NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
Disastrous Friendly Fire Event in Pakistan Could Grind the U.S. Afghan Campaign to a Halt
HEALTH/MEDICAL
End to the 30-year war against AIDS in sight
'Anthrax isn't scary at all compared to this': Man-made flu virus with potential to wipe out many millions if it ever escaped is created in research lab ~ By Daily Mail Reporter.
Written by Catharine Paddock PhD: Scientists in Sweden have discovered certain peptides kill off the yeast Malassezia sympodialis which can trigger skin disorders such as atopic eczema, seborrhoeic eczema, and dandruff, without harming healthy skin cells... [read article]
Higher Grades Achieved By Optimistic Female Students But Males Score Lower When Overconfident
TECH
Can Facebook Get You a Job? ~ Jenica Rhee
Google chairman: Online piracy bills before Congress take wrong approach, are unfeasible
Facebook building its own phone?
AFRICA
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood wins votes though organization, promises to poor in Egypt vote
Tahrir protesters bitter over Egypt's successful first vote
MARKETS/BUSINESS
The Fed’s European “Rescue”: Another back-door US Bank / Goldman bailout?
Foreign Currency Liquidity Swaps. (aka Global Bail Out Plan B) FAQs
U.S.
Justice Department sends Congress 1,400 pages on 'Fast and Furious'
Action Plan Allows U.S. Cops to Operate in Canada
Link Repaired: U of Utah Repeats as No. 1 University for Startups
AMERICAS
Natives organize to oppose pipeline. First Nations unite against more movement of oil through their territory.
Latin and Caribbean leaders challenge US role in region
CANADA
The environmental costs of B.C.’s logging war on pine beetles. FIRST IN A SERIES: The plan was simple: Log and sell as much dead pine as possible before it decayed or burned. But the environmental costs of the large-scale salvaging of Interior forests are still being tallied
Action Plan Allows U.S. Cops to Operate in Canada
MIDDLE EAST/ASIA
Furious at Latest U.S. Attack, Pakistan Shuts Down Resupply Routes to Afghanistan "Permanently"
Over 1,400 evacuated after quake hits China
Press TV reports: Iran’s embassy in the Swiss capital city of Bern has been targeted by incendiary devices in what seems to be an organized campaign against Iran’s diplomatic missions in Europe.
Iran’s embassy in London attacked
