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Yellowstone volcano's subterranean magma reservoir – video animation

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 01:18 AM PDT

This animation shows the underground volcanic plumbing system beneath the Yellowstone volcano in Wyoming, as revealed by a new University of Utah seismic imaging study. The study shows the previously known magma chamber (orange) about three to nine miles beneath the surface, and reveals a previously unknown magma reservoir (red) at a depth of 12 to 28 miles. Beneath that is the Yellowstone hotspot plume (yellow) which brings hot rock up from deep within Earth's mantle Continue reading...







Osama bin Laden's purported former bodyguards held in Italian terror raids

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 01:18 AM PDT

Two men among 18 arrested by Italian police for allegedly staging attacks in Pakistan

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Miliband's allegation on Cameron and migrant deaths is shameful, says No 10

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 12:40 AM PDT

Downing Street says Labour leader should withdraw remarks that crisis in Mediterranean is direct result of failures in post-conflict planning for Libya

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Armenian genocide survivor's vivid memories of the day the soldiers came

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 12:31 AM PDT

Movses Haneshyan was five years old in 1915 when the mass deportations began. Now he wants Turkey to recognise the genocide before he dies

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Yanis Varoufakis: a new deal for Greece

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 12:22 AM PDT

We should map out a forward-looking plan for our country

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Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 debris displayed for victims' families - video

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 12:21 AM PDT

Relatives of the victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 are shown the wreckage of the plane in the Netherlands on 3rd March. The plane was shot down on July 17 2014, killing 298 passengers and crew, two-thirds of them Dutch. Families visited the remains of the plane at the Gilze-Rijen airbase in private before the media were granted access later on the same day Continue reading...







Philippine forest paradise re-emerges alongside Manila rubbish dump

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 12:14 AM PDT

A revitalisation programme has re-established a green paradise to the midst of Manila's giant slums

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Greek debts: what does it owe? When will the money run out?

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 12:01 AM PDT

Greece owes money to the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and the European Union following its two bailouts in 2010 and 2012

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ኢትዮጵያዊያኑ ጦማሪዎች ፍትህ ሲጠብቁ አንድ አመት ሞላቸው

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 11:30 PM PDT

የግንቦቱ ምርጫ ሲቃረብ ተቃውሞ ላይ ጥቃት ሲበረታ ስድስቱ ወጣት ጦማሪያን እና ሶስቱ ጋዜጠኞችም በእስር ላይ እንዳሉ ነው ::ነገርግን ምእራባዊያን ዝም ብለው ይመለከታሉ:: ግሎባል ቮይስስ

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Letter from an Ethiopian prison

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 11:30 PM PDT

Natnael Feleke has been imprisoned for a year without trial. In a letter smuggled out of jail, he asks the US secretary of state to stop supporting the regime

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One year on, jailed Ethiopian bloggers are still awaiting trial

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 11:30 PM PDT

Imprisoned journalists question the influx of western aid to a government intensifying its crackdown on dissent ahead of elections. Global Voices report

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Teenager jumped out window after mother fed him pot brownie – police

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 11:29 PM PDT

Colorado allows marijuana use for over-21s but seriously injured youth was 19 and arrested woman asked witnesses to change their stories, say authorities

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Kandahar city power project in jeopardy as USAid prepares to pull plug

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Proposed withdrawal of stable electricity supply from factories and homes in key Afghan city raises security fears and threatens fragile development gains

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Liberland: hundreds of thousands apply to live in world's newest 'country'

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Eurosceptic Czech politician Vit Jedlicka reveals aspirations for 'anti-state' on 7 sq km patch of Serbo-Croat no man's land

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Domestic violence victim in China wins death sentence reprieve

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 10:58 PM PDT

Woman who killed husband benefits from China's changing approach to domestic violence cases

A woman who was sentenced to death in China for the murder of her abusive husband has received a two-year reprieve that could become a life sentence with a possibility of parole.

The reprieve is part of new guidelines on domestic violence cases that include recommendations for sentencing victims who commit crimes against their abuser.

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Sony world photography awards 2015: the winners – in pictures

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 10:00 PM PDT

From Bolivia's women wrestlers to grief wreaked by Ebola and the ghosts of Bangladeshi dead, here are the powerful and memorable images by the professional winners of the Sony world photography awards. Now in its eighth year, the awards are the world's largest photography competition, and this edition attracted 173,444 entries from 171 countries

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Centenary of the Armenian genocide: descendants tell their family’s stories

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 10:00 PM PDT

Grandchildren and great grandchildren of those targeted in the massacres recount their ancestors' stories and reflect on how the genocide in 1915 shaped their family history and culture

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Honduran judges throw out single-term limit on presidency

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 09:22 PM PDT

Ruling revives tensions that led to coup and ouster of Manuel Zelaya six years ago when he sought to change constitution so officeholders could stand again

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Armenian genocide survivors' stories: 'My dreams cannot mourn'

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 09:00 PM PDT

To mark the centenary of the massacre, we asked readers to tell us how a legacy of mass killings and deportations has affected the way Armenians live now

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Yellowstone national park: scientists discover huge magma chamber

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 08:58 PM PDT

Seismic tomography provides scientists with a much bigger picture of the volcanic 'plumbing system' under Yellowstone national park

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