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German Athletes Explore Olympic Protest Options
World  (tags: china, freedoms, humanrights, tibet, oylmpics )

Corinne
- 626 days ago - dw-world.de
"We will express our protest during the Games not in reference to Tibet but in a general way concerning abiding to human rights and freedom of press," said a statement on the network's website. "That is because the Olympic Charter ....
Human Rights Groups File Torture Suit Against Rumsfeld
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: abuse, government, crime, politics, bushadministration, torture )

Corinne
- 781 days ago - dw-world.de
French, German and US human rights groups have filed a lawsuit in France accusing former US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld of torture during the "war on terror."
State of the Arctic Looking Grim
Environment  (tags: climate, globalwarming, arctic meltdown )

Corinne
- 789 days ago - livescience.com
The Arctic is under increasing stress from warming temperatures as shrubs colonize the tundra, changing wildlife habitat and local climate conditions, researchers said Wednesday.
Rubbish Managers Say Germans Are Number One in Recycling
Green Lifestyle  (tags: recycle, German )

Corinne
- 946 days ago - dw-world.de
Some people say no one likes to separate their trash as much as Germans -- even troops stationed in Afghanistan are reported to separate their rubbish. It's a chacteristic that trash pleases trash management companies.
UN Says Global Warming Is Confusing Birds and Whales
Environment  (tags: globalwarming, scientists, birds, whales )

Corinne
- 952 days ago - dw-world.de
During meetings on climate change among representatives from over 100 countries, specialists said global warming is confusing the biological clocks of birds and whales -- disrupting their migration patterns.
Even Camels Aren't Safe From Global Warming
Environment  (tags: australia, globalwarming, animals, camels )

Corinne
- 1004 days ago - motherjones.com
Australia's current drought, the worst in a century, is driving its feral camels mad with thirst. The country's 1 million wild camels, the largest population in the world,
World Must Condemn Human Rights Abuses in Darfur
World  (tags: Darfur human rights abuses )

Corinne
- 1009 days ago - dw-world.de
"Witnesses, victims and observers we met repeatedly confirmed joint action between Government forces and armed militia in assaulting civilian targets in Darfur," the report said.
U.S. Bees Succumbing to Mystery Disease
Environment  (tags: agriculture, endangered, ecosystems, health, bees )

Corinne
- 1026 days ago - worldwatch.org
oneybee populations in the United States are being decimated by a mysterious new disease, the Associated Press reported last week. The previously unknown ailment, termed "colony collapse disorder," is killing
Man Badly Burned By Cell Phone
Society & Culture  (tags: )

Corinne
- 1064 days ago - sfgate.com
A cell phone in the front pocket of a Vallejo man's pants spontaneously combusted, quickly ignited his clothes and left the man with second- and third-degree burns across at least half his body
US Air Force Pursuing Antimatter Weapons
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: )

Corinne
- 1082 days ago - sfgate.com
The U.S. Air Force is quietly spending millions of dollars investigating ways to use a radical power source -- antimatter, the eerie "mirror" of ordinary matter -- in future weapons.
 
 
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