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Syria Defense Minister Killed By Hs Aide! Assad Is Losing Power!
Post Date: 2011-12-11 18:35:49 by A K A Stone
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Major battle in Syria; shops shut by strike
Post Date: 2011-12-11 18:32:53 by A K A Stone
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(Reuters) - Army defectors fought government troops Sunday in one of the biggest battles of Syria's nine-month uprising, and a strike shut businesses in a new gesture of civil disobedience, residents and activists said. In a major international development likely to raise Western pressure on President Bashar al-Assad, France's Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Paris believed Syria was behind attacks that wounded French peacekeepers in neighboring Lebanon Friday. In Sunday's fighting, Syrian troops mainly from the 12th Armored Brigade based in Isra, 40-km (25 miles) from the border with Jordan, stormed the nearby town of Busra al-Harir. A housewife in Busra who did not want to ...
US Election 2012: Donald Trump says he 'represents millions' in Republican kingmaker role
Post Date: 2011-12-11 12:43:10 by A K A Stone
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For Republican presidential hopefuls, the early voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina are dominating travel schedules. But a flashy office building in midtown Manhattan is also a key campaign stop in their packed timetables. Newt Gingrich, the current Republican frontrunner, is the latest contender to visit Trump Tower to pay homage to "the Donald", the flamboyant real estate mogul and host of America's version of The Apprentice reality television show. Mr Trump's powerbroker role in the party's presidential campaign is vexing many Republican grandees - not least as he continues to hold out the possibility that he might launch an independent bid ...
UK opts out of EU pact to deal with debt crisis
Post Date: 2011-12-10 11:33:28 by We The People
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There was some backslapping but few expressions of glee after 26 of the 27 European Union countries reached a tentative agreement Friday to impose binding limits on national budgets and borrowing, with stiff penalties for those who overspend. The sole EU country to reject the deal was Great Britain. German Chancellor Angela Merkel called the agreement "a great step toward a stable Europe" and a crucial part of the continuing political and monetary integration and reformation of Europe. But the accord's principal architect repeatedly pointed out Friday that the deal was no quick solution. It would be implemented "step-by-step," and that that would take several ...
Hillary Clinton: ‘Religious Beliefs’ Are ‘Standing in the Way of Protecting Human Rights of LGBT People' [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2011-12-09 18:21:56 by CZ82
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Hillary Clinton: ‘Religious Beliefs’ Are ‘Standing in the Way of Protecting Human Rights of LGBT People' By Patrick Goodenough and Susan Jones CNSNews.com) - Religious beliefs and cultural values do not justify the failure to uphold the human rights of homosexuals, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the United Nations in Geneva on Tuesday. "Now, raising this issue, I know, is sensitive for many people and that the obstacles standing in the way of protecting the human rights of LGBT people rest on deeply held personal, political, cultural, and religious beliefs," Clinton said. Her speech at the Geneva headquarters of the United Nations and its Human ...
Mourning news: Turn dead bodies into beads
Post Date: 2011-12-09 08:10:58 by A K A Stone
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THE intense grief that Kim II-nam has felt every day since his father died 27 years ago led to a startling decision: He dug up the grave, cremated his father's bones and paid $870 to have the ashes transformed into gem-like beads. Kim is not alone in his desire to keep a loved one close - even in death. Changes in traditional South Korean beliefs about cherishing ancestors and a huge increase in cremation have led to a handful of niche businesses that cater to those who see honouring an urn filled with ashes as an imperfect way of mourning. "Whenever I look at these beads, I consider them to be my father and I remember the good old days with him," a grey-haired Kim, 69, ...
Ron Paul Blames 9/11 On America
Post Date: 2011-12-09 02:22:23 by Happy Quanzaa
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Newt Gingrich: U.S. should consider clemency for Jonathan Pollard
Post Date: 2011-12-08 20:46:32 by A K A Stone
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Leading Republican White House hopeful says he has a study under way comparing Pollard's sentence with comparable people sentenced for comparable deeds.’ Leading Republican White House hopeful Newt Gingrich discusses Jonathan Pollard in an Interview with Wolf Blitzer on CNN Wednesday. Gingrich says he is leaning towards clemency in the case of Jonathan Pollard, but hasn’t all the information needed to make up his mind. “There are secrecy things involved here that I frankly don't - and I want to have access to as a candidate, and I don't think it's necessarily appropriate to have access to it,” he said. “But I am very cautious about what ...
Gingrich and U.S. Jewish mogul Adelson Forge Firm Alliance
Post Date: 2011-12-08 16:19:55 by jwpegler
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In the battle for the Republican pro-Israel vote, Newt Gingrich lacks Mitt Romney’s broad base of prominent Jewish donors. But he has something potentially more powerful: the support of one of Benjamin Netanyahu’s most significant American backers, and a relationship with the Israeli prime minister himself that stretches back decades. Billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, one of the wealthiest men in the world and a major donor to Jewish and conservative causes, is widely known as a Netanyahu stalwart. Less well known are his equally close ties to Gingrich, to whom he has been a major giver in recent years. Adelson’s faith in Gingrich hasn’t been particularly ...
