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| English: Airplanes wait for off-load to support in earthquake relief efforts at the Port-au-Prince International Airport. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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Extraordinary Rendition Report Finds More Than 50 Nations Involved In Global Torture Scheme
Torture as an Interrogation Device
"New Order, Same Abuses": Amnesty Condemns Iraq for Holding 30,000 Prisoners Without Trial
To mark the third anniversary of the massive 2010 Haiti
earthquake, we continue our conversation with Jonathan Katz, author of
"The Big Truck That Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left
Behind a Disaster." He was the only full-time American reporter in Haiti
when the earthquake struck Port-au-Prince. In his new book, he examines
explains where the massive international relief effort in Haiti went
wrong. [includes rush transcript]
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Secret camera spied on Alabama kidnapper
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Police
were able to see inside the bunker where a boy was held hostage for a
week using a camera they somehow slipped inside, a source said.
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Grace Dent: Andy dangles from a rope and we all yawn. It's time to downgrade this expensive blowhard
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Daniel Ellsberg: NDAA Indefinite Detention Provision is Part of "Systematic Assault on Constitution"
Discovery
Next
week, a 45 meter-wide, 130,000 ton space rock will zoom safely by. But
as far as cosmic distances go, it will be a close shave. ->
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CIA rendition: 54 countries 'offered covert support' after 9/11 attacks
Report
finds at least 54 countries co-operated with global kidnap, detention
and torture operation mounted after 9/11 attacksThe full extent of
the...
Inside Facebook
Spredfast raises $18M, Sprinklr secures $15M for social marketing software
Two
social marketing platform companies announced new funding today.
Spredfast has raised $18 million in a venture capital round led by
OpenView...
Coveney: We will expose any fraud in horsemeat controversy
The
Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney has said if there is fraudulent
activity behind the horsemeat controversy, it will be fully exposed.
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The Amazing Spider-man sequel gets underway
Mobile Texas Politics
Andrew Garfield will return as Peter Parker in the sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man which is now filming (Picture: Sony)
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that...
Pistol-packing pupils becoming an everyday occurrence
Open Secrets
WXIA
/ NBC via ReutersA 14-year-old pupil and a teacher were shot Thursday,
Jan. 31, at Price Middle School in Atlanta. Another student at the...
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An Arianespace Soyuz rocket will launch six new Globalstar communications satellites into orbit on Wednesday.
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TED
The
speed in this video is impressive, I especially like the way he stops.
As an added bonus, he got himself some assless chaps.
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Iran starts coding smart fuel cards to curb illegal gasoline trade
USA Today
Iran
has recently started coding smart fuel cards to combat illegal gasoline
trade at border areas, the Mehr News Agency reported.
Unexplained Mysteries
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Live Chat: Eating Disorders - Calgary Herald
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per cent of Canadian women aged 15-24 have an eating disorder and one
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They're
living longer — just not healthier. American baby boomers — those born
between 1946 and 1964 — may be the first generation in recent history to
be less healthy than their parents at midlife, according to a report
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Body language can help predict relapse in newly sober drinkers - Global Saskatoon
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OTTAWA
— Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq said Friday the government will oppose
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