"In a secret report last year, the Red Cross found evidence of the CIA using torture on prisoners that would make the Bush administration guilty of war crimes, The New York Times reported Friday. The Red Cross determined the culpability of the Bush administration after...
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We have heard of excesses of loan recovery agents. But in a shocking incident in India's eastern state of West Bengal a man was forced to keep his newly married wife as mortgage after failing to repay loan. "You could call it Bengal’s heart of darkness. Unable to...
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Kerstin Fritzl, from the Austria cellar, has reunited with her family. It was reported yesterday on NowPublic that she woke up from the coma she was in. That coverage can be seen here. "...
I first read about this story on Boing Boing. From there I found a link about it on MSN, which describes primarily the fact that the Icelandic government has now asked for an explanation, but the really shocking...
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9/23/2007 Agencies
Myanmar: Buddhist nuns joined the
growing protests against Myanmar's ruling generals on Sunday, a day
after a dramatic appearance by detained democracy icon Aung San Suu
Kyi to pray...
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" Imagine a disease that combines the worst symptoms of cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, cystic fibrosis, cancer and immune deficiencies. The A-T Children’s Project is a nonprofit organization that raises...
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Stephen Hawking, whose Brief History of the Universe brought astrophysics to the masses, has blasted off in a customized jet to experience the feel of weightlessness: one small step for a scientist, one step closer...
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And apart from economics, this probably is the most corrupt era in history."The Richest Year in History
By Tula Connell, TomPaine.com. Posted March 15, 2007.
According to Forbes, this is the richest year in human history ... for those people who are already mind-bogglingly...
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Once again we see the UK Government setting impossible targets for patients requiring surgery, all in order to save money, but then wasting Billions of pounds on their own personal projects ((Expert warns £20bn NHS computer programme 'won't work').
I would like to hear...
"Domestic violence against an intimate partner is not confined to younger women. A recent study found more than 25 percent of women older than 65 had been a victim of abuse by a spouse or other intimate partner.
Researchers from Ohio State University said that abuse included...
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"#1 Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media
Sources:
Buzzflash.com, July 18, 2005
Title: “Web of Deceit: How Internet Freedom Got the Federal Ax, and Why Corporate News Censored the Story”
Author: Elliot D....
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BEIJING: A retired Chinese doctor acclaimed for helping people with
AIDS has been placed under house arrest to stop her from traveling to
an awards ceremony in the United States sponsored by a group connected
to...
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"federal A judge sentenced a Florida man to two years probation for calling in a fake bomb threat after arriving too late to board his flight at Long Beach Airport.
Yechezkel Wells, 22, of Miami Beach, also was ordered Monday to spend six months confined to his home, perform...
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"Nepal's former Maoist rebels begin handing over weapons
17/01/2007 - 11:38:07
Nepal’s former communist guerrillas began handing over weapons to UN monitors today, launching a landmark peace deal calling for...
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"Moves to clone and genetically modify farm livestock have opened the door to the creation of "Farmyard Freaks", experts have warned.
News that the daughter of a US clone cow has been born on a British farm has moved the issue from science fiction to consumer reality.
A...
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