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Venezuela President Hugo Chavez accused Cargill of growing specialized rice to evade price controls.
Chavez orders nationalization of Cargill
Chavez: Cargill Practices ‘a flagrant violation of everything that we have been doing’, President accuses food company of growing specialized forms of rice ~ and threatens Caracas–based food maker Polar saying ‘be alert’, In August, Chavez ordered nationalization of the Banco de Venezuela
 

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Liberty groups unite to defend UK rights Writers, pop stars, lawyers and politicians from across the party spectrum yesterday issued a call to arms. They joined the largest ever campaign across Britain to warn of the erosion of freedoms and the emergence of surveillance techniques
 
 
Submitted by Luc Majno
10 Things You’ve Got to Know About Obama’s Plan
 
 
 

Marijuana Milestone:  No More Raids on Pot Dispensaries, Says Attorney General
 
 
Nation's food system nearly broke As our government enacts a stimulus package and President Barack Obama announces bold initiatives to stem home mortgage foreclosures, disaster threatens family farmers and their communities.
 
 
US Combat Missions in Iraq Will Continue After ‘Pullout’  After the ‘pullout’, as many as 50,000 troops will remain on the ground, and despite being touted as a withdrawal of combat troops, Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell conceded that some would continue to ‘conduct combat operations’, and Iraq would still be considered a war zone. The rest would be what he described as ‘enablers’. i.e., what we called ‘Advisers’ in Vietnam.
 
Another 9/11 Truth Activist Found Dead  My good friend Paul Vigay was found washed up on the beach at Southsea on Friday morning, 20 Feb., after being reported missing the previous evening. Check out his brilliant 911 truth site ? which he put up and ran singlehandedly 911 Truth. ... I believe he was optimistic and buoyant with all his future plans, and don?t even think of his wanting to take his own life. Did he just happen to go for a swim in the middle of February, and get drowned by a shore where he had lived for years? I don’t think so?.
 
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Gang violence in B.C. linked to Mexico drug wars

U.S. and Canadian police say the increase in gang violence across B.C.'s Lower Mainland and other Canadian cities has direct ties to the drug-cartel wars terrorizing Mexico.
 

Banks raise charges and lower interest

The bank rate is down. The prime rate is lower. The reason: to encourage people to spend money and stimulate the economy. So why are you still paying sky-high rates for credit cards and banking fees?  
 

Gunfire reported at Surrey, B.C, gas station

Two men have been shot at a Chevron gas station at 72nd and 122nd in Surrey. Witnesses say one ran into a nearby Tim Horton's to get help.
 
Canadian Dollar Falls as Bank of Canada Cuts to 0.50%, Signals Potential for Quantitative Easing, Additional Cuts
 

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AFRICA

 

MIDDLE EAST/ASIA

Iran threatened with economic meltdown:
The sharp downward spiral of oil prices has prompted economists to predict that Tehran is facing severe financial hardship within the space of a few months.
China’s Central Bank Says Downturn Could Worsen ~ Risk of Deflation ‘Downward pressure on economic growth is clearly increasing’, the People’s Bank of China said in a quarterly report. It warned that pressure for prices to fall was strong amid shrinking demand.
‘The risk of deflation is quite big’, said the report, issued Monday and posted on the bank’s website.

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Suspects arrested in Sri Lanka team attack

 LAHORE: Police detained several suspects connected to the attack on Sri Lanka’s cricket team in Pakistan, but said Wednesday they had made no progress in tracking down the group of gunmen that wounded seven players and killed six police guarding them.
 
 
 

INDIA/SO.ASIA

Suspects arrested in Sri Lanka team attack

 LAHORE: Police detained several suspects connected to the attack on Sri Lanka’s cricket team in Pakistan, but said Wednesday they had made no progress in tracking down the group of gunmen that wounded seven players and killed six police guarding them.
 
Afghans protest alleged NATO gunshots in mosque : Hundreds of people blocked roads and fought with police in southern Afghanistan on Friday over unconfirmed reports that Polish troops fired guns in a village mosque, in a protest underscoring Afghans’ growing mistrust of international forces.
 
