AP – Police on Wednesday battled Amazon Indians protesting laws they believe would encourage oil drilling and mining on their lands, leaving one Indian dead and 40 police and nine Indians wounded, officials said. Indians said two civilians were killed

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Ecuador: 1 dead, at least 49 wounded in protest
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AP – Police on Wednesday battled Amazon Indians protesting laws they believe would encourage oil drilling and mining on their lands, leaving one Indian dead and 40 police and nine Indians wounded, officials said. Indians said two civilians were killed.

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Ecuador: 1 dead, at least 49 wounded in protest
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Kito’s aquarium is a source of beauty AND a more sustainable future…

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SciFri Blog:Fuel Goes Green. And Slimy.

Reuters – President Barack Obama’s drive to fight global warming got a boost on Wednesday as Democrats in the U.S. Senate unveiled a bill aimed at slashing greenhouse gas emissions in the next four decades.

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Reuters – President Barack Obama’s drive to fight global warming got a boost on Wednesday as Democrats in the U.S. Senate unveiled a bill aimed at slashing greenhouse gas emissions in the next four decades.

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Climate control debate heats up in the Senate
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AP – The leader of the country’s largest Indian reservation threw his support behind the neighboring Hopi Tribe, whose lawmakers declared environmental groups unwelcome on the reservation.

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Hopi, Navajos say environmentalists not welcome
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Reuters – Environmental activists said on Wednesday they canoed into Suncor Energy Inc’s Alberta oil sands operation, blocking equipment in a second protest action in as many weeks aimed at disrupting crude production.

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Greenpeace blocks 2nd Canada oil sands operation
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SPACE.com – Before soaring into space early Wednesday, two professional astronauts and a space tourist made sure to take part in an age-old tradition.

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Space Crew Celebrates Movie-Watching Tradition
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Reuters – Relief workers in American Samoa and Samoa searched for survivors on Thursday after a series of tsunamis smashed into the tiny Pacific islands, killing possibly more than 100 people and flattening villages.

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Tsunami deaths likely to rise in Pacific islands
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LiveScience.com – Is it sexy to be spiritual? New research has found that spirituality has a greater effect on the sex lives of young adults – especially women – than religion, impulsivity, or alcohol.

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Spiritual Women Have More Sex
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