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...findings below the Taylor Glacier contradicts the long-held belief that subglacial environments, which lack light, oxygen, or food, cannot support life...
...clarify common misconceptions about Mormons, the Harvard Latter-Day Saint Student Association held a “Meet the Mormons Q&A” panel yesterday during which they encouraged students to ask questions about the church. The event began with two brief presentations by Kenneth I. Brewer ’11 and Lindsey R. Brinton ’12, who talked about the history of church and current theological doctrines, followed by questions from the audience. When asked about the issue of polygamy in an interview before the event, LDSSA Vice-President Morgan T. Pope...
...American journalists there is throwing a serious wrench in the Obama administration's goal to make Pyongyang a nuclear non-proliferating power. Today, North Korea announced that two female U.S. reporters, arrested March 17, will stand trial for acts against the state. If convicted, the women, who have been held in Pyongyang since their arrest, could land in jail for at least five years. The announcement closely follows last week's sentencing of another U.S. journalist to eight years in prison for spying in Iran, another former "axis of evil" nation...
...Iraq. The closure, in line with the U.S.-Iraqi withdrawal agreement, has American officials handing some suspected insurgents to Iraqi authorities but letting hundreds of others go with no proper investigation or trial to determine their guilt or innocence. U.S. military officials have long acknowledged that some detainees held at Camp Bucca are likely innocent. But allegations of insurgent ties against many others will go largely unanswered as the prison empties in the coming months. And as hundreds of prisoners go free, many Iraqis worry that former inmates who were indeed involved with the insurgency will return to their...
...cases seem to be susceptible to antiviral treatment; and, in a hopeful note for Mexicans, preliminary tests show 14 samples from Mexico to be identical to the American strain). Canadian officials have also found the swine virus in one tourist returning from Mexico. A Canadian travel advisory Thursday held back from telling people not to go to Mexico but advised Canadians to get flu shots and warned which Mexican states the virus had been detected in, which include Mexico City, Mexico State, Hidalgo, San Luis Potos and Oaxaca...