Dallas Tops Texas’ List of Counties With Highest Numbers of Women Killings: Reports

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Dallas County in the US state of Texas has topped a list of the state's counties showing the numbers of women killed in domestic violence, Dallas News reported.


"It is certainly not anything to be proud of as a community, and it's not a competition that we would want to win," Paige Flink, executive director of The Family Place shelter, told Dallas News Monday.
Dallas stands alongside Harris County, also in Texas, which has long held first place in the number of women who died as a result of domestic abuse, the newspaper said.
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Australia’s New Laws Could Damage Travelers’ Privacy: Reports

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New laws proposed in Australia to protect the country's security could damage the privacy of travelers' personal data through security checks such as Iris, thermal or biometric scanning, The Guardian stated Tuesday.


According to a statement published on the Australian Attorney-General's website, the second part of amendments to be made to the existing Australian legislation on security will give greater power to customs and immigration officers to collect and retain personal identifiers of people traveling to Australia.

Coalition’s Airstrikes Hit IS Positions in Syrian Border Town Kobani

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Airstrikes by the US-led coalition have hit Islamic State (IS) positions in the Kurdish Syrian town of Kobani shortly after IS fighters advanced into the city, The Guardian reported Tuesday.
"On Tuesday morning journalists on the Turkish side of the border heard the sound of warplanes before two large plumes of smoke billowed just west of Kobani," according to The Guardian .
IS tanks and artillery managed to enter into Kobani Monday evening, fighting street battles with the local Kurdish population.
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Oil Price War to Hit Both Sides Amid Flat Demand

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The rapid depreciation of oil seen in the recent weeks threatens to trigger a global price war, which will eventually damage all of its participants to different extents.


Oil prices have been trending downwards for some time now as new deposits have opened up new supplies to the world. One of the biggest is the North American shale oil boom, which has given America some energy independence for the first time in many decades.
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