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Egypt Anti-Govt Protests Escalate
Post Date: 2011-01-25 14:24:39 by Brian S
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The United States believes "the Egyptian government is stable," despite stunning protests calling for the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, US secretary of state Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday. Clinton's comments on Tuesday came after thousands of Egyptians, inspired by Tunisian demonstrators, gathered in Cairo and towns across the country calling for reforms and demanding an end to Mubarak's presidency, which has now lasted for nearly three decades. Thousands of demonstrators attended the anti-government protests. Some in downtown Cairo hurled rocks and climbed atop an armoured police truck. In a statement issued Tuesday ...
Incidents Down But Anti-Semitism Growing, Report Shows
Post Date: 2011-01-25 14:21:09 by Brian S
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JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Anti-Semitism around the world appears to be strengthening, despite fewer incidents in 2010, according to a new report. The Annual Report of the Coordination Forum for Countering Anti-Semitism released Sunday in Jerusalem showed fewer anti-Semitic incidents from a record-setting 2009. Still, the authors of the report -- the Jewish Agency Task Force on Anti-Semitism and the Israeli Ministry of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs -- found that organized activity aimed at the delegitimization of Israel as a Jewish state increased in 2010. The report also said that the blurring of lines between legitimate criticism of Israel and demonizing the nation has turned into the ...
Rice: US Army Presence In Iraq Protects Israel
Post Date: 2011-01-25 12:45:01 by Brian S
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Former US sec. of state tells Palestinians: Even if Israel trusts you, you're still incapable of providing security, in leaked documents. Former US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice reassured Israel that the US military presence in Iraq should calm any Israeli security concerns "from the east," minutes from a 2008 trilateral meeting between Rice and the Israeli and Palestinian negotiation teams reveal. Discussing the needs of Israel regarding Palestinian security forces in a future-Palestinian state, former foreign minister Tzipi Livni expressed concern over a third-party military force protecting a Palestinian state's external borders. Secretary Rice inserted, ...
Putin: Retribution 'Inevitable' For Airport Bomb
Post Date: 2011-01-25 11:57:49 by Brian S
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Putin vowed "retribution is inevitable" for the suicide bombing that killed 35 people at Russia's busiest airport, while President Dmitry Medvedev demanded full security checks at all transport hubs today and lashed out at the airport for lax security. Putin has built much of his reputation on harsh statements, and the Russian news agencies that reported his comments today did not say whether he specified what kind of retribution or against whom. No claims of responsibility have been made for the attack yesterday at Domodedovo Airport, which also left 180 people injured. However, suspicion is likely to fall on Islamist separatist insurgents from Chechnya or elsewhere in ...
Greenland ice melt set record in 2010; Canadian arctic unusually warm
Post Date: 2011-01-24 16:58:18 by go65
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Cold enough for you? It certainly is for some folks, who are using the frigid air and East Coast snowstorms to fire spitballs at global-warming believers. It’s true that the D.C. region has been locked into an unusually cold pattern, with temperatures in December about 5 degrees below average. But as mentioned before on this blog, that doesn’t mean everyone in the world is shivering. Here’s some more recent data on how D.C. is faring in comparison to other climates. The above map, courtesy of NOAA, depicts anomalies in mean surface temperatures from Dec. 17 to Jan. 15. The blue splotch near D.C. represents our below-average cold snap. The orange and red patches over the ...
Revolution: Protests Erupt Anew In Yemen, Algeria, Tunisia
Post Date: 2011-01-24 15:36:35 by Brian S
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Drawing inspiration from the revolt in Tunisia, thousands of Yemenis fed up with their president's 32-year rule demanded his ouster on Saturday in a noisy demonstration that appeared to be the first large-scale public challenge to the strongman. Clashes also broke out Saturday in Algeria, as opposition activists there tried to copy the tactics of their Tunisian neighbours, who forced their longtime leader to flee the country more than a week ago. In Tunisia, anti-government protesters marched through the capital, raising the pressure on Prime Minister Mohammad Ghannouchi to quit in the wake of the former president's ouster. Public assemblies of more than three people are officially ...
