Human Rights Watch is accusing Israel and its backers of waging a campaign of misinformation in an effort to discredit the group. HRW has been a leading voice in condemning alleged Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip.The Guardian:America’s leading...

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Amid continuing protests by Japanese civilians on Okinawa, President Obama has announced he will create a “high-level working group” to discuss the future of a U.S. Marine Corps air base on the island, a move that appears to be aimed at mending...

{"title":"Obama Agrees to Reassess U.S. Base on Okinawa","post_url":"http:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/eartotheground\/item\/20091114_obama_to_assess_us_bases_in_japan\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/Truthdig","author":null,"date":"2009-11-14 10:30:16","summary":"Amid continuing protests by Japanese civilians on Okinawa, President Obama has announced he will create a \u201chigh-level working group\u201d to discuss the future of a U.S. Marine Corps air base on the island, a move that appears to be aimed at mending..."}

Having caught wind that Fox Newser Sean Hannity was going to take a moment on his show to issue an apology to Jon Stewart for using older tea-party rally footage in a recent story, the host of “The Daily Show” was looking forward to hearing an...

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News flash: Adding caffeine to alcoholic drinks may lead consumers to underestimate how drunk they are. The Food and Drug Administration is getting to the bottom of this potential health issue by ordering close to 30 manufacturers of caffeinated adult...

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A new vaccine trial is underway in Africa in an attempt to control malaria, a disease that not only kills 1 million people every year, but also makes 300 million seriously sick. If the trial results come back positive, a worldwide vaccine could be...

{"title":"Massive Malaria Vaccine Trial Begins","post_url":"http:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/eartotheground\/item\/20091107_malaria_vaccine_trial_begins\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/Truthdig","author":null,"date":"2009-11-07 10:52:23","summary":"A new vaccine trial is underway in Africa in an attempt to control malaria, a disease that not only kills 1 million people every year, but also makes 300 million seriously sick. If the trial results come back positive, a worldwide vaccine could be..."}