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Eight people flee U.S. border patrol to seek asylum in Canada
Reuters - Fri Feb 17, 2017
Eight asylum-seekers, including four children, barely made it across the Canadian border on Friday as a US border patrol officer tried to stop them and a Reuters photographer captured the scene. More»

Fukushima Reactor breached, rising to "unimaginable" levels of radiation
Daily KOS - Fri Feb 3, 2017
Radiation levels inside a damaged reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station are at their highest since the plant suffered a triple meltdown almost six years ago. More»

China issues first-ever national red alert for smog as air pollution continues to smother parts of the nation
Daily Mail - Tue Jan 3, 2017
China issued its first national red alert for air pollution on Wednesday as the country continues to battle poor air quality. More»

New Zealand earthquake: Tsunami follows powerful tremor
BBC - Sat Nov 12, 2016
The US Geological Survey said the magnitude-7. More»

Police foil London Underground bomb plot
Daily Mail - Fri Oct 21, 2016
Detectives believe lone wolf terrorist left crude bomb on Tube heading for Westminster and the Shard as they quiz 19-year-old man Tasered in the street by armed police". More»

Putin Ally Tells Americans: Vote Trump Or Face Nuclear War
US Uncut - Tue Oct 11, 2016
Americans should vote for Donald Trump as president next month or risk being dragged into a nuclear war, according to a Russian ultra-nationalist ally of President Vladimir Putin who likes to compare himself to the U. More»

North Korea detonates 'its biggest-ever nuke': Huge earthquake at nuclear testing site
Daily Mail - Thu Sep 8, 2016
US, European and Chinese monitoring agencies are reporting a 5. More»

Arrested Catholic Archbishop's computer contained over 100,000 images of children
Raw Story - Wed Apr 20, 2016
Vatican detectives analyzing a computer used a by an archbishop arrested earlier this week discovered over 86,000 pornographic photos and 160 sexually explicit video files of children, reports the International Business Times. More»

ISIS claims responsibility for terror atrocities in Paris
Daily Mail - Fri Nov 13, 2015
ISIS has claimed responsibility for the coordinated terror attacks in Paris which killed at least 127 people, and warned that more will follow. More»

Anonymous Denies List of KKK Members After Politicians Respond
Newsweek - Mon Nov 2, 2015
Updated | Online hacking group Anonymous has denied responsibility for the recent publication of a list that claims some US politicians belong to the Ku Klux Klan. More»

MI6 spy who was found dead in locked bag had 'hacked secret files about US president'
The Independent - Sun Aug 30, 2015
An MI6 spy who was found dead inside a bag in 2010 had hacked into restricted information about Bill Clinton, it has been claimed. More»

Jehovah's Witnesses Church Hid Evidence Of More Than A Thousand Child Sexual Abuse Cases
Think Progress - Mon Jul 27, 2015
The Jehovahs Witnesses Church in Australia failed to report more than 1,000 reports of child sexual abuse since 1950, according to testimony presented at a government inquiry into the claims. More»

How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to power
The Guardian - Mon Jul 20, 2015
Rumours of a link between the US first family and the Nazi war machine have circulated for decades. More»

Nepal Quake Toll Passes 4,000
Reuters - Mon Apr 27, 2015
Hundreds of Nepalis, angered and frustrated by the governments slow response, were digging through rubble themselves on Tuesday to find remains of their loved ones after a devastating earthquake three days ago killed more than 4,000 people. More»

Powerful Magnitude-7.8 Earthquake Rocks Nepal, Death Toll Exceeds 1,200
Wall Street Journal - Fri Apr 24, 2015
NEW DELHI - Rescuers worked into the night Saturday searching for survivors of a powerful 7. More»

Erupting Calbuco Volcano Lights Up The Sky
Associated Press - Wed Apr 22, 2015
Santiago, Chile - Twin blasts from the Calbuco volcano in southern Chile have sent vast clouds of ash into the sky, increasing concerns that it could contaminate water, cause respiratory illnesses and ground more flights. More»

The Numbers Are Staggering: U.S. Is 'World Leader' in Child Poverty
AlterNet - Tue Apr 14, 2015
Americas wealth grew by 60 percent in the past six years, by over $30 trillion. More»

Volcano Villarrica Erupts in Chile
Reuters - Mon Mar 2, 2015
Volcano Villarrica in southern Chile erupted in the early hours of Tuesday, sending a plume of ash and lava high into the sky, and forcing the evacuation of nearby communities. More»

Doomsday Clock reads 11.57: Atomic scientists move minute hand two minutes forward - and say we are at closest point to disaster in decades
Daily Mail - Wed Jan 21, 2015
Symbolic clock was established by Manhattan Project scientists in 1947. More»

Pope Francis: Dogs Can Go to Heaven
Time - Fri Dec 12, 2014
Pope Francis confirmed during his weekly address in the Vaticans St Peters Square that canines, along with "all of Gods creatures," can make it to heaven. More»

Pope Francis: You Can't Use Religion To Justify Violence
Think Progress - Mon Sep 22, 2014
Pope Francis had some harsh words for religious extremists this weekend, voicing his strongest condemnation yet for those who use religion to justify violence. More»

Lava flows from Philippine volcano; thousands flee
AP - Wed Sep 17, 2014
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines most active volcano has sent more huge lava fragments rolling down its slopes in an ongoing gentle eruption that has prompted authorities to evacuate thousands of villagers, officials said Wednesday. More»

Bangladesh Dhaka building collapse leaves 70 dead
BBC - Wed Apr 24, 2013
At least 70 people have been killed and many more are feared trapped after an eight-storey building collapsed in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, government officials say. More»

Contaminated water found leaking at Japanese nuclear plant
CNN - Sun Dec 4, 2011
Workers at Japans Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility have discovered a leak of 45 metric tons of radioactive water, operator Tokyo Electric Power Company said in a statement Monday. More»

Assange wins latest round in extradition fight
CNN - Sun Dec 4, 2011
London - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be allowed to appeal against extradition to Sweden on sex allegations, the British High Court announced Monday. More»

Irish Church reports reveal horrific child abuse
AFP - Tue Nov 29, 2011
A new series of reports into Irish Catholic dioceses on Wednesday revealed horrific child sex abuse by priests and mistakes by Roman Catholic Church authorities in dealing with them. More»

English earthquakes blamed on shale 'fracking'
Associated Press - Tue Nov 1, 2011
LONDON - The only company in Britain using hydraulic fracturing to release natural gas from shale rock said Wednesday that the controversial technique probably did trigger earth tremors in April and May. More»

Occupy London - Archbishop of Canterbury finally speaks - and backs protesters
The Daily Mail - Sun Oct 30, 2011
The Archbishop of Canterbury last night broke his silence on the protesters camped outside St Pauls Cathedral, saying he sympathised with the urgent larger issues they raised. More»

WikiLeaks site comes under attack
Associated Press - Mon Aug 29, 2011
LONDON - The WikiLeaks website crashed Tuesday in an apparent cyberattack after the accelerated publication of tens of thousands of once-secret State Department cables by the anti-secrecy organization raised new concerns about the exposure of confidential US embassy sources. More»

Workers find ultra-high radiation levels at Fukushima Daiichi plant
CNN - Mon Aug 1, 2011
Tokyo - The operator of Japans crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has detected the highest radiation levels at the facility since the initial earthquake and tsunami five months ago, a company spokesman said Tuesday. More»

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