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Russia To Build Nuclear Power Station In Venezuela
Post Date: 2010-10-16 16:53:41 by Brian S
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia agreed on Friday to build Venezuela's first nuclear power station after talks between Presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Hugo Chavez in the Kremlin. Russian nuclear agency chief Sergei Kiriyenko and Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro signed a deal on "the construction and use of an atomic power station on the territory of Venezuela," after the talks. Chavez, who rules South America's biggest oil producer, has said he wants the nuclear power station to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. Medvedev hinted that Chavez's foe, the United States, might not like the deal, but said that it was peaceful. "A deal in the atomic sphere has ...
Lawyer says Guantanamo abuse worse since Obama
Post Date: 2010-10-16 16:47:47 by WhiteSands
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Reuters) - Abuse of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay has worsened sharply since President Barack Obama took office as prison guards "get their kicks in" before the camp is closed, according to a lawyer who represents detainees. Abuses began to pick up in December after Obama was elected, human rights lawyer Ahmed Ghappour told Reuters. He cited beatings, the dislocation of limbs, spraying of pepper spray into closed cells, applying pepper spray to toilet paper and over-forcefeeding detainees who are on hunger strike. The Pentagon said on Monday that it had received renewed reports of prisoner abuse during a recent review of conditions at Guantanamo, but had concluded that all ...
AIDS Is a Kind of 'Justice' for Promiscuous Sex, Belgian Catholic Leader Claims
Post Date: 2010-10-16 16:31:03 by WhiteSands
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The Catholic Church in Belgium has been battered by scandals and missteps over the past year, and now its new leader, the conservative Archbishop André-Joseph Léonard of Brussels, has sparked a fresh controversy with comments declaring that people afflicted with AIDS are receiving "a sort of immanent justice" for their sexual practices. Léonard, who Pope Benedict XVI appointed this year to replace a much-loved liberal, Cardinal Godfried Danneels, compared the suffering of AIDS victims to human-caused degradation of the environment, for which people themselves then pay the price. "Maybe human love also responds when she is treated badly, without the need ...
Fuel To Paris Reduced As French Protests Escalate
Post Date: 2010-10-16 16:04:15 by Brian S
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* Supply cut at fuel pipeline to Paris * Airport worker strike grounds some flights * Police arrest dozens in student protests By Catherine Bremer PARIS, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Striking French oil refinery workers shut down a fuel pipeline supplying Paris and its airports on Friday and airport workers grounded some flights as protests mounted to derail an unpopular pension reform. France's airport operator played down worries of fuel shortages, but strikes at all of the country's 12 refineries and fuel depot blockades prompted motorists to stock up on petrol. Truck drivers also were set to join the fray as momentum built for a day of street rallies on Saturday. The widening ...
NKorea Threatens '1,000-Fold' Increase In Weapons
Post Date: 2010-10-16 13:50:45 by Brian S
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korean media on Saturday threatened a "1,000-fold" military buildup as the United States ruled out lifting sanctions to try to coax the North into resuming talks aimed at its nuclear weapons programs. Last year, North Korea quit the nuclear disarmament talks and later tested an atomic device that drew tightened U.N. sanctions. But North Korea said Saturday it is willing to rejoin the negotiations and remains committed to implementing a September 2005 accord on abandoning its nuclear program in exchange for aid and security guarantees. Instead, it accused the United States and other participants of holding back the six-nation talks. North Korea ...
Iran To Head Up OPEC Next Year
Post Date: 2010-10-15 19:03:08 by Brian S
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After 36 years Iran is set take over as the president of the Organization of Oil Exporting Countries (OPEC) as of 2011, Deputy Oil Minister Mohammad Ali Khatibi told the Mehr News Agency. The decision was made by 12-member oil cartel in Vienna on Thursday. Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Ali al-Nuaimi confirmed to reporters that Iran was elected OPEC president for the next year. OPEC comprises of Algeria, Angola, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Venezuela. CV Dr. Seyed Masoud Mirkazemi Currently Iran’s Oil Minister CV Dr. Seyed Masoud Mirkazemi is also a Zone 3 Commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard corps. What is interesting ...
