VietPress USA (May 11th, 2016):
Rio Olympics could spark 'full blown global health disaster', say Harvard scientists (independent.co.uk)
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Italy says 'yes' to gay civil unions in historic vote, after a long and bitter debate that has pitted the Catholic Church against PM Renzi. Italy is the last major western European country to recognize civil unions for same sex couples. (thelocal.it)
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60% of Brazilian Senators Participating in Today’s Impeachment Vote Have Pending Legal Cases Against Them, Watchdog Says. (telesurtv.net)
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New Zealand Prime Minister John Key thrown out of Parliament for disobeying the Speaker during an exchange about the Panama Papers, which have revealed links between Mossack Fonseca and New Zealand's secretive foreign trust industry (radionz.co.nz)
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A federal judge has sharply rebuked the Pentagon for the process by which it concealed hundreds of Bush-era photos showing US military personnel torturing detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan, suggesting Barack Obama may have to release even more graphic imagery of abuse (theguardian.com)
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Suspects in the disappearance of 43 Mexican college students have claimed that they were tortured into making confessions, according to court documents obtained by the the U.S. international news agency Associated Press. (telesurtv.net)
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The world is hurtling towards an era when global concentrations of carbon dioxide never again dip below the 400 parts per million (ppm) milestone, as two important measuring stations sit on the point of no return. (theguardian.com)
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Mayor Jokes About Rape, Brags About Death Squads, Gets Elected President of the Philippines (news.vice.com)
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Brutal ‘justice’ of the mob in Venezuela: Venezuelan Mugger is beaten to the floor and burned alive by lynch mob after stealing from people (dailymail.co.uk)
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Zeenat Shahzadi is believed to be the first female journalist "forcibly disappeared" in Pakistan. Her family and human rights groups say she was abducted by security agencies who have been accused of illegally detaining thousands of people under the guise of anti-terrorism operations. (bbc.com)
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