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Zio-Nazi Group Attacks Academics Critical Of Israel
Post Date: 2012-04-28 18:34:02 by Brian S
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A small supremacist Jewish group is launching a smear campaign against a number of professors and academics on North American campuses for daring to criticize racist Israeli policies against native Palestinians. The group, called Campus Watch and headed by David Horowitz, an extremist Zionist stalwart, has published advertisements inciting to hatred against a number of prominent professors on American campuses. The academics are accused of vilifying Israel and of indulging in hate speech that would endanger the very existence of the apartheid Israeli state. However, it is widely thought that the witch-hunt campaign is aimed first and foremost at silencing legitimate criticisms of ...
Moscow Sees ‘Rough Spots’ in Ties with U.S.
Post Date: 2012-04-27 16:48:12 by Brian S
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There are some problem areas in Russia’s relations with the United States but they should not be dramatized, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday. “Needless to say, [our] relations with America are not devoid of rough patches,” he said in an interview with the Rossia-24 TV channel. “And we have problems in bilateral ties,” he added, citing in particular the missile defense issue. However, Russian-U.S. relations are “probably at their best” in recent years. Problems are caused mainly by “the inertia of American mentality,” “the wish to exert pressure on its partner always and everywhere,” and interference in the internal ...
So Long to the U.S. Dollar [Trend Away From US $ Increasing]
Post Date: 2012-04-27 13:36:44 by Capitalist Eric
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Marin Katusa, Casey Research writes: There's a major shift under way, one the US mainstream media has left largely untouched even though it will send the United States into an economic maelstrom and dramatically reduce the country's importance in the world: the demise of the US dollar as the world's reserve currency. For decades the US dollar has been absolutely dominant in international trade, especially in the oil markets. This role has created immense demand for US dollars, and that international demand constitutes a huge part of the dollar's valuation. Not only did the global-currency role add massive value to the dollar, it also created an almost endless pool of demand ...
Egypt’s women urge MPs not to pass early marriage, sex-after-death laws: report
Post Date: 2012-04-27 07:05:55 by Ferret Mike
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Egypt’s National Council for Women (NCW) has appealed to the Islamist-dominated parliament not to approve two controversial laws on the minimum age of marriage and allowing a husband to have sex with his dead wife within six hours of her death according to a report in an Egyptian newspaper. The appeal came in a message sent by Dr. Mervat al-Talawi, head of the NCW, to the Egyptian People’s Assembly Speaker, Dr. Saad al-Katatni, addressing the woes of Egyptian women, especially after the popular uprising that toppled president Hosni Mubarak in February 2011. She was referring to two laws: one that would legalize the marriage of girls starting from the age of 14 and the other that ...
Trump's Boasts Draw Laughs In Scottish Parliament
Post Date: 2012-04-26 12:41:29 by Ferret Mike
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Donald Trump on Wednesday swept into Scotland's parliament to demand the country end plans for an offshore wind farm he fears will spoil the view at his exclusive new $750-million-pound ($1.2-billion) golf resort. In a typically blunt display, the New York property tycoon told an inquiry into renewable energy to stop the wind power efforts in the country's north. "Scotland, if you pursue this policy of these monstrous turbines, Scotland will go broke," he said. "They are ugly, they are noisy and they are dangerous. If Scotland does this, Scotland will be in serious trouble and will lose tourism to places like Ireland, and they are laughing at us." Members of ...
Marco Rubio: U.S. May Have To Strike Iran
Post Date: 2012-04-25 19:42:52 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON — Potential Republican vice presidential candidate Marco Rubio on Wednesday said a unilateral “military solution,” from the United States may be needed to stop Iran acquiring a nuclear bomb. Rubio, a freshman Senator for Florida, said in a speech in Washington that it was imperative that the United States not “stand on the sidelines” of a simmering Middle East, but instead provide leadership to resolve global crises. “Our preferred option since the US became a global leader has been to work with others to achieve our goals,” Rubio said in an address at the Brookings Institution think tank. But “America has acted unilaterally in the past ...
