Tunisia's second coming | UNCUT

When anyone feels the need to stage a counter-demonstration against theatre, it is time to sit up and pay attention.

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Strombo | Saying Goodbye: Elephants Hold Apparent Vigil To Mourn Their Human Friend | CBC Television

Lawrence Anthony was a conservationist and author known as "The Elephant Whisperer". In 1999, he rescued and rehabilitated a group of wild South African elephants who were deemed dangerous. And the animals appear to remember what he did for them: when Anthony passed away March  …

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Mexican Jihad :: Raymond Ibrahim

As the United States considers the Islamic jihadi threats confronting it from all sides, it would do well to focus on its southern neighbor, Mexico, which has been targeted by Islamists and jihadists, who, through a number of tactics—from engaging in da'wa, converting Mex …

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Let's Stop Calling Them

what have been dubbed "honour" crimes, an appellation that makes many uncomfortable because, despite these crimes being predicated on reclaiming a family's "honor" via the murder of the female family member who supposedly defiled it, civilized people can see that there is nothi …

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Scientist Who Testified in Support of Mining Around the Grand Canyon Stands to Make $225,000 From It

As ThinkProgress reported yesterday, Republican members of Congress have been waging a war to open 1 million acres around the Grand Canyon to uranium mining.

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Arizona Wildfire 2011 Pictures | EgoTV

These Arizona Wildfire 2011 photos don’t really do the blaze proper justice, because the fire that’s currently engulfing Arizona and New Mexico is enormous.

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The Larger MidEast Picture | IsraelSeen.com

by David Bedein. As events in the Middle East unfold, it is hard to gain perspective on the larger picture of what is developing .

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California blows $100 million building one new school, but doesn't have enough money to open it | IHTM

We don’t know what it’s like in the other 56 states, but in California we have an interesting situation in which morons are in charge of the education system. In Riverside, California (the Editor’s hometown) the voters approved construction of a new high school …

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The Egyptian Bill of Rights

Here is my suggestion for the Egyptian Bill of Rights, which I have spent the past week discussing with many civil forces and groups, and has managed to get a lot of support for it.

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Al-Qaeda had warned of Pakistan strike

By Syed Saleem Shahzad This is the first article in a two-part report. ISLAMABAD - Al-Qaeda carried out the brazen attack on PNS Mehran naval air station in Karachi on May 22 after talks failed between the navy and al-Qaeda over the release of naval officials arrested on suspicio …

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The Islamists' Enablers: The Western Sellout to Sharia Law :: Hudson New York

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The New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian Magazine

The New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum Wooden masks, portraits and the occasional human skull mark the collections of this small museum near the French Quarter

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Pajamas Media » Iran's Leader Orders Murder of Protesters in Syria

The Obama administration has substantiated charges of Iranian complicity in Syrian repression. On April 26, U.S.

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No Pin Drops

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Mississippi floods force evacuations near Memphis - Yahoo! News

The levee system in Mississippi is holding for now but it has never been tested like this before, officials said.

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Plastic-eating bacteria found in 'ocean desert,' scientist says – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs

Scientists have found an organism that may be eating plastic in the ocean, according to a report in Nature News. But whether the bug is green or mean remains to be seen, a scientist told CNN on Wednesday.

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Digging for Diamonds

Last month I reported than an Arkansas couple had found a flawless 2.44-carat silver white diamond at the Crater of Diamonds. A 3.86 ct. diamond found at Crater of Diamonds State Park. Image courtesy fox16.com A 3.86 ct. diamond found at Crater of Diamonds State Park.

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