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World News on Sept. 2nd, 2016
Friday, September 02, 2016
VietPress USA (Sept. 2nd, 2016):
Misleading - reportedly aliveUS student declared dead actually 'kidnapped to teach English to Kim Jong-un' (independent.co.uk)
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Woolly mammoths could become a 'protected species' 4,000 years after going extinct to stop the 'laundering' of elephant tusks. As the Siberian permafrost melts and reveals long-buried woolly mammoths, poachers are using their tusks to disguise the illegal sale of elephant ivory. (digitaljournal.com)
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Norway’s biggest church loses more than 25,000 members after new online system makes it easier to leave: 'We have great respect for individual choice,' head of the Norwegian Bishops' Conference says (independent.co.uk)
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Hanjin, one of world's largest shipping companies, files for bankruptcy - cargo and sailors stranded at sea (bbc.com)
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Cuba Reports Remarkable Success in Containing Zika Virus. Six months after President Raul Castro declared war on the Zika virus in Cuba, a militarized nationwide campaign of intensive mosquito spraying, monitoring and quarantine appears to be working. (abcnews.go.com)
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The value of the pound has jumped after the UK's manufacturing sector rebounded sharply in August. (bbc.co.uk)
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Large 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake strikes off the north-east coast of New Zealand. (earthquake.usgs.gov)
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Thousands to receive basic income in Finland: a trial that could lead to the greatest societal transformation of our time (nordic.businessinsider.com)
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Chinese activist’s skull smashed in detention centre; authorities cite attempted suicide (hongkongfp.com)
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German secret service BND 'systematically and regularly violating constitution' according to leaked confidential report by Federal Data Protection Commissioner (thelocal.de)
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Italy’s ‘Fertility Day’ campaign encouraging baby-making is provoking an angry response: 'Beauty has no age. But fertility does' (independent.co.uk)
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