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Are Elephants Being Eaten in Thailand?
A “new taste” for elephant meat is posing a new threat to the animals in Thailand according to a report from the Associated Press. Last month, wildlife officials say they found the remains of two elephants in a national park in western Thailand; Damrong Phidet, director-general of Thailand’s wildlife agency, said that the animals’ trunks and sex organs had been removed and that the meat would be consumed as “elephant sashimi.”
Thailand’s National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department says that the country has about 4,000 domesticated elephants and fewer than 3,000 in the wild. Poachers are mostly after the elephants’ tusks, which can fetch from 1 million to 2 million baht ($31,600 to $63,300); baby elephants have also been captured to perform in shows. The price for an elephant’s penis is about 30,000 baht ($950). While demand for elephant meat is currently low, if interest increases, poachers will be quick to respond as Soraida Salwala, the founder of Friends of the Asian Elephant foundation, says..... more
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Even in Israel is discussed on the Armenian genocide
A parliamentary committee has examined the possibility of a national day of remembrance, after the crisis between France and Turkey a few days ago
An Israeli parliamentary committee discussed today, for the first time in a public session, the opportunity to officially recognize the mass killing of hundreds of thousands of Armenians in the territories of the Ottoman Empire in 1915-1916 as a genocide. The debate took place within the Committee of the Knesset (Israel's unicameral parliament of the state) for education and culture, and concerned the possibility of dedicating a day of national commemoration of the event. The committee has not reached a decision and has postponed the discussion until a later date..... more
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The card can generate electricity
The procedure is similar to that of the termites that eat wood for energy
Electricity can also be generated by the paper. Sony has operated an employee of a fan with a battery-powered bio cellulose recycled paper. The demonstration took place during the Eco-Products, green products fair which was held in Tokyo. Discover the best inventions of 2011.
During the demonstration, Sony has invited some children to put shredded paper in a mixture of water and enzymes, to shake everything and then wait a few minutes, than that needed for the liquid to turn into a source of energy able to whirl a small fan. Look at the photos of the 50 patents craziest ever.... more
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The Ancient World of Mesopotamia
Ancient Iraq
The fertile crescent, Iraq is home to some of the earliest cities in the world, where writing may have first developed between the Tigris and Euphrates
Bronze head of a king, perhaps Sargon of Akkad, from Nineveh, Akkadian period, c. 2300 BCE.
The two great empires, Assyria and Babylon, which grew up on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates, can be separated as little historically as geographically. From the beginning their history is closely intertwined; and the power of the one is a measure of the weakness of the other. This interdependence of Assyrian and Babylonian history was recognized by ancient writers, and has been confirmed by modern discovery. But whereas Assyria takes the first place in the classical accounts to the exclusion of ..... more
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Protester Dragged By Headscarf in Tahrir: 3 Days of Violence..... more
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19 New Coal Ash Water Contamination Sites Found Across U.S.
The Environmental Integrity Project released results of water testing last week indicating that coal ash from power plants in 10 states had contaminated nearly 20 sites previously overlooked by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EIP joined calls by the Sierra Club and Earthjustice right here on Care2, among others, for EPA to enact strict regulations of coal ash disposal.
Take Action! No More Spills: EPA Must Regulate Toxic Coal Ash
EIP Finds Widespread Water Contamination from Coal Ash
In the last 10 years, the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) has found groundwater contamination from 90 coal ash ponds or landfills around the United States. “The more we look, the more we find,” the group writes..... more
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Is ‘Frozen Planet’ Storm a BBC Backlash? (Video)
The blockbuster BBC series Frozen Planet, which looks at life at the cold ends of the world, has suffered intense media criticism over the use of zoo footage.
Shots of a mother polar bear and her cubs after birth were filmed in a zoo because they’re impossible to film in the wild as the mother would kill the cameraperson – and/or the cubs would die as the den would be abandoned..... more
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Israel takes steps to curb settler violence
PM approves measures to crack down on violent ultra-nationalist settlers after mosque vandalism and attack on soldiers.
