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Six reasons why the Greenhouse Gas cases are worth watching

In the commentary, Tom Donnelly from the Constitutional Accountability Center looks two environmental cases in front of the Supreme Court this term that could have big implications for the Clean Air Act.
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MASSIVE FRESH WATER RESERVE FOUND

NEWSMOVIE: Vast freshwater reserves have been discovered under the ocean floor off the shores of Australia, China, North America and Africa. Scientists believe it is enough to sustain future generations.
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Turkey president signs controversial Internet law into force

Turkey's president, Abdullah Gul, said Tuesday he had signed into force a controversial law voted in by the government that would tighten controls over web use. Gul said on his Twitter feed he promulgated the law -- which the opposition and rights groups say infringes on citizens' freedoms -- after…
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The myths of marijuana: Former DEA chief says pot legalization a 'disaster'

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    North Carolina defends coal ash oversight after second leak

    By Marti Maguire RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - North Carolina state officials defended their oversight of coal ash ponds on Wednesday, a day after a second leak was found to be threatening a river already tainted by toxic sludge from a spill earlier this month. The state ordered Duke Energy…
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    Edward Snowden wins UK university role

    Edward Snowden, the former US National Security Agency analyst who revealed US surveillance of phone and Internet communications, was elected rector of Glasgow University in Scotland on Tuesday. The group said: "We are incredibly delighted to see Edward Snowden elected as the new rector of Glasgow…
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    Washington state lawmakers pass measure giving immigrants college aid

    By Jonathan Kaminsky OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - Washington state lawmakers have voted to make students brought to the United States illegally by their parents eligible for need-based college financial aid. Passage of the measure, which supporters have labeled the Dream Act after failed U.S.…
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    Christian militias invade second city in C. Africa

    Berbérati (Central African Republic) (AFP) - The Christian extremists came in waves, first a small group, then larger and increasingly violent forces, until Berberati, the second city in the Central African Republic, had been completely invaded. Mayor Albert Nakombo described his town of some…
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    "They are killing to kill" - Hezbollah MP

    Lebanese officials reaffirm commitment to fighting terrorism after al Qaeda-linked group claims responsibility for twin bomb attack in Beirut that killed at least six people. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
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    New Afghan law curtails women's rights

    Deutsche Welle   Feb 07 05:55amWomen's rights in Afghanistan worsen in 2013: report 
    ( Wasn't promotion of 'womens' rights a supposed benefit of US interference ?  That would be by raping contractors, perhaps. )
    1. AllAfrica.com   Feb 18 12:19pm
      [HRW]Nairobi -Saudi authorities have deported more than 12,000 people to Somalia since January 1, 2014, including hundreds of women and children, without allowing any to make refugee claims. Saudi Arabia should end the summary deportations, which risk violating its international obligations not to return anyone to a place where their life or freedom is threatened or where they face other serious ...
    1. Reuters via Yahoo! News   Jan 21 04:26am
      By Michelle Martin BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama has not gone far enough in reforming the monitoring activities of the National Security Agency (NSA) and is continuing to violate the privacy rights of individuals, the head of Human Rights Watch told Reuters. On Friday, Obama banned eavesdropping on the leaders of allies and began reining in the vast collection of U.S. citizens 
      ( Is Congress around these days ? )...

      Arizona lawmaker proposes $30 million U.S.-Mexico border 'virtual fence'

      By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona could spend $30 million to construct a "virtual fence" to ensure the federal government is securing the U.S.-Mexico border from drug smugglers and illegal immigrants under a measure that has narrowly advanced in the state legislature. State Senator Bob…
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    1. AllAfrica.com   Feb 11 07:46am
      [HRW]Berlin -Traffickers have kidnapped, tortured, and killed refugees, most from Eritrea, in eastern Sudan and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, according to dozens of interviewees said Human Rights Watch. Egypt and Sudan have failed to adequately identify and prosecute the traffickers and any security officials who may have colluded with them, breaching both countries' obligation to prevent torture.
    1. Ahram Online via Yahoo! Maktoob News   Feb 10 09:23pm
      Human Rights Watch says Egyptian security officers have 'facilitated' or 'denied the horrific abuse of refugees' and trafficker abuses in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, and eastern Sudan
    1. Scoop.co.nz   Feb 17 02:30pm
      (Geneva) – A new United Nations report has found that crimes against humanity are occurring in North Korea and calls for an international tribunal to investigate and hold perpetrators to account, Human Rights Watch said today.

