The solicitor for the family of 15-year-old Daniel Hegarty who was shot dead by a soldier almost 40 years ago has said they are “overwhelmed” by the findings of an inquest jury.
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Hegarty family are ‘overwhelmed’
The hugely expensive U.S. attempt at nation-building in Afghanistan has had only limited success and may not survive an American withdrawal, according to the findings of a two-year congressional investigation to be released Wednesday. The report calls on the administration to rethink urgently its assistance programs as President Obama prepares to begin drawing down the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan this summer. The report, prepared by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Democratic majority staff, comes as Congress and the American public have grown increasingly restive about the human and economic cost of the decade-long war and reflects growing concerns about Obama’s war strategy even among supporters within his party. Read full article > >
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Afghan nation-building programs not sustainable, report says
The Senate Ethics Committee has referred the findings in its investigation of the Nevada Republican to the Justice Department, laying the groundwork for possible prosecution stemming from his affair with a female aide.
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Ex-senator could face criminal probe
BP’s Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is commonly referred to as the Gulf oil spill, but liquid oil wasn’t the only hydrocarbon that gushed out of the Macondo well for 84 days. Up to 40 percent of the leak was gas, mostly methane invisible to the naked eye, reported scientists who published their findings last month in the research journal Nature Geoscience. read more
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Up to 40 Percent of Gulf Oil Spill was Potent Methane Gas, Research Shows
Does this mean we’ll have to put up with fewer abstinence ads from Bristol Palin? The federal government surveyed teenagers and adults ages 15-44 and the results are not what you expect. Among the findings: most adults are monogamous, 13 percent of…
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CDC: Teen Virginity on the Rise
The former Home Secretary has made a documentary for BBC Radio 5 live, looking at pornography in Britain today. Jacqui Smith discusses her findings.
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AUDIO: Porn and its impact, by Jacqui Smith
St Anne’s Cathedral in Belfast has taken a former Supreme Court Judge to court to stop him publishing the findings of two internal inquiries.
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Cathedral takes ex-judge to court
The army in the DR Congo rejects the findings of a UN report that rebel forces of the CNDP and FNL are regrouping in the east.
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Congo army denies rebel comeback
Two federal agencies are preparing reports on online privacy standards, and the findings could be at odds.
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Stage Set for Showdown on Online Privacy
A study released today reports a huge diversity of life and a realization that much is still unknown. Among the findings: A “White Shark Cafe” and a “sturgeon playground.”
Lap-dance club owner Peter Stringfellow and university researcher Dr Belinda Brooks-Gordon discuss the findings of university research which reveals that one in four lap-dancers has a degree.
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‘One in four lap-dancers has a degree’
Afghan nation-building programs not sustainable, report says
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