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Friday, August 19, 2016
VietPress USA (August 19th, 2016):
A comtaose Filipina maid in Saudi Arabia passes away after being brought to hospital with torture marks and blood stains on her private parts. She became comatose after her Saudi abuser visited the hospital (interaksyon.com)
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US Olympic Committee apologizes to city of Rio for swimmers' actions on night of alleged robbery (businessinsider.com)
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NASA has announced that any published research funded by them will now be available at no cost | This comes in response to a new policy, which requires that any NASA-funded articles in peer-reviewed journals be publicly accessible within one year of publication. (sciencealert.com)
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A former Deutsche Bank AG risk officer said he was refusing an $8.25 million reward from the Securities and Exchange Commission for blowing the whistle on the lender overvaluing a derivatives portfolio, because of his concern that the SEC didn’t go after senior executives (bloomberg.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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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 US Air Force just made a huge show in the South China Sea with 3 nuclear-capable bombers (businessinsider.com)
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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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ISIS claims responsibility for first terror attack in Russia after men try to kill police with gun and axes near Moscow (independent.co.uk)
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South Sudan recruiting child soldiers as renewed civil war looms | Both the government and the rebels use blackmail to coerce families into giving up their children to fight. The International Criminal Court considers it a war crime to recruit anyone under the age of 15 for combat. (dw.com)
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Netherlands on brink of banning sale of petrol-fuelled cars: 'We need to phase out CO2 emissions and we need to change our pattern of using fossil fuels if we want to save the Earth,' says a Dutch Labour Party member (independent.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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UN admits role in Haiti's deadly cholera outbreak - The UN has finally acknowledged it played a role in an outbreak of cholera in Haiti in 2010 that has since killed about 10,000 people in the country. (bbc.com)
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