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Iran Officials Ready to Release Jailed American on $500,000 Bail [ How much did we charge Russia for their spies?]
Post Date: 2010-09-12 17:29:52 by WhiteSands
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TEHRAN, Iran — A senior Iranian prosecutor said Sunday that authorities will release a jailed American woman on $500,000 bail because of health problems, another sudden about-face by Iran in a case that has added to tension with the United States. The news came during a weekend of start-and-stop announcements about the release of Sarah Shourd, who was detained with two friends, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, along the Iran-Iraq border on July 31, 2009, and accused of spying. The woman's Iranian lawyer met with the three Americans in Tehran's Evin prison on Sunday and said that he is hopeful Shourd will be released in the next two or three days. Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari ...
UK Lawmakers Threatened Over Probe Into Murdoch-Owned Paper
Post Date: 2010-09-12 13:38:46 by Brian S
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Fox News owner may face grilling in front of British parliament British members of parliament investigating the phone-hacking scandal at a newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch pulled back from the investigation after being threatened with investigations of their private lives by the newspaper, a former parliamentarian says. According to the UK's Guardian, Adam Price, a former lawmaker from the Welsh national party Plaid Cymru, said that a Conservative Party member warned lawmakers that the News of the World, a tabloid owned by Rupert Murdoch, would "go after us" if they forced the tabloid's chief executive to testify in front of parliament. Lawmakers wanted Rebekah Brooks, ...
Ex-bishop in Belgian abuse scandal goes to hiding
Post Date: 2010-09-11 18:33:49 by WhiteSands
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BRUSSELS — The former Belgian bishop who resigned in April after admitting he sexually abused a nephew for years said Saturday he would go into hiding to assess his future, despite calls for him to leave the church immediately. Roger Vangheluwe said in a statement he would immediately leave an abbey in his bishopry of Bruges, where he has been staying since his April 23 resignation. His bishopry has urged him to seek another place to live, and several victims of sexual abuse by clergy as well as a prominent senator have called on him to leave the church as an institution. Vangheluwe gave no response to the calls for him to step out of priesthood, but said that "as of today, I ...
German Identity, Long Dormant, Reasserts Itself
Post Date: 2010-09-11 17:02:00 by Brian S
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BERLIN — As a youth in the 1950s, the film director Volker Schlöndorff tried to hide his German origins by learning to speak unaccented French. This summer, his daughter painted German flags on her cheeks and joined crowds of thousands on the Kurfürstendamm, a historic avenue, waving their black, red and gold banners to celebrate the country’s World Cup victories. Elena Schlöndorff confessed that she never watched her father’s Academy Award-winning adaptation of “The Tin Drum,” Günter Grass’s World War II epic, until a new director’s cut was released earlier this year. She had little interest in the Nazi era. “I don’t really ...
Protests Against US Koran-Burning Sweep Afghanistan
Post Date: 2010-09-10 11:23:26 by Brian S
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Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets across Afghanistan over plans, now on hold, by a small Florida church to burn copies of the Koran. Three people were shot when a protest near a Nato base in the north-east of the country turned violent. Continue reading the main story Related stories * In pictures: Anger around the world * In quotes: Koran-burning threat * Koran burning and the First Amendment President Hamid Karzai said the stunt had been an insult to Islam, while Indonesia's president said it threatened world peace. Terry Jones told US breakfast TV he currently had no plans to carry it out. President Barack Obama had warned it would be an al-Qaeda ...
Exclusive: WikiLeaks Collaborating With Media Outlets on Release of Iraq Documents
Post Date: 2010-09-10 11:16:33 by Brian S
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A London-based journalism nonprofit is working with the WikiLeaks Web site and TV and print media in several countries on programs and stories based on what is described as massive cache of classified U.S. military field reports related to the Iraq War. Iain Overton, editor of The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, tells Declassified that his organization has teamed up with media organizations—including major television networks and one or more American media outlets—in an unspecified number of countries to produce a set of documentaries and stories based on the cache of Iraq War documents in the possession of WikiLeaks. As happened with a similar WikiLeaks collection of tens of ...
