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10 People You Didn't Realize Were Friends of Hamas

The terrorist sympathies were coming from inside the Bush administration!

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| Wed Feb. 20, 2013 1:57 PM PST

World Leaders React to North Korea Nuclear Test

The rogue nation carried out a third nuclear test Tuesday, in defiance of UN resolutions.

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| Tue Feb. 12, 2013 11:15 AM PST
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Polar Bears Need Love…and a Plan

Leading polar bear ecologists brainstorm plans to save an iconic species from imminent and catastrophic population declines.

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| Mon Feb. 11, 2013 4:00 AM PST

Corn on Hardball: Drones Under Scrutiny

With a leaked Justice Department memo giving legal justification for killing US citizens, drone strikes are getting increased scrutiny.

Wed Feb. 6, 2013 5:28 PM PST

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CHARTS: The Top 5 Land-Grabbing Countries

British, American, and Chinese investors are racing to snag prime agricultural land in war-torn, malnourished countries.

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| Wed Feb. 6, 2013 4:00 AM PST
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Report: These 54 Foreign Governments Helped the CIA Torture, Detain, and Transport Suspects After 9/11

The Open Society Justice Initiative's detailed report lists Belgium, Libya, Iran, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and dozens of others as complicit in the US' controversial anti-terror operations.

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| Tue Feb. 5, 2013 4:01 PM PST

Paper Giant Pledges to Leave the Poor Rainforest Alone. Finally.

Asia Pulp & Paper—the notorious destroyer of pristine tiger and orangutan habitat—says it's changing its ways.

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| Tue Feb. 5, 2013 1:00 AM PST

4 House Members Slam College's Anti-Israel Event

The Brooklyn College political science department is cohosting an event critical of Israel. That is not cool with several members of Congress.

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| Fri Feb. 1, 2013 12:22 PM PST

Corn on MSNBC: Does McCain Have a Grudge Against Chuck Hagel?
Thu Jan. 31, 2013 5:30 PM PST

On Hagel Day, We Recall His Half-Courageous Stand on the Iraq War

And half a courageous stand is better than none.

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| Thu Jan. 31, 2013 7:47 AM PST

Here Is a List of Extremists Who Agree With Chuck Hagel on Ending Nukes

You know, like Colin Powell and Henry Kissinger.

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| Tue Jan. 29, 2013 3:16 PM PST

NASA's Alarming Map of the Worst Australian Heat Wave on Record

Damn, that's some sweaty weather.

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| Fri Jan. 25, 2013 1:13 PM PST
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Quinoa: Good, Evil, or Just Really Complicated?

Like any globally traded commodity, the trendy Andean psuedo-grain offers promise and peril to the people who grow it.

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| Fri Jan. 25, 2013 4:00 AM PST

When John Kerry Was a Lone Hero in Congress

As a junior senator who fiercely investigated foreign-policy wrongdoing in the 1980s and 1990s, the soon-to-be secretary of state showed lots of guts.

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| Thu Jan. 24, 2013 9:20 AM PST

Will China-Japan-US Tensions Sink the Global Economy?

A looming crisis in the Pacific could have big consequences for the United States.

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| Tue Jan. 22, 2013 12:42 PM PST

Welcome to the Hotel America

Inside the airport hotels where refugees start their new lives.

Photographs by Gabriele Stabile. Text by Jeremy Lybarger.

 | Sat Jan. 19, 2013 4:00 AM PST

Chart: The Black Triangle Suffocating Beijing

Beijing needs to look farther afield to get a grip on its pollution problem.

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| Fri Jan. 18, 2013 4:00 AM PST

Ontario Cares Aboot Coal

Canada's most populous province becomes North America's first jurisdiction to boot coal.

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| Thu Jan. 17, 2013 11:04 AM PST

Atomic Scientists: Humans Still Pretty Close to Self-Annihilation. Drink!

The "Doomsday Clock" hovers at 5 minutes to midnight.

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| Tue Jan. 15, 2013 1:51 PM PST
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The Pentagon as a Global NRA

When it comes to selling weapons overseas, there's no such thing as gun control.

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| Mon Jan. 14, 2013 12:47 PM PST