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U.S. Lawmakers Talk Palestinian Statehood, Iran At Mideast Confab
Post Date: 2011-06-23 15:11:30 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON (JTA) -- U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin said supporters of Israel must be prepared for a U.N. General Assembly vote recognizing a Palestinian state in September, saying the Palestinians have "the upper hand" in pushing through such a resolution. The Palestinians have a solid bloc of allies in the General Assembly, whereas the measure likely will not pass if brought before the U.N. Security Council, Cardin (D-Md.) said Wednesday during a speech at a conference here on the Middle East sponsored by The Israel Project. "We have to be prepared for a U.N. vote that is negative," Cardin said. "There will be consequences." Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.) echoed ...
U.S. Conducting ‘Mass Surveillance’ Against Arab World: Report
Post Date: 2011-06-22 17:15:58 by Brian S
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The former self-appointed spokesman for the collective of hacktivists known as "Anonymous" revealed Tuesday what he called a massive U.S spying program against the Arab world. In an email to about a dozen journalists, Barrett Brown said his Project PM had uncovered the nature of the U.S. spying operation known as Romas/COIN and its replacement called Odyssey. "For at least two years, the U.S. has been conducting a secretive and immensely sophisticated campaign of mass surveillance and data mining against the Arab world, allowing the intelligence community to monitor the habits, conversations, and activity of millions of individuals at once," Brown wrote. Brown's ...
Egypt Has Relaunched Its Investigation Into Ilan Grapel, The Dual U.S.-Israeli Citizen Arrested In Egypt On Spying Charges
Post Date: 2011-06-22 15:36:48 by Brian S
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JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Egypt has relaunched its investigation into Ilan Grapel, the dual U.S.-Israeli citizen arrested in Egypt on spying charges. The investigation into Grapel was suspended after his first attorney resigned last week, but it was relaunched on Tuesday. Grapel is being interrogated without the assistance of an interpreter because he speaks Arabic fluently, the Egyptian newspaper al-Masri al-Youm reported Wednesday. Grapel has faced his eighth interrogation since being arrested earlier this month at his hotel in central Cairo for allegedly spying on Egypt. Grapel is accused of being an Israeli Mossad agent. Egyptian security officials said he entered the country shortly after ...
U.S. envoy Ross: Bold steps must be taken to keep Israel Jewish and Democratic
Post Date: 2011-06-22 13:18:01 by Brian S
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United States President Barack Obama's special assistant, Dennis Ross said Wednesday that bold steps need to be taken to make sure that Israel remains a Jewish Democratic state, but emphasized that no one can force an agreement on Israel and the Palestinians. Speaking at the Presidential Conference in Jerusalem, Ross said the greatest danger Israel faces today is sitting aside and waiting for something to happen. In order to stop the delegitimization of Israel in the world, Ross said that Israel must return to the negotiating table. Ross and U.S. diplomat David Hale are due to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his advisers to push for the renewal of Mideast peace talks. ...
Obama versus Osama: guess who the Egyptians prefer?
Post Date: 2011-06-22 09:29:01 by Happy Quanzaa
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First the good news: U.S. President Barack Obama is more than twice as popular in Egypt as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadenijad. Now, the bad news: the American president's standing has never been worse in Egypt, plummeting since 2008, when he received a 25 percent favorability rating, to 12 percent in 2011. Even Osama Bin Laden, the late al Qaeda leader, was more popular this year, with a 21 percent favorability ranking. The Iranian leader fared worse, dropping from 21 percent favorability rating in 2008 to a miserable 5 percent. The findings are drawn from a public poll of Egyptian views in the aftermath of the public uprising that brought about the resignation of Egypt's ...
South Africa President Snubs Mrs. Obama
Post Date: 2011-06-21 21:22:57 by Happy Quanzaa
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Jacob Zuma snubs Michelle Obama during First Lady'sSouth Africa visit South Africa President Jacob Zuma has snubbed the visiting Michelle Obama bysending his prisons minister to meet the first lady at the airport and failing to see herduring her three-day stay. Mr Zuma was out of the country for the first day of Mrs Obama's second solo trip abroad on Tuesday and although he returned on Monday night, aides said he was "not available" to meet her. Instead, he arranged for Corrective Services Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula to greet her on her arrival in Pretoria on Monday night, and one of his three wives, Nompumelelo Ntuli-Zuma, to meet her briefly on Tuesday. Mrs ...
