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- The cheetah faces extinction after it is discovered that only 7,100 specimens are left alive in the wild as a result of a sudden crash in population. (BBC)
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- Bezeq, an Israeli telecoms company, says that it has received word from the country's telecoms regulator that it will be allowed to end the "structural separation" of its business operations by product (i.e. mobile phone, internet, land lines). (Reuters)
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- Medical research reveals shrinkage in women’s brains as a result of pregnancy. Loss of gray matter in certain regions of the brain may make the brain more efficient and specialized for child-rearing. There is also evidence of links to long-term changes in brain. (ScienceNews) (Nature)
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- Carrie Fisher, the actress best known for the role of Princess Leia in the Star Wars franchise, suffers a massive heart attack while on a flight and is rushed to a hospital near Los Angeles International Airport in critical condition. (Mirror)
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- A vaccine for the ebola virus is discovered to be 99.78%–99.87% effective. (NPR)
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- Snow falls in the Sahara desert for the first time in 37 years. (CNN)
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- 4: Austria, President (2nd round)
- 4: Italy, Constitutional referendum
- 4: Uzbekistan, President
- 7: Ghana, President, Parliament
- 11: Kyrgyzstan, Referendum
- 11: Macedonia, Assembly of the Republic
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- 15: Turks and Caicos, House of Assembly
- 18: Côte d'Ivoire, National Assembly
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Recently concluded
- Australia: Roger Rogerson and Glen McNamara
- Cambodia: Sam Rainsy
- China: Wan Qingliang, Ling Jihua, Zhoi Bin, Guo Boxiong
- Iran: Babak Zanjani
- Netherlands: Geert Wilders
- Philippines: Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Nur Misuari, Joel Villanueva
- Romania: Liviu Dragnea, Gheorghe Ștefan, Gabriel Sandu, Dorin Cocoş, Dumitru Nicolae
- Spain: Lionel Messi
- United Kingdom: Chris Denning, Adam Johnson, Ched Evans
- United States: Bob McDonnell, Paul Anthony Ciancia
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Ongoing
- China: Bai Enpei, Pan Yiyang, Yang Weize
- Germany: Beate Zschäpe
- Indonesia: Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, Mary Jane Veloso
- Pakistan: Waseem Azeem, Mufti Abdul Qawi
- Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr., Leila de Lima, Rodrigo Duterte, Jovito Palparan
- Romania: Darius Vâlcov, Dan Șova, Elena Udrea, Radu Mazăre, Gheorghe Nichita, Marian Vanghelie, Cătălin Voicu
- Russia: Alexei Navalny
- South Korea: Park Geun-hye and Choi Soon-sil
- United States: Etan Patz
- United Kingdom: Rolf Harris
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