NASA Warns That This Century Could See Crippling Megadroughts
Full Article The Times of India
16 Feb 2015

This week, NASA published its most robust study looking at drought prediction-and the news isn't good. Within the next century, the American southwest could experience a landscape-altering megadrought due to rising carbon emissions and global warming. Unlike other scenarios when "mega" is a prefix indicating something awesome, like a Mega Bowl or...

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Drought - Barren farmland, Maharashtra, India
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NASA | Megadroughts Projected for American West
updated 03 Sep 2014; published 06 Feb 2014
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ScienceCasts: California Drought
updated 11 Aug 2014; published 08 Nov 2013
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NASA | Ask A Climate Scientist - Extreme Weather and Global Warming
updated 14 Feb 2015; published 14 Feb 2015
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NASA: 'Megadroughts' Coming To America
updated 26 Aug 2014; published 29 Jun 2014
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California's Drought - Climate Engineering, Biosphere Destruction
updated 01 Sep 2014; published 03 Jul 2014
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Gunman behind Copenhagen shootings killed, identified
Full Article Xinhua
16 Feb 2015

> • The man who was suspected of having shot two people dead in Copenhagen was 22 years old, police said. • He was shot dead early Sunday morning as he opened fire on police officers hours after the dual shootings. • The dual attacks in Copenhagen had a resemblance to the terror attacks in Paris in January. COPENHAGEN, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- The...

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A Danish police officers secure the area outside of a synagogue, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, where a gunman opened fire in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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updated 15 Feb 2015; published 15 Feb 2015
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Copenhagen Shooting: Police Shoot Gunman Dead After Multiple Denmark Attacks [VIDEO]
updated 14 Feb 2015; published 14 Feb 2015
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Copenhagen Shooting: Charlie Hebdo-Style Attack - Shots Denmark Blasphemy Seminar Free Speech Video
updated 15 Feb 2015; published 15 Feb 2015
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Copenhagen Shootings Police Kill 'Gunman' After Two Attacks: Breaking News
updated 14 Feb 2015; published 14 Feb 2015
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Copenhagen Shooting: Multiple Shots Target Cartoonist drawing Prophet Muhammad at Islam Debate
updated 15 Feb 2015; published 15 Feb 2015
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Copenhagen shootings leave 2 dead and 5 wounded
updated 15 Feb 2015; published 15 Feb 2015
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Copenhagen Shootings: Denmark VG Live Stream
Video purports to show hostages beheaded in Libya
Full Article Detroit news
16 Feb 2015

Associated Press 7:11 p.m. EST February 15, 2015 CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE Cairo — A video purporting to show the mass beheading of Coptic Christian hostages has been released by militants in Libya claiming loyalty to the Islamic State group. The killings raise the possibility that the Islamic militant group — which controls about a...

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File - This undated image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 shows fighters from the al-Qaida linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) marching in Raqqa, Syria.
photo: AP / Militant website

updated 15 Feb 2015; published 15 Feb 2015
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Report Video IS showing Executions of 21 Egyptian Hostages
updated 16 Feb 2015; published 16 Feb 2015
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(RAW VIDEO) SHOWS ISIS beheadings of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians
updated 15 Feb 2015; published 15 Feb 2015
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ISIS -- ISIL reportedly kills 21 Egyptian hostages in Libya -- ISIS Releases Video
updated 15 Feb 2015; published 15 Feb 2015
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ISIS releases video purporting to show beheading of 21 Egyptian in Libya
updated 15 Feb 2015; published 15 Feb 2015
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ISIS Releases Video of 21 Egyptian Christians
updated 16 Feb 2015; published 16 Feb 2015
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" Daesh " See Video: ISIS executes 21 Egyptian Copts in Libya "Full video"
India crushes arch-rival Pakistan to open World Cup title defense
Full Article CNN
15 Feb 2015

(CNN)India made the perfect start to its defense of cricket's World Cup with an emphatic 76-run victory over arch-rival Pakistan in a Pool B opener in Adelaide Sunday. Inspired by a century from man-of-the-match Virat Kohli, India piled up 300 for seven wickets in its 50 overs, with Pakistan...

