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NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 6/6/2016:

World’s Biggest Indoor Vertical Farm Near NYC to Use 95% Less Water

Honduras gay rights activist kidnapped and murdered

NSA whistleblower Snowden says U.S. government carrying out mass surveillance in Japan

Chile Producing So Much Solar Energy It’s Giving Electricity Away for Free

"Shoot him and I'll give you a medal" - Philippine president encourages citizens to shoot drug dealers

Arctic sea ice ‘to disappear for first time in 100,000 years’

Nearly 60% of Qatar population live in 'labour camps'

NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 5/31/2016:

Vindication for Edward Snowden From a New Player in NSA Whistleblowing Saga

Hillary Clinton’s Energy Initiative Pressed Countries to Embrace Fracking, New Emails Reveal

"American Sniper" Chris Kyle Distorted His Military Records, Documents Show

Senator Scolds Obama for “Preaching Nuclear Temperance From a Bar Stool”

NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 5/30/2016:

'Huge wake up call': Third of central, northern Great Barrier Reef corals dead

NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 5/24/2016:

Operation to retake Fallujah has begun, Iraqi prime minister says

Austria far right thwarted, Van der Bellen elected president

Brazil minister ousted after secret tape reveals plot to topple President Rousseff

Banks Must Defend Libor Lawsuits After Judges Warn of Impact

Austria far right thwarted, Van der Bellen elected president

North Korea official rejects Trump meeting with Kim Jong-un as 'nonsense'

NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 5/19/2016:

Arctic oil drilling: outcry as Norway opens new areas to exploration

Last stand for Europe's remaining ancient forest as loggers prepare to move in

Portugal runs for four days straight on renewable energy alone

NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 5/13/2016:

Michael Ratner, attorney for WikiLeaks and Julian Assange, dies at 72

Saudi officials were 'supporting' 9/11 hijackers, commission member says

Brazil prepares to roll back green laws

Brazil: Rousseff Suspended as Senate Votes for Impeachment Trial

NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 5/12/2016:

Brazil: 60% of Senators Have Pending Legal Cases Against Them

Drugs for BP, cancer among 54 to see up to 55% price cut, Times Of India

Pentagon Gives Henry Kissinger Distinguished Public Service Award

NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 5/11/2016:

One in five of all plant species threatened with extinction

Rodrigo 'The Punisher' Duterte claims victory in Philippines election

Aleppo fighting rages as U.S., Russia try to revive Syria truce

Russia Builds a Tunnel to Save Endangered Leopards, Tigers

India Wants To Kick Its Dirty Coal Habit

South Sudan group 'frees 19 abducted Ethiopian children'

Mining plans threaten habitat of Monarch butterflies in Mexico

Scientists trace cancer-linked pollutant to oil sands stockpiles

NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 5/10/2016:

Top palm oil producer sues green group over deforestation allegations

Brazil Rousseff: Disarray grips parliament over impeachment

After the Pacific Ocean swallows villages and five Solomon Islands, a study blames climate change

Filipino "Trump" Set to Win Presidency Despite Accused Role in Death Squads

The Philippines Just Elected Its First Out Transgender Person To Public Office

London’s New Mayor: I Won’t Be Able To Visit The U.S. If Donald Trump Wins

Israel 'seizes Palestinian family's land by secretly altering documents'

NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 5/9/2016:

Syrian prisoners in deal to end mutiny: rights activists

TTIP trade deal under threat after Germany claims US not making 'any serious concessions'

Panama Papers Data Leak : King of Saudi Arabia sponsored Netanyahu’s campaign 

Panama Papers Source Wants Whistleblower Immunity to Aid Law Enforcement

NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 5/8/2016:

Pro-Corporate TTIP on the Ropes as Top French Officials Lambaste 'Bad Deal'

Gunmen clad in Afghan military uniforms kill two NATO troops

Fort McMurray wildfire reaches 156,000 hectares in size, expected to double Saturday

Poland will not accept refugees: ruling party leader

EU won't sacrifice food safety for US trade deal: Germany

North Korea leader Kim sets five-year economic plan, vows nuclear restraint

NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 5/7/2016:

The TTIPing Point: Protests Threaten Trans-Atlantic Trade Deal

Elections: Labour's Sadiq Khan elected London mayor

Panama Papers source breaks silence over 'scale of injustices'

U.S. reveals troops on the ground in Yemen

Australia quietly adds 49 species to threatened and endangered lists

Turkish journalist Can Dündar jailed after surviving gun attack

NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 5/6/2016:

Fears of increased unrest in Cairo following arrests of activists and journalists by Sisi regime

Canada wildfire evacuations curb oilfield, pipeline flow

List of Panama Paper names to be revealed May 9th

Elon Musk: 'We need a revolt against the fossil fuel industry'

Turkey’s prime minister resigns amid high-level rifts and deepening crises

Donald Trump becomes presumptive Republican nominee

NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 3/30/2016:

Barack Obama: 'drug addiction is a health problem, not a criminal problem'

