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Opponents of natural gas drilling in the Delaware River watershed march to the New Jersey Statehouse, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, in Trenton, N.J. The Delaware River Basin Commission had been set to vote on regulations regarding hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
photo: AP / Julio Cortez
Here's 'EcoMud' in Your Eye!
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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Witnessing Robert's "one man" protest to try and prevent yet another tragedy not only evoked the wartime phrase "Here's mud in your eye!", but in a spine-chilling, reversed- fulfilled prophetic way, it brought back accounts of another American disaster. On March 18, 1937, 237 students and teachers were... Pin It

Police officers and medical assistants escort defendant John Demjanjuk, who sits in a wheel chair, during a trial break in the country court in Munich, southern Germany, on Monday, Nov. 30, 2009.
photo: AP / Christof Stache
John Demjanjuk, convicted Nazi death camp guard, dies aged 91
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Retired American factory worker, convicted in 2011 for role in Sobibor death camp, protested his innocence for three decades Accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk holding a paper with number 1627, the number of the Soviet secret service KGB files Demjanjuk said will prove his innocence. He was convicted in May 2011. Photograph: Pool/Reuters... Pin It

File - The Coast Guard Cutter Healy breaks ice ahead of the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent Aug 24, 2009, in the Arctic Ocean.
photo: US Coastguard / Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Kelley
Climate 'tech fixes' urged for Arctic methane
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An eminent UK engineer is suggesting building cloud-whitening towers in the Faroe Islands as a "technical fix" for warming across the Arctic. Scientists told UK MPs this week that the... Pin It

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a destroyed car is seen inside the park of the Syrian criminal security department which was attacked by an explosion, in Damascus, Syria, on Saturday, March 17, 2012.
photo: AP / SANA
Syria: Two "terrorist explosions" hit Damascus
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Damascus: Two "terrorist explosions" struck security targets in the Syrian capital on Saturday morning, killing a number of civilians and security forces, the country's state news agency said. The report said preliminary reports indicated they blasts were caused by car bombs that hit the aviation intelligence... Pin It

President Barack Obama talks on the phone with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai from his vehicle outside the Jane E. Lawton Community Center in Chevy Chase, Maryland, Sunday, March 11, 2012.
photo: White House / Pete Souza
Osama wanted to kill Obama to create chaos
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Washington, March 17: The slain Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden pushed his organization to develop plans to kill US President Barack Obama, according to media reports citing documents recovered from his hideout in Pakistan. He did so in the belief that the United States would tumble into chaos if an "unprepared" Vice President Joe Biden became... Pin It

In this Aug. 23, 2011 Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System photo, soldiers from Blackhorse Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, including Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, left, take part in exercise at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif. Five days after an attack on Afghan villagers killed 16 civilians, a senior U.S. off
photo: AP / DVIDS, Spc. Ryan Hallock
US suspect in Afghan shootings identified
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After five days cloaked in military secrecy, the US soldier suspected in a massacre of 16 Afghan civilians has been identified as a Washington state father of two who underwent anger management counseling a decade ago after an arrest for assault on a... Pin It

Kofi Annan, Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the Arab League on the Syrian Crisis, briefs the press after reporting to the Security Council on his visits less than a week ago to Syria and Turkey, where the Syrian National Council is based, 16 March, 2012
photo: UN
Mission headed to Syria to push peace proposals, Annan says
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AP - U.N. special envoy Kofi Annan warned Friday the Syria conflict can have a “serious impact” regionally if not handled properly, saying he plans to return to the nation after an advance team makes preparations. The Security Council, the U.N.’s most powerful body, has been deeply divided over Syria. Moscow and Beijing have... Pin It

South Korean visitors walk by displays of mock North Korea's Scud-B missile, center, and other South Korean missiles at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 16, 2012. North Korea announced Friday it plans to launch a long-range rocket mounted with a satellite next month.
photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon
North Korea: Long-Range Rocket To Launch To Mark Founder's Birth
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By Jack Kim and Jeremy Laurence SEOUL, March 16 (Reuters) - North Korea said on Friday it will launch a "working" satellite to mark the centenary of founder Kim Il-sung's birth next month, prompting immediate fears from Japan it would in fact be another long-range missile launch in breach of a U.N. resolution. In April 2009, a long-range missile... Pin It

File - President Hamid Karzai addresses Afghan nationals during a conference held outside Provincial Gov. Abdul Karim Barahawi's compound in Zaranj, Nimroz province, Afghanistan, April 13, 2011.
photo: USMC / Sgt. Mallory VanderSchans
Afghan president, Taliban deal blow to U.S. plans
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Kabul -- In twin blows to American efforts to wage war and negotiate peace in Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai on Thursday demanded a pullback of NATO troops from rural areas as part of an accelerated overall withdrawal, while the Taliban movement declared a suspension of dialogue with the United States. In practical terms, both developments... Pin It

