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Pope: I was once a bar bouncer

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CNN - 12/03/13, Daniel Burke
 

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In "Evangelii Gaudium" (The Joy of the Gospel), officially known as an "apostolic exhortation," Francis calls for church reforms, urges Catholics to be more bold and joyful, and castigates elements of modern capitalism.

"I prefer a Church which is bruised, hurting and dirty because it has been out on the streets," the Pope said, "rather than a Church which is unhealthy from being confined and from clinging to its own security."

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'Secret' Labyrinth of Tunnels Under Rome Mapped

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Scientific American - 12/02/13, By Stephanie Pappas and LiveScience
 

To predict and prevent the collapse of streets in Rome, geoscientists mapped high-risk areas of the quarry system

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Deep under the streets and buildings of Rome is a maze of tunnels and quarries that dates back to the very beginning of this ancient city. Now, geologists are venturing beneath Rome to map these underground passageways, hoping to prevent modern structures from crumbling into the voids below.

In 2011, there were 44 incidents of streets or portions of structures collapsing into the quarries, a number that rose to 77 in 2012 and 83 to date in 2013. To predict and prevent such collapses, George Mason University geoscientists Giuseppina Kysar Mattietti and scientists from the Center for Speleoarchaeological Research (Sotterranei di Roma) are mapping high-risk areas of the quarry system.

Researchers in Hawaii find lost Japanese WWII mega-sub

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CNN - Michael Pearson, 12/03/13
 

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Researchers in Hawaii have found a mammoth World War II-era Japanese submarine scuttled by the U.S. Navy in 1946 to keep its advanced technology out of the hands of the Soviet Union.

The Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory at the University of Hawaii discovered the I-400 in 2,300 feet of water off the southwest coast of Oahu, according the school.

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Guardian editor defends publication of Snowden files

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The Washington Post - 12/03/13, Anthony Faiola
 

-/AFP/Getty Images - Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger gives evidence before the government's Home Affairs Select Committee in London on Dec. 3.

 

LONDON — Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger on Tuesday vigorously defended his decision to publish a series of articles based on the secret files leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, telling a parliamentary committee that the right to continue pursuing the story goes to the heart of press freedoms and democracy in Britain.

Rusbridger also told lawmakers that the Guardian had published only 1 percent of the 58,000 files it had received from Snowden.

China plan to quit dollar infuriates US

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Press TV - KA/HGH/SS, 12/01/13

China is dropping the US dollar for other currencies.

China is dropping the US dollar for other currencies.
 
The decision by the Central Bank of China to no longer accumulate foreign exchange reserves in dollar has infuriated the United States, an analyst says.


Finian Cunningham made the remark in a Sunday column for Press TV amid escalation of tensions between US and China over Beijing's enforcement of an Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).
 

Oligarchy in the Holy Land — Tiny Number of Families Dominates Israel's Economy

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AlterNet - Alex Kane, 12/02/13
 

After America, Israel is the most unequal "rich" country in the world when it comes to wealth.
 
 
The vast gulf between the American elite and the rest of the nation has increasingly been a hot topic of conversation since the 2008 economic crash. The 400 richest Americans have the same amount of wealth as the  bottom 50% of the American population. 

But most Americans probably don't know that the 2nd most unequal "rich" country is the close ally and client state of Israel, whose own oligarchs own a significant slice of the Israeli economy.

Exposed: Globally Renowned Activist Collaborated With Intelligence Firm Stratfor

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Occupy.com - 12/02/13, by Carl Gibson and Steve Horn
 

Serbia’s Srdja Popovic is known by many as a leading architect of regime changes in Eastern Europe and elsewhere since the late-1990s, and as one of the co-founders of Otpor!, the U.S.-funded Serbian activist group which overthrew Slobodan Milošević in 2000.

Lesser known, an exclusive Occupy.com investigation reveals that Popovic and the Otpor! offshoot CANVAS (Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies) have also maintained close ties with a Goldman Sachs executive and the private intelligence firmStratfor (Strategic Forecasting, Inc.), as well as the U.S. government. Popovic’s wife also worked at Stratfor for a year.

Secretive Air Force program recruits academy students to inform on fellow cadets

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Honor and deception

The Gazette - Dave Philipps, 12/01/13

A secretive Air Force program recruits academy students to inform on fellow cadets and disavows them afterward

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Eric Thomas came to the academy as a soccer player, but soon became a spy. (Photo courtesy Eric Thomas)

Facing pressure to combat drug use and sexual assault at the Air Force Academy, the Air Force has created a secret system of cadet informants to hunt for misconduct among students.

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