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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 ...
Mysterious blast rocks home of Iran nuke facility
Post Date: 2011-11-30 18:34:07 by A K A Stone
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Tekuma JPost Archives Advertise with us JPost Learn Hebrew Karmei Chesed לימודי אנגלית JPost iPhone App JPost Facebook Green Israel Bank Hapoalim Breaking News 23:24 Uncl- JPost.com Defense Satellite image of Iranian missile base explosion. Photo by: DigitalGlobe - Institute for Science and Internati Mysterious blast rocks home of Iran nuke facility By YAAKOV KATZ 11/29/2011 02:27 Source, target of Isfahan blast unclear; satellite image shows extensive damage to missile base blown-up Nov. 12. Talkbacks (23) A mysterious explosion rocked the Iranian city of Isfahan on Monday, home to a key facility in ...
Does Obama Know the Difference between Great Britain and England?
Post Date: 2011-11-30 08:41:01 by Happy Quanzaa
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It is gratifying to see President Barack Obama condemn the disgraceful storming of the British Embassy in Tehran by thugs acting at the behest of the Iranian regime. After all, Obama has been notoriously slow in the past to criticise the brutal actions of the Iranian government after initially extending the hand of friendship to it. But did he really need to make another embarrassing foreign policy gaffe while doing so? In a press conference this evening, the president referred in stumbling fashion to the “English Embassy” in Iran instead of the British Embassy. One can only imagine the kind of howls of derision that would greet any presidential contender if that kind of basic ...
A New World Order Coup in Europe Is Coming
Post Date: 2011-11-29 07:26:21 by CZ82
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A New World Order Coup in Europe Is Coming You have to read between the lines of articles relating to the crisis in Europe. The central fact is this: the 60-year experiment of the New World Order to consolidate Europe into the United States of Europe is in deep trouble. This consolidation has been central to all European politics ever since 1951. The attempt began as early as 1919: the League of Nations. But the NWO has now overplayed its hand. The crisis of the euro is in fact the crisis of the NWO’s grand experiment, which is stage one of a broader plan to integrate Europe, Asia, and North America into a one-world government. The Bank of America has issued a report warning that ...
The Roads to War and Economic Collapse
Post Date: 2011-11-28 19:05:35 by Capitalist Eric
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The day before the Thanksgiving holiday brought three extraordinary news items. One was the report on the Republican presidential campaign debate. One was the Russian President’s statement about his country’s response to Washington’s missile bases surrounding his country. And one was the failure of a German government bond auction. As the presstitute media will not inform us of what any of this means, let me try. With the exception of Ron Paul, the only candidate in either party qualified to be the president of the US, the rest of the Republican candidates are even worse than Obama, a president who had the country behind him but sold out the American people to the special ...
Bankers Have Seized Control of Europe, Goldman Sachs Has Taken Over
Post Date: 2011-11-28 19:03:20 by Capitalist Eric
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On November 25, two days after a failed German government bond auction in which Germany was unable to sell 35% of its offerings of 10-year bonds, the German finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble said that Germany might retreat from its demands that the private banks that hold the troubled sovereign debt from Greece, Italy, and Spain must accept part of the cost of their bailout by writing off some of the debt. The private banks want to avoid any losses either by forcing the Greek, Italian, and Spanish governments to make good on the bonds by imposing extreme austerity on their citizens, or by having the European Central Bank print euros with which to buy the sovereign debt from the private ...
PAKISTAN:No more business as usual with US: PM
Post Date: 2011-11-28 12:10:00 by A K A Stone
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani warned the United States that there would be 'no more business as usual' with Washington after a NATO attack that killed two dozen Pakistani troops. In an interview with an American news channel Monday, Gilani said that Pakistan was re-evaluating its relationship with the United States. He said Pakistan wanted to maintain its relationship with the United States as long as there was mutual respect for Pakistan's sovereignty. Gilani highlighted incidents such as the killing of the Pakistani troops and a US raid into Pakistan to kill Osama bin Laden as violations of the country's sovereignty. The prime minister also said ...
Afghans Say Pakistan Fired First in NATO Attack
Post Date: 2011-11-27 16:15:08 by buckeroo
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Afghan and Western officials on Sunday said NATO and Afghan forces on a nighttime operation Saturday came under fire from across the Pakistan border before they called in a deadly airstrike on two Pakistani military posts, in an incident has left U.S.-Pakistan relations in tatters.
Pakstan's military denied firing on NATO forces, calling the "unprovoked" raid on the border posts an "irresponsible act." The army questioned why the coalition undertook a sustained two-hour attack on well-known border positions, involving helicopters and fighter jets, which left 25 soldiers dead and another 25 injured.
Tensions are high in Pakistan as a deadly air strike is blamed on NATO. The US is now ...
