VietPress USA (Jan. 31st, 2016): World News on Jan. 31st, 2016:
Boko Haram burns kids alive in northeast Nigeria: A survivor hidden in a tree says he watched Boko Haram extremists firebomb huts and heard the screams of children among people burned to death in the latest attack by Nigeria’s homegrown Islamic extremists. (washingtonpost.com)
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Switzerland will be the first country in the world to vote on having a national wage of £1,700 a month: If the plans go through, it will become the first country in the world to provide a basic unconditional monthly income, and they are already the first country to vote on the matter. (independent.co.uk)
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Group of Brazilian lawyers, activists & scientists asking govt to allow abortions for women with Zika virus, since women are advised not to get pregnant due to risk of birth defects. Abortions are illegal in Brazil, except in emergencies, rape or when big part of brain & skull missing. (bbc.com)
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Scientists in South Africa have recreated quagga, a relative of the zebra that once roamed South African plains in herds of thousands, but went extinct by 1883 due to excessive hunting. (digitaljournal.com)
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The lifeless body of Yemen's top Salafi cleric in the southern port city of Aden was found disfigured on Sunday hours after he was abducted following an anti-extremism sermon (bigstory.ap.org)
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Hamas has officially announced that it is rejecting France’s new initiative to convene an international conference to renew negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians(israelnationalnews.com)
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Over 10,000 migrant children missing: Europol | Over 10,000 unaccompanied migrant children have disappeared in Europe, the EU police agency Europol said on Sunday, fearing many have been whisked into sex trafficking rings or the slave trade. (yahoo.com)
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British helicopter pilot, Roger Gower, working for conservation organization in Tanzania dies after poachers open fire on his helicopter, "fatally wounding" him. (bbc.com)
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Europe Is Building a ‘Space Data Highway’ With Lasers - It'll transmit data back to Earth about 90 times faster than your typical earthly internet connection. (motherboard.vice.com)
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Anti-refugee comments raise ire of German officials, police: Germany's vice chancellor has called for a nationalist party to be put under observation by the government agency that tracks extremists after its leader suggested that police should be allowed to shoot refugees trying to enter the country (hosted.ap.org)
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Controversial Ecuador oil deal lets China stake an $80-million claim to pristine Amazon rainforest (latimes.com)
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At least 30 people killed in double blast near Shia shrine of Sayyida Zeinab, south of Damascus (bbc.co.uk)
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Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia will soon be declared as safe countries of origin. As a consequence, people from those countries will basically have no right to asylum in Germany anymore (dw.com)
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