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Thursday, August 25, 2016
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They sweat together, they sleep together: in the name of gender equality, Norway has introduced compulsory military service for women, even bunking them in mixed dorms with their brothers-in-arms. Almost a third of the Norwegian army conscripts born in 1997 were women this summer. (thelocal.no)
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Photos of police enforcementFrance threatens to sue social media users for sharing burkini ban photos | Europe | News | The Independent (independent.co.uk)
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Justin Trudeau Has No Interest In Importing French Burkini Ban. “In Canada, can we speak of acceptance, openness, friendship, understanding? It is about where we are going and what we are going through every day in our diverse and rich communities,” the prime minister said. (huffingtonpost.com)
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The Colombian government and the Farc rebel group have signed a historic peace accord, putting an end to more than five decades of conflict. (bbc.com)
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'Threat is real': France to deploy 3k troops, prepare students for terror attacks on schools (rt.com)
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The US has urged "strong and swift action" after a UN investigation concluded that Syria used chemical weapons against its own people. (bbc.com)
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Astronomers have discovered a roughly Earth-size alien world around Proxima Centauri, which lies just 4.2 light-years from our own solar system. What's even more exciting, study team members said, is that the planet, known as Proxima b, circles in the star's "habitable zone.” (space.com)
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For EU taxesApple could be on the hook for $19 billion in taxes, and the Obama administration is livid (businessinsider.com)
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Peru clinics to provide free morning-after contraception pill. The move comes in response to a recent court ruling that ordered the Ministry of Health to make the emergency contraception pill freely available across the country, especially in Peru’s poorest areas. (telesurtv.net)
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte orders troops to ‘destroy’ Abu Sayyaf(Muslim Extremists) after beheading of hostage (newsinfo.inquirer.net)
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Kenyan athletes stranded in dilapidated part of Rio after being booted out Olympic village (inews.co.uk)
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Colombia reaches historic pact with rebels, ending the longest running conflict in the Western Hempisphere. (usatoday.com)
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Whoopsie: Russian hackers post same document twice, but with glaring differences (ottawacitizen.com)
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UN blames Syrian government and Isis for using chemical weapons | 'It is now impossible to deny that the Syrian regime has repeatedly used industrial chlorine as a weapon against its own people' (independent.co.uk)
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US accused of ‘acting like a tax haven’ for threatening retaliation against Brussels’ anti-trust investigations into Apple, Amazon and Starbucks (theguardian.com)
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