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World News on April 10th, 2017
Monday, April 10, 2017
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Senior U.S. official says U.S. has concluded that Russia knew in advance of Syria's chemical weapons attack last week(bigstory.ap.org)
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Two Russian cosmonauts and a US astronaut touched down safely in central Kazakhstan Monday following a 173-day mission aboard the International Space Station (digitaljournal.com)
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Humans Are Wrecking the Last Place on Earth Where Orangutans, Tigers, Rhinos & Elephants Still Live Together in the Wild - The ancient & biodiverse Leuser Ecosystem is being decimated by industrial pulp & palm oil plantations, mining & logging & energy projects. (alternet.org)
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Corruption watchdogs alleged Monday that Shell executives knew that money earmarked for a controversial oil deal was being used to bribe senior Nigerian officials, a claim rebuffed by the petroleum giant (france24.com)
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A Chinese navy ship supported by an Indian navy helicopter thwarted an attack by suspected Somali pirates on a Tuvalu-flagged merchant ship (reuters.com)
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IKEA builds affordable housing for staff in Reykjavik, Iceland after rents skyrocket in recent years. Thirty-six apartments will be available by next summer, with the lowest rent set at $889, "a lot less than people pay for a dump here and there in town" says IKEA's Icelandic CEO. (bbc.com)
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Barclays CEO Jes Staley under investigation for trying to identify a whistleblower (independent.co.uk)
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Women barred from Tehran marathon risked arrest to complete their own race instead (independent.co.uk)
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