Scientists find 'conclusive' evidence common pesticides are killing bees

June 26, 2014 by element115
Scientists say they have conclusive evidence that two widely used pesticides are killing bees and other insects, and harming the environment.

The international panel of 50 scientists working as the Task Force on Systemic Pesticides says use of the pesticides should be phased out.
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US' Supreme Court bans warrantless cell phone searches

June 25, 2014 by element115
The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that police cannot go snooping through people’s cell phones without a warrant, in a unanimous decision that amounts to a major statement in favor of privacy rights.
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Israel reins in West Bank military offensive amid fears it could backfire

June 24, 2014 by element115
Since the abduction of three Israeli teens, Israel has arrested about 350 Palestinians, conducted sweeps of 1,800 locales, and raided 64 Islamic charities with suspected links to Hamas. Concerns are growing about resulting Palestinian unrest.
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There are an estimated 30 million slaves in the world today

by element115
...more than at any other time in history.
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Russian President Putin 'scraps Ukraine military move'

by element115
Vladimir Putin's move was aimed at "normalising the situation" in the conflict-torn eastern regions of Ukraine, his press-secretary said.
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US forces arrive in Baghdad to advise Iraqi troops

by element115
Nearly half the 300 special operations soldiers promised by US President Barack Obama are in Baghdad or on the front lines of the fight.

The rest are expected within days.

Also, US Secretary of State John Kerry called for regional unity to expel the Sunni Isis rebels who have taken large swathes of Iraq.
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Dick Cheney Predicts Another 9/11 In This Decade

by element115
“I think there will be another attack and the next time I think it’s likely to be far deadlier than the last one. You can just imagine what would happen if somebody could smuggle a nuclear device, put it in a shipping container, and drive it down the beltway outside Washington D.C.”
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Glenn Greenwald: New NSA Leak From Snowden 'Very Imminent'

by element115
..."one of the most important in the archive."
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Study: Diaspora Jews say occupation, Orthodoxy threaten Israel

May 21, 2014 by element115
For Israel to exist as a Jewish and democratic state, Diaspora Jews believe it must end the occupation, treat its Arab citizens more fairly and eliminate the Orthodox monopoly over religion.

These were the key findings of a document published Wednesday by the Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI), a Jerusalem-based think-tank, entitled “Jewish & Democratic: Perspectives from World Jewry.”
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Russia, China sign deal to bypass U.S. dollar

May 20, 2014 by element115
Russia and China took a small step toward undercutting the domination of the U.S. dollar as the international reserve currency on Tuesday when Russia’s second biggest financial institution, VTB, signed a deal with Bank of China to bypass the dollar and pay each other in domestic currencies.

The so-called Agreement on Cooperation — signed in the presence of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is on a visit to Shanghai — could be followed by a long-awaited announcement this week of a massive natural gas deal 10 years in the making.
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Thailand's army declares martial law

by element115
Thailand's powerful army chief intervened for the first time in the country's latest political crisis, declaring martial law and dispatching gun-mounted jeeps into the heart of the capital with a vow to resolve the deepening conflict as quickly as possible.
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Australian spies secretly monitor phone calls in the Philippines: Edward Snowden disclosure

by element115
A 2013 NSA document shows that comprehensive MYSTIC harvesting of telecommunications data in the Philippines is carried out by the Australian Signals Directorate, formerly known as the Defence Signals Directorate, which is a so-called "5-eyes" partner with its American counterpart.
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China Angry Over US Spy Charges 'Hypocrisy'

by element115
China has accused the United States of "hypocrisy and double standards" after five of its military officials were accused of hacking into companies' computer systems.
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Drone strikes justified...says New Zealand Prime Minister

by element115
Drone strikes are justified - even if innocent civilians are mistakenly killed, Prime Minister John Key says.

Key confirmed yesterday that intelligence collected by the Government Communications Security Bureau might be passed to the controversial US programme.
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‘The silent epidemic’

by element115
Depression is the top cause of illness and disability among adolescents globally, the World Health Organisation (WHO) revealed last week.

And it said that globally, suicide is the third most common cause of death among adolescents, after traffic trauma and HIV-Aids.
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Video footage indicates killed Palestinian youths posed no threat

by element115
New video evidence showing the fatal shooting of two Palestinian teenagers last week strongly indicates that neither of the boys posed a threat to Israeli forces at the time they were targeted, supporting claims they were "unlawfully killed".
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WikiLeaks vows to reveal second country where NSA is recording all mobile phone calls

by element115
WikiLeaks has pledged to reveal the name of a second country that is having virtually all of its mobile phone calls recorded by the US National Security Agency, despite a warning that leaking the information could "lead to deaths".
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Plastic Timebomb

May 18, 2014 by element115
...microbead pollutants in cosmetics washed into the sea and ending up in the food chain.
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Pope to visit Palestinian refugee camp

by element115
Dheisheh refugee camp, Bethlehem — Set up in 1949 on land leased from Jordan, Dheisheh camp initially housed refugees who fled or were forced out of 45 villages around Jerusalem and the southern West Bank city of Hebron.

Today, it counts some 14,800 inhabitants, making it the fifth-largest of the 19 refugee camps in the West Bank and annexed east Jerusalem.

The late pope John Paul II also visited the camp on a tour of the Holy Land in 2000, calling for an urgent solution to the plight of the millions made homeless after the creation of the Jewish state in 1948.
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The rich get richer: Britain's wealthiest are now worth £519billion

by element115
Britain's richest people have managed to DOUBLE their wealth in the last five years.
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