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Iraq Election Violence: Many Killed, Wounded

Bombs and ballots took place on the eve of the Iraq elections. Here are stories reported by Antiwar and the Associated Press on the day’s events.   67 Killed, 115 Wounded on Eve of Iraq Elections By: Margaret Griffis On the eve of parliamentary elections, at least 67 Iraqis were killed and 115 more were […]

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Bombs and ballots took place on the eve of the Iraq elections. Here are stories reported by Antiwar and the Associated Press on the day's events.   67 Killed, 115 Wounded on Eve of Iraq Elections By: Margaret Griffis On the eve of parliamentary elections, at least 67 Iraqis were killed and 115 more were wounded. Bombers again struck in

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US Quietly Ships Weapons To Iraq Despite Risk Of Civil War

Experts have warned that flow of US weapons into region only deepens political and sectarian violence.

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Mideast Iraq

From the Common Dreams News Desk: This month alone, "the United States delivered nearly 100 Hellfire missiles together with hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition and M4 rifles" to the Iraqi government, the U.S. Embassy to Iraq revealed Sunday. In a public statement, the U.S. Embassy claimed the shipments were sent to aid the Iraqi

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Launching MintPress News Journalism Scholarship Fund

Calling All Journalism Students Are you the next Glenn Greenwald? Do you have what it takes to become an investigative reporter?  Demonstrate your talent and you could win a $1,000 scholarship and a chance to have your report published on the MintPress News website alongside your photo and bio reaching readers from across the nation […]

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Calling All Journalism Students Are you the next Glenn Greenwald? Do you have what it takes to become an investigative reporter?  Demonstrate your talent and you could win a $1,000 scholarship and a chance to have your report published on the MintPress News website alongside your photo and bio reaching readers from across the nation and world.

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‘I Heart Boobies’ Bracelet Case Could Make Its Way To Supreme Court

A Pennsylvania school board’s intransigence could bring a campaign for raising breast cancer awareness before the highest court.

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A Pennsylvania school board is appealing a U.S. Circuit Appeals Court decision that ruled in favor of two female students who were suspended for wearing “I (heart) boobies” breast cancer awareness bracelets. The case, which the Easton Area School Board hopes will be heard by the Supreme Court, has turned into a battle over the two students’ right

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Study: Fracking Sucks Up Freshwater At Alarming Rate

Fracking uses a lot of lake and river water. A new study finds less than a tenth of it ever gets recycled.

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Fracking in the Marcellus Shale of Pennsylvania and West Virginia do not only use millions of gallons of water per operation, according to a new report. The study also shows that operations fail to return almost all that water to its purified form. The report, from San Jose State University, focused on water use and reporting in hydraulic

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Unwelcome Experiment: Neighbors of Frac Sand Mine Wait for Someone To Monitor Toxins

Despite complaints of asthma and studies proving groundwater contamination, most residents next to frac sand mines don’t have any protection from industrial toxins.

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The hydraulic fracturing movement has already taken off in the U.S., expanding an industry that requires the mining of silica sand, the drilling of oil and natural gas wells and the storage of toxic fracking wastewater. Yet in the midst of the boom, Americans are still not sure how the expanding industry is impacting their health. Scientific data

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Are Voters In Washington State Losing Interest In Labeling GMOs?

Polls show waning support for a GMO-labeling ballot initiative amid claims that its passage could lead to higher costs.

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While consumer advocates are lobbying in Washington state for guidelines that would require labeling for foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs), there’s a question over whether such measures would be effective in ridding the food supply of GMOs altogether. Currently, 64 countries around the world require GMO labeling, including

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