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China's President Lays Groundwork for Obama Talks [Since We OWN You, the $ is Dead, Enter the CHINESE YUAN]
Post Date: 2011-01-17 20:54:57 by Capitalist Eric
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BEIJING—Chinese President Hu Jintao emphasized the need for cooperation with the U.S. in areas from new energy to space ahead of his visit to Washington this week,but he called the present U.S. dollar-dominated currency system a "product of the past" and highlighted moves to turn the yuan into a global currency. Mr. Hu arrived in the U.S. April 12, 2010. "We both stand to gain from a sound China-U.S. relationship, and lose from confrontation," Mr. Hu said in written answers to questions from The Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. Mr. Hu acknowledged "some differences and sensitive issues between us," but his tone was generally compromising, ...
Russia Ready To Build Nuclear Plant In Jordan - Presidential Aide
Post Date: 2011-01-17 19:05:24 by Brian S
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Russia is interested in helping Jordan build its first nuclear power plant, an aide to President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday, ahead of the Russian leader's visit to the Middle Eastern country. "We are ready to cooperate but it is not an issue to be settled in the next few days," Sergei Prikhodko told reporters on Monday. Russia and Jordan signed a 10-year nuclear cooperation agreement in 2009. "They [the Jordanians] should decide on the location, we should decide on the funding," he said. He added that several other countries have also applied to build the plant, which is expected to go into operation by 2018. Middle East peace efforts, energy and military ...
Ahmadinejad, Medvedev Agree To Boost Ties: Report
Post Date: 2011-01-17 18:58:41 by Brian S
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TEHRAN — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev agreed to boost ties between their countries, in a a telephone conversation, state media reported on Monday. The call came after Russia snubbed Iran's invitation to visit two atomic sites in the Islamic republic that were thrown open to a group of foreign diplomats on Saturday and Sunday. Iran and Russia must always be "friends and colleagues," state television quoted Ahmadinejad as telling Medvedev. "The Islamic republic of Iran welcomes an increase of ties in all areas between the two countries." Its website said Medvedev echoed the Iranian hardliner's views. Medvedev, ...
US Sends First Ambassador To Syria Since 2005 Rift
Post Date: 2011-01-17 11:41:05 by Brian S
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US sends first ambassador to Syria since 2005 rift DAMASCUS – Robert Ford, the first US ambassador to Syria since 2005, arrived Sunday in Damascus on a challenging mission to re-engage the two countries which disagree on a raft of important issues. "United States Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford arrived in Damascus today in the afternoon," the embassy said in a statement. "Ambassador Ford's appointment represents a tangible American action to try to find common interests between Syria and the United States through more regular and direct discussion with the Syrian government and people," it said. An embassy source told AFP that Ford was due to submit his ...
Israel's Orthodox Rabbis: 'Palestinians to the Ovens!'
Post Date: 2011-01-16 19:28:35 by Brian S
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(BRIGHTON, UK) - Back in the days of the Shoah, one of the slogans of the Jew haters was: “Jews to the Ovens.” Now, it causes me anguish to say, we have Israeli Orthodox rabbis saying the same about the Palestinians. Thanks to Cicero for pointing me to a shocking passage in an Israeli Orthodox “family magazine,” Fountains of Salvation, which suggests that Israel will create death camps for Palestinians in order to wipe them out like Amalek. The article attacks Israeli rabbis who dispute the letter recently circulated from pro-settler extremist rabbis which urged that no Israeli Jew rent apartments or homes to Israeli Palestinians. It chided them for being ...
Taliban Torch 16 NATO Tankers In Pakistan
Post Date: 2011-01-16 14:20:18 by Brian S
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QUETTA, Pakistan (AFP) – Taliban militants in southwestern Pakistan set ablaze 16 vehicles carrying fuel supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said. The convoy was attacked before dawn outside the town of Dera Murad Jamali, some 400 kilometres (250 miles) southeast of Quetta, the capital of restive Baluchistan province, local administration chief Abdul Fatah Khajjak said. "The attackers, riding in a car, opened fire on oil tankers parked at a petrol pump waiting for daybreak to resume their journey to Afghanistan," Khajjak said. Some 16 oil tankers caught fire, but two more parked a distance away were undamaged, he said. A driver's assistant ...
