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The Islamic Education Center, a grade school and mosque in Houston, is photographed on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009.

photo: AP / Michael Stravato

US moves against Iran Muslim group
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US federal prosecutors have moved to seize four mosques and a New York tower block owned by a nonprofit Muslim organisation with alleged financial ties to Iran. The prosecutors on Thursday filed a civil complaint in a US federal court seeking the forfeiture of more than $500m in assets of the Alavi Foundation and an alleged front company....

In this photo taken Sept. 15, 2009, a forest in the Amazon is seen being illegally burnt, near Novo Progresso, in the northern Brazilian state of Para.

photo: AP / Andre Penner

Brazil celebrates 45% reduction in Amazon deforestation
read more The Guardian

A police offensive and the global economic crisis have combined to produce the largest fall in more than 20 years Deforestation in Novo Progresso, Pará, in 2004 was the second worst on record. Photograph: Alberto Cesar/Greenpeace/AP...

photo: Public Domain / Anne B. Hood

US mosques and New York skyscraper seized over Iran links
read more The Guardian

Federal investigators moved to seize four mosques in the US and a skyscraper in Manhattan yesterday over their alleged financial aid to , in an extraordinary step likely to worsen relations between Washington and Tehran. Prosecutors in Manhattan filed a civil complaint in the federal court seeking the forfeiture of more than $500m in assets of the...

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaks at his monthly press conference at 10 Downing Street in London, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008. The Prime Minister defended public sector pay, saying he wants three-year pay deals for public sector workers, instead of the traditional annual deals, to help keep inflation in Britain low. (js1)

photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth,pool

Glasgow poll victory gives boost to Brown
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Gordon Brown was given some much-needed respite from his political troubles early this morning when Labour comfortably won the Glasgow North East by-election. In what was almost certainly the last test of public opinion before a general election next year, Labour's Willie Bain gave the Prime Minister a much-needed boost by holding off the challenge...

Col. Steven Shepro, commander of the 316th Wing, escorts President Barack Obama before he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009.

photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais

Obama sets off for Asia
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WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama left for Asia on...

Rear Admiral Anne Schuchat MD speaks during a news conference following a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wednesday, July 29, 2009 in Atlanta.

photo: AP / John Bazemore

Swine flu has killed nearly 4,000 in USestimates
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WASHINGTON Swine flu is thought to have killed nearly 4,000 people in the United States, including more than 500 children, health officials said after a new counting method yielded an estimate six times higher than the last. The new system is based on more precise figures provided by 10 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...

Icebergs breaking off glaciers at Cape York, Greenland. Glacier ice is the largest reservoir of fresh water on Earth, and is second only to oceans as the largest reservoir of total water.

photo: Creative Commons / Mbz

Greenland's ice sheet is melting faster than ever, data shows
read more The Times

Greenland's ice sheet is melting at an accelerating pace, according to the most detailed observations to date. Until now scientists had been unable to establish whether the loss of the ice sheet had speeded up significantly since the 1990s. Using two independent measurement techniques, the latest study reveals that the melting accelerated...

An unidentified sailor salutes a U.S. flag flying at half mast Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, aboard the U.S. guided missile destroyer USS Benfold docked in Manama, Bahrain, at the end of a ceremony inaugurating an expeditionary strike force responsible for amphibious forces within Fifth Fleet as well as regional humanitarian and disaster relief efforts. The flag had been lowered in honor of shooting victims at the Fort Hood military base in the United States.

photo: AP / Hasan Jamali

Suspected Fort Hood shooter charged with 13 murder counts
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FORT HOOD, TEXAS: Investigators charged suspected Fort Hood gunman Nidal Hasan with 13 counts of pre-meditated murder on Thursday over last week's shooting rampage at the Texas military base. Hasan, an army psychiatrist who is being investigated for links to militant Islam, will be tried in a military court for the fatal shootings of 12 soldiers...

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gestures during a news conference inside the Goldenberg Mansion at the Malacanang Palace compound, in Manila, Philippines, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009.

photo: AP / John Javellana, Pool

Clinton vows $5M in storm relief funds
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MANILA, Philippines Bearing a $5-million Christmas gift, the lady in red learned to say, 'Mabuhay.' US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Thursday visited a flood-devastated school in Marikina City and pledged the new relief package on top of the $14 million in assistance provided in the wake of the back-to-back storms that struck the country...

President Lyndon B. Johnson greets American troops in Vietnam, 1966.

photo: NARA file

Afghanistan and the 'Other' Vietnam War
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Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. When discussing the Vietnam War, or comparing it to America's other conflicts, such as the current one taking place in Afghanistan, the "other" Vietnam War is rarely mentioned. This is very unfortunate, because it might be just the correct path to pursue in seeking a peaceful solution. And much...