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The Guzzle Effect and Death of Us All
Full Article WorldNews.com
04 Aug 2014

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. "We tend to think of oil spills," writes Alex Prud Homme in The Ripple Effect: The Fate Of Freshwater In The Twenty-First Century, "as dramatic events-crude carriers impaled on Alaskan rocks, a blowout shooting geysers of oil into the Texas desert, a burning platform sinking into the Gulf of Mexico....

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Protesters march to remember the 10th anniversary of a military junta's execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa at the city of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005.
photo: AP / Sunday Alamba

updated 18 May 2009; published 18 May 2009
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The Case Against Shell: 'The Hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa Showed the True Cost of Oil'
updated 25 Sep 2008; published 25 Sep 2008
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Ken Saro-Wiwa fights for rights against oil industry
updated 16 Oct 2009; published 16 Oct 2009
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Ken Saro-Wiwa's last interview - clip
updated 28 Sep 2011; published 28 Sep 2011
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Death of Ken Saro-Wiwa
updated 16 Dec 2013; published 16 Dec 2013
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1995 Goldman Environmental Prize Ceremony: Ken Saro Wiwa
updated 12 Feb 2012; published 12 Feb 2012
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Exploitation of Oil and the Legacy Of Ken Saro Wiwa
I love my Down’s baby: surrogate mom
Full Article Independent online (SA)
04 Aug 2014

Conburi, Thailand – The Thai surrogate mother of a baby born with Down Syndrome vowed on Monday to “never abandon” him after the Australian parents reportedly refused to care for the child, sparking a moral debate and a cascade of donations for the boy's medical care. Pattaramon Chanbua and seven-month old Gammy have been at the...

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Pattaramon Chanbua, right, kisses her baby boy Gammy at a hospital in Chonburi province, southeastern Thailand Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014
photo: AP / Apichart Weerawong

updated 04 Aug 2014; published 04 Aug 2014
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Baby Gammy's surrogate mother 'loves him like my own'
updated 02 Aug 2014; published 02 Aug 2014
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Hope For GAMMY: Australian Parents Abandon Down's Syndrome Baby With Thai Surrogate Mother!!!
updated 01 Aug 2014; published 01 Aug 2014
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i love him, he was in my tummy for nine months, it’s like my child': Thai surrogate mother
updated 02 Aug 2014; published 02 Aug 2014
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Surrogate mother vows to care for abandoned Down's baby.
updated 03 Aug 2014; published 03 Aug 2014
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Abandoned Baby Gammy Moved to New Thai Hospital
updated 04 Aug 2014; published 04 Aug 2014
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Australian couple identified as Gammy's parents deny the abandoned baby
Strong earthquake kills 367 in China
Full Article Longview News Journal
04 Aug 2014

BEIJING (AP) — A strong earthquake in southern China’s Yunnan province toppled thousands of homes on Sunday, killing at least 367 people and injuring more than 1,800. About 12,000 homes collapsed in Ludian, a densely populated county located around 366 kilometers (277 miles) northeast of Yunnan’s capital, Kunming, China’s official Xinhua News...

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File photo: In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a local resident clears the debris of his house following a strong earthquake in China.
photo: AP / Xinhua, Qin Qing

updated 03 Aug 2014; published 03 Aug 2014
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At Least 367 Dead After Earthquake Hits Southwest China
updated 03 Aug 2014; published 03 Aug 2014
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Earthquake China in Ludian County Yunnan - At Least 200+ People Dead (VIDEO)
updated 03 Aug 2014; published 03 Aug 2014
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China Earthquake: At Least 150 People Dead (Caught on Tape) RAW
updated 04 Aug 2014; published 04 Aug 2014
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Nearly 380 Dead In China Earthquake - Caught On Cam - 4 Aug 2014
updated 03 Aug 2014; published 03 Aug 2014
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China Earthquake 'Kills 367' In Yunnan Province(VIDEO)
updated 03 Aug 2014; published 03 Aug 2014
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Moment earthquake strikes China killing at least 150
Israel declares 7-hour Gaza truce after fury over school strike
Full Article The Times of India
04 Aug 2014

JERUSALEM: Israel announced it would be holding its fire in most of Gaza for seven hours Monday, amid world outrage over a deadly strike on a UN school in the Palestinian territory. The unilateral truce, four weeks into fighting with Gaza de facto rulers Hamas, came after world powers fiercely condemned the attack that left 10 Palestinians...

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Palestinian children follow an Israeli tank as it rolls through the Gaza town of Beit Hanoun. Tanks, troops and bulldozers reoccupied a Gaza town yesterday in a bid to curb Hamas rocket attacks on Israel, after the crudely made missiles claimed their fir
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb

updated 04 Aug 2014; published 04 Aug 2014
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Israel Declares Seven Hour Gaza Truce After Fury Over School Strike
updated 01 Aug 2014; published 01 Aug 2014
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New Gaza Humanitarian Truce Agreed By Israel & Hamas
updated 30 Jul 2014; published 30 Jul 2014
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Gaza Conflict Israel 'Hits Jabaliya School Refuge' - 30 July 2014
updated 01 Aug 2014; published 01 Aug 2014
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Gaza's 72 Hour Ceasefire Lasts Less Than 72 MINUTES As Israeli Tanks Open Fire & Kill 4 Palestian
updated 02 Aug 2014; published 02 Aug 2014
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Gaza Conflict Hamas Denies Holding Israeli Soldier
updated 23 Jul 2014; published 23 Jul 2014
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Israel Attack Gaza 2014 - Grad Rocket Launchers Discovered Next to Gaza School
Civilians die in latest Ukraine offensive
Full Article Al Jazeera
03 Aug 2014

Nine civilians have been killed in new fighting between government forces and pro-Russian separatists around the cities of Luhansk and Donetsk in east Ukraine, local officials say. Six people were killed in shelling and gunfire on the outskirts of Donetsk, Deputy Mayor Kostantyn Savinov said on Sunday, while city officials said three others were...

