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UN Envoy Prosor: Israel Has No Chance Of Stopping Recognition Of Palestinian State
Post Date: 2011-08-30 18:09:38 by Brian S
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Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, sent a classified cable to the Foreign Ministry last week, stating that Israel stands no chance of rallying a substantial number of states to oppose a resolution at the UN General Assembly recognizing a Palestinian state in September. Sources in the Prime Minister's Office, meanwhile, said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering not participating in this year's General Assembly. Instead President Shimon Peres is likely to represent Israel. Under the headline "Report from the frontline at the UN," Prosor - considered one of the most experienced and senior Israeli diplomats - offered a very pessimistic ...
Why Gold Will Replace U.S. Treasuries as the World's Last Risk-Free Investment
Post Date: 2011-08-30 17:53:34 by Capitalist Eric
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Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: It wasn't long ago that U.S. Treasuries were considered a "risk-free" investment. But the financial crisis, hulking budget deficits, political gridlock, and the Standard & Poor's debt downgrade have changed that perception - forever . Now there's only one safe -haven investment: gold. Since surging to a record high $1,917.90 an ounce earlier this month, the price of gold has slipped on profit taking. But don't let that minor correction fool you into thinking gold's bull run is over. The yellow metal's best days are still ahead. How do I know? Because, unlike U.S. debt, gold can't be downgraded. It has inherent value ...
Libya: Qaddafi Forces Given Surrender Deadline
Post Date: 2011-08-30 11:34:30 by Brian S
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Libyan rebel leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil gave forces loyal to Muammar Qaddafi until Sept. 3 to surrender or face attack and said members of the former leader’s government would receive fair trials. The coastal city of Sirte and the southern town of Sabha are the key remaining bastions of Qaddafi loyalists, Jalil, chairman of the rebel National Transitional Council, said today in a televised press conference broadcast from Benghazi. “The entry to Sirte and southern towns of Libya should be as peaceful as possible to avoid more bloodshed and destruction,” he said. “If there are no indications for conducting this peacefully we can act decisively to end this situation in a ...
Officials endorse tunnel to link Alaska and Siberia by train - reports
Post Date: 2011-08-28 17:43:54 by Ferret Mike
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Russia appears to be edging closer to giving the go-ahead for an underwater tunnel which could one day allow vacationers in Alaska to take a day trip to Siberia in Russia. The tunnel, which would reportedly be 65 miles (105 km) long and bored under the icy waters of the narrow Bering Strait which separates Russia from North America above the Pacific Sea, was reportedly backed by high-profile Russian politician Aleksandr Levinthal this week. London's The Times reported that Levinthal endorsed the idea at a conference on developing Russia's north-eastern rail infrastructure - although it was first mooted by Tsar Nicholas II over a hundred years ago. At twice the length of the ...
Inside Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy's compound: Photo album of Condoleezza Rice discovered
Post Date: 2011-08-28 16:54:13 by Ferret Mike
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Rebel fighters look through an album of Condoleeza Rice they found inside Gen. Khadafy's compound in Bab Al-Aziziya in Tripoli, Libya on Wednesday. Daffy Khadafy really did have a crush on Condi. When rebels overrun your bunker, they usually find all sorts of embarrassing private items. At Bab al Aziziya, Col. Moammar Khadafy's fortified compound in Tripoli, rebels were chortling Thursday over a scrapbook they found full of photos of former President George W. Bush's Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Page after page featured her toothy grin and soignee hair styles. The diplomatic world had long snickered at Khadafy's passion for Rice. In 2007, he swooned like a ...
Iran Condemns ‘Israel Spy’ To Death
Post Date: 2011-08-28 14:29:12 by Brian S
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Iran on Sunday sentenced to death a man accused of playing a key role in the 2010 murder of a top nuclear scientist and of spying for Israel, the official IRNA news agency reported. "The sentence to execute the terrorist Majid Jamali Fashi ... has been issued" for the assassination of scientist Masoud Ali Mohammadi, Iran's prosecutor general Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie said, quoted by IRNA. Mohseni Ejeie, who is also spokesman for the Iranian judiciary, said the sentence was passed on Sunday, less than a week after the opening of Jamali Fashi's trial. His defence lawyers have 20 days to launch an appeal. Jamali Fashi stood trial as the main suspect in the killing of ...
