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Amid the ongoing financial regulation overhaul, the banking industry is hoping to pull off a quiet power grab that has eluded its grasp since the Great Depression, by...
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The Anti-Defamation League is one of the most phony organizations in the world. Ostensibly committed to fighting bigotry, it has become a bigoted organization. Its sole...
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Arlington Cemetery is the closest thing to holy ground in America. A national monument it is the nation’s most important military burial ground.
A new book - On...
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For the first time in a decade, the U.S. is reviewing the endangered status of the humpback whale, prompted by evidence that these acrobatic leviathans — once...
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One of the leaders of a polygamist sect was convicted Thursday night of sexually assaulting an under-age girl whom the church elders had assigned to him as one of his...
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Reporting from Washington - As President Obama struggles over a new military strategy for Afghanistan, his advisors are trying to satisfy sharply divergent demands:...
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Jennifer Smith, a Texas real estate agent, remembers when she considered her car an office, her cellphone a professional lifeline. If it rang, she picked it up. If she...
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Who is Nidal Malik Hasan?
What’s in a name? Very, very little—particularly when it comes to divining the motivations of the perpetrator of a violent crime. But that...
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No Zionist cause is too extreme and violent for mainstream support in America. Generic pro-Israel fundraisers are one thing, but support for illegal Israeli settlers on...
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President Barack Obama came to office with great enthusiasm to finally end the Israeli occupation of Palestine and bring about a two-state solution: Peace.
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She is known for her unconventional choices and now US first lady Michelle Obama is setting another precedent by the first presidential
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A US army major has opened fire on fellow soldiers at the Fort Hood military base in Texas, with death toll now standing at 12, with 30 injured.
Base commander Lt Gen...
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Stunned and angry, national gay rights leaders Wednesday blamed scare-mongering ads – and President Barack Obama’s lack of engagement – for a bitter election...
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Something is not right here, means having sex with animals shows that that person is mentally sick or imbalanced. This south Carolina man sure is one of them. He loves...
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A convicted rapist living in an Ohio home where several bodies have been found has been charged with five counts of aggravated murder, US police say.
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The 2009 election has come and gone. Once again, the media and their political analysts have failed in their assessment of what would happen.
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eBay has announced a worldwide ban on the sale of ivory products on its auction websites from next year. An eBay spokesman said the move was the best way to help...
made popular Oct 23 2008
The Philippines is one of the top biodiversity hot spots, with 592 endemic species of amphibians, birds and mammals considered “threatened or endangered,” and 227...
made popular Oct 11 2008
Like the Philippine Eagle, the Tamaraw is another animal that can best symbolize mass extinction of species in the Philippines. Once found in the thousands in the early...
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The Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi) is one of the two largest eagles in the world. It is the tallest eagle (can exceed eight feet) and holds the world record...
made popular Oct 4 2008
The Philippine Tarsier will fit in your hand. At 12 centimeters in length, and between 117 and 134 grams in weight, it is the world’s smallest primate. The Philippine...
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WWF condemns the blatant poaching of internationally-protected marine life and hopes that the Philippine government will finally have the resolve to dispense due...
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Rising acidification of the ocean could reduce fertilisation of marine invertebrates and might eventually wipe out colonies of sea urchins, lobsters, mussels and...
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According to a latest review, 48% of primate species face extinction. Illegal hunting, deforestation and habitat loss will soon wipe out primates. The picture is quite...
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CHENNAI: As many as 950 live tortoises, an endangered species, were seized by the Customs officials from a passenger of a flight bound for Bangkok via Colombo at the...
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Aye-ayes can be found only on the island of Madagascar. These rare animals may not look like primates at first glance, but they are related to chimpanzees, apes, and...
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The rarest bird on the Indian soil in recent years and a winter visitor to Keoladeo Ghana National Park (KNP) in Bharatpur, the Siberian crane, has...
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Since polar bears have been officially recognised as endangered, our attention turns to the next species perilously close to extinction - nivicolous hominis, known by...
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The United States has listed the polar bear as a threatened species. Two-thirds of the polar bear population of 25,000 in the US could disappear by 2050. Climate change...
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he gray wolf was officially removed from the Endangered Species Act’s “threatened” list Friday after three decades — a decision that has stoked...
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South Africa says it will reverse a ban on elephant culls because the population now needs controlling.
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They have bravely persisted in building the fence despite repeated assertions from a variety of sources that it will be massively expensive and completely ineffective.
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The Bush administration is weeks away from a decision that most likely will designate polar bears as a threatened species, but it said Thursday that it won’t...
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There was a time when Greenpeace would throw itself in front of whaling boats to protect whales from harm but, now, this same organization, funded by tax deductible...
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The senseless and tragic killing of four vulnerable mountain gorillas has come as a shock to animal conservationists, not only endangering a hapless group but also...
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