dangers posed by global warming. (theguardian.com)
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