Turkey Slams Israeli Flotilla Report, Issues Own
Post Date: 2011-01-24 15:35:15 by Brian S
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(Reuters) - Turkey released details on Monday of its own report into the bloody seizure of a Gaza-bound Turkish aid ship, a day after Israel published contradictory findings that reignited a furious dispute between the two. Nine Turks were shot dead in the clash on May 31 last year when Israeli marines stormed a flotilla organized by a Turkish Islamist charity, which ignored orders to turn back as it tried to breach an Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip. Turkey's report said two of the activists killed on the vessel, the Mavi Marmara, were shot from a military helicopter. "The Israeli soldiers shot from the helicopter onto the Mavi Marmara using live ammunition and killing two ...
Suicide Bomber Blows Up in Moscow Airport, @ Least 10 Dead
Post Date: 2011-01-24 09:37:47 by Happy Quanzaa
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At least 10 dead in Moscow airport blast: report MOSCOW | Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:19am EST MOSCOW (Reuters) - At least 10 people were killed and 20 injured in a suicide bomb blast at Moscow's Domodedovo airport Monday, Interfax news agency reported. A spokeswoman for the investigative committee of the federal prosecutor's office put the number of casualties at about 20, citing preliminary information, and said the cause of the blast was unknown. Moscow suffered its worst attack in six years in March 2010 when two female suicide bombers from Russia's volatile Dagestan region set off explosives in the metro, killing 40 people. (Writing by Amie Ferris-Rotman, editing by Guy ...
WikiLeaks Has Published Just 1 Percent Of Its Massive Trove Of US Diplomatic Documents
Post Date: 2011-01-23 17:53:12 by Brian S
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LONDON (AP) — Nearly two months after WikiLeaks outraged the U.S. government by launching the release of a massive compendium of diplomatic documents, the secret-spilling website has published 2,658 U.S. State Department cables — just over 1 percent of its trove of 251,287 documents. Here's a look at what the consequences of the cables' release has been so far, and what the future could hold for WikiLeaks. ___ IT'S LIFTED THE VEIL ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS WikiLeaks has given the world's public an unprecedented, behind-the-scenes look at U.S. diplomacy. Among the most eye-catching revelations were reports that Arab countries had lobbied for an attack on Iran, ...
Chairman Obama & Hu humiliate U.S. w/ Chicom Liberace @ the W.H. People's Pow Wow Chow Down
Post Date: 2011-01-23 13:23:38 by Happy Quanzaa
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Chinese Pianist Plays Propaganda Tune at White House US humiliated in eyes of Chinese by song used to inspire anti-Americanism Lang Lang, a Chinese pianist, plays the piano at the White House on Jan.19, 2011. The music he is playing is the theme song from an anti-Americanpropaganda movie about the Korean War. (Screenshot from Youtube) Lang Lang the pianist says he chose it. Chairman Hu Jintao recognized it as soon as he heard it. Patriotic Chinese Internet users were delighted as soon as they saw the videos online. Early morning TV viewers in China knew it would be played an hour or two beforehand. At the White House State dinner on Jan. 19, about six minutes into his set, Lang Lang ...
Palin To Be Prosecuted For Inciting Violence If She Visits Australia, Attorney Says
Post Date: 2011-01-21 19:01:44 by Brian S
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Sarah Palin better watch out. Under Australian law, inciting violence is a serious crime: an offense which could even trigger the prosecution of members of the US political class and mainstream media who called for the assassination of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, according to his attorney. Comments by Robert Stary, Assange's Melbourne-based lawyer, were carried in the US by a Friday broadcast of National Public Radio's Morning Edition. "Our main concern is really the possible extradition to the US," he said. "We've been troubled by the sort of rhetoric that has come out of various commentators and principally Republican politicians — Sarah Palin and the ...
The Anti-War Movement was a Political Proxy War that Bush Won
Post Date: 2011-01-21 15:04:16 by no gnu taxes
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The driving force of the earlier anti-war rallies was the war in Iraq, not Afghanistan. While the Af-Pak fight has lost considerable public support, the first war had broader support, as it targeted the actual 9/11 villains and their cohorts. The protests against the wars got fueled mainly by our presence in Iraq, and peaked when Bush put the surge strategy into place. The success of that strategy and the Status of Forces Agreement that moved American troops out of the cities and into support roles has removed most of the objections to Iraq, and for good reason — why protest a war that’s all but over? Ed is right. Combat deaths in the summer of 2008 were less than 1/3 of what ...
