(20 Jan 2012) HEADLINE: Doomsday clock moves closer to midnight
CAPTION: Citing danger of nuclear proliferation and climate change, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the hand of it's 'Doomsday Clock' to five minutes to midnight. (Jan. 10)

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(allison macfarlane/the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)
("it's now time to announce the doomsday clock. And it is now five minutes to midnight. Two years ago it appeared world leaders might address the truly global threats that we face. In many cases this trend has not continued or has been reversed. For that reason the bulletin of the atomic scientists is moving the clock one minute closer to midnight, back to it's time in 2007.")
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(Lawrence Krauss,the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)
"faced today with the clear and present dangers of nuclear proliferation, climate change and the continued to challenge to find new and sustainable and safe sources of energy, business of usual reigns the norm among world leaders. Initiatives on key issues from climate change are not taking place and international tensions are rising. That motivates moving the clock back to where it was. The major challenges for humanity survival in the 21st century is based on meeting the energy needs of developing countries in the industrialized world without further damaging the environment, risking people's health and not risking the future spread of nuclear weapons. And in fact, leading to the stage for further reductions. Those things have not been met. There has been no dramatic evidence that there's going to be a continued reduction in nuclear weapons. The hope fo "

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