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World News on April 9th, 2016
Saturday, April 09, 2016
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Huge turnout as thousands attend Downing Street protest calling for David Cameron's resignation (mirror.co.uk)
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Cameron's £70,000 tax dodge revealed: PM received £200,000 gift from his mother in a bid to avoid death duties, new figures released by Downing St show (dailymail.co.uk)
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Days after Panama leaks new Treasury rule could make it easier to hide money in the US, critics say (theguardian.com)
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The U.S. Air Force has deployed B-52 long-range bombers to the Middle East for the first time since the Gulf war ended over 25 years (foxnews.com)
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Uganda's only radiotherapy machine for cancer treatment breaks: thousands will not be able to get life saving treatment (bbc.co.uk)
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Al Qaeda affiliate says it killed Bangladeshi blogger, group says: "Machete-wielding attackers in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka killed Samad, 26, the sixth secularist writer or publisher to be killed in the city in the last 14 months." (cnn.com)
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Scientists have added a one-atom thick layer of graphene to solar panels, which enables them to generate electricity from raindrops(sciencenewsjournal.com)
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Congo expels American researcher after he published a report linking soldiers to the massacres of civilians. (reuters.com)
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The Lancet: Half of all maternal, child, and newborn deaths could be prevented for $4.70 per person. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded study has found that for only $4.70 each 4 million lives could be saved each year. Spending on family planning alone could save 1.5 million lives annually. (news.meta.com)
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UK government goes on confiscation spree of mobility equipment from the disabled. Since 2013, more than 17,000 disabled people have had their mobility cars, powered wheelchairs, or scooters taken away. By 2018, it is predicted that 90,000 motability vehicles will be repossessed. (theguardian.com)
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Cameron releases tax returns information in unprecedented move following row over his financial affairs (bbc.co.uk)
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North Korea: ICBM engine test succeeded, North's official KCNA says it would "guarantee" an eventual nuclear strike on the US mainland.(straitstimes.com)
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Venezuela energy crisis: President tells women to stop using hairdryers and go with 'natural' style to save electricity (independent.co.uk)
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