Expectations low for Zerobama-Hu meeting
Post Date: 2011-01-16 06:31:30 by Happy Quanzaa
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This week's state visit by President Hu Jintao is a farewell lap of sorts for the Chinese leader, and a chance for the White House to stabilize relations on key fronts including trade, currency and security. The Obama administration's intense preparation for the visit reflects the high-stakes relationship between the two countries. It will be the eighth meeting between Hu and President Obama. Even so, the administration was downplaying expectations for measurable accomplishments during the three-day visit, calling discussions with China an ongoing project with a long horizon. The relationship "really doesn't lend itself to every time you meet having some sort of ...
'Anonymous' Plans Global Day Of Action To Defend Free Speech
Post Date: 2011-01-14 19:17:52 by Brian S
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Online protest group "Anonymous," which has in recent months staged some of the most stunning and audacious cyber-attacks yet seen on key corporate Internet infrastructure, has named Saturday, Jan. 15, as a global day of protest to defend the freedom of speech. In a video published to their central communications blog, "AnonOps Communications" sought to rally others who supported their actions against corporations that censored or otherwise impeded secrets outlet WikiLeaks. "Stand up and fight," an online video pleaded. "Every city, everywhere." It featured youthful protesters wearing the mask of Guy Fawkes, a British terrorist who led the ...
Boy toy who killed gay sugar daddy also strangled, stomped on victim's face
Post Date: 2011-01-14 13:35:04 by Happy Quanzaa
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More grisly details emerge in boy toy'salleged hotel slay of sugar daddy The male model who confessed to viciously torturing his journalist sugar daddy in a Midtown hotel for more than an hour -- then castrating him with a wine corkscrew -- also strangled him and stomped... Read Full Story
Record snows hit New England; Brazilian floods kill 350; Brisbane underwater [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2011-01-13 13:34:09 by go65
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The Northeast U.S. is digging out today from the winter's third major snowstorm, and the nation's South continues to deal with travel disruptions caused by the nasty coasting of ice, snow and sleet the storm left behind early this week. Yesterday's Nor'easter has exited into Canada, and the storm is over for the U.S. It was a pretty average Nor'easter as far as intensity goes--the storm's central pressure bottomed out at 982 mb, and just the Massachusetts coast was subject to high winds that merited blizzard warnings. The storm did generate one hurricane-force wind gust--Provincetown airport on the tip of Cape Cod had sustained winds at 43 mph, gusting to 79 mph, at ...
Rising Anti-American And Anti-Israel Feelings In Turkey
Post Date: 2011-01-13 13:20:54 by Brian S
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By 0smail Duman, World Bulletin In recent years, there is an increasing anti-American and anti-Israeli sentiment in Turkish society. While some commentators argue that the U.S. tries to promote ‘moderate Islam’ on the Turkish model, how can we explain these feelings? In other words, can Turkey be a ‘model’ for the other Islamic societies through “anti-American” and “anti-Israeli” society? As Hasan Kanbolat, ORSAM Director, says, “Turkey’s fascination with the US gradually grew after World War II and during the 1950s. For Turkey, the US meant democracy. It meant development. It meant power. The US was a country that set an example for ...
Obamanomics: US initial jobless claims continue to rise
Post Date: 2011-01-13 11:06:00 by Happy Quanzaa
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The number of people claiming unemployment benefits continued to rise for the second week, according to a report by the U.S. Labor Department. For the week ended Jan. 8, initial claims rose by 35,000 from the previous week to 445,000, the report said. The insured unemployment rate for the week ended Jan. 1 was 3.1 percent, a drop of 0.2 percentage points from the previous week. The week before saw the highest rates in Alaska, Oregon and Idaho. The total number of people claiming benefits in all programs for the week ending Dec. 25 was 9,193,838. The largest increases for initial claims for the week ending Jan. 1 were in Georgia, Michigan and Pennsylvania. Unemployment rate in the U.S. ...
Will 'Bush 6' Face Justice In Spain?
Post Date: 2011-01-12 19:05:34 by Brian S
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Will Bush's Torture Memo Team Face Justice in Spain? There may yet be justice for the victims of the post-9/11 US torture program. Just not in the United States. Here, our previous president is enjoying terrific sales for a memoir where he boasts about having authorized waterboarding. The current administration's commitment to "moving past" the illegalities incurred [1] on its predecessor's watch is so hardcore that the Department of Justice decided late last year against prosecuting anyone [2] from the CIA for destroying ninety-two videotapes that showed the torture of prisoners detained as suspected terrorists. Which leaves Attorney General Eric Holder more time to ...
