VietPress USA (August 27th, 2016):
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The Death Toll in Yemen Is So High the Red Cross Has Started Donating Morgues to Hospitals (theintercept.com)
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The Pentagon has shipped more than a million small arms to Iraq and Afghanistan’s defense forces: The quantity of arms contracted for export – worth several billion dollars – is greater than the number of personnel in their security forces and far more than the Pentagon has routinely indicated (publicintegrity.org)
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Indian government, while declaring the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) an ‘unlawful’ organisation, is set to slap terror charges on the Zakir Naik, whose ‘hate speech’ was reported to have inspired Dhaka cafe attackers. Last month, the Bangladesh government banned Naik’s channel Peace TV. (tribune.com.pk)
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Dutch party wants to outlaw mosques, Islamic schools, Koran: Freedom Party says it wants to reverse the ‘Islamization’ of the Netherlands. (politico.eu)
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Son of Russian lawmaker wanted for $170M in credit card scams, Roman Seleznev, captured by U.S. Secret Service agents at the Maldives airport on his way back to Russia(cbsnews.com)
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Russia plans Internet overhaul to create secure state network: Under proposals by Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, Russia would create a new, independent Internet backbone, physically separate from the country’s preexisting Internet and public telecommunications systems. (themoscowtimes.com)
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France's highest court suspends burkini ban in test case | Suspension concerns single ban in southern town but is likely to set precedent for other places that have prohibited full-body swimwear (theguardian.com)
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Ethiopia says Olympic marathon medalist a "hero", forever welcome back home. The champion runner did not return home after the Olympics, fearing for his safety even though the government said he would not be punished (news.trust.org)
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Bangladesh police shoot dead suspected cafe attack mastermind - Bangladesh police stormed a militant hideout just outside Dhaka Saturday, shooting dead three Islamist extremists, including the suspected mastermind of an attack on a cafe that killed 22 mostly foreign hostages last month. (france24.com)
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North Korea's trade diplomat in Russia defects weeks before Vladimir Putin set to meet with South Korea president Park Geun-hye (dailystar.co.uk)
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Investigators in China say they have found no evidence that pollution caused hundreds of school pupils to become sick earlier this year. (bbc.com)
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