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This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Up to 18 people have been killed in the latest u. S. Drone attacks on pakistans tribal areas. The strikes hit what pakistani officials described as separate compounds belonging to the Pakistani Taliban in south missouri stan. The taliban commander was reportedly among the dead. The ongoing drone attacks come days after a federal judge ruled the Obama Administration is under no obligation to publicly disclose the...

The cia. That the assassination czar, brennan has played a key role backing some of the most controversial post 9eleven policies from the secret drone war to extraordinary rendition to wireless surveillance. We will look it the nomination for republican senator chuck hagel, fellow republicans have criticized him for views on iraq, iran, and israel. Then, the steubenville rape case in ohio. We are anonymous. Around mid august 2012, a party to present a small town in ohio known as steubenville. [i...

Learn about the history behind Martic Furnace and Martic Forge, two of the oldest furnaces and forges in the country.

Imagine you’re a climber on a trip to conquer the many walls of Donner Summit. You got an alpine start, you’ve been out all day, you’re covered in chalk, your hands are raw and you’re...

INCONSIDERATE seafront visitors defied Southend Council’s ban on using barbecues over the Easter weekend, leaving the ground burnt and charred.

SOUTHEND must not scrap cash for parking payments as it will exclude older people and those without smart phones, say businesses and residents.

An announcement from COLA about an upcoming increase in the cost of water supplied to Cornwall has led borough council to look for a new water source.

The behavior could help study a longstanding mystery of how so many plants share small amounts of space.

According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, there are 143 species of bovids. The Animal Diversity Web is a bit less precise, indicating that there are "more than 140 extant and 300 extinct species." That second number is highly questionable because today there exist sister species that are so similar I doubt they could be told apart from fossils alone. If you check around the internet, this ~140 number comes up again and again, and Wikipedia says 143.

The Cornwall Ore Mines played an important role in American history dating from Colonial times, when iron ore mined there was processed into cannons used in the Revolutionary War.