Texas drought brings history to light
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US Occupy: officers in pepper spray incident placed on leave
Submitted by letsliveinpeace
The police officers who sprayed protesters with pepper spray at UC Davis have been placed on leave. Chancellor Linda Katehi has taken responsibility for the events, but has not stepped down despite calls for her to resign.
Katehi said she takes "full responsibility for the incident" but has resisted calls for her resignation, instead pledging to take actions to make sure "that this does not happen again".However, a law enforcement official who watched the clip called the use of force "fairly standard police procedure".
In the video, an officer dispassionately pepper-sprays a line of sitting protesters who flinch and cover their faces but remain passive with their arms interlocked as onlookers shriek and scream out for the officer to stop.
Himalayan nations agree on climate adaptation plan
Submitted by JanforGore
Facing consequences of climate changes, the nations of India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan agreed to cooperate on issues including energy and food security.
"The success of our initiative will not only have direct and immediate benefits for our own people, but we could be setting a worthy precedent for other countries that share similar conditions," Bhutan's Prime Minister Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y. Thinley said according to a press statement released late Saturday.
Depleted Texas lakes expose ghost towns, graves
Submitted by Scott_Pert
The severe drought hitting Texas has had some unexpected historical consequences, as receding lakes have revealed historic cemetaries, fossils and ancient tools.
Across the state, receding lakes have revealed a prehistoric skull, ancient tools, fossils and a small cemetery that appears to contain the graves of freed slaves. Some of the discoveries have attracted interest from local historians, and looters also have scavenged for pieces of history. More than two dozen looters have been arrested at one site.
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