VietPress USA ( Sept. 9th, 2016):
19-year-old female Kurdish fighter Asia Ramazan Antar has been killed when she reportedly tried to stop an attack by three Islamic State suicide car bombers | Antar, dubbed "Kurdish Angelina Jolie" by the Western media, had become the poster girl for the YPJ. (ibtimes.co.uk)
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Mark Zuckerberg accused of abusing power after row over 'napalm girl' photo: Norway’s largest newspaper published a front-page letter to the Facebook CEO lambasting the company’s decision to censor a photograph of the Vietnam war (theguardian.com)
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1st dolphins killed in Japan's annual Taiji hunt: Fishermen catch 20 on 1st day of controversial 6-month hunting season featured in anti-dolphin killing film The Cove. People corral 100s of them into a secluded bay & butcher them, turning the water crimson red. (theguardian.com)
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte took a thinly veiled dig at the United States, complaining that colonizers who killed many Filipinos are now raising human rights concerns with him (bigstory.ap.org)
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Serious antivenom shortage in the face of a global snakebite crisis | Production of antivenom used by Doctors Without Borders stopped because it wasn't profitable. At the end of June 2016, the last remaining supplies of an important, safe, and effective antivenom expired. (scmp.com)
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Sweden unveils new refugee age assessment model that will use teeth and knee examination on unaccompanied asylum seekers (thelocal.se)
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Indonesia gets green light to ‘blow up’ pirates in Philippine waters: President Rodrigo Duterte said Friday that Indonesian maritime authorities will be allowed to enter his country’s territorial waters to capture pirates. (asiancorrespondent.com)
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World leaders have reacted with anger after North Korea carried out its fifth and reportedly biggest nuclear test. The South accused the North's leader Kim Jong-un of "maniacal recklessness". China "firmly opposed" the test, Japan "protested adamantly" and the US warned of "serious consequences". (bbc.com)
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Football hooligans kick heavily pregnant Muslim woman in stomach 'for wearing niqab' veil in Barcelona | The Independent (independent.co.uk)
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Banning Canadians from U.S. for life for smoking pot 'ludicrous,' says (Public Safety Minister) Goodale [CBC.ca] (cbc.ca)
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Spain: At least 4 dead as train derails in Galicia, where 79 people had been killed in a train accident in 2013 (ibtimes.co.in)
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MasterCard is being sued for £14bn, the largest legal claim in British history, over allegations that it overcharged 46m UK consumers. (theguardian.com)
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