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Virat Kohli compiled a composed hundred to help defending champions India begin the World Cup with a 76-run victory over fierce rivals Pakistan
photo: AP / David Mariuz

updated 15 Feb 2015; published 15 Feb 2015
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Cricket World Cup 2015: India Hammer Pakistan for 6th World Cup Win on-the-Trot: World News Now
updated 15 Feb 2015; published 15 Feb 2015
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India vs Pakistan 2015 World Cup | India Wins Against Pakistan by 76 Runs | Fans Celebrations Video
updated 15 Feb 2015; published 15 Feb 2015
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india vs pakistan -- Mohammed Shami 4 Wickets vs Pakistan -- Shami 4 Wickets
updated 16 Feb 2015; published 16 Feb 2015
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CNN News: India thrashes arch-rival Pakistan to open World Cup title defense
updated 15 Feb 2015; published 15 Feb 2015
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Cricket World Cup 2015 Highlights: India crush rivals Pakistan by 76 runs
updated 15 Feb 2015; published 15 Feb 2015
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Scientists go high and low for data on drought-fighting 'sky rivers'
Full Article The Los Angeles Times
14 Feb 2015

Atmospheric river Don Bartletti, Los Angeles Times The view from a research aircraft studying sky rivers: Mt. Diablo and the Sacramento River delta. (Don Bartletti, Los Angeles Times) By Bettina Boxall contact the reporter Environmental Issues Scientific Research Marine Science National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Researchers are...

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File - Fair weather cumulus bands in Everest, Kansas, Unites States, June 10, 1986.
photo: NOAA/NWS/SPC/OB / Stephen Corfidi

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Climate Data to predict drought over Central-Southwest Asia
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Earth: Planet of Altered States
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What caused the rivers on Mars: Climate change or impacts?
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Mars Science: Bedding Details in Layered Rock [HD]
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CoCoRaHS WxTalk Webinar #35: Atmospheric Rivers
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WikiLeaks' Julian Assange leads hidden, busy life in Ecuador's embassy
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The Los Angeles Times
Julian Assange at Ecuadorean Embassy in London Hannah McKay / European Pressphoto A police officer passes the Ecuadorean Embassy in London. Julian Assange has been living there...
Tiger Woods: Should he come back from 'indefinite' break?
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The Independent
One thing we can all be sure of Tiger Woods will be back. The question is to what? The sentiment behind the statement on his website was almost immediately contradicted by his...
What killed "the American Sniper"?
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Denver Post
Chris Kyle, a former Navy SEAL and author of the book "American Sniper," in Midlothian, Texas, in April 12. Testimony begain this week in the trial of former Marine Eddie Ray...

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Video Shows IS Militants Beheading Christians
This image made from a video released Sunday Feb. 15, 2015 by militants in Libya claiming loyalty to the Islamic State group purportedly shows Egyptian Coptic Christians
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15 February 2015, 23:19 Video Shows IS Militants Beheading Christians Tweet A video has been released which purports to show 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians being beheaded by Islamic State militants in Libya. The footage shows handcuffed hostages...
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UN security council passes resolution demanding Yemen rebels give up power
The United Nations Security Council holds a meeting on the situation in Syria, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012 at United Nations headquarters.
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The Guardian
Resolution does not allow for military enforcement of demands, despite calls from Arab countries for use of force against Houthis ...
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Carnival parades begin at Rio's Sambadrome, despite deluge
Queen and princess of the "Rua do Mercado" band carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014.
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The Associated Press
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The show went on Sunday at the world's most-celebrated Carnival parades, despite a tropical deluge that soaked thousands of feather-clad dancers, wildly costumed musicians and masses of spectators at Rio de Janeiro's...
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Sisi Warns Of Response After Islamic State Kills 21 Egyptians In Libya
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi speaks to The Associated Press
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CAIRO, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Islamic State released a video on Sunday that appeared to show the beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya and President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned that his country would respond to the deaths as it saw fit. Speaking...
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Ukraine Cease-fire Mostly Holds
Pro-Russian gunmen take positions near the airport, outside Donetsk, Ukraine, on Monday, May 26, 2014
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VOA News The new cease-fire in eastern Ukraine mostly held Sunday, but fighting continued in embattled Debaltseve between Kyiv's forces and the pro-Russian separatists who virtually surrounded them in the rail hub. x The rebels blocked monitors...
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Rebels killed in Myanmar army offensive
Kachin refugees wait for rations by Kachin Independence Army at Je Yang IDP camp, the biggest and closest camp to Laiza, northern Myanmar, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013.
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South China Morning Post
Around a dozen ethnic rebels have been killed in a firefight with Myanmar troops and a further eight captured after renewed clashes in northern Myanmar near the Chinese border, state media said yesterday. Myanmar's military has for several days...
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Danish police kill man suspected of cultural centre and synagogue shootings
Dansh Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt pays respects Sunday Feb. 15, 2015, at the Copenhagen Synagogue for the victims for the Saturday night’s shootings in Copenhagen. Danish police shot and killed a man early Sunday suspected of carrying out shooting attacks at a free speech event and then at a Copenhagen synagogue, killing two men, including a member of Denmark's Jewish community. Five police officers were also wounded in the attacks.
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South China Morning Post
Police in Denmark yesterday shot and killed a man suspected of carrying out shooting attacks at a free-speech event and then at a Copenhagen synagogue, killing a Danish filmmaker and a member of the Scandinavian country's Jewish community. Five...
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