AP - Syrians snatched from their homes turn up dead, often mutilated. Soldiers gun down former comrades who defected to the opposition. A human rights group reports that electric shocks and hot iron rods are used to torture detainees.
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<div>Severe weather is sweeping across southern and central Ontario, leading to at least one reported death on Wednesday and spawning several tornado reports.
A possible tornado hit near Minden Hills, a local politician said.
Deputy Reeve Cheryl Murdoch said something "like a tornado" touched...
WASHINGTON, -- President Barack Obama's wealth reaches upward of $3.8 million and possibly much higher, financial disclosure reports issued by the White House Monday show.
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A man has died after he was shot in the 1000-block of Hornby Street in downtown Vancouver, reports say.
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-- The National Transportation Safety Board on Friday released the first report on the natural gas pipeline explosion that killed eight people in San Bruno, California, last year.
A short time after the blast, NTSB investigators spent more than a week at a facility in Ashburn, Virginia...
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http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/12/15/pkg.can.sarnia.snowstorm.cbc
Hundreds of people were rescued after being stranded by a storm in Canada. CBC's Ron Charles reports.
http://cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2010/10/25/lkl.assange.iraqi.deaths.cnn
WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief Julian Assange is defending the group's recent leak and said it poses no real risk to soldiers or civilians in Iraq.
"This material doesn't mention any soldiers' names, doesn't mention any...
A commotion and several shots from a pistol preceded the iconic Kent State University shootings that took place 40 years ago, analysis of an audio recording shows, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Depression therapy, drugs similar results
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WASHINGTON – The Nobel Prize-winning international scientific panel studying global warming is seeking independent outside review for how it makes major reports.
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There are several reports on DN being down right now.
This is not an ECM, but the cause is due to sever thunder storms at DN uplink center.
Reports were coming in of losses on CONUS and Spot beams on all DN satellites (61.5, 110, 119, 129, etc).
NOAA showed several storms in the area of DN...
hi,
very interested in v1 patch, wondering if the post in question is a mistake;fwiw it reports that it is not a zip file.
regards
thanks in advance
igor