Obama Warns Of New U.S. Tactical Spats With Israel
Post Date: 2011-06-21 12:48:53 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama warned that new "tactical" disagreements loomed between Israel and Washington, but vowed to leverage his administration's "creative powers" in the cause of peace. Obama, who has had a testy relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, spoke at length on the stalled peace process at a fundraiser for his 2012 reelection campaign grouping Democratic friends of Israel. He said that as a difficult, challenging time loomed in the Middle East over the next few years, one inviolable principle was that the bond between the United States and Israel "isn't breakable." "What is also going to be true ...
Obama Ultimately Responsible for ATF Gun Scandal
Post Date: 2011-06-21 01:07:44 by socalv8
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As CEO of the federal government, the president, Barack Hussein Obama, bears ultimate responsibility for the Gunrunning scandal perpetrated by the Justice Department's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Let's use the yardstick Obama himself used when he blamed bank and corporate CEOs for the recession. By that yardstick, Obama must take the blame for the ATF gun scandal. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearings on activities of the Justice Department and its ATF reveal the scandalous behavior of Obama's government. Now, though, it appears the Obama administration is about to dump certain ATF bureaucrats, blaming the whole scandal on ...
Medvedev Says Wants 2nd Term But Not To Run Against Putin
Post Date: 2011-06-20 20:10:03 by Brian S
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MOSCOW — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday he wanted a second Kremlin term but it was still early to say whether he would run for re-election in 2012, noting he could not imagine competing with Vladimir Putin. With just nine months left before Russians will go to polls to elect a new president, neither Medvedev, 45, nor his mentor Prime Minister Putin, 58, have put forth an official bid to run amid intensifying claims from businesses and observers that the continuing uncertainty was hurting Russia's investment climate. "I will tell you one thing: I believe that any leader who holds the post of president simply must want to run. "Another issue is whether ...
France Transfers Sensitive Warship Technology To Russia
Post Date: 2011-06-20 19:41:15 by Brian S
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LE BOURGET (France), June 20 (RIA Novosti) France has transferred to Russia all the technology it asked for under a $1.7-billion deal for two French-built Mistral class amphibious assault ships for the Russian Navy, a Russian arms exporter said on Monday. Under the deal signed on Friday, the first warship will be delivered in 2014 and the second in 2015. "The French side has transferred all technologies, including the Zenit-9 [command and control] system, as well as two other systems," said Anatoly Isaikin, head of the Rosoboronexport state-controlled arms exporter. A formal contract for the construction of the two Mistral class ships will be signed separately at a later date, ...
Convicted US Spy Pollard Not Allowed To Attend Father's Funeral Despite Israeli Requests
Post Date: 2011-06-20 18:52:51 by Brian S
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The White House had spurned requests by Israel to let Jonathan Pollard visit his father before he died Saturday. Morris Pollard was buried Monday in Mishawaka, Ind., without his son present. The only mention of Jonathan Pollard during the graveside service was when his sister said one of their father's few regrets was "not being able to help his son achieve freedom." Pollard has been in prison in the U.S. since 1985 and was sentenced to life in prison two years later. The elder Pollard was a retired biology professor at the University of Notre Dame and was 95 when he died.
JAPAN: How to turn human shit into tastey steak
Post Date: 2011-06-19 10:20:29 by A K A Stone
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Somehow this feels like a Vonnegut plotline: population boom equals food shortage. Solution? Synthesize food from human waste matter. Absurd yes, but Japanese scientists have actually discovered a way to create edible steaks from human feces. Mitsuyuki Ikeda, a researcher from the Okayama Laboratory, has developed steaks based on proteins from human excrement. Tokyo Sewage approached the scientist because of an overabundance of sewage mud. They asked him to explore the possible uses of the sewage and Ikeda found that the mud contained a great deal of protein because of all the bacteria. The researchers then extracted those proteins, combined them with a reaction enhancer and put it in an ...
Obama Gives Netanyahu Ultimatum on Resuming Talks
Post Date: 2011-06-18 09:44:12 by CZ82
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Obama Gives Netanyahu Ultimatum on Resuming Talks June 12, 2011 at 9:47pm by Naked Emperor News Report: US gives Netanyahu ultimatum on resuming talks Israel Radio Reported Sunday that The United States gave Netanyahu an ultimatum on renewing negotiations with the Palestinians. According to the ultimatum, Netanyahu has to decide within a month whether he agrees to accept US President Obama’s proposal and resume talks based on 1967 lines. Washington is pressuring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accede to its proposal to resume Israeli-Palestinian peace talks on the basis of U.S. President Barack Obama’s May 19 speech. An Israeli source who spoke recently with senior ...
