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World News on March 9th, 2016
Wednesday, March 09, 2016
VietPress USA (March 9th, 2016):
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Under pressure, India agrees to stop issuing licences for making cheap drugs - Firstpost (firstpost.com)
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Saudi Arabia is seeking a bank loan of between $6 billion and $8 billion, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, in what would be the first significant foreign borrowing by the kingdom's government for over a decade (reuters.com)
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Russia has warned North Korea that threats to deliver “preventive nuclear strikes” could create a legal basis for the use of military force against the country (theguardian.com)
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China’s solar and wind energy capacity increased by 74% and 34%, respectively, in 2015, while coal consumption dropped by 3.7% (cleantechnica.com)
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Poland's Constitutional Tribunal has ruled that a raft of new laws regulating the court are unconstitutional. With its ruling Wednesday, the county's top legislative court weighed in on a legal crisis that has upended politics in the country (bigstory.ap.org)
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US to employ bank fraud law in VW emissions probe: The US Justice Department has reportedly issued embattled German carmaker Volkswagen a subpoena under a financial fraud law, which observers regarded as an escalation in the VW emissions cheating probe (dw.com)
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Iraqi officials: Head of ISIS chemical weapons unit captured by U.S. special forces | abc13.com (abc13.com)
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Cannabis legalisation in the UK 'would raise £1bn a year in taxes' - Study calls for UK to follow lead of some US states & allow the sale of cannabis to over-18s in licensed retail stores(independent.co.uk)
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