Every Briton has 3,254 pieces of personal information stored about him or her each week. Telephone calls, swipes of a card and clicks of a mouse are being recorded and stored. What about the US? Noted in Doomwatch Legacy by Sunstroke author David Kagan.
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]]> IT'S embarrassing but, yes, some of us need to flush twice when we go to the toilet.However, regularly 'making sure' has meant one 57-year-old woman faces eviction after a neighbour complained about the noise. Mwynwen Jones's case reached the High Court,
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]]> Alarming article about the rise of world-wide coastal oceanic dead zones, exacerbated by human activity, especially fertilizer run-off. The number of oxygen-starved oceanic areas has doubled every 10 years since the 1960s.
We cannot kill our oceans!
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]]> LifeStraw is an instrument which instantly purifies the water and makes it ready to drink with the chromatographic techniques and other well-known filter methods. Great for African people who are fighting with the diseases because of dirty water sources
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]]> ...a strange little story in an obscure American magazine for Orthodox Jews, claiming that a descendant of Adolf Hitler had converted to Judaism and was living in Israel...
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]]> New Technology Reveals Higher Number of New HIV Infections in the United States than Previously Known.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today that an estimated 56,300 HIV infections occurred in the United States in 2006.
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]]> Made by tiny plants in the ocean, dimethylsulfide helps make clouds in the sky.If DMS production is speeded up by global climate change, as many scientists believe it will be, then it could provide a cooling effect. That means DMS could help offset greenh
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]]> Wildlife researchers said Tuesday that they've discovered 125,000 western lowland gorillas deep in the forests of the Republic of Congo, calling it a major increase in the animal's estimated population.

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]]> ...the first transplant of complete arms after several years of preparatory work. The patient is doing well under the circumstances. Six years ago, the 54 year old farmer lost both his arms at upper arm level during an accident.
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]]> Birds as big as human beings are breeding out of control near Germany's Baltic coast, giving a shock to sparrows, blackbirds and other small-fry native species. The newcomer is the nandu, a tough, ostrich-style avian from Argentina which is
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]]> A lesbian couple who welcomed four new babies to their family on the same day are enjoying life as the proud parents of quads, according to an interview with the Daily Mail published on Tuesday. Karen Wesolowski and Martha Padgett....
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]]> A 44-pound feline was found waddling around without a collar in Voorhees, and officials at the Camden County Animal Shelter hope she gets a nice -- hopefully, diet-friendly -- home. Shelter officials are calling the porky cutie "Princess Chunk."
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]]> H.H. the Dalai Lama offers his blessing to 'Candle for Tibet' the world's largest light protest. 1,000,000,000 people will hold a candle light vigil for Tibetan freedom.
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]]> Ready for the latest in spa pampering? Prepare to dunk your tootsies in a tank of water and let tiny carp nibble away.
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]]> Penguins from frigid waters near the bottom of the world are washing up closer to the equator than ever before, Brazilian wildlife authorities said Wednesday.
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]]> Giant sheets of ice totaling almost eight square miles broke off an ice shelf in the Canadian Arctic last week and more could follow later this year, scientists said on Tuesday.
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]]> A gunman opened fire at a church youth performance Sunday and killed two people. UUA churches, promote progressive social work, such as desegregation and fighting for the rights of women and gays. The FBI is assisting in case it's a hate crime.
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]]> It's amazing how much you can learn years later about evidence that's been right under your nose all along.
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]]> On a recent crisp autumn afternoon in Iowa, video cameras captured an unusual and visually dramatic result of two air masses colliding. Clouds split into a series of stripes and swept across the sky.
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]]> It never ceases to amaze me how so many people can toss their dogs out like yesterday’s trash, or leave a loyal companion in a shelter feeling terrified, stressed and confused. Dogs are not just dogs to me. For some people, when it
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]]> But the adoption lottery in St. Johns County was still considered a success.
The light-brown German shepherd mix pawed at the air as people kept walking past his cage.


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]]> from beyond death will I return, rewarding or punishing, as ye have requited your truest. Chosen was I from the sons of men, space and time became as naught. Get conscious, help Save our Earth !