Orthodox Jewish Youths Burn New Testaments
Post Date: 2010-09-09 13:46:30 by Brian S
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City's deputy mayor initiated bonfire of missionary-distributed material, held next to a synagogue in town. By The Associated Press Orthodox Jews set fire to hundreds of copies of the New Testament in the latest act of violence against Christian missionaries in the Holy Land. Or Yehuda Deputy Mayor Uzi Aharon said missionaries recently entered a neighborhood in the predominantly religious town of 34,000 in central Israel, distributing hundreds of New Testaments and missionary material. After receiving complaints, Aharon said, he got into a loudspeaker car last Thursday and drove through the neighborhood, urging people to turn over the material to Jewish religious students who went ...
U.S. Court Sets $1m Bail For Israeli Charged In Human Trafficking Case
Post Date: 2010-09-09 13:44:37 by Brian S
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A federal judge has set bail at $1 million for the chief executive of a labor recruiting company accused of importing and exploiting 400 workers from Thailand. Forty-five-year-old Mordechai Orian, head of Los Angeles-based Global Horizons Manpower Inc., was ordered Wednesday to be held in federal custody until he can raise the money. KITV reports federal prosecutors claim Orian, an Israeli national, is a flight risk. They had sought to keep him in custody until his trial, and they plan to appeal. Orian is accused in what the FBI calls the largest human-trafficking case charged in U.S. history. He was indicted last week on charges that he lured the workers with false promises of ...
US Soldiers 'Killed Afghan Civilians For Sport And Collected Fingers As Trophies'
Post Date: 2010-09-09 12:55:49 by Brian S
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The Guardian, Thursday 9 September 2010 Andrew Holmes, Michael Wagnon, Jeremy Morlock and Adam Winfield are four of the five Stryker soldiers who face murder charges. Photograph: Public Domain Twelve American soldiers face charges over a secret "kill team" that allegedly blew up and shot Afghan civilians at random and collected their fingers as trophies.Five of the soldiers are charged with murdering three Afghan men who were allegedly killed for sport in separate attacks this year. Seven others are accused of covering up the killings and assaulting a recruit who exposed the murders when he reported other abuses, including members of the unit smoking ...
Fidel to Ahmadinejad: 'Stop Slandering the Jews'
Post Date: 2010-09-09 08:01:40 by A K A Stone
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Fidel to Ahmadinejad: 'Stop Slandering the Jews' Sep 7 2010, 12:06 PM ET (This is Part I of a report on my recent visit to Havana. I hope to post Part II tomorrow. And I also hope to be publishing a more comprehensive article about this subject in a forthcoming print edition of The Atlantic.) A couple of weeks ago, while I was on vacation, my cell phone rang; it was Jorge Bolanos, the head of the Cuban Interest Section (we of course don't have diplomatic relations with Cuba) in Washington. "I have a message for you from Fidel," he said. This made me sit up straight. "He has read your Atlantic article about Iran and Israel. He invites you to Havana on Sunday to ...
As a scientist I'm certain Stephen Hawking is wrong. You can't explain the universe without God [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2010-09-07 22:49:37 by A K A Stone
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There's no denying that Stephen Hawking is intellectually bold as well as physically heroic. And in his latest book, the renowned physicist mounts an audacious challenge to the traditional religious belief in the divine creation of the universe. According to Hawking, the laws of physics, not the will of God, provide the real explanation as to how life on Earth came into being. The Big Bang, he argues, was the inevitable consequence of these laws 'because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing.' Unfortunately, while Hawking's argument is being hailed as controversial and ground-breaking, it is hardly new. For years, other ...
Iran Increases Nuclear Stockpile
Post Date: 2010-09-07 12:39:37 by Brian S
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Iran has increased its total stockpile of low-enriched uranium by 15 per cent, in spite of the pressure on the country exerted by economic sanctions, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.In its latest report on the state of Iran’s nuclear programme, the IAEA said the country had produced 2,803kg of uranium enriched to the purity needed to run a nuclear power station.But experts said a stockpile of this size meant that if Iran chose further to enrich this material to the level needed for nuclear weapons, it would be able to build nearly three bombs. However, Iran’s ability to manufacture a nuclear warhead is still unclear and Tehran says that its nuclear programme ...
