All News Articles for 2014-08-26
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Activists Sound Alarm as More Police Departments Consider Using Drones Anti-war groups call for increased scrutiny over use of drones as law enforcement tools Read more |
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US Tests 'Hypersonic' Weapon Designed to Reach 5 Times Speed of Sound Critics warn new class of weapons is leading to new global arms race and risks dangerous escalation Read more |
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Siding with GMO Giants, Federal Judge Rejects Kauai Anti-GMO Law County ordinance meant to protect people and land from 'one of the most toxic chemical environments in all of American agriculture' Read more |
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Midwestern Wheat Left Rotting as Oil Trains Roll By Oil boom in North Dakota is delaying massive grain shipments, farmers say Read more |
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Battle over Austerity Collapses French Government French president and prime minister announce creation of a reshuffled government lined with pro-austerity loyalists, excluding dissenters Read more |
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In Landmark Decision, TEPCO to Pay Victim's Family in Fukushima Suicide Case Family of Hamako Watanabe, who committed suicide after fleeing Fukushima disaster, awarded $472,000 by court Read more |
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Officials Announce Long-Term Truce Agreement to End Attack on Gaza Palestinians reportedly celebrating in the streets as President Abbas highlights pressing need to rebuild war-torn state Read more |
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Secret Internal Document Urging Closure of California Nuclear Plant Revealed Former plant inspector first raised concerns about seismic safety in 2010 Read more |
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UN Agency says Violence at Peak Levels as Israel Flattens High-Rises in Gaza As destruction and deaths again mount, reports indicate delayed shipment of US weapons now on its way to Israel Read more |
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Next War of 'Aggression'? US Drones over Syria Seen as Sign of Looming Airstrikes Unilateral strikes by Obama administration would be "considered as aggression,' says Syrian foreign minister Read more |