Will Germany Become First Nation with a Hydrogen Economy?
Post Date: 2011-08-27 19:15:01 by jwpegler
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Germany will become the first country completely accessible to fuel cell vehicles in 2015, when carmaker Daimler and the Linde technology group will build 20 new hydrogen filling stations. The result will quadruple the number of public stations available and make it possible for a fuel cell vehicle to reach any location in the country. Daimler's plans to start mass-producing fuel cell vehicles next year were severely limited by the lack of public hydrogen filling stations in Germany. The carmaker realized that if its vision of battery-powered electric vehicles gaining mass appeal in tandem with fuel cell electrics was to come true, it needed to so something about the lack of hydrogen ...
Report: Daughter Gadhafi Claimed Died In 1986 U.S. Bombing Is Alive
Post Date: 2011-08-26 19:28:16 by Brian S
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Documents found in Moammar Gadhafi's Tripoli compound appear to put the lie to the ousted Libyan dictator's claim that his infant daughter died in the 1986 U.S. bombing of the sprawling complex, The Irish Times reports. A passport belonging to Hana Gadhafi was among documents The Irish Times found in a residential area of the family's Tripoli compound. Moammar Gadhafi had claimed his adopted daughter was killed in 1986 at age 15 months when U.S. warplanes attacked the compound in retaliation for the terrorist bombing of a Berlin dance club packed with U.S. servicemen.CAPTIONBy The Irish TimesHana Moammar Gadhafi apparently grew up to become a doctor in the capital and studied ...
Harvard prof, medical journal: Food taxes, regs solution to global ‘obesity epidemic’
Post Date: 2011-08-26 19:03:05 by CZ82
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Harvard prof, medical journal: Food taxes, regs solution to global ‘obesity epidemic’ By Matthew Boyle - The Daily Caller In a multi-part series published Thursday, the British medical journal The Lancet recommends national governments impose new regulations and taxes to stop an “obesity epidemic” that is sweeping the planet. The respected peer-reviewed journal lays out how the world has seen “four decades” of a “rising obesity epidemic.” One paper from Columbia and Harvard University researchers concludes that if “historic trends continue” there will be “65 million more obese adults in the USA and 11 million more in the UK by 2030 ...
Ahmadinejad: Holocaust 'Big Lie' Used To Justify Establishment Of Israel
Post Date: 2011-08-26 11:10:16 by Brian S
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday that the Holocaust was a "big lie" used to justify establishment of the state of Israel. "The Zionist regime's establishment was based on numerous deceptions and lies and one of the biggest lies was the Holocaust," Ahmadinejad said in a speech after an anti-Israeli rally in Tehran and other Iranian cities. The late supreme leader of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, declared the last Friday of the fasting month of Ramadan to be Qods, or Jerusalem, Day and called for annual mass rallies against Israel and in support of the Palestinians. The president provoked international condemnation ...
Egyptians To Hold ‘Million-Man Protest’ Against Peace Accord With Israel
Post Date: 2011-08-26 10:54:29 by Brian S
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Who and how many will take part in today's million-man demonstration in Tahrir Square? It is not expected to be one of the routine demonstrations that have shaken Egypt since January. This time, Tahrir Square will confront Egypt's foreign policy. The headline of the demonstration is "Million-man demonstration to expel the Israeli ambassador," and most of the protest groups have announced that they will participate. Egyptian anger is not only directed at Israel which killed five soldiers during the terrorist attack near Eilat last week, but also against the Egyptian government's policy toward Israel. Since the terrorist attack there have been raucous demonstrations in ...
Another tour of a socialist paradise
Post Date: 2011-08-26 09:14:29 by Godwinson
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Helsinki, First Day of Christmas.
France introduces new tax on high incomes
Post Date: 2011-08-26 07:35:58 by lucysmom
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The French government is to impose an extra tax of 3% on annual income above 500,000 euros (£440,000; $721,000). It is part of a package of measures to try to cut the country's deficit by 12bn euros over two years. The tax increase came after some of France's wealthiest people had called on the government to tackle its deficit by raising taxes on the rich. snip Sixteen executives, including Europe's richest woman, the L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, had offered in an open letter to pay a "special contribution" in a spirit of "solidarity". It appeared on the website of the French magazine Le Nouvel Observateur. It was signed by some of ...