Breakthrough After U.S. Warns China On North Korea
Post Date: 2011-01-21 14:05:08 by Brian S
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SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States warned China that it would redeploy forces in Asia if it failed to rein in North Korea, an Obama administration official said on Friday, as Pyongyang bowed to Seoul's demands for crisis talks. U.S. President Barack Obama's warning had persuaded China -- the North's main diplomatic and economic backer -- to take a harder line toward Pyongyang, and opened the door to a resumption of inter-Korean talks, possibly next month, the official said, confirming a report in The New York Times. North Korea accepted the South's conditions for talks on Thursday, marking a major breakthrough in the crisis on the peninsula. Such dialogue could ...
2011: Year of the flood
Post Date: 2011-01-21 14:03:37 by go65
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The year 2010 was one the worst years in world history for high-impact floods. But just three weeks into the new year, 2011 has already had an entire year's worth of mega-floods. I'll recap here six remarkable floods that have already occurred this year. Brazil Brazil suffered its deadliest natural disaster in history last week, when torrential rains inundated a heavily populated, steep-sloped area about 40 miles north of Rio de Janeiro. Flash floods and mudslides from the heavy rains have claimed at least 772 lives, including 357 in Nova Friburgo and 323 in Teresópolis. The storm left 126 people missing, the Brazilian Health and Civil Defense Ministry said Thursday. ...
Chinese Tiger ate US Dove for lunch
Post Date: 2011-01-21 10:15:09 by Happy Quanzaa
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WASHINGTON -- Who did you think would come out on top if you put a tiger and a dove in the same room together to work out their differences? Yes, those were white bird feathers sticking out of the tiger's mouth at the lavish state dinner hosted by President Obama at the White House this week. President Hu Jintao is a Tiger Leader. That's kind of like a Tiger Mother, only less nurturing and more demanding. President Obama is a Dove Leader. He speaks endlessly and carries no stick. And he likes to do a lot of bowing and scraping. Kind of like the way Hu Jintao likes to do a lot of not smiling. WHAT'S FOR DESSERT? China's Hu Jintao, at lunch withPresident Obama, made no ...
News Print Article | Email Friend | Reprint Permissions 35,000 forced abortions per day in China as Chinese president visits U.S.
Post Date: 2011-01-21 04:14:14 by Mad Dog
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WASHINGTON, DC, January 19, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Victims who have lived through imprisonment and harassment by the Chinese government, including the government’s vicious one-child policy, gathered together with human rights leaders on Capitol Hill yesterday to speak out on the arrival of Chinese President Hu Jintao in the United States. Hu is receiving a high profile welcome from the Obama Administration - including a formal state dinner – prompting House members and human rights groups to criticize China’s abysmal human rights record. One activist, former Tiananmen Square student leader Chai Ling, pointed out, “As we gather here in Washington, over 35,000 ...
The lovely & gracious Manchelle wears McQueen to state dinner
Post Date: 2011-01-20 14:25:51 by Happy Quanzaa
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NEW YORK – Michelle Obama chose a red Alexander McQueen gown with black details for the state dinner she and President Barack Obama were hosting Wednesday night in honor of Chinese President Hu Jintao. The gown seemed typical of Mrs. Obama's atypical first-lady fashion sense: The gown featured an asymmetrical neckline and a petal-print silk organza fabric, and she wore a narrow wrap around her arms as she posed for photos in front of the White House. The Alexander McQueen label is one of the most respected in style circles. McQueen committed suicide a year ago, but the brand has continued under the stewardship of his former assistant Sarah Burton, who, like McQueen, is a ...
Chairman Obama to Announce Jointly Funded “Center of Excellence” for Nuclear Security in China
Post Date: 2011-01-19 17:42:01 by Happy Quanzaa
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Obama administration sources tell ABC News that President Obama later today announced an agreement between the U.S. and the People’s Republic of China to establish a “Center of Excellence” in China to promote effective nuclear security and safeguards. The Center of Excellence, to be jointly financed, will be a place where technical information can be shared, training courses can be offered, and collaborations can be promoted to “enhance nuclear security in China and throughout Asia,” the White House says. “It will also help meet the training needs for China’s expanding nuclear sector, and promote nuclear security best practices throughout the ...
