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Environmental Activist Exposed As Undercover Agent and Expresses Remorse

Photo: SchNEWS For seven years Mark Stone was an important and serious environmental activist. According to the Guardian , he took part in every major protest in the UK from 2003 onwards and traveled abroad to demo’s as well. In October environmentalists discovered that he was living a double life as an undercover agent for the police. Now, in the midst of a… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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One Year Later: a Reporter’s Look Back at Haiti

Nearly a year after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, AP reporter Rich Matthews has returned to Port-au-Prince to examine where the country stands now, and where it is headed. (Jan. 10)

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Beckhams Welcome Their Fourth Child – David and Victoria Beckham, are expecting their fourth child in the summer, it has been announced. The former Manchester United and England star David Beckham has been married to Victoria Adams, who is famously known as “Posh Spice” of the pop music group Spice Girls, since 1999. The Los Beckhams Welcome Their Fourth Child is a post from: Daily World Buzz

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Award-season Contenders Flock to Palm Springs

Natalie Portman, Javier Bardem, Colin Firth, James Franco, Ben Affleck and Robert Duvall were among the Oscar hopefuls attending the annual awards gala at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. (Jan. 10)

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Britney Spears: ‘Hold It Against Me’ Premiere!

Britney Spears‘ new song is finally here! The 29-year-old pop princess’ “Hold It Against Me” leaked earlier this morning (January 10) online. The hothothot track was produced by Dr. Luke and Max Martin and is off Brit’s upcoming studio album, scheduled for release in March. Over the weekend, Brit ran errands with her son, Jayden James, and attended Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Just Jared Discovery Date : 10/01/2011 13:34 Number of articles : 11

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Southern Sudanese, in a Jubilant Mood, Begin to Vote on Secession

JUBA, Sudan — It’s not every day that a beleaguered, marginalized and persecuted people get a chance to vote for their own freedom. On Sunday, southern Sudanese did. Starting in the cool hours of the night, long before the polls even opened, people across this region began lining up at polling stations to cast their votes in a historic referendum on whether to declare independence. Jubilant crowds made clear which was the overwhelmingly popular choice. “I feel like I’m going to a new land,” beamed Susan Duku, a southern Sudanese woman who works for the United Nations. As the sun cleared the horizon and the voting began, the streets of Juba, the capital of…

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Southern Sudanese, in a Jubilant Mood, Begin to Vote on Secession

JUBA, Sudan — It’s not every day that a beleaguered, marginalized and persecuted people get a chance to vote for their own freedom. On Sunday, southern Sudanese did. Starting in the cool hours of the night, long before the polls even opened, people across this region began lining up at polling stations to cast their votes in a historic referendum on whether to declare independence. Jubilant crowds made clear which was the overwhelmingly popular choice. “I feel like I’m going to a new land,” beamed Susan Duku, a southern Sudanese woman who works for the United Nations. As the sun cleared the horizon and the voting began, the streets of Juba, the capital of…

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Southern Sudanese, in a Jubilant Mood, Begin to Vote on Secession

JUBA, Sudan — It’s not every day that a beleaguered, marginalized and persecuted people get a chance to vote for their own freedom. On Sunday, southern Sudanese did. Starting in the cool hours of the night, long before the polls even opened, people across this region began lining up at polling stations to cast their votes in a historic referendum on whether to declare independence. Jubilant crowds made clear which was the overwhelmingly popular choice. “I feel like I’m going to a new land,” beamed Susan Duku, a southern Sudanese woman who works for the United Nations. As the sun cleared the horizon and the voting began, the streets of Juba, the capital of…

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N-Control Avenger Xbox 360 attachment gets a CES overview (video)

The scariest looking peripheral at CES 2011? Possibly. But for those looking to gain a split-second edge on the competition, the N-Control Avenger just may be the solution Xbox 360 gamers have been looking for. Announced just a couple of months ago, the company was here in Las Vegas to actually demonstrate a fully functional model. But simply, it straps onto your first-party 360 controller, adding triggers, straps, cables and all sorts of other contraptions that aim to give you improved alternatives to pressing buttons (while freeing your thumbs up to more accurately operate the analog joysticks). Enough talk — hop on past the break to see how exactly this $60 shell gets down to business. Gallery: N-Control Avenger Xbox 360 attachment gets a CES overview (video) Continue reading N-Control Avenger Xbox 360 attachment gets a CES overview (video) N-Control Avenger Xbox 360 attachment gets a CES overview (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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Clinton urges more tolerance, less extremism

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates ‘ US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says that dangerous extremism can exist in many societies and pointed to…

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