Situation Room Photo Fake! (Obama photoshopped in!)
Post Date: 2011-12-08 09:11:58 by A K A Stone
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What's wrong with this picture? Can you see it? This is not one of my 'Photoshops', this is one of the most viewed photographs ever on Flickr, and it was posted by the Whitehouse on their official WH Flickr account. A popular Swedish program has uncovered something very funny about it. Notice how small Obama is in the picture? Much smaller than all of those who surround him. All over Sweden they are laughing at it, and how gullible we all were, that up until now, nobody else noticed.
Islamic cleric bans women from being near bananas and cucumber to avoid sexual thoughts
Post Date: 2011-12-07 13:59:30 by A K A Stone
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Don't underestimate sexy produce and it's seductive qualities. CAIRO: An Islamic cleric residing in Europe said that women should not be close to bananas or cucumbers, in order to avoid any “sexual thoughts.” The unnamed sheikh, who was featured in an article on el-Senousa news, was quoted saying that if women wish to eat these food items, a third party, preferably a male related to them such as their a father or husband, should cut the items into small pieces and serve. He said that these fruits and vegetables “resemble the male penis” and hence could arouse women or “make them think of sex.” He also added carrots and zucchini to the list of ...
Obama spawn served Japanese food on Pearl Harbor Day
Post Date: 2011-12-07 09:33:24 by Happy Quanzaa
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Malia and Sasha Obama WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- What are President Obama's kids eating at school on Pearl Harbor day? Asian food, of course! Sidwell Friends School's website shows the menu for Wednesday December 7th, 2011, the 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day, as an Asian food day. Pearl Harbor Day is usually a time of remembrance for Americans. On December 7th, 1941, thousands of Americans died in a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor Navy base in Hawaii. An attack that thrust the U.S. into World War II. Here are the options for Malia Obama and her sister, Sasha on the "Day that will live in Infamy:" December 7, 2011
The Economics of Heavy Metal
Post Date: 2011-12-06 20:03:03 by jwpegler
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The Wall Street Journal reports that European politicians and business leaders aren’t the only ones making high-level decisions in response to the continent’s ongoing economic troubles. Heavy metal titans Metallica “are sleeping with one eye open for a different reason: Europe's financial crisis.” As the Journal’s Neil Shah reports: Metallica's longtime manager, Cliff Burnstein, is accelerating the band's tour plans to avoid getting sucked into Europe's debt troubles. With the gloom among investors spreading to richer countries such as France, Mr. Burnstein is worried that the euro will tank, making it harder for concert promoters in the 17 ...
China's Hu urges navy to prepare for combat
Post Date: 2011-12-06 13:24:56 by A K A Stone
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Chinese President Hu Jintao urged the country's navy Tuesday to prepare for military combat and advance naval modernisation as part of efforts to safeguard world peace. The navy should "accelerate its transformation and modernisation in a sturdy way, and make extended preparations for military combat in order to make greater contributions to safeguard national security and world peace," Hu said in a speech which comes amid US and regional concerns over China's naval ambitions. According to a statement on the government's website, Hu was speaking to the nation's powerful Central Military Commission at a meeting in Beijing focused on military armament and the ...
Russia shaken by anti-Putin rally
Post Date: 2011-12-06 08:55:01 by A K A Stone
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AFP - Moscow police were Tuesday holding several Russian opposition figures after breaking up an unprecedented protest against polls monitors said were slanted in favour of Vladimir Putin's ruling party. Several thousand people took to the streets in central Moscow late Monday despite pouring rain for a rally against the results of Sunday's elections in which Putin's United Russia party won but with a sharply reduced majority. Police said they arrested 300 people including prominent activist Ilya Yashin and opposition blogger Alexei Navalny after the protesters marched towards the Lubyanka Square that houses the feared FSB security service. Around 250 were remained detained ...
Obama issues Ron Paul "kill order"
Post Date: 2011-12-06 07:02:43 by A K A Stone
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Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) reported on Dec. 1 that the “secret letter” sent to Prime Minister Putin by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda contains a warning that United States President Barack Obama has issued an executive-level “kill order” against U.S. Congressman Ron Paul over fears this charismatic politician, who many believe could capture the Republican Presidential 2012 nomination, is about to expose to all Americans what can only be described as the largest mass theft in human history. The “kill order” is a metaphor for silencing down Congressman Ron Paul in the mass media as if he doesn't exist. According to this report, ...
‘We are not bad people,' says Khmer Rouge No.2 accused of 1.7m killings in 1970s
Post Date: 2011-12-05 21:51:37 by A K A Stone
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The No.2 leader of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime today denied responsibility for the deaths of an estimated 1.7million Cambodians - telling the court he and his comrades were 'not bad people'. Nuon Chea tried to blamed the killings on neighbouring Vietnam as the U.N.-backed court began questioning him for the first time. Nuon Chea and two other Khmer Rouge leaders are accused of crimes against humanity, genocide, religious persecution, homicide and torture stemming from the group's 1975-79 reign of terror. All have denied wrongdoing. Accused: Pol Pot's deputy, Nuon Chea, on trial in Cambodia today. He and two other Khmer Rouge leaders are accused of crimes against ...
