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Sri Lanka's opposition accuses UN rights chief of interference

ByAPDWriterEaswaranCOLOMBO,Sept.20(APD)--SriLanka'soppositiononWednesdayaccusedtheUnitedNationsHighCommissionerforHumanRightsZeidRa’adAlHusseinofinterferinginSr

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Two refugee athletes to compete at Rio Paralympics

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that two refugee athletes will compete in an independent team at the Rio Paralympic Games.

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Donald Trump: Being smart is dumb, ignorance is good

On Sunday, Barack Obama delivered a stirring commencement speech to the graduating seniors of Rutgers University in which he condemned the toxic “anti-intellectualism” that has taken hold during the current presidential campaign. “Class of 2016, let me be as clear as I can be: in politics and in life, ignorance is not a virtue,” the outgoing president opined. “It’s not cool to not know what you’re talking about. That’s not keeping it real or telling it like it is. That’s not challenging political correctness, that’s just not knowing what you’re talking about.”