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Abe to ask Obama to approve shale gas exports to Japan
Post Date: 2013-02-20 00:47:03 by A K A Stone
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The Japanese government is making arrangements for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to ask U.S. President Barack Obama at their talks Friday to approve U.S. shale gas exports to Japan, government sources said Wednesday. A similar Japanese request came at last April's Japan-U.S. summit. U.S. government approval is required for U.S. shale gas exports to Japan and other countries that have no free trade agreement with the United States. The Japanese government plans to use cheap shale gas imports to reduce non-nuclear thermal power generation costs that have been expanding due to a prolonged shutdown of nuclear power plants amid safety concerns following the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis. ...
Rise of Islamists frays strategic UAE-Egyptian relations
Post Date: 2013-02-20 00:28:17 by A K A Stone
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DUBAI – Days before his overthrow, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak received a senior visitor from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), one of several Gulf monarchies long supportive of the most Arab populous country and its veteran strongman. What transpired between Mubarak and Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan is not known, beyond the fact that a letter from UAE ruler Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan was delivered. But the significance of the February 8, 2011 visit was clear: It was a gesture of understanding and concern for a longtime friend who had been a trusted diplomatic ally for most Gulf Arabs, not least in their confrontation with non-Arab Iran. Fast ...
Young Generation Need to Take Over Africa’s Politics for Africa to Compete in the 21st Century
Post Date: 2013-02-20 00:26:31 by A K A Stone
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Presidential elections are imminent in Kenya. The interesting fact according to Wikipedia, is that the youngest of the aspirants to the Kenyan presidency, Peter Kenneth is 48 years old. In 2014, Malawi will go to the polls. Of those that have declared interest to run for the Malawian presidency, the youngest, Atupele Muluzi, only interested in the race because of his ex-president father’s extreme desperation to somehow return to power, is between 33 and 35 depending on which biography one reads. It has been frequently observed that in Africa, politics is an occupation of the old. Where does this view come from? African Constitutions do not stipulate any specific age at which a citizen ...
Iran Says Drone Captured, U.S. Denies
Post Date: 2013-02-20 00:19:16 by A K A Stone
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TEHRAN: Iran claimed on Tuesday to have captured a small US drone that penetrated its airspace over GULF waters...
Djibouti: Guelleh Meets With British Minister for Africa
Post Date: 2013-02-20 00:01:38 by A K A Stone
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Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh met with British Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Mark Simmonds on Tuesday (February 12th), the Djiboutian Information Agency reported. Guelleh and Simmonds reaffirmed their countries' commitment to bilateral co-operation and discussed the situation in Somalia. Simmonds also officially invited Guelleh to participate in the May donor conference for Somalia in London. Simmonds thanked Djibouti for its contribution to the fight against terrorism and piracy, and for its military contributions to the African Union Mission in Somalia.
Coronavirus: Sars-like virus death reported in UK
Post Date: 2013-02-19 23:45:27 by A K A Stone
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A patient infected with a new respiratory illness similar to the deadly Sars virus has died in the UK. He was being treated at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham and died on Sunday morning, the hospital has confirmed. Of the 12 people known to have been infected with the virus around the world, six have died. The threat to the general population is thought to be small, although the virus has shown signs of spreading in people. Three members of the same family have been infected with the virus in the UK as well as another patient who was flown in from Qatar for treatment. It is thought one family member picked up the virus while travelling to the Middle East and Pakistan and ...
'30 HIROSHIMAS' - Divers Scour Lake For Fragments After Meteor Injures 1,200 In Russia’s Urals
Post Date: 2013-02-16 17:37:06 by A K A Stone
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Divers scoured the bottom of a Russian lake on Saturday for fragments of a meteorite that plunged to Earth in a blinding fireball whose shockwaves injured 1,200 people and damaged thousands of homes. The 10-tonnes meteor streaked across the sky in the Urals region on Friday morning just as the world braced for a close encounter with a large asteroid that left some Russian officials calling for the creation of a global system of space object defence. The unpredicted meteor strike brought traffic to a halt in the industrial city of Chelyabinsk as residents poured out on the streets to watch the light show before hovering for safety as a sonic boom shattered glass and set off car alarms. ...
Iran's Puppet Threatens Israeli Power Grid
Post Date: 2013-02-16 17:19:04 by A K A Stone
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The head of Lebanon's Hizbullah movement, which is an Iranian proxy militia, warned Israel on Saturday not to think that a weakening of Bashar Assad's regime in Syria means his group is also weaker. "Those who think Syria is no longer a player and cannot help the resistance (Hizbullah)... and that the resistance is going through a period of weakness and confusion, are mistaken," Hassan Nasrallah said. "We have everything we need in Lebanon. We don't need to transport (arms) from Syria or Iran," he said, in a speech to his supporters broadcast on a giant video screen in southern Beirut. "I warn the Israelis... that the resistance in Lebanon will not ...
World Collapse Explained in 3 Minutes
Post Date: 2013-02-16 16:30:38 by A K A Stone
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César López: Turning Guns into Guitars (Colombia)
Post Date: 2013-02-12 16:30:46 by Ferret Mike
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Leaked: Bin Laden not buried at sea, body moved on CIA plane to US...
