- BBC | State sues car firms on climate
The state of California is suing six carmakers for costs associated with their cars’ greenhouse gas emissions.
(tags: environment news)
- BBC | Israel ‘trains Iraqi Kurd forces’
The revelation is set to cause enormous problems for the Kurds, not only in Iraq but also in the wider region.
- Guardian | State of emergency declared in Thailand
(tags: news) - Raw Story | US deports Canadian for 10 months of torture in Syria
(tags: human-rights) - Guardian | Iraq Removes Chief Judge in Saddam Trial
(tags: news iraq) - Judge throws out Georgia’s photo-voter ID law – IHT
A judge Tuesday struck down as unconsitutional a new Georgia law requiring voters to show photo ID.
(tags: elections)
- In Science-Based Medicine, Where Does Luck Fit In? – NYT
(tags: medicine science) - On India’s Farms, a Plague of Suicide – NYT
Across the country in desperate pockets like this one, 17,107 farmers committed suicide in 2003, the most recent year for which government figures are available. Anecdotal reports suggest that the high rates are continuing.
- ABC: Film Shows Youths Training to Fight for Jesus
(tags: right-nuttery religion) - Liberal Evangelicals Begin Campaign [WaPo]
(tags: religion news) - Institutions Hinder Female Academics, Panel Says – New York Times
(tags: feminism science)
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