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Global warming 55 million years ago shifted ocean currents
5 Ocak 2006
An extraordinary burst of global warming that occurred around 55 million years ago dramatically reversed Earth's pattern of ocean currents,...
US Judge Resigns Over Bush's Domestic Spying Authorization: Report
22 Aralık 2005
"Any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires -- a wiretap requires a court order."
Portugal turns to wind, waves and sun to reduce oil dependence
12 Aralık 2005
Portugal is turning to wind, wave and solar power to reduce its huge dependence on oil imports and meet its international commitments to...
Thousands protest global warming amid UN climate conference
5 Aralık 2005
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated Saturday in Montreal, host of the UN Climate Change Conference, to demand that governments...
'Global warming equals weapons of mass destruction'
29 Kasım 2005
The impact of spiralling pollution on the planet poses a threat to civilisation just as catastrophic as much-vaunted weapons of mass...
Women find no shelter from violence at home: WHO
28 Kasım 2005
Urgent action is needed to tackle domestic violence against women, which is widespread, deep-rooted and largely hidden in a wide range of...
Mutated strain of bird flu found in Cambodia
25 Kasım 2005
A mutated strain of bird flu has been found in samples taken in Cambodia, but it is not known if the new strain is more lethal than that...
Burping cows add to global warming
30 Eylül 2005
The world may not end with a bang or even a whimper -- just a burp! This is the worrying scenario sketched by a French expert, who has...
Clinton Launches Withering Attack on Bush on Iraq, Katrina, Budget
20 Eylül 2005
Former US president Bill Clinton sharply criticised George W. Bush for the Iraq War and the handling of Hurricane Katrina, and voiced alarm...
Jagger blasts Blair over Iraq
13 Eylül 2005
Rolling Stones superstar Mick Jagger said he was "shocked" by British Prime Minister Tony Blair's attitude toward Iraq and doubts whether...
Draft US Defense Paper Outlines Preventive Nuclear Strikes
12 Eylül 2005
A new draft US defense paper calls for preventive nuclear strikes against state and non-state adversaries in order to deter them from using...
IAEA 'Whitewashing' Impact of Chernobyl Nuclear Accident: Greenpeace
7 Eylül 2005
The Greenpeace environmental group denounced a UN report that radiation released from Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant nearly two...
Baghdad bridge stampede kills 965
1 Eylül 2005
At least 965 Iraqis were crushed to death or drowned in a stampede on a Baghdad bridge as vast crowds of Shiite pilgrims were sent into...
20 oil rigs missing in Gulf of Mexico: US Coast Guard
1 Eylül 2005
At least 20 oil rigs and platforms are missing in the Gulf of Mexico and a ruptured gas pipeline is on fire after Hurricane Katrina tore...
US displays high-tech Iraq battle tools
25 Ağustos 2005
Bomb seeking robots, spy planes and a handheld device that translates a soldier's English commands or questions into Arabic are some of the...
Rumsfeld declares 'resolve' needed in war on terror
3 Ağustos 2005
US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld attacked signs of a softening will to wage a global war against terrorism, declaring that "resolve,...
New Latin American TV news network hits the airwaves
26 Temmuz 2005
Telesur, the Latin American television network created by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to counter the "hegemony" of international...
Brazil seeks to halve cost of Abbott's AIDS drug by violating patent
1 Temmuz 2005
Brazilian Health Minister Humberto Costa said he was aiming to halve the cost of a key HIV / AIDS medicine by breaking the patent of the...
Bush faces tough time at G8 over global warming
1 Temmuz 2005
The debate on global warming is likely to see President George W. Bush in an awkward position at next week's G8 summit, with no change in...
US plans new financial sanctions to curb WMD
28 Haziran 2005
The US government has a new plan to freeze US assets of individuals or companies doing business with entities in Iran, North Korea and...
Bush Says US is in Iraq Because of 9/11 Attacks on US
21 Haziran 2005
President George W. Bush defended the war in Iraq, telling Americans the United States was forced into war because of the September 11...
New Memos Detail Early Plans for Invading Iraq
16 Haziran 2005
British officials believed the U.S. favored military force a year before the war, documents show. By John Daniszewski
More Babies, Young Kids Going Hungry in US
13 Haziran 2005
"What happens in America is -- what seems bizarre -- that some of the recommendations that we give to families to prevent underweight of...
House OKs Bill Toughening Abortion Consent
29 Nisan 2005
The House passed a bill Wednesday that would make it illegal to dodge parental-consent laws by taking minors across state lines for...
