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Fed up with endless encroachment on their ancestral lands, leaders of Brazil's many indigenous tribes went to the capital Brasilia to speak out this week. But they had trouble finding anyone to listen. When they tried to approach Congress on Tuesday, they were pushed back in clouds of tear gas. (france24.com)
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Major Report Prompts Warnings That the Arctic Is Unraveling: The polar region is warming more than twice as fast as the rest of the planet (scientificamerican.com)
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Former North Korean female prison guard reveals how thousands face being starved, beaten, raped and murdered inside the country's secret prisons(dailymail.co.uk)
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The US has reportedly sent troops to the border between Turkey and the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Syria, in an apparent response to a spate of Turkish assaults on Kurdish targets. (independent.co.uk)
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Pope Francis said on Saturday a third country should try to mediate the dispute between North Korea and the US, saying the situation had become “too hot” and the world risked a devastating war (theguardian.com)
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World’s 1st glow-in-the-dark frog found in Argentina: It glows in moonlight & at twilight. Fluorescence in terrestrial environments had only been traced to a few species of insects & birds & had never been scientifically reported in any of the world’s 7,000-plus amphibian species. (biotechin.asia)
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NKorea official call U.S. efforts to get rid of his country's nuclear weapons through military threats and sanctions are "a wild dream." (abcnews.go.com)
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Tokyo shuts down entire Metro system in response to North Korea missile test - Japan says it is the first time it has responded in this way to its missile early warning system (independent.co.uk)
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Jordan: No more pardons for rapists who marry their victims | In some Arab countries, men who rape a woman but then marry her are protected from prosecution. But legislative changes approved by parliament in Jordan are making this a thing of the past. (dw.com)
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Pope Francis is leaving a military run stadium in Cairo where he led Mass for some 15,000 Egyptian Catholics on the second and final day of a historic visit to Egypt, where Christians have been targeted by Islamic militants. (abcnews.go.com)
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Russia backs China’s call to stop N. Korea nuke tests in exchange for halt in US-S. Korea drills (rt.com)
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