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Marijuana advocates sceptical about Canada path to legal pot: "It's the government's intention to legalise it. So why is the government still arresting people?" asks advocate Marc Emery. (bbc.com)
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UK's Tory promise to plant 11 million trees by 2020 set to be broken after just one tenth planted (independent.co.uk)
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Switzerland votes on nuclear power phase out process - If voters choose "yes" in Sunday's referendum, it would force three of the country's 5 reactors to close next yr & the remaining 2 by 2029. (bbc.com)
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Cuban dissidents call off weekly march for the first time in 13 years over Fidel Castro's death (bbc.com)
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African elephants are being born without tusks due to poaching, researchers say | In some areas 98 per cent of female elephants now have no tusks, researchers have said, compared to between two and six per cent born tuskless on average in the past. (independent.co.uk)
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Egypt’s Black Nubians protest for right to return to their lands after being expelled by the Egyptian government (al-monitor.com)
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‘Korea’s Trump’ Rises in Polls as Voter Anger Fuels Populism: 'Lee Jae-myung wants to break up the country’s biggest companies, meet unconditionally with NK leader Kim Jong Un, and throw President Park Geun-hye in jail over an influence-peddling scandal.' (bloomberg.com)
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UK Government Uses Aid Money to Back Oil Drilling in UNESCO World Heritage Site: 'The Foreign Office pledged thousands of pounds in aid to support drilling in Lake Malawi, where the UN warns that a spill could wreck the fragile ecosystem' (truth-out.org)
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About 190,000 ducks have been killed in the Netherlands as the authorities try to prevent the spread of bird flu across northern European countries. (bbc.com)
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Newly Discovered Ice On Mars Contains As Much Water As Lake Superior: The Utopia deposit is close enough to the surface that it could be used as a resource by astronauts who land in the area (good.is)
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Ant species cultivates coffee for accommodation | Scientists on the island of Fiji have discovered a type of ant that plants, fertilizes and guards its own coffee crops. The industrious creatures have been perfecting their agricultural know-how for millions of years. (dw.com)
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