NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
Muslim leaders boycott breakfast over surveillance program
Iran-US stand-off over Strait of Hormuz worsens. DUBAI The stand-off between the US and Iran over access to the strategic Strait of Hormuz shipping channel worsened Thursday with Tehran declaring that any threat would be "responded by ...
Fire Onboard Russian Nuclear Submarine. They're still in there! Crew of blazing Russian nuclear submarine remain inside... as officials claim there is no radiation leak Blaze: Smoke rises from the dock where the Yekaterinburg was being repaired Russia's Defence Ministry said there has been no radiation leak from the fire, which began last night on wooden ...
US Moves EMP Attack To Iran From North America After Russian Report. An urgent follow-up report from General Director Vladimir Popovkin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) to Prime Minister Putin on the failed Phobos-Grunt Mars space probe mission circulating in the Kremlin today states that since his last report (which we reported on in our 26 December report US Warned Could Soon Face Russian Wrath From Space) the Americans who have taken control [...]
War Imminent in Straits of Hormuz? $200 a Barrel Oil? (Reuters) - A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said on Thursday the United States was not in a position to tell Tehran "what to do in the Strait of Hormuz," state television reported, after the U.S. said it would preserve oil shipments in the Gulf...
Special Report: Energy giant hid behind shells in "land grab"
HEALTH/MEDICAL
Alzheimer’s: Diet ‘can stop brain shrinking’
WHO "deeply concerned" by mutated birdflu research
How to Stretch Your Food Storage
New Clues as to Why Some Older People May Be Losing Their Memory. New research links ‘silent strokes’’ or small spots of dead brain cells, found in about one out of four older adults to memory loss in the elderly.
Breast implant scare now worldwide . Tens of thousands of women in more than 65 countries, mainly in South America and western Europe, have received breast implants produced by now bankrupt French firm Poly Implant Prothese ...
TECH
Face Recognition – Great New Updates to Google +. There is no stopping Google at the moment. The brand has gone from a powerful search engine to a vast online empire and shows no signs of stopping. Google now offers numerous great tools and apps for web users. The latest addition is the Face Recognition software for Google +.
U.S.
California officials post $60,000 reward after 21–fire arson spree
More US Soldiers Committed Suicide Than Died in Combat. For the second year (2010) in a row, more US soldiers killed themselves (468) than died in combat (462). “If you… know the one thing that causes people to commit suicide, please let us know,” General Peter Chiarelli told the Army Times, “because we don’t know.” Suicide is a tragic but predictable human reaction to [...]
U.S. Army and Psychology’s Largest Experiment – Ever
Iowa GOP moving vote-count to ‘undisclosed location’: to prevent a Ron Paul victory.
Two killed, dozens injured in 40-vehicle wreck in New Orleans
AMERICAS
Venezuela to Open up Massive Natural Gas Field with European Investment
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has cancer, set to undergo surgery Jan. 4 .
CANADA
Toronto goes TOU - Smart Grids in Canada
MIDDLE EAST/ASIA
Iran closes Strait of Hormuz for 5 hours and America does nothing.
Iran denies test-firing long-range missiles in Gulf. Iran has denied reports by state media that it test-fired long-range missiles during military exercises in the Gulf. “The exercise of launching missiles will be carried out in the coming days,” Iran’s senior navy commander is quoted as telling Iran’s Press TV. Earlier the semi-official Fars news agency and other outlets reported that land-to-sea missiles [...]
Syrian forces fire on protesters on third day of Arab League mission visit
Over 30 Kurdish villagers killed in air strikes
Iran Rejects US Warning Against Closing Strait of Hormuz.
AFRICA
Is Egypt's military worse than Mubarak? After a violent raid on rights groups, some say Egypt's military has gone too far.
Egyptian Anarchists and Revolutionary Socialists under attack.
MARKETS/BUSINESS
Occupy the Food System. Willie Nelson President of Farm Aid
Kabuki financial theatre – Congress net worth up 15 percent from 2004 to 2010 while the average American sees their net worth decline by 8 percent in the same timeframe. Welcome to plutocrat USA.
Index Points to Weakness in Chinese Economy
What Are They Really Like? Little things can be revealing in an interview and a skilled interviewer can look beneath the surface to discover the real candidate.
Reducing the Cost of Fuel Cells
SC/ENVIRONMENT
New Synthetic Molecules Treat Autoimmune Disease in Mice
Top Story of 2011: Global Food Crisis Expands
What Were The Top Ten Energy Stories of 2011?
India Ponders Developing Extensive Fracking Industry
A New Type of Capitalism is Needed to Protect the Environment
