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‘12 years too many’: US activists to mark Gitmo anniversary by rallying for closure‘12 years too many’: US activists to mark Gitmo anniversary by rallying for closure

[2014-01-11 18:03:32]
Saturday marks twelve years since the first detainees arrived at Guantanamo Bay prison on January 11, 2002. The anniversary will see US...

20 years after ‘Black Hawk Down,’ US military advisers back in Somalia20 years after ‘Black Hawk Down,’ US military advisers back in Somalia

[2014-01-11 18:00:56]
The US military has sent a small number of “uniformed trainers and advisers” to volatile nation of Somalia for the first tim...

US House passed bill ravaging toxic-waste law - on same day as W. Virginia chemical spillUS House passed bill ravaging toxic-waste law - on same day as W. Virginia chemical spill

[2014-01-11 17:18:30]
As West Virginians were learning Thursday of a devastating chemical spill in the Elk River that has rendered water undrinkable for 300,0...

Rescue saga: US ship heads to free two trapped icebreakers in AntarcticRescue saga: US ship heads to free two trapped icebreakers in Antarctic

[2014-01-05 19:11:58]
American vessel the Polar Star, the US Coast Guard's only active heavy polar icebreaker, is heading to the Antarctic to rescue over...

‘Polar vortex’ to hit US Midwest and Northeast with record freezing temperatures‘Polar vortex’ to hit US Midwest and Northeast with record freezing temperatures

[2014-01-05 19:07:48]
The American Midwest and Northeast are preparing for a "polar vortex," a megastorm that is expected to bring record low temper

Plumes of mysterious steam rise from crippled nuclear reactor at FukushimaPlumes of mysterious steam rise from crippled nuclear reactor at Fukushima

[2014-01-02 12:23:57]
Fresh plumes of most probably radioactive steam have been detected rising from the reactor 3 building at the crippled Fukushima nuclear ...

Not Socially Acceptable: NSA boss video ‘most hated’ on YouTube in 2013?Not Socially Acceptable: NSA boss video ‘most hated’ on YouTube in 2013?

[2014-01-01 18:59:04]
A YouTube video in which NSA boss Keith Alexander tries “to set the record straight” on the agency’s spying antics has



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