Post Date: 2013-02-12 07:24:17 by A K A Stone
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The body of Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was not buried at sea, according to leaked emails of intelligence firm Stratfor, as revealed by WikiLeaks. Stratfor’s vice-president for intelligence, Fred Burton, believes the body was “bound for Dover, [Delaware] on [a] CIA plane” and then “onward to the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Bethesda [Maryland],” an email says. The official version is that the body of Al-Qaeda’s top man, who was killed by a US raid in Pakistan on May 2, 2011, was buried at an undisclosed location at sea in a proper Muslim ceremony. "If body dumped at sea, which I doubt, the touch is very Adolph Eichman like. The Tribe did ...
Wrestling - IOC recommends to cut wrestling from 2020 Olympics
Post Date: 2013-02-12 07:21:02 by A K A Stone
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Wrestling should be removed from the 2020 Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee's Executive Board recommended on Tuesday as it looks to revamp the Games sports programme. Wrestling, contested in the first modern Olympics in 1896, will join a list of seven other candidate sports battling for one spot on the programme. It is very unlikely, however, that wrestling will get back in. The IOC session in Buenos Aires in September will still need to ratify the decision.
Putin Turns Black Gold to Bullion as Russia Outbuys World
Post Date: 2013-02-11 06:53:10 by A K A Stone
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When Vladimir Putin says the U.S. is endangering the global economy by abusing its dollar monopoly, he’s not just talking. He’s betting on it. Not only has Putin made Russia the world’s largest oil producer, he’s also made it the biggest gold buyer. His central bank has added 570 metric tons of the metal in the past decade, a quarter more than runner-up China, according to IMF data compiled by Bloomberg. The added gold is also almost triple the weight of the Statue of Liberty. “The more gold a country has, the more sovereignty it will have if there’s a cataclysm with the dollar, the euro, the pound or any other reserve currency,” Evgeny Fedorov, a ...
Pope Benedict XVI Says He Will Retire
Post Date: 2013-02-11 06:47:37 by A K A Stone
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ROME — Pope Benedict XVI, the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger who took office in 2005 following the death of his predecessor, said on Monday that he will retire on Feb. 28, the first pope to do so in six centuries. Regarded as a doctrinal conservative, the pope, 85, said that after examining his conscience “before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are longer suited to an adequate exercise” of his position as head of the world’s Roman Catholics. The announcement is certain to plunge the Roman Catholic world into frenzied speculation about his likely successor and to evaluations of a papacy that was seen as both conservative ...
'Google for spies' draws ire from rights groups
Post Date: 2013-02-10 22:44:18 by A K A Stone
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A multinational security firm has secretly developed software capable of tracking people's movements and predicting future behaviour by mining data from social networking websites. A video obtained by the Guardian reveals how an "extreme-scale analytics" system created by Raytheon, the world's fifth largest defence contractor, can gather vast amounts of information about people from websites including Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare. Raytheon says it has not sold the software - named Riot, or Rapid Information Overlay Technology - to any clients. But the Massachusetts-based company has acknowledged the technology was shared with US government and industry as part of a ...
North Korea releases video of missile attack on America
Post Date: 2013-02-05 08:35:33 by A K A Stone
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NORTH Korea has poached Michael Jackson's peace anthem We Are the World to soundtrack a chilling video showing a US city under missile attack. The bizarre footage, uploaded on the secretive state's official webpage, comes as Kim Jong-un prepares for an "imminent" nuclear weapon test. The propaganda movie depicts a smiling lad dreaming of a regime rocket being launched into the air and travelling to America. The three-and-a-half minute vid then shows a mystery city full of skyscrapers being attacked with multiple explosions, while the Stars and Stripes flag flutters in the background. Captions on the screen written in Korean say: "Somewhere in the United States, ...
US draws up battle plan to stave off digital attack cyberstrikes
Post Date: 2013-02-04 22:03:44 by A K A Stone
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Nikhil Kumar The US could launch pre-emptive cyber strikes against countries it suspects of threatening its interests with a digital attack, under a new set of secret guidelines to safeguard the nation’s computer systems. The rules – the country’s first on how it defends or retaliates against digital attacks – are expected to be approved in coming weeks, and are likely to be kept under wraps, much like the policies governing the country’s controversial drone programme. A secret legal review into the new guidelines has already decided that President Barack Obama has the power to order such pre-emptive strikes if faced with credible evidence of a looming attack, ...
Canada stops distribution of penny coin
Post Date: 2013-02-04 19:46:01 by Ferret Mike
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The Canadian penny is being withdrawn from circulation because production costs have exceeded its monetary value. The Royal Canadian Mint will no longer distribute the coin to financial institutions around the country, but it will remain legal tender. The government has advised shop owners to round out prices to the nearest nickel (5p) for cash transactions. Other countries that no longer use the penny include New Zealand, Australia, the Netherlands, Finland and Sweden. Despite the change on Monday, electronic transactions can still be billed to the nearest cent. The government has estimated that the coins, which bear the image of Queen Elizabeth II and two maple leaves, cost about ...
