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- It’s no longer as rare as it looks... and could spell the end of many debilitating hereditary diseases Kaydon and Layton Wood are just five yet already they are local celebrities. Dressed i...
A busy London bridge was forced to close today as thousands of protesters joined a demonstration against the Government's controversial health reforms. Westminster Bridge was shut to traffic as around 2,5...
Protesters inspired by the growing 'Occupy Wall Street' movement in the U.S are planning to establish a tent city in London's financial district next weekend A Facebook page titled 'Occupy London's Stock ...
Liam Fox’s close friend tried to cover up a controversial Dubai meeting which led to the
Defence Secretary becoming embroiled in a ‘blackmail’ scandal, it was claimed last night. Adam Werritty, the beleag...
Liam Fox issued a humiliating apology last night over his working relationship with a close friend. In a desperate attempt to save his job, the embattled Defence Secretary admitted he had ‘blurred the lin...
*"The only thing I can say for certain is that once I owned who I am, a great burden was lifted from me."* *-- Mark Nelson, from a recent Mark Nelson Newsletter, as quoted in my Wednesday post* *by Ken* ...
[image: Feeling good? Half of us are wildly optimistic, expecting the best even when faced with prediction after prediction of doom and gloom according to the study] Feeling good? Half of us are wildly ...
Violence in Cairo has left 24 people dead after Christians protested against an attack on a church in the Egyptian capital. Egyptian health ministry officials said more than 150 were also injured in the ...
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 30.2 km (18.8 miles), the quake hit at 02:45:56 UTC Monday 10th October 2011. The epicenter was 63 km ( 39 miles) NN...
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 78.1 km (48.5 miles), the quake hit at 00:54:14 UTC Monday 10th October 2011. The epicenter was 137 km ( 85 miles) Northeast of Luganville, Espiri...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck off the Coast of Greece, Central Mediterranean Sea at a depth of 39.4 km (24.4 miles), the quake hit at 21:23:09 UTC Sunday 9th October 2011. The epicenter was 124 km ...
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck South of the Kermadec Islands at a depth of 26.1 km (16.2 miles), the quake hit at 20:28:04 UTC Sunday 9th October 2011. The epicenter was 109 km ( 67 miles) South of ...
When I hit 35, not only had I not found a man I could consider spending my life with, I hadn’t even found a man I could stay with for six months without panicking and leaving. I was convinced I was sma...
Book Review: Explore the Universe through the eyes of two Japanese girls in this new Manga comic-based book.
"This Hubble Heritage image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 3982, about 68 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. It's hard to imagine a more glorious galaxy than NGC 3982, a face-on spiral ...
*"FCC-FEMA: Nationwide Emergency Alert System Test Nov 9th"* by Pure Pursuit Intelligence Center "The juicy parts: ”On Nov. 9, 2011, at 2 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST), the FCC and FEMA will conduct the...
Amigo suscriptor, miembro de nuestra comunidad en Facebook, seguidor en Twitter y visitante en general, le invitamos a conocer nuestra nueva página de imágenes completamente rediseñada para ofrecerle acces...
Mashaal Tammo (1958 - October 7, 2011) founder of the Kurdish Future Movement Party, and a nationalist opposition leader in Syria. In his latest article, "Turkey Accused of Killing Kurd Leader – Trying to ...
Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Thanks for stopping by.
-by my friend Juan, who's there A Taste of DC is 3 day food fest in Washington, D.C. featuring bad food and music by the festival line-up of Styx (look out, Neil Schon... Tommy Shaw in da house!) Anyway,...
"If I am what I have, and I lose what I have, who then am I?" - Erich Fromm • If the only way you can define yourself is by what you have, then you have, and are, nothing at all... - CP
"In this year, before Christmas, King Henry sent from Normandy to England, and commanded that all the moneyers that were in England should be deprived of their members; that was the right hand of each, an...
Civilians fleeing Bani Walid and Sirte say the two Libyan cities fighting off the revolutionary forces are turning into a trap. The eyewitnesses told of no food, no medical aid – and no care for civilian...
