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]]> Google has released the beta version of a new browser, hoping to rival Microsoft Explorer.
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]]> "Since the article "Is There an Army Cover Up of the Rape and Murder of Women Soldiers," the deaths of two more U.S. Army women in Iraq and Afghanistan have been listed as suicides..."
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]]> A Belgian aristocrat leads park rangers in fight to protect gorillas from poachers and rebel militias.
Given the genocidal record of Belgium's King Leopold II in the Congo towards the end of the 19th century, the choice of Emmanuel de Merode - a descenda
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]]> SEAL BEACH, Calif. (Map, News) - Divers have rescued a green sea turtle that has been trapped for weeks in a canal near a Seal Beach power plant.

The 45-pound turtle was grabbed by a diver on Friday in a cooling water discharge channel for the Haynes G
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]]> KARACHI, Aug 29: The federal government has banned the import of tigers, lions and other big cat species.

According to highly placed sources, earlier, the federal government, following regular incidents of smuggling of big cats by certain wildlife traf
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]]> A birthday party is scaled back. Baby gifts and nursery furniture are stored. And families are divided over who will go and who will stay.
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]]> The Dorje Shugden Society is trying to put a stop to the ban on the worship of Dorje Shugden on the basis of India’s constitution, a country where you are free to worship almost anything.
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]]> A major Buddhist monastery in Tibet's capital Lhasa has reopened to visitors after the March 14 riot, according to monastery staff.
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]]> The top 11 things you should know about Sarah Palin: 1) She is presently under investigation in Alaska for abuse of power 2) She strongly supports big oil (her husband works for oil company BP) 3) She stands for everything that Hillary Clinton stood again
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]]> For more than thirty years, exit polls accurately predicted election results. Over the last ten years that reliability has disappeared. What's going on?
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]]> Peace activist Ouyporn Khuankaew tells The Bangkok Post why she's embraced Buddhist spirituality in her work to help victims of gender-based violence
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]]> "Protecting polar bears gets in way of drilling for oil", says governor Sarah Palin....
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]]> LONDON (AFP) - Military chiefs are to meet with an animal rights group on Tuesday to discuss alternatives to the traditional bearskin hats famously worn by the guards at Buckingham Palace. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) are to hald tal
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]]> ATLANTA -- Lun Lun, one of Zoo Atlanta's pandas, gave birth to a cub Saturday night.

The cub was born at 10:10 p.m., according to an announcement on the zoo's Web site.

Delivery took place in a specially-constructed birthing den in the Zoo’s giant p
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]]> McCain's vice-presidential pick, Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin, sued the Bush Administration in federal court recently, charging it was too accepting of climate change studies which overstated the phenomenon's impact on polar bears. The result, she argued, wou
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]]> MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - More than 150,000 Mexicans dressed in white marched on Saturday to protest a wave of kidnappings and gruesome murders, putting pressure on President Felipe Calderon to meet his promises to crack down on crime
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]]> "It is the intent of this lecture to draw attention to the fact that much of the stuff of science fiction is a deadly serious subject matter."

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]]> According to Meadows et. al. (2004 the earth long ago (circa 1980) passed its carrying capacity to provide the resources necessary for humanity and absorb humanity's emissions.
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]]> WHO (World Health Organization) figures to estimate that by 2030, the number of deaths from global warming will average 300,000 people per year.
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]]> Short but telling news expose of the "prison for protesters" set up in Denver for the Democratic Convention. What right do officials have to lock up peaceful demonstrators exercising their right of free speech? Thanks to Pete C. for the link.
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]]> What will we do when thinking computers are common technology? Read about the Singularity, sometimes called "The Rapture of the Nerds." Will we be the masters, or the slaves? Thought-provoking read.
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]]> Scientists say the next great killer flu is coming - when? Unknown, bu they say it's just a matter of time. Great article here on the 1918 flu pandemic and a link to an extensive site that will help you ready yourself * your loved ones for what's coming.
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]]> Compelling footage of the police state that now exists in Denver. Whether you support the Democratic candidate or not, if you are a truly thinking person, you have to admit that THIS is wrong. Presented by the American News Project. Amerika, Amerika....
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]]> “Tree planting is a contribution towards addressing the issue of global warming, but only as a complement to the most important action – reducing the use of fossil fuels, and the emissions of carbon dioxide that entails.”
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]]> A Long Island pastor says one of his congregants donated a lottery ticket to his church just after scratching it off and realizing it was worth $3 million.Pastor Bertrand Crabbe of the True North Community Church of Port Jefferson says the donor, who a
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]]> Child victims of sexual exploitation and trafficking are often blamed and punished across South Asia, where weak national legislation can lead to further victimization of them, according to a UNICEF report launched on Wednesday.

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]]> A lawsuit filed in California against Kellogg, Brown and Root on Wednesday alleges the company and its subcontractor were involved in a human trafficking plan that forced Nepali men to work against their will in Iraq.
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]]> When minorities, women, seniors, and people with disabilities are not fairly represented at news operations at all levels – particularly as owners – Americans see, hear, and read fewer diverse viewpoints. How the public views issues – and whether or not
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]]> "She's either grossly misinformed or intentionally misleading. Even the Bush administration can't deny the reality of global warming. She is aligning herself and the state of Alaska with the most discredited, fringe, extreme viewpoints by denying this."
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]]> Rebels and the army fought one of their fiercest battles in eastern Congo this year on Thursday, exchanging machine-gun and mortar fire all day outside a national park that is home to some of the world's last mountain gorillas.
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]]> A number of disabled Nevadans told state officials Tuesday that budget cuts will result in many of them losing jobs, losing their independence and being institutionalized."What they're cutting is bathing, grooming and dressing," said longtime disabled ad
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]]> Tough economic times are painting a startling picture about the poverty rate in Western Massachusetts. The situation has gotten so bad that a group of social service agencies gathered at St. Michael's Cathedral in Springfield to encourage awareness

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]]> Turning wood chips into fuelMenlo Park, Calif.'s ZeaChem has come up with a way to turn wood chips into ethanol that will sell for around $1.10 a gallon or less when it comes out in 2010. Brewing and petrochemical technology go into the mix.
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]]> Tanned, dirty and hungry, two men who spent three months crossing the Pacific on a raft made of plastic bottles to raise awareness of ocean debris finally stepped onto dry land."We made it," hollered Marcus Eriksen to a crowd of about two dozen gathered
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]]> Microsoft's upcoming IE8 supposedly has a lot of bells & whistles to make web surfing faster and easier, but there's one that's grabbed all the media attention: InPrivate Browsing. Read all about it right here.
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]]> Tragically, the Ministry of Environment in Japan currently allows thousands of snow monkeys to be killed each year. Now they are considering allowing the live capture of snow monkeys for laboratory research. We cannot let this happen. Please send letters
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]]> The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released an official complaint stating that the contract laboratory investigated by PETA in 2002 and 2003, which was employed by pet-food manufacturer Iams, “has shown a lack of good faith.”
The government complain
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]]> Great info from the Sierra Club on drilling for oil - the facts, the consequences and how it's not a panacea for prices at the pump.
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]]> The American Schutzstaffel has conducted its first terrorist action aimed at people planning to protest at the Republican National Convention. It can only get worse...
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]]> Since passage of the Patriot Act, many companies based outside of the United States have been reluctant to store client information in the U.S
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]]> The US Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court ruling that would have allowed a Kansas meat packer to test all its cows for mad cow disease. But now, the Bush administration can prohibit meat packers from doing so. Way to go - NOT!
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