Putin Compares Himself To FDR As He Hints At Third Term
Post Date: 2010-09-07 11:58:54 by Brian S
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The 57-year-old Russian Prime Minister appeared to deliberately fan speculation on Monday when he met with foreign academics and journalists at the Black Sea resort of Sochi. When asked whether his potential re-election to the presidency would jeopardise Russia’s political system, Mr Putin likened himself to FDR, the United State’s longest-serving president. “In his day, US President (Franklin) Roosevelt was re-elected four times in a row because this did not contradict the American Constitution. Neither I nor President (Dmitry) Medvedev will do anything that contradicts existing Russian legislation and the country’s basic law,” he said. Mr Putin stood down from ...
Dangerous Economic Misconceptions
Post Date: 2010-09-07 08:48:50 by Capitalist Eric
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Dangerous Economic Misconceptions Giordano BrunoNeithercorp Press September 7, 2010 For many years, economics in the U.S. has been approached with a ‘game show’ mentality. Wild and backwards speculations on financial growth have become the norm. The daily ‘Wall Street Journal’ and ‘Washington Post’ musings of international bankers and their servile lackeys are treated as divination, rather than the bamboozle they actually signify. If you play along and contribute to the mechanics of the great casino, then you are treated as a “serious” economist or analyst, regardless of how many times your advice has been completely off the mark, or how many ...
Hit on Iran would spell Israel's 'eradication': Ahmadinejad
Post Date: 2010-09-06 17:25:56 by A K A Stone
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DOHA (AFP) – Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ruled out an attack on the Islamic republic over its nuclear programme, during a visit to Qatar on Sunday, because any such action would result in Israel's destruction. "Any act against Iran will lead to the eradication of the Zionist entity," he told a joint news conference in Doha with Qatar's emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, after their talks. Israel, the region's sole if undeclared nuclear power, has not ruled out a military strike to prevent Iran acquiring an atomic weapons capability, an ambition its arch-foe Tehran strongly denies. "The Zionist entity and the US government would hit any ...
Petraeus Condemns U.S. Church's Plan To Burn Qurans; "Could Put The Lives Of American Troops In Danger..."
Post Date: 2010-09-06 13:06:12 by Brian S
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KABUL—The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said the planned burning of Qurans on Sept. 11 by a Florida church could put the lives of American troops in danger and damage the war effort. Gen. David Petraeus said the Taliban would exploit the demonstration for propaganda purposes, drumming up anger toward the U.S. and making it harder for allied troops to carry out their mission of protecting Afghan civilians. "It could endanger troops and it could endanger the overall effort," Gen. Petraeus said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. "It is precisely the kind of action the Taliban uses and could cause significant problems. Not just here, but everywhere in the ...
Blair Cancels London Book Signing After Being Pelted With Eggs in Dublin
Post Date: 2010-09-06 10:58:30 by Brian S
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Sept. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Former U.K Prime Minister Tony Blair canceled a book-signing session in London to promote his memoir, citing concerns about security after he was pelted with eggs at a similar event in Dublin. Blair, Britain’s longest-serving Labour premier, is publicizing his 736-page book “A Journey,” published by Random House last week. Blair was pelted with shoes, eggs and plastic bottles in Dublin two days ago by people protesting against the Iraq war. He wasn’t hurt. Blair had been scheduled to sign copies of his book at a Waterstone’s Booksellers Ltd. store in central London on Sept. 8. In a statement on his website today, he said he would provide ...
Tony Blair Pelted With Eggs And Shoes At Memoirs Signing
Post Date: 2010-09-06 00:03:56 by Brian S
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Tony Blair had eggs and shoes hurled at him by protesters as he signed copies of his new memoirs yesterday. The former Prime Minister was met by 200 demonstrators booing and chanting he had "blood on his hands" over Iraq and Afghanistan as he promoted A Journey in Dublin. One protester, Donal MacFhearraigh, said: "Blair took the world to war on the basis of lies." Mr Blair's advisers had hoped he would get a hero's welcome in the Irish capital because of his role in helping to broker the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement in Northern Ireland. There was a large police presence and O'Connell Street was closed to traffic. About 400 customers turned up at ...
Despite formal combat end, US joins Baghdad battle (More Obama administration lies for all to behold)
Post Date: 2010-09-05 23:29:17 by Nebuchadnezzar
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Despite formal combat end, US joins Baghdad battle Email this Story Sep 5, 4:52 PM (ET) By BARBARA SURK BAGHDAD (AP) - Days after the U.S. officially ended combat operations and touted Iraq's ability to defend itself, American troops found themselves battling heavily armed militants assaulting an Iraqi military headquarters in the center of Baghdad on Sunday. The fighting killed 12 people and wounded dozens. It was the first exchange of fire involving U.S. troops in Baghdad since the Aug. 31 deadline for formally ending the combat mission, and it showed that American troops remaining in the country are still being drawn into the fighting. The attack also made plain the kind of ...
