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It has been one of the elusive goals of seafaring nations almost since the beginnings of waterborne trade, but for nearly 500 years the idea has been dismissed as an impossible dream. Now, as a result of global warming, the dream is about to come...
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A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. Shaniya Davis was...
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In almost every way, David Headley was the perfect neighbour. When the 49-year-old American citizen began renting an apartment in Mumbai last year he charmed his...
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Federal officials say they arrested a man who strapped 15 live lizards to his chest to get through customs at Los Angeles International Airport.
The U.S. Fish and...
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First, the charming American Zionists:
And this is how the “liberal” Zionists in America behave:
We’ve been following J Street’s attempts to...
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The Oprah is coming to an end. For more than 20 years, the Chicago star has captivated audiences with her weight problems, Tom Cruise coach jumping, Gale shop talk;...
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As is well known the American people are well informed and versed in international affairs and when evaluating nations they draw on their deep understanding to form...
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This week marked the anniversary of two important historical events. Each took place in different time periods and in different parts of the world, but they remain...
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Forbes Magazine named drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman — a fugitive reputed to be hiding in the mountains of northern Mexico — to its list of the 67...
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President Obama said yesterday he is still several weeks away from adopting a new strategy for the war in Afghanistan.
What’s taking so long? Obama wants his...
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The White House is on a collision course with Catholic bishops in an intractable dispute over abortion that could blow up the fragile political coalition behind...
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Two Chicago men accused of developing what federal prosecutors call a blueprint for a terrorist assault on a Danish newspaper also are being investigated for possible...
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President Obama’s diplomatic outreach to Iran deserves some award for its schizophrenic nature. Obama claims he wants to reach out his hand to an uncleanched...
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President Obama campaigned on “Change” in Washington that would reject the cynicism, partisanship and the political gamesmanship that have long dominated...
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The question was a plausible one Monday when it was announced that the Pontiac Silverdome — once home to the NFL’s Detroit Lions — was sold for $583,000, or about...
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In nearly a dozen recent terrorism cases in the United States, Britain and Canada, investigators discovered the suspects had something in common: a devotion to the...
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The Texas Department of Public Safety is warning parents across the state to be aware of efforts by Mexican cartels and transnational gangs to recruit Texas youth in...
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President Obama has admitted for the first time that the deadline he set two days into his Administration for closing the Guantanamo Bay detainee camp in Cuba will be...
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Christmas seems to start earlier and earlier every year, and with it comes the idiotic fringe-media meme that’s come to be known as the “War On...
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Israel: Busy Ethnic Cleansing Muslims and Christians from Holy Jerusalem
Here’s the list that Obama administration calls a success in the Middle East
- Israel...
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Another hateful asshole at Fox
Here’s a recent exchange between Fox News host Shepard Smith and Texas Republican Senator (and Gubernatorial candidate) Kay Bailey...
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Russia raised the prospect of war in the Arctic yesterday as nations struggle for control of the world’s dwindling energy reserves.
The country’s new national...
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Hot, angry winds are blowing over the Arctic. Well, the winds relate to the geopolitical atmosphere of the energy rich northern-most continent rather than the climatic...
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Arctic Ocean sea ice has melted to the second lowest minimum since satellite observations began, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
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Companies seeking oil in the Arctic will need better technology to clean up spills onto ice and could new face hazards such as rougher seas caused by climate change,...
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An army of trees is invading the Arctic. It might sound like a Monty Python skit, complete with John Cleese and bizarre animations, but it\’s real and...
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The melting ice cap could open the North Pole region to easy navigation for five months a year, according to the latest Arctic Climate Impact Assessment,...
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A team of researchers say that in spite of all the media attention given to the Arctic region and polar bears, species living in the tropics may face an even greater...
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Arctic sea ice is melting “significantly faster” than predicted and is approaching a point of no return, conservation group the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)...
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A few warm, springlike days might sound appealing if you live in the frigid Arctic Circle.
But a rise in temperature can spell doom for native peoples and the caribou,...
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Pursuit of power is obvious between the two most powerful nations of the world - US and Russia. The former is toiling and manipulating hard to protect its hegemony and...
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