All News Articles for 2015-02-16
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Explosion, Fireball in Derailment That Sends Bakken Crude Oil Train Into W.Va. Waterway 'Back-to-back fiery derailments involving crude oil trains should be an unmistakable wake-up call to our political leaders.' Read more |
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Cyber-Security Firm: NSA-Linked Spyware Found in Hard Drives Worldwide Researchers with Kaspersky Lab describe what they say is "the most advanced threat actor" they’ve seen to date. Read more |
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'This Is Not A Game,' Declares Greek Minister as Talks Collapse in Brussels 'Europe must cut its lossses with a program that is not working,' declares Syriza's finance minister Yanis Varoufakis Read more |
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Brewing 'Perfect Storm,' GOP Lawmakers Push Millionaire-Friendly State Tax Schemes Despite unfair burden on lower- and middle- classes, conservative-led state governments push regressive tax plans Read more |
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UMass Restrictions on Iranian Students Draw Fire from Rights Groups School's unilateral prohibition on admission to key academic programs, allegedly to comply with sanctions law, slammed as 'collective punishment' Read more |
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Blaze From Fiery Derailment Continues Amid Renewed Call for Action on Oil Trains 'Time and again we’ve seen these oil trails catch fire, spill oil, take lives and leave behind huge messes.' Read more |
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'Shame': Greece Pledges to Shut Down Immigrant Detention Centers 'I'm here to express my shame, not as a minister but as a human being,' says official in charge of public order Read more |
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Hiroshima Survivors Sue Over 'Black Rain' That Followed Atomic Bombing Over 40 survivors of bombing demand aid from Japan for severe health impacts Read more |
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Krugman: Greece (and Europe) Deserve Democratic Ideals of Syriza 'Europe could do a lot worse — and if the creditors are vengeful, it will.' Read more |
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Egypt Bombs Libya as Blowback Continues and Regional War Spreads Egyptian airstrikes against Libya, experiencing chaos unleashed by US/NATO bombing in 2011, may not be the last Read more |