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TOP 5 DARK VATICAN SECRETS
From drug abuse to child abuse, the Vatican has had its hands in it all. In the featured video, news source ‘In the now’ looks back at the most well-known scandals surrounding one of the […]
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Hackney council removes ‘unacceptable’ posters telling women which side of the road they should walk on
‘Posters warning women they should only walk on one side of the road have been taken down after they sparked a backlash. The notices, which were put up along streets in Stamford Hill, were removed […]
Middle East
Wanted: US puts $10 million bounty on killers of journalists
‘Although the parents of slain journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff were warned of possible federal charges if they paid a ransom to their jihadist captors, the US Senate has approved a reward for information […]
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Abuse inquiry head to break silence on links to Leon Brittan: Fiona Woolf to answer critics who say she is too close to figure in scandal
‘The controversial new chairman of the Government’s historic child abuse inquiry has promised to answer critics who say she is too close to a key figure at the centre of scandal. Fiona Woolf has for […]
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Celebrity sex abuse tapes theft: Massive police investigation launched into stolen interview tapes
‘A massive police operation is under way after sensitive video interviews with victims of celebrity sex abusers were stolen. The tapes, believed to feature accusers of Jimmy Savile, Stuart Hall and other high-profile names , […]
Middle East
About 60,000 Syrian Kurds flee to Turkey from Islamic State advance
From Yahoo!News (source link): “About 60,000 Syrian Kurds fled into Turkey in the space of 24 hours, a deputy prime minister said on Saturday, as Islamic State militants seized dozens of villages close to the […]
Sci/Environment
Is Martian soil actually good for farming?
From Vox (source link): “If we ever wanted to permanently colonize Mars, one thing seems probable: we’d have to figure out how to grow some food there. This raises an interesting question: could we use […]
Middle East
Militants threaten ancient sites in Iraq, Syria
From Yahoo!News (source link): “For more than 5,000 years, numerous civilizations have left their mark on upper Mesopotamia — from Assyrians and Akkadians to Babylonians and Romans. Their ancient, buried cities, palaces and temples packed […]
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Blackwater Founder: We Could Stop ISIS
From Yahoo!News (source link): “Erik Prince has a message for ISIS: You’re lucky Blackwater is gone. On Friday night, the controversial founder of the private military company had plenty to say about what the organization […]
Entertainment
Cartoon: The Beheading Coalition
The Beheading Coalition from MarkFiore on Vimeo. From The Daily Kos (source link): Now that the United States is forming another military coalition to combat evil in the Middle East, maybe we should pause to […]