Russia Launches U.S. Telecoms Satellite
Post Date: 2010-10-15 18:58:53 by Brian S
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A Russian Proton-M heavy carrier rocket with a U.S. Sirius XM-5 satellite blasted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Thursday, a spokesman for Russia's space agency, Roskosmos, said. The launch took place at 10:53 pm Moscow time [18:53 GMT], the spokesman said. "The Russian part of the program will end at 08:05 a.m. Moscow time [04:05 GMT] when the spacecraft separates from the Briz-M upper stage rocket," the spokesman said. A contract to launch the Sirius XM-5 was concluded between the Russian-U.S. joint venture International Launch Services (ILS) and the Sirius XM Radio, Inc. Sirius XM-5, a powerful geostationary satellite built by Space Systems/Loral, ...
Israel Angers Palestinians With New Settlement Plan
Post Date: 2010-10-15 18:57:39 by Brian S
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Israeli plans to build 238 new settler homes in east Jerusalem, as reported in Friday's press, provoked a furious response from the Palestinians who said Israel was bent on "killing" peace talks. The plans for new housing units in the settlement neighbourhoods of Pisgat Zeev and Ramot were approved on Thursday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Ynet news website said, in a move likely to complicate US efforts to revive peace talks. Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erakat said the move proved Israel was intent on "killing" every opportunity to revive peace talks between the two sides. "Netanyahu has made his choice: settlements over ...
Russia May Sell S-300 Missiles To Venezuela, Instead Of Iran - Analyst
Post Date: 2010-10-15 18:54:11 by Brian S
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Russia's S-300 air defense systems, which Moscow refused to deliver to Iran following a new round of UN sanctions against the Islamic Republic, could be sold to Venezuela instead, a Russian arms trade expert said on Friday. Russia signed a deal to deliver five battalions of S-300PMU-1 air defense systems to Iran in 2007 but banned the sale in September, saying the systems, along with a number of other weapons, were covered by the fourth round of sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council against Iran over its nuclear program in June. "Russia is looking for a buyer of five battalions of S-300PMU-1 air defense systems ordered by Iran, which are worth $800 million, and Venezuela ...
B Hussein Obama justice: US soldier murdering Islamo-terrorist to be free to kill more AmeriKKKans in 8 years
Post Date: 2010-10-15 17:18:35 by Happy Quanzaa
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Reported plea deal in Guantanamo case draws fire SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A plea deal that would reportedly keep a Guantanamo prisoner in custody for eight more years isn't sitting well with a key witness against him: a former Army sergeant who was partially blinded and lost a friend in the firefight that led to the alleged al-Qaida militant's capture. Layne Morris said Friday that Canadian-born Omar Khadr should get at least 20 years in prison, and perhaps much longer. "They ought to lock him up until he's no longer a threat, and if that's for the rest of his life, so be it," Morris said in an interview with The Associated Press a day after Khadr's ...
Obama, Rice huddle on arms treaty, other issues
Post Date: 2010-10-15 16:32:14 by no gnu taxes
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President Barack Obama is meeting with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to talk about a pending arms treaty with Russia and other issues .
A White House official said Rice and Obama have a "cordial relationship," and the president looks forward to Friday's meeting covering "a range of foreign policy topics." The official isn't authorized to speak publicly and insisted on anonymity.
The New START treaty, signed in April, would slash existing warhead limits by roughly a third. It has been approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, but the timing of a ratification vote by the full Senate is uncertain.
11 "American" Industries That Are Dominated By Immigrants And Offshoring
Post Date: 2010-10-15 15:24:07 by WhiteSands
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American industry is at the end of a four-decade tail spin. We've reached the point where people talk about a recovery that doesn't bring back factory jobs, or at least gives up some industries for lost. In this light, it's surprising to read a rosy outlook from the NBER about the impact of immigrant labor and offshoring. Both practices have a cost-saving effect, the study finds, that "may leave unaffected, or even increase, total native employment of less skilled workers." Maybe these 11 industries are on the verge of a renaissance, but we think not. 1) Tobacco products: 19% native-born workers 2) Beverages: 28% native-born workers 3) Soap and cleaning ...