Mass surveillance silences minority opinions, according to study

Apple wants the FBI to reveal how it hacked the San Bernardino killer's iPhone

NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 3/29/2016:

Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching at 95 per cent in northern section, aerial survey reveals

NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 3/28/2016:

Pakistanis hunt militants behind blast that killed at least 70

Saudi reporter jailed for five years for insulting rulers: Amnesty

Palmyra ruins mostly intact, Syria antiquities chief reports

Pakistan army called in to quell blasphemy law protest

Japanese Fleet Kills 333 Whales In The Antarctic

NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 3/27/2016:

Climate scientists' global warning

Syrian army 'recaptures city of Palmyra from ISIL'

Bernie Sanders Wins Alaska, Washington in Democratic Primary

NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 3/22/2016:

UN envoy warns of environmental activist murder ‘epidemic’

Brussels explosions: Many dead in airport and metro terror attacks

NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 3/21/2016:

Fourth person dies of Ebola in latest flare up in Guinea

February was the warmest month in recorded history, climate experts say

The 1 percent wins again: How entrepreneurship — supposedly the cornerstone of American society — favors the wealthy

Obama Arrives in Cuba, Heralding New Era After Decades of Hostility

NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 3/20/2016:

Norway preps 'breakthrough' on gender change

China on yellow alert as heavy pollution chokes several cities 

These Caribbean Nations Want to Rid the Oceans of Garbage

U.N. says Saudi-led bombing of Yemen market may be international crime

Guatemala: Another Environmental Activist Shot to Death 

NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 3/19/2016:

Brazil Is Engulfed by Ruling Class Corruption — and a Dangerous Subversion of Democracy

Edward Snowden was FBI’s target in case that shuttered Lavabit

Salah Abdeslam: World's most-wanted fugitive and last surviving Paris attacker captured in Brussels by police

Two Ebola deaths reported in Guinea

France moves towards full ban on pesticides blamed for bee losses

Istanbul shopping area hit by suicide bomber

NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 3/17/2016:

Congressman Tom Reed Endorses Donald Trump for President

TTIP: secrecy around talks is 'profoundly undemocratic', MPs say

Brazil judge blocks Lula appointment to government

PR firm accused of helping Saudi Arabia 'whitewash' its human rights record

US determines IS group committing genocide in Iraq, Syria

NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 3/16/2016:

Obama Chooses Merrick Garland for Supreme Court

Vatican Will Replace Archbishop Who Set Up Kim Davis Meeting With Pope

SeaWorld to end orca breeding programme

Germany bans neo-Nazi group, carries out sweeping raids

Brazilians protest after Lula named chief of staff, gains immunity

Koch Industries accused of polluting waterway

NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 3/15/2016:

US Presidential Election: March 15 2016 Primary Results

Rescuers: Female suicide bombers kill 22 at Nigerian mosque

Yemen conflict: 'Dozens killed' in strike on Hajja market

Israel seizes 234 hectares of West Bank land: officials

Italy changes law to make all supermarkets give unsold food to needy

USA uses TPP-like trade-court to kill massive Indian solar project

Reading Town Judge Drops 112 Trespass Charges for Seneca Lake Gas Protesters on Eve of Arraignments for 70 Other Protesters

NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 3/14/2016:

Myanmar elects Htin Kyaw as first civilian president in decades

Nobody Knows the Identities of the 150 People Killed by U.S. in Somalia, but Most Are Certain They Deserved It

Syria conflict: Russia's Putin orders 'main part' of forces out

Sanders calls Trump 'pathological liar' as Chicago rally backlash grows

France state of emergency protest draws thousands

ISIS city of Palmyra under threat as government forces inch closer 

Maryland police officer slain in ambush, two suspects arrested

Denmark's New Grocer Is Selling Expired Food, And It's A Hit

At least 37 killed in Ankara blast: Health minister

Brazil protesters call for President Rousseff to resign

German state elections: Success for right-wing AfD, losses for Merkel's CDU

NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 3/11/2016:

Obama 'proud' of decision not to bomb Syrian govt

FBI could force us to turn on iPhone cameras and microphones, says Apple

Carbon dioxide levels 'exploded' last year to reach record highs not seen since end of Ice Age, scientists warn

China blasts U.S. 'rape and murder' at U.N. Human Rights Council

India cuts Monsanto cotton seed royalties despite threat to quit

Refugee crisis: Balkan route 'permanently' shut

NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 3/10/2016:

One of ISIS's top commanders that the US likely just killed was a 'star pupil' of US-special forces training

On Women's Day: Israeli Occupation Forces kidnap high profile activist, mother of six, Manal Tamimi

Noam Chomsky: 2016 Election Puts US at Risk of "Utter Disaster"

No U.S. Charges for Officer Who Killed Ramarley Graham in His NYC Home

Iran fires 2 missiles marked with 'Israel must be wiped out'

Syrian Kurds accuse insurgents of shelling district with chemical agents

Syrians under siege: 'we have no children any more, only small adults' Children die as aid piles up in warehouses, say charity workers, and the truce has scarcely allowed supplies to get through

Press freedom in Turkey is 'under siege', says CPJ

Peru Indigenous Group Releases Officials Over Oil Spill Demands

Japanese court orders nuclear reactors offline

Pentagon report justifies deployment of military spy drones over the U.S.

