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Read MoreScientists in Brazil are genetically modifying mosquitoes in order to eliminate them in the wild. While extreme, it is hoped this method will contain dengue fever, a deadly disease that afflicts 22,000 of Brazilians annually. Especially hard hit are Brazil’s rural poor who have limited access to quality health care. [Los Angeles Times]
Read MoreI particularly enjoy this mellow song even though it is discussing some sort of infatuation. It is light hearted and poppy. While songs of this type tend to be either melodramatic or saccharine, this one strides that fine line with enjoyable style. Tristan Prettyman is a singer/song writer from San Diego, California. Her style is […]
Read MoreDoctors going unpaid for months. Legions of unemployed swamping benefits offices across the country and a situation in which even the employed are not receiving money. Such is the state of Greece, a society in ‘free fall’ ever since the financial crisis began. [Yahoo News]
Read MoreThe PRC’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) showed off China’s latest state-of-the-art fighter jet, the J-31, in Liaoning at the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation’s facility there. The jet is part of the PLA’s goal of transforming China into a top regional military power. [The Times of India]
Read MoreA video appearing to show Syrian rebels executing a group of captured soldiers is shedding new light on the level of brutality being employed in Syria’s ongoing civil war. Human rights groups claim the video is proof of war crimes in Syria by the opposition militias fighting to overthrow Bashar Al-Assad’s government. [The Star]
Read MoreIt would seem contradictory, even some would say almost to the level of self-parody, that a government official and party member in a nominally communist country could be tied to a family that controls a fortune rumored to be valued in the billions of dollars. Yet such is the rumor with the Prime Minister of […]
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