VietPress USA (May 3rd, 2016):
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Seven of the world's biggest banks have agreed to pay $324 million to settle a private U.S. lawsuit accusing them of rigging an interest rate benchmark used in the $553 trillion derivatives market (reuters.com)
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Jewish man handed life in prison for grisly murder of East Jerusalem teen. The Israeli ringleader in the killing of a Palestinian teenager who was abducted and burned to death in 2014 has been sentenced to life in prison. (timesofisrael.com)
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King Felipe of Spain dissolves parliament, clearing way for a rerun of national elections, for the first time since the country’s return to democracy in the late 1970s.(nytimes.com)
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Nine years of censorship - Canadian scientists are now allowed to speak out about their work — & the govt policy that restricted communications. (nature.com)
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Researchers find no benefits from abstinence and monogamy education on spread of HIV in Africa (bloomberg.com)
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France will press its G7 partners this month to launch an "irreversible" process to control the prices of new medicines, part of a global drive to make life-saving drugs more affordable(news.trust.org)
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Study allegesThe Super Rich Were the First to Bail During the Financial Crisis - Bloomberg (bloomberg.com)
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Dual-use substanceIsrael stops four tons of rocket chemicals from being smuggled into Gaza (thetower.org)
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Australia's first openly gay Muslim Imam has started a support group for gay Muslims (starobserver.com.au)
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As Asia's rice crop shrivels due to drought, food security fears resurface.A heatwave is sweeping top rice exporter India, while the No.2 supplier Thailand is facing a second year of drought. (straitstimes.com)
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The founder and leader of the German anti-Islam movement, Pegida, has been convicted of inciting racial hatred. Lutz Bachmann escaped a prison sentence but was fined €9,600 (£7,600; $11,000) for calling refugees "scum" (bbc.com)
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The United States has told Pakistan it will have to finance the purchase of U.S. F-16 fighter jets itself after members of the U.S. Congress objected to the use of government funds to pay for them (reuters.com)
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Largest Evacuation in Alberta's History Under Way as Wildfire Enters City of Fort McMurray (ctvnews.ca)
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