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World News on Dec. 5th, 2016
Monday, December 05, 2016
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Australia thumbs its nose at climate change and reef protection. Country's biggest coal mine gets green light. (news.com.au)
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to make historic visit — the first by a Japanese leader — to Pearl Harbor this month Abe said he is making the visit “to pay tribute” to military personnel from both sides of the Pacific who died in the war. (japantimes.co.jp)
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Man jailed for attacking boy over embrace with girl in London street: Michael Coe, an associate of hate preacher Anjem Choudary, sentenced to 28 months after knocking teenager unconscious (theguardian.com)
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The mayors of 4 of the world’s largest cities — Paris, Madrid, Mexico City, and Athens- pledge to ban all diesel vehicles by 2025 (cbc.ca)
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The Russian Defense Ministry says a Su-33 fighter jet, based on the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, has crashed into the Mediterranean Sea after returning from a sortie over Syria. (kiro7.com)
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A memo that reveals UK prime minister Theresa May is furious about internal leaks was leaked immediately (qz.com)
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Austrian independent candidate Van der Bellen ahead of far right in presidential election, projections indicate (bbc.com)
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Venezuela to reissue currency as value of its biggest banknote drops to 2p: The largest-denominated note is curently 100 Bolivars but a two-litre soft drink costs around 25 times that amount (independent.co.uk)
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China says Trump clear about Taiwan, in touch with his team: Vice President-elect Mike Pence played down the telephone conversation, saying it was a "courtesy" call, not intended to show a shift in U.S. policy on China. (reuters.com)
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US backed rebels bombed the Russian mobile hospital in Aleppo, killing Russian female nurse (hosted.ap.org)
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'Mythical' Sea Blob Finally Spotted a Century After Its Discovery. A mysterious giant sea blob whose very existence was questioned has been rediscovered a century after its first sighting. (livescience.com)
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UK government integration expert says she 'wants to see faces' of Muslim police officers and midwives (independent.co.uk)
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