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New York City Voters Oppose Mosque Near Ground Zero, Poll Says
Post Date: 2010-07-01 11:49:38 by Brian S
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New York City voters, by an almost 2- to-1 ratio, oppose a plan by a Muslim group to build a mosque and cultural center two blocks from the site of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to a Quinnipiac University poll. New Yorkers, by 52 percent to 31 percent, don’t want the Cordoba Initiative, a group that seeks to improve Muslim relations with Western societies, to build a community center near Ground Zero in Manhattan, the survey said. Opposition was strongest on Staten Island, where respondents were against the plan by 73 percent to 14 percent in favor. In Manhattan, support for the project led, with 46 percent to 36 percent opposed. “Is it because we’re still ...
What We Learned From Toronto -- It's Time to Dump the G20
Post Date: 2010-07-01 10:48:00 by Badeye
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What We Learned From Toronto -- It's Time to Dump the G20 By Christian Whiton Published June 30, 2010 | FOXNews.com Print Email Share Comments (13) Text Size Last weekend’s G20 summit was advertised as a meeting of leaders to chart a path to economic recovery and solvency. But the gathering looks more like just another vehicle for various governments to peddle failed economic policies from the left. The G20 grouping itself is hopelessly ill-equipped to solve economic problems, and along with the G8, ought to be replaced. Less than three years old, the G20 resembles a college administrator’s view of diversity: different faces and different backgrounds, but not different ...
Rethinking The Beatles
Post Date: 2010-07-01 10:20:15 by Badeye
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Rethinking The Beatles By Alicia Colon In 1965, I was a very young and stupid woman so enthralled by the Beatles that I took out a loan to travel to London hoping to meet them, especially the "cute Beatle," Paul McCartney. I bought every one of their albums and was convinced that they were the greatest band ever. Over the years, of course, one's taste in music hopefully matures but the quality of the Beatles' music has endured for the most part. Unfortunately, the "cute one" has become one of liberalisms "useful idiots" of our culture and forced me to take a critical look at his contributions to the group. He fares poorly as a composer compared to ...
Israel spy chief gets boot for bungled hit
Post Date: 2010-06-30 21:27:41 by Skip Intro
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Israel spy chief gets boot for bungled hit TEL AVIV, Israel, June 29 (UPI) -- In the fallout from the bungled assassination of a Hamas gunrunner in Dubai in January, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is reported to have refused a request by Meir Dagan, hard-charging director of Israel's Mossad intelligence service, to extend his 8-year tenure. Two years ago, the Russian-born Dagan, was a national hero for his successes against Hezbollah, Hamas, Syria and Iran, including several assassinations attributed to the Mossad. Now he's being booted out, a victim of the Middle East's war of the shadows he has waged for so long. The portly Dagan was appointed head of the Mossad by his ...
Sunderland's recklessness put other sailors at risk
Post Date: 2010-06-30 15:20:15 by Badeye
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Sunderland's recklessness put other sailors at risk Search-and-rescue operations are often tasked to commercial crews. Sunderland should have had the basic resources to deal with emergencies on her own. Sean Dolan June 30, 2010 Now that Abby Sunderland is safe and sound and the major part of the hullabaloo about her distress and rescue has died down, I would like to weigh in with some thoughts from the perspective of 36 years at sea, with 18 of them spent as captain and chief mate of a number of container ships. I am not going to speak to the question of Mr. and Mrs. Sunderland's parental wisdom — or lack thereof — in encouraging, allowing, and facilitating Abby's ...
Elin Nordegren Gets $750M, Custody of Kids in Exchange for Silence in Tiger Woods Divorce
Post Date: 2010-06-30 14:30:52 by Badeye
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Elin Nordegren Gets $750M, Custody of Kids in Exchange for Silence in Tiger Woods Divorce Published June 30, 2010 Tiger Woods is banned from letting girlfriends near his kids in a divorce deal netting his ex a record $750 million settlement, The Sun reported Wednesday. The golfer agreed to keep single women away from daughter Sam, three, and son Charlie, one. He can bring a new flame into their lives only if he marries her. In return, former wife Elin Nordegren ,30, gets the biggest payout ever seen in a celebrity divorce. But she can never publicly speak out over his alleged flings with socialite Rachel Uchitel, reality star Jaimee Grubbs, porn queen Joslyn James and up to 17 others. ...