A woman looks at paintings at the entrance gate of the Sint Lambertus school as she lays flowers, in Heverlee, Belgium, Thursday, March 15, 2012.
photo: AP / Yves Logghe
Belgium mourns victims of Swiss bus crash
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Belgium is holding a national day of mourning for 28 people killed in a bus crash in the Swiss Alps, as the first group of survivors of the horrific accident returned home. Forty-six children and four teachers from two Belgian schools were returning home from a skiing holiday late on Tuesday when their coach slammed into a concrete wall... Pin It


Can state-sponsored assassination work as a strategy? And can it ever be justified? Governments...
SANTA ANA, Calif -- SANTA ANA, Calif. - He joined the Marines to become a killer, police said,...

On June 28, 2011, Christine Lagarde was named Managing Director of the IMF, replacing Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Saturday urged donors to meet their aid pledges to the Palestinian Authority, warning that unless funding was forthcoming it would be forced to cut public wages and social benefits to address...
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Hugo Chavez
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- President Hugo Chavez returned home to Venezuela looking haggard but expressing optimism he will survive after undergoing cancer surgery in Cuba. Chavez said he has been praying and is confident he will triumph in his...
photo: Creative Commons / Avala
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon briefs the General Assembly on the final report of his High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability.
Saturday, 17 March 2012, 2:36 pm Press Release: UN News New York, Mar 15 2012 3:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will depart this Sunday for a trip that will take him to Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and the Republic of Korea, his spokesperson...
photo: UN / Devra Berkowitz
South Koreans watch a TV news program on the Sunday launch of a missile from Musudan-ri, North Korea, at a train station in Seoul, Tuesday, April 7, 2009. State-run television granted North Koreans their first glimpse Tuesday of the country's "auspicious" rocket blasting off from a launch pad and blazing into the sky and of an apparently healthy, affable leader Kim Jong Il touring the country's farms and factories
Tweet PYONGYANG: North Korea plans to blast a satellite into space next month to mark the centenary of the birth of its founder, Kim Il Sung, which the US quickly called a ``deal-breaker'' for a new agreement where the US would exchange food aid for...
photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon
 Former Vice President Al Gore speaks during a panel discussion at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007 in New York. The conference, running through Friday, is focused on finding ways to solve some of the world´s mo
This week, former Vice President Al Gore called for an Occupy Democracy movement using the Internet to escalate the battle against the corruption of democracy. Meanwhile, the New York Times ran a major story describing how GOP super PAC mega-donors...
photo: AP/Jason DeCrow
India's Sachin Tendulkar raises his bat after scoring his 100th century during the Asia Cup cricket match against Bangladesh in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, March 16, 2012.
India's Sachin Tendulkar has become the first batsman in history to score 100 international centuries, adding another milestone in his record-breaking career. Tendulkar, who turns 39 next month, achieved the feat as he recorded his 49th one-day...
photo: AP / Aijaz Rahi
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, left, looks at Cardinal Walter Kasper, President Emeritus of the Pontifical council for Promoting Christian Unity, as he speaks during a public commemoration to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, at the Vatican,Wednesday.
Rowan Williams has announced he will be stepping down as Archbishop of Canterbury and leader of the 77 million-strong Anglican Communion after a turbulent decade in office. His tenure has been marked by a bruising war between liberals and...
photo: AP / Pier Paolo Cito

Fracking Hell: The Untold Story; updated 17 Mar 2012; published 11 Jan 2011
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Fracking Hell: The Untold Story
WorldNews.com 17 Mar 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Witnessing Robert's "one man" protest to try and prevent yet another tragedy not only evoked the wartime phrase "Here's mud in your eye!", but in a spine-chilling, reversed- fulfilled prophetic way, it brought back accounts of another American disaster. On March 18, 1937, 237 students and teachers were...

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John Demjanjuk, Convicted Death Camp Guard, Dies; updated 17 Mar 2012; published 17 Mar 2012
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John Demjanjuk, Convicted Death Camp Guard, Dies
The Guardian 17 Mar 2012, Retired American factory worker, convicted in 2011 for role in Sobibor death camp, protested his innocence for three decades Accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk holding a paper with number 1627, the number of the Soviet secret service KGB files Demjanjuk said will prove his innocence. He was convicted in May 2011. Photograph: Pool/Reuters...

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Methane Bubbling to from Arctic Ocean; updated 20 Feb 2012; published 15 Dec 2011
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Methane Bubbling to from Arctic Ocean
BBC News 17 Mar 2012, An eminent UK engineer is suggesting building cloud-whitening towers in the Faroe Islands as a "technical fix" for warming across the Arctic. Scientists told UK MPs this week that the...

