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Wednesday, 4 February 2015

USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.0 - South of Panama

© USGS Event Time2015-02-05 04:40:54 (UTC)Times in other timezones Nearby Cities 314km (195mi) S of Punta de Burica, Panama341km (212mi) S of Puerto Armuelles, Panama351km (218mi) S of Pedregal, Panama358km (222mi) S of David, Panama545km (339mi) SSE of San Jose, Costa RicaScientific DataChomsky: We Are All – Fill in the Blank.This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service - if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site,...

Dental crowding arose 12,000 years ago with earliest farmers

© Olivia CheronetLower jaw and teeth of a Mesolithic hunter-gatherer. Hunter-gatherers had almost no malocclusion and dental crowding, and the condition first became common among the world's earliest farmers some 12,000 years ago in Southwest Asia, according to findings published today in the journal .By analysing the lower jaws and teeth crown dimensions of 292 archaeological skeletons from the Levant, Anatolia and Europe, from between 28,000-6,000...

Norway MPs want to criminalize begging, aiding homeless with fines, imprisonment

© Reuters/Yannis Behrakis Norwegian lawmakers are working on a bill to introduce a national ban on begging in the streets and even want to extend it by proposing jail for helping the homeless with money, food or shelter.According to the draft of the law, begging in the streets will be punishable with fines and even imprisonment for up to one year. This was the original plan when the draft first emerged in June.After further amendments, the same...

Researchers link 35% rise in suicides to Greek austerity measures

© Reuters/Marko Djurica The harsh austerity measures imposed on Greece by its EU creditors led to the major spike in suicides in the country during the peak of its crisis in 2011 and 2012, a survey by the UK's leading medical magazine said.he report by BMJ Open said.The scientists, who analyzed data gathered by the Hellenic Statistical Authority from over the past 30 years, said that a total of 11,505 Greeks took their own lives - 9,079 men and...

Conspiracy! Saudi oil used to manipulate Russian support of Syria's Assad

© Rob GriffithPresident Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, left, and King Salman of Saudi Arabia, then the crown prince, at a session of the G20 summit talks in November in Brisbane, Australia. Saudi Arabia has been trying to pressure President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to abandon his support for President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, using its dominance of the global oil markets at a time when the Russian government is reeling from the effects of plummeting...

Vaccine McCarthyism: The flaws in the vaccine paradigm

© unknownDid 2014 Mark the Collapse of the Vaccine Establishment? Within the mainstream medical and scientific community there is an unassailable pseudo-truth that vaccines are safe and effective, whether administered individually or in combination. Within the vaccine injured children and autism movements there is also an unchallenged belief that vaccines are effective but not always safe. In this case, vaccine-injured children or adult family members...

Winning: The FCC's chairman just announced strong, controversial network neutrality rules

© Mark Wilson/Getty ImagesFCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Tom Wheeler, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, just announced new regulations that will provide strong protections for network neutrality.The proposal makes use of a controversial legal maneuver called reclassification, which opens the door to regulating internet access as a public utility.Most Republicans oppose reclassification, and they're working on legislation that would...

Heartbreaking stories: Letter from a Ukrainian girl

© Mstyslav Chernov :Unfortunately, I had to close all posts in my VK(VKontakte) about Maidan (they aren't erased, but now are visible only to me) because after the Maidan "victory" in Kiev the real nightmare began. About that, people prefer not to speak because they are very much afraid. There are [Right Sector] militants everywhere.My co-worker was beat in front of the entrance to her apartment for writing anti-maidan posts in her VK page. How...

Manatees flock to Three Sisters Springs in Florida

© WTSP A swarm of more than 300 manatees forced officials at the US Fish and Wildlife Service to temporarily close Three Sisters Springs in Florida, according to various media reports.Manatees, also known as sea cows, are large marine mammals that are primarily herbivorous. They can be up to 13 feet (4 meters) in length and weigh up to 1,300 pounds (590 kilograms). We'll refrain from any 'Your Mom' jokes.An average of 65 manatees typically enter...

Who is behind the Islamic State?

The violent rise of the Islamic State and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is a classic case of the dog biting its master. © AP Two-and-a-half months after the latest avatar of a long-existent Islamist army, the Islamic State (formerly Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), cut into Iraq, its ranks swelled to some 30,000 fighters in Iraq and 50,000 in Syria. It has entrenched itself in Mosul, Tikrit, Fallujah and Ramadi in northern Iraq, captured the Baiji oilfield,...

1,000 Israeli settlers invade al-Aqsa Mosque in January

Israeli security forces storming al-Aqsa Mosque Approximately one thousand Israeli settlers in January alone have invaded the holy al-Aqsa Mosque Compound in East Jerusalem al-Quds.Some 965 Israeli settlers accompanied by Israeli security forces stormed the holy Islamic site in January, said the al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage.Israel continues to restrict the movement of Palestinian worshipers to the al-Aqsa Mosque. The invasion has...

WHO documents rise in Ebola cases at start of 2015

© Reuters/Pierre AlbouyThe World Health Organization (WHO) logo is pictured at the entrance of its headquarters in Geneva, January 25, 2015. The number of new cases of Ebola rose in all three of West Africa's worst-hit countries last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, ending several weeks of encouraging declines across the region.Suspicion of aid workers, especially in Guinea, and unsafe local practices were continuing...

Ukraine video updates: DPR says Ukraine planning terror attack in Debaltsevo

In the clip below, DPR Deputy of Defense Eduard Basurin announces plans for a Ukrainian 'false flag' in the region of Debaltsevo sometime in the next few days, to coincide with the Munich Security Conference on 6-8 February (this weekend).[embedded content]Meanwhile, locals in various Ukrainian towns continue to resist Kiev's latest mobilization efforts. The following video was shot in Zaporozhye, showing the locals forcing out a military volunteer...
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