The Daily Populous

Wednesday May 17th, 2017 night edition

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Turkish aeroplanes and helicopters illegally entered Greece’s airspace 141 times yesterday (15 May), the Hellenic National Defence General Staff reported.

In all cases, Turkish aircraft were identified and intercepted by Greek fighters, while in nine cases the interception process resulted in near combat situations.

In addition, two Turkish missile boats entered Greek territorial waters off the southeast Aegean island of Agathonisi.

The vessels, which were taking part in a maritime exercise code-named Denizkurdu (Seawolf), stayed in Greek territorial waters for about 20 minutes.

Commission: Turkey must respect EU member states’ sovereignty Ankara must respect the sovereignty of EU member states over their territorial sea and airspace, European Commission spokesperson Maja Kocijancic told EURACTIV.com.

Contacted by EURACTIV.com, an EU spokesperson sent a strict message to Turkey, urging that it respect the sovereignty of the EU’s member states.

“Moreover, the EU also stresses the need to respect the sovereignty of member states over their territorial sea and airspace,” the spokesperson told EURACTIV. »

Abortion Rates Drop When Birth Control Usage Goes Up, Yet Republicans Want to Limit Access to Birth…

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Abortion Rates Drop When Birth Control Usage Goes Up, Yet Republicans Want to Limit Access to Birth Control.

It’s almost as if women would much rather use contraception and not get pregnant in the first place as opposed to using an abortion as their primary means of birth control.

The concept isn’t too difficult to wrap your head around, but Republicans in Congress seem to be taking a counter-productive approach to the situation: reduce access to birth control and reduce access to abortions. »

Inmate who lived upstanding life after he was mistakenly freed wins release

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During the years he was free, he found a job, got married, started raising a family, and purchased a home, said his attorney Kimberly Diego.

(CNN) A Colorado man who was sent back to prison after being mistakenly released was told by a judge Tuesday that he is a free man.

Rene Lima-Marin was serving a 98-year prison term for robbing two video stores in 1998. »

UH Researchers Report New, More Efficient Catalyst for Water Splitting

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University of Houston physicists have discovered a catalyst that can split water into hydrogen and oxygen, composed of easily available, low-cost materials and operating far more efficiently than previous catalysts.

“Water could be the most abundant source of hydrogen if one could separate the hydrogen from its strong bond with oxygen in the water by using a catalyst.”.

Ideally, Ren said, solar power would be used to generate the electric power used to split water. »

Netflix to Produce The Witcher TV Series

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Netflix will develop and produce a new show based on The Witcher Saga, the series of eight novels by Andrzej Sapkowski that inspired the hugely popular CD Projekt Red RPG games.

Sapkowski - who does not profit from the game series - will serve as a creative consultant on the series.

The characters are original, funny and constantly surprising and we can’t wait to bring them to life at Netflix, the perfect home for innovative storytelling.”. »