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Dutch Gig Cancelled Over Terror Tip-off
A van containing gas canisters has been discovered near a music venue in Rotterdam.
In the Netherlands, the driver of a van carrying gas canisters is being questioned after a warning from Spanish police about a possible terror attack led to the cancellation of a nearby rock concert; Brazil has stripped a huge nature reserve in the Amazon of its protected status, potentially opening up thousands of square kilometres to mining companies; and new analysis of ground water supplies in Pakistan suggests nearly a third of the population is at risk from the toxic element, arsenic.
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