Hit On Iran Would Spell Israel's 'Eradication': Ahmadinejad
Post Date: 2010-09-05 18:49:25 by Brian S
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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ruled out an attack on the Islamic republic over its nuclear programme, during a visit to Qatar on Sunday, because any such action would result in Israel's destruction. "Any act against Iran will lead to the eradication of the Zionist entity," he told a joint news conference in Doha with Qatar's emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, after their talks. Israel, the region's sole if undeclared nuclear power, has not ruled out a military strike to prevent Iran acquiring an atomic weapons capability, an ambition its arch-foe Tehran strongly denies. "The Zionist entity and the US government would hit any country in the ...
Israeli Police 'Allowing Attacks On Arabs'
Post Date: 2010-09-05 18:48:44 by Brian S
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Association for Civil Rights in Israel issues report detailing dozens of clashes between Jews, Arabs in east Jerusalem. Arabs claim police refuse to hear their complaints, fail to reign in 'settler' violence. Exactly a year ago, near the City of David excavation site in east Jerusalem's Silwan neighborhood, a resident of the Jewish Quarter shot Ahmad Kar'in in the knee with an IDF assault rifle. The Jewish man left Kar'in to bleed on the road, shot a 15-year-old boy who passed by on his bicycle, and then returned to shoot Kar'in in the other knee. The case against the Jewish man was closed due to "lack of evidence". Kar'in is walking on crutches ...
Retarded Freak Says God Not Needed to Create Universe [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2010-09-02 19:13:22 by A K A Stone
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The Big Bang was the result of the inevitable laws of physics and did not need God to spark the creation of the Universe, Stephen Hawking has concluded. Photo: GETTY
The scientist has claimed that no divine force was needed to explain why the Universe was formed.
In his latest book, The Grand Design, an extract of which is published in Eureka magazine in The Times, Hawking said: “Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the Universe exists, why we exist.”
He added: “It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the ...
British Attorney General Gets Secret Files On Iraq WMD Inspector Who Mysteriously Died After Iraq Invasion
Post Date: 2010-09-02 16:49:43 by Brian S
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The United Kingdom's top law enforcement official has taken possession of secret files surrounding the death of a prominent WMD researcher who was found dead in the months after the invasion of Iraq. David Kelly, once employed by the British Defense Ministry, was a former UN weapons inspector who had been previously deployed to Iraq. He was found dead in July 2003 about a mile from his home, having ingested more than two dozen pain-killers and with a cut in his left wrist. A "Blue Ribbon" inquiry ruled the death a suicide, but skeptics -- including several prominent doctors and coroners -- challenged the inquiry's conclusion. They said Kelly could not have taken his own ...
Book Says Nazi Hunter Wiesenthal Worked For Mossad
Post Date: 2010-09-02 14:25:47 by Brian S
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JERUSALEM (AP) -- A new book claims renowned Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal worked for Israel's Mossad spy agency, providing information on war criminals and Germans working in Arab countries. The assertions in "Wiesenthal - The Life and Legends" shed a different light on the Holocaust survivor previously believed to have conducted a lone quest to bring war criminals, such as top Nazi Adolf Eichmann, to justice. "(It) is quite surprising in the context of his own story, because he was always regarded as a loner, someone who does everything alone against all odds and against local law enforcement," the book's author, Israeli historian Tom Segev, said. The ...
Austerity Hawks Lose Their Celtic Poster Child
Post Date: 2010-08-31 16:02:05 by go65
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What does a country need to do to make a success of the euro? The European Commission and the European Central Bank would say the recipe is simple: Cut your budget deficit, slash wages, keep taxes competitive, boost your exports, and live with austerity. There is just one problem: Ireland has been following precisely that formula and it hasn’t done much good. The government is being squeezed at a time when the cost of bank bailouts is soaring. Blame it on the banks. If there is one country that proves what a mess the single currency has become, it isn’t Greece, or even Spain or Portugal. It’s Ireland. When countries break the rules and then get into trouble, it isn’t ...
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