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US ConocoPhillips' China Oil Spill Six Times Size of Singapore

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

readersupportednews.org - Jul. 18 (News Report) - 'A huge oil spill off the Chinese coast has now contaminated an area around six times the size of Singapore.... The spill from the oil field, which the United States' ConocoPhillips operates with China's state-run oil giant CNOOC, has polluted a total area of almost 4,250 square kilometers (1,650 square miles).'

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U.S. Wars Leave 225,000 Dead, Cost $4.4 Trillion: Study

Sat, 02 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Agence France-Presse - Jul. 02 (News Report) - U.S. wars launched since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, have left 225,000 dead and cost up to $4.4 trillion, according to a new study by university researchers. The study published by Brown University this week focused on the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and counter-terrorism campaigns in Pakistan and Yemen, which came in the wake of the 9/11 attacks on the United States.

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Dire climate warning locked in ancient rocks

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Agence France-Presse - Jun. 12 (News Report) - Carbon is pouring into Earth's atmosphere ten times faster today than during a dramatic event 56 million years ago that raised Earth's temperature by at least five degrees Celsius (nine degrees Fahrenheit), according to a study released Sunday. That's no

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Cell phone use may cause cancer: WHO

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Agence France-Presse - By Marlowe Hood - Jun. 01 (News) - Mobile phone users may be at increased risk from brain cancer and should use texting and free-hands devices to reduce exposure, the World Health Organisation's cancer experts said Tuesday.

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Bahraini female doctors recount detention 'horror'

Sun, 29 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Agence France-Presse - By Ali Khalil - May. 29 (News Report) - Out of prison but in fear of being rearrested, Bahraini Shiite women doctors have spoken of abuse and torture by police after being accused of backing pro-democracy protests in the Sunni-ruled monarchy. Although medics usually enjoy protection in conflicts by virtue of their profession, many Shiite doctors and nurses in Bahrain were rounded up in the March crackdown on a month-long pro-democracy protest. Authorities accused them of abusing their jobs and siding with their co-religionist protesters. Doctors at Manama's Salmaniya central hospital, not far from the capital's Pearl roundabout that became the focal point of protests inspired by the Arab uprisings, were also accused of lying and exaggerating on satellite channels to pile pressure on the government. Some of the women doctors recently freed told AFP how they were made to confess to such allegations under torture and after being subjected to verbal abuse.

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AFP: Obama to address US-Israel lobby

Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Agence France-Presse - By Afp - May. 16 (News) - Obama will accept an invitation to speak to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's (AIPAC) annual policy conference in Washington to stress the "importance of the US-Israeli relationship," his spokesman Jay Carney said.

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Facebook 'planking' craze claims life in Australia

Sun, 15 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Agence France-Presse - May. 15 (News) - A new craze sweeping the Internet known as "planking" claimed a life in Australia Sunday and police fear the tragedy may not be the last. Planking involves someone lying flat on their stomach with their arms against their bodies in unusual and sometimes dangerous situations, with photographs of their exploits shared through social media sites. It has gone viral in recent weeks with Facebook page Planking Australia boasting over 55,000 fans and hundreds of photos of people lying on train tracks, escalators, fire hydrants, motorbikes and other objects. Police last week warned "plankers" of the dangers and their fears have been realised with the death of a man in Brisbane who plummeted from a seventh-storey balcony and died at the scene. "This morning we have seen a young man take this activity a step further and attempt to plank on a balcony. Unfortunately he has tragically fallen to his death," Queensland Police Deputy Commissioner Ross Barnett said.

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Chernobyl nightmare haunts world 25 years on

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Agence France-Presse - Apr. 17 (News Report) - The world next week remembers 25 years since the worst nuclear accident in history at Chernobyl, haunted by fears that the Japan earthquake has shown again the risk of atomic power sparking apocalypse.

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AFP: China artist probed for economic crimes: Xinhua

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:36:52 -0700

Agence France-Presse - Apr. 06 - Globe and MailChina artist probed for economic crimes: XinhuaAFPWestern governments and rights groups have lined up in support of Ai, an avant-garde artist who has become known as much for his work as for his activism, which frequently takes aim at China's ruling Communist Party. The Xinhua news agency said in a ...China Admits Artist Is Under InvestigationWall Street JournalChina: detaine artist Ai Weiwei investigated for economic crimesReuters UKGermany summons China ambassador on detained artistReutersSydney Morning Herald -Voice of America -Financial Timesall 456 news articles »

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India tests two nuclear-capable missiles

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

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At least 4 dead in Libya clashes: opposition, NGOs

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Agence France-Presse - Feb. 17 (News) - A Libyan human rights group says four people were killed when security forces dispersed a crowd using live ammunition.

