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News Headlines July 13, 2013: UN Calls for Protections for Whistleblowers, Protestants Riot in Northern Ireland, George Zimmerman Found Not Guilty in Death of Trayvon Martin

United Nations Human Rights Chief Calls for Protections for Whistleblowers like Edward Snowden Snowden Documents Could Be Nightmare for US Government If Released Turkey Redefines Duties of Its Armed Forces United Kingdom Soldier and Veteran Deaths Outstrip Deaths in War in Afghanistan Iranian President-elect Hassan Rouhani Sides with Iran’s Youth Protestants in Northern Ireland Riot […]

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Science & Technology

Brazilian Scientists Genetically Modifying Mosquitoes in Effort to Eliminate Dengue Fever

Scientists 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]

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