A study showing how ants tunnel their way through confined spaces could aid the design of search-and-rescue robots, according to US scientists
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]]> Hemispheric colour differences on Saturn’s moon Rhea are apparent in this false-colour view from Nasa’s Cassini spacecraft. This image shows the side of the moon that always faces the planet....
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]]> Bacteria that can live and multiply in High Arctic permafrost at temperatures well below the freezing point of water have been discovered by a Canadian-led team of researchers.
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]]> The huge tornado which tore through the suburbs of Oklahoma city has been upgraded to the most powerful type of storm.
Winds reached around 200 mph (320 km/h) and left swathes of the suburb of
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]]> A British soldier was hacked to death by two men shouting Islamic slogans in a south London street on Wednesday, in what the government said appeared to be a terrorist attack.
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]]> I believe our generation can build a world without slavery.
A world where it is unthinkable for one human being to be treated like someone else’s property.
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]]> Canada obviously has a huge stake in the fate of the Keystone XL pipeline. If President Obama fails to approve it — a decision he recently put off yet again – the Canadian oil industry will have a tough time getting its abundant tar-sands crude to seaside
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]]> Sign the petition urging Secretary of State John Kerry to make ending gender-based violence a centerpiece of the United States' foreign assistance
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]]> Each day, war and conflict forces families - mothers, fathers and children - to flee their homes. June 20th is World Refugee Day - UNHCR's chance to make it known that 1 family torn apart by war is too many.
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]]> arget: Wendy’s CEO, Emil Brolick

Goal: Support farm workers’ rights by paying an extra penny per pound of tomatoes

Mcdonald’s, Subway, Burger King, and Taco Bell have all signed onto the Fair Food Program, which increases Florida farm workers’
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]]> KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KSDK) - The non-descript hotel room is full of men and a few women. One of them is young and blonde.

"I've been talking dirty to you all day long," she said to the person on the other end of the phone.

PLEASE WATCH VIDEO
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]]> USA MISSING TEENAGER AGE 18 Can you please help to find her.
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]]> USA MISSING TEENAGER AGE 17 Can you please help to find her.
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]]> USA MISSING TEENAGER AGE 13 Can you please help to find her.
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]]> USA MISSING TEENAGER AGE 13 Can you please help to find him
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]]> USA MISSING TEENAGER AGE 14 Can you please help to find her.
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]]> Maria Alyokhina, an imprisoned member of punk band Pussy Riot, has declared a hunger strike in protest against a court's decision not to allow her to personally attend a hearing on her possible parole release.
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]]> Urge them to act quickly to raise the minimum marriage age to 18, put an end to the male guardianship system, and ensure appropriate safeguards to guarantee that a woman has a real choice in the timing of her marriage and the selection of her spouse.
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]]> Prime Minister David Cameron convened an emergency meeting of Britain's civil emergency committee on Thursday, looking for answers in the aftermath of the daylight hacking death of a man thought to be a British soldier.
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]]> We killed this British soldier. It’s an eye for an eye
Muslim fanatic’s evil rant after beheading-Obama and his consigliere Eric Holder confirms four American citizens killed by drones. One terrorist and three innocent.
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]]> The Bilderberg Fringe Festival can confirm our keynote speakers as David Icke and Alex Jones! This is the first time EVER the two leading speakers will have shared a platform and will make the Fringe Festival a landmark event...
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]]> USA MISSING TEENAGER AGE 16 Can you please help to find her.
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]]> Today is Intl Day to End Obstetric Fistula, a debilitating condition that occurs during labor for women in the developing world. The good news is that it is treatable & preventable. Let's end this tragedy and help women and girls lead lives of dignity!
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]]> According to experts, due to the economic interdependence between the two countries, "Beijing will probably prevent the use of military force and not cause an armed conflict in order to try to expel Washington from the region."
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]]> the Versailles Court of Appeal ruled that the Israeli occupation of territories claimed by Palestinians is legal. The judicial decision put an end to a long process initiated by the French-Palestinian Solidarity Association (ASPF) & the PLO & fined them
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]]> The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides low-income families with the financial assistance they need to purchase food. SNAP is the United States' most successful anti-hunger program; close to 47 million low-income Americans used SNAP
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]]> Anyone that is in power and turns their head away from the situation is as guilty as the people performing the acts of abuse, says Camille Parent
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]]> It's a bit like probiotics for mosquitoes.

When scientists infect mosquitoes with a specific bacterium, the insects become resistant to the malaria parasite.
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]]> We all want the perfect yard. You know, the one that looks like it deserves to be featured in a magazine spread. The one yard that cars slow always slow down for and neighbors talk and ask about. Yards that are full of plush green grass, flowers
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]]> While biofuels have facilitated slow but positive change for farmers in Brazil, other countries have been less successful
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]]> A New York Assembly Bill, (A.B. 2490), is seeking to legalize turtle trapping. If trapping itself were not cruel enough, the bill includes the use of spears and the clubbing to death of snapping turtles.
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]]> Tens of thousands of wild horses, donkeys, and camels in Central Australia are currently suffering after drinking polluted water. Heartbreaking pictures of the gentle animals lying dehydrated and dying in the dust have recently surfaced.

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]]> Written anonymously and passed in secret, the Monsanto Protection Act allows agri-business to ignore court orders blocking the sale of genetically-engineered seeds. I support the repeal of this outrageous special interest provision - and demand a public
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]]> Australia's Great Barrier Reef is rapidly losing its coral, to the point that UNESCO may soon place the natural wonder on its "in danger" list. Climate change is one culprit, but so is the country's booming extraction industry. Environmentalists warn that
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]]> Strictly protected areas such as national parks and biological reserves have been more effective at reducing deforestation in the Amazon rainforest than so-called sustainable-use areas that allow for controlled resource extraction.......
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]]> The level of heat-trapping CO2 has cracked the once-unthinkable barrier of 400 parts per million for the first time in at least three million years. Unless our leaders act boldly and decisively now, we could reach 450 within two decades, triggering
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]]> Oklahoma City isn’t just a place where Thunder star Kevin Durant lives these days. It’s home.
So as he watched the horrifying images Monday as a tornado ripped through suburban Moore, the emotions came bubbling to the surface and so did the
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]]> The first of the seven children who drowned at Plaza Towers Elementary School after the building suffered a direct hit from the monster tornado has been identified.
Nine-year-old Janae Hornsby, whose father said 'always has a smile on her
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]]> Stephen Harper had a golden opportunity to say sorry to Canadians and his caucus for the Senate expenses scandal; to explain what he knew, when; and, to put forward some concrete proposals to restore the public’s faith in Parliament.
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]]> USA ENDANGERED MISSING 1 YEAR OLD CHILD Can you please assist to help find her
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]]> USA MISSING TEENAGER AGE 14 Can you please help to find her.
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]]> Mr. Tyler’s entire home was only 78 square feet. And while his “Midtown mansion,” as he called it, was a far cry from the lavish town homes and shimmering penthouses
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]]> Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed Cody, a robotic nurse the university says is “gentle enough to bathe elderly patients.” There is also HERB, which is short for Home Exploring Robot Butler.
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]]> Former UN secretary-general urges David Cameron to use Britain's G8 chairmanship to push for change
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]]> India is playing a crucial role in not only generating clean and renewable energy, but also looking to conserve water at the same time which is having a big impact on the local environment. There are thousands of canals all across India, and they
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]]> An international team of researchers has developed a system that will help Chinese farmers convert massive amounts of pig waste into a renewable source of energy and fertilizer.
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