US Congress finally averts fiscal cliff
After bitter New Year brinksmanship, the US
Congress finally backed a deal to avert a "fiscal cliff" of tax
hikes and massive spending cuts that had threatened to unleash
economic calamity.
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NAM SLAMS ISRAELI LAND SCAM
The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) has censured
Israel over its latest plans to build more illegal settler units in
the occupied Palestinian territories. NAM issued a statement
condemning Israel after the group’s permanent representatives held a
meeting on Monday in New York.
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West Antarctic Ice Sheet warming at twice the earlier estimate
A new analysis of temperature records by US
researchers suggests that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is
warming at twice the rate previously thought.
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