Current News 234 items | updated Nov 21 2009
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Amazonians sue Chevron over toxic waste
TENS of thousands of Amazonians are suing Chevron, the American oil company, for poisoning their waterways in what is billed as... more-
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BBC News - Somali 'mystery' sparks US terror fears
Dozens of Somali-Americans have been disappearing from the Minneapolis area, amid fears they are being recruited by Islamic... more-
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BBC News - Retired US official and wife admit spying for Cuba
Don't need you anymore so go to jail. A retired US state department official and his wife have admitted spying for Cuba for... more-
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BBC News - Mexico's 'giant underwater museum'
On 19 November, four sculptures are due to be submerged in the Caribbean waters, off the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico's... more-
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BBC News - Somalia pirates: kidnapped couple's family urge release
In a video obtained by Channel 4 News, Paul and Rachel Chandler, aged 59 and 55 and from Kent, are seen surrounded by Somali... more-
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Arrests made in massive, $390/hour Video Relay Service scam
he problem is that VRS still relies on independent companies to act as interpreters for deaf callers who then ask the government... more-
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Food fight: Sarah Palin ticks off vegetarians and vegans in her new book, 'Going Rogue' | L.A. Unlea
"If any vegans came over for dinner, I could whip them up a salad, then explain my philosophy on being a carnivore: If God... more-
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Are you asleep? Exploring the mind's twilight zone - life - 07 October 2009 - New Scientist
When we woke them up abruptly, and they rated themselves as alert and ready to go, they couldn't do even one... more-
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Inhabitat » Coke Announces Global Rollout of Plant-Based Plastic Bottles
Nearly 1.6 billion servings of Coca-Cola-branded beverages are served each day. Now some of them will be just a little bit greener... more-
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VOA News - Nearly 4,000 People Die From H1N1 in US
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that counting related illnesses the number of deaths from the H1N1 virus is... more-
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Villagers confine rare turtle, offer prayers | Oddly Enough | Reuters
BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) - Hundreds of poor Hindu villagers in eastern India have refused to hand over a rare turtle to... more-
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President Obama Speaks at Fort Hood
President Barack Obama speaks at the Fort Memorial Ceremony on Nov. 10, 2009, honoring the victims of the Fort Hood shootings.... more-
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Sesame Street Celebrates 40th Anniversary
The hit children's show 'Sesame Street' celebrates its 40th birthday today. The show started in 1969 and has not... more-
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20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Berlin marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. For more news video by Current TV visit http://current.com/-
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How your cell phone can diagnose disease | Health Tech - CNET News
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Boosting Vaccines: The Power of Adjuvants: Scientific American
The thought of birth defects caused by rubella, rows of iron lungs housing children crippled by polio, or the horrific sound of a... more-
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Texas polygamist sect member found guilty of sexual assault - CNN.com
A polygamist sect member arrested following last year's raid of a west Texas ranch was convicted Thursday of sexually... more-
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Doctors, five others held in Mexican stolen babies case - CNN.com
Mexico City, Mexico (CNN) -- Mexican authorities have arrested three doctors, a nurse and a receptionist accused of stealing... more-
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Fort Hood Shootings
An Arlington-born Army psychiatrist is suspected of killing 13 people and wounding at least 30 others at Texas military base Fort... more-
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LSD returns to Psychotherapeutics
Albert Hofmann, the discoverer of LSD, lambasted the countercultural movement for marginalizing a chemical that he asserted had... more-
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