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'Western intervention in Syria already under way'; updated 17 Mar 2012; published 14 Mar 2012
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'Western intervention in Syria already under way'
Zeenews 17 Mar 2012, Damascus: Two "terrorist explosions" struck security targets in the Syrian capital on Saturday morning, killing a number of civilians and security forces, the country's state news agency said. The report said preliminary reports indicated they blasts were caused by car bombs that hit the aviation intelligence...

Obama: Osama bin Laden Dead - Full Video; updated 17 Mar 2012; published 02 May 2011
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Obama: Osama bin Laden Dead - Full Video
The Siasat Daily 17 Mar 2012, Washington, March 17: The slain Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden pushed his organization to develop plans to kill US President Barack Obama, according to media reports citing documents recovered from his hideout in Pakistan. He did so in the belief that the United States would tumble into chaos if an "unprepared" Vice President Joe Biden became...

US soldier kills Afghan civilians in Kandahar; updated 17 Mar 2012; published 11 Mar 2012
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US soldier kills Afghan civilians in Kandahar
Indian Express 17 Mar 2012, After five days cloaked in military secrecy, the US soldier suspected in a massacre of 16 Afghan civilians has been identified as a Washington state father of two who underwent anger management counseling a decade ago after an arrest for assault on a...

Inside Syria - Syria: Annan's 'mission imposible'; updated 14 Mar 2012; published 11 Mar 2012
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Inside Syria - Syria: Annan's 'mission imposible'
France24 16 Mar 2012, AP - U.N. special envoy Kofi Annan warned Friday the Syria conflict can have a “serious impact” regionally if not handled properly, saying he plans to return to the nation after an advance team makes preparations. The Security Council, the U.N.’s most powerful body, has been deeply divided over Syria. Moscow and Beijing have...

N. Korea to defy UN with satellite launch next month; updated 16 Mar 2012; published 16 Mar 2012
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N. Korea to defy UN with satellite launch next month
Huffington Post 16 Mar 2012, By Jack Kim and Jeremy Laurence SEOUL, March 16 (Reuters) - North Korea said on Friday it will launch a "working" satellite to mark the centenary of founder Kim Il-sung's birth next month, prompting immediate fears from Japan it would in fact be another long-range missile launch in breach of a U.N. resolution. In April 2009, a long-range missile...

Video: NATO helicopter crash kills 16 in Afghanistan; updated 17 Mar 2012; published 16 Mar 2012
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Video: NATO helicopter crash kills 16 in Afghanistan
San Francisco Chronicle 16 Mar 2012, Kabul -- In twin blows to American efforts to wage war and negotiate peace in Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai on Thursday demanded a pullback of NATO troops from rural areas as part of an accelerated overall withdrawal, while the Taliban movement declared a suspension of dialogue with the United States. In practical terms, both developments...

Video: Shocking Swiss bus crash kills 28, most children; updated 16 Mar 2012; published 14 Mar 2012
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Video: Shocking Swiss bus crash kills 28, most children
Al Jazeera 16 Mar 2012, Belgium is holding a national day of mourning for 28 people killed in a bus crash in the Swiss Alps, as the first group of survivors of the horrific accident returned home. Forty-six children and four teachers from two Belgian schools were returning home from a skiing holiday late on Tuesday when their coach slammed into a concrete wall...

US threatens India over Iran oil; updated 17 Mar 2012; published 15 Mar 2012
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US threatens India over Iran oil
Ohio 16 Mar 2012, WASHINGTON: A move Thursday by a Belgian-based financial-transfers company to block Iran from global transactions is expected to isolate the country further and send it tumbling back toward a barter economy. The move by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication is the latest and perhaps the most severe of a host of...

International Push to End Syria Crisis Stalls; updated 14 Mar 2012; published 12 Mar 2012
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International Push to End Syria Crisis Stalls
BBC News 16 Mar 2012, The UN has said it will send a humanitarian mission to Syria this weekend to assess the situation there. Its team will be part of a delegation led by the Syrian government, which will also...

Hopeless Err: 'Manning punished before trial'; updated 17 Mar 2012; published 16 Mar 2012
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Hopeless Err: 'Manning punished before trial'
WorldNews.com 15 Mar 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Not only did World War II change the entire world, but it completely transformed the nature of the United States, including its futuristic foreign policies. The reason for this change is that since World War II, the U.S. has viewed each and every war through a World War II narrative. America's entrance...

Karzai 'accepts' Taliban office in Qatar; updated 29 Feb 2012; published 28 Dec 2011
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Karzai 'accepts' Taliban office in Qatar
The Columbus Dispatch 15 Mar 2012, The Daily Briefing Veep Joe Biden will have effusive praise for his boss, President Barack Obama, during a campaign stop today in Toledo. Buckeye Forum Podcast Promo...





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