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Food, demography are invisible drivers in Egypt uprising (AFP)

Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Agence France-Presse - By Richard Ingham - Feb. 13 (News Analysis) - Huge population growth and food insecurity count among the factors that fuelled the revolution in Egypt and serve as a caution for other countries facing human and environmental overload, say analysts.

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Xmas joy mixed with threats for Mideast Christians

Sat, 25 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Agence France-Presse - Dec. 25 (News Report) - Christians in the Middle East prepared on Friday to celebrate Christmas, some in fear of attacks against their community, as in Iraq, and others in the most discreet way possible, as in Saudi Arabia.

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Fears over crime fuelled by smartphone craze

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Yahoo! News - Dec. 20 (News Report) - The fashionable folk tapping on Blackberrys or using apps on iPhones in New York, Paris or Barcelona have more in common than a taste for expensive hand-held devices. They are also likely to be targeted by thieves in a smartphone crime wave fuelled by the enormous appetite for the machines that serve as status symbols, essential worktools and mobile entertainment centres. The Paris police chief sounded the alarm last week when he said smartphones were the hottest item for thieves on the city's metro and that robbers were increasingly turning to violence to get their hands on them.

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I 'understand' frustration over US airport screening: Obama

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Agence France-Presse - Nov. 20 (News) - US President Barack Obama on Saturday weighed in on a topic that has rattled the nerves of air travelers in the United States as the country enters the busiest travel season of the year: increased airport screening.

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US senator sees ‘confrontation’ with China, war with Iran

Sun, 07 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Agence France-Presse - By Michel Comte - Nov. 07 (News Report) - The United States faces a possible war with Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions and a "period of confrontation" with China over its currency, a top US lawmaker warned Saturday.

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Wonder carbon pioneers win Nobel Physics Prize

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Agence France-Presse - By Rita Devlin Marier - Oct. 05 (News) - Two Russian-born scientists, Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, won the 2010 Nobel Physics Prize Tuesday for pioneering work on graphene, touted as the wonder material of the 21st century.

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One dead as NATO tankers torched in Pakistan

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Agence France-Presse - Oct. 05 (News) - One person was killed Wednesday when at least 10 NATO oil tankers were set ablaze in the southwest Pakistan city of Quetta, senior police officials said -- the fourth such attack in six days.

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Iran: Computer virus did not cause 'serious damage'

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Agence France-Presse - Sep. 26 (News) - The Stuxnet computer virus that has attacked industrial management programs in Iran "did not cause serious damage", Tehran officials told the Iranian press.

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Election marks 'end of an era': Swedish press

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The Local - Sep. 20 (News) - With the far-right Sweden Democrats headed to the Riksdag for the first time and the traditional dominance of the Social Democrats apparently broken for good, the Swedish press on Monday reflected on the consequences of a new political era.

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Arctic sea ice shrinks to third lowest area on record

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Agence France-Presse - Sep. 19 (News) - Arctic sea ice melted over the summer to cover the third smallest area on record, US researchers said Wednesday, warning global warming could leave the region ice free in the month of September 2030.

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Six Christians rip pages from Koran in White House stunt

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Agence France-Presse - Sep. 11 (News) - "A small group of conservative Christians tore some pages from a Koran in a protest outside the White House Saturday to denounce what they called the "charade of Islam" on the anniversary of 9/11."

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N.Korea warns it could turn Seoul into 'sea of flame'

Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Agence France-Presse - By Park Chan-Kyong - Jun. 12 (News Report) - North Korea Saturday threatened to attack loudspeakers set up to broadcast South Korean propaganda and said it could turn Seoul "into a sea of flame" as tensions flared over the sinking of a warship.

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Palin accuses Obama of being in bed with Big Oil (AFP)

Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Agence France-Presse - By Andrew Gully - May. 24 (News Report) - Right-wing darling Sarah Palin accused US President Barack Obama on Sunday of being lax in his response to the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster and suggested this was because he is too close to Big Oil. ...

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AFP: EU's Nabucco pipeline takes step closer to construction

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:59:09 -0700

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