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Fox massacres 14 penguins at Melbourne zoo

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A fox has caused pandemonium at a zoo in Australia as it managed to break into a penguin enclosure and kill 14 of the Antarctic birds. Staff at the Melbourne zoo made... Read more »

Russian passenger jet crash over Sinai: Aftermath, reactions

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Search and recovery operations are underway after Russian passenger plane Kolavia flight 7K9268 flying from the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh to St. Petersburg crashed over Sinai. There were 224 people on... Read more »

China warns US against further South China Sea patrols

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China’s defense minister has urged the US not to threaten its sovereignty as well as the nation’s security interests following last week’s incident involving a US naval patrol in the South China... Read more »

Ohio voters rejected a ballot measure that would have legalized the recreational and medical use of marijuana in the state, the Associated Press reported. The proposal would have only permitted a small set of investors to control the commercial pot industry. Votes are still being tallied, but the measure is currently losing 65 percent to 35 percent, according to the Columbus Dispatch, with more than 70 percent of the vote counted. Known as Issue 3, the measure would have amended Ohio’s state Constitution to legalize recreational and medical marijuana use by permitting anyone 21 years and older to purchase and grow marijuana. Medicinal pot use would have been permitted for anyone with a valid medical condition. However, the proposal also sparked criticism because of the way it would have governed and regulated the commercial marijuana industry. Under Issue 3, only 10 commercial growing licenses would have been issued, meaning no other companies or organizations would have been allowed to sell pot to retailers. Additionally, the number of stores allowed to sell the drug would have been limited to 1,100. Due to these restrictions, Issue 3 was divisive even among those who support legalizing marijuana. Critics argued that the measure would create a monopoly, while supporters believed that the heavy regulations were worth dealing with if it meant legalization. “Issue 3 was nothing more and nothing less than a business plan to seize control of the recreational marijuana market in Ohio, » said Curt Steiner, campaign director for Ohioans Against Marijuana Monopolies, to the Dispatch. Ohio Governor John Kasich welcomed the results. “At a time when too many families are being torn apart by drug abuse, Ohioans said no to easy access to drugs and instead chose a path that helps strengthen our families and communities,” he said in a statement. Notably, the group Law Enforcement Against Prohibition argued that Issue 3 should have been supported. « Legalization will take money away from the cartels, provide funding for public safety and health services, and reduce the violence associated with the illegal drug market, » retired Cincinnati Police Captain Howard Rahtz said in a statement from the group, according to the Huffington Post. « Passage of Issue Three puts us in charge, not the dealers »

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A new Islamic State video shows a Russian-speaking jihadist praising his “Sinai brothers” for “taking down” a Russian passenger jet and threatening more attacks, while both Russia and Egypt say the group... Read more »

Ohio voters reject marijuana legalization

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Ohio voters rejected a ballot measure that would have legalized the recreational and medical use of marijuana in the state, the Associated Press reported. The proposal would have only permitted a small... Read more »

US begins training ‘moderate rebels’ on Syrian territory – report

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US military advisors have begun training so-called ‘moderate rebels’ in Syria, a media report has claimed. The move represents a complete 180 degree turn around from Obama’s 2013 promise not to put... Read more »

Turkey arrests opposition journalists for ‘plotting coup’ in wide-ranging crackdown

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Two editors of a leftist Turkish magazine were arrested in Istanbul for publishing a controversial cover on the same day 58 opposition journalists were fired and 57 more people arrested on charges... Read more »

25,000-30,000 foreigners fighting for ISIS – Russian dep. defense minister

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Russia’s Air Forces are striking only confirmed terrorist targets, such as Islamic State militants and are not after the so-called ‘moderate’ Syrian rebels, Russia’s deputy defense minister said, revealing that ISIS employs... Read more »

Cargo plane crash-lands in S. Sudan, 41 reported dead

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A plane has crash-landed near South Sudan’s airport shortly after taking off. 41 people have been killed on board and on the ground. The crashed plane may have had about 20 crew... Read more »

Hundreds of ecology activists protest US base relocation in Tokyo

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Hundreds of people marched in central Tokyo on Sunday to protest the relocation of a US military base from one area at of Japan’s Okinawa main island to another. The demonstrators are... Read more »