Biden says his family was near scene of Tel Aviv attack

France votes to penalize companies for refusing to decrypt devices, messages

China signals interest in denuclearization talks without North Korea

Exclusive: Saudi Arabia seeks $6-8 billion bank loan to shore up state coffers

Climate change contributes to worst drought in Middle East in over 900 years 

NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 3/9/2016:

Bernie Sanders beats Hillary Clinton in stunning Michigan primary upset

Obama Admin Vows to Release Data on Drone Killings

Vandana Shiva on Int'l Women's Day: "Capitalist Patriarchy Has Aggravated Violence Against Women"

More Than Half Of Ted Cruz’s Super PAC Money Comes From Fossil Fuel Sources

Ithaca's Plan To Open A Safe Site For Heroin Users Faces Legal Hurdles

Murdered Honduran activist Berta Cáceres buried as others vow to continue fight

Despair, confusion in Greece as refugees face closed border

Islamic State's de facto 'minister of war' possibly killed: U.S. officials

Kim Jong-un says North Korea has miniaturized nuclear warhead

Highest ever annual rise in carbon dioxide levels recorded

NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 3/8/2016:

Canadian province Ontario plans to trial universal basic income

Executions in Saudi Arabia reach ‘frightening’ rate as 70th prisoner in 2016 is killed

Hong Kong Home Sales Tumble 70% as Slowdown Intensifies

DR Congo plans to open its rainforests to loggers

Israel's Netanyahu declines offer to meet with Obama: White House

Amazonian tribe in Peru takes hostages after oil spill

Coral bleaching in American Somoa in the South Pacific.

6% Water Left In Marathwada Dams, Farmers Blame Government For Suicides

Supreme Court reverses Alabama court that denied lesbian woman's adoption

Bill McKibben Arrested + 56 Others in Ongoing Campaign Against Proposed Gas Storage at Seneca Lake

Upstate NY drone protester released from jail pending appeal

US Airstrikes Kill 150 People in Somalia

Berta Cáceres: Defying the Structures of Terror

Clinton & the Coup: Amid Protests in Honduras, Ex-President on Hillary's Role in His 2009 Ouster

NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 3/7/2016:

India's big move into solar is already paying off

Revealed: the 30-year economic betrayal dragging down Generation Y’s income

Bernie Sanders will ban fracking, Hillary Clinton "sold fracking to the world"

U.S. builds two air bases in Kurdish-controlled north Syria: Kurdish report

Europe refugee crisis: 18 drown off Turkey as Macedonia imposes new restrictions

Israel under pressure to release imprisoned Palestinian clown

WOMEN MARCH IN WARSAW FOR GREATER ACCESSIBILITY TO ABORTION

Canada plans to experiment with giving people unconditional free money

NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 3/6/2016:

REFUGEES IN CALAIS EVICTED WITH TEAR GAS, POLICE VIOLENCE

Spain’s Radical Left Podemos Party Refuses to Sell Out

IN RECENT TRIALS OF VIOLENT COPS, THE BROADER POLICE FORCE GETS A PASS

Donald Trump’s Policies Are Not Anathema to U.S. Mainstream, but an Uncomfortable Reflection of It

Turkish Police Fire Tear Gas at Protest Against Newspaper Takeover

Ruling Party Wins Slovakia's Election, Neo-Nazis Gain Seats

Merkel slams anti-immigrant AfD, defends her refugee policy

NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 3/5/2016:

Why we should remember Aaron Swartz - the prodigy who wanted information to be free

The Fight to Keep Abortion Safe & Legal: A Special Report from Outside the U.S. Supreme Court

NYC: Haitians Seek to Hold U.N. Responsible for Cholera Epidemic

Murder of activist Berta Cáceres sparks violent clashes in Honduras

RETURN OUR STOLEN SISTERS

The Libya Gamble: Inside Hillary Clinton's Push for War & the Making of a Failed State

NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 3/4/2016:

Florida Drops Bill to Open Fracking in the Everglades After Public Outcry

Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan Blast Texas Anti-Choice Law, But Will Their Male Colleagues Follow Suit?

NEWS STORIES POSTED ON 3/3/2016:

Honduran Indigenous Leader Berta Cáceres Assassinated, Won Goldman Environmental Prize

The Kochs Are Plotting A Multimillion-Dollar Assault On Electric Vehicles

Europe seen on cusp of new humanitarian crisis at Greece-Macedonia border

Iran election: Reformists win all 30 Tehran seats

Winning His Race: Is Trump the Poster Child for the Rise of U.S. Hate Groups?

The US is selling weapons to nearly half the countries in the world

WikiLeaks - The US strategy to create a new global legal and economic system: TPP, TTIP, TISA.