Twitter embraces UK's policymakers after eventful year

Twitter has told the BBC it now wants to work closer with government and policymakers in the UK. The site has revealed that there are over 10 million active tweeters across the nation. The site's UK general manager Tony Wang said it is a priority to "protect and defend" the v …

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How badly has fracking polluted drinking water in Dimock, Pennsylvania

The trouble started in 2008, when the wells used by several Dimock families were contaminated with methane. In 2009, fracking firm Cabot Oil & Gas was fined by state regulators for contaminating the wells with methane while fracking underground. Cabot routinely denies cau …

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Final Call to attend The International Movement for One Democratic State in Israel/Palestine Conference , Munich, June 30/July 1

Gilad Atzmon:  The Munich Conference The International Movement for One Democratic State in Israel/Palestine June 30 - July 1, 2012 This is the final call to attend and register for the Munich Conference to launch the International Movement for One Democratic State in Pa …

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ECB slowly preparing markets for a Greek exit

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President Obama's Wealth Level Makes Him One of the Elite 1%

President Barack Obama has $500,001 to $1 million in a JPMorgan Chase private client asset management checking account.  "This is a checking account used by the president and the first lady," said White House spokeswoman Amy Brundage. The president's other principal assets …

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Greece: SYRIZA, the Communist Party and the desperate need for a united front | Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal

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Palestinians Mark Nakba with Protests

Al Jazeera:  More than 760,000 Palestinians, estimated today to number 4.7 million with their descendants, fled or were driven out of their homes. About 160,000 Palestinians stayed behind, and now number about 1.3 million, or 20 per cent of the population of Israel. CoH, p …

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News Corp hacking scandal: Murdoch confidante Rebekah Brooks charged with perjury, perverting course of justice

Rebekah Brooks, a close confidante of Rupert Murdoch, was charged on Tuesday with interfering with a police investigation into a phone-hacking scandal that has rocked the tycoon's media empire and sent shockwaves through the British political establishment. Brooks was charged  …

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Iran Hangs 'Mossad Agent' For Allegedly Killing Nuclear Scientist

Iran has hanged a man it said was an agent for Israeli intelligence agency Mossad whom it convicted of killing one of its nuclear scientists in 2010, Iranian state media reported on Tuesday. Twenty-four year old Majid Jamali Fashi was hanged at Tehran's Evin Prison after being …

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The whole point of the Director General of the BBC is that they are neutral - Harman | The Labour Party

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