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Storm brings snow to Sahara Desert
Australia's defence minister releases documents exposing crimes Australia's defence minister has released a batch of internal "hot issue" documents that expose over 100 crimes, mishaps and delinquent behaviour by troops, including an alleged murder, sexual assaults and bar fights.
Pentagon 'prepared': US set for Operation Iranian Freedom? Washington is prepared to engage in war over the Strait of Hormuz at any moment, the Pentagon says. Some observers say the dangerous move is being viewed as a far from worst-case scenario in America, especially by its hawks.
HEALTH/MEDICAL
A sweet problem: Princeton researchers find that high-fructose corn syrup prompts considerably more weight gain.
Good intentions ease pain, add to pleasure: study
Chemical In Personal Care Products May Contribute To Child Obesity.
National Report Finds One-in-Five Americans Experienced Mental Illness in the Past Year
Killer flu creators lash out at US ‘censorship’
Open Anesthesia, includes various learning tools, such as podcasts, videos, and several features that help residents prepare for the American Board of Anesthesiology(ABA) exams.
House Calls with Edward Martin
TECH
U.S.
We must stop this corporate takeover of American democracy. Unless we can reverse the supreme court’s dreadful Citizens United decision, US politics will become a plutocrats’ plaything
AMERICAS
The Colombia rebels selling cows as drug money drops: Santos
Iranian president arrives in Cuba; U.S. warns of ‘dangerous alliance’.
CANADA
‘Radioactive iodine in rainwater: Public was in the dark.
MIDDLE EAST/ASIA
China, India brush aside Iran oil ban
Eight U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan .
AFRICA
BREAKING NEWS: In Libya, angry protesters have stormed the offices of the National Transitional Council (NTC) in the eastern city of Benghazi. ~ SZH/HGHUS deploys 12,000 troops in Libya. The United States has sent some 12,000 soldiers to Libya, in the first phase of deployments to the oil-rich North African nation. According to Asharq Alawsat, the troops landed in the eastern oil port city of Brega. Although the deployment is said to be aimed at generating stability and security in the region, the troops are [...]
MARKETS/BUSINESS
Wall Street shed 2,000 jobs in December
Moody’s warns it will likely cut big bank ratings
SCFL calls on Obama to leave Coast Guard out of Longview
The Big Tell: Oil Prices Fall After Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Rejection
Translating Zero Hedge: Your Wages Will Be Cut In Half
The Business of the Black Market. [Infographic]
SC/ENVIRONMENT
REPORT: 30 Years of the Farming Systems Trial | Rodale Institute