Astronomers discover planet made of diamond
Post Date: 2011-08-25 19:36:30 by A K A Stone
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(Reuters) - Astronomers have spotted an exotic planet that seems to be made of diamond racing around a tiny star in our galactic backyard. The new planet is far denser than any other known so far and consists largely of carbon. Because it is so dense, scientists calculate the carbon must be crystalline, so a large part of this strange world will effectively be diamond. "The evolutionary history and amazing density of the planet all suggest it is comprised of carbon -- i.e. a massive diamond orbiting a neutron star every two hours in an orbit so tight it would fit inside our own Sun," said Matthew Bailes of Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne. Lying 4,000 light years ...
GOP Sen. Graham: U.S. Should Spend More On Foreign Aid (Egypt is the prize to be won)
Post Date: 2011-08-24 16:59:16 by Brian S
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham on Monday called on the U.S. government to send more money to Middle East countries in turmoil to push them toward democracy. Speaking to the Columbia Rotary Club, Graham — the ranking Republican on a Senate foreign policy subcommittee — said he is working on a $1 billion package of aid for Egypt before that country’s November elections. “Egypt is the prize to be won,” said Graham, R-Seneca. “Foreign aid is a very complicated, controversial topic, particularly when you’re broke. But ... it is good for the American people and the American government to reach out and help those who live in peace with us. ...
Medvedev Hosts N. Korean Leader For Rare Talks
Post Date: 2011-08-24 12:29:20 by Brian S
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AFP - North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Il on Wednesday met President Dmitry Medvedev in Siberia for secrecy-shrouded talks to win Russian energy and food aid for his reclusive state. The summit between Kim, 69, and Medvedev, 45, is the highlight of the North Korean leader's four-day-long train ride through Russia's Far East and Siberia, his third visit to the giant neighbour in the last decade. The meeting opened at the Sosnovy Bor (Pine Forest) garrison outside the city of Ulan Ude some 5,550 kilometres (3,450 miles) east of Moscow where Medvedev had flown earlier in the day. "Thank you that you flew here," Kim told Medvedev as the talks got underway. Medvedev ...
Chisel Ready Jobs Outsourced: Martin Luther King memorial made in China by Chairman Mao's sculptor. MLK looks Chinese
Post Date: 2011-08-24 10:49:58 by Happy Quanzaa
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It is perhaps a fitting tribute to racial co-operation. However, the decision to outsourceto China the carving of a new national memorial to Martin Luther King has raisedeyebrows in the United States. The 30ft-tall statue, which forms the centrepiece of a $120 million (£73 million), four-acre memorial to Dr King, opened to the public on Monday on the National Mall in Washington. It is the only memorial on the Mall that does not honour a president or fallen soldiers. Standing in the shadow of the Washington Monument, the statue shows Dr King emerging from a mountain of Chinese granite with his arms crossed and is called The Stone of Hope. However, there has been controversy over ...
On the Brink Of Another Financial Crisis, Eurozone Crackup
Post Date: 2011-08-24 09:41:10 by Capitalist Eric
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"We believe that the market has now entered a major downtrend. It is a mistake to dismiss the slide we’ve seen to date as mindless and devoid of fundamentals as many strategists maintain. These are not just scary headlines—-they are scary fundamentals.... There will undoubtedly be some more sharp rallies that will be interpreted as new bull markets. In our view, however, the bear market has only begun, and has a long way to go." -- Comstock Partners, "Bear Market Rally Far From Over", Pragmatic Capitalism A toxic combo of poor economic data in the US and a widening credit crunch in the eurozone has sent stocks plunging for a 4th consecutive week. On Friday, ...
Ahmadinejad Says Iran Can Cripple Enemies On Their Ground, Tehran Shows Off New Cruise Missile
Post Date: 2011-08-23 14:42:03 by Brian S
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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s president claimed on Tuesday the country’s military can cripple enemies on their own ground as Tehran put a new Iranian-made cruise missile on display, the latest addition to the nation’s growing arsenal. The state TV reported that the new missile, showcased at a ceremony in Tehran, is designed for sea-based targets, with a range of 124 miles (200 kilometers) and is capable of destroying a warship. The TV said it can travel at low altitudes and has a lighter weight and smaller dimensions. “The best deterrence is that the enemy does not dare to invade,” President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said during the ceremony. As he spoke, the TV showed ...
