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World News on August 20th, 2016
Saturday, August 20, 2016
VietPress USA (August 20th, 2016):
Australia has the most expensive internet in the world because big players Telstra and Optus are so powerful they can charge huge rates, an internet security company claims (dailymail.co.uk)
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Hate Cleric's Followers Still Posting Videos. The clips reportedly include calls to arms "to fight the non-believers" and the glorification of Islamic State atrocities. (news.sky.com)
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Syria: US fighter jets scrambled to stop Syrian planes bombing special forces and allies in Hasakah. US special forces have been training Kurdish groups regarded as 'terrorists' by the regime. (belfasttelegraph.co.uk)
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Non-Muslims flock to buy burkinis as French bans raise profile of the modest swimwear style (smh.com.au)
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Terror attack on Britain foiled 'in its final hours', report says | Home News | News (independent.co.uk)
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Child refugees ‘sexually abused by Italian men’ after being picked up while sleeping homeless in parks: Charities warn that countless child asylum seekers are being abused and exploited (independent.co.uk)
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Turkish airport sign warns travellers about Sweden having 'highest rape rate worldwide' (independent.co.uk)
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Indonesia warned that haze from forest fires was floating over key waterway towards its neighbours, and number of blazes was rising. The fires & smog are annual dry season problem, when blazes are started illegally to quickly & cheaply clear land, to make way for palm oil and pulpwood plantations. (channelnewsasia.com)
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Sweden is not backing away from its campaign to ban the import of live lobsters into the European Union, arguing a "precautionary approach" justifies its claim that the presence of North American lobsters in European waters constitutes an invasive species risk. (cbc.ca)
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