    Chad helping Seleka in CAR, Human Rights Watch says

    UPI   Feb 05 07:42am
    BANGUI, Central African Republic, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Human Rights Watch said Wednesday there were signs peacekeepers from Chad were helping Seleka rebels in the Central African Republic regroup.
    1. AllAfrica.com   Feb 19 12:35am
      [HRW]Nairobi -New satellite imagery shows extensive clearance of land used by indigenous groups to make way for state-run sugar plantations in Ethiopia's Lower Omo Valley, Human Rights Watch and International Rivers said today.

    Powerful new cluster bombs used in Syria: rights group

    The Syrian military has begun targeting opposition areas with a new type of cluster munitions rockets which is larger and more powerful than others in its arsenal, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday. The New York-based group published photographs and witness testimony on its website which…
    Reuters

    9 Ways to Handle Expiring Unemployment Benefits

    The Government Accountability Office reports that people faced with the end of unemployment benefits often turn to other forms of government aid, such as Social Security or disability insurance, instead. U.S. News interviewed financial experts on the best way to handle extended unemployment, and…
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    WARTHOG RETIREMENT

    NEWSMOVIE: The US Air Force plans to retire its 300+ fleet of A 10 Thunderbolt jets known as the Warthog by 2015. But supporters of the jet want them to wait until they've gotten a replacement that protects ground forces just as well.
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    Same-sex couples challenge Colorado ban on gay marriage

    By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Nine same-sex couples filed suit on Wednesday challenging Colorado's ban on gay marriage, following a recent string of court decisions striking down similar restrictions in New Mexico, Utah and Virginia. The lawsuit, filed in state court in Denver, says a 2006…
    Reuters
    ( Anybody ready to clarify why denying civil rights to a minority is good civic policy ?  Oh, and the Church connection is a ceremony called Matrimony in which the priest/minister also acts as a Justice of the Peace as an appended convenience to represent the interests of the State.  )

     

    British court quashes legal challenge by partner of Snowden leaks reporter

    By Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's High Court has quashed a legal challenge against the detention under anti-terrorism laws of the partner of Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who brought leaks from former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden to world attention. David Miranda had asked…
    Reuters

    US portrayal of ongoing nuclear talks rankles Iran

    This round of talks on Iran's nuclear program has been marked by all sides publicly setting the lowest of expectations, despite the win-win attitude following an interim deal reached in Geneva last November. But two developments in the months since diplomats last met have put Iran on the defensive…
    Christian Science Monitor
    ( What could a promoter of nuclear disarmament possibly object to about the characterization of its aims by a warmaking weapons maker which has had WMD for decades...during which it has waged economic warfare against nations supporting the Nuclear NonProliferation Treaty and called them 'the real danger' , as they try to implement an independent inspection regime defunded by sanctions ? Why, Obama was the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in advance of any possible action !  
    Hope and Change indeed. ) 

    U.S. says nuclear deal needed for lifting of all Iran sanctions

    The United States would like to see all sanctions on Iran lifted 

    Iran's Revolutionary Guards warn over ongoing nuclear talks

    Iran and six powers held nuclear talks for a second day Wednesday as the commander of the powerful Revolutionary Guards warned against damaging "national pride" but predicted a "victorious" outcome. Speaking in Iran, Revolutionary Guards commander General Mohammad Ali Jafari warned against crossing…
    AFP

    Suicide bombers in Beirut target Iranian cultural center

    Twin suicide bombings near an Iranian cultural center in Beirut today, the latest in a string of violent attacks linked to the war in Syria, underscore the challenge facing Lebanon’s new government.  The Al Qaeda-linked Abdullah al-Azzam Brigades claimed responsibility after two vehicles rigged…
    Christian Science Monitor

    For US, tricky path pressing North Korea rights

    For more than two decades, the top US goal on North Korea has been to curb the regime's nuclear weapons and missile programs, which have nonetheless steadily advanced. With a damning new United Nations report on North Korea's human rights record, the United States faces new pressure to take up what…
    AFP


    US to demand 'partial Israeli settlement freeze'

    Washington is to demand Israel implement a partial settlement freeze after US Secretary of State John Kerry presents his framework for extending peace talks, army radio reported on Wednesday. Quoting US negotiators involved in the talks, the radio said the United States was hoping to obtain a…
    AFP
    ( Is that like being a little bit pregnant ? )


    Libyan militias threaten parliament, deploy forces in Tripoli

    By Ghaith Shennib and Ulf Laessing TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Two heavily armed Libyan militias demanded on Tuesday the country's parliament hand over power immediately in what the head of the assembly dismissed as an attempted coup that would be contested by the army if necessary. Tuesday's deadline of…
    Reuters

    The Secret Battles Between US Forces and Chechen Terrorists

    Militants Fighting For Taliban and Al Qaeda Shared Kinship With Extremists Who Threaten Sochi Olympics
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    PLATE DATABASE DROPPED

    The Department of Homeland Security is dropping a controversial idea of creating a nation-wide license plate database.
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