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Friday, November 04, 2016
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NASA's Huge New Space Telescope Is Finally Complete - ...will be positioned beyond the orbit of the Moon in a region of gravitational stability called Lagrange point 2, or L2. From here, it will have a glorious unobstructed view of the cosmos, returning stunning views of the universe. (iflscience.com)
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“Yemen is one step away from famine,” UN aid chief warns - 7.1 million are on the brink of starvation. 80% of Yemen needs humanitarian assistance, & 19 of the country’s 22 governorates have reached crisis levels of food insecurity. (news.vice.com)
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Gay men 'tortured and sodomised' by police in Uganda to 'prove they are gay': Homosexuality banned in Uganda since 1952 (independent.co.uk)
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A UK tabloid has just shamed a High Court judge who voted in the Brexit case for being "openly gay." (politicalscrapbook.net)
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WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube blocked in Turkey following arrest of pro-Kurdish political party HDP leaders (privateinternetaccess.com)
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Saudi Arabia refuses to even consider allowing women to drive: The Kingdom is the only country on the planet that still bans female drivers (independent.co.uk)
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Smoking leaves an "archaeological record" of the hundreds of DNA mutations it causes, scientists have discovered: ...a 20-a-day smoker would rack up an average of 150 mutations in every lung cell each year. The changes are permanent, and persist even if someone gives up smoking (bbc.com)
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'A society that can’t defend its children has no tomorrow': Putin condemns Europe’s handling of migrants and says the child rape in Austria shows 'a dilution of national values' (dailymail.co.uk)
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Amazonians call on leaders to heed link between land rights and climate change: As Paris climate agreement comes into force, inhabitants of Amazon rainforest demand recognition of key role their communities play in conservation (theguardian.com)
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Tory MP Stephen Phillips resigns over 'irreconcilable policy differences' with Theresa May (independent.co.uk)
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UK government must consult Parliament before triggering Article 50 to leave EU, High Court rules (bbc.com)
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Nissan: We Gave You Clean Cars, Now Give Us Clean Energy - The French-Japanese automaking alliance, which manufactures the best-selling Nissan Leaf electric car, is working to eventually bring out a battery-powered vehicle in China that will be priced at $8,000 or less. (bloomberg.com)
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For the anniversary of US Embassy takeover in Tehran, thousands of Iranians at the rally outside the former embassy building on Thursday chanted "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" and burned the U.S. and Israeli flags. (staging.hosted.ap.org)
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