A pall of silence fell over the German parliament as Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble went up to the lectern last Thursday. The debate over the expansion of the euro backstop fund, the European Financial...
Next week, the Nobel Prize in Economics will be awarded. A few days later, millions of Americans will start receiving in the mail their third-quarter statements for their investments, from 401k files to mu...
You don't have to be a science major to know that heat rises: Just step into an attic on a hot summer day. But what you might not know is that this basic scientific reality could also help create clean ene...
With the Tesla Model S, Elon Musk seems to be trying to do for the electric car what Apple's iPod did for music -- make it profitable and very, very cool. Musk, a serial innovator who already started PayP...
Protesters who've gathered under the banner of "Occupy Wall Street" are looking to light a movement, but as hundreds of demonstrators rally against corporate "greed and corruption," they have a long way to...
Financial markets are driving the world towards another Great Depression. The authorities, particularly in Europe, have lost control of the situation. They need to regain control and they need to do so now...
A Formula One tycoon is linking up with KLM, the Dutch airline, to develop spacecraft that could bring every city on Earth within two hours' travel time. A British passenger was the first to buy a $93,000...
A trade group representing the cell phone industry said Tuesday it will file a federal lawsuit challenging San Francisco's new law to provide radiation information. The suit comes the week The City's new ...
Business is booming, I have made good profits since the Taliban were ousted," said a smiling Sayed Habib as he showed Western dresses to young women in one of Kabul's glitziest shopping malls. Habib, 34, ...
Starbucks hopes customers will be willing to pay at least $5 more when they stop in for their morning cup of Joe. Starting Nov. 1, Starbucks will begin collecting donations of $5 or more from customers to...
The defining geopolitical drama of the next century will be the battle for power and influence between China and America. That emerging struggle is already posing awkward choices for Asian countries, caugh...
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"The establishments of both political parties — whether because of actual conviction or political calculation — are equally devoted to the National Security State, the Surveillance State, and the endless...
Politicians fought Sunday to cast the ongoing Wall Street protests in a very different light, with two GOP presidential candidates calling them "class warfare" and two prominent Democrats expressing supp...
At least 20 people were killed Sunday when Egyptian army forces clashed with thousands of people protesting more than a week after the burning of a Coptic Christian church, officials said. Dr. Sheriff Dos...
The demonstrators on Wall Street and those at almost 500-plus other OccupyEverythingUSA local groups have been told that they must have a demand or a set of certain issues that will define their mission if...
Yeah, that's how it really is, and those fools are too arrogant and stupid to see it. I believe they may find out... -CP
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After a great weekend of rugby action, what has emerged as the remaining four contenders for World Cup glory are four teams, three of which are coached by New Zealanders. Henry v Deans v Gatland. May t...
*Not the Philippines, not Jamaica-- snow, cold... Sweden* One of my friends has taken to fantasizing out loud about "Swedish girls." He should just go get a dvd; I'm sure there are scores of them on the to...
* * *"Destructive Lies & Myths We Believe Despite All Evidence To The Contrary"* by the “Too Many Mornings” Blog "Look, I don’t mean to keep harping on this, but lower-income bracket people like us are pai...
*"A New Lost Decade Is Leading To Revolution"* by Paul B. Farrell *"Memo to the Super Rich, your high-paid lobbyists and your no-compromise political puppets whose sole mission is destroying the presidency...
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*"I Stand With The Protesters"* By Lee Adler "I stand with the protesters. We as a society must stop pretending. Most of us think that we still have money in the bank to protect, so we go along with the ...
*"Lee Adler Gets It. Why Don't You?"* by Karl Denninger "Another one comes to the light... "We as a society must stop pretending. Most of us think that we still have money in the bank to protect, so we ...
Murderous gambit aimed at provoking Kurdish militants – who have until now stayed out of US-backed unrest in Syria. by Tony Cartalucci ** October 10, 2011 - Turkey a NATO member, and notorious butchers of...
This weekend I have visited Family who I don't get the opportunity to see as often as I would like. Speaking by telephone is no substitute for real face-to-face contact. Being aware of the foul forces d...
