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No one wants to help Donald Trump build a registry of Muslims: Tech giants Microsoft and IBM have said they would refuse to help create a registry of Muslim Americans under Trump's presidency (independent.co.uk)
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US 'got it so wrong' on Saddam Hussein, says CIA analyst who interrogated dictator | 'We never thought about using weapons of mass destruction,' former Iraqi ruler told CIA (independent.co.uk)
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Six New Deep Sea Creatures Just Discovered at Site Slated for Underwater Mining. Seafloor hot springs are rife with life. (smithsonianmag.com)
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Google Publishes Eight Secret FBI Requests: Google revealed in October it had been freed from a gag order preventing it from talking about a secret FBI request for customer data made in 2015 (theintercept.com)
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Solar System’s biggest asteroid is an ancient ocean world: NASA's Dawn spacecraft finds that Ceres is full of water. (nature.com)
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Muslim cleric banned in Pakistan is preaching in UK mosques: It is feared that Syed Muzaffar Shah Qadri, who praised the murder of a politician, will incite hatred between Muslims (theguardian.com)
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Saudi Arabia's foreign minister has been lobbying US legislators to change a law allowing victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks to sue the kingdom(france24.com)
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Duterte’s admission that he used a powerful painkiller has prompted concern about his health, with lawmakers urging him Sunday to undergo a medical examination and disclose the results. (newsinfo.inquirer.net)
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Hostage situation with foreign tourists reported in Jordan'€™s Crusader castle, 1 Canadian dead (rt.com)
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Amazon deforestation ticks tragically up: The rate of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest has increased again in 2016, for the fourth consecutive year - loss of rainforest this year has been the greatest since 2008. (dw.com)
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UN getting daily reports of rapes, killings and other abuses against Rohingya Muslims in Burma | UN human rights chief accuses Burmese government of taking 'short-sighted, counterproductive, even callous' approach to crisis (independent.co.uk)
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Thousands march in Madrid against labor policies: Spain's labor unions have taken to the streets of Madrid to protest government austerity measures. With the country emerging from an economic downturn, the protesters have demanded an increase in salaries and pensions (dw.com)
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S. Korea returns eight N. Koreans and vessels after sea rescue - S. Korea sent eight N. Koreans and two vessels it had rescued drifting at sea last week back across their maritime border on Monday, and patrol vessels from the North were on hand to receive them, the South's unification ministry said. (uk.reuters.com)
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