Dr. Satoshi Mori of Tokyo University has a radioautograph of Japanese cypress leaves that he took from Iitate-mura in Fukushima Prefecture last year in his blog. He says he cannot help feeling pity for the tree:

This picture of Japanese cypress cultivated in Komiya District of…

Lloyd’s of London preparing for euro collapse(Telegraph, May 27, 2012):

The chief executive of the multi-billion pound Lloyd’s of London has publicly admitted that the world’s leading insurance market is prepared for a collapse in the single currency and has reduced its exposure “as much as possible” to the crisis-ridden…

 Catholic priest removed over sex abuse allegations is now a TSA supervisor (End The Lie, May 26, 2012):

Surprisingly, a local mainstream media outlet in Philadelphia has conducted an investigation uncovering a quite disturbing history behind a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) supervisor named Thomas…

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In testimony to a panel investigating the government’s handling of the nuclear disaster, the former prime minister, Naoto Kan, also warned that the politically powerful nuclear industry was trying to push Japan back toward nuclear power despite “showing no remorse” for the accident.

Mr. Kan’s was the most…

Letter to City of Oakland Demanding Removal of 10 Commandments From Zoo

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Lebanese weapons alarm: Syrian rebels ‘major clients’

Published: 28 May, 2012, 12:15

Illegal arms smuggling in Syria’s neighbor Lebanon has caused outcry, with the UN urging the government to tackle the issue. In the midst of Syria’s spiraling conflict, more reports of Lebanese weapons fueling…

Oops, BBC: Iraq photo to illustrate Houla massacre?

Published: 28 May, 2012, 18:23

With the shock of the Houla tragedy ringing across the world, the BBC has released a story with a harrowing picture of rows and rows of children's bodies awaiting burial… But isn’t that post-Saddam Iraq?…

Another warming myth busted: Climate change ISN'T to blame for melting glacier in Bolivia - but our aerosols are

• Particles settle in glaciers, increasing capacity to absorb solar radiation
• Glaciers in Bolivia melting faster than expected - in contrast to others in Himalayas which are melting slower than estimates
• Industry…

You're a war criminal! Security probe after protester bursts into courtroom as Tony Blair gives evidence at Leveson Inquiry

• Intruder was filmmaker and veteran Iraq War protester David Lawley-Wakelin
• He burst in through from behind Lord Justice Leveson through security-coded entrance reserved for the judge…

Police block hundreds of protesters during demo at site growing experimental GM wheat crop

• Up to 400 people demonstrate at Rothamsted Institute in Hertfordshire
• Protest group Take The Flour Back want to rip up experimental crops
• Scientists say they threaten to destroy years of painstaking research…

UN’s 2012 “Earth Summit” Devised To Disembowel Sovereignty, Impose Absolute Rule…

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Signs of new activity at North Korea's nuclear test site

By Jennifer Rizzo

Activity is ramping up at North Korea's nuclear test site, a sign that the country is preparing for a test, according to analysis of…

Lady Gaga cancels Indonesian gig over Islamist threats Pop icon Lady Gaga and her management have decided to cancel her show in Indonesia after Islamists threatened to bring “chaos” on the singer if she dares enter the country. The decision was announced just a week before the scheduled tour date. Java : Indonesian Islamic hardliners chanting "go to hell Lady Gaga" stage a protest against US pop diva Lady Gaga's upcoming Jakarta concert, outside the US embassy in Jakarta on May 25, 2012.…

Study: Social media and the Internet allowed young Arab women to play a central role in the Arab Spring

Over the course of 2011's momentous Arab Spring uprisings, young women in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Bahrain and Yemen used social media and cyberactivism to carve out central roles in the revolutionary struggles under way in ...

Extreme poverty: 2.8 million children in the U.S. live on $2 per day

February 27, 2012 By Jared Wadley

(PhysOrg.com) -- One in five households with children in poverty are surviving on the cash equivalent of a half gallon of milk per person per day in a given month.

Social welfare cuts ultimately come with heavy price, researchers say

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10 million years needed to recover from mass extinction

May 27, 2012

It took some 10 million years for Earth to recover from the greatest mass extinction of all time, latest research has revealed.…

Stunning image of smallest possible five-ringed structure May 27, 2012 Stunning image of smallest possible 5 rings Enlarge Olympicene radical AFM Laplace filtered. The black bar corresponds to 0.5 nm. Credit: IBM Research - Zurich, University of Warwick, Royal Society of Chemistry Scientists have created and imaged the smallest possible five-ringed structure – about 100,000 times thinner than a human hair – and you'll probably recognise its shape.…

UFO sighting by RAF pilot captured on radar left government's chief scientist 'convinced' by evidence

By Chris Hanlon

PUBLISHED: 18:12 GMT, 27 May 2012 | UPDATED: 18:38 GMT, 27 May…