*CENSORED NEWS* *Oct. 9, 2011* *This week’s top stories:* Lakotas, Dakotas, testify against Keystone pipeline in South Dakota by Vi Waln: http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2011/10/lakotas-dakotas-testify-on-...
Dangerous: New data shows that passengers have not always been told when planes have had toxic fumes on board. British airlines have been hit by toxic fumes leaking on board at a rate of five flights a we...
The prefectural government of Fukushima on Sunday started ultrasonic thyroid examinations for children aged up to 18 when the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant began in March. In a move...
*Top UK Conservative politician Liam Fox and friend. **Website for this image** * Why is the UK's Liam Fox being got at by the media? (UK DEFENCE SCRETARY TO BE SACKED?) *1.* Liam Fox wants to *stop* *the...
To D-fox: if you're reading this, please contact us at thecomingcrisis@gmail.com. It's important -- we believe.
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The Russian secret service authorised the “elimination” of individuals living overseas who were judged to be enemies of the state and ordered the creation of special units to conduct such operations, accor...
Figures from a range of institutions show wide variation in the amount of “contact time” with academics that undergraduates will get once tuition fees rise next year to up to £9,000 a year. In some arts s...
People who take a daily dose of aspirin are twice as likely to suffer blindness in later life, a study suggests. Researchers who tested more than 4,000 elderly people across Europe found that those who t...
was recently at a fundraising dinner for Mind, the leading mental health charity in the UK. One of the big themes for the evening (other than Stephen Fry's investiture as president), was the idea of art as...
Outside the U.S. government, President Obama's order to kill American citizen Anwar al-Awlaki without due process has proved controversial, with experts in law and war reaching different conclusions. Insid...
Pakistan is the source of explosives in the vast majority of makeshift bombs insurgents in Afghanistan planted this summer to attack U.S. troops, according to U.S. military commanders. From June through A...
The world savings rate has surpassed its modern-era high of 24pc. This is the killer in the global system. It is why we are at imminent risk of tipping into a second, deeper leg of intractable depression. ...
Denmark has introduced what’s believed to be the world’s first fat food tax, applying a surcharge to foods with more than 2.3 percent saturated fats, in an effort to combat obesity and heart disease. Dane...
Three weeks ago, a man behaving strangely in a city subway station in Hong Kong attracted the attention of police, fearing he may be a terrorist plotting a train attack. When police searched him, they fou...
Despite the growing Solyndra scandal, yesterday the Department of Energy approved $1 billion in new loans to green energy companies -- including a $737 million loan guarantee to a company known as SolarR...
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake has struck the Katla Volcano, Iceland at a depth of just 1.1 km (0 miles), the quake hit at 17:36:35 UTC Sunday 9th October 2011. The epicenter was 4.1 km ( 2.5 miles) North of...
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck the Kuril Islands at a depth of 80.3 km (49.9 miles), the quake hit at 16:34:08 UTC Sunday 9th October 2011. The epicenter was 188 km ( 117 miles) ENE from Kushiro, Hok...
A concerned reader and friend wrote in to us with feelings of confusion over no 4th Elenin alignment quake event taking place, despite all the data pointing toward the likelihood of such an occurrence happ...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Taiwan Region at a depth of 15 km (9.3 miles), the quake hit at 15:54:25 UTC Sunday 9th October 2011. The epicenter was 28 km ( 17.4 miles) South of Taitung, Taiwan...
Growing up in Ontario back when it used to have winters, young boys gravitated to frozen ponds, streams and lakes. We'd skate or play hockey or sometimes just marvel at walking across expanses of frozen...
[image: Regional map of annual net primary production anomalies derived from subtraction of the 2009 and 2010 from 2008 total NPP values from the CASA (Carnegie Ames Stanford Approach) simulation model. ...
[image: Images of white pox affected A. palmata at Looe Key, from June 2008, to June 2009, to July 2009 (left to right), show colony growth and partial mortality. Scales bars are 3 cm on a side or 3 cm i...
*The Wartburg, overlooking Eisenach in Thuringia, housed the ruling landgraves of Thuringia until the mid-15th century.* *by Ken* As I indicated in Friday night's "sneak peek" preview, we're easing into W...
