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Many right-wing, fanatical tea-party types are angry at Obama not only for his having traded the five top Taliban leaders being held at Guantamo in exchange for the U.S. Army deserter, Bowe Bergdahl but also for his not having taken steps to seek the release of the Marine hero, Sgt. Andrew...

Telegraph; One of Greenpeace's most senior executives commutes 250 miles to work by plane, despite the environmental group's campaign to curb air travel, it has emerged. Pascal Husting, Greenpeace International's international programme director, said he began "commuting between Luxembourg...

TORONTO - With all the talk about a mass gay wedding at Casa Loma, a three-day LGBT human rights conference, gay murals and rainbow flags painted on Church St. and plenty of parties leading up to Sunday’s Pride parade, it will be a very gay time in Toronto this week. The hype the past...

who likely arrived to the Americas via Beringia.' However, additional details about the intial colonization of the Americas remain unclear. To investigate the pioneering phase in the Americas we analyzed a total of 623 complete mtDNAs from the Americas and Asia, including 20 new complete...

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On Thursday, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the secretary-general of NATO, declared that Russia has infiltrated western environmentalist groups. Rasmussen said Vladimir Putin is using them to demonize natural gas fracking in Europe, in order to keep the west dependent on Russia's state-controlled...

Edmonton businessman begins construction on B.C. burial ground Cowichan, Saanich and Penelakut ancestors buried on Grace Islet in Ganges Harbour On National Aboriginal Day, B.C. First Nations and gulf islanders rallied and paddled around a tiny B.C. island cemetery that is being developed...

should have used the IRS servers Police in Florida have, at the request of the U.S. Marshals Service, been deliberately deceiving judges and defendants about their use of a controversial surveillance tool to track suspects, according to newly obtained emails. At the request of the Marshals...

(CNN) -- Using his strongest language to date, Pope Francis told Italian Mafia members on Saturday that they are excommunicated from the Catholic Church. "Those who in their life have gone along the evil ways, as in the case of the mafia, they are not with God, they are excommunicated,"...

How your food would look if not genetically modified over millennia? | Genetic Literacy Project like related, man. Monsanto plans to patent genetically modified marijuana in Uruguay Â*

Cody Battershill ‏@codyincalgary Why did #TidesUSA Buy 150 acres right next door to Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson? With the U.S. in tough times, one would think that American charities would be doing all they can to help...

In a story by CBC’s Environment Reporter Margo McDiarmid on a protest by the Hartely Bay First Nation against the Northern Gateway pipeline decision: Members of Hartley Bay First Nation have stretched a 4.6-kilometre long crocheted rope across B.C.’s Douglas Channel in a symbolic blockade of...

Neil Edmondson ‏@NeilJEdmondson pick a treaty and read it: https://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1370373165583/1370373202340 … #cdnpoli #indigenous In this section, read transcripts of the treaties dating from the...

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is the deadliest ever seen and the virus is raging ‘‘totally out of control,’’ an official with Doctors Without Borders said Friday. The virus, which causes a particularly nasty form of hemorrhagic fever, has killed 337 people out of 528 infected, the World...

There's a fair bit of optimism in green circles that fossil fuels are dying and renewables like wind and solar are set to take over. Al Gore has a hopeful new essay in Rolling Stone along these lines, arguing that "a powerful, largely unnoticed shift is taking place." In 2013, fossil fuels...

It is not remotely surprising that the Archbishop of Canterbury should desire to bless the Pope of Rome, but the humble attitude of His Holiness in accepting it has caused something of a stir among Roman Catholic traditionalists: Is Pope Francis humbly acknowledging the episcopal ministry...

Two thousand, three hundred years ago, Alexander The Great was surveying his battlefield and drinking water from silver urns. He knew nothing about bacteria, but he knew that silver containers have a seemingly miraculous way of keeping water fresh. Silver has been used for thousands of years...

China’s recycling tycoon Chen Guangbiao placed ads in the US media inviting one thousand poor Americans for a dinner worth $1 million in New York on June 25. The philanthropist also said that he will give out US$300 to each guest after the meal. The billionaire placed a...

A flood of illegals has massively surged at our southwestern borders. The economic impact of medical care, education and incarceration for illegals forced on taxpayers is bankrupting Arizona. Why are such swarms entering the U.S. illegally NOW, particularly children? Newspapers in Mexico...

The evolution of "The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian (Indian Reservation)" It began with a songwriter of course: John D. Loudermilk - 1960-1963 Nashville Songwriters Foundation The man wrote a lot of notable songs including: "Tobacco Road" "Talk Back Trembling Lips" "Then You Can...