Fresh claims US is running secret prison in Afghanistan [ Obama's Prison? ]
Post Date: 2010-10-15 15:01:41 by WhiteSands
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Prisoners are being abused at a "secret jail" in the main American military base in Afghanistan, according to a report from a US policy think tank. Ex-detainees said they were deprived of sleep and held in cold isolation cells in the site at Bagram, says New York-based Open Society Foundations. A BBC investigation in April uncovered similar allegations of prisoner abuse at a hidden facility in Bagram airbase. The US military repeated its denial that it was operating a secret jail. 'Very troubling pattern' Open Society Foundations, which is funded by liberal billionaire George Soros, says 18 detainees claim they were held at a secret site, dubbed the "black ...
Accepting ADL Award, Murdoch Decries 'Ongoing War Against Jews'
Post Date: 2010-10-14 17:35:07 by Brian S
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Media magnate accuses Leftists of spurring anti-Semitism under the guise of legitimate criticism of Israel. By Natasha Mozgovaya and Haaretz Service Media mogul K. Robert Murdoch on Thursday decried the "ongoing war against the Jews" and demanded an end to efforts to isolate Israel. Accepting an award from the Anti-Defamation League for his support of Israel, Murdoch described the phenomenon of delegitimizing Israel as a "soft war" which he said has now entered a "new phase." “This is the soft war that seeks to isolate Israel by delegitimizing it," Murdoch told attendees at the New York dinner where he was bestowed the ADL ...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Taunts Israel From Border With Lebanon
Post Date: 2010-10-14 17:10:58 by Brian S
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BINT JBEIL, Lebanon (AP) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad taunted archenemy Israel Thursday from just across the tense border in southern Lebanon where he rallied tens of thousands of supporters of ally Hezbollah as Israeli attack helicopters buzzed in the skies nearby. Ahmadinejad, who has repeatedly said Israel should be wiped off the map and denied the Holocaust, vowed that "resistance" forces will liberate Palestinians from Israeli control. The U.S. and Israel called his visit to the border region of southern Lebanon a provocation. "The world should know that Zionists will perish," he said at a rally in the border village of Bint Jbeil, which was one of the ...
Barney Frank flew free in bailout billionaire’s jet
Post Date: 2010-10-14 16:32:00 by WhiteSands
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Not good publicity for the chairman, whose race has become much more interesting in recent weeks: U.S. Rep. Barney Frank didn’t get just a free luxury jet ride to the Virgin Islands with a financier who got a $200 million federal bailout, he also stayed at the billionaire’s tropical mansion, his aide said. “They’re friends. Are you not supposed to have friends if they’re wealthy?” Frank spokesman Harry Gural said of the Newton Democrat’s relationship with S. Donald Sussman. That’s an interesting way of framing it. I think the answer is that you’re not supposed to bail out your wealthy friends. But the story gets better: Frank, who has become ...
Barney Frank: It’s no crime having pals with money
Post Date: 2010-10-14 16:20:42 by WhiteSands
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U.S. Rep. Barney Frank didn’t get just a free luxury jet ride to the Virgin Islands with a financier who got a $200 million federal bailout, he also stayed at the billionaire’s tropical mansion, his aide said. “They’re friends. Are you not supposed to have friends if they’re wealthy?” Frank spokesman Harry Gural said of the Newton Democrat’s relationship with S. Donald Sussman. The Herald reported yesterday that Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, flew to the Virgin Islands last Christmas on Sussman’s $25 million Dassault Falcon 2000EX luxury jet. Sussman is head of Paloma Partners, a company whose subsidiary, Paloma ...
Chilean Miners Freed! – God And Extraordinary Drilling Technology.
Post Date: 2010-10-14 16:07:23 by Skip MacLure
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No one has ever survived underground this long before. Oh, there have been rescues, but none, none nearly this long. In 2002, the Quecreek mine disaster, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, had nine miners trapped for 78 harrowing hours as mine water levels rose, endangering the mens’ lives as mine rescue teams frantically drilled and pumped. The Chilean Government put out the call for help and the world responded. There was video and communications equipment from Japan and, from Germany, a special cable with which the mine rescue vehicle was to be winched up and down the rescue shaft. Two American companies supplied the best drilling and drill bit technology available anywhere in the ...
