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The Boxer is a German-Dutch multirole armoured fighting vehicle designed to accomplish a number of operations through the use of installable mission modules. It is produced by the ARTEC GmbH (ARmoured vehicle TEChnology) industrial group, and the programme is being managed by OCCAR (Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation). ARTEC GmbH is seated in Munich, its parent companies are Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH and Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles GmbH (RMMV) on the German side,[2] and Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehciles Nederland B.V. for the Netherlands.[3] Other names are GTK (Gepanzertes Transport Kraftfahrzeug; armoured transport vehicle) Boxer and MRAV for Multirole Armoured Vehicle.

https://youtu.be/xWCy32Lb-SI Deutsche Bank shares have recovered some ground after hitting 30 year lows. But as Hayley Platt reports, concern about the health of Europe's banks in the face a global slowdown is growing.

An Indonesian Air Force plane on a routine training flight crashes into a house in the city of Malang in the East Java province, killing four people and injuring one. (International Business Times)

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) reportedly take control of the Menagh Military Airbase in the northern Aleppo Governorate after Ahrar ash-Sham, Levant Front and Free Syrian Army fighters withdraw amid Russian airstrikes. (Al Masdar News)

South Korea starts withdrawing its nationals from the Kaesong Industrial Region in protest to recent actions by North Korea. (Yonhap)

Warren Truss, the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, announces his resignation as the leader of the National Party of Australia. (ABC News Australia)

Still looking for a good source to quote other than CNN

Two Harford County Sheriff's Office deputies are killed in a shootout with a suspect in Abingdon, Maryland. (RT)

North Korea reportedly executes Ri Yong-gil, Chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army on charges of corruption, according to South Korean media. (BBC)

The FBI, in armored vehicles, closes to within 50 yards (40 meters) of the last four anti-government militants occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Negotiations to end the standoff without violence continue. (Reuters) (OregonLive)

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius announces his resignation. President Francois Hollande says he will nominate Fabius to lead the country's Constitutional Council. (NPR) (UPI)

The Parliament of Australia considers the Turnbull Government's proposed legislation to legalize the growing of marijuana for medical use. The bill is expected to pass. (AP via The Washington Post) (Japan Today)

The owners of Liverpool F.C. scrap a controversial £77 ticket pricing plan for the 2016–17 season following a backlash by the club's supporters and a mass walkout during last week's game with Sunderland A.F.C. at Anfield. (Sky News)

At least two Turkish Army soldiers are killed in clashes with Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) insurgents in the southeast Şırnak Province. (Rudaw)

At least six people are killed and more than 30 injured in a twin suicide attack in Cameroon near the border with Nigeria. (IB Times) (Newsweek)

Two female suicide bombers kill more than 60 people at a camp for displaced people in Dikwa, Nigeria. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters) (ABC News)

Republican Party presidential candidate Carly Fiorina suspends her campaign following a disappointing finish in the New Hampshire primary. (USA Today)

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie suspends his campaign for the Republican Party nomination for President of the United States. (CNN) (BBC)

Adair Turner former head of the U.K.'s Financial Services Authority, warns against the growth of peer-to-peer lending, telling the BBC that the practice will cause grave losses over the next five to ten years. (BBC)

China reports first case of Zika virus disease in a man who had traveled to Venezuela. (ABC News)

A pregnant Australian woman in the state of Queensland tests positive for the Zika virus. (ABC News Australia via MSN)

She has evidently passed away.....

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Proven oil reserves: 297,170 MMbl (#1 in the world; 20% of world reserves) Oil production: 3 MMbl/day (3.56% of world production) GDP (nominal) per capita: $7,576 (#76 in the world) Population: 30,206,307 (#44 in the world; %0.42 of world population)... https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Venezuela-not-a-lot-richer-given-that-its-sitting-on-the-worlds-largest-oil-reserves-and-has-a-population-of-only-30-million I like how he concludes his essay. "And the last thing that I'll leave you with is the wealth of the Chavez family: $550 million . So much for Socialism."