Rubber Bullets Fly at Anti-Obama Protest In Rio
Post Date: 2011-06-17 12:37:44 by Brian S
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A molotov cocktail was launched in front of the US consulate in Rio de Janeiro late Friday in protest of the arrival of President Barack Obama, the O Globo newspaper in Rio reported. Military police reacted by firing rubber bullets into the gathering of 200 at around 18:30 local time. A CBN news reporter suffered a minor injury from the shots and traffic was blocked. “They came after us with clubs and tear gas and attacked,” according to protestor Thiago Hastenheiter. “They chased us through the streets and started firing rounds of rubber bullets.” Police major Fabio Alessandro of the 13th Batallion of Rio’s military police said that the protestors, all left ...
IMF Cuts U.S. Growth Forecast, Warns Of Crisis
Post Date: 2011-06-17 11:36:47 by Brian S
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(Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund cut its forecast for U.S. economic growth on Friday and warned Washington and debt-ridden European countries that they are "playing with fire" unless they take immediate steps to reduce their budget deficits. The IMF, in its regular assessment of global economic prospects, said bigger threats to growth had emerged since its previous report in April, citing the euro zone debt crisis and signs of overheating in emerging market economies. The Washington-based global lender forecast that U.S. gross domestic product would grow a tepid 2.5 percent this year and 2.7 percent in 2012. In its forecast just two months ago, it had expected 2.8 ...
Possible Al-Qaida Hit List Targets Specific Americans (has anyone found the 'list' online yet?)
Post Date: 2011-06-16 20:42:37 by Brian S
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An al-Qaida-linked website has posted a potential hit list of targets that include names and photos of several U.S. officials and business leaders, calling for terrorists to target these Americans in their own homes, NBC New York has learned. The FBI has sent out a new intelligence bulletin to law enforcement agencies, warning that this new web-based threat, while not a specific plot, is very detailed. The bulletin said the list includes leaders "in government, industry and media." The FBI has notified those individuals who are named. NBC New York will not identify them or their companies. The list includes Wall Street firms, political leaders, leaders with think tanks and ...
Chinese President Arrives In Moscow To Boost Cooperation
Post Date: 2011-06-16 20:40:44 by Brian S
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Chinese President Hu Jintao (front) arrives in Moscow, Russia, June 15, 2011. Hu Jintao arrived in Moscow Wednesday for a state visit to Russia to deepen pragmatic cooperation between China and Russia. He will attend the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum during visit. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin) Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in Moscow on Wednesday for a state visit aimed at deepening pragmatic cooperation between China and Russia. Hu said in a statement released upon his arrival at the airport that his visit intends to inject fresh impetus into the sustained, healthy and stable growth of the China-Russia strategic partnership of cooperation. In the Russian capital, Hu will meet ...
Republicans Return to Reality
Post Date: 2011-06-16 18:20:48 by jwpegler
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The candidates' second thoughts about Afghanistan and other foreign adventures. First impressions from a presidential debate are always about how things look, how people come across. Tim Pawlenty doesn't really assert, he natters. Rick Santorum is earnest, Michelle Bachmann serious. Mitt Romney knows how he looks in every camera shot from every angle: He is a master of the cutaway shot, when the camera isn't on him. He keeps his posture and maintains a kindly smile, as if he's pleased the other candidate are sharing their nice little thoughts. But the GOP debate in New Hampshire was a big success in two ways. First, there was no obvious candidate from Crazytown, which was ...
Japan: Tepco to build sarcophagus over Fukushima reactor
Post Date: 2011-06-16 16:36:57 by Ferret Mike
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The operator of the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant has announced plans to construct a shroud over one of the reactor buildings, a stop-gap measure until a more permanent solution can be found, such as entombing the facility in concrete. A similar concrete sarcophagus was built over the remains of the reactors at the Chernobyl power plant after that facility was destroyed in an accident in April 1986. Tokyo Electric Power Co. will start the construction of a rigid steel frame over the No. 1 reactor on June 27, Yoshikazu Nagai, a spokesman for the company, said. A hydrogen explosion destroyed the walls and roof of the reactor building on March 12, the day after the cooling system was ...
