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Cellphones May Increase Risk of Two Types of Cancers
Los Angeles - Cellphone users may be at increased risk for two types of rare cancers and should try to reduce their exposure to the energy emitted by the …
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Yemen’s Saleh Losing Grip as Fighting Rages
Sanaa, Yemen - After four months of widespread anti-government demonstrations, numerous defections of high-ranking officials and mounting pressure from powerful tribes, Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh appears to be …
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Germany to Shut Down Nuclear Plants
Sydney - Germany will close down all of its nuclear power plants by 2022, according to reports out Monday, as fallout from Japan’s disaster continues more than two months …
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Down With Coal! The Grassroots Anti-Coal Movement Goes Global
Protesters in Calaca, Batangas Philippines with banners reading “NO to Calaca Coal Power Plant!” (Photo: 350.org) In the United States and Europe, the triple whammy of recession, …
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Wisconsin State Election Board Failed to Review Minutes From Waukesha County “Recount” Before Certifying Supreme Court Election Results
Last Monday, May 23rd, Wisconsin's Government Accountability Board (GAB), the state's top election agency, officially certified [PDF] the controversial results of the extraordinarily close April 5th statewide Supreme Court …
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Cease-Fire in Yemen Capital Breaks Down
The field of battle expanded again in Yemen on Tuesday as a cease-fire between government forces and opposition tribesmen in the capital broke down, renewing fears that the country's …
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US Diplomat Yanked From Bahrain After Threat
The United States pulled its human rights officer from Bahrain last week after he'd become the subject of a weeks-long campaign of ethnic slurs and thinly veiled threats on …
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Obama Appoints Army Leader as Chairman of Joint Chiefs
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Monday nominated Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the Army chief, to help steer the American armed forces through the three present conflicts in Muslim countries, …
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FBI’s Counterterrorism Operations Scrutinizing Political Activists
For at least three years, counterterrorism agents monitored the comings and goings at Scott Crow's home in Austin, Tex. (Photo: Caleb Bryant Miller / The New York Times) …
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US Air Strike Kills 14 Civilians in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — The governor of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan on Sunday accused U.S.-led forces of killing at least 14 civilians in a bombing raid called in by …