www.alternet.org The US Conference of Mayors unanimously passed a resolution telling the federal government to respect state and other local pot laws.

www.france24.com More than 22 million people have signed a petition in Egypt demanding the departure of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi and a snap election, the opposition Tamarod (Arabic for rebellion) group said...

snubbed? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2350553/President-Obama-lands-South-Africa-WONT-visiting-ailing-statesman-Nelson-Mandela-condition-remains-critical-stable.html www.dailymail.co.uk President Obama has landed in South Africa, the second...

web.mit.edu New self-assembling photovoltaic technology can keep repairing itself to avoid any loss in performance.

worldnews.nbcnews.com Hundreds of South African demonstrators clashed with police outside of the Soweto campus of the University of Johannesburg on Saturday before a planned appearance by President Obama. Between 150 to 200 demonstrators held signs that...

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk A convicted paedophile priest has claimed an underage prostitution ring has been operating within the Catholic Church, with clergymen hiring rent-boys for sex inside holy buildings.

www.guardian.co.uk Bipartisan group of 26 US senators complain that the Obama administration is relying on a 'body of secret law' to collect massive amounts of data on US citizens

www.aljazeera.com FM Ricardo Patino says Washington should give thorough explanation to citizens of world after NSA surveillance scandal.