By Agence France-Presse Sunday, October 14, 2012 16:39 EDT Topics: Moon water ♦ solar system ♦ water molecules Scientists on Sunday said they had found water molecules in samples of lunar soil, and their unusual signature points to the Sun… Read More ›
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Sensitive U.S. files unguarded in Libya embassy: report _Embassy Security was to be paid about $4.00/hr
By Agence France-Presse Wednesday, October 3, 2012 20:07 EDT Topics: benghazi ♦ libya ♦ US ambassador Chris Stevens WASHINGTON — A trove of documents, including travel plans and security contracts, lay unguarded at what remains of the American consulate in… Read More ›
Polish opposition draws thousands for anti-government rally: ” Democracy is becoming fictional “
By Agence France-Presse Saturday, September 29, 2012 19:11 EDT Topics: Law and Justice leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski ♦ Poland ♦ Radio Maryja Tens of thousands of opponents of Poland’s centrist government massed in the capital Saturday for a protest called by… Read More ›
France and Germany revive plan to tax financial markets
By Agence France-Presse Friday, September 28, 2012 13:26 EDT Topics: financial transaction ♦ France and Germany ♦ FTT France and Germany are bidding to revive a controversial financial transactions tax (FTT), seeking support from the European Commission and enough EU… Read More ›
World’s smallest state, Vatican holds one-of-a-kind trial of Pope’s former butler
By Agence France-Presse Friday, September 28, 2012 8:03 EDT Topics: Paolo Gabriele ♦ vatican The trial of Pope Benedict XVI’s former butler and a Vatican computer technician for leaking secret papers starting on Saturday has no precedent since the Holy… Read More ›
Organized crime behind the $100 billion illegal logging industry decimating worldwide forests
By Agence France-Presse Thursday, September 27, 2012 17:00 EDT Topics: illegal logging ♦ Interpol Organised crime is now a big player in illegal logging, which accounts for up to 30 percent of all wood traded globally, the UN and Interpol… Read More ›
Polish exorcism boom leads to launch of ‘Egzorcysta’ magazine
By Agence France-Presse Tuesday, September 11, 2012 14:45 EDT With exorcism booming in Poland, Roman Catholic priests have joined forces with a publisher to launch what they claim is the world’s first monthly magazine focused exclusively on chasing out the… Read More ›
Report: Liberian forests sold off in secret logging contracts
By Agence France-Presse Wednesday, September 5, 2012 8:04 EDT Forty percent of Liberia’s forests have been sold off in secretive and often illegal contracts, Global Witness said Tuesday, just days after the country’s president announced a probe into the issuing… Read More ›
U.S. guard pleads guilty to planning to spy for China
By Agence France-Presse Thursday, August 30, 2012 17:44 EDT Topics: Bryan Underwood ♦ Underwood ♦ us justice department WASHINGTON — A former civilian guard at a US consulate in China pleaded guilty Thursday to charges that he planned to sell… Read More ›