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Tuesday, February 07, 2017
VietPress USA (Feb. 7th, 2017):
Shell launches bid to leave massive, sludgy oil rig remnants in North Sea for 500 years - 'Oil and gas companies operating in the North Sea have a legal, as well as moral, obligation to clean-up their mess,' says leading environmentalist (independent.co.uk)
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Online Poll in 10 countriesMost Europeans want immigration ban from Muslim-majority countries, poll reveals (independent.co.uk)
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Mother of murdered backpacker condemns Trump for including Queensland attack on terror list (stuff.co.nz)
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At least 20 people have been killed in a suicide bombing at the Afghan Supreme Court in Kabul, officials say. Another 45 people were injured. The number of casualties is expected to rise. (bbc.com)
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Chinese foreign minister: In a fight between China and the US 'both sides will lose and both sides cannot afford that' (businessinsider.com)
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Trump's list of 'under-reported terrorist attacks' includes one from Australia that didn't happen (businessinsider.com.au)
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Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders tweets photoshopped, fake picture of his political rival surrounded by radical Islamists holding up signs such as "Shariah for the Netherlands" (businessinsider.de)
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Donald Trump: I don’t know Putin, have no deals in Russia, and ‘the haters are going crazy’ (washingtontimes.com)
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British Ministers refused to stop bomb sales to Saudi Arabia despite being told to do so by own export control chief (independent.co.uk)
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German intelligence 'finds no evidence of Putin disinformation campaign' | Germany's secret services have found little evidence that the Kremlin is directly trying to manipulate the country's public opinion. But the leaked government report suggests that indirect methods may be at work(dw.com)
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Breakfast cereals targeted at children contain 'steadily high' sugar levels since 1992 despite producer claims - The sugar content in some cereals is as high as 35 per cent of the total product - unchanged from levels seen over 20 years ago (independent.co.uk)
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Combat ReadinessVladimir Putin orders Russian air force to prepare for 'time of war' (independent.co.uk)
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North Korea defector in Russia about to be deported, facing death or forced labour sentence (upi.com)
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