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    Stompin' Tom Conners dead at age 77

    Canadian music icon Stompin’ Tom Connors dead at 77 03/06/2013 08:39 PM CityNews.ca Canadian music legend Stompin` Tom Connors receives the...
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    Do you have a Neanderthal in your family tree?

    If your ancestors aren't pure African, then a good chance exists that you might be part Neanderthal or Denisovan. Both of these are closely related hominid species. Until recently scientists believed Neanderthals and Denisovans became extinct tens of thousands of years ago. But new evidence...
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    Did the Bush Administration deceive Americans into supporting the Iraq war?

    Please vote in the poll above. You can vote multiple times and the results are public. Did the Bush Administration deliberately deceive Americans into supporting the 2003 war against Iraq? A March 6, 2003, Presidential press conference where President Bush outlines justification for war...
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    Israeli Election results: Shift to Left?

    Elections for the 19th Knesset 22 January 2013 120 members total. Coalition of 61 to gain control: 31 Likud Yisrael Beiteinu Benjamin Netanyahu 884,631 23.32% 31 (Right Wing Hawks) 19 Yesh Atid Yair Lapid 543,280 14.32% (New Political Party: Centrist) 15...
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    Afghan Police Women Kills US Contractor

    The same story from several sources. Woman who Shot US Consultant in Kabul was from Iran According to an Afghan official, the policewoman who killed a US consultant in Kabul Monday morning is an Iranian who came to Afghanistan 10 years ago with her husband and obtained a fake ID through him...
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    UN Chief Blames Rich For Global Warming…

    That's true RiR... But China has more air conditioning.
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    UN Chief Blames Rich For Global Warming…

    Reality Check: China has 1.5 billion people ON a per capita basis, Canada produces far more greenhouse gases: List of countries by greenhouse gas emissions per capita - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Canada is #8 China is #72 Of course wealthy people tend to use more energy and therefore...
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    China criticizes US Human Rights Record in Report

    The United States often releases reports critical of China's human rights record, but over the last 10 years, China's human rights record has improved dramatically. Since 9/11 human rights have deteriorated drastically in the US. Well its finally reached the point where China can legitimately...
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    Israeli settlements completely surround Jerusalem

    Recent News: Israel is moving forward with plans for two major settlement projects in east Jerusalem, a spokeswoman said Tuesday, even as a senior Palestinian official warned that his government could pursue war crimes charges if Israel doesn't halt settlement activities. International anger...
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    Blue iguanas no longer critically endangered

    Blue iguanas no longer critically endangered Blue iguanas on Grand Cayman island are no longer considered a critically endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. A decade ago, there were just 10 to 25 blue iguanas living in the wild and they were listed as...
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    Ex-chief calls reserves 'concentration camps' on Iran TV

    Amnesty International lambastes Canada regularly for the 3rd world conditions on some First Nation communities, but I never heard anyone describe the conditions as being similar to concentration camps... until now: Ex-chief calls reserves 'concentration camps' on Iran TV Terry Nelson accuses...
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    This summer may see first ice-free North Pole

    Most of the time, the Antarctic is too cold to have significant snow fall. I've never heard of a serious snow storm at -40C. When i lived in the arctic, We rarely saw snow once the temperature dropped below -30. We'd get hoar frost and light dustings of ice crystals for weeks on end, but no...
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    Angry Libyan mob kills U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three diplomates.

    ...Libyan officials spent the night in a manhunt trying to find those responsible for the killings which occurred when an angry and armed mob attacked the diplomatic facility in an apparent protest against an anti-Islamic video created and produced by a group of American Jews. "It is with...
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    Youths attack and beat teenager until senseless

    Jamal Julani, 17, lies in his bed in Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem but doesn’t remember anything that happened around midnight four days before. He knows that he was beaten up by a group of Jewish youths and that he lost consciousness. Julani is a high school student from the Ras al-Amud...
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    Iran's Nuclear Program

    The evidence supports the conclusion that Iran walked up to the line and didn't cross it. A scientist making doodles on a napkin can mean anything... Iran probable does have an NPT compliant nuclear break out capability. But their program is monitored and their facilities have purely civilian...
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    Iraq's 12,000 page pre-2003 war arms declaration was accurate and complete

    Some people here still believe the lies and manipulations which generated support for the 2003 unprovoked US led war crime of aggression to seize control of Iraq's oil wealth which has since resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent people. (possibly more than a million)...
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    Amnesty International 2012 Annual Report

    Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 3 million supporters, members and activists in more than 150 countries and territories who campaign to end grave abuses of human rights. Our vision is for every person to enjoy all the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of...
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    China's Space Program

    China's space program makes another leap forward: China will launch three astronauts, including a mother who flies transport planes, to live and work on a space station for about a week, a major step in its goal of becoming only the third nation with a permanent base orbiting Earth. Liu...
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    Separation of religion and government

    Religious based governments are a threat to personal freedoms and democracy. Those who have the state sanctioned religion automatically have more rights than those that don't. Please feel free to disagree with the above statement or share your opinion regarding a state you believe gives unfair...
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    Egyptians back in the streets rioting

    Apparently Egypt's military disqualified a candidate from running in upcoming presidential elections. That started today's riot, but more angry people joined and the angry mob tried to storm the defense ministry. BBC News - Scores injured in fresh Egyptian clashes Last year, protestors...