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World News on June 8th, 2016
Wednesday, June 08, 2016
VietPress USA (June 8th, 2016):
UN Removes Saudi Arabia From Human Rights Blacklist After Just A Week, Faces Backlash - Rights groups accuse UN of flip-flopping & giving into political manipulation. (thinkprogress.org)
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ISIS Twitter accounts bombard with thousands of graphic sexual images using Pornbots (en.abna24.com)
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Despite 'Moral Angst' About Inequality, World's Richest Just Keep Getting Richer: 'Unless companies rein in executive salaries, pay their fair share of taxes, and invest in decent jobs the yawning gap between the haves and have-nots will continue to grow' (commondreams.org)
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C.A.R.A United Nations whistleblower who was suspended for exposing the sexual abuse of children by peacekeepers has resigned over the organisation’s failure to hold senior officials to account. (theguardian.com)
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German and Swiss authorities have carried out raids seizing documents after learning a German private detective had investigated the MH17 air disaster. (thestar.com.my)
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The Supreme Court has passed a proposal from the ACCR into Congress which allows for any judge in the US to issue a warrant to remotely access, search, seize, or copy data from a user whose media or information has been concealed via VPN, proxy, tor, etc.. Congress votes on this in 5 months (eff.org)
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Saudi Arabia Threatened to Break Relations With U.N. Over Human Rights Criticism in Yemen: Riyadh warned Turtle Bay it would pull hundreds of millions of dollars from U.N. programs if it was singled out for killing and maiming children in Yemen (foreignpolicy.com)
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Maria Sharapova receives 2-year suspension from tennis for failed drug test (uk.businessinsider.com)
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Asylum seekers' ages a guessing game for case workers - An internal report from the Migration Agency has found widespread uncertainty among staff when it comes to determining the age of refugees, who often arrive in Sweden without identification. (sverigesradio.se)
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Tony Blair responds to war criminal claims with astonishing attack on Jeremy Corbyn (independent.co.uk)
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