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Editors Note: This listicle is part of a weekly series by The Ball State Daily News summarizing five stories from around the world. All summaries are based on stories published by The Associated Press.

The U.S. Vice Presidents visit to Iraq, the World Wide Web inventors Contract for the Web, mass detention camps in China, the pro-democracy vote in Hong Kong and the extinction of Sumatran rhinos in Malaysia make up this weeks five international stories.

Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen Pence, second from left, serve turkey to troops at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019. The visit is Pences first to Iraq and comes nearly one year since President Donald Trumps surprise visit to the country. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Pence works to reassure Kurdish allies in surprise Iraq trip

Vice President Mike Pence worked to reassure the United States Kurdish allies in an unannounced trip to Iraq Saturday, two months after President Donald Trump ordered a pullback of U.S. forces in Syria. The visit was meant to hearten United States regional partners in the fight against the Islamic State group after the U.S. pulled troops from northern Syria, leaving Americas Kurdish allies there to face a bloody cross-border Turkish assault last month.

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This Oct. 24, 2018, file photo shows creator of the World Wide Web Sir Tim Berners-Lee speaking during a data privacy conference at the European Parliament in Brussels. Berners-Lee is releasing an ambitious rule book for online governance, a bill of rights and obligations for the internet. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Web inventor has ambitious plan to take back net

World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee released an ambitious rule book for online governance a bill of rights and obligations for the internet designed to counteract the growing prevalence of misinformation, mass surveillance and censorship. The Contract for the Web seeks commitments from governments and industry to make and keep knowledge freely available a digital policy agenda true to the design vision of the 30-year-old web.

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In this Nov. 4, 2017 file photo, Uighur security personnel patrol near the Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar in western China's Xinjiang region. Classified documents, leaked to a consortium of news organizations, lay out the Chinese government's deliberate strategy to lock up ethnic minorities to rewire their thoughts and even the language they speak. (AP Photo/File)

Secret documents reveal how China mass detention camps work

Voluntary job training is the reason the Chinese government has given for detaining more than a million ethnic minorities, most of them Muslims. But leaked classified documents lay out the Chinese governments deliberate strategy to lock up ethnic minorities, even before they commit a crime, to rewire their thoughts and the language they speak. The papers also show how Beijing is pioneering a new form of social control using data and artificial intelligence.

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Election winner candidate Kelvin Lam, right, and pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong, second right, wave to people and thank for their support, outside South Horizons Station in Hong Kong, Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. Pro-democracy candidates won nearly half of the seats in Hong Kong's local elections, according to partial returns Monday. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Pro-democracy camp wins landslide in Hong Kong vote

Hong Kongs pro-democracy opposition won a stunning landslide victory in weekend local elections in a clear rebuke to city leader Carrie Lam over her handling of violent protests that have divided the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. The result could force Chinas central government to rethink how to handle the unrest, which is now in its sixth month. District councils have little power, but the vote became a referendum on public support for the protests.

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In this Aug. 18, 2019, photo, Sabah Deputy Chief Minister Christina Liew, right, looks at rhino Iman in cage in eastern Sabah state . The Sumatran rhinoceros has become extinct in Malaysia, after the last of the species in the country succumbed to cancer. (Sabah Deputy Chief Ministers Office via AP)

Sumatran rhino extinct in Malaysia as lone survivor dies

The Sumatran rhino has become extinct in Malaysia after the last of the species in the country succumbed to cancer. The WWF conservation group estimates there are about 80 Sumatran rhinos left, mostly living in the wild in Indonesia. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature states about 24,500 rhinos survive in the wild with another 1,250 in captivity worldwide. Rhinos are killed for their horns, which are used in traditional medicines in parts of Asia.

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As President Donald Trump made an abrupt trip to Afghanistan to visit U.S. troops there on Thanksgiving, Vice President Mike Pence had a surprise of his own for Marines at Air Station Beaufort.