Arab League Approves Sweeping Sanctions Against Syria
Post Date: 2011-11-27 14:34:08 by We The People
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The Arab League overwhelmingly approved sanctions Sunday against Syria to pressure Damascus to end its deadly eight-month crackdown on dissent, an unprecedented move by the League against an Arab state. Before the vote, Damascus slammed the vote as a betrayal of Arab solidarity. Besides punishing an already ailing economy, the sanctions are a huge blow for a Syrian regime that considers itself a powerhouse of Arab nationalism. At a news conference in Cairo, Qatari Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim said 19 of the League's 22 member nations approved the sanctions, which include cutting off transactions with the Syrian central bank and halting Arab government funding for projects in ...
Kinect for Windows to offer 'Minority Report' computer control
Post Date: 2011-11-27 12:57:46 by A K A Stone
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A new generation of PCs controlled by gestures is on its way, after Microsoft revealed it is specially adapting its Xbox Kinect technology for Windows computers.
The system will allow Windows users to control software with the wave of a hand, as envisaged in the Steven Spielberg film Minority Report.
“Building on the existing Kinect for Xbox 360 device, we have optimized certain hardware components and made firmware adjustments which better enable PC-centric scenarios,” Craig Eisler, general manager of the Kinect for Windows program said in a blog post.
Kinect has proved a major hit on Xbox. A small device sits on top of the console or television and translates gamers’ body ...
Russia and USA on verge of another Cold War
Post Date: 2011-11-27 12:47:12 by A K A Stone
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Russia will pull out from the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) and refuse from the steps in the field of disarmament, if the USA continues to build the missile defense system in Europe, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev stated in a televised address to the nation Wednesday. According to Medvedev, Russia is going to deploy Iskander missile complexes in the west and in the south of the country. The systems will guarantee the total destruction of the European part of the air defense system. In addition, Russia's new strategic ballistic missiles will be outfitted with advanced complexes to overcome the air defense system. The missiles will also have highly efficient warheads, ...
The boys who cry “Holocaust”
Post Date: 2011-11-27 12:28:10 by jwpegler
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The same neocon hawks who lied us into Iraq are using the ultimate argument- stopper to push war with Iran We’ve been through this before. As one of the most disastrous wars in our history is coming to an inglorious end, the same neoconservative hawks who dreamed it up are agitating for a new war that would make Iraq look like the invasion of Grenada — and using the ultimate trump card in American politics to silence debate over it. When hawks begin beating the drums for war in the Middle East, Israel is usually a big reason why. That was true in the run-up to the war in Iraq, and it is doubly true with the current hysteria over Iran. Despite disingenuous claims to the contrary, ...
UN Official Questions Biofuel Commitment
Post Date: 2011-11-27 11:57:25 by CZ82
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UN Official Questions Biofuel Commitment Thomas Lifson The warmist fraud continues to unravel, with the impracticality of the biofuels program impressing even an important United Nations official. He is making a point that skeptics have reiterated for years now, but for the UN, any recognition of reality is to be applauded, no matter how tardy. AFP reports: The UN special rapporteur on the right to food urged the EU for a rethink on biofuels Friday, saying huge errors had been committed in the initial enthusiasm for an alternative to harmful fossil fuels. "The more biofuels the EU produces, the more it will be forced to import vegetable oils from ...
Russian newsreader fired after Obama middle finger insult
Post Date: 2011-11-26 12:27:01 by Hondo68
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A top Russian female newsreader who appeared to defiantly show US President Barack Obama her middle finger during a live newscast has been fired. Tatyana Limanova, an award-winning senior newsreader at the channel, can be seen briskly reading out an item about APEC Photo: Youtube Online footage of the incident involving news anchor Tatyana Limanova went viral in both Russia and the West causing REN TV, her employer, huge embarrassment. To broadcast bosses' horror, Ms Limanova was caught mechanically raising her left arm and showing the camera her raised middle finger after referencing US President Barack Obama. REN TV, a privately owned channel controlled by associates of ...
Pepper spray cop was involved in anti-gay slur lawsuit which ended in $240,000 settlement
Post Date: 2011-11-23 17:49:04 by A K A Stone
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Pepper spray cop was involved in anti-gay slur lawsuit which ended in $240,000 settlement
The University of California, Davis, chancellor defended herself Tuesday from criticism over the campus police force's pepper spraying of peaceful demonstrators as information emerged about the officer at the heart of the incident.
Video footage of Lt. John Pike and another officer clad in riot gear casually spraying an orange cloud at the heads of protesters who were sitting peacefully on the ground has sparked national outrage since it began circulating online Friday night.
Students gathered on campus Tuesday for the second time in as many days to condemn the violence and urged university ...
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