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World News on May 1st, 2016

Sunday, May 01, 2016
VietPress USA (May 1st, 2016):

Iran's new parliament has more women than clerics (rappler.com)
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A virulent strain of herpes virus will be released into Murray-Darling river system in bid to eradicate European carp, in what Science Minister Christopher Pyne has dubbed a "carp-aggedon". Australian Government estimates the $15m project will kill 95% of carp in river system over next 30 years. (abc.net.au)
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Report: Germany considering stopping 'unconditional support' of Israel (ynetnews.com)
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72-year-old man pulled from rubble 2 weeks after Ecuador earthquake (mashable.com)
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Colombia legalizes same-sex marriage. (mobile.abc.net.au)
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Munich Oktoberfest to get first-ever entrance checks - Revellers hoping to join in the carousing at Munich Oktoberfest will have to pass through a security check before entering the festival grounds this year, Munich authorities have said. (thelocal.de)
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Vietnam Dead Fish Crisis: Critics Blast Taiwanese Corporation Formosa Plastics As Environmental Disaster Devastates Region (ibtimes.com)
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Spanish Ditch Diggers Unearth 1,300 Pounds of Roman Coins - Workers find hoard of 19 amphora with mint-condition coins from the 3rd & 4th centuries. Find is remarkable, not only in size, but because it appears uncirculated, making them some of best-preserved coins ever discovered. (smithsonianmag.com)
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Head of Central Russian University Urges Students to Avoid Foreigners (themoscowtimes.com)
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Controlled explosionIllegal Muslim prayer hall blown up in Russia after police find explosives inside (rt.com)
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German right wing party(Alternative für Deutschland, AFD) calls for ban on minarets and the burqa (theguardian.com)
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A Hindu tailor has been hacked to death in a district of central Bangladesh | Police said Nikhil Joarder had been arrested in 2012 for allegedly making derogatory comments about Islam, then released. (bbc.co.uk)
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Cambodia's prime minister has ordered a million hectares of forest be included in protected zones as the country faces one of the world's fastest deforestation rates. The move will bump Cambodia's conservation zones up by a fifth, bringing more than a quarter of the country's land under protection. (naharnet.com)
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US military finds itself not guilty of war crimes in Afghan hospital bombing (huffingtonpost.com)
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Nissan recalls 4 million cars over seat belt and airbag safety fears (independent.co.uk)
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Heavy riots in the city of Antwerp - 12 policemen injured, 13 police vans damaged (deredactie.be)
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Kenya Burns Elephant Ivory Worth $105 Million to Defy Poachers (nytimes.com)
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Israel Accused Of West Bank 'Ethnic Cleansing' (news.sky.com)
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Crisis-hit Venezuela pushes clocks forward to save power (yahoo.com)
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Royal Cambodian Turtle Population Plummets 95%; Just 10 Left in the Wild - Attempts to save this revered species in the rivers of Cambodia appear to have failed(blogs.scientificamerican.com)
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Pirate Bay hit by malvertising attack, drops Cerber ransomware (grahamcluley.com)
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Hundreds of protesters storm Baghdad's Green Zone, enter parliament (in.reuters.com)
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UK Hospitals Are Feeding 1.6 Million Patients’ Health Records to Google’s AI (motherboard.vice.com)
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Labour reforms fire up May Day rallies in France, S.Korea - From Moscow to Marseille, protests were expected in cities across the globe to celebrate Labour Day as the working classes battle economic crises and unemployment that have fuelled anti-government sentiment. (france24.com)
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Farmers nationwide have threatened to organise protests against the government if it decides Thailand should take part in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. (bangkokpost.com)
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