He and Second Lady Karen Pence on Thursday, Nov. 28, served Marines, sailors, and civilians a Thanksgiving meal. The visit was unannounced by the White House.

SecondLady and I were humbled and honored to be at MCAS Beaufort SC today to serve a thanksgiving meal to our amazing men and women in uniform stationed there! We are so thankful to everyone serving in our Armed Forces! the vice president tweeted.

Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort responded to the surprised visit by saying Marines and Sailors aboard the air station received a special surprise during their Thanksgiving meal today! Thank you VP and SecondLady for making today extra special for our Marines!

Pence and his wife also toured Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 and Marines were given the opportunity to speak with them and take a photo.

The U.S. Marine Corps also shared the photos of the visit on its fan page, saying, Today, Vice President Mike Pence and Second Lady Karen Pence served Marines, Sailors and civilians a Thanksgiving meal aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort.

On Nov. 23, the vice president and his wife made an unannounced visit to Iraq for a surprise Thanksgiving visit to U.S. troops. The couple served lunch to 150 service members stationed at Al Asad Air Base.

Its Thanksgiving week in America and Karen and I couldnt be more honored and privileged to come here and give you a little bit of a taste of home, Pence told U.S. troops in Iraq.

For all the things we are thankful for this week, we are most thankful for all of you for serving in the uniform of the United States, he added.

In gatherings large and small all across the country, I know therell be a place saved at Thanksgiving tables for each and every one of you, the vice president said.

But I also know that millions of Americanswhen they pause to reflect on what theyre thankful fortheyre going to breathe a prayer of thanksgiving for each and every one of you and all of the men and women of the armed forces of the United States deployed around the world. I promise you that.

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Anti-abortion politicians in Pennsylvania want to redefine foetal death as starting at conception, public health advocates claim, and force healthcare providers to cremate or bury all remains.

Pennsylvania law currently states that foetal death as the "expulsion or extraction of the product of conception"after 16 weeks gestation.

But the new bill would remove the 16-week time marker - which experts believe would change the definition of foetal death to include fertilised eggs that don't implant.

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One interpretation of the law highlighted by Vice suggests that it could force healthcare providers to issue death certificates for aborted or miscarried foetuses, and even fertilised eggs that do not implant in the uterus, then bury or cremate them.

The Pennsylvania Final Disposition of Fetal Remains Act states all fertilised eggs are unborn children, and is similar to legislation signed into law by Vice President Mike Pence as Indiana governor in 2016, which mandated that miscarried or aborted foetuses by cremated or buried.

There is a keyflaw in the proposed law - detection. Only half a womans fertilised eggs will naturally implant in her uterus, and the rest will dissolve in the body and be expelled through the menstrual cycle.

Newly fertilised eggs are about the size of a pinhead. The only time a fertilised egg that hasn't implanted in the uterus is detectable is if a woman has an ectopic pregnancy.

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists calls non-implanted but fertilised eggs single-cell zygotes, and does not consider it a pregnancy until its implanted in the uterus.

Only when it reaches the nine-week stage in the uterus is it referred to as a foetus.

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The sponsor of the bill, Francis Ryan, a Republican, insists the provisions are "strictly voluntary"for women, but public health advocates say this is misleading.

Christine Castro, a lawyer at the states Womens Law Project, said: "The bill is written in a misleading way. No, it does not explicitly mandate a death certificate (but) it explicitly mandates a burial permit, and you need a death certificate to obtain a burial permit."

She described the bill as being like a "Russian doll", adding: "You have to keep unpacking it to see whats really inside."

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Mike Pence or Michael RichardMikePence(born June 7, 1959) is an American politician and attorney. As of 2016 he is the 50thGovernor of Indiana. Mike Pence was first elected to theUnited States House of Representatives in 2000. In 2016 he was chosen as Donald Trumps running mate for the Republican Party.

Pence was raised Catholic, but over the years has made a commitment to Christ and claims to be a born-again Evangelist Catholic. He said in another statement that he is a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican, in that order. Mike butted heads with the Archdiocese of Indiana over an issue and seems to be increasingly against Catholicism. When he signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act it made him very popular with hardcore conservatives and Evangelists.

