A Gallup poll has found that only 35% of Americans are concerned about climate change, and that proportion is barely up from the previous year

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An Egyptian court in the provincial center of El Minya on Monday shocked the world by sentencing 528 persons to death

Tens of thousands of people marched on the Spanish capital in a mostly peaceful protest against austerity policies

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Everyone in the Mideast accuses everyone else of Terrorism

The CIA claims that the real breach was the fact that the Senate staffers somehow broke the rules in obtaining that internal review

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