Authorities said 20 protesters were arrested at about 12:45 a.m. Friday when they refused to leave Cesar Chavez Plaza, the site of the Occupy Sacramento demonstration. Both police and protesters describe...
Salvage crews are facing a race against time to off-load oil from a stranded container ship in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty. Gale force winds are forecast from Monday afternoon - which could hamper operat...
[image: A woman holds her baby as they are evacuated from a hospital in flooded area of Thailand's Ayutthaya province October 9, 2011. Chaiwat Subprasom / REUTERS] By Khettiya Jittapong, Kochakorn Boonl...
Three indigenous groups in Canada are working with us to commence forensic archaeological digs on their territories at the mass grave sites of children who died in residential schools. What really happen...
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CENSORED NEWS - 12 hours ago
By Brenda Norrell Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com WASHINGTON -- An assistant editor at the conservative The American Spectator brags about his role in the incident on Saturday when Occupy D...
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck the South Indian at a depth of 14.7 km (9.1 miles), the quake hit at 14:47:18 UTC Sunday 9th October 2011. The epicenter was 468 km ( 291 miles) Southeast from Inhamban...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Luzon, Philippines at a depth of 45.7 km (28.4 miles), the quake hit at 13:25:36 UTC Sunday 9th October 2011. The epicenter was 64 km ( 39 miles) East of Baguio, Luzon,...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Celebes Sea. Philippines at a depth of 579.4 km (360 miles), the quake hit at 21:33:54 UTC Sunday 9th October 2011. The epicenter was 275 km ( 170 miles) Southeast...
On his knees, Nawroz prays. He is a condemned man about to die in a brutal way. His crime: The killing of his lover's husband. The judge: A local warlord in Kand, Afghanistan. The executioner: The vic...
There's a report on the BBC News website from reporter Naomi Grimley. As it stands there is only a little bit of bias: "This party conference must almost feel like a vacation for David Cameron after the l...
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player The Koch brothers have given more than $100 million to conservative politicians and right-wing front groups. But even after they were exposed for ...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck South of Java, Indonesia at a depth of 28.9 km (18 miles), the quake hit at 11:43:25 UTC Sunday 9th October 2011. The epicenter was 232 km ( 144 miles) North of Christm...
Jane Bradley, producer at BBC London TV News, tweeting yesterday: She's your typical Guardian-reading BBC lefty, but don't just take my word for it: I notice that she groups the BBC journalists in wit...
The National Air and Space Museum was closed yesterday after anti-war protesters stormed the building and were repelled by guards using pepper spray. Hundreds of people, who were demonstrating in Washingt...
Liam Fox is facing sensational new claims that he lied - as fellow Cabinet Ministers withdraw support from the embattled Defence Secretary. Shadow Defence Secretary Jim Murphy increased the pressure on Dr ...
The mysterious 'Forest Boy' who claimed to have spent years in woods has never lived in the wild, according to German police. They now suspect the story of 17-year-old Ray' after examination of his clothe...
*And their *hearing* is failing as well, just like their industry. * *Perhaps this is the reason why. The number of stories and amount of print that has been devoted to the Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Bo...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Tarapaca, Chile at a depth of 111.7 km (69.4 miles), the quake hit at 09:55:17 UTC Sunday 9th October 2011. The epicenter was 112 km ( 70 miles) East of Arica, Chile No...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck East of the North Island of New Zealand at a depth of 48.7 km (30.3 miles), the quake hit at 09:53:08 UTC Sunday 9th October 2011. The epicenter was 222 km ( 137.6 mil...
Operations in Afghanistan and Iraq have revolutionized the technology used by the U.S. military in combat.
The Norse explorer is believed to be the first European to land on North America, nearly 500 years before Columbus.
China is built on lies and its officials are hypocrites, the Dalai Lama said on Saturday, speaking via videophone after visa problems prevented him from joining Archbishop Desmond Tutu's birthday celebrati...
