New study finds a hot spot in the atmosphere
Full Article The Guardian
15 May 2015

New study shines light on warming in the tropical atmosphere ...

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File - The silhouette of the space shuttle Endeavour is pictured as seen from the International Space Station, as the shuttle approached for its docking on Feb. 9, 2010. The orange layer is the troposphere, where all of the weather and clouds which we typically watch and experience are generated and contained. This orange layer gives way to the whitish Stratosphere and then into the Mesosphere.
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Alistair Hobday: Climate change and coastal systems -- past and present
updated 11 Apr 2015; published 11 Apr 2015
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'The Blob' In Pacific Ocean Might Be to Blame for California Drought
updated 14 Jan 2014; published 14 Jan 2014
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Solar System Strange Weather in Our Galaxy
updated 02 Apr 2014; published 02 Apr 2014
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Dire Warning from the IPCC - We are Doomed !
updated 09 Oct 2013; published 09 Oct 2013
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Presidency: Burundi coup plotters arrested; leader hunted
Full Article The Associated Press
15 May 2015

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) -- A presidential spokesman in Burundi says two senior army officers and a police general accused of taking part in an attempted coup have been arrested. Gervais Abayeho told The Associated Press Friday that the leader of the attempted coup, Maj. Gen. Godefroid Niyombare, is still at large and the security forces are looking...

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Soldiers loyal to President Pierre Nkurunziza look at the body of a dead soldier who they said was killed because he belonged to the faction supporting the attempted coup
photo: AP / Erik Esbjornsson

updated 12 Jan 2015; published 12 Jan 2015
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Mass Arrest After Coup Attempt In The Gambia
updated 15 May 2015; published 15 May 2015
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Burundi President Nkurunziza returns to Bujumbura
updated 07 Feb 2013; published 07 Feb 2013
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Alleged DRC rebels sought training to oust president Kabila
updated 17 Jul 2008; published 17 Jul 2008
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updated 14 May 2015; published 14 May 2015
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Burundi coup attempt: How did the events unfold?
updated 15 May 2015; published 15 May 2015
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Burundi coup leaders arrested; president back in charge
Yemen's human suffering fanned by war
Full Article BBC News
15 May 2015

By Baraa Shiban Yemini human rights activist 15 May 2015 From the section Middle East Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by the fighting Yemen, a country bordering Saudi Arabia, one of the world's richest economies, has suffered for many years from extreme poverty, high rates of unemployment and severe malnutrition among children....

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In this Saturday, May 9, 2015 file photo, a girl waits for her turn to fill buckets with water from a public tap amid an acute shortage of water, in Sanaa, Yemen.
photo: AP / Hani Mohammed

updated 10 May 2015; published 10 May 2015
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Yemen war: 120+ killed in one day, including 40 in boat blast, as Houthis take Aden - TomoNews
updated 07 Nov 2010; published 07 Nov 2010
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Dangers Faced By Somali & Ethiopian Refugees Crossing The Gulf Of Aden Into Yemen
updated 04 May 2015; published 04 May 2015
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Cargo Plane Inferno: Airstrikes hit Yemen Sanaa Intl Airport
updated 03 May 2015; published 03 May 2015
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Conflicting reports of Saudi ground troops in Yemen
updated 03 May 2015; published 03 May 2015
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Saudi warplanes target food trucks in Sa'ada province
updated 13 Apr 2015; published 13 Apr 2015
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Russian planes Evacuate over 300 people from War torn YEMEN
Nepal rescuers find 3 bodies near crashed U.S. Marine chopper
Full Article The Columbus Dispatch
15 May 2015

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepalese rescuers on Friday found three bodies near the wreckage of a U.S. Marine helicopter that disappeared earlier this week while on a relief mission...

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Nepalese army soldiers prepare to leave for a rescue mission to the site where the suspected wreckage of a U.S. Marine helicopter, that disappeared earlier this week while on a relief mission in the earthquake-hit Himalayan nation, was spotted, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, May 15, 2015.
photo: AP / Bernat Armangue

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Nepal rescuers find 3 bodies near crashed US Marine chopper
updated 15 May 2015; published 15 May 2015
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Nepal rescuers find 3 bodies near crashed US Marine chopper
updated 15 May 2015; published 15 May 2015
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Wreckage of missing U.S. helicopter found in Nepal
updated 15 May 2015; published 15 May 2015
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Bodies Found In Wreckage Of Missing US Helicopter
updated 15 May 2015; published 15 May 2015
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updated 15 May 2015; published 15 May 2015
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'King of the Blues' blues legend B.B. King dead at age 89
Full Article Springfield News-Sun
15 May 2015

B.B. King, whose scorching guitar licks and heartfelt vocals made him the idol of generations of musicians and fans while earning him the nickname King of the Blues, died late Thursday at home in Las Vegas. He as 89. His attorney, Brent Bryson, told The Associated Press that King died peacefully in his sleep at 9:40 p.m. PDT. Bryson said funeral...

