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UK doctors say patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) are showing "remarkable" improvements after receiving a treatment usually used for cancer. About 20 patients have received bone marrow transplants using their own stem cells. Some patients who were paralysed have been able to walk again. (bbc.com)
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Women Forced to Work in Wartime Brothels Were Not Sex Slaves, Japan’s Foreign Minister Says - He prefers the term 'comfort women' (time.com)
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Just 62 people own as much wealth as the poorer half of the global population, a new report reveals, as the widening of the gap between the rich and poor accelerates. (theage.com.au)
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Helium balloons from North Korea have scattered around one million propaganda leaflets in South Korea (dw.com)
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As the crash in commodities prices spreads economic woe across the developing world, Europe could face a wave of migration that will eclipse today’s refugee crisis, says Klaus Schwab, executive chairman of the World Economic Forum. (bloomberg.com)
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Iran nuclear deal 'satisfies everyone except extremists', says president Hassan Rouhani (independent.co.uk)
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New world record: Danish windmills produced 42.1 percent of all electricity used in Denmark last year (thelocal.dk)
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