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HOT GLOBAL ISSUES

EU seeks inquiry into Israeli military action

 

Israel stations nuclear missile subs off Iran

 

BP turns to next attempt to stop gushing oil after ‘top kill’ fails – permanent fix won’t be until August

 

Oil spreading much farther than thought; Obama returns to Gulf Coast

 
The Greenpeace senior campaigner Lindsey Allen walks through a patch of oil from the Deepwater Horizon on the breakwater in the mouth of the Mississippi river where it meets the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana
 

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Is It Raining Oil In Florida? This Is Just The Beginning
Oil is semi–volatile, which means that it can evaporate into the air and create a heavy vapor that stays near the ground – – in the human breathing zone. When winds whip up oily sea water, the spray contains tiny droplets – – basically a fume – – of oil, which are small enough to be inhaled deep into the lungs. We know that's happening in the Gulf Coast, because people are reporting a heavy oily smell in the air.
 

Tropical Storm Kills 115

 

Paris: Demonstrators tried to break into Israeli embassy…

 
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The United States and Cuba, close neighbors but ideological foes, are talking about the potential risks from a huge Gulf of Mexico oil spill that forecasters say could be carried to Cuban shores by strong ocean currents.

  
Early Edition
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Middle East/Asia

 

Magnitude 6.4 quake hits off India’s Andamans

 

At least 30 burned alive in India bus accident "Negligent driving is suspected to have caused the accident as the bus was speeding and hit a road barrier on the bridge and skidded into the ditch," Ashok said.

 

Afghanistan: Reading between the lines ~ By Eric Walberg

 

 

Covert US Military Strategy on Iran

The Current Intrigue over the Sinking of a South Korean Warship in March, Part 2

 

  Canada

Will the World Bank undermine the people of El Salvador in mining dispute?

 

Africa

 

Nigeria’s agony dwarfs the Gulf oil spill. The US and Europe ignore it

The Deepwater Horizon disaster caused headlines around the world, yet the people who live in the Niger delta have had to live with environmental catastrophes for decades

 

Somalia: Pirates or protectors?.

Markets/Economics

 

ECB warns of more bank loan losses

 

The Welfare State

 

The banal evil of predatory capitalism

 

Double Dip Fears Over Worldwide Credit Stress

Business

 
Wal-Mart makes splashy price cuts to boost sales
 
Wall Street’s War
Congress looked serious about finance reform – until America’s biggest banks unleashed an army of 2,000 paid lobbyists.


U.S.

50,000 March on Phoenix  An estimated 50,000 people walked five miles through the streets and heat of Phoenix on Saturday in protest of Arizona’s new immigration law

 

Troops to Mexican Border

Inspectors let companies fill in own audits, while one admitted getting high on meth, report says

   
>California Throws Away Enough Food to Fill 35 Stadiums Per Year

“keep this story in mind next time you hear that nonsense from people like bill gates insisting we need gm crops to feed a hungry world.”

from sfgate: Farmers, restaurants and supermarkets throw away millions of tons of edible food each year at a time when a growing number of Californians struggle to put food on the table.

 

The world's oil reserves have been exaggerated by up to a third, according to Sir David King, the Government's former chief scientist, who has warned of shortages and price spikes within years.

 

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The Evolution of Capitalism
 
Narco Nexus May Be Managing Terror War
 
Naomi Klein: ‘A Strange Corporate Oil State’
 
Convention USA: Confronting Unconstitutional Inaction by Congress
By Joel S. Hirschhodrn
 
The Only True Race Is The Human Race
 
Dairy Factory Farm Abuse in Ohio ~
Many of us have seen the videotapes about the Willet dairy farm cruelty in Locke, New York. Not surprisingly, this cruelty happens almost anywhere in the US because of our cruel factory farming system. I got this e-mail to day from Mercy for Animals showing dairy farm cruelty to cows