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Part of US federal government, provides information about diseases both in the US and worldwide.

TUNIS (Reuters) - The moderate Islamist Ennahda party, which leads Tunisia's government, will not back calls by conservatives to make Islamic law, or sharia, the main source of legislation in a new constitution, a senior party official said on Monday. "Ennahda has decided to retain the first clause of the previous constitution without change," Ameur Larayed told Radio Mosaique.

Pretty much self explanatory. Oregon is proposing to monitor vehicles and impose a tax on the amount of miles they are driven. This will be an incentive for people to drive less, use less fuel, and produce less CO2 emissions, but raises concerns about privacy with the governments ability to track and monitor vehicles

A new political science study that's gone viral finds that majority-rule democracy exists only in theory in the United States -- not so much in practice. The government caters to the affluent few and organized interest groups, the researchers find, while the average citizen's influence on policy is "near zero."

STOCKHOLM - Eva Bromster, an elementary school principal, was jolted awake by a telephone call late Thursday night. "Your school is burning," her boss, the director of the local education department, told her.

Campaign reporters spend a lot of time pointing at color-coded electoral maps like the one below, showing which states voted for Republican John McCain (in red) and Democrat Barack Obama (in blue) in 2008. But these maps lie - visually speaking. Red appears to be the clear winner, dominating a vast swath from the South to the Rockies.

Interesting comparison between the three, particularly in the context of youth and the Arab Spring.

MOST Westerners facing criminal charges in Cambodia would be thanking their lucky stars at finding themselves safe in another country. But Alejandro Gonzalez-Davidson, who is half British and half Spanish, is pleading with the Phnom Penh government to allow him back to stand trial along with three Cambodian colleagues.

ISN'T it interesting that the Arab awakening began in Tunisia with a fruit vendor who was harassed by police for not having a permit to sell food - just at the moment when world food prices hit record highs?

When culture and the environment interact - "This one's going to Prescott, Ariz.," Ms. Atencio said, nodding toward one bird tightly parceled in plastic. "That one's going to Pendleton, Ore." Despite appearances, this was not some surreptitious animal-smuggling ring. It was a typical Wednesday at the National Eagle Repository, the only place where American Indians can legally obtain bald and golden eagles from the federal government for traditional ceremonies.

Toppling a dictator is only the first step in establishing a free society; the next step is dismantling the dictatorship itself.

I'm glad to finally see that government of New York City has agreed to offer tax breaks for every building that has turned "green".

Great update on Minamata Disease

City employees in white jumpsuits work quietly in front of a giant wall of screens - a sort of virtual Rio, rendered in real time. Video streams in from subway stations and major intersections. A sophisticated weather program predicts rainfall across the city.

An interesting opinion on Putin, Ukraine and energy.

This article shows the harsh conditions that Ugandan gays live under..