China 'hiding up to 3,000 nuclear warheads in secret tunnels'
Post Date: 2011-12-05 21:36:46 by A K A Stone
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An unconventional project by US university students has concluded that China's nuclear arsenal could be many times larger than current estimates, drawing the attention of Pentagon analysts. The Washington Post reported on Tuesday that Georgetown University students under the instruction of a former Pentagon official have assembled the largest body of public knowledge yet about a vast network of secret tunnels dug by China's secretive Second Artillery Corps, responsible for nuclear warheads. The 363-page study has not yet been published, but has already sparked a congressional hearing and been circulated among top US defence officials, including the Air Force vice chief of staff, ...
Chinese journalists must be 'mouthpieces' of the state
Post Date: 2011-12-05 21:30:26 by A K A Stone
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Hu Zhanfan, who took the reins at CCTV in November, said that journalists who kidded themselves that they were independent professionals, rather than "propaganda workers", were making a "fundamental mistake about identity". In an event hosted by the China National Media Association, Mr Hu told his colleagues that "the first social responsibility and professional ethic of media staff should be understanding their role clearly as a good mouthpiece". He added that those who forgot this lesson "would never go far". The comments from Mr Hu, formerly the editor of the Guangming Daily newspaper, do not represent any new line of thinking in the Communist ...
China dispatches senior diplomat to mediate Sudanese oil row
Post Date: 2011-12-05 21:25:57 by A K A Stone
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China is sending its top African affairs envoy to mediate in negotiations between Sudan and South Sudan in a dispute that threatens a source of oil exports to the Far East. Liu Guijin, a veteran Chinese diplomatic troubleshooter, will speak with leaders in both countries in an effort to restart the flow of crude after Sudan blocked shipments from South Sudan over an unpaid £500 million bill. "China is concerned about the recent tensions between north and south Sudan, and in particular that negotiations over oil and related issues had stalled," Hong Lei, spokesman for China's foreign ministry, said on Monday. China buys up to 70 percent of the two countries' oil, ...
Iran's Revolutionary Guards prepare for war
Post Date: 2011-12-05 21:23:32 by A K A Stone
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have been put on a war footing amid increasing signs that the West is taking direct action to cripple Iran’s nuclear programme.
Haiti leader says Venezuela aid key
Post Date: 2011-12-04 20:49:40 by The Blue Cat
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Haitian President Michel Martelly says aid and fuel shipments from Venezuela are having a big impact in the Caribbean country as it attempts to recover from the devastation of its 2010 earthquake. President Hugo Chavez's government is providing nearly all the fuel that Haiti consumes under preferential terms, including long-term loans and direct shipping that cuts costs. Martelly said power plants installed by Venezuela after the earthquake supply roughly one-fifth of Haiti's electricity and that Venezuela is also providing key financial support for rice farming and other programs. "The cooperation with Venezuela is the most important in Haiti ...
Wheeled target robots delivered to U.S. Army… they are so clever they even scatter for cover
Post Date: 2011-12-03 19:08:37 by A K A Stone
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It turns out that Call of Duty isn't the only way to practise hitting moving targets – soldiers can now fire live ammo at fast-moving ‘smart’ target robots. The U.S Marine Corps has just taken delivery of a platoon of cyber troops. Made by Sydney-based firm Marathon Targets, the robots look, move and even behave like people, providing an unprecedented level of realism for sharp shooters. For example, when one of the robots is ‘killed’, the others will immediately scatter for cover. In the line of fire: The cyber troops move around at speed providing realistic target practise A team of robotic smart targets can execute complex pre-planned scenarios, moving ...
Euro Zone System Crisis Wall Street Backlash?
Post Date: 2011-12-02 17:40:54 by Capitalist Eric
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Except for the MF Global scandal Europe still stands at the forefront of world debt problems. Up until now little has been accomplished toward solving these problems and the traditional Christmas season is upon us, which stretches from December 7th, to January 10th, a period in which very little will be accomplished. It is reminiscent of last summer. The only thing that the elitists have accomplished is the placement of Bilderbergs as the head of the ECB and the appointments of two more as PM’s in Italy and Greece. Over the last ten years we saw all debt grow, but in particular among the southern members of the euro zone. The imbalance was predictable, but the northern countries ...
Public sector strike rallies held across UK
Post Date: 2011-12-01 02:03:33 by lucysmom
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Tens of thousands of people joined rallies around the UK as a public sector strike over pensions disrupted schools, hospitals and other services. About two-thirds of state schools shut, and thousands of hospital operations were postponed, as unions estimated up to two million people went on strike. The TUC called it "the biggest strike in a generation". The prime minister described it as "a damp squib". Unions oppose plans to make members pay more and work longer to earn pensions. The strike had the following effects: * Department for Education figures suggest 62% of England's 21,476 state schools were closed, with another 14% partly shut * In Scotland just 33 of ...
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