Saudi preacher spared after raping, murdering 5-year-old daughter [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2013-02-03 17:15:03 by Ferret Mike
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The victim, Lama al-Ghamdi Riyadh - A prominent Saudi Arabian preacher who raped his 5-year-old daughter before torturing her to death has been spared a death sentence or even a lengthy prison term after agreeing to pay "blood money" to the slain girl's mother. Fayhan al-Ghamdi, a former drug addict who rose to national prominence as an Islamic television preacher, was arrested last November and charged with brutally raping and torturing 5-year-old Lama al-Ghamdi to death. According to a medical report, the little girl had been tortured with whips, electric shocks and an iron. She had broken arms, a broken back and a fractured skull. She died on October 22. According to ...
Frank Video of Mass Sexual Assault in Cairo Is Released by Anti-Harassment Activists
Post Date: 2013-02-02 21:36:02 by A K A Stone
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Egyptian activists released a brutally frank video on Friday, using images recorded during the mass sexual assault of a woman last week in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to urge volunteers to join their campaign against attacks during demonstrations. The video, created by the filmmakers Aida Elkashef and Salam Yousry, uses disturbing overhead images of a crowd of men swarming around a woman being assaulted just out of view to explain the work of Op Anti-SH, one of two new initiatives to combat the sexual harassment and rape of female protesters. While the video includes no graphic images and shows that volunteers did eventually manage to help the woman to a safe location — near the KFC ...
Qaher F313: Iran unveils home-made 'stealth' fighter
Post Date: 2013-02-02 13:41:53 by Ferret Mike
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The single-seat Qaher F313 is the latest design produced by Iran's military The single-seat Qaher F313 (Dominant F313) is the latest design produced by Iran's military since it launched the Azarakhsh (Lightning), in 2007. President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad said it had "almost all the positive features" of the world's most sophisticated jets. He said the "development of the Iranian nation's military power is... for deterrence and defensive purposes". In an unveiling ceremony inside a Tehran hangar broadcast on State TV on Saturday, Mr Ahmadinejad said he ranked the aircraft as "among the most advanced fighter jets in the world". Pictures of the ...
Israel Strikes
Post Date: 2013-02-02 10:58:25 by A K A Stone
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Israeli warplanes reportedly stuck a convoy of weapons, inside Syria, that was destined for Hezbollah in Lebanon. The convoy was carrying Russian manufactured SA-17 missiles to be used by the terrorist organization to target Israeli Aircraft. Israel publicly warned Syria that it would take action to prevent the shipment of weapons to any terrorist group, especially chemical weapons. Israeli intelligence has been monitoring the areas between Syria and Lebanon for any sign of weapons convoys. (1) SA-17 The SA-17 (Grizzly) is a mobile surface-to-air missile (SAM) system and in terrorist hands would curtail Israel’s ability to operate near or in Lebanese airspace against terrorist ...
Tina Turner Senses Civilization Collapsing Due To Research During Mad Max
Post Date: 2013-01-30 18:13:50 by Biff Tannen
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Due to her research when taking on her role in 'Mad Max - Beyond The Thunderdome' (a movie I've never stayed awake thru) Tina Turner has recognized that civilization is collapsing and she has, therefore, given up her US citizenship and become a Switzerlander. See more info at link ... libertypost.org/cgi- bin/r...i?ArtNum=330069&Disp=5#C5
IMF Confirms Chinese Yuan/Renminbi Set to Become a Global Reserve Currency
Post Date: 2013-01-30 13:51:32 by Capitalist Eric
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The IMF has confirmed the Yuan/Renminbi is set to become a Global Reserve Currency at an Economic Forum in Hong Kong.With China's economy gaining global strength, the renminbi is set to become a global reserve currency, Zhu Min, deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said Tuesday at an economic forum in Hong Kong. Yesterday I wrote about the crossborder loans China was doing, before the Yuan becomes a Reserve Currency, their saying the "unloved dollar' and the amount of gold they are importing. Besides the rumors of them backing their currency by gold. David Morgan of the Morgan Report and Silver-Investor.com did an interview with me about the ...
Prospector strikes ... 5.5kg gold (( 12 lb )) nugget --- in Ballarat, Victoria - S Australi
Post Date: 2013-01-17 17:46:43 by BorisY
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Prospector strikes 5.5kg gold nugget in Ballarat, Victoria Jessica Evans Herald Sun January 18, 2013 Ballarat gold dealer Cordell Kent with the 5.5kg gold nugget. Picture: David Caird Source: Herald Sun A 5.5kg gold nugget was found 60cm underground in bush near Ballarat. Picture: Cordell Kent from The Mining Exchange Gold Shop, Ballarat, Victoria Source: Supplied A WHOPPING 5.5kg gold nugget worth up to $300,000 has been found in bush near Ballarat. The "incredibly rare" nugget was found 60cm underground by a prospector, who wishes to remain anonymous, on Wednesday. Ballarat Mining Exchange Gold Shop owner and dealer Cordell Kent said the ...
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