March 7, 2010 (Reuters) - Explosions killed 24 people as Iraqis voted on Sunday in an election that Sunni Islamist militants have vowed to disrupt, in one of many challenges to efforts to stabilize Iraq before U.S. troops leave.
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Are Pakistan’s Strategic Nuclear Assets Threatened by Terrorists?
February 22, 2010, Axis of Logic - As recently as in August 2007, USAF lost track of six Advanced Cruise Missiles armed with 150-kiloton nuclear warheads for 36 hours.
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Quake Toll in Chile Rises
Deaths Pass 700 as Looting Breaks Out in Country's Hard-Hit Southern Region.
Chile scrambled to dig out survivors and contain looting as the death toll from one of history's most powerful earthquakes mounted to more than 700 people.
Read more »Storms kill 15 in France, three in Spain
February 28, 2010 - PARIS (Reuters) - Storms swept through western Europe over the weekend, killing at least 15 people in France, three in Spain and one in Portugal, officials said.
Local authorities in France warned the toll could rise after three people died on Saturday and another 12 on Sunday. Some drowned while others were hit by falling trees and branches.
Read more »Thousands begin evacuating in Japan as threat of tsunami nears
February 28, 2010 - Tokyo, Japan (CNN) -- Tens of thousands of residents began evacuating from coastal Japan on Sunday in anticipation of a possible tsunami following the 8.8-magnitude quake that rocked Chile the day before, CNN's Kyung Lah reported.
Read more »Colombia: Paramilitaries Confess 30,000 Murders
February 25, 2010 - Colombia is horrified after the Department of Justice published official statistics based on paramilitaries confessions: at least 30,000 people murdered and more than 2500 people "missing" (and probably dead).
Read more »Indigenous Peoples struggle to survive in Colombia
February 23, 2010 - Amnesty International today denounced an increase in attacks against Indigenous Peoples across Colombia during 2009, which is leaving many communities struggling for survival.
Read more »Monsanto 'faked' data for approvals claims its ex-chief
February 24, 2010 - The debate on genetically modified (GM) brinjal variety continues to generate heat. Former managing director of Monsanto India, Tiruvadi Jagadisan, is the latest to join the critics of Bt brinjal, perhaps the first industry insider to do so.
Read more »Floods Kill 43 In Madeira Island
February 22, 2010 - I was shocked by the violence of the floods and landslides caused by torrential rains when I saw these images on TV last night.
Read more »Student injured in NIU shooting, suspect in custody
February 19, 2010 - Northern Illinois University police are investigating a shooting that wounded a student early Friday on the campus in northwestern DeKalb.
An NIU student was injured and taken to Kiswaukee Community Hospital in DeKalb, the site said. A condition was not immediately available.
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