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• Palin: the real scandal - Americas, World - The Independent view story

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  • Submitted by katharinec
  • about 3 hours ago
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  behind her beaming smile and wholesome family values is a woman aligned with the big oil and coal firms that are racing to exploit Alaska's vast energy reserves.

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• The Large Hadron Collider: End of the World, or God's Own Particle? view story

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  • Submitted by VioletPlanet
  • about 3 hours ago
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  Yes, but what is it? That has been many people's reaction to the furore over the Large Hadron Collider, due to be switched on this Wednesday. The biggest, most expensive experiment in history is attracting both scientific hyperbole and hysteria. Some say

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• Google Once Reviled Computer Superpowers - But Domination Is Just What It Is Achieving view story

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  • Submitted by mortalwind
  • about 10 hours ago
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  There are not many companies whose trade names have become verbs. And there must be even fewer who would view this as a cause for concern. But when Google entered the dictionary in 2006, the directors seemed furious.

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• Any last requests? Yes, says death row inmate. Turn me into fish food - The Independent view story

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  • Submitted by loup.dargent
  • 3 days ago
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  Never before has an inmate asked for his body to be turned into fish food and fed to goldfish, all in the name of art. But that is exactly what Gene Hathorn, a convicted murderer on death row in Texas, has pledged to do if his final appeal fails...

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• Cheney colleague admits bribery in Halliburton oil deals - The Independent view story

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  • Submitted by Zecchetti
  • 4 days ago
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  A former colleague of the US Vice-President, Dick Cheney, has pleaded guilty to funnelling millions of dollars in bribes to win lucrative contracts in Nigeria for Halliburton, during the Nineties when Mr Cheney ran the giant oil and gas services company.

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• 100 things to do before you die view story

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  • Submitted by effective
  • 6 days ago
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  Creator of the eponymous travel guide '100 things to do before you die', Dave Freeman, died this week. Click the image to the right to see his definitive list of life-changing experiences in pictures.

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• For the first time in human history, the North Pole can be circumnavigated - Climate Change, Environment - The Independent view story

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  • 6 days ago
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  Open water now stretches all the way round the Arctic, making it possible for the first time in human history to circumnavigate the North Pole, The Independent on Sunday can reveal.

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• Robert Fisk's World: Why do we keep letting the politicians get away with lies? - Robert Fisk, Commentators - The Independent view story

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  • Submitted by Zecchetti
  • 8 days ago
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  How on earth do they get away with it? Let's start with war between Hizbollah and Israel - past and future war, that is.

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• Fattest children to be taken away from their parents view story

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  • Submitted by thewanderer85
  • 9 days ago
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  Dangerously overweight children will have to be taken from their parents and put into care because of Britain's worsening "obesity epidemic", council leaders have warned.

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• Thai protests spread to disrupt rail and air links - Asia, World - The Independent view story

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  • Submitted by DCDESIGNBABES
  • 9 days ago
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  Anti-government protests forced Phuket airport to close and disrupted rail services in Thailand on Friday, piling pressure on Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's seven-month old government.

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