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news.nationalgeographic.com The country's decision was inspired by a National Geographic magazine exposé on the illegal ivory trade.

phys.org Indonesia plans to use weather changing technology to try to unleash torrents of rain and extinguish raging fires on Sumatra island that have cloaked neighbouring Singapore in thick haze, an official said Wednesday.

www.motherjones.com A WikiLeaks cable shows that when Spain considered a criminal case against ex-Bush officials, the Obama White House and Republicans got really bipartisan.

www.bbc.co.uk The Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards calls for new measures, including criminal sanctions, to make bankers responsible for their own failings.

Joe's Garage is a 1979 rock opera by Frank Zappa originally released as two separate studio albums on Zappa Records. The project was later remastered and reissued as a triple album box set, Joe's Garage, Acts I, II & III, in 1987.

blogs.discovery.com The industry euphemistically calls it “instantaneous euthanasia” and get this - this is not unusual. It’s apparently legal and widely used in the egg production industry. Even with cage-free eggs.

www.motherjones.com A new report finds debt bondage, nonexistant bathrooms, and children working for a pittance at a "model" shrimp operation in Thailand.

www.huffingtonpost.com Want to make money on the drug war? Start a company that builds military equipment, then sell that gear to local police departments.

"After using around 130,000 gas canisters (excluding those sprayed from the water cannons) since the protests began three weeks ago, the government is now going on an emergency auction to buy 100,000 new ones. 45 new TOMA water cannons and 15 Akrep light...