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).
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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.
Read more »Carbon Emission Trading Scheme: A New Eldorado
March 10, 2010 - Better than changing lead into gold, the biggest European polluters are now changing millions of tons of CO2 into millions of euros, thanks to the EU Emission Trading Scheme, a system initially intended to cut down on carbon emissions but having turned out in a money making opportunity.
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 »Naomi Klein On "How Milton Friedman Saved Chile "
Ever since deregulation caused a worldwide economic meltdown in September '08 and everyone became a Keynesian again, it hasn't been easy to be a fanatical fan of the late economist Milton Friedman. So widely discredited is his brand of free-market fundamentalism that his followers have become increasingly desperate to claim ideological victories, however far-fetched.
Read more »Is Bloom Box the Future of Energy?
The first time I heard about Bloom Energy was in October 2008, when the New York Times published an article about investments made by the Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers speculative fund in the fuel cell technology.
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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 »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 »Garbage Island
If you are searching for great pacific garbage patch, garbage island pictures, pacific garbage patch and great eastern garbage patch or north pacific gyre then you must check out this post.
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the central North Pacific Ocean located roughly between 135° to 155°W and 35° to 42°N and estimated to be twice the size of Texas.
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Avatar VS The Hurt Locker
Guest post by Ryan - The Oscars on Monday night was an absolute disaster for the giant blockbuster, Avatar as it was beaten to many different awards by the Hurt Locker, a reasonably low budget film that was shown in very few theatres. So how on earth did the Hurt Locker manage to effectively beat the highest grossing film of all time?
Which Is The Better Movie?
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