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]]> I'm sorry to publish this, very sorry indeed, pls don't watch it when you cannot stomach it.
These are the cries from dogs on their way to Guangzhou market in China
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]]> An area of Amazon rainforest in eastern Ecuador has been shown to be home to more than 100 different species of bats.
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]]> Watch these two videos for simple guidelines on how to participate in the global Grace Light meditation this July 17th. The first video provides instructions on how to prepare for the meditation. The second video is a guided Grace Light meditation that y
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]]> Taken from a plane that was flying low over the canopy of the Amazon rainforest, a remarkable photograph that is the first proof of the existence of one of the world's last uncontacted tribes could play a vital part in ensuring their survival.
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]]> WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators are six months into a wide-ranging investigation of U.S. oil markets, with a focus on possible price manipulation.
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]]> Apparently rodeo folks aren't proud enough of their cowgirl heritage to pony up the money themselves for their Cowgirl Museum.
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]]> Soldier deployed donates his horses
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]]> Lowery also reported there is an ongoing problem with the 12 dogs and residents living at the Lylewood Road mobile home, and authorities never can make contact with the owner. On Thursday, Animal Control Officer Donna Odom went to the
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]]> Repeated conservation efforts have failed to check the accidental death of tigers in Uttar Pradesh. On Saturday morning, the carcass of an adult male tiger was found floating in Sharda canal in Mailani range of South Kheri forest division. The
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]]> A chemical commonly found in pet shampoo could contribute to the development of autism, scientists have found.
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]]> Two days before the earthquake struck China last Monday, thousands of toads migrated out of the epicenter area. Wild animals have a sixth sense. Sunstroke author David Kagan writes about animals sensing disasters before they happen in Doomwatch Legacy.
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]]> Dr. Peter Beaumont broke open a chicken egg and found a dead gecko inside. Australian scientists are trying to discover how the tiny lizard found its way inside the egg. Sunstroke author David Kagan writes about animal anomalies in Doomwatch Legacy.
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]]> Home Stretch Animal Rescue (HSAR) is a small, non-profit, all-volunteer rescue organization dedicated to providing rescue, medical care, rehabilitation, and adoption services for companion animals.
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]]> International Animal Rescue has warmly welcomed the decision by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to ban spring hunting in Malta. This is an interim measure, preventing the government from opening the 2008 hunting and trapping season for turtle dove
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]]> Bill Bailey, comedian, actor and musician and valued patron of International Animal Rescue, supported the charity’s campaign against dog killing in Kerala on 2 May by joining a peaceful protest outside the Indian High Commission in London.
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]]> The Uist Hedgehog Rescue (UHR)¹ coalition, of which IAR is a founding member, is celebrating the relocation of more than 1,000 hedgehogs from the Uists and their release into new territories on the mainland. The coalition has been relocating hedgehogs
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]]> "There are pros and cons," said Colleen Tansey a fourth-year veterinary student who works at the Cat Care Clinic in California. "The obvious cons to declawing are what you're doing is you're actually taking the bone piece to the nail of the cat.
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]]> On April 23, 2008, the owner of a roofing company was arrested after allegedly deliberately burning to death a mother raccoon who had crawled inside a tar machine with her babies.
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]]> Even though he didn’t break out of orbit, Sprocket most certainly visited another world. He went on his first sleepover! And to him, the tile flooring was an insane human contraption not to be trusted whatsoever. Still, the Best Friends volunteers who too
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]]> The eclectic list includes birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and insects. Some are well known, such as the northern right whale and Sumatran rhino, while others are more obscure, including Abbot's booby.
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]]> The world's wildlife has declined by 27 percent since 1970 because of the human impact on the environment, the World Wildlife Fund said Friday.
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]]> Thailand’s Tiger Temple is the place where you can meet some friendly tigers, shake hands, pet them or rub their bellies.

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]]> A school that banned a student from wearing clothing with a gay pride message has been reprimanded by a judge.
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]]> A Plantation, Fla., man has been hospitalized after he touched a live electric wire while attempting to retrieve a nest of parakeet eggs from a substation.
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]]> The parents of a teenager killed by an escaped tiger at the San Francisco Zoo filed a claim against the city Thursday, seeking monetary compensation for the mauling of their 17-year-old son. Carlos Sousa Jr. died Dec. 25 when a Siberian tiger named
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