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HOT GLOBAL ISSUES

Deepwater Horizon oil rig on fire
 

Documents show BP chose a less-expensive, less-reliable method for completing well in Gulf oil spill.

 

North Sea oil rig is bursting at . . . "and there is fear of an imminent blowout," . . .

 

 

US govt angry that BP missed deadlines -Salazar.

 

   WORLD NEWS

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Oil Spill: Missing Data Mire Blast Investigation

As Latest Effort Sees Workers Try to Siphon Oil Gushing from Riser, Missing Safety Test Data Raise More Questions
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Coast Guard Under BP’s rules
 
The Greek People are the Victims of an Extortion Racket
  

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Middle East/Asia

 

As a local,let me tell you, China real estate is not only a bubble , it is actually a ponzi scheme.

 

Latest From Afghan Resistance

 

The call of Babylon: Why some travelers are braving Iraq

 

‘War Without Borders’: Obama’s Long War

 
Reposted due to popular demand

Lies & Forgeries on Iran’s Nuclear Program

 

Thailand Past the Point of No Return

 

Organ Trafficker Trial Exposes Grisly Trade.

 

Bangkok in flames after army storms protest camp

 

  Canada
B.C. offshore drilling moratorium stays: Prentice The moratorium on offshore oil development in B.C. won't be lifted any time soon, especially in the wake of the environmental disaster unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico, federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice said Friday.
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New Brunswick news

  Americas

Lingering Debate Over Whether Feds or States Should Fund Troop Presence to Secure Border with Mexico Heats Up

U.S. Is Skeptical on Iranian Deal for Nuclear Fuel
Monday’s agreement, negotiated by Brazil and Turkey, could undermine efforts in the U.N. to impose new sanctions on Iran.

Africa

 

FINANCIAL SECRECY IS RUINING POOR COUNTRIES AND FOOTBALL CLUBS ALIKE, SAYS NEW REPORT

Markets/Economics

Business

Crashing the Markets, For Fun & Profit.

Dubai World in $23.5 billion debt deal with core banks

 

Second Thoughts About the Autopilot
Recent examples of inattentiveness by pilots are raising questions among federal safety officials.

 

 



U.S.

 

President Obama, who spoke to graduating cadets, repudiated his predecessor’s emphasis on unilateral power and the right to wage pre–emptive war.
 

The War is Making You Poor

 

Obama wins the right to detain people with no habeas review.

 

 

 Science/Environment

 
 
‘Secret launch of new weapon’…
 
 

Health

 

U.S. senate votes to maintain big pharma’s monopoly by blocking competitive imports

 

Codependency Leads to Unhealthy Relationships – Part 2

 

Psychological Influences Predict Chronic Pain Following Orthopedic Injuries
A team of Australian researchers writing in The Journal of Pain reported that psychological factors, such as pessimism about recovery and depression, are major predictors of chronic pain in trauma patients

 

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We Don’t Need Any Grounds, We’re the United States

 

BP Fails Booming School 101 Gulf Oil Spill (MIRROR)

 

Recession’s Over

 

Crashing the Markets, For Fun & Profit.

Today’s Space Pics

 

BP Oil Spill Destroying Coastlands, Action Not Happening

 

Oil Spill - CBS Threatened With Arrest For Filming The Oil Spill.

 

Crude Awakening

 

BP’s Gulf Oil Leak 19 Times Larger Than BP & Gov’t Say?

 

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