At least 14 people have been killed in Syria after security forces opened fire on mourners as they attended funerals of people who died on Friday. Six were killed in the north as they attended the funeral...
AP: Syria's foreign minister has warned the international community not to recognize a new council formed by the opposition, saying it is "illegitimate." Walid al-Moallem has warned that Damascus will ta...
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Biased BBC - 19 hours ago
This is a guest post by Biased BBC contributor Graeme Thompson aka Hippiepooter. "B-BBC regulars may be aware that I think BBC Radio Five Live is excellent. Comments and digs here made against 5Live ...
*Cary Grant, Dyan Cannon and their child.* *Cary Grant force-fed his wife LSD. * Cary Grant's ex-wife *Dyan Cannon* reveals this in her book *'Cary Grant'*, published by Robson Press. (My husband Cary...
Police have defused a roadside bomb equivalent to 3 kg of TNT in the Republic of Dagestan in Russia’s volatile North Caucasus region, the republican interior ministry said on Sunday. During a search oper...
An explosive device has been found in a polling station in Western Poland as the country is holding parliamentary elections, announced Poland’s Central Electoral Commission, cited by *ITAR-TASS*. A pollin...
Twin explosions Sunday afternoon hurt 11 people, including three boxers and a referee, in this city, the police reported. The nearly simultaneous blasts ripped through a room inside the hotel and at the ...
Lax rules for sperm donors have resulted in some extremely large -- and anonymous -- families in the U.S. and Canada.
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake has struck East of Christchurch, New Zealand at a depth of 12 km (7.4 miles), the quake hit at 07:34:38 UTC Sunday 9th October 2011. The epicenter was 20 km ( 12.4 miles) East of...
Anak Krakatau volcano monitoring post reported Saturday increasing volcanic tremors at the famous volcanic island, located in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra. Head of the volcano...
Jova, the newest hurricane to form in the Pacific Ocean, inched toward western Mexico early Sunday and is expected to intensify over the next two days. As of 8 p.m. PT Saturday (11 p.m. ET), Jova was abo...
The National Air and Space Museum in Washington was closed Saturday after anti-war demonstrators swarmed the building to protest a drone exhibit and security guards used pepper spray to repel them. Smiths...
New research suggests the continuation of life on Earth depends on massive explosions on the other side of the galaxy. The explosions, gamma-ray bursts thought to occur when two stars collide, can release...
Photo courtesy: lukemcreynolds Trees are the largest and longest-living organism on earth. Trees renew our air supply by absorbing carbon dioxide and producing oxygen. Trees clean the air by collecting du...
Photos courtesy: Rebecca Jackrel Did you have any idea there are wolves in Africa? Jackals, sure. Painted dogs, yep. But wolves? Turns out the Ethiopian wolf is the only wolf species on the continent, an...
[image: Link]Members of a golf club in Australia have something more to worry about than just their swing - playing on what's thought to be the world's first shark-infested course. Water hazards are a ch...
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck offshore New Zealand at a depth of 50 km (31 miles), the quake hit at 07:07: NZDT Sunday 9th October 2011. The epicenter was 10 km ( 6.2 miles) Southwest of Te Kaha, Ne...
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck the Mariana Islands Region at a depth of 20.9 km (13 miles), the quake hit at 05:13:39 UTC Sunday 9th October 2011. The epicenter was 245 km ( 152 miles) Southeast of ...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck offshore Antofagasta, Chile at a depth of 42..3 km (26.3 miles), the quake hit at 00:50:43 UTC Sunday 9th October 2011. The epicenter was 98 km ( 60 miles) SSW of Iqui...
American pelicans. Photo courtesy: dave and rose / cc When some people get angry they clench their teeth, shake their fists, and raise their voice. Craig Staloch, a farmer from Minnesota, slaughters an en...
You may still vote but let me declare the following numbers to be the results of the poll: The Higgs skeptics received 40% and became the largest group. The 115-119 GeV lightest but not excluded inter...
This is some of the speeches at the open mic earlier as #occupydamestreet began outside the Irish Central Bank in Dublin's city center. Lets start bringing it. We look back across history to those who ab...
