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Tuesday, June 21, 2016
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An Australian athlete who has competed in six Paralympic Games has been robbed at gunpoint in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. Liesl Tesch said a man brandishing a gun pushed her off her bicycle and stole it on Sunday. (bbc.co.uk)
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In 2015, 50 environmentalists were killed in Brazil – more than a quarter of those killed worldwide – and last year marked deadliest year for environmental activists, with 185 total murders across world. Out of the 10 deadliest countries in world for environmentalist, seven were in Latin America. (latino.foxnews.com)
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Anonymous Officially Announces a Worldwide Political Movement Called The Humanity Party (THumP) (finance.yahoo.com)
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Super-rich quaff champagne in Venezuela country club while middle classes scavenge for food (dailymail.co.uk)
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Coral bleaching event now biggest in history – and about to get worse: 'Coral in every major reef region has already experienced severe bleaching. About 93% of the reefs on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef have been affected, and almost a quarter of the reef on the 2,300km stretch is now dead.' (theguardian.com)
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Chinese prosecutors have successfully sued a county environmental agency for inadequately punishing a sewage firm that produced dye without appropriate safeguards – the first such public interest case against a government department. (theguardian.com)
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Russian state television accidentally broadcasts evidence that Moscow uses cluster bombs in Syria (meduza.io)
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China's plan to cut meat consumption by 50% cheered by climate campaigners: New dietary guidelines could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1bn tonnes by 2030, and could lessen country’s problems with obesity and diabetes (theguardian.com)
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7-Eleven operator handed record penalty of more than $400,000 for systematically exploiting staff (smh.com.au)
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Ex-soldier saysA Honduran military unit trained by US was ordered to kill environmental activist who was slain in March (theguardian.com)
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Twitter Trolls Are Reporting Pro-LGBT Muslim and Atheist Women to Their Governments, Where Punishment Can Mean Death (thedailybeast.com)
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Fake suicide vest made of biscuitsBrussels: Bomb alert at shopping centre sparks anti-terror operation | Europe | News (independent.co.uk)
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African Union plans to introduce single passport to create EU-style 'continent without borders' (independent.co.uk)
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A London-based advocacy group says it has documented the killings of 185 environmental activists in 16 countries last year, nearly 60 percent more than in 2014. (pilotonline.com)
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Fracking poses 'significant' risk to humans and should be temporarily banned across EU, says new report: A major scientific study says the process uses toxic and carcinogenic chemicals and that an EU-wide ban should be issued until safeguards are in place (independent.co.uk)
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