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Why is mainstream culture so quiet about climate change?
The Independent 21 Mar 2019
The weather in England has been weird. I got a little burnt sunbathing in February. The snowman in the garden had recently melted. Meanwhile, the news is full of climate change and ecological collapse ... But when I sit down in the evening and flick on the telly, browse the cinema listings, or put on some music, I don’t find the biggest story on earth ... ....
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Discovery Of 2,000-Year-Old Nile Shipwreck Solves Ancient Puzzle
WorldNews.com 21 Mar 2019
“This was a particular vessel-type that was described by the Greek Historian Herodotus after he visited Egypt in 450 BC,” explains the Centre, in a statement.However, prior to the discovery of the baris, which was dubbed "ship 17" by archaeologists, there was no actual archaeological evidence of the boats ... ....
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Italian Driver Abducts 51 Schoolchildren, Sets Bus On Fire
WorldNews.com 21 Mar 2019
Prosecutors said they have found no evidence of Islamic radicalization or ties to extremists, saying it appeared the bus driver acted alone.Chief prosecutor Francesco Greco praised the Carabinieri for moving swiftly to block the bus and remove the children."They carried out an operation that we see in films with special agents ... ....
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Crashed Boeing Jets Lacked Key Safety Features
WorldNews.com 21 Mar 2019
A new report published on Thursday in the New York Times said the doomed Boeing jets which crashed in Indonesia and Ethiopia both lacked two safety features in the cockpits because the company charged extra to install them ... Faulty data from sensors on the Lion Air plane could have caused that system, called MCAS, to malfunction ... Fehrm told the NYT....
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Democratic Candidates Join Boycott Of Israel Conference
WorldNews.com 21 Mar 2019
Several Democratic presidential candidates will skip the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's policy conference this year after a prominent progressive group called on them to boycott the event, NBC News reported.Sens ... ....
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Internal Marine Corps Memos: Sending Troops To The Border Poses 'Unacceptable' Risk
WorldNews.com 21 Mar 2019
Marine Corps Gen. Robert Neller sent two internal memos earlier this month which warned the Pentagon sending troops to the border and funding transfers under President Donald Trump's emergency declaration were posing an “unacceptable risk to Marine Corps combat readiness and solvency," according to The Los Angeles Times ... The L.A ... ....
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Trump Announces US Will Recognize Israeli Sovereignty Over Golan Heights
WorldNews.com 21 Mar 2019
Setting aside decades of Middle East policy, US President Donald Trump on Thursday tweeted “After 52 years, it is time for the United States to fully recognize Israeli's Sovereignty over the Golan Heights,” ABC News reported....
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Colombia Says 1,000 Venezuelan Troops Have Fled Across Border
WorldNews.com 21 Mar 2019
After eight years in Venezuela's National Guard, Lt. Juan Carlos Mora fled to Colombia last month, denounced President Nicolás Maduro and declared his support for Juan Guaidó, the opposition leader now recognized by the U.S ... "[Guaidó] is now my boss." – Lt. Juan Carlos MoraSince taking the oath of office in January, Guaidó and U.S ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
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Macron To Host March 26 Meeting With Xi And EU Leaders
WorldNews.com 22 Mar 2019
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[UPDATE] Death Toll Rises To 83 In Iraq Ferry Capsizing
WorldNews.com 22 Mar 2019
– Abdulrazzaq FalihA man who identified himself as Abdul-Jabbar al-Jbouri appealed for the police to look for his wife and children."My wife and three daughters are in the water!" he screamed.Mosul was devastated by the war against the Islamic State group, which occupied the city for three years ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
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3 Former Chilean Military Members Get Jail Sentences For Pinochet-Era Murder
WorldNews.com 21 Mar 2019
The two were wrapped in blankets and left in a vacant lot outside of Santiago. Rojas died four days later, and Quintana survived with serious burns.The attorneys for Castaner, Figueroa and Medina could not immediately be reached for comment ... Another 28,000 were victims of torture, including former President Michelle Bachelet.WN.com, Jim Berrie....
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Dubai finds itself entangled in sex abuse case against R. Kelly
Chicago Sun-Times 21 Mar 2019
Dubai found itself entangled in the sex abuse case against American R&B singer R. Kelly on Thursday after the performer asked a U.S. judge to allow him to come to the Arabian Peninsula sheikhdom to perform shows and “meet with the royal family.” ... and the UAE, a federation of seven sheikhdoms ... Kelly was charged on Feb ... RELATED R ... The R ... ....
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Democrats Demand Documents On Kushner's Use Of WhatsApp For White House Business
WorldNews.com 21 Mar 2019
House Oversight and Reform Committee chairman Rep. Elijah Cummings sent a letter to the White House on Thursday which raised concerns about newly revealed information from last December over Jared Kushner using encrypted messaging service WhatsApp and his personal email account to conduct official White House business, according to Politico....
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As Climate Change Melts Everest's Glaciers, The Bodies Of Dead Mountaineers Are Being Revealed
IFL Science 21 Mar 2019
Mount Everest is famously the world’s highest mountain, and to conquer it is to conquer the world. Plenty of people have managed it, and plenty of people have died trying. Mountaineering is a risky business ... It’s also thought around 200 of the bodies are still there on the mountain somewhere ... But the mountain has changed in this time ... ....
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Guaido Condemns Arrest Of Aide In Venezuela
WorldNews.com 21 Mar 2019
Venezuelan intelligence officials kidnapped opposition leader Juan Guaido's chief of staff on Thursday, along with searching another opposition official's residence, according to BBC News. Intelligence officers conducted the early morning raid as the country struggles with an ongoing political crisis ... "He must be released immediately." ... ....
