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Activist's Web Site, Tweets Put New Face on Homelessness
Society & Culture  (tags: society, homelessness, usa, culture, ethics, americans, interesting, humans )

Cal
- 13 hours ago - cnn.com
Fourteen years ago, Mark Horvath was in crisis. The former exec was living on the streets in Hollywood, California, where for a dollar he let people take a photograph of his pet iguana, named Dog.
ENVIRONMENT: Tree Plantations Are Not Forests, Women Activists Say
Environment  (tags: environment, habitatdestruction, trees, CO2emissions, ecosystems, world, humans, protection, destruction, conservation, forests )

Cal
- 13 hours ago - ipsnews.net
Touted as "harvested forests," single-crop tree plantations are fast encroaching on the native forests and grasslands of Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, affecting the environment and the lives of local communities, rural women say.
'Global Surge' in Rhino Poaching
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, endangered, killing, protection, animalcruelty, abuse, wildanimals, wildlife, suffering, wildanimals, slaughter, humans, death, AnimalWelfare )

Cal
- 1 hour ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Rhino poaching around the world is on the rise despite efforts to protect the animals, a report warns.The global surge in the illegal trade has been driven by demands from Asian medicinal markets, the study by conservationists concluded.
Antarctica May Heat Up Dramatically as Ozone Hole Repairs, Warn Scientists
Environment  (tags: climatechange, ecosystems, environment, globalwarming, climate-change, climate, world )

Cal
- 24 minutes ago - guardian.co.uk
As blanket of ozone over southern pole seals up, temperatures on continent could soar by 3C, increasing sea level rise by 1.4m
Obama: We Must Reverse Taliban's Momentum
World  (tags: war, Afghanistan, politics, conflict, asia, violence )

Cal
- 11 hours ago - cnn.com
Obama announced he is deploying 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan "at the fastest pace possible" with a goal of starting to withdraw forces from the country in July 2011.
Obama Ally Breaks With Him on Afghanistan
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: military, obama, politics, war, usa, democrats )

Cal
- 11 hours ago - cnn.com
Illinois Rep. Jan Schakowsky was one of President Obama's earliest and most ardent supporters.
Selling Indonesia's Coast for Cheap Prawns and Profit
Business  (tags: habitatdestruction, destruction, world, rights, culture, business, corruption, government, society, politics, money, corporate, dishonesty, economy )

Cal
- 1 hour ago - theecologist.org
Set against the looming construction cranes and gleaming plastic roofs of the newly built factories, the last remaining fishing village in Jakarta Bay looks increasingly out of place.
Dead Sea May Dry Out Completely By 2050
Environment  (tags: climatechange, ecosystems, environment, water, climate, climate-change )

Cal
- 7 hours ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
With water level falling by a meter a year and no measures has been taken yet to reverse the decline, the Dead Sea may soon shrink to a pond or even dry out completely by 2050.
Tempers Rise as Senate Moves Toward Health Vote
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: congress, healthcare, obama, politics, usa )

Cal
- 6 hours ago - hosted.ap.org
A boistrous exercise in democracy
Yogis Not Feeling So Zen About New Regulations
Health & Wellness  (tags: law, government, rights, health, humans, ethics, healthcare, protection )

Cal
- 6 hours ago - msnbc.msn.com
Instructors don't like Virginia's plan to regulate, license would-be teachers
 
 
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