U.S.: Iran Halted Nuke Work In 2003
Iran ceased its nuclear weapons program in 2003 and has not resumed work toward building nuclear weapons, a National Intelligence Estimate released Monday said
Chavez Loses Constitutional Vote
Oil slides to 5-week low
War Critics Stunned – Perle Admits Iraq Invasion Illegal
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WORLD NEWSUS intelligence aid implied in Turkish strike against PKK
United States officials have implied that Washington may have provided the Turkish army with actionable intelligence for a weekend operation into northern Iraq during which the Turkish military said it inflicted heavy casualties on Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists, without formal confirmation
Gates Visits US Troops in Djibouti
Gates arrived in this tiny port nation early Monday and went into meetings with national leaders and military commanders
Wolfowitz Resurfaces: Neocon Returns to the Bush Administration
Iran Hopes New Kazemi Trial Will Lead to Improved Relations With Canada
Sunday: 53 Iraqis Killed, 33 Wounded
Gay rumours eclipse Condi’s glory moment
posted by Eric G
CIA Operation "Pliers" Uncovered in Venezuela
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BUSINESSfrom Luc Majno
ONTARIO STUDENTS PROTEST DISTRIBUTION OF CANDY FLAVOURED CHEWING TOBACCO
Russia keeps piling up gold reserves
On November 21, Alexei Ulyukayev, Deputy Chairman of the Bank of Russia, said that Russia’s reserves could rise to $470bn by the year–end, as they had been gaining momentum
Foreclosures up 165 percent in Florida
More than 30,000 properties in Florida were in some form of foreclosure in October, figures compiled by RealtyTrac showed
Losing faith in the greenback
How long will the dollar remain the world’s premier currency?
by Paul Craig Roberts, posted by Eric G
America Heads for the Trash Can of History
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MARKETSposted by Eric G
Impending Destruction Of The US Economy
posted by Eric G
Globalizing poverty, IMF style
posted by Eric G
Looking Forward At the Consequences of This Bubble Bursting
posted by Eric G
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot like Recession Everywhere You Go
posted by Larry B
Home prices take a steeper turn for the worse
Carolyn Baker
"Diary Of The Onset Of The Greater Depression" in which I review Danny Schechter’s new ebook "Squeezed". This is a muchneeded illumination of the economic meltdown we have now entered,
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ENVIRONMENT/SCIENCE/TECH
The owner of LiveJournal, a blogging and social–networking site, agreed to sell the company to SUP, a Russian online media company, in the latest example of deal–making in the social–networking sector
Posted by Eric G
The Conspiracy Against Renewable Energy
Posted by Eric G
Lifeboat Time
One of the more notable news stories of the last week concerned the fate of M/S Explorer, a cruise ship built for polar seas that turned out to be not quite up to the rigors of the job. Before dawn on November 23, while cruising just north of the Antarctic peninsula, she rammed into submerged sea ice, leaving a fist–sized hole in the hull and water coming in faster than her pumps could handle. Fifteen hours later the Explorer was on the bottom of the sea.
‘High Q’ Nanowires May be Practical
Nanowires grown at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have a mechanical ‘quality factor’ at least 10 times higher than reported values for other nanoscale devices such as carbon nanotubes, and comparable to that of commercial quartz crystals.
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HEALTHfrom Luc Majno
ONTARIO STUDENTS PROTEST DISTRIBUTION OF CANDY FLAVOURED CHEWING TOBACCO
from Luc Majno
How Cell Phones May Cause Autism
from Luc Majno
Christmas Trees a Source of Indoor Mold
USDA Plans To Irradiate (Nuke) ALL Raw Greens
Decaffeinated coffee may cause cancer?
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NATURE
posted by Larry B
Pacific storm brings mudslides, blackouts to Northwest
Mudslides halt some Amtrak passenger train service routes, Gusts to 100 mph were reported along the Oregon coast, All highways were closed Monday into Tillamook, Oregon
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VIDEO/AUDIO
Mannquins too sexy for mall?
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from Luc Majno
Diego Garcia: Paradise Cleansed
by John Pilger – There are times when one tragedy, one crime tells us how a whole system works behind its democratic facade and helps us to understand how much of the world is run for the benefit of the powerful and how governments lie. To understand the catastrophe of Iraq, and all the other Iraqs along imperial history’s trail of blood and tears, one need look no further than Diego Garcia
Don’t blame the leaders, blame the people who elected them
FEAR OF CHAVEZ IS FEAR OF DEMOCRACY
Bush: If it’s our oil, why do Venezuelans get to vote on it? GOP panicked that counting votes in Venezuela will spread to Florida by Greg Palast
Unearthing War’s Horrors Years Later in South Korea
posted by Eric G
The Peace Drug
posted by Eric G
F**k the troops
posted by Eric G
Everybody loves us
Maclean’s annual How the World Sees Canada poll shows deep admiration for a country we don’t seem to like so much ourselves. What gives?
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OP–EDLegacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
from Luc Majno
Diego Garcia: Paradise Cleansed
by John Pilger – There are times when one tragedy, one crime tells us how a whole system works behind its democratic facade and helps us to understand how much of the world is run for the benefit of the powerful and how governments lie. To understand the catastrophe of Iraq, and all the other Iraqs along imperial history’s trail of blood and tears, one need look no further than Diego Garcia
Don’t blame the leaders, blame the people who elected them
FEAR OF CHAVEZ IS FEAR OF DEMOCRACY
Bush: If it’s our oil, why do Venezuelans get to vote on it? GOP panicked that counting votes in Venezuela will spread to Florida by Greg Palast
Unearthing War’s Horrors Years Later in South Korea
posted by Eric G
The Peace Drug
posted by Eric G
F**k the troops
posted by Eric G
Everybody loves us
Maclean’s annual How the World Sees Canada poll shows deep admiration for a country we don’t seem to like so much ourselves. What gives?
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