China Denies Military Exercise Aimed At US
Post Date: 2010-06-30 12:31:35 by Brian S
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China denied on Tuesday media reports that an artillery drill in the East China Sea was in response to a planned military exercise between South Korea and the United States. The 6-day, live ammunition exercise starting on Wednesday in the East China Sea off China's coast was seen by some analysts as a "response to a (planned) joint exercise between the United States and Republic of Korea navies in the Yellow Sea," said the China Daily, the country's official English-language newspaper. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, Qin Gang, said there was no such link and a Chinese military officer said the timing was coincidental. "This is a regular military ...
Iran Nuclear Scientist Shahram Amiri 'Flees US Captors'
Post Date: 2010-06-29 19:38:27 by Brian S
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A man who says he is an Iranian nuclear scientist claims to have escaped after being abducted by US agents. In a video shown on Iranian state TV, he says he has escaped in the US state of Virginia and is now on the run. Mr Amiri disappeared a year ago while undertaking the Hajj in Saudi Arabia. Two videos purportedly showing him surfaced three weeks ago. One said he had been kidnapped, the other that he was living freely in Arizona. The US has strenuously denied abducting him, but ABC News reported in March that Mr Amiri had defected and was helping the CIA compile intelligence on Iran's controversial nuclear weapons programme. The state department has refused to say whether he is ...
Obama and Saudi King Abdullah pledge cooperation on US-Saudi Arabia matters, Middle East and security
Post Date: 2010-06-29 15:39:13 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia agreed Tuesday on the need to press for Middle East peace in a "significant and bold way," including the creation of a Palestinian homeland. The two leaders briefly addressed reporters in the Oval Office after finishing a private meeting and lunch. Obama said he and Abdullah covered Afghanistan and Pakistan, efforts to combat extremism and Iran's attempts to obtain nuclear weapon capability. The president praised what he called a strong, strategic relationship with Saudi Arabia, which holds considerable leverage in the Middle East. Obama told the king he appreciated his friendship and ...
Russian Spies: US Case Could Derail Medvedev, Boost Putin
Post Date: 2010-06-29 15:26:22 by Brian S
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Moscow — The Russian spy case, in which 10 alleged Russian spies were arrested just days after President Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev held one of the friendliest US-Russia meetings ever, looks like a carefully timed plot by disgruntled American hawks to reverse the warming relations. At least, that is the nearly unanimous reaction to the scandal from Russian officials, security analysts, and political journalists."This scandal has been invented out of thin air," says Pavel Salin, an analyst with the Center for Political Trends, an independent Moscow think tank. "It's part of a backlash by US hawks to the improving relations between our ...
Palestinians seek new partner: American Jews
Post Date: 2010-06-29 15:07:36 by Badeye
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Palestinians seek new partner: American Jews By JOSEF FEDERMAN ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER JERUSALEM -- The Palestinians have long feared the Jewish lobby in Washington. Now, they are embracing it. During a swing through the U.S. capital this month, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was the guest of honor at a dinner with a small but influential gathering of more than 30 Jewish American leaders and political heavyweights. In what participants on both sides have described as a highly successful meeting, Abbas patiently fielded questions for more than 90 minutes, discussing such touchy topics as Mideast peace talks, anti-Israeli incitement in the Palestinian media, violence and terrorism ...
Russia Denounces US Cold War-Style Spy Arrests
Post Date: 2010-06-29 12:26:28 by Brian S
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AFP- Russia angrily hit back on Tuesday at US claims that it had smashed a Moscow-organised spy ring, saying the accusations were reminiscent of the Cold War and could damage efforts to improve relations. The US Justice Department said 10 "deep-cover" suspects, accused of infiltrating US policymaking for the Kremlin, had been detained on suspicion of seeking details of US nuclear weapons and foreign policy. Five accused appeared in court in New York on Monday and some of the suspects are apparently Russian nationals. According to US documents, the spy ring had been under FBI surveillance for a decade. A key eleventh suspect, named as Canadian Christopher Metsos, 54, was ...