New Move to Make Yuan a Global Currency
Post Date: 2011-01-12 18:46:40 by Capitalist Eric
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View Full ImageZuma PressA Chinese clerk counts yuan next to U.S. dollars.China has launched trading in its currency in the U.S. for the first time, an explicit endorsement by Beijing of the fast-growing market in the yuan and a significant step in the country's plan to foster global trading in its currency. The state-controlled Bank of China Ltd. is allowing customers to trade the yuan, also known as the renminbi, in the U.S., expanding the nascent offshore market for the currency which began last year in Hong Kong. China starts trading the yuan in the U.S., and a low-cost Indian carrier orders 180 jetliners from Airbus in a $15.6 billion deal. WSJ's Andrew LaVallee speaks to ...
Israeli Organized Crime Suspects Extradited To US
Post Date: 2011-01-12 18:45:40 by Brian S
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JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Two Israeli brothers suspected of involvement in organized crime were extradited to the United States. Meir and Yitzhak Abergil boarded a U.S. government plane Wednesday afternoon accompanied by American federal marshals. The United States requested their extradition more than two years ago on charges of money laundering, extortion and drug trafficking. They also are accused of killing a drug dealer. Three other Israelis also were extradited Wednesday on the same charges. They were indicted in 2008 by a California court following a six-year police investigation in several countries. If the Abergils are convicted and sentenced to jail, they will be permitted to serve ...
Former U.S. Secretary of State George Schultz Has Written To President Obama Asking Him To Release Jonathan Pollard
Post Date: 2011-01-12 15:37:04 by Brian S
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January 12, 2011 (JTA) -- Former U.S. Secretary of State George Schultz has written to President Obama asking him to release Jonathan Pollard. The letter delivered Tuesday says that Pollard has "now paid a huge price for his espionage on behalf of Israel and should be released from prison." In the letter, Schultz also said that he is impressed that people who are "best informed" about the classified material that Pollard passed to Israel favor his release. Schultz, 90, served as secretary of state for seven years under President Reagan. He served in the same government as Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, whose opinion was used by the court to sentence Pollard to ...
Hezbollah Forces Collapse of Lebanese Government
Post Date: 2011-01-12 12:25:29 by Brian S
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BEIRUT, Lebanon — Hezbollah and its allies forced the collapse of the government here on Wednesday, deepening a crisis over a United Nations-backed tribunal investigating the assassination of a former prime minister. Eleven of the cabinet’s 30 ministers announced their resignations, a move that dissolves the government. They said they were prompted to act by the cabinet’s refusal to convene an emergency session to oppose the tribunal, which is expected to expected to indict members of Hezbollah. Ten of the ministers announced their resignations just as Prime Minister Saad Hariri was meeting with President Obama in Washington. The opposition had hoped that all 11 ministers ...
Italian man shot in head sneezes out bullet and lives
Post Date: 2011-01-11 12:25:01 by Happy Quanzaa
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An Italian man has astonished doctors by sneezing a bullet out through his nose after being shot in the head. Darco Sangermano, 28, had been taken to hospital in Naples for emergency treatment after being hit by a stray bullet during New Year's Eve celebrations. The bullet passed behind his right eye and lodged in his nostril, but miraculously did no serious damage. He is expected to make a full recovery, doctors say. Mr Sangermano had spent New Year's Eve with his girlfriend in Naples. As the city sky exploded in a traditional celebration of fireworks, firecrackers - and the occasional high-spirited blast of firearms - he was wandering the streets when a stray .22 calibre ...
Assange: WikiLeaks To Speed Release Of Leaked Docs
Post Date: 2011-01-11 11:50:33 by Brian S
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LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange vowed Tuesday to step up his site's release of secret documents while he fights extradition to Sweden, as his lawyers argued that sending him to Stockholm could land him in Guantanamo Bay or even on U.S. death row. That claim, regarded by many legal experts as extremely unlikely, is part of an preliminary defense argument released by Assange's attorneys ahead of a court hearing next month. The Australian computer expert is wanted in Sweden to answer sex-crimes allegations. American officials also are trying to build a criminal case against WikiLeaks, which has published a trove of leaked diplomatic cables and secret U.S. military ...
