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Aurora Light show on Uranus captured by Hubble (Video)
Mashable reports on video from Hubble of aurora light shows on the frozen planet of Uranus.
Tens of Thousands of Syrians Protest Peacefully after Ceasefire, 6 Killed
On the first day since the Baathist regime of Bashar al-Assad maintained that it had accepted a ceasefire with its opposition, tens of thousands of […]
Mark Twain on Bankers
A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella…
China hopeful Iran will compromise with the UNSC
China’s official Xinhuanet news service is predicting that Iran will compromise with the 5 members of the UN Security Council plus Germany as they meet […]
The Syrian Army’s outlaw Executions (Serle)
Jack Serle writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have published eight formal reports on Syrian human rights violations […]
Washington’s Dangerous Blockade of Iran (Cole at Tomdispatch)
My essay, “Why Washington’s Iran Policy Could Lead to Global Disaster,” is out at Tomdispatch.com Go to that site for Tom Englehardt’s powerful introduction. Why […]
Bahrain Crisis between Hunger Strike and Grand Prix Boycott
The crisis in Bahrain continues to boil along, despite the harsh crackdown of the Sunni monarchy on the protest movement (made up largely of the […]
Dear CNN: This is not News; *This* is News
Dear CNN: You are in danger of being sued for false advertising, since you characterize yourself as a news channel. Just so you know, this […]
Afghanistan’s Taliban – a differing view of drones (Woods)
Chris Woods writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: Scholars Alex Strick van Linschoten, 28, and 32 year old Felix Kuehn have swapped the musty […]
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