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Põltsamaa exhibition highlights famous regional food and wine

Põltsamaa Museum opened a new permanent exhibition "Modern Food and Wine from Põltsamaa" ("Moodne toit ja vein Põltsamaalt") that introduces the success story of food and wine production from the start of the last century to the modern day.

Cato Institute 

For Assange, the Process Was the Punishment

The US government’s successful multi‐​year pursuit of Assange was meant to send a message to any others considering exposing federal government wrongdoing in the national security arena: we will make the story about you, not our crimes, and we will get you, one way or another.

The Punch 

Army not recruiting jihadists -Spokesperson 

The Nigerian Army has denied allegations that it is recruiting Islamic fundamentalists and jihadists. The rebuttal came in response to a viral video that claimed the Army was recruiting jihadists. According to the Army, the video falsely depicted an officer encouraging Muslim young men to join the military to protect and propagate Islam. The Army

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Dawn 

Ongoing IBOs to be intensified under ‘Vision Azm-i-Istehkam’ rather than new military op: PM Shehbaz

Following full-throated criticism from opposition parties, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday clarified that the proposed counterterrorism campaign originally titled Operation Azm-i-Istehkam but rebranded as Vision Azm-i-Istehkam would entail intensifying ongoing intelligence-based operations (IBOs) rather than a “new and organised” military offensive.

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Business Standard 

Co-inventor of DLS method, English statistician Frank Duckworth dies at 84

English statistician and one of the inventors of the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method, Frank Duckworth died at the age of 84, according to a report. Duckworth passed away on June 21, according to a report in ESPNcricinfo.com. The Duckworth-Lewis method, devised by Duckworth and fellow statistician Tony Lewis, was introduced to determine results in rain-affected cricket matches. The method was first used in international cricket in 1997 and was formally adopted by the ICC as the standard method... Читать дальше...