Army tanks roll toward Bangladeshi capital Bangladeshi tanks rolled into the capital Thursday, according to local media reports, hours after the prime minister warned mutinous border guards she would ‘do whatever is needed to end the violence’.

AMERICAS

 
 
 

HEALTH

Americans Exposed to Atomic Bomb Levels of Radiation through Medical Imaging, CT Scans, Mammograms
(NaturalNews) A new report released by the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement reveals that Americans' exposure to radiation has increased more than 600 percent over the last three decades. Most of that increase has come from...
 
 
 
 

MARKETS

 
Squandered opportunities? Commentary: Smart traders know oil’s retreat is temporary
 
 
 
 
by Paul Krugman
The Conscience of a Liberal Failing the test.
It’s a depressing spectacle: on both sides of the Atlantic, policy-makers just keep falling short ~ and the odds that this slump really will turn into Great Depression II keep rising.
 
AIG still facing huge credit losses
Mar 03 2009 22:03
AIG, the insurer controlled by the US government, still faces billions of dollars in potential losses on credit guarantees it provided for complex subprime mortgage securities, in spite of its $62bn fourth–quarter loss and regulatory efforts to unwind its holdings, company filings show.
 
Michael Mandel: Recent Productivity Growth is a Myth Real Wage Gains Were Non–Exsistant
 
 
 
 

OP ED

Corporatocracy – – The Global Empire for Global Enslavement – – Confessions of an Economic Hitman – – Part 1
 
 
 
by Gaither Stewart
ICONS AND GEO–POLITICS or MUST RUSSIA BAIL OUT UKRAINE? "A Very European Story"
 
Rick Santelli’s Planted Rant? I was interviewed by several journalists last week about Rick Santelli’s Rant ~ my exact quote was it had a ‘Faux’ feel to it. (I haven’t seen it in print yet)
 
History Repeating Itself We have reverted back to the 1700s. They say those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. I believe we are witnessing the beginnings of a struggle which was fought over 200 years ago. Unfortunately, the political leaders in Washington are no different from the King of England during that period. It seems many are feeling what the colonists felt.
 
Found in Translation
FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds spills her secrets.
KILL THE MESSENGER By Sibel Edmonds ~ Video Documentary: Most Americans have never heard of Sibel Edmonds, and if the U.S. government has its way, they never will. The former FBI translator turned whistleblower tells a chilling story of corruption at Washington’s highest levels ~ sale of nuclear secrets, shielding of terrorist suspects, illegal arms transfers, narcotics trafficking, money laundering, espionage….
 
 
Last Rites for the United States, and Himself A Review of Last Rites, by John Lukacs
 
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I expect to see civil unrest in the U.S.~ that’s what Jim Rogers has to say
 
Fans and Players Exact Revenge on Brutal Cops  When a fan ran onto the field at a soccer game, the police were excessively brutal, beating him while down, kidney punching him with their truncheons, etc. Fans and players alike decided to stop it and did they ever!
 

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Corporatocracy – – The Global Empire for Global Enslavement – – Confessions of an Economic Hitman – – Part 1
 
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HUMOR

 
 
 
 
 
Road to Ruin ~ The Final Stretch
 
If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world.  After trying the verses, a Frenchman said he’d prefer six months of hard labour to reading six lines aloud. Try them yourself.
 
RECIPE FOR A NATION a little revolutionary story about changing the world for the better
 
I’m pleased to announce that my forthcoming book, Sacred Demise: Walking The Spiritual Path of Industrial Civilization’s Collapse, is about to be released, and I have just posted at my site the book’s foreword written by Sarah Anne Edwards, Ph.D. of the Eco–Anxiety Blogspot, Transition Town Trainer, and author of Middle Class Lifeboat. Sarah has clearly grasped the books message of both dire challenges and unprecedented opportunity. I sincerely hope you will want to post/link..
 
 
 
 
 
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