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World News on Feb. 11th, 2017
Saturday, February 11, 2017
VietPress USA (Feb. 11th, 2017):
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Russian city sees domestic violence incidents double after Putin decriminalises beatings (ibtimes.co.uk)
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'Get out of France': Paris police tear gassing refugees and stealing blankets in freezing conditions, report reveals (independent.co.uk)
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German largely bans fracking with new laws: Particularly risky fracking is now banned until at least 2021, while 'conventional' fracking is governed by much tighter rules. For environmentalists, the law does not go far enough - they want a complete ban (dw.com)
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Among other dual citizensMarine Le Pen: French Jews will have to renounce Israeli citizenship under National Front (ibtimes.co.uk)
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A fake front page of the Vatican's official newspaper containing a spoof interview with the Pope was sent to cardinals and bishops by an anonymous source this week as part of what appears to be an ongoing campaign by conservative Catholics to undermine Pope Francis.(nbcnews.com)
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Police 'likely to recommend' indictment of Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges - Israeli leader expected to be questioned once more as part of investigation (independent.co.uk)
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Russian Foreign Ministry on Snowden extradition: Those are not statements from intelligence services, but information of the NBC and CNN television channels. (rbth.com)
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Japan is building the World’s largest floating solar power plant - The 13.7 megawatt (MW) floating solar power plant will be built on the Yamakura Dam reservoir. (therenewableworld.com)
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Sydney University defends new scholarship that favours men as 'consistent with diversity' (smh.com.au)
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Burma: Rohingya Muslim babies and children 'being slaughtered with knives', UN states. (independent.co.uk)
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North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast early on Sunday, South Korea's military said, the first time the isolated state has tested such a device since U.S. President Donald Trump took office. (reuters.com)
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Man has charity donation frozen by US because his name is Mr Islam - Mamunul Islam raises £400 for a UK food bank with all donations coming from Britain (independent.co.uk)
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