Typhoon Neoguri is on track to pass directly over the Sendai nuclear power plant when it makes landfall on the Japanese island of Kyushu later Tuesday. The Sendai plant is one of three nuclear power stations threatened by the path of the storm. The Genkai nuclear plant is also located on Kyushu, and there is …
As Abdel Hakim Belhaj appeals the ruling that barred him from suing MI6 for its role in his rendition and torture in 2004, his lawyer told a British court that UK government officials are trying to evade responsibility and prevent the case from continuing. Richard Hermer QC, who represents Belhaj, told the judges of UK’s …
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Tens of thousands of people marched to the White House on Saturday to demand an end to Israel’s ongoing military assault on Gaza. Hailing from cities across the United States, participants filled the U.S. capital with chants of “Free, free Palestine. Killing children is a crime,” as they carried signs and banners memorializing the over …
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The Ebola outbreak has been “vastly underestimated” and requires containment efforts far greater than those currently being taken, health experts warn. The outbreak of the virus in West Africa—described as the worst ever—has already killed over 1,000 people in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone and has infected nearly 2,000. Click Here: cheap sydney roosters …
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UNITED NATIONS, Aug 30 2014 (IPS) – As the United Nations commemorated the International Day Against Nuclear Tests this week, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon lamented the fact that in a world threatened by some 17,000 nuclear weapons, not a single one has been destroyed so far. Instead, he said, countries possessing such weapons have well-funded, long-range …
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Nico Hulkenberg was thrown in at the deep end at the Eifel GP last weekend, but the German driver says his last-minute call-up was more like a plunge “into an ice bath”. Hulkenberg’s on-the-spot performance with Racing Point at the Nürburgring was unanimously applauded by the F1 paddock. It was the third time this season …
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In what critics say is a blow to voters’ rights, a federal appeals court on Friday gave the state of Wisconsin the green-light to require voters to provide identification as a condition of casting a ballot. Opponents of the rule say it imposes an unnecessary and often prohibitive requirement that disproportionately prevents people of color …
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As Liberia’s chief medical officer placed herself under quarantine on Saturday, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that the Ebola death toll in West Africa had surpassed 3,000—though it warned for the second time in as many months that the statistics “vastly underestimate” the true scale of the epidemic. Bernice Dahn, a deputy health minister …
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The U.S. Supreme Court reinstated voting restrictions in North Carolina on Wednesday, issuing an order that will prohibit voters from same-day registration and casting their ballots out of precinct—a law that a federal appeals court had previously overturned on the grounds that it discriminated against voters, particularly the elderly, minorities, and those living in underserved …
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