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Thursday, August 18, 2016
VietPress USA (August 18th, 2016):
Brazillian authorities have told ABC that gas station security footage shows Ryan Lochte and three other swimmers "breaking down" gas station door and fighting with security(thebiglead.com)
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Doctors Without Borders has announced that it is withdrawing from northern Yemen due to what it called "indiscriminate bombings and unreliable reassurances" from the Saudi-led coalition fighting Shiite rebels in the country. (belfasttelegraph.co.uk)
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Chinese student arrested after trying to smuggle knife into Buckingham Palace to kill the Queen (shanghaiist.com)
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Twin sons of Portugal’s Iraqi ambassador assault 15 year old leaving him in a coma - cannot be prosecuted due to diplomatic immunity. (portugalresident.com)
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The other 2 USA swimmers who say they were with Ryan Lochte during robbery have just been pulled off their plane at Rio airport. (sports.yahoo.com)
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Switzerland | Fake human sacrifice filmed at CERN, with pranking scientists suspected: Spokeswoman at high temple of particle physics suggests ‘scientific users’ of the Geneva facility ‘let their humour go too far’ with staging of occult rite (theguardian.com)
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Turkey explosion: At least 11 killed and more than 200 injured in string of deadly bombings sparking media blackout | Europe | News (independent.co.uk)
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Syrian state prisons are using electric shocks, rape and sexual violence, the pulling out of fingernails and scalding with hot water, on prisoners. With More than 17,000 prisoners killed since 2011 (sbs.com.au)
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Story of Noah's Ark is proof that climate change does not exist, says Irish politician (belfasttelegraph.co.uk)
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Chinese airlines need to hire almost 100 pilots a week for the next 20 years to meet skyrocketing travel demand. (bloomberg.com)
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State Dept. says $400 million cash payment to Iran was contingent on American prisoners' release (hosted.ap.org)
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Dig to Find Fabled Nazi Gold Train Begins: Explorers believe the Nazis stashed an armored train full of gold and weapons in tunnels in Poland's Owl Mountains (smithsonianmag.com)
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Russia furore over FGM in mainly Muslim Dagestan; Senior Orthodox Priest defends the practice, saying God had created "woman so that she could give birth and bring up children" (bbc.com)
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Rio 2016: IOC President condemns ‘shocking behaviour’ after crowd booed French pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie until he cried (globalnews.ca)
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Merkel says refugees didn't bring Islamist terrorism to Germany: Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday refugees had not brought terrorism to Germany, adding that Islam belonged in the country as long as it was practiced in a way that respected the constitution. (reuters.com)
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Theresa May urged to vote against Saudi Arabia retaining chairmanship of Human Rights Council over abuses | UK Politics | News (independent.co.uk)
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