China Conducts First Test-Flight Of Stealth Plane
Post Date: 2011-01-11 11:45:31 by Brian S
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China has conducted the first test-flight of its J-20 stealth fighter, Chinese President Hu Jintao has confirmed to US Defence Secretary Robert Gates. The confirmation came after images of the 15-minute flight in Chengdu appeared on several Chinese websites. Mr Hu said that the flight had not been timed to coincide with Mr Gates' visit, the US defence secretary said. The US is currently the only nation with a fully operational stealth plane. But both Russia and China are known to be working on prototypes of stealth fighters, which are invisible to radar. Mr Gates' three-day visit to Beijing comes amid US concern over the speed at which China's military is modernising and ...
Sermons motivated killer of Governor Taseer
Post Date: 2011-01-10 17:55:08 by Happy Quanzaa
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ISLAMABAD: The confessed killer of a liberal Pakistani politician provided a judge Monday with the names of two men whose sermons allegedly sparked him to act, as YouTube footage emerged of the assassin chanting Islamic verses in police custody. The slaying of Punjab province Gov. Salman Taseer nearly a week ago shocked many around the world, but tens of thousands of Pakistanis have expressed support for 26-year-old Mumtaz Qadri, who said he killed the governor for criticizing laws that carry the death penalty for insulting Islam. That support _ and the lack of criticism of the assassination by many politicians _ shows the increasing influence of hardline religious ideology in Pakistan, a ...
Iran Claims to Have Broken Israeli Spy Ring
Post Date: 2011-01-10 11:47:18 by Brian S
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Published: January 10, 2011 TEHRAN — Claiming to have infiltrated Israel’s Mossad spy agency, Iran’s Intelligence Ministry said on Monday that it had broken up an international network of agents linked to the assassination of an Iranian physics professor last year, state-owned media said. After a broad investigation, Iran succeeded in arresting “the main agents behind the terrorist incident and dismantle a network comprising of Israeli spies and terrorists,” state-owned Press TV quoted the semiofficial Fars news agency as saying. It said Israeli intelligence services “had used bases in certain European and non-European countries as well as Iran’s ...
Famous faggot de-balled by boy toy, brains bashed out
Post Date: 2011-01-08 17:52:05 by Happy Quanzaa
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Portuguese TV star slain, castrated at hotel NEW YORK (AP) - A celebrity Portuguese television journalist was found castrated and bludgeoned to death in a New York City hotel, and his companion, a male model who had recently been a contestant on a Portuguese reality TV show, was in police custody Saturday. Workers at the InterContinental New York Times Square hotel discovered the mutilated body of the 65-year-old journalist, Carlos Castro, in his blood-drenched room at about 7 p.m. Friday. He had arrived in the U.S. in late December in the company of his young boyfriend, the model Renato Seabra, to see some Broadway shows and spend New Year's Eve in Times Square, according to a ...
Egypt's Muslims attend Coptic Christmas mass, serving as "human shields"
Post Date: 2011-01-08 11:02:09 by go65
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Egypt’s majority Muslim population stuck to its word Thursday night. What had been a promise of solidarity to the weary Coptic community, was honoured, when thousands of Muslims showed up at Coptic Christmas eve mass services in churches around the country and at candle light vigils held outside. From the well-known to the unknown, Muslims had offered their bodies as “human shields” for last night’s mass, making a pledge to collectively fight the threat of Islamic militants and towards an Egypt free from sectarian strife. “We either live together, or we die together,” was the sloganeering genius of Mohamed El-Sawy, a Muslim arts tycoon whose cultural centre ...
Israeli Anti-Missile System Faces Fire at Home and Delays in U.S. Funding
Post Date: 2011-01-07 19:29:19 by Brian S
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It has been promoted as a cutting-edge technological marvel and marketed as the ultimate solution to the misery Israeli civilians experienced facing rocket attacks from Gaza militants. But as the Iron Dome rocket defense system moves into its final stages of development, Israelis are questioning its effectiveness, and American lawmakers are seeking assurances that the system they are poised to fund will indeed be used to protect citizens in the battered Negev city of Sderot, close by Gaza, and not just to defend military bases. Some in Israel fear that a system originally promised as a protective shield for civilians is being shifted instead to protect strategic military assets. And this ...
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