Hu Jintao jets into Washington
Post Date: 2011-01-19 07:13:35 by Happy Quanzaa
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Chinese President Hu Jintao is visiting Washington D.C. this week to meet with Barack Obama and talk about trade deficits, the yuan and North Korea. Watch as Hu flies in on China’s new stealth jet and literally raises hell. Watch Hu Jintao and Barrack Obama’s previous encounter here at NMA.tv What’s your take on the US’ relationship with China? Leave a comment.
Palestinians Hoist Flag In Washington For First Time
Post Date: 2011-01-18 19:35:24 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON — The Palestinian diplomatic mission in Washington on Tuesday hoisted its national flag for the first time, saying it symbolized the struggle for independence. The US State Department said the flag ceremony was approved several months ago and does not change the status of the Palestinian mission in Washington. Maen Rashid Areikat, the envoy to the headquarters of the General Delegation of the Palestine Liberation Organization to the United States (PLO), raised the flag at a ceremony watched by journalists and others, the mission said. The statement said delegates from the State Department and Arab League Ambassador Hussein Hasouneh attended the ceremony. "This flag ...
After Tunisia, ‘Electrified’ Arab World Sets Sights On Brewing Revolt In Egypt
Post Date: 2011-01-18 19:31:12 by Brian S
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In a sign that an "electrified" Arab world has been inspired by the events in Tunisia to rise up against their governments, opposition leaders in Egypt have called for an open revolt in the country on January 25. The US branch of the National Association for Change, an umbrella group of activists led by former IAEA chief Mohamed El-Baradei, issued a statement on Tuesday "urging all Egyptians to take to the streets on January 25th to protest the deteriorating conditions caused by the dictatorial Mubarak regime." The message places El-Baradei -- a prominent figure in the international community since his role in Iraqi weapons inspections in 2002 and 2003 -- in virtually ...
How GE Is Arming China to Compete with Boeing--and America
Post Date: 2011-01-18 18:03:04 by sneakypete
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General Electric (GE) plans to sell its aircraft electronics to Chinese companies, and if you don't have a problem with that, maybe you should. After all, China just flight-tested a prototype stealth fighter (pictured), it continues to build up its military -- and we can only hope it's not planning to expand its territory in ways that threaten the U.S. But if China does decide to get aggressive with the U.S., GE will have provided it with the aircraft technology it will be using. According to The New York Times, GE is signing a deal to sell avionics technology -- electronics that control an aircraft's basic in-flight operations -- to Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China ...
Report: Russia To Announce Recognition Of Palestinian State
Post Date: 2011-01-18 13:42:45 by Brian S
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Russian President Dimitry Medvedev intends to announce in Ramallah his country's recognition of a Palestinian state within 1967 borders, the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper reported Tuesday. Nabil Shaath, am advisor to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, told the newspaper that Medvedev will ratify the decision taken by the Soviet Union in 1988 to recognize a Palestinian state after Yasser Arafat declared independence.
Reacting To Leak, Swiss Accuse US Of Illegal Spying Operations
Post Date: 2011-01-18 11:30:14 by Brian S
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The government of Switzerland said Monday that it was investigating whether the United States had conducted illegal spying operations within its jurisdiction. The Swiss ministry said that US contacts asked for permission in 2007 to conduct an intelligence operation, but were denied "due to a lack of legal basis." However, a recently leaked US State Department cable showed that intelligence gathering had been afoot in Iceland, Norway, Denmark and Switzerland without those governments' permissions. Swiss officials said Monday that they were seeking information on such a program being operated out of the US embassy in Geneva, citing a report by Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten ...
Tunisian Revolution Shakes, Inspires Middle East
Post Date: 2011-01-18 10:46:10 by go65
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The Tunisian uprising that overthrew the 23-year-old regime of strongman Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali had resonances throughout the Middle East. Leaders of countries invested in the region’s authoritarian and highly unequal status quo rejected the political revolution, while groups and states that want change welcomed it. The spectacle of masses of demonstrators pouring down Bourguiba Avenue on Friday, overwhelming security forces and putting the president to flight, raised the hopes of the dispossessed and the downtrodden, even as it inspired a gathering dread in the breasts of the region’s dictators and absolute monarchs. Whether or not, as many observers rushed to predict, a wave of ...
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