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Wednesday, June 15, 2016
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Killing of non-Muslims and minority groups forbidden in Islam.Bangladeshi clerics have issued a fatwa against the killings of minorities and secular campaigners in the mainly Muslim country, where police have arrested over 10,000 people in a crackdown on militancy. (en.abna24.com)
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Nearly 400 international scientists called on Barack Obama to rule out further expansion of oil and gas exploration in Arctic waters under US control. (theguardian.com)
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Scotland beats climate emissions reductions target six years early. Down 46% since 1990. (theguardian.com)
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Dalai Lama grows quite skeptical about the effects of prayer, stating that serious actions are required for real changes (ndtv.com)
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LEGO donates 600 million DKK (90.7 million USD) to new children's hospital in Copenhagen (cphpost.dk)
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Physicists have detected ripples in the fabric of spacetime that were set in motion by the collision of two black holes far across the universe more than a billion years ago. The event marks only the second time that scientists have spotted gravitational waves (theguardian.com)
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Malnutrition is sweeping the world, fuelled by obesity as well as starvation, new research has suggested (bbc.co.uk)
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Raqqa: Elderly Christian forced to convert to Islam, cannot afford ISIS minority tax (foreigndesknews.com)
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Islamophobia on the rise in Germany - study. Islamophobia has risen markedly in Germany, a study published on Wednesday showed, underscoring the tensions simmering in German society after more than one million migrants, mostly Muslims, arrived last year. (uk.reuters.com)
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Young Australians are more educated than previous generations, but they are struggling to turn higher qualifications into paid work. (smh.com.au)
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A gay couple has been detained by Moscow police in Russia after leaving flowers and a sign with "Love wins" written on it outside the US embassy. Russian law bans protests over gay rights, and LGBT people in the country suffer severe discrimination and homophobia. (france24.com)
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