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February 16, 2009

U.S. immigration authorities say they’ve ordered 30,000 Haitians to leave the country.

December 31, 2008

Amazing how we start to rely on websites/services for various things – I can’t get to my New Year Eve’s Party because Evite.com is down

December 22, 2008

A World Enslaved – There are now more slaves on the planet than at any time in human history. True abolition will elude us until we admit the massive scope of the problem, attack it in all its forms, and empower slaves to help free themselves.

December 9, 2008

New Malaria Vaccine Shows Promise In Protecting Children In Africa

A new study finds that certain brain functions of some low-income 9- and 10-year-olds pale in comparison with those of wealthy children and that the difference is almost equivalent to the damage from a stroke.

October 6, 2008

Starbucks ‘wastes 23 million litres of water each day’

August 13, 2008

Off-Topic but Wow!!! :: The United States this year will have spent $100 billion on contractors in Iraq since the invasion in 2003, a milestone that reflects the Bush administration’s unprecedented level of dependence on private firms for help in the war, according to a government report to be released Tuesday

June 25, 2008

Scobleizer — How is technology changing the world of Washington D.C.? «

February 5, 2008

Bullying brutal on the Web – by Hector Gesualdo

January 24, 2008

Blogs’ influence on traditional news coverage.

November 28, 2007

Spanish government report paints grim picture of global warming

November 20, 2007

320 Million Trees Lost to Katrina, Fuels Global Warming

November 17, 2007

US wants freeze on tuna fishing – (this really needs to happen)

U.S. could face $2 trillion lending shock: Goldman – U.S. mortgage market crisis

November 15, 2007

Fall Canceled After 3 Billion Seasons

November 13, 2007

The power games that threaten world’s last pristine wilderness – Rival nations are extending their territorial claims as retreating glaciers make Antarctic oil exploration feasible

November 6, 2007

Stop lying to yourself. You love Dennis Kucinich

Down on The Farm – (the farm bill mess)

November 4, 2007

Foreclosure wave sweeps America (from the BBC)

Texan joins thousands of Russian nationalists for anti-immigrant march in Moscow

November 1, 2007

Generation Vex – The (really) long goodbye of the Baby Boomers. – by P.J. O’Rourke