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Once upon a time, rainforests wrapped around the earth’s equator like an unbroken green girdle - and that time was…
As the New World Order (NWO) transfers economic power from West to East, another sort of power underpins that inexorable…
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The Appalachian Mountains run from Newfoundland in Canada to central Alabama in the USA. Certain regions of this ancient and…
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On August 2 1990 Iraqi president Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, provoking instant condemnation from the international community. The UN immediately…
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