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Iceland's Pirate Party secures more election funding than all its rivals as it continues to top polls: 'We don't care. Democracy doesn’t revolve around getting loads of money from the government. We funded our campaign at a flea market before the last elections and that was fine.' (independent.co.uk)
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Protesters take over German coal mine, block coal power plant: "We are taking the exit from coal into our own hands and closing down one of the largest climate killers in Europe."(dw.com)
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UnconfirmedISIS burns family of 5 with 3 children alive in public for trying to flee terrorist-occupied land (rt.com)
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A fake terror attack has panicked guests of several Hollywood stars at the Cannes film festival | The publicity stunt, by a French Internet company aimed at the super rich, saw a speedboat full of men in helmets and military style uniforms attempt to storm the dock of the Hotel du Cap. (arabnews.com)
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NASA data shows last month was hottest April on record - The April figures continue the remarkably warm start to 2016 (independent.co.uk)
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South African court allows landmark silicosis suit against gold firms: Up to 500,000 miners may be eligible to seek damages for lung diseases, a decision that could cost the industry millions (theguardian.com)
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Police found a pig's head bearing a written insult against German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the entrance to her constituency office in the northeastern town of Stralsund(reuters.com)
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Next Friday, the United Kingdom will join Australia and become the second country in the world to introduce "plain packaging" to cigarettes, removing all brands, logos, and colors and replacing them with standardized dark green packages with graphic health warnings. (ash.org.uk)
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Sinkhole discovery suggests humans were in Florida 14,500 years ago: Knife, bone, and dung cast doubt on Bering Strait theory and indicate humans spread through Americas 1,500 years earlier than thought, researchers say (theguardian.com)
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Militants kill two police in Russia's Dagestan, Islamic State claims responsibility (channelnewsasia.com)
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Germany to abolish provider liability law, open path to more free WiFi: a law that makes hotspot providers responsible for users' activity has long limited public WiFi and is set to be scrapped. (dw.com)
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Wildfires rage in Siberia and Russian Far East: "Dramatic social media messages from villagers - 'Forests are burning!', 'Nothing to breathe in Bagdarin village!', 'Turka village is on fire!'" (siberiantimes.com)
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Kurdish militants just challenged Turkish air power in a major way. On Saturday, media affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) posted a video purporting to show a fighter downing a Cobra attack helicopter. (washingtonpost.com)
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