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March 17, 2017

VietPress USA (March 17th, 2017):

Twitter Lights Up After 'Too Embarrassing to Watch' Trump-Merkel Press Conference - President Donald Trump slipped up and called the U.S. a "company," ignored German Chancellor Angela Merkel's request for a handshake, and called a German press outlet "fake news" (commondreams.org)
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Donald Trump's budget director calls efforts to combat climate change 'waste of money' (independent.co.uk)
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US reporters praise German journalists for questioning Trump (dw.com)
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Update: White House DeniesUS makes formal apology to Britain over GCHQ spy claims. Intelligence sources say both Mr Spicer and General McMaster, the US National Security Adviser, have apologised over the claims. (telegraph.co.uk)
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Iran's 'exemplary' refugee resettlement efforts praised by UN | Iran has sheltered approximately three million Afghans for almost four decades, a success story international officials say is ‘not told enough’ (independent.co.uk)
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Erdogan to Turks in Europe:"Make 5 babies. You are Europe's future." (samaa.tv)
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Under pressure, Mexican-owned Cemex says it won't help build Trump's border wall (latimes.com)
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Tillerson: US 'strategic patience with North Korea ended' (bbc.com)
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Former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort wanted for questioning in Ukraine corruption case (cnn.com)
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US Soldiers Caught with $12M Worth of Crystal Meth in South Korea (sputniknews.com)
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Dalai Lama says he is a 'son of India' after nearly 60 years exiled from Tibet (independent.co.uk)
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The Trump administration is crafting a big new arms package for Taiwan that could include advanced rocket systems and anti-ship missiles to defend against China, U.S. officials said, a deal sure to anger Beijing. (reuters.com)
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Trainee bomb detector puppy shot dead at New Zealand airport (cnn.com)
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The Japanese government has held its first-ever evacuation drill to protect its citizens in case a ballistic missile is launched toward Japan. (abcnews.go.com)
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Ikea India Announces 26-Week Parental Leave For Both Men, Women (profit.ndtv.com)
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India to Impose Fat Tax on Junk Food (investopedia.com)
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More than 1,100 complaints of child sexual abuse have been made against the Anglican Church of Australia, a royal commission inquiry has heard. (bbc.com)
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Researchers in China have developed Graphene solar panels that can generate electricity from raindrops. The solar panels with a respectable 6.53 percent solar-to-electric conversion efficiency allows generation of power during periods of clouds and rain. (digitaljournal.com)
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ISIS hacker who published ‘kill lists’ reportedly killed in U.S. drone strike (foreigndesknews.com)
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Turkish opposition TV starts broadcasts from Germany -- The channel hopes to highlight anti-democratic practices in Turkey. (dw.com)
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Sami people persuade Norway pension fund to divest from Dakota Access (theguardian.com)
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A Chunk of Earth's Original Crust Has Been Discovered in Canada (popularmechanics.com)
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Canada to give $119M in aid to Middle East and African countries suffering food crises (cbc.ca)
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Priebus, White House Chief of Staff, broke White House rules by talking directly with FBI (politico.com)
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Russia seeks to declare Jehovah's Witnesses an extremist group (usatoday.com)
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