Stocks slide on renewed fears of global slowdown
Post Date: 2010-06-29 11:22:40 by Badeye
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Stocks slide on renewed fears of global slowdown Stocks and interest rates tumble on fears that recovery will fade; Consumer confidence slumps Stephen Bernard and Tim Paradis, AP Business Writers, On Tuesday June 29, 2010, 10:35 am NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks and interest rates tumbled Tuesday after signs of a slowing global economy spooked traders. The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 240 points in morning trading to fall below 10,000 for the first time since June 10. The Dow and other major indexes each lost more than 2 percent. Stocks began the day by following Asian and European markets lower. Asian exchanges fell after economic figures in Japan signaled that the nation's ...
Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Charged With Gun Smuggling (Iran Contra Figure)
Post Date: 2010-06-28 23:02:00 by Brian S
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LAURA ROZEN | 6/28/10 9:30 PM EDT A retired U.S. Air Force colonel charged in the 1980s in an Iran-contra related weapons smuggling case has been indicted in a U.S. federal court in Miami with conspiring with an Israeli aeronautics engineer to illegally export 2,000 AK-47s to Somalia. The June 17 indictment against Joseph O’Toole, 79, now based in Claremont, California, was unsealed today. POLITICO earlier Monday reported on the indictment of his Israeli co-defendant, Chanoch Miller. Miller, an Israeli citizen and former executive Israeli defense firm Radom Aviation, was arrested in Miami on June 18th and his indictment was unsealed on June 21. O’Toole’s wife, reached by ...
Setback for Vatican in key US pedophilia case
Post Date: 2010-06-28 22:38:10 by WhiteSands
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WASHINGTON — The US Supreme Court declined Monday to hear an appeal by the Vatican for immunity in a high-profile pedophilia case, dealing a setback to The Holy See as it tries to protect itself from a litany of sex abuse cases. The court refused without comment to consider whether the Vatican has legal immunity over the sexual abuse of minors by priests in the United States, allowing a lower court suit filed in 2002 to proceed. The plaintiff in the case, identified only as John V. Doe, was abused multiple times in 1965, when he was a teenager, by an alleged pedophile priest, Father Andrew Ronan, in Portland, Oregon. Before being accused of the offenses in Oregon, Ronan, who died in ...
Israeli Indicted In U.S. For Smuggling Arms To Somalia
Post Date: 2010-06-28 20:16:05 by Brian S
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Foreign Ministry and Defense Ministry sources adamantly denied yesterday that they were in any way involved in arms shipments to Somalia. Spokesmen for both ministries were responding to news of the arrest in the U.S. of Hanoch Miller, an Israeli arms merchant, for allegedly illegal arms sales to Somalia, forging documents, money laundering and violating the UN arms embargo on Somalia. A Defense Ministry spokesman said there is a ban on arms sales to Somalia and Miller did not have permission to sell arms there, and even if he had asked in Israel he would not have received such permission. According to the charges brought against Miller at a Florida district court, he was arrested with ...
10 Alleged Russian Secret Agents Arrested In US
Post Date: 2010-06-28 17:29:35 by Brian S
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(06-28) 14:05 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) -- Ten people have been arrested for allegedly serving as secret agents of the Russian government with the goal of penetrating U.S. government policymaking circles. The Justice Department announced the arrests Monday. According to court papers in the case, the U.S. government intercepted a message from Russian intelligence headquarters in Moscow to two of the defendants. The message states that their main mission is "to search and develop ties in policymaking circles in US" and send intelligence reports. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below. WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten people ...
Belgium trumps Vatican on chuch abuse probes
Post Date: 2010-06-28 16:34:42 by WhiteSands
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BRUSSELS — Belgium insisted Monday in a dispute with the Vatican over credibility that Belgian law enforcement authorities — not the potentially biased Catholic Church — will investigate sexual abuse cases involving clergy. A panel created by Belgian bishops 12 years ago to look into abuse cases disbanded on Monday, saying last week's seizure of its 500 case files rendered its existence pointless. Its chief, Peter Adriaenssens, accused authorities of betraying the trust of hundreds of victims and using his group to tap into information and testimony from abuse victims. "We were bait," said Adriaenssens, a child psychiatrist. He urged Belgian authorities to ...
US says sinking of SKorean warship is not terrorism; will not put NKorea back on blacklist
Post Date: 2010-06-28 14:49:28 by Badeye
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US says sinking of SKorean warship is not terrorism; will not put NKorea back on blacklist Published June 28, 2010 | Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Monday that the sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on North Korea was not terrorism, and not enough by itself to put Pyongyang back on a U.S. terror blacklist. The State Department said the March sinking of the South Korean frigate Cheonan by a reported torpedo from a North Korean submarine was a "provocative action" and a violation of the truce that ended the Korean war. But it added that the sinking was the act of one state's military against another and not an act of terrorism. ...
