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File - Assist vessels fire water cannons at the Deepwater Horizon in an attempt to control and extinguish a fire April 21, 2010, which has engulfed the mobile offshore drilling unit after an explosion April 20. The New Shock Corporations and Shock Workers
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. | It was what you would call a "chance" meeting, one that emotionally disrupts your sense of normalcy and complacency. A slurred, broken voice called ou... (photo: USCG / PO3 Tom Atkeson) WorldNews.com
Economy   Oil   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Deepwater Horizon oil spill  
File - Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) meets with members of the Oregon National Guard, the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs, and family support groups at Portland State University in Portland, Ore., June 29, 2009. Is the US government spying on Americans?
| The rise of government surveillance is a troublesome legacy of the September 11 attacks. Today, video cameras are visible everywhere in public places, recording people’s every move. But what a... (photo: USAF / Tech. Sgt. Nick Choy) Al Jazeera
Intelligence   Photos   Terrorism   US   Wikipedia: USA PATRIOT Act  
A man suspected of being mercenary for Moammar Gadhafi, is held in a district sports center next to the medina, set up as provisionary jail in Tripoli, Libya, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011. World powers, NTC to map out rebuilding
Paris - Leaders of the Libyan uprising that overthrew Muammar Gaddafi sit down with world powers on Thursday to map out the country's rebuilding, 42 years to the day after the former strongman seized ... (photo: AP / Francois Mori) Independent online
Aid   Libya   Photos   War   Wikipedia: 2011 Libyan civil war  
Brazils President Dilma Rousseff delivers a speech as he attends the 4th Edition of the March of Daisies, an annual demonstration in support of women's rights in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011. Brazil's President Rousseff grapples with corruption
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, just eight months in the job as her country's first female leader, is regarded as one of the world's most powerful women. | So powerful, in fact, that she only trai... (photo: AP / Eraldo Peres) BBC News
Brazil   Corruption   Photos   S America   Wikipedia: Dilma Rousseff  
A Libyan rebel stands guard as worshippers gather in the former Green Square, renamed Martyr's Square, for the morning Eid prayer marking the end of Ramadan and to celebrate their victory over Moammar Gadhafi in Tripoli, Libya, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011. While Tripoli celebrates 'freedom', refugees from Africa fear for their lives
| Free Libya's first Eid al-Fitr out of the shadow of the dictator was a day of celebration and thanksgiving. A stream of families flocked to Martyrs' Square, in the heart of Tripoli, in their best fi... (photo: AP / Abdel Magid Al Fergany) The Independent
Libya   Photos   Refugees   War   Wikipedia: 2011 Libyan civil war  
In the wake of Irene, The Weather Channel turns to Katia and Lee In the wake of Irene, The Weather Channel turns to Katia and Lee
| The Weather Channel is keeping an eye on two new storms that could potentially spell trouble for the United States. In the wake of Hurricane Irene and its aftermath, meteorologists from TWC are turn... (photo: US DoD) The Examiner
Hurricane   Natural Disasters   Photos   Storm   Weather   Wikipedia: List of California hurricanes  
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