VietPress USA (Dec. 29th, 2016):
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Jailed Chinese activist awakes from coma; says he did not attempt suicide, despite claims (hongkongfp.com)
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Japanese worker commits suicide on Christmas. CEO resigns after investigators determine overwork led to her death. (money.cnn.com)
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Duterte told Filipinos not to believe Catholic priests and urged them to join the “Iglesia ni Duterte,” (Church of Duterte) a religion he would establish where nothing is forbidden and men are allowed to have five wives. (sg.news.yahoo.com)
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French president pardons woman convicted of killing her husband after he abused her and their children for 47 years. (bbc.co.uk)
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The Helsinki District Court in Finland has handed down a 10-year prison sentence to former Helsinki drug squad chief Jari Aarnio. Aarnio stood accused of a raft of drug-related and official misconduct offences that allegedly took place while he lead the specialised crime unit. (yle.fi)
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Russian military outraged by French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo mocking plane crash (dailysabah.com)
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Man wrongly arrested over Berlin attack, himself a refugee who fled Pakistan's Islamic extremists, says he fears for his life(theguardian.com)
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'They are connected with the CIA': Philippine president accuses US ambassadors of being 'spies' (businessinsider.com)
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Ban 'vegetarian' sausages because they are confusing consumers, says German government minister - German agriculture minister demands EU steps in to ban 'unsettling' product names (independent.co.uk)
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China is upset at Japan changing the name of its embassy to Taiwan to include the word "Taiwan." (reuters.com)
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Head of Japan's top ad firm to quit after new recruit's death from overwork: "President of Dentsu to step down a year after Matsuri Takahashi killed herself, sparking calls for Japan to overhaul work culture" (theguardian.com)
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Racial or religious profiling has so far proved to be ineffective in fighting terrorism, say two United Nations human rights experts, who have welcomed the end of a “discriminatory and ineffective” counter-terrorism measure adopted in the United States after the 11 September 2001 attacks. (ohchr.org)
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'You're not Henry VIII,' Jeremy Corbyn tells Theresa May. Labour leader accuses prime minister of behaving like an overbearing Tudor by refusing to commit to Commons vote on Brexit deal. (theguardian.com)
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