Turkey Bars Israel Military Flight After Gaza Raid
Post Date: 2010-06-28 12:23:25 by Brian S
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Turkey has barred an Israeli military flight from Turkish airspace, in apparent retaliation for Israel's raid on an aid convoy bound for Gaza. Turkey's prime minister confirmed that a "ban" had been implemented following the 31 May raid, in which nine Turkish citizens on the flotilla were killed. Military flight bans are now being considered on a case-by-case basis, Turkish officials said. The banned flight was carrying Israeli officers to Poland to tour Auschwitz. The plane was denied permission to cross Turkish airspace and was therefore forced to fly an alternative route. Meanwhile, Israel's commission of inquiry into the flotilla raid opened on Monday. ...
CIA Chief Says Al-Qaida At Weakest Point In Years
Post Date: 2010-06-27 12:38:20 by Brian S
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(06-27) 08:15 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) -- CIA Director Leon Panetta said Sunday that al-Qaida is probably at its weakest since the Sept. 11 attacks because of U.S.-led strikes, with only 50 to 100 militants operating inside Afghanistan and the rest hiding along Pakistan's mountainous western border. Panetta said the U.S. hasn't had good intelligence on Osama bin Laden's whereabouts for years and that the terrorist network is finding smarter ways to try to attack the United States. Of greatest concern, he said, is al-Qaida's reliance on operatives without previous records or those living in the U.S. "We are engaged in the most aggressive operations in the history of the ...
G-8 'Fully Believes' Israel Will Attack Iran, Says Italy PM
Post Date: 2010-06-27 12:30:58 by Brian S
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World leaders meet in Ontario for two days of talks, urge Iran to 'respect rule of law' and 'hold transparent dialogue' over its nuclear program. By Yossi Melman Tags: Iran nuclear Israel news World leaders "believe absolutely" that Israel may decide to take military action against Iran to prevent the latter from acquiring nuclear weapons, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Saturday. “Iran is not guaranteeing a peaceful production of nuclear power [so] the members of the G-8 are worried and believe absolutely that Israel will probably react preemptively,” Berlusconi told reporters following talks with other Group of Eight ...
Israel, US Drifting Apart, Envoy To US Michael Oren Says
Post Date: 2010-06-27 12:29:06 by Brian S
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Diplomats say Oren recently described relations between the two countries as experiencing a 'tectonic rift.' By Barak Ravid Tags: Israel news Israel US Michael Oren Israel's ambassador to Washington, Michael Oren, denied painting a dark picture of U.S.-Israeli relations during a briefing at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem last week. Israeli diplomats say Oren described the current situation as a "tectonic rift" in which Israel and the United States are like continents drifting apart. Oren's comments come in the run-up to the July 6 meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House. Oren ...
Israel On the Brink – Reported Secret Base Near Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
Post Date: 2010-06-27 05:40:53 by Skip MacLure
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The Saudis have facilitated the construction of a secret IAF forward base, five miles outside the city of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. The Saudis and Israelis, as usual, pretend not to know each other. The Saudis have closed Tabuk airport for civilian flights for several days as the Israeli Air Force landed jet fighter aircraft and military supplies. Civilians were not told of the purpose of the closure, but were accommodated by the Saudi government elsewhere. The base outside Tabuk, according to unconfirmed sources, is a ‘forward’ operating base for combat assault helicopters along the ‘corridor’ that has been created for the free passage of IAF combat assets on their way ...
Accused priest given victims file in new church scandal
Post Date: 2010-06-25 19:50:48 by WhiteSands
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Child protection delegate handed over a confidential file containing evidence of child abuse to the priest at the centre of the allegations The Catholic Church are currently investigating claims that the child protection delegate in the diocese of Clone handed over a confidential file containing evidence of child abuse to the priest at the centre of the allegations. Fr Bill Bermingham was appointed child protection delegate for the the Clone diocese by the Catholic Church's National Board for Safeguarding Children (NBSC) in 2008. The NSBC is currently seeking to meet with Birmingham to determine his motivations behind the handing over of the confidential file to the accused. It was ...
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