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HOT GLOBAL ISSUES

 
Car half-submerged in floodwater
 

 

 

US Electricity Blackouts Skyrocketing

 

A CCTV grab shows damaged buildings in Zhouqu, in northwest China’s Gansu province.
A CCTV grab shows damaged buildings in Zhouqu, in northwest China’s Gansu province.

Landslides Kill At Least 127 in China

China flooding
Asia Flooding Plunges Millions into Misery.  China Says 1,300 People Missing in Latest Deluge; Food Shortages Hit Pakistan Amid Worst Flooding in Nation’s History
 
BP Aims To Finish Relief Oil Well This Week
BP Aims to Finish Relief Oil Well This Week.  Drilling Has Resumed on Wells that Will Intersect Oil Source and Kill it from Below, as Ordered by Gov’t
 

BP Says It Might Drill Again In Same Spill Reservoir
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Top Stories

 

U.S. and EU fail to isolate Iran. China, Russia, India and Turkey move into the lucrative void left by U.S. and EU sanctions that aim to halt Iran’s nuclear program.
 
World Focus: Race issue gives Sarkozy an easy route to boost support. Can it be coincidence the President rants about foreigners when his approval rating is at its lowest ebb?
 
 
Amid Smog, Moscow Deaths Double to 700 a Day. City Morgues Nearly Overflowing as Sweltering Heat Wave and Poisonous Smog from Wildfires Trigger Rise in Mortality

 

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Middle East/Asia

 

Pakistan floods cause ‘major’ harm to economy –IMF

 

Palestinian Economy May Grow 20% With Peace Agreement, Abbas Adviser Says.
 
  Canada

 

Buddha comes to Aldergrove, will Aldergrove come to Buddha?

 

Vancouver Police probe Langley RCMP shooting death. The man who was shot to death by a Langley RCMP officer on Friday night is the father of an infant daughter.

 

AMERICAS

 

 

Fish Dead in Bolivian Ecological Disaster.  (3 Aug. 2010 – Update: The number of dead fish and other water–dependent wildlife has increased to about 6 million.)

 

Peru declares state of emergency amid plunging temperatures.  Hundreds die from extreme cold in remote mountain villages also struggling with severe poverty.

 

Africa

Charity official hands diamonds to police. Jeremy Ractliffe, the former chief executive of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, kept uncut diamonds given to him by Naomi Campbell for almost 13 years before handing them to South African police on Thursday.

 

Markets/Economics
Wheat price fears are impacting brewers and food producers stock prices.
 
What Collapsing Empire Looks Like. Cities are forced to turn off streetlights and slash school days while the wealthy thrive and wars drone on
 
Who’s Scoffing Now? ~ The Casey Report
 
Odd Mix of Bad News
 
Friday’s Jobs Report: Forecast Is For More Disappointment
 

Business

 

World Bank urges nations to avoid food export bans
 

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U.S.

 

Pentagon to shut military command, cut jobs

 

Drill ban could be lifted if Obama conditions met

 

Science/Environment 

 

Forest Fires Help the Nitrogen Cycle. Nitrogen-altering bacteria thrive under charcoal deposition.
 

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Health 

 

Flu vaccine push already underway; first batch causes seizures in children

 

Should You Throw Out Your Calcium Supplements?

 

Topic of Cancer~ By Christopher Hitchens

 

Fighting Back After a Stroke

 

Combat Vets Face More Lifelong Socioeconomic Challenges

 

Pancreatic Cancers Use Fructose, Common in the Western Diet, to Fuel Their Growth

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Op–Ed

 

 
 
The Moral Legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ~ by Rodrigue Tremblay
 
Out of Sight, Out of Mind (Even when it’s not out of sight)
 
‘There wasn’t much blood about’: Detective who found weapons expert David Kelly’s body raises questions over his death.
 
A Lesson from "Inception": How the Right–Wing and Corporate Media Brainwash Americans.

 

The hot young teacher they hired instead.  I have decades of experience in the classroom, but when I went up against Alex for a job, I knew how it would end.

 

TECH

 

Body–Scanning Images Being Banked
When officials claim limited goals and strong privacy guarantees with security technology, don't believe them.

 

EN PASSANT

 
Attractive Women Overlooked for Certain Jobs?
 

Old Irish Superstitions and Folklore

 

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VIDEOS/AUDIO

 
What’s Happening on the Border ~ from the folks who live there
 
 
Subject: Musical Video: Peace Train – Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens) If you prefer , this latter version  was recorded at the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize ceremonial awards.

 

Sean Penn Skeptical of Wycleff Jean

 

Report: "BP Says ‘Static Kill’ on Gulf Well Is Successful" – As seeps continue from BOP and sea floor.

 

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