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Serbia Offers Two Former Guantanamo Detainees Humanitarian Resettlement
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- Written by State Department State Department
- Published: 11 July 2016 11 July 2016
Washington, DC - Secretary of State John Kerry: "The United States is grateful to the Republic of Serbia for offering humanitarian resettlement to two individuals formerly in U.S. custody at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention facility.
Seeking simple solutions with huge impacts
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- Written by Catherine Curro Caruso Catherine Curro Caruso
- Published: 11 July 2016 11 July 2016
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Cauam Cardoso was only 17 when he decided to break from family tradition and pursue engineering instead of the arts, a move that set him on a path to working with communities in need.
Death of Prominent Cambodian Political Commentator Dr. Kem Ley
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- Written by State Department State Department
- Published: 10 July 2016 10 July 2016
Washington, DC - We are deeply saddened and concerned by reports of the tragic killing of prominent Cambodian political commentator Dr. Kem Ley. We offer our sincere and profound condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.
Dead X-ray satellite reveals “quiet” center of massive galaxy cluster
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- Written by Jennifer Chu Jennifer Chu
- Published: 11 July 2016 11 July 2016
Cambridge, Massachusetts - At the center of the Perseus galaxy cluster - a swarm of thousands of galaxies that spans 2 million light years across and is one of the most massive known objects in the universe - a black hole is attempting to stir things up, blowing giant bubbles and jets and ripples of gas out into the galactic plasma.
Vehicle fuel economy in the U.S. slips in June
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- Written by Bernie DeGroat Bernie DeGroat
- Published: 10 July 2016 10 July 2016
Detroit, Michigan - Gas mileage of new vehicles sold in the U.S. during June dipped slightly, say researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.