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The two occupants of a small airplane forced to ditch in Narragansett Bay just short of Quonset State Airport Saturday spent a bit over 20 minutes in the water

At the 55th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) addressed dire human rights situations requiring the Council’s attention, calling for increased resources for the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the establishment of a

Rescued in the middle of the Mediterranean, two men describe their experience being trafficked.

Annoor Academy of Knoxville students used recycled light bulbs, hand sanitizer bottles, a water pitcher filter and other low-cost materials to create a future city.

Is climate change irretrievably causing global havoc? Is it past the prevention measures?

Because the government ceded too much authority to local militias and tribal intermediaries, no one can dismantle them without risking their lives.

Stagnant water and squishy mud have flooded houses, streets and palm groves around the Libyan northwestern town of Zliten, spreading a foul smell and creating breeding grounds for mosquitos. Many locals have fled their homes, where walls have cracked or collapsed, amid fears of a worsening environmental crisis in the area about 160 kilometres (100 miles) east of the capital Tripoli.

Much of Libya is bone-dry desert but one Mediterranean coastal town is suffering the opposite problem -- its houses and fields have been inundated by a mysterious upsurge of groundwater.Elsewhere in the world, rising sea levels have been linked to coastal groundwater upsurges as dense salt water can seep deep into the ground and push up the lighter freshwater.

A spectacular rise in groundwater in the town of Zliten in western Libya has pushed dozens of families to flee their flood-damaged homes, raising fears of an environmental News

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