They're All Out: 33 Miners Raised Safely In Chile
Post Date: 2010-10-13 23:37:20 by Brian S
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SAN JOSE MINE, Chile (AP) -- The last of the Chilean miners, the foreman who held them together when they were feared lost, was raised from the depths of the earth Wednesday night - a joyous ending to a 69-day ordeal that riveted the world. No one has ever been trapped so long and survived. Luis Urzua ascended smoothly through 2,000 feet of rock, completing a 22 1/2-hour rescue operation that unfolded with remarkable speed and flawless execution. Before a jubilant crowd of about 2,000 people, he became the 33rd miner to be rescued. "We have done what the entire world was waiting for," he told Chilean President Sebastian Pinera immediately after his rescue. "The 70 days that ...
Son and 16-year-old charged with murder after woman stabbed at luxury home
Post Date: 2010-10-13 20:26:45 by WhiteSands
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The 21-year-old son of a wealthy businesswoman and a 16-year-old were charged with murder today after the older man's mother was stabbed to death. They are due to appear in court this afternoon. Assia Shahzad, 40, suffered multiple wounds during the bloodbath at the £600,000, six-bedroom family home. Neighbours and family friends said that she was estranged from her husband. Police were holding her son Usman, 21, and a 16-year-old. The mother of three, who lived with her sons in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, had been separated from her husband, Rashad, 45, for several years. She was taken to Stoke Mandeville hospital on Saturday night after a relative raised the alarm and ...
Right-Wing Attitudes On the Rise in Germany
Post Date: 2010-10-13 15:35:33 by Brian S
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A new study has revealed that far-right attitudes are deeply rooted in German society. One-third of Germans would send foreigners home if there weren't enough jobs, while one-sixth think Jews have too much influence. "Germany is in serious danger of being overrun by foreigners." It's a sentence one would expect to find on an election poster for Germany's far-right NPD party. As it happens, it's a view that is held by over one-third of the German population -- a new survey has revealed that 35.6 percent of Germans agree with the statement. Additionally, more than 30 percent think that "foreigners come to take advantage of the welfare state" and ...
Orthodox And Reform Jewish Groups Are Backing A Letter Circulating In The House Of Representatives Asking President Obama To Extend Clemency To Jonathan Pollard
Post Date: 2010-10-13 15:33:54 by Brian S
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(JTA) -- Orthodox and Reform Jewish groups are backing a letter circulating in the House of Representatives asking President Obama to extend clemency to Jonathan Pollard. Pollard, a former civilian intelligence analyst for the U.S. Navy, has been serving a life sentence since 1985 for passing classified information to Israel. U.S. Reps. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), Bill Pascrell (D- N.J.), Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) and Anthony Weiner (D- N.Y.) are circulating the letter among their colleagues and plan to submit it to Obama in the coming days. The effort is backed by a number of Orthodox groups, including the National Council of Young Israel, the Orthodox Union and Agudath Israel, as well as by ...
Breaking: Barbara Boxer Approved Code Pink Trip to Fallujah to Donate $600,000 to Extremists to Murder US Soldiers
Post Date: 2010-10-13 15:09:02 by WhiteSands
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On October 12, Scott Swett at the American Thinker reported that Senator Barabara Boxer (D-CA) along with Representatives Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and Henry Waxman (D-CA) secured diplomatic courtesy letters that allowed anti-American Code Pink activists to travel to Fallujah, Iraq. The radicals traveled to Fallujah in late 2004 to donate $600,000 worth of humanitarian aid to the people who had just killed 51 Americans and wounded 560 more earlier that month. Operation Phantom Fury in Fallujah was the heaviest US urban combat since the Vietnam War. After the report was published at American Thinker the article was deleted at Islam Online. But, thanks to the internet ...
Iran's Ahmadinejad Receives Rapturous Welcome In Lebanon
Post Date: 2010-10-13 11:34:57 by Brian S
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad received a rapturous welcome from tens of thousands of well-wishers, most of them supporters of the militant Shiite Hezbollah, when he arrived Wednesday for his first state visit to Lebanon. At the airport, Mr. Ahmadinejad was greeted by Nabih Berri, the Lebanese parliamentary speaker and leader of the Shiite Amal Movement, before heading to the presidential palace in a motorcade flanked by armed guards for the first of a series of meetings with top Lebanese officials. The much-heralded visit was both eagerly anticipated and viewed with suspicion by rival political camps in Lebanon. Ahmadinejad has described the country as the starting place for ...
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