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French minister compares veil wearers to 'negroes who accepted slavery': France's women's rights minister has sparked fury by comparing Muslim women who choose to wear the headscarf to "negroes who accepted slavery". (bbc.com)
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Amnesty Int. has accused Qatar of using forced labor at World Cup stadium. Amnesty says workers are forced to live in squalid conditions, pay huge recruitment fees, have wages and passports withheld. It accuses Fifa of "failing almost completely" to stop the tournament "built on human rights abuses" (bbc.com)
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Hundreds of thousands of leaked emails reveal massively widespread corruption in global oil industry (theage.com.au)
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'War on Drugs' has made no difference to number of users & actively harms public health, major study concludes - Report authors call for "scientifically grounded" policies, including regulated markets for cannabis (independent.co.uk)
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In the days following Brussels terrorist attacks, street celebrations broke out in several places in Belgium, Vice Prime Minister Jan Jambon said (timesofisrael.com)
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Satire spat: Germany tells Turkey free speech not negotiable: A Foreign Ministry spokeswoman says German diplomats told their Turkish counterparts Tuesday there’s no chance the government will intervene over the song “Germany’s position on freedom of the press and expression isn’t negotiable.” (washingtonpost.com)
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U.S. Oil Industry Giant(KBR previously part of Halliburton) Paid Millions To A Company(UnaOil) At The Center Of Huge Corruption Scandal (huffingtonpost.com)
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Jordan faces serious threat as ISIS looks to spread the caliphate to southern Syria (almasdarnews.com)
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Costa Rican men convicted for killing conservationist & raping volunteers - 4 of 7 men sentenced for murder of Jairo Mora, who worked to protect sea turtles with 4 female volunteers. Savagery of attack dealt severe blow to the country’s image as a safe, eco-tourist-friendly destination. (theguardian.com)
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A wing of a far-right party in Germany is readying a proposal to ban the "construction and operation" of mosques. (washingtonpost.com)
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In 19 communities of one region90% of Indigenous in Brazil's Amazon Suffer Mercury Poisoning (telesurtv.net)
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