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Nobel prize winner Stiglitz calls TPP 'outrageous'. Nobel prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says it's "absolutely wrong" for the U.S. to pass the trade deal known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership. (money.cnn.com)
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Cosmetics companies must be banned from using plastic microbeads in scrubs, toothpaste and beauty products because of the marine pollution they are causing, say a group of MPs. (theguardian.com)
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Newly released files have exposed the role Margaret Thatcher personally played in securing one of the UK’s biggest and most controversial arms deals...files show how officials helped Thatcher carefully negotiate the notorious Al-Yamamah deal which saw Britain sell fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. (independent.co.uk)
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Stomachs of dead sperm whales found in Germany filled with plastics, car parts (newsinfo.inquirer.net)
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Lawyer: Dark Web Child Porn Site Ran Better When It Was Taken Over by the FBI (motherboard.vice.com)
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Turkey recalls ambassador to Austria as row deepens: "Turkey has accused Austria of being supporter of terrorism and a center of Islamophobia. The two countries' relations have sharply deteriorated since last month's failed coup attempt." (dw.com)
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A 21-year-old British woman has died after she was stabbed during an attack at a backpackers' hostel in Australia | A French suspect, 29, who allegedly said the Arabic phrase "Allahu akbar" during the attack, was arrested. (bbc.co.uk)
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un became so enraged by spate of recent defections that he sent assassins to South Korea & elsewhere to silence the renegades, according to government officials. Kim also ordered hit teams to target South Koreans for assassination or abduction as a tit-for-tat measure. (asahi.com)
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