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*Congratulations to the NAMMY Winners from Censored News* Artist of the Year Gabriel Ayala Hall of Fame Keith SecolaGroup of the Year Pipestone As the Rez Turns Best Spoken Word My Life is My Sundance Harve...
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CENSORED NEWS - 23 hours ago
Thank you to Cushcatan Pipil Nonualcos for sharing these photos from today's Occupy Grand Rapids, Michigan. Censored news reporter Brenda Norrell http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
[image: Christine "The Duchess" Walton] Christine "The Duchess" Walton showing off her fingernails (Picture: Reuters) The 2012 record book released today will see the Las Vegas resident take the top spot...
Censored news reporter Brenda Norrell http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
[image: Illustration: Cathy Wilcox] EMPLOYEES who walk 10,000 steps a day and work out in the gym three times a week can give their employer an extra $2500 worth of productivity a year, an Austra...
2 New Studies Find That Lighting Up Early May Boost Risk of Cancer of the Lung, Head, or Neck [image: http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2011-08/151424880-08150403.jpg] According to two new studies, smoke...
Censored news reporter Brenda Norrell http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
Eating apples can be up to four times more damaging to teeth than carbonated drinks, according to new research. Wine and lager also increase the risk of dental damage but pickled onions and grapefruit, ...
No guest on *Bill Maher* has ever gotten a standing ovation-- until Friday night when clownish Republican Party chatterer P.J. O'Rourke accused Alan Grayson of being a hippie drum circle symp... and Alan...
Have not posted in forever--been busy, and I always feel weird posting when so many people I don't know personally are visiting the blog to read Kurt's posts about the trial. But, whatevs. This was initia...
*"Potential Race Between Black Guy and Mormon Poses Dilemma for Bigots"* "Doomsday Scenario, Haters Say" by Andy Borowitz MINNEAPOLIS (The Borowitz Report) – "A looming presidential race between a black g...
*Everything DRONE continues...* *Back in MAY the Pentagon warned, "Attack us again and we'll bomb you."* *The cyber attackers have responded with, "We dare you to find find us first."* *Looks like the fun...
"What will become of these galaxies? Spiral galaxies NGC 5426 and NGC 5427 are passing dangerously close to each other, but each is likely to survive this collision. Most frequently when galaxies collide, ...
*"This Island's Mine"* by Chet Raymo "No man is an island, wrote John Donne, famously in a meditation. Oh, I don't know. I rather like thinking of myself as an island. Part of an archipelago, to be sure,...
"This planet is haunted by us; the other occupants just evade boredom by filling our skies and our seas with monsters." - John A. Keel
*“The Litcham Cryptogram - A Medieval Mystery”* Past Horizons "Whilst examining a rural Norfolk church, members of the Norfolk Medieval Graffiti Survey (NMGS) came across an intriguing inscription etched ...
(Pat Bagley) *"The Occupy Wall Street protests have cost the city a whopping $2 million in police overtime since the demonstrations began nearly three weeks ago, according to NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kel...
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Crops are wilting, schools have shut their bathrooms and government officials are bathing in lagoons because of a severe shortage of fresh water in a swath of the South Pacific. The island groups of Tuval...
Floridians have grown accustomed to invasions of exotic creatures, like the Burmese pythons slithering throughout the Everglades. But residents here are especially grossed out by the latest arrivals: giant...
THE US government has decided to uphold the sale of nearly 500 leases to drill for oil in Arctic waters near Alaska, in response to a successful lawsuit by environmentalists and native Alaskan organisation...
Weeds, which are widely deemed as a nuisance plant, are vital to the existence of many farmland species according to a new University of Hull study published in the journal Biological Conservation. Since ...
As reliably as masses of sea bass gather off the Southern California coast each summer, boatloads of anglers arrive to reel them in. But their bountiful catches are an illusion, scientists say. The popula...
Shell has never denied that its oil operations have polluted large areas of the Niger Delta – land and air. But it had resisted charges of complicity in human rights abuses. Court documents now reveal tha...
