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Cologne police defend use of racial profiling on New Year's Eve: In a bid to prevent a repeat of last year's sex attacks, state police focused on men of North African descent on New Year's Eve. Police Chief Jürgen Mathies has faced criticism for praising the sucess of the practice (dw.com)
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Costa Rica completes 2016 without having to burn a single fossil fuel for more than 250 days. 98.2% of Costa Rica's electricity came from renewable sources in 2016. (digitaljournal.com)
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French president warns: “Democracy, freedom, social rights, Europe and even peace, all of that becomes vulnerable, reversible. In history, there are moments when everything can change dramatically. We are living through one." (euronews.com)
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Uk House of Lords revolt over Government reforms to 'turn university world upside down' - Lords warn the new Higher Education and Research Bill could allow private companies to run institutions as businesses, driving a ‘marketisation’ of the sector (independent.co.uk)
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Investigatory Powers Act goes into force, putting UK citizens under intense new spying regime (independent.co.uk)
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Children 'at risk' in Christian fundamentalist schools in the UK, warns government watchdog (independent.co.uk)
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Titanic sank due to enormous uncontrollable fire, not iceberg, experts claim - Rarely seen images of the Titanic before it left Southampton have furthered researchers’ theory that a fire may have been the root cause of the 1912 disaster (independent.co.uk)
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Kurdish Sources ClaimTurkish Intelligence Agents Funneled Weapons To ISIS, Says Captured Terrorist (muslimpress.com)
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Australia breaks with New Zealand over support for Israel - Australian Herald (australianherald.com)
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Fears that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte would harshly punish revellers who celebrate the New Year with firecrackers caused a "remarkable" decline in injuries, the health minister said Sunday. (gmanetwork.com)
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Activist on 61th day of Hunger Strike. Imprisoned for Protesting Against Acid Attacks against women in Iran (iranhumanrights.org)
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At least 800 sub-Saharan African migrants tried to cross into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco on Sunday by storming a border fence, though most were eventually turned back, the Spanish and Moroccan governments said. (reuters.com)
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On January 1st, the Church of Norway and the Norwegian government will formally divorce after nearly 500 years together (thelocal.no)
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