Mike Pence rose rapidly to the top of the political hierarchy and has recently even been urged by fellow republicans to replace Donald Trump as the Presidential Candidate in the 2016 Election. Before Pences Vice Presidential campaign, his approval ratings as the Governor of Indiana had fallen significantly. Many had not heard of him besides when he made the headlines for signing the anti-LGBT Religious Freedom Restoration Act. He attempted to keep Syrian refugees out of Indiana, which put him at odds with the Archdiocese and many others. Despite his controversial political past, his political record seems to be overlooked due to the fact that Donald Trump is all over the news for saying controversial things.

Pence enjoys cartooning. Esquire magazine discovered a comic that he wrote 30 years ago called, Law School Daze.

He has been married to Karen Pence since 1985.

His favorite movie is The Wizard of Oz. Mikes favorite food is bacon and he is also an animal lover. He and his wife, Karen have a beagle named Maverick and two cats namedPickle and Oreo.

Pence grew up inColumbus, Indiana and graduated fromHanover College. He earned a law degree from theMcKinney School of Law before entering private practice. After losing two bids for a U.S. congressional seat in 1988 and 1990, he decided to switch gears and became a conservative radio and television talk show host from 1994 to 1999. Pence jumped back into politics after 1999 and successfully ran for Congress in 2000 and represented Indianas 2nd and 6th congressional districts in theUnited States House of Representativesfrom 2001 to 2013. From there he rose to the position ofchairmanof theHouse Republican Conferencefrom 2009 to 2011.Pence positioned himself as a big supporter of the Tea Party Movement.

Mike faced a lot of backlash in 2012 after signing theReligious Freedom Restoration Act, and also signed controversial abortionbills, including one that prohibited abortions if the reason for the procedure was the fetusrace,gender, ordisability.

[M]anyyoung men find many young women to be attractive sexually. Many young women find many young men to be attractive sexually.Put them together, in close quarters, for long periods of time, and things will get interesting Moral of story: women in military, bad idea.

While that amendment failed, human cloning continues to advance and the breakthrough in this unethical and morally questionable science is around the corner.

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The out-of-the-blue reference triggered questions about the vice presidents role in the latest mess and the unusual relationship between the pair of leaders. If Trump falls alone, Pence becomes the 46th president of the United States a development many mainstream Republicans would prefer. If Trump and Pence go down together or in quick succession, its President Nancy Pelosi a prospect that would not be lost on Senate Republicans voting on whether to oust their partys leaders.

Trumps offhand remark was a stark reminder of the eternal risks to the people in his orbit, particularly as the notoriously unpredictable president navigates the delicate politics of impeachment.

Responding to a question about the presidents U.N. news conference, Tom LoBianco, author of the new Pence book Piety and Power, asked, You mean when he gutted Pence on live TV?

He tends to flash this paranoia every now and then that Pence is after the job," Lobianco said. "Its like joking not-joking. But I was shocked that he was so out in the open this time.

Pence allies say theres no reason to think the president will toss his No. 2 under the bus something Trump has done to past advisers, Cabinet secretaries and White House aides.

Trump is very loyal to people who have been loyal to him, former Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) said. You look back where theres been separations, and its often where someone has gone off in a different policy direction and been public about it.

Some people close to Pence, who spoke with POLITICO on the condition of anonymity, saw the presidents recent comment as nothing more than Trumps typical stream of consciousness an innocent statement meant to convey that neither he nor the vice president are guilty of wrongdoing.

Hes largely above reproach. No one ever accuses the vice president of doing anything like that, said one person close to Pence, referring to the allegations at the center of House Democrats impeachment inquiry that Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter.

The president was trying to put himself on the same ground as that, this person said.

