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The explosive truth behind Fukushima's meltdown
The Independent, UK: "Japan insists its nuclear crisis was caused by an unforeseeable combination of tsunami and earthquake. But new evidence suggests its reactors were doomed to fail..."Tepco and the government of Japan have provided many explanations. They don't make sense. The one thing they haven't provided is the truth. It's time they did."
Aug 17, 2011, 1:04pm
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Dag Hammarskjold: evidence suggests UN chief's plane was shot down
The Guardian, UK: "New evidence has emerged in one of the most enduring mysteries of United Nations and African history, suggesting that the UN secretary general, Dag Hammarskjold's plane was shot down over Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) 50 years ago, and the murder covered up by the British colonial authorities.
Aug 17, 2011, 12:12pm
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Secret memos expose link between oil firms and invasion of Iraq
The Independent, UK: "The papers show that Lady Symons agreed to lobby the Bush administration on BP's behalf because the oil giant feared it was being "locked out" of deals that Washington was quietly striking with US, French and Russian governments and their energy firms...
Apr 19, 2011, 4:44pm
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Chilean Troops Open Fire on Unarmed Rapanui on Easter Island Homeland
BREAKING NEWS PRESS RELEASE - 12/3/10
Early this morning armed Chilean troops opened fire on unarmed Rapanui civilians. The police started shooting and tear gassing as the Rapanui people started gathering in solidarity.
Now there is blood on the streets.
Dec 4, 2010, 2:33pm
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Scientists Suggest Fresh Look At Psychedelic Drugs?
LONDON (Reuters) - Mind-altering drugs like LSD, ketamine or magic mushrooms could be combined with psychotherapy to treat people suffering from depression, compulsive disorders or chronic pain, Swiss scientists suggested on Wednesday. Ed Note: I'm feeling better already!
Aug 18, 2010, 4:02pm
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Peter Erlinder, Minnesota Law Prof Detained in Rwanda Returns Home
AP: MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota law professor who was imprisoned in Rwanda for challenging the official version of the country's 1994 genocide got a big hug from his wife and cheers from supporters as he arrived home Tuesday. (Erlinder told reporters in Nairobi, Kenya, on Sunday he's never denied there was a genocide against Tutsis in Rwanda, but he contends large numbers of Hutus were killed too, maybe more Hutus than Tutsis.)
Jun 23, 2010, 3:29pm
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Aung San Suu Kyi's Plea to the World On Her 65th Birthday
The Independent, UK: "As Aung San Suu Kyi prepares to celebrate her 65th birthday (on June 19), confined in the house in which she has spent most of the past two decades, a confidante of the Burmese opposition leader has made a simple but passionate appeal to those in the West to use their freedom to help his country achieve the same.
Jun 19, 2010, 5:31pm
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Teacher at UC San Diego Specialty - Electronic Civil Disobedience
Los Angeles Times: Ricardo Dominguez, a new media artist, unveiled a prototype for a modified cellphone that he called a "mobile Statue of Liberty." He said phones like it would provide immigrants with directions and inspirational poetry readings during arduous desert crossings.
May 7, 2010, 11:12am
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"Official Restaurant" of the Olympics Pays Lowest Wages in the Country
Infoshop News: Canada "Federation of Labour President, Jim Sinclair is calling on the "Official Restaurant" of the Olympics to stop paying new employees less than BC's minimum wage which is already the lowest in Canada..."I talked to several McDonald's workers in the past few days who are making less than $7 an hour (minimum wage is $8)...
Feb 23, 2010, 10:53am
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Bolivia President Calls Alternative Climate Meeting
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales said Tuesday he's inviting activists, scientists and government officials from around the world to an alternative climate conference following the failure of a summit in Copenhagen to produce binding agreements.
Jan 7, 2010, 3:46pm
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Pine Ridge Indian Reservation State of Emergency
"Over 1000 Native American families on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation are with propane for heat, are snowed in and can't get out to get food, and in many cases are unable to purchase food. This is because of over 5 days of below freezing temperatures, blizzard winds, and non-stop snow that created 3-10 foot snow drifts and buried all access roads...
Dec 31, 2009, 12:42pm
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BOLIVIA: Native People Take First Steps Towards Self-Government
LA PAZ, Dec 22 (IPS) - Indigenous people, who make up more than 60 percent of the population in Bolivia, South America's poorest country, are taking their first steps towards self-government under their own cultural traditions that date back to pre-colonial times.
Dec 24, 2009, 2:19pm
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Quebec: Doctors Threaten To Resign In Mass Over Uranium Mining
Montreal Gazette: Quebec's Liberal government must stop uranium exploration near Sept Iles and declare a moratorium on uranium mining activities across the province to avoid the mass resignation of 20 doctors in the Lower North Shore town, a Sept Iles doctor said yesterday...
Dec 6, 2009, 12:55pm
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Obama Tells Thein Sein Release Suu Kyi
The irrawaddy: SINGAPORE - US President Barack Obama made a personal request to the Burmese junta to release Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners, signaling that there is different view between Association of Southeast Asian Nations and US.
Nov 15, 2009, 1:16pm
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Venezuela Grants Land to Indigenous Communities On Indigenous Resistance Day
Caracas, October 13, 2009 (venezuelanalysis.com) - Celebrating 517 years of indigenous resistance to invasion and colonisation Venezuela marked Indigenous Resistance Day on Monday with a street march through the capital, Caracas, the granting of title deeds to indigenous communities, and a special session of the National Assembly.
Oct 18, 2009, 2:48pm
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