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One Day As a Migrant
One Day As a Migrant (5:15 min, Mexico, by Isaac Zuñiga, Cesar Gonzalez, Erick Moller, Erik Aguilar, Emilio Cabra, Jorge Alcala & Gustavo Perez of Colegio Carol Baur) 2012 PLURAL+ Global Block Award
Dolphins Bound for Combat as Ukraine Navy Announces Plans to Train Them in Underwater Warfare with Knives or Guns Strapped to Them
Dolphins are being trained for military action by the Ukraine navy in a return to Soviet-style underwater warfare, it was learned Oct. 11. The marine mammals will be taught to attack enemy combat swimmers using special knives or pistols fixed to their ...
Graphic: Who are the Super PACs’ Biggest Donors?
by Al Shaw An interactive chart showing the share of all contributions given by the top ten donors to each of the 12 largest super PACs.
Antarctic glaciers and the global water crisis
From the ice melting in Antarctica, to rising sea levels flooding Bangladesh, to the prospect of a compromised drinking water supply in New York City, the world's glaciers tie together our greatest challenges of the 21st century. This is a problem that binds all of us together, wherever we live. That's why it's incumbent upon all of us to solve the climate crisis.
Argentina Shows World How to Beat the Crisis
BUENOS AIRES - What is happening in the European Union and the United States today happened a decade ago in Argentina, when it was a hotbed of protest and the streets of major cities were seething with people telling their leaders they had had enough. ...
Boehner on Keystone: We’re Fighting for the Pipeline Provision
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says he won't support a payroll tax cut extension unless it includes language speeding work on a Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline. House Speaker John Boehner expressed the same view earlier...
Climate Change May Modify Half Earth’s Plants
PASADENA - By 2100, global climate change will modify plant communities covering almost half of Earth's land surface. Climate change will also drive the conversion of nearly 40% of land-based ecosystems from one major ecological community type - su...
Killing of Wolves from Air Draws Fire
SEATTLE — For years, the federal agencies that helped the U.S. wolf population recover under the Endangered Species Act have also quietly killed hundreds of wolves that threaten livestock or prized game. They've even taken to the skies - and ...
Japan Declares ‘Cold Shutdown’ at Fukushima
Japan has declared that its tsunami-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant has reached cold shutdown, passing a key milestone in efforts to bring under control the world's worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl 25 years ago. "The re...
