VietPress USA ( August 13th, 2016):
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‘Sexual assaults on children’ at Greek refugee camps. Charities claim youngsters and women are too afraid to leave tents after dark at government-run camps.(theguardian.com)
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Sweden's first Muslim minister quits over drunk-driving scandal, faces possible jail time (ibtimes.co.uk)
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Another French Riviera resort has banned burkinis. 'In France, one does not come to the beach dressed to display religious convictions,' mayor says (independent.co.uk)
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The West Australia Liberal Party has voted in favour of a motion to remove the words "insult" and "offend" from the Racial Discrimination Act - act makes it illegal to commit an act that is reasonably likely to "offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate" someone because of their race or ethnicity. (abc.net.au)
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Researchers orbit a muon around an atom, confirm physics is broken: The proton's charge radius shouldn't change, and yet it appears to. (arstechnica.co.uk)
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Government data published on Thursday showed that renewables generated 25.1% of the UK’s electricity in the first quarter of this year. Around half of that came from on and offshore wind combined (gov.uk)
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Pakistan: A gang that used to swap live newborn babies for dead ones in hospitals arrested in Peshawar. (bbc.com)
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Twitter refuses to explain censorship of verified journalist accounts in post-coup Turkey (dailydot.com)
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Doping: Sole Russian athletics competitor Klishina suspended from Games as new evidence emerges (reuters.com)
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The Zika virus has been found in the sperm of an Italian man six months after his first symptoms, twice as long as in previously reported cases. Doctors at the Spallanzani Institute in Rome said it pointed to the possibility that the virus was reproducing itself in the male genital tract. (bbc.com)
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Isis 'jihadi brides' trying to radicalise girls and encourage UK terror attacks online as they remain trapped in Syria: At least one British girl, Kadiza Sultana, is believed to have been killed in air strikes. (independent.co.uk)
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