WikiLeaks splits as volunteers quit to set up rival website
Former WikiLeaks volunteers are planning to
launch a rival whistle-blowing website next week amid growing
indications that the US government is on the verge of filing its own
charges against Julian Assange.
Kayaker presumed dead after Congo crocodile attack
“JOHANNESBURG” An acclaimed outdoorsman who wrote
movingly about testing himself against nature is presumed dead after
a crocodile snatched him from his kayak while he led an American
expedition from the source of the White Nile into the heart of
Congo.
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Israeli forest’s road to recovery
The fire broke out Thursday and burned a
20-square-mile (50-square-kilometer) area in the Carmel forest, a
popular nature spot on Haifa’s outskirts. The blaze was brought
under control late Sunday and damages overall have been estimated in
the hundreds of millions of dollars. Although the wildfire was small
by international standards, it was considered a calamity in Israel,
where only 7 percent of the land is wooded. Read more “ JERUSALEM”
For more than a century, planting trees in this mostly desert land
has been an act of almost spiritual importance, starting with those
who helped create and the state of Israel.
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Rolling Stone to release John Lennon’s final print interview, 30
years later
Today (December 8) marks the 30th anniversary of
one of the darkest days in music: The day when 40-year-old former
Beatle John Lennon was gunned down in front of his New York
apartment by Mark David Chapman. Lennon’s tragic assassination still
leaves many fans’ questions unanswered, but a new interview—Lennon’s
final print interview, conducted only three days before his death—is
finally being published by Rolling Stone magazine this week.
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