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www.democracynow.org A verdict is expected as early as today in the historic trial against U.S.-backed Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt. On Thursday, he testified for the first time during the trial. Democracy Now! speaks to investigative journalist...
www.eff.org The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) — a sprawling international agreement currently being negotiated in secret meetings between government and industry representatives around the world — claims to be focused on the kind of trade regulations...
medicalxpress.com Every cell in our bodies runs on a 24-hour clock, tuned to the night-day, light-dark cycles that have ruled us since the dawn of humanity. The brain acts as timekeeper, keeping the cellular clock in sync with the outside world so that...
www.newyorker.com Aaron Swartz was not yet a legend when, almost two years ago, I asked him to build an open-source, anonymous inbox. His achievements were real and varied, but the events that would come to define him to the public...
rt.com With both the CIA and MI6 secretly providing 'ghost money' bribes to the Afghan political establishment, it’s likely that Afghans will increasingly support a resurgent Taliban and the drug trade will be further propped up.
news.yahoo.com The city of Keene, New Hampshire, is suing a group of do-gooders for allegedly topping off parking meters of strangers. The group, which calls itself "Robin Hood and his Merry Men," likes to leave notes on the windshields of cars that are...
indigenoushistory.wordpress.com The first immigrants to Europe arrived thousands of years ago from central Asia. Most pre-contact Europeans lived together in small villages. Because the continent was very crowded, their lives wer...
www.independent.co.uk For much of the world, Bahrain is notable for unpalatable reasons related to its repression of democracy protests. For the Prince of Wales, the Gulf state is of more interest – it is claimed – as a business opportunity for the charity...
www.policymic.com The NRA wants to be sure you can practice before you shoot your ex-girlfriend. Actually.
phenomena.nationalgeographic.com It's easy to forget sometimes that evolution is always a work in progress. We contemplate the eye or look upon an oak tree, and ask, how could they be any better? Somehow, in those moments of awe, ...
inhabitat.com Energy Fuels Resources - a Canadian company - has received federal approval to proceed with a uranium mine the size of a Walmart parking lot despite a ban put in place by President Obama last year
21stcenturywire.com These are not mere coincidences - these are the most well-connected people you can imagine.
chronicle.com Class divides in protest movements have never been as simple as they seemed.
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www.talkradionews.com In a speech in Mexico City today, President Obama shut the door on any possibility that he'll support efforts in his second term to legalize marijuana
www.bloomberg.com At Ngoc Sinh Seafoods Trading & Processing Export Enterprise, a seafood exporter on Vietnam’s southern coast, workers stand on a dirty floor sorting shrimp one hot September day. There’s trash on the floor, and flies crawl over baskets...
grist.org Grist’s green-living pioneer sets out like a modern-day, anarchist Janie Appleseed, lobbing "seed bombs" in an effort to pretty up her city.
earth911.com If you take a minute and look at which food scraps you’re throwing away, this is possible. It turns out some fruits and vegetables can be regrown from scraps, which means you can grow your own food without starting it from seeds. You won’t...
abcnews.go.com A 93-year-old man who was deported from the U.S. for lying about his Nazi past was arrested by German authorities Monday on allegations he served as an Auschwitz death camp guard, Stuttgart prosecutors said. Hans Lipschis was taken into...
www.washingtonpost.com They would have a filibuster-proof super-majority in the Senate, a majority in the House, a 5-4 majority on the Supreme Court, and a man in the White House.
www.ipsnews.net 'Pirates' Contest Icelandic Elections - And Win - With an unprecedented number of political parties contesting Iceland’s latest elections, Icelanders are discovering that if they are passionate about a particular issue, they need simply...
www.scribd.com Governor Brownback signed SB102 in April, 2013 - a bill that nullifies most federal gun laws, rules, regulations, etc. In response, Eric Holder himself sent a letter to Kansas threatening action against Kansas if they attempt to enforce...
www.salon.com New data reveals mega-banks still illegally foreclosing on thousands. Get this: The housing settlement allows it
Amy Meyer wanted to see the slaughterhouse for herself. She had heard that anyone passing by could view the animals, so she drove to Dale Smith Meatpacking, and looked through the barbed-wire fence...
www.commondreams.org Hundreds of people from the Xingu and Tapajós river basins began an indefinite protest of the main construction site of the controversial Belo Monte Dam on Thursday, May 2. Check out the pictures below for a glimpse of what's happening...
