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By Tina, on June 19th, 2013 (AP) – A mysterious new respiratory virus that originated in the Middle East spreads easily between people and appears more deadly than SARS, doctors reported Wednesday after investigating the biggest outbreak in Saudi Arabia.
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By Tina, on June 19th, 2013 (BBC) – At least 12 people, including three foreigners, have been killed in an assault by militant Islamists on a UN office in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, a government minister says.
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By Raja, on June 18th, 2013 Reuters, By Todd Benson and Asher Levine, June 18
Sao Paolo – As many as 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil’s biggest cities on Monday in a swelling wave of protest tapping into widespread anger at poor public services, police violence and government corruption.
The marches, organized mostly through snowballing social media campaigns, [...]
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By adrena, on June 13th, 2013 Tampa Bay Times, by Kris Hundley and Kendall Taggart
You’ve given them more than $1 billion. They’ve given almost nothing to the needy.
Intricate family connections bind several of America’s worst charities
Carol Smith still gets angry when she remembers the box that arrived by mail for her dying husband.
Cancer Fund of America sent [...]
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By adrena, on June 13th, 2013 Science Daily
A specific MicroRNA, a short set of RNA (ribonuclease) sequences, naturally packaged into minute (50 nanometers) lipid containers called exosomes, are released by stem cells after a stroke and contribute to better neurological recovery according to a new animal study by Henry Ford Hospital researchers.
The important role of a specific microRNA transferred [...]
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By adrena, on June 11th, 2013 HuffPo, by Lynne Peeples
Former TransCanada Corp. employee Evan Vokes’ impassioned testimony before a Canadian Senate committee last week painted “a very, very bleak picture of the pipeline industry in Canada, and probably by extension, the States,” according to Sen. Betty Unger.
Vokes’ allegations on Thursday against TransCanada, the Canadian company leading the controversial proposal [...]
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By Tina, on June 11th, 2013 (BBC) – A new tool suggests that the reality of land acquisitions around the world differs greatly from media reports.
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By Tina, on June 11th, 2013 (BBC) – Our cities of smooth stone and steel may become more like floating forests – with buildings that can think and breathe and cool themselves, says architect Philip Beesley.
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By Tina, on June 11th, 2013 (Al Jazeera) – Riot police fire teargas as protesters fight government attempt to cleanse Istanbul area of signs of ‘occupation’.
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By Tina, on June 10th, 2013 (LATimes) – Regardless of whether nuclear strategist Saeed Jalili or Tehran Mayor Mohammed Baqer Qalibaf wins, Iran will remain in the grip of Islamist hard-liners.
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By Tina, on June 10th, 2013 (The Guardian) – Federal and regional governments locked in bitter dispute over revenue-sharing as new pipeline into Turkey nears completion
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By Tina, on June 10th, 2013 (The New Yorker/Borowitz) – The National Security Agency moved swiftly and forcefully today to remind its employees of its longstanding zero-tolerance policy on conscience, warning that any violation of that policy would result in immediate termination.
“When you sign on to work at the N.S.A. you swear to uphold the standards of amorality and soullessness [...]
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By Tina, on June 10th, 2013 (McClatchy) – Taliban fighters firing from atop an unfinished mansion attacked the military side of Kabul’s international airport early Monday, triggering a gun battle with Afghan security forces that lasted more than four hours before the attackers were killed.
Two civilians suffered minor injuries, but there were no casualties among the foreign troops on the [...]
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By Raja, on June 10th, 2013 Washington Post, By Steven Mufson, June 10
Global emissions of carbon dioxide from energy use rose 1.4 percent to 31.6 gigatons in 2012, setting a record and putting the planet on course for temperature increases well above international climate goals, the International Energy Agency said in a report scheduled to be issued Monday.
The agency [...]
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By adrena, on June 6th, 2013 Sky News, June 7
A suspected rapist and murderer has been buried alive in the grave of his alleged victim by enraged villagers, according to reports.
Santos Ramos, 17, had been identified by Bolivian police as a possible culprit in the death of 35-year-old Leandra Arias Janco.
More than 200 residents took the law into [...]
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