Biden to visit Japan tsunami zone
Post Date: 2011-08-22 23:37:15 by buckeroo
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United States Vice president Joe Biden was due on Tuesday to visit Japan's tsunami-hit coast, where American forces helped with a large-scale relief effort, as he nears the end of his Asia tour. Biden is the highest-ranking American official to visit the disaster zone where the massive March 11 earthquake and tsunami claimed more than 20,000 lives and sparked the ongoing Fukushima nuclear disaster. The United States, with bases across Japan since World War II, mobilised more than 20,000 troops and some 160 aircraft in disaster relief and recovery operations after Japan's worst peace-time catastrophe. Biden was due to visit the airport of Sendai city, which was swamped by the ...
Rick Perry first to comment - cautiously - on Libya
Post Date: 2011-08-22 16:09:05 by go65
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The Texas governor is first out of the gate with a statement commenting on Muammar Qadhafi's imminent demise, but not taking a position on the overall wisdom in the mission in Libya (and using a spelling of Qadhafi that I have not seen before): "The crumbling of Muammar Ghadafi’s reign, a violent, repressive dictatorship with a history of terrorism, is cause for cautious celebration. "The lasting impact of events in Libya will depend on ensuring rebel factions form a unified, civil government that guarantees personal freedoms, and builds a new relationship with the West where we are allies instead of adversaries." Click for Full Text!
Iran Moves Centrifuges To Underground Site
Post Date: 2011-08-22 12:16:57 by Brian S
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Iran has moved some of its centrifuge machines to an underground enrichment site that offers better protection from possible airstrikes, the country's vice president said Monday. Engineers are "hard at work" preparing the facility in Fordo, which is carved into a mountain to protect it against possible attacks, to house the centrifuges, Fereidoun Abbasi was quoted as saying by state TV. Abbasi, who is also Iran's nuclear chief, did not say how many centrifuges have been moved to Fordo or whether the machines installed are the new, more efficient centrifuges Iran has promised or the old IR-1 types. Uranium enrichment lies at the heart of Iran's dispute with ...
Why is Glenn Beck going to Israel?
Post Date: 2011-08-21 21:25:24 by buckeroo
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In its long slog through history, the Jewish caravan has acquired a lot of improbable and colorful camp followers, from Bulan, king of the Khazars, to Marilyn Monroe and Madonna. Lately, conservative commentator and former Fox News TV personality Glenn Beck has joined their ranks. This week, he plans to set up his tent in the Holy Land for three televised Zionist rallies, dubbed “Restoring Courage,†in Jerusalem and the ancient Mediterranean port city of Caesarea. They are a sequel to the mass Restoring Honor rally at the Lincoln Memorial a year ago. Beck is traveling with letters of commendation from Jewish leaders such as Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman; ...
Fireworks Light Up Cairo Sky After Israeli Flag Removed From Embassy & Replaced With Egyptian Flag
Post Date: 2011-08-21 19:33:16 by Brian S
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CAIRO (AFP) -- A lone protester became a hero to an exultant crowd of Egyptians and many more online by hauling down Israel's flag atop its embassy in Cairo after the border killing of Egyptian policemen. More than 1,000 protesters gathered outside the Israeli embassy early Sunday and let off celebratory fireworks when the man clambered to the top floor of a high-rise housing the mission, replacing the flag with an Egyptian one. Egypt's cabinet said an Israeli statement expressing regret for the deaths of the policemen was not enough, but stopped short of saying if it would recall its envoy from Tel Aviv. Tensions between Israel and Egypt have surged since the deaths on Thursday ...
Russia In Talks To Build More Nuclear Plants In Iran
Post Date: 2011-08-21 19:30:32 by Brian S
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Russia has put forward "proposals" to build new nuclear power plants in Iran after the completion of the Bushehr project, local media reported Sunday quoting the Islamic republic's atomic chief. "We have held negotiations with the Russians regarding the construction of new nuclear power plants. They have put forward some proposals," Fereydoon Abbasi Davani was quoted as saying by Resalat newspaper. "The exchange of ideas and proposals will continue until a clear result is reached," Abbasi Davani added. Russia has built Iran's only nuclear power plant in the southern port city of Bushehr against the backdrop of a series of delays, with Tehran hoping ...
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