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News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 38

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "The carbon numbers just don't add up and we need to...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 37

Important but overlooked news from around the world. *This Week* - "Transition towns" tackle climate change - U.K. takes cue...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 36

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "So they'll have the same amount of plastic to recycle." --...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 35

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "They're afraid that what they call 'foreign interests' will use the...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 34

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "In the old days we practiced subsistence agriculture and we felt...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 33

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "There are insufficient safeguards on the agency's use of national security...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 32

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "We don't want to sew, we don't want to knit, we...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 32

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "We don't want to sew, we don't want to knit, we...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 31

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "Nestle will face swift legal challenge if it does not fully...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 30

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "What power did any of these men have at the time...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 29

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "I don't ever again want to be reading another report into...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 28

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "Just because it's biodegradable does not mean it's good." -- Peter...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 27

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "You can't fly planes on photovoltaic panels." -- Researcher Harvey Blanch...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 26

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "A common refrain in the messages we have received from members...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 25

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "We don't look at it through the prism of Democrats and...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 24

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "They're a hate group. We're trying to drum up charges against...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 24

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "This agreement in no way limits our ability to prosecute anyone...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 23

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "This is not a good place to do interviews. In a...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 22

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "This town has every nationality ... but Muslims do not fit...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 21

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "A lot of people are very angry at the situation in...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 20

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "At the end of the day, life and death in India...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 19

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "The combination of record heat and widespread drought during the past...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 18

Important but overlooked news from around the world. DEAR READERS: We at Newsdesk.org/News You Might Have Missed are on overtime...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 17

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "This unique population has given us an indication that cell phone...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 16

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "The police chief has asked us to stop so we are...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 15

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "We do not want to do anything that the companies feel...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 14

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "Some people in the west think they own us or have...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 13

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "The government celebrates [non-resident Indians] and is able to build airports...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 12

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "You don't get to be an old cougar by doing stupid...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 11

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "Both the right and the left are talking about Americanization, Westernization,...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 10

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "My goal is to really represent Islam. It's not a religion...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 9

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "This is the first time we have caught a human trafficking...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 8

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "For the moment, we see a tougher position ... motivated by...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 7

Happy Birthday, NYMHM! Today marks the SIXTH anniversary of News You Might Have Missed, which debuted on Wednesday, February 13,...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 6

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "I've never seen such a lackluster campaign. It's really clear that...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 5

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "Well, it really is signaling to me the tremendous duplicity with...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 4

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "His issues are alright. But his answers are wide off the...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 3

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "Documents we have refer to ways of increasing the number of...

NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED * Vol. 7, No. 2

Editor's note: Starting next week, NYMHM will return to its regular, post-holiday format. Thank you for your readership! * Pesticide...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 7, No. 1

Editor's note: Through January 9, NYMHM will be on an abbreviated schedule. Thank you for your readership! --- --- ---...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 50

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "Although this certainly is a case of domestic violence, some are...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 50

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "[W]hen former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returned to Pakistan, where did...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 49

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "I was expecting the site to tell me that I couldn't...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 48

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "The Chinese government is closely monitoring and is intensifying repair work,...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 47

EDITOR'S NOTE: This week's News You Might Have Missed is the final edition researched and written by Julia Scott. Julia...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 46

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "Two or three problems out of 4,000 result in the whole...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 45

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "Good luck to the Knesset, we'll leave the Knesset to you,...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 44

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "There are a lot of powerful countries meddling in a weak...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 43

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "They hope by using these scare tactics they can persuade policymakers...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 42

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "This permit is indecipherable. They tell me I'm going to get...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 41

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "This is not an immigration law ... it's a nod to...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 40

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "Maybe we'll have one or two executions each year, just to...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 38

Dear readers: In light of the ongoing protests in Burma/Myanmar, we bring you a special edition of News You Might...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 37

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "We use the same methods that we used during Saddam. Instead...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 36

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "I believe these men were kidnapped by the First Kuwaiti Company...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 35

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "One day it's from Fatah, and another day the threats come...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 34

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "Politically, neo-Nazi groups are not a big force. But worryingly, they...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 33

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "I'll tell you what, Marc. Someone in the shop that day...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 32

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: *Top Stories* "More than anything, this was a kidnapping. With it,...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 31

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "Even today people call us the Janjaweed. They won't say it...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 30

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "All of these renewable sources of energy are incredibly invasive and...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 29

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "What is ironic is that at the same time lawmakers were...

