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UK surveillance bill could bring ‘very dire consequences’, warns Apple chief | World news | The Guardian

‘Any back door is a back door for everyone,’ says Tim Cook of proposals to allow authorities to track citizens’ internet use without requiring warrant

Source: UK surveillance bill could bring ‘very dire consequences’, warns Apple chief | World news | The Guardian

56 Rare Historical Vintage Photos You May Never Seen Before

Rare historical vintage photos that you may never seen before.

1. A boxing match on board the USS Oregon in 1897.

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2. An airman being captured by Vietnamese in Truc Bach Lake, Hanoi in 1967. The airman is John McCain.

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3. Samurai warriors taken between 1860 and 1880.

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4. A shell-shocked reindeer looks on as war planes drop bombs on Russia in 1941.

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5. Walt Disney on the day they opened Disney Studios.

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Most Syrian refugee children in Turkey are not in school: HRW | News | DW.COM | 09.11.2015

Over 400,000 Syrian refugee children in Turkey are not being educated, Human Rights Watch has said in a new report. Lack of schooling puts a whole generation in jeopardy and threatens to push more refugees to Europe.

Source: Most Syrian refugee children in Turkey are not in school: HRW | News | DW.COM | 09.11.2015

Christmas Island detention centre: Peter Dutton blames riot on ‘core group of criminals’ as extra police sent to restore order – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) {Racism thinly disguised?}

“We have been very clear about the fact that the Government’s not going to cower in the face of the activities of some of these criminals,” he said.”The initial reports, early reports that I’ve received, [are] the officers were met with little resistance but nonetheless there’s still a core group of criminals who are causing disruption and the Australian Federal Police and the Serco guards no doubt will deal with that threat in due course.

Source: Christmas Island detention centre: Peter Dutton blames riot on ‘core group of criminals’ as extra police sent to restore order – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)