Al-Qaeda Names Zawahiri To Succeed bin Laden
Post Date: 2011-06-16 11:48:03 by Brian S
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DUBAI (AFP) – Al-Qaeda on Thursday named its second in command Ayman al-Zawahiri to succeed slain chief Osama bin Laden and vowed to relentlessly pursue its "jihad' against the United States and Israel. "The general command of Al-Qaeda announces, after consultations, the appointment of Sheikh Ayman al-Zawahiri as head of the group," the jihadist network said in statement posted on an Islamist website. Egyptian Zawahiri, the group's long-time number two, succeeds bin Laden who was killed by US commandos in a May 2 raid in Pakistan. The statement said that under Zawahiri's leadership Al-Qaeda would relentlessly pursue its 'jihad' (holy war) against ...
Great white sharks attracted by AC/DC hits
Post Date: 2011-06-16 07:23:20 by A K A Stone
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SHARKS ENTHUSIASTS HAVE USED fish guts to attract great white sharks for years, but it seems the fearsome creatures may be attracted to something more pleasing to their ears: music from Australian rock band AC/DC. Matt Waller, a tour operator in South Australia's Neptune Bay, has observed that when sharks hear the band's hits, especially Shook Me All Night Long and Back in Black, they are drawn to the source of the music. Matt's research was inspired by dive operators on Guadalupe Island, who discovered playing music underwater for clients also caused changes in shark behaviour. He and his company, Adventure Bay Charters, decided to do some experimenting of their own. Using ...
Turk, Israeli Charged With Organ Trafficking in Kosovo
Post Date: 2011-06-15 19:12:56 by Brian S
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A European Union prosecutor in Kosovo has indicted a Turkish and an Israeli citizen for involvement in illegal trafficking of human organs at a clinic in Pristina. The European Union justice mission in Kosovo announced Monday that Yusuf Sonmez of Turkey and Israel's Moshe Harel were charged last week with trafficking in persons, unlawful medical activity and organized crime. The two are considered fugitives and Interpol has issued warrants for their arrests. The indictments are part of a larger investigation into allegations that an organized criminal group conducted operations in a clinic outside the capital Pristina, transplanting illegally harvested organs. EU prosecutors say ...
Obama Wants Me Dead, Says Kenyan Drug Lord
Post Date: 2011-06-15 15:45:10 by Happy Quanzaa
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Kenyan John Mwau A prominent Kenyan multi-millionaire businessman and politician, John Harun Mwau, who has been labeled a ‘Narcotic Kingpin’ by the American government has claimed that U.S President Barack Obama is seeking to eliminate him on account of his vast business holdings in the United States, valued at about $750 million. Mwau recently spoke to journalists from Kenya’s Sunday Nation newspaper, saying: “The US government knows that I have interests in a chain of businesses, especially in supermarkets. They know that we have been expanding and growing. They want to stop this and have their own people take them over.” Mwau declared that his battle with the ...
Israel’s Jewish Exodus
Post Date: 2011-06-15 13:45:06 by Brian S
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Hard-line Israelis reject the idea of reasonable compromises for peace, arguing that any significant concessions to Palestinian sovereignty would threaten Israel’s security or the Zionist cause, but Lawrence Davidson notes that demographic trends, including a growing Jewish exodus from Israel, could have far worse consequences. By Lawrence Davidson June 15, 2011 If the historical goal of the state of Israel is to provide the world’s Jews a secure national home, a place of refuge in a world of real or potential anti-Semitism, it seems to have failed. It has failed not because this writer says so, but because an increasing number of its own Jewish citizens say so. There have been ...
China And Allies Back Russia Against U.S. Missile Shield
Post Date: 2011-06-15 13:43:26 by Brian S
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(Reuters) - Russia won the backing of China and other members of a regional security body in criticizing U.S. plans for a missile shield, saying on Wednesday it could undermine global security. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a security bloc grouping Russia, China and four ex-Soviet Central Asian states, signed a declaration condemning any unilateral build-up of missile defenses after their leaders met in the Kazakh capital. "The unilateral and unlimited build-up of missile defense by a single state or by a narrow group of states could damage strategic stability and international security," the six members of the SCO said in the declaration. Apart from regional ...
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