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World News on May 20th, 2016
Friday, May 20, 2016
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Japan plans to create a man-made meteor shower for the 2020 Olympics opening ceremony. At $8,100 per meteor, the meteor shower could cost millions of dollars depending on the number of shooting stars and length of the shower. (digitaljournal.com)
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Australia’s Great Barrier Reef will be in a “terminal condition” within five years, according to scientists. "If something is not done in this election cycle then we may not see good coral again within our children’s lifetime.” (businessinsider.com.au)
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The Chinese government is fabricating almost 490m social media posts a year as part of a “massive secretive operation” designed to distract the public from criticising or questioning its rule, according to a study. (theguardian.com)
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Morocco starts blocking access to Steam and other popular computer games (privateinternetaccess.com)
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Chile’s ‘Worst Ever’ Red Tide Kills 20 Million Fish, Prompts Investigation of Salmon Farms (ecowatch.com)
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LinkedIn just revealed that the 2012 breach that compromised the accounts of 6.5 million users actually hit more than 100 million users. (latimes.com)
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A court in western Germany said on Friday that there was no legal obstacle to the practice of shredding male chicks shortly after they are hatched, in a big setback for animal rights activists. (thelocal.de)
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Cannes: With 'Risk,' Laura Poitras Ignites Demand For Julian Assange's Release "In the U.S., most of the journalists are propagandists and stenographers for the state." (indiewire.com)
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Turkey Moves to Prosecute Most Pro-Kurdish Party Lawmakers. Kati Piri, Turkey rapporteur for the European Parliament, called Friday’s amendment an "historic mistake."(bloomberg.com)
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French festivals ditch Eagles of Death Metal over singer's comments: Jesse Hughes alleged he saw Muslims celebrating during Paris attacks and that Bataclan staff were involved in assault (theguardian.com)
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