Joseph Kony: Wanted for War Crimes, Betting on a Settlement

It was Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni who triggered the indictment of Joseph Kony and other former leaders of the Lord's...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 28

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "We're aging, and there's little time left. We request the court...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 27

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "Our goal is to help the Philippines. Killing the JI, that's...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 26

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "We think the procedures that we have in place are good....

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 25

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "Fishing here is finished. We have boats, but we don't really...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 24

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "They gonna keep moving us on, moving us on. They doing...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 23

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "It's a fledgling industry with high demand and yet there are...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 22

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "If I had my way, the DNA we now take from...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 21

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "The dish's installer is very nice and gives a 40 percent...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 20

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "I will be satisfied when I can get a tour of...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 19

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "The Syrians are saying that we have 450,000 Palestinians already, since...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 18

Important but overlooked news from around the world. QUOTED: "Since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime Christians in Iraq, and...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 17

Important but overlooked news from around the world. THIS WEEK: Iran faces a pushback over crimes of fashion, DDT has...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 16

Important but overlooked news from around the world. THIS WEEK: Iraqi Sunnis find no haven among their kin, a South...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 15

Important but overlooked news from around the world. THIS WEEK: A United Nations fund for Gulf War refugees is under...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 14

Important but overlooked news from around the world. THIS WEEK: The TSA's safety net has gaping holes, Jordan grapples with...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 13

Important but overlooked news from around the world. THIS WEEK: Tainted blood fuels Kazakhstan's HIV scandal, Iraqi widows seek to...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 12

Important but overlooked news from around the world. THIS WEEK: Pipeline politics are aflow in Central Asia, Venezuela is a...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 11

Important but overlooked news from around the world. THIS WEEK: Haiti rapes defy U.N. intervention, SoCal scofflaws dump hazmat waste...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 10

Important but overlooked news from around the world. THIS WEEK: Libraries are under the gun in Oregon, top secret documents...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 9

Important but overlooked news from around the world. THIS WEEK: China's sandstorm "season" plagues Asia, California prisons get a failing...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 8

Important but overlooked news from around the world. THIS WEEK: Europe grapples with old crimes and a new economic slump,...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 7

Important but overlooked news from around the world. THIS WEEK: Venezuela trade unions are locked in a mafia-style bloodletting, an...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 6

Important but overlooked news from around the world. THIS WEEK: Global warming goes green (as in "growth industry"), a monster...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 5

Important but overlooked news from around the world. THIS WEEK: Florida gun licensing goes astray of the mark, Turks and...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 4

Important but overlooked news from around the world. THIS WEEK: Afghans fight back for schools, the swastika again divides Europe,...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 4

Important but overlooked news from around the world. THIS WEEK: Afghans fight back for schools, the swastika again divides Europe,...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 3

Important but overlooked news from around the world. THIS WEEK: A German "eco-mafia" is dumping toxics in Eastern Europe, Peru...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 3

Important but overlooked news from around the world. THIS WEEK: A German "eco-mafia" is dumping toxics in Eastern Europe, Peru...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 2

Important but overlooked news from around the world. THIS WEEK: Iran's cell phone police are on patrol, Russia and the...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 6, No. 1

Important but overlooked news from around the world. THIS WEEK: The Bush Administration is hiring lawyers, Dubai takes heat over...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 5, No. 51

Important but underreported news from around the world. QUOTED: "Their daughters have asthma. Their nieces have autism." -- Real estate...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 5, No. 51

Important but underreported news from around the world. QUOTED: "Their daughters have asthma. Their nieces have autism." -- Real estate...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 5, No. 50

Important but underreported news from around the world. "Their work is excellent, and they've been able to do everything we've...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 5, No. 49

Important but underreported news from around the world. QUOTED: "The only way not to be toxic would be living in...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 5, No. 49

Important but underreported news from around the world. QUOTED: "The only way not to be toxic would be living in...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 5, No. 48

Important but underreported news from around the world. QUOTED: "We just move it." -- China's 2008 Olympics organizer Sun Weijia...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 5, No. 48

Important but underreported news from around the world. QUOTED: "We just move it." -- China's 2008 Olympics organizer Sun Weijia...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 5, No. 47

Important but underreported news from around the world. QUOTED: "You might as well adapt the living wage for the entire...

News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 5, No. 47

Important but underreported news from around the world. QUOTED: "You might as well adapt the living wage for the entire...