Human rights groups accuse Israel of failing to arrest most settlers involved in violence against Palestinians [Reuters]
Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, has approved measures to crack down on violent ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers after a rampage at an occupied West Bank military base and torching of a mosque's facade stirred public outrage.... more
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Is Bottled Water Bad for Your Health? •Dr. Mercola
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The next time someone offers you a bottle of water, take a stand and say something clever like, “No thank you, I don’t believe in it.” This simple move will open up a conversation about the massive swindle that is bottled water … and possibly persuade one more person to give it up entirely.
Even beyond the issues of your health and the environment, bottled water represents a novel form of privatization, in which private corporations have succeeded, and quite successfully I might add, at making water a commodity.... more
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Bring Home Kidnapped American Siblings Eslam and Zainab Chebbi!
On Friday, November 11, 2011, Faical Chebbi illegally abducted Eslam Chebbi (5) and Zainab Chebbi (2) to his birth country - Tunisia. Despite having been naturalized as an American, Faical grew weary of failed attempts to survive in the U.S. and, in a last attempt to harm his now ex-wife, he abducted their two small children, and returned to Tunisia..... more
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Canada Drops Out Of Kyoto Protocol
The worst kept secret in Canadian politics became official yesterday when the Harper government announced its withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol. In a statement made in the foyer of the House of Commons, Environment Minister Peter Kent noted that “Kyoto is not the path forward for a global solution to climate change” and indicated that “Canada will work towards a legally binding agreement to address global emissions that allows us to continue creating jobs and economic growth.”...... more
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Tell Hungary That Being Homeless is NOT a Crime
•Target: Hungarian President Pal Schmitt, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, 8th District of Budapest Mayor, Mate Kocsis and Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird.
•Sponsored by: Concerned Citizens of the World
In Budapest, Hungary, the Mayor of the 8th District, Mate Kocis, recently passed a regulation that makes being homeless a crime. According to the BBC, homeless people can be arrested, imprisoned and forced to pay a $600 fine..... more
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Supreme Court To Hear Arizona Immigration Challenge
On Monday the Supreme Court announced it would review challenges to Arizona’s restrictive anti-immigrant measure, SB 1070, adding yet another high profile case to the upcoming term. The review will likely be heard close to the same time that the justices consider challenges to the constitutionality of health care reform.
Justice Elena Kagan recused herself from the review of the Arizona case, likely because she worked on the issue while solicitor general for President Obama..... more
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Who’s Really Committing Voter Fraud?
The conviction of a Republican operative has thrown the spotlight onto who is really committing voter fraud in the US.
Right-wing news outlets have been claiming for years that liberal groups such as ACORN are behind ‘massive’ voter fraud operations. Despite investigations by the Justice Department only showing a tiny number of proven cases (86) over the past decade, Republican legislators in twelve states have passed legislation, on the basis of supposed fraud, restricting voting.
Paul Schurick, an aide to former Maryland Republican Governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., was convicted last week of attempted voter suppression..... more
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Belgium, in Liege attack: four dead
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Rescuers Place Saint Lambert in Liege. REUTERS / Thierry Roge
Rescuers evacuate injured people at the Place Saint Lambert square where two men ...
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A man today has killed three people in an attack in Liege where he was killed. The Belgian media reports.
The man, identified as 32 year-old Belgian media Nordine Amrani, opened fire and launched ordnance against a square in the center of the city in which you played a Christmas market..... more
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Afghan Daughters and their Mother Disfigured in Acid Attack
It really blows my mind when I think of the countless ways mankind has found to inflict violence against women around the world.
Acid attacks are one of such violent forms of assault that is most common in countries like Cambodia, Afghanistan, India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. A recent story from Afghanistan left four women – 3 daughters and their mother – disfigured from an acid attack..... more
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Coaching & the Sexual Abuse of Children: Penn State Scandal
The allegations of sex abuse of children by assistant coaches at Penn State University and at Syracuse University are a harsh reminder to parents of the need not only for background checks but of vigilance when their child is playing sports and when their child is spending any amount of time alone with a coach. Perhaps this sounds overly protective; some might argue that such a stance could bring into question relationships of trust and safety among parents and coaches. But as more victims of former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky and of former assistant Syracuse basketball coach Bernie Fine come forward, the question arises: How were so many abused for so long?.... more
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