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Pro-Russian rebels shoot in the air as they celebrate Paratroopers' Day in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014.
photo: AP / Dmitry Lovetsky

updated 27 May 2014; published 27 May 2014
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Lugansk Donetsk Army of Ukraine kills civilians in Donbass
updated 20 Jul 2014; published 20 Jul 2014
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Donetsk. Ukraine Artillery Targets Civilians. 19 July 2014 (DPR)
updated 25 Jul 2014; published 25 Jul 2014
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18+Ukraine Crisis | Kiev Junta Keeps Killing Civilians, Luhansk | English Subtitles
updated 20 Jul 2014; published 20 Jul 2014
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18+ Lugansk. Civilians Murdered By Ukraine's Poroshenko. 18 July 2014 (LPR)
updated 22 May 2014; published 22 May 2014
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Ukraine: 14 Soldiers KILLED in Attacks; Civilians used as HUMAN Shields | BREAKING NEWS 22 MAY 2014
updated 14 Jul 2014; published 14 Jul 2014
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Deadly shelling in Luhansk kills three civilians

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Limited truce in Gaza as Israel winds down ground operations
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Detroit Free Press
GAZA CITY — A seven-hour “humanitarian” truce between Hamas and Israel appeared to be holding Monday although several similar cease-fire attempts have failed. The partial...
Japanese and UN Authorities Covering up Fukushima Peril
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WorldNews.com
Article By WN.com Guest Writer Sherwood Ross. Japanese and United Nations authorities have placed "a cone of silence" over medical information an endangered Japanese public is...
Damien McBride: Rebekah Brooks was 'the most powerful person in Britain'
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The Independent
Rebekah Brooks, the former editor of The Sun, was “the most powerful person in Britain”, according to one of Gordon Brown’s closest aides. Damian McBride, a Downing Street spin...

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Cease-fire slows Gaza war as Israeli bus attacked
RAFAH REFUGEE CAMP, GAZA STRIP
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Fresno Bee
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — An Israeli-declared cease-fire and troop withdrawals slowed violence in the Gaza war Monday, though an attack on Israeli bus that killed one person in Jerusalem underscored the tensions still simmering in the region....
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb
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Half a million advised to evacuate as heavy rain lashes Japan
A woman leaves a center to scan residents, who have been within 20 kilometers of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant damaged by Friday's earthquake, carrying a metal heat blanket in the rain Tuesday, March 15, 2011, in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
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Khaleej Times
Very heavy rain is expected to fall in western Japan, mainly on the island of Shikoku, until Tuesday noon, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. A man drowned in a raging river while more than half a million people were advised to evacuate over the...
photo: AP / Gregory Bull
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Troops advance in Ukraine; rebels call for help from Russia
A Molotov cocktail thrown by protesters flies over police during their clash in central Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014.
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The Columbus Dispatch
DONETSK, Ukraine — Fighting raged yesterday on the western outskirts of Donetsk as the advancing Ukrainian army tried to seize control of the rebel stronghold. In danger of being encircled, the separatists renewed their calls for Russia to send...
photo: AP / Darko Vojinovic
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Interfax: Ukraine soldiers desert in Russia
Ukrainian border guards have a break in their training at a military camp in the village of Alekseyevka on the Ukrainian-Russian border, eastern Ukraine, Friday, March 21, 2014.
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The Guardian
MOSCOW (AP) — More than 400 Ukrainian soldiers have crossed the border into Russia and deserted the Kiev government, news agency Interfax quoted a border security official as saying Monday. Ukraine confirmed the crossing but said the soldiers were...
photo: AP / Sergei Grits
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NSA Has 'Far-Reaching' Partnership With Israeli Intelligence Agency
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands amid a news conference in Jerusalem on December 5, 2013.
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Huffington Post
Documents published Monday by The Intercept revealed the "far-reaching" extent of the U.S. National Security Agency's collaboration with Israeli intelligence services. The revelations came as the U.S. State Department criticized Israel for its...
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Man accidentally kills himself posing with a gun for a Facebook selfie
Facebook privacy settings are shown in San Francisco, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009
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The Australian
OSCAR Aguilar was a man who loved to impress with his selfies, but when he decided to pose with a handgun it resulted in his death. Aguilar, 21, a veterinarian from Mexico City has a...
photo: AP / Russel A. Daniels
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Obama to decide on immigration by end of summer
President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks in Las Vegas. Just as President Barack Obama is pushing new initiatives on gun control and immigration, the gloomy old problem of a sluggish economy is shoving its way back into prominence. That could imperil his focus on other issues, just as he is shaping a second-term agenda.
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Boston Herald
WASHINGTON — A senior White House adviser says President Barack Obama will make a decision by the end of the summer on how to use his authority to address immigrants living illegally in the...
photo: AP / Isaac Brekken
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