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Glaciers melting under continuous warming endangering Asian drinking water resource: study

 Glaciers in China are disappearing quickly, an environmental institute in Lanzhou confirmed on Wednesday. Scientists with the Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research...

Citizenfour producers sued for 'aiding' Edward Snowden

Suit charges Laura Poitras, Weinstein Company 'on behalf of American public'

NSA stories also reveal perilous state of mainstream journalism: Greenwald

Journalist Glenn Greenwald spoke via satellite over the weekend to an international audience gathered in Hamburg, Germany for the Chaos Computer Club meeting, an annual convention for the global...