Earth may be overdosing on acid - not the "turn on, tune in, drop out" kind, but the "kill fish, kill coral, kill crops" kind. And it's shaping up to be a very bad trip. The problem isn't just acid rain o...
The trees spanning many of the mountainsides of western Montana glow an earthy red, like a broadleaf forest at the beginning of autumn. But these trees are not supposed to turn red. They are evergreens, fa...
Two ice shelves that existed before Canada was settled by Europeans diminished significantly this summer, one nearly disappearing altogether, Canadian scientists say in new research. The loss is important...
Half of the world’s cocoa supply comes from the West African countries of Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. But in the coming decades, climate change could severely limit production in the region — disrupting local...
Already cursed by floods and suicide bombings, Pakistan now faces a new menace from an unprecedented outbreak of the deadly tropical disease dengue fever. In less than a month, 126 people have died and mo...
Imprelis Imperils? Since 1999, gardeners have experienced serious problems with herbicides that do not readily break down in compost. Residential lawn trimmings, hay and straw, municipal green waste, and ...
The world's most high-profile climate change sceptic is set to have his funding scrapped. Bjorn Lomborg, author of The Skeptical Environmentalist and bête noire of climate change activists around the worl...
A State Department official provided Fourth of July party invitations, subtle coaching and cheerleading, and inside information about Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton’s meetings to a Washington lobbyist fo...
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- It’s no longer as rare as it looks... and could spell the end of many debilitating hereditary diseases Kaydon and Layton Wood are just five yet already they are local celebrities. Dressed i...
A busy London bridge was forced to close today as thousands of protesters joined a demonstration against the Government's controversial health reforms. Westminster Bridge was shut to traffic as around 2,5...
Protesters inspired by the growing 'Occupy Wall Street' movement in the U.S are planning to establish a tent city in London's financial district next weekend A Facebook page titled 'Occupy London's Stock ...
Liam Fox’s close friend tried to cover up a controversial Dubai meeting which led to the Defence Secretary becoming embroiled in a ‘blackmail’ scandal, it was claimed last night. Adam Werritty, the beleag...
Liam Fox issued a humiliating apology last night over his working relationship with a close friend. In a desperate attempt to save his job, the embattled Defence Secretary admitted he had ‘blurred the lin...
*"The only thing I can say for certain is that once I owned who I am, a great burden was lifted from me."* *-- Mark Nelson, from a recent Mark Nelson Newsletter, as quoted in my Wednesday post* *by Ken* ...
[image: Feeling good? Half of us are wildly optimistic, expecting the best even when faced with prediction after prediction of doom and gloom according to the study] Feeling good? Half of us are wildly ...
Violence in Cairo has left 24 people dead after Christians protested against an attack on a church in the Egyptian capital. Egyptian health ministry officials said more than 150 were also injured in the ...
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 30.2 km (18.8 miles), the quake hit at 02:45:56 UTC Monday 10th October 2011. The epicenter was 63 km ( 39 miles) NN...
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 78.1 km (48.5 miles), the quake hit at 00:54:14 UTC Monday 10th October 2011. The epicenter was 137 km ( 85 miles) Northeast of Luganville, Espiri...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck off the Coast of Greece, Central Mediterranean Sea at a depth of 39.4 km (24.4 miles), the quake hit at 21:23:09 UTC Sunday 9th October 2011. The epicenter was 124 km ...
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck South of the Kermadec Islands at a depth of 26.1 km (16.2 miles), the quake hit at 20:28:04 UTC Sunday 9th October 2011. The epicenter was 109 km ( 67 miles) South of ...
When I hit 35, not only had I not found a man I could consider spending my life with, I hadn’t even found a man I could stay with for six months without panicking and leaving. I was convinced I was sma...
Amigo suscriptor, miembro de nuestra comunidad en Facebook, seguidor en Twitter y visitante en general, le invitamos a conocer nuestra nueva página de imágenes completamente rediseñada para ofrecerle acces...
Mashaal Tammo (1958 - October 7, 2011) founder of the Kurdish Future Movement Party, and a nationalist opposition leader in Syria. In his latest article, "Turkey Accused of Killing Kurd Leader – Trying to ...
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