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'So in the world of today: 18 Feb 2015' by Sam Orr

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So in the world of today:
-A study found that a UN fund meant to help victims of natural disasters was instead going into North Korea.
-Prokopis Pavlopoulos was elected president of Greece.
-Oregon appointed Kate Brown to be the US’s first bisexual governor.
-The University of Massachusetts reversed its policy of barring Iranians from certain majors.
-The Kurds had a major victory against Isis.
-China is building bases in disputed territories.
-The US state department has been keeping Israel in the dark about some of the Iran nuclear talks.

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