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United Nations Deploys Drones To Congo

Unmanned aircraft will patrol for threats in Eastern Congo, the first time the U.N. has used these surveillance devices.

December 04th, 2013

By Faine Greenwood

United Nations Deploys Drones To Congo

The United Nations has sent out unmanned aerial vehicles to patrol the restive border that the Democratic Republic of the Congo shares with Uganda and Rwanda, in the first recorded instance of the peacekeepers using a UAV to carry out their duties.

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Sheriff’s Deputy In Georgia Caught Selling Marijuana To Undercover Agent

Drug and firearms charges were filed against a badly-behaved Georgia sheriff’s deputy, caught selling weed out of his squad car.

September 21st, 2013

By Faine Greenwood

Sheriff’s Deputy In Georgia Caught Selling Marijuana To Undercover Agent

A small-town Georgia sheriff's deputy will face drug and firearms charges after he was caught selling marijuana to federal agents out of his very own squad car. 11Alive News reports that officer Darrell

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PRISM Scandal: Google Challenges Secret Surveillance Gag Order

Tech giant asks Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to allow it to publish national security data requests it receives from the U.S. government.

June 19th, 2013

By Faine Greenwood

PRISM Scandal: Google Challenges Secret Surveillance Gag Order

Tech giant Google has decided to challenge a gag order from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that prevents it from releasing information on both how many data requests are court approved and how many user accounts are affected, in the wake of the NSA PRISM scandal. Google's legal filing used the First Amendment to argue that the

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Iranians Head To The Polls In Presidential Election

Voters will choose a replacement for the controversial outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, amid crushing U.S. sanctions.

June 14th, 2013

By Faine Greenwood

Iranians Head To The Polls In Presidential Election

Iranians are voting in the first presidential election since the hotly disputed poll of 2009, which saw current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad controversially returned to power. The polling stations opened their doors at8:30 AM local time on

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After Centuries Of Men, Will The Next Dalai Lama Be A Woman?

Tibetan Buddhist leader says the choice of a woman as the next Dalai Lama is entirely possible.

June 14th, 2013

By Faine Greenwood

Tibetan Buddhism's supreme leader, the Dalai Lama, has that he believes a female Dalai Lama was entirely possible, although all previous holders of the title have been male. "If the circumstances are such that a female Dalai Lama is more useful, then automatically a female Dalai Lama will come," he said in 

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US Supreme Court Rules To Allow Police To Take DNA Swabs

The decision came in an unusual 5-4 split that saw arch-conservative Justice Antonin Scalia joining three dissenting liberal justices.

June 04th, 2013

By Faine Greenwood

US Supreme Court Rules To Allow Police To Take DNA Swabs

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in a 5-4 decision to allow police to take DNA swabs from detainees without first obtaining a warrant or charging them with a crime, ruling that the practice is essentially a modern-day version of fingerprinting. "When officers make an arrest supported by probable cause to hold for a serious offense and they

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Ground Control To Major Tom: International Space Station Astronaut Does Bowie

Social media-loving astronaut Chris Hadfield released a video of him performing David Bowie’s beloved “Space Oddity” all the way from space.

May 13th, 2013

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Social media-loving astronaut Chris Hadfield released a new treat for the Internet Sunday: a video of him performing David Bowie's beloved "Space Oddity" all the way from the International Space Station. The first Canadian commander of the ISS, Hadfield is leaving the ISS and thought he'd mark the moment with 

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