A senior administration official dismissed the notion that Trump would throw Pence under the bus if he ever sensed disloyalty. That is silly. Its the opposite, meaning that [Pence's] calls are fine, too, the official said of Trump's latest remark. Think this through: POTUS and VP are gone and Pelosi becomes president? Please.

The past several weeks have been a minefield of loyalty tests for Pence, culminating with the whistleblower complaint that prompted Pelosi to embrace impeachment after months of cautioning her progressive colleagues not to rush toward it.

Pence met with Zelensky on Sept. 1 during a last-minute trip to Poland. He told reporters afterward he did not mention Biden during their conversation but did communicate his great concerns about issues of corruption in Ukraine. The vice president was not a participant on the July 25 call between the president and Zelensky, according to a senior administration official, who pushed back against a report saying he urged Trump not to release a transcript of the conversation earlier this week.

Before the Ukraine scandal burst into public view, Pence was recovering from a series of other controversies that put his allegiance to Trump on full display.

On Sept. 9, the president claimed he had nothing to do with Pences stay at a Trump-owned property in Doonbeg, Ireland, far away from meetings the vice president had planned in Dublin. Trumps denial of involvement in the arrangement contradicted a prior explanation provided by Pence chief of staff Marc Short, who said the president had suggested his resort as an overnight accommodation. When Short and Pence later said the vice president made the decision on his own because of his family ties to Doonbeg it was widely seen as an attempt to rescue Trump from accusations of emoluments clause violations.

That same afternoon, Pence and his team found themselves in cleanup mode again. This time, the vice president pushed back on reports that he had disagreed with Trumps decision to invite Taliban leaders and the president of Afghanistan to Camp David for a secret round of peace negotiations.

More Fake News! Pence tweeted in distinctly Trumpian prose.

Pences reaction was consistent with how those in his inner circle expect him to behave as the impeachment inquiry unfolds on Capitol Hill: with a mix of caution and chameleonic performances that endear him to the president.

Indeed, Pences first public defense of the president amid reports of the whistleblower complaint came in a fiery interview Monday night on Fox News Hannity a prime-time program Trump watches religiously.

Here we go again. The assume-the-worst media takes one report, runs with it. Democrats on Capitol Hill immediately start to denounce the president before anybody has the facts, the vice president said.

Pence also came to Trumps defense on Wednesday in a series of statements from his official Twitter account that landed right as the president was calling attention to his conversations with Ukrainian officials. Quoting from an interview he did with Fox Business Networks Lou Dobbs, the vice president who wasn't at Trumps news conference in New York denounced Democrats reckless accusations. He also repeated the presidents erroneous claim that Biden threatened to withhold U.S. aid from Ukraine if a prosecutor whom Trump has falsely claimed was investigating Hunter Biden weren't removed from his position.

The vice president is just as solid and loyal as he can get, DeMint said. He is just very thoughtful and strategic and over the next few weeks, he will be the presidents top adviser.

The co-dependency between Trump and Pence has long been demonstrated by their policy portfolios, their synchronized talking points and the role both men play in energizing their MAGA base. Trump, a political neophyte with major character flaws in the eyes of his most ardent evangelical supporters, has allowed his vice president, a devout Christian, to assume powerful roles on foreign policy, health care and religious freedom. As long as Pence remains his dutiful deputy and greatest defender, he gains an automatic head start for his own presidential ambitions in the post-Trump era.

He would never take out Trump because if you are ever seen trying to kill the king, you lose the base, LoBianco said.

But even after three years of Pences obedience and nonstop flattery, there have been signs that Trump is unwilling to reciprocate the same degree of loyalty.

Earlier this summer, the president began soliciting advice from close friends on whether Pence should remain his running mate in 2020 amid reports that he was facing pressure from his daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, to swap out the vice president for a female running mate.

And when Trump was pressed in a June Fox & Friends interview to endorse Pence as his natural successor, he attempted to dodge the question.

Well, its I love Mike; we are running again. Youre talking about a long time, so you cant put in that position, Trump said, adding he was merely willing to give it very strong consideration.

Daniel Lippman contributed to this report.

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