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World News on Oct. 9th, 2016
Sunday, October 09, 2016
VietPress USA ( Oct. 9th, 2016):
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Iranian woman is sentenced to six years in prison for an unpublished story she wrote about women being stoned to death (dailymail.co.uk)
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Germany to pay convicted gays 30 million euro: to compensate more than 50,000 men who were jailed for their sexual orientation under a historic law (dw.com)
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'At least 3,600 slaughted' in Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte's first 100 days in office: President says he intends to extend crackdown on drugs by 'maybe another six months'(independent.co.uk)
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Russia suspending and withdrawing from US nuclear agreements including reduction of weapons grade plutonium (nextbigfuture.com)
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1st of its kind expedition mapping submerged ancient landscapes in Black Sea is finding rare collection of over 40 shipwrecks, the 1st views of types never seen before. (newswise.com)
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"Pope Francis has named 17 new cardinals -- 13 of them under age 80 and thus eligible to vote in a conclave to elect his successor." (bigstory.ap.org)
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Streets running with blood and 3,700 dead: After 100 days in office Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte compares his crackdown on drugs to 'Hitler's Holocaust' and cuts ties to US (dailymail.co.uk)
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China backs Russia after veto of UN demand for end to bombing of Syria's Aleppo. China’s UN Ambassador said some of the content of a French draft did ‘not reflect the full respect for the sovereignty, independence, unification and territorial integrity of Syria’, while the the Russian draft did (scmp.com)
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Russia tensions with US 'more dangerous' than during the Cold War: German's foreign minister Frank-Walker Steinmeir says during the Cold War superpowers had 'red lines and respected them' (independent.co.uk)
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For The First Time Ever, Apple’s iOS “Failure Rate” Is Higher Than Android’s (compliancetutorial.com)
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An Egyptian driving a garbage truck loaded with explosives and Islamic State papers rammed into a truck carrying five U.S. soldiers in Kuwait on Saturday, injuring only himself in the attack, authorities said. (militarytimes.com)
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$263 billion assets declared in the first phase of Indonesian Tax amnesty program, making it the most successful in the world. (reuters.com)
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Madagascar hillsides stripped bare as locals seek land - The impact has been devastating. (phys.org)
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UK Government no longer accepts advice from non-British academics on Brexit and restricts access to information, first British public university rejects contributions from leading academics with foreign citizenship (including dual citizenship); officials cite "security measures" as reason (theguardian.com)
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