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File - B.B. King performs in concert at the Tennessee Theater, Tuesday, May 27, 2014 in Knoxville, Tenn.
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The "King of the Blues", guitarist and singer BB King, has died aged 89.
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'B B King of the Blues dead' Blues legend BB King dies at age 89
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Luke Winslow King feat Roberto Luti - Tell Me You Love Me - Rootsway 2012
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Kerry to Sochi: Could it lead to a 're-reset' of US-Russian relations?
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Yahoo Daily News
At the height of fighting in Ukraine last year, the Obama administration signaled that it considered diplomacy with Vladimir Putin’s Russia all but hopeless. The United States...
Was the bin Laden killing story a lie?
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CNN
(CNN)Seymour Hersh is one of the giants of investigative journalism. Early in his career he broke the story of the My Lai massacre during which hundreds of unarmed civilians were...
The Hell Tsarnaev Faces if He Avoids Execution
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If Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is spared execution, he will likely spend the rest of his life at the federal "supermax" prison in Colorado. img width="1" height="1"...

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Islamic State takes Ramadi government center; government troops fleeing
In this image shot with an extreme telephoto lens and through haze from the outskirts of Suruc at the Turkey-Syria border, militants with the Islamic State group are seen after placing their group's flag on a hilltop at the eastern side of the town of Kobani, Syria, where fighting had been intensified between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab and its surrounding areas have been under attack since mid-September, with militants capturing dozens of nearby Kurdish villages.
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IRBIL, Iraq — The Islamic State on Friday took control of the provincial government center of Ramadi, the capital of Iraq’s largest province, in a major defeat for the Iraqi government. Islamic State forces launched a fierce assault of...
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At least 55 people were killed in two Boko Haram raids this week near Maiduguri, capital of restive northeastern Nigeria Borno state, a vigilante and two residents said. "Boko Haram fighters raided Bale and Kayamla villages where they killed at...
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Wreckage of missing U.S. helicopter found in Nepal; no survivors
An Indian Air Force (IAF) MI17 V5 helicopter with stranded persons about to land at Kathmandu airport on 26 April 2015 following the relief and rescue operations being carried out in earthquake hit Nepal
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Toronto Sun
KATHMANDU - The wreckage of a U.S. military helicopter lost on an earthquake relief mission was found on Friday, high on a mountainside in Nepal, with three bodies recovered and the other five people on board feared dead. A U.S. search team...
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UK PM Cameron meets Nicola Sturgeon meet for Scotland talks
Britain's new Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha arrive in Downing Street in London,Tuesday, May, 11 2010
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LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister David Cameron is meeting Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister and leader of the Scottish National Party, for their first talks since Britain's election. The two leaders...
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U.S., Cuba schedule meetings to discuss reopening embassies
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(CNN)U.S. and Cuban officials will meet next week with the goal of hammering out an agreement to reopen embassies each other's capitals as part of efforts to restore diplomatic ties, the State Department announced Thursday. The talks, to be led by...
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Man Flies A Drone Over The White House, Gets Arrested By The Secret Service
Secret Service officers search the south grounds of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.
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The Inquisitr
According to the New York Times, a man was detained on Thursday afternoon for flying a drone within a block of the White House, crossing over Lafayette Park at around one in the afternoon. The drone was very small and brightly colored, clearly...
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Does New Tape Prove ISIS Leader Al-Baghdadi Is Alive?
This image made from video posted on a militant website Saturday, July 5, 2014, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, delivering a sermon at a mosque in Iraq
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The Daily Beast
ISIS released a new audio recording, supposedly of its injured leader, which references recent events such as Saudi military action in Yemen. ISTANBUL — The Islamic State, otherwise known as ISIS, released an audio message today purporting to be from...
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