Israeli PR Machine In Frenzy Over CBS Report On Christians
Post Date: 2012-04-25 19:26:34 by Brian S
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By going to such great lengths to interfere in a report by CBS News simply because it involves Israel, the government and foreign ministry of Israel are proving just how reprehensible the country’s policies are – that they require constant PR surveillance. When the Israeli government and its embassy in Washington discovered that CBS News show 60 Minutes was going to run a segment on the increasing departure of Christians from the West Bank, they felt obligated to step in. With Prime Minister Netanyahu’s advice and blessing, Ambassador Michael Oren decided months ago that before the show even aired, he must speak with the network’s chairman in order to make sure the ...
Iran Considers Halting Nuclear Expansion to Avert EU Oil Ban
Post Date: 2012-04-25 14:57:25 by Brian S
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April 25 (Bloomberg) -- Iran is considering a Russian proposal to halt the expansion of its nuclear program in order to avert new sanctions, the country's envoy in Moscow said. "We need to study this proposal and to establish on what basis it has been made," Ambassador Mahmoud-Reza Sajjadi said in an interview at the Iranian embassy in Moscow today. The Russian plan, announced by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov last week, would allow Iran to avoid a European Union ban on its crude that is scheduled to come into force in July. Iran will ensure it maintains its right to produce nuclear energy, Sajjadi said. The U.S. and European Union allege Iran is seeking to build a ...
Fear returns to the eurozone
Post Date: 2012-04-24 16:44:28 by Capitalist Eric
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Markets take fright at Hollande’s election lead as Dutch government steps down over budget impasse. UK Treasury seeks £16bncuts because of uncertainty Europe’s economy took another dramatic lurch downwards yesterday as investors found fresh reason to doubt whether the Continent’s politicians will be capable of resolving the sovereign debt crisis that continues to plague the single currency bloc. Stock markets reacted badly to a deluge of disappointing economic data, the victory of the Socialist candidate François Hollande in the first round of the French presidential election and the collapse of the Dutch government. Taking fright, Germany’s Dax index ...
Hitler Back in Print; Bavaria Plans New Edition of 'Mein Kampf'
Post Date: 2012-04-24 15:19:08 by Brian S
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The copyright on Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" expires in 2015, after which anyone will be free to republish the infamous tome. Amid fears that neo-Nazis could exploit the text's new availability, the Bavarian government, which holds the copyright, is planning to bring out its own annotated version. An English version and an audio book are also planned. The southern German state of Bavaria, which holds the copyright to Adolf Hitler's polemic "Mein Kampf," hasn't allowed the book to be published in Germany since the end of World War II. But the copyright expires in 2015, and there are concerns that neo-Nazis might immediately begin disseminating the work ...
North Korea issues unusually specific threat
Post Date: 2012-04-24 01:10:40 by A K A Stone
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A North Korean military officer talks speaks at a museum in Panmunjom, North Korea, April 23, 2012. (Vincent Y … North Korea's military vowed a new and unusually specific threat to its neighbors, saying it would reduce South Korea "to ashes" in less than four minutes. The statement, released Monday when programming was interrupted on North Korea's state TV by a special report, comes amid rising tensions on the Korean peninsula. Earlier this month, North Korea was unsuccessful in a long-range missile launch, prompting worries that North Korea may conduct another nuclear test. South Korean officials say new satellite images show that North Korea has been digging a ...
Iran Hails "Increasing" Role of Iraq in Regional Development
Post Date: 2012-04-23 19:08:15 by Brian S
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Calling for stronger ties with Iraq, Iranian officials have hailed what they called the " increasing" role of Iraq in the regional development. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said Monday that Tehran is pleased with the increasing authority of Iraq both in the region and in the entire Arab world, the official IRNA news agency reported. Khamenei made the remarks in a meeting with visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. He referred to the meeting of the Arab League (AL) held recently in the Iraqi capital Baghdad as an another sign of Iraq's authority, and said the meeting put the country at the head of the AL, according to the report. Efforts to ...
U.N. To Investigate Plight Of Native Americans For First Time
Post Date: 2012-04-23 12:52:21 by Brian S
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The UN is to conduct an investigation into the plight of US Native Americans, the first such mission in its history. The human rights inquiry led by James Anaya, the UN special rapporteur on indigenous peoples, is scheduled to begin on Monday. Many of the country’s estimated 2.7 million Native Americans live in federally recognised tribal areas which are plagued with unemployment, alcoholism, high suicide rates, incest and other social problems. The UN mission is potentially contentious, with some conservatives almost certain to object to international interference in US domestic matters. Since his appointment as rapporteur in 2008, Anaya has focused on indigenous people in Central ...
Socialist Candidate Favored To Beat Sarkozy In French Presidential Run-Off
Post Date: 2012-04-23 12:51:10 by Brian S
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PARIS — Socialist Francois Hollande will beat Nicolas Sarkozy in the second round of France’s presidential election by 54 percent to 46, according to the first opinion polls after Sunday’s first round vote. A survey by the Ipsos institute commissioned by French public television and the daily Le Monde predicted a majority of those who backed candidates eliminated in the first round would switch to the frontrunner in the run-off. A separate poll by Ifop for Europe 1 radio and news weekly Paris Match predicted a similar margin, with Hollande winning by 54.5 percent to 45.5 for the incumbent right-winger. The polls showed that the attitude of Marine Le Pen’s supporters ...
Egypt Scraps Israel Gas Supply Deal
Post Date: 2012-04-22 15:45:03 by Brian S
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Egyptian officials say they have scrapped an agreement to supply Israel with natural gas. Israel received around 40% of its gas supplies from Egypt and uses it to generate electricity. The announcement comes after the cross-border pipeline suffered numerous sabotage attacks which cut supplies. The Israeli Finance Minister, Yuval Steinitz, said the move was of "great concern", and overshadowed peace agreements between the countries. Egypt was the first Middle East country to sign a peace accord with Israel, in 1979, and the deal to supply energy has been a key part of agreements between the two states. Heavily criticised A statement from the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding ...
Socialist Candidate Hollande Wins First Round, Sets Up Run-Off With Sarkozy
Post Date: 2012-04-22 15:10:21 by Brian S
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By Joseph BAMAT the 22/04/2012 - 19:47French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist candidate François Hollande will face off in the second round of France's presidential election after edging out the far right's Marine Le Pen in Sunday's first round of voting. Socialist presidential challenger François Hollande topped the first round of France’s presidential election on Sunday with 28.4 percent of votes, while incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy finished second with 25.5 percent, according to exit polls. Those figures set up a widely expected run-off between Sarkozy and the candidate of France’s main opposition party who led most voter intentions surveys before ...
Iran Starts Cloning Of American Spy Drone
Post Date: 2012-04-22 13:02:16 by Brian S
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Iran has completed reverse-engineering of the captured US spy drone and has started building its own copy, Iranian media reports. The Revolutionary Guard is yet to decode parts of the software the Sentinel aircraft uses, General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, who heads the force’s aerospace division, said on Sunday."The Americans should be aware to what extent we have infiltrated the plane," Iranian Fars news agency quoted the general as saying. "Our experts have a full understanding of its components and programs."The Pentagon stated that the drone’s security will prevent Iranian engineers from cracking its technology.Tehran has already copied the Sentinel – as a ...
Spain Bans Cash Transactions Over 2,500 Euros
Post Date: 2012-04-22 09:39:51 by CZ82
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Spain Bans Cash The Daily Bell, Saturday, April 21, 2012 Spain Bans Cash Transactions Over 2,500 Euros … Spain has outlawed the use of cash in business transactions in excess 2,500 euros in order to crack down on the black market and tax evaders. The motivations behind the push for digital currencies is exposed as Spain heads down the road of the Greeks in combating their sovereign debtcrisis. As the government scrambles for every tax dollar it can get its hands on, even though they already gave every Spaniard $23,000 Euros in debt last year alone (approximately $32,500), they are now banning all large cash business transactions. Why? So they can track the transactions and make sure ...
Police detain 22 over toxic medicine scandal in China
Post Date: 2012-04-22 01:26:41 by A K A Stone
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SHANGHAI -- Chinese police have detained 22 people for making drug capsules using a toxic raw material produced from scrap leather, state media said, in the latest in a string of product safety scandals. Police in the eastern province of Zhejiang found the suspects allegedly made and sold capsules with excessive levels of chromium after using industrial gelatin made from discarded leather, the Xinhua News Agency said late Monday. Chromium, which has several industrial uses including leather tanning, can cause cancer. China has been hit by a series of product safety scandals, often involving food or pharmaceuticals, despite government pledges to improve supervision, and public outrage ...
Oreo: Basic instinct
Post Date: 2012-04-22 01:09:56 by A K A Stone
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Republicans Eye $680 Mln For Israel's 'Iron Dome' Shield
Post Date: 2012-04-21 19:37:34 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON, April 20 (Reuters) - The United States would spend an additional $680 million through 2015 to strengthen Israel's short-range rocket shield under a plan crafted by House of Representatives' Republicans, two congressional staff members disclosed on Friday. The figure could put election-year pressure on President Barack Obama's administration to spell out what it deems suitable support for the "Iron Dome," which has played an increasingly important role in Israeli security. Israel has so far deployed three operating units of the system, which helped thwart Palestinian rocket salvos during a flare-up in fighting around the Gaza Strip last month. It has ...
Economy Could Doom Sarkozy As France Heads To Polls
Post Date: 2012-04-21 19:05:52 by Brian S
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(Reuters) - France votes on Sunday in round one of a presidential vote, with a feeble economy that could make Nicolas Sarkozy the country's first president to lose a fight for re-election in more than 30 years. In a contest driven as much by a dislike of Sarkozy's showy style and his failure to bring down unemployment as by policy differences, Sarkozy and his Socialist rival Francois Hollande are pegged to beat eight other candidates to go through to a May 6 runoff, where polls give Hollande a double-digit lead. Hollande, 57, promises less drastic spending cuts than Sarkozy and wants higher taxes on the wealthy to fund state-aided job creation, in particular a 75 percent upper tax ...
U.S. 'info ops' programs dubious, costly
Post Date: 2012-04-21 09:49:58 by lucysmom
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WASHINGTON – As the Pentagon has sought to sell wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to often-hostile populations there, it has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on poorly tracked marketing and propaganda campaigns that military leaders like to call "information operations," the modern equivalent of psychological warfare. From 2005 to 2009, such spending rose from $9 million to $580 million a year mostly in Iraq and Afghanistan, Pentagon and congressional records show. Last year, spending dropped to $202 million as the Iraq War wrapped up. A USA TODAY investigation, based on dozens of interviews and a series of internal military reports, shows that Pentagon officials have little ...
Israeli Minister Admits Ahmadinejad Never Said Israel Should Be "Wiped Off the Map"
Post Date: 2012-04-21 09:25:24 by lucysmom
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A top Israeli official has acknowledged that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad never said that Iran seeks to "wipe Israel off the face of the map." The falsely translated statement has been widely attributed to Ahmadinejad and used repeatedly by U.S. and Israeli government officials to back military action and sanctions against Iran. But speaking to Teymoor Nabili of the network Al Jazeera, Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor admitted Ahmadinejad had been misquoted. Teymoor Nabili: "As we know, Ahmadinejad didn’t say that he plans to exterminate Israel, nor did he say that Iran policy is to exterminate Israel. Ahmadinejad’s position and Iran’s ...
Iran Reports ‘Progress’ on Indigenous S-300 Missile [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2012-04-20 19:22:41 by Brian S
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Iran’s Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi has announced progress in the development and manufacture of an indigenous version of the advanced Russian S-300 air defense missile system, the Fars news agency reported on Tuesday. "The production of an alternative missile system is underway,” he said, adding that the work “has yielded good results.” Iranian military officials earlier said the missile system, called Bavar (Belief) 373, is even more powerful and more advanced than the Russian S-300. The $800-million contract to supply Iran with the missile system was signed in late 2007. Russia was to deliver five S-300PMU-1 battalions to Tehran. However, on September 22, 20 ...
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