“It is quite interesting, to see the sun wander round the heavens at so to speak the same altitude day and night. I think somehow we are the first to see this curious sight,” Roald Amundsen’s diary, upon arriving at the South Pole in 1911, Roland Huntford, The Last Place on Earth (Scott and Amundsen’s […]
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The Republican Party has taken a familiar stance in American history with their efforts to block the possible nomination of United Nations Ambassador, Susan Rice, to replace Hilary Clinton as Secretary of State. This symbolic action mirrors the Supreme Court’s 1956 order of school desegregation, “With All Deliberate Speed,” and is being led by House
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Iraq has closed its airspace to four Syrian flights that were due to collect attack helicopters that had been serviced in Russia, according to a spokesman for Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki. The action marks a diplomatic victory for the United States, which has been pressuring Iraq to take a more aggressive stance in blocking
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Approximately 3.3 million Iraqis, including 750,000 children, were killed as a result of economic sanctions and/or illegal wars conducted by the U.S. and Great Britain between 1990 and 2012, according to Francis Boyle, professor of international law at the University of Illinois, Champaign. Boyle has filed a class-action complaint with the UN against President George
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The oceans are facing a grave threat from the increasing levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. According to a recent study, the oceans have absorbed 30% of global CO2 emissions since the industrial revolution, leading to a rapid acidification of the water. This has serious implications for marine life, as many species rely
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