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The Syrian rebel commander branded a "cannibal" after video footage emerged of him biting into a dead regime soldier's heart, has defended his actions as revenge for regime atrocities.

In only 30 years, great glaciers have retreated and a lake that was once the world’s fourth largest has all but dried up. For the first time ever, the human impact on the face of earth as seen from space is on full view, and it is not a pretty picture.

The Internet successfully trolled North Korea’s supreme leader this week by voting him to the top of Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” list.

As Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke has made the short list for TIME's Person of the Year for 2012, conservatives are quick to attack the nomination.

With recent talks about the nanny profession, Ai-Jen Poo, the director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and one of the 2012 TIME 100, gives an in-depth look in the world of domestic workers in the US.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) says that the US could be energy independent in a few decades; but, that is met with skepticism as others give differing views and reasons.

Osaka - For those that have at least $1 billion to blow, the municipal government of Izumisano is offering the city's naming rights for at least that amount.

Los Angeles - Arron Sorkin who is the director and creator of the HBO television series faces his critics as they question his reasoning behind the show.

Each year the public gets the chance to vote for the person they consider most influential. Anonymous, while not a "person" per se, is ahead of reddit in the popular annual Time 100 poll, with announcements of the winner to be made on April 17.

The company's general manager is leading the Time 100 poll. Its users take real-world action for charitable causes. It also attracts more than 2 billion pageviews monthly. Find out why reddit will continue to be one of the most influential forces online.