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		<title>The Girl Who Silenced the UN for 5 minutes.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Servern Suziki made this speech at a UN meeting in Brazil back in 1992 when she was just twelve years old. She was the founder of ECO, the Environmental Children&#8217;s Organization. Today, she still fights for the environment by speaking around the world about issues we need to fight today as individuals. Severn is an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.amenews.net/2008/09/the-girl-who-silenced-the-un-for-5-minutes/</link>
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		<title>Official: Monk Seal is Extinct</title>
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The Carribean Monk Seal, also known as the West Indian Seal, has officially been announced extinct as of July, 2008. This is the first seal species to become extcint as a result of human activities alone. It is truly saddening. Only old photographs and drawings remain of the Monk Seal.
&#8220;After five years of futile efforts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.amenews.net/2008/09/official-monk-seal-is-extinct/</link>
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		<title>New Drugs May Reverse Autism</title>
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Fragile X Syndrome is a genetic disorder in which an individual&#8217;s X chromosome is mutated. This mutation causes mental retardation as well as autism and was not treatable&#8211; until now.
Mark Bear, the director of the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT, is the scientist who discovered the mutation that is responsible for Fragile [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.amenews.net/2008/09/new-drugs-may-reverse-autism/</link>
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		<title>Penguins Washing Ashore in Brazil</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Photo courtesy of Associated Press
According to the Associated Press, hundreds of penguins have been washing ashore in Brazil this year, both dead and alive. Approximately 300 penguins have been found in recent days alone along the shoreline.
Biologists are not exactly sure why this is occurring, but they do have theories. Some biologists believe that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.amenews.net/2008/07/penguins-washing-ashore-in-brazil/</link>
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		<title>Trans-Fats Banned in the State of California</title>
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Photo courtesy of BBC News.
California is the first state to ban trans-fats from all restaurants and food retailers. Most restaurants in California (and around the country) have already stopped using trans-fats, however, fines between $25.00 and $1,000.00 will be given to those restaurants who violate this ban starting on January 1st, 2010.
Several studies have found [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.amenews.net/2008/07/trans-fats-banned-in-the-state-of-california/</link>
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		<title>Fascism in America</title>
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		<link>http://www.amenews.net/2008/07/facism-in-america/</link>
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		<title>Family Stress Contribute To Anxiety And Depression In Children</title>
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Photo courtesy of istockphoto.com
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) conducted a doctorate study on small children who grow up in families where the mother has high levels of stress or families which lack social support. Based on the results, these children are at a much higher risk for developing anxiety or depression during early [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.amenews.net/2008/07/family-stress-contribute-to-anxiety-and-depression-in-children/</link>
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		<title>U.S. Tobacco Firms Use Menthol To Lure Teens to Smoke</title>
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Photo compliments of BBC News.
A Havard University team believes that menthol is added to cigarettes to make the tobacco smoke less harsh, which gives new smokers more nicotine. Apparently, U.S. firms led tests to determine which age groups found menthol more appealing than regular cigarettes.
A &#8220;leading tobacco firm&#8221; denied these accusations that tobacco firms are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.amenews.net/2008/07/us-tobacco-firms-use-menthol-to-lure-teens-to-smoke/</link>
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		<title>Kenyan Children Abducted and Tortured</title>
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Above Photos © Allison Stone, 2008. Schoolchildren located near Samburu, Kenya. Taken in 2006.
This report is so horrific, heinous, and saddening that I can&#8217;t even express my emotions in words. Please note this post contains disturbing descriptions from the Associated Press and is not for the feint hearted.
Dozens of scared children filed silently into the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.amenews.net/2008/07/kenyan-children-abducted-and-tortured/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Eat Tilapia!</title>
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Photo provided by sciencedaily.com
Tilapia is mainly a freshwater fish that has been gaining massive popularity in America among seafood choices. Many choose to eat tilapia because they want to increase their consumption of fish and describe tilapia as not having the &#8220;ocean&#8221; or &#8220;fishy&#8221; taste that other seafood has. Unfortunately, almost all tilapia that is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.amenews.net/2008/07/dont-eat-tilapia/</link>
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