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August 24, 2016

VietPress USA (August 24th, 2016):


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A 6.2 event has struck central Italy - Updates within (reuters.com)
submitted  by TheEarthquakeGuy
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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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Japan wants citizens to donate their old phone to make 2020 Olympics medals (techradar.com)
submitted  by sivatribe
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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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Missile testNorth Korea 'fires missile from submarine' (bbc.co.uk)
submitted  by Hughjassbahonar
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Magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes central Myanmar (news.trust.org)
submitted  by theburningundead
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U.S. calls on Americans to leave Gaza "as soon as possible" (newsweek.com)
submitted  by bikinsatulagi
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British woman stabbed to death at Australian hostel in possible 'extremist' attack (reuters.com)
submitted  by thefallafelman
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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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Turkish tanks mass, advance towards Syrian border (timesofisrael.com)
submitted  by e_cross
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Turkish military, U.S.-led coalition launch operation in northern Syria (reuters.com)
submitted  by umutk
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Stomachs of dead sperm whales found in Germany filled with plastics, car parts (newsinfo.inquirer.net)
submitted  by unknown-indian
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Lawyer: Dark Web Child Porn Site Ran Better When It Was Taken Over by the FBI (motherboard.vice.com)
submitted  by _don_pablito
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Ethiopian RunnerOlympian may face death if he returns home after the Olympics (newser.com)
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French police make woman remove burkini on Nice beach (theguardian.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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World's largest aircraft crashes on second test flight (independent.co.uk)
submitted  by ghostly-dog
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Turkey begins anti-IS campaign in Syria - BBC News (bbc.com)
submitted  by EU_fr
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NSA-linked Cisco exploit poses bigger threat than previously thought (arstechnica.com)
submitted  by speckz
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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)
submitted  by madazzahatter
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Philippine President Duterte: Leaving UN 'just a joke' (philstar.com)
submitted  by TheDonDelC
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Unknown Gunmen Kill ISIS Commander Responsible for Recruitment of Children (ifpnews.com)
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NASA reestablishes contact with long lost spacecraft after two years of silence (theverge.com)
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The Philippines' war on drugs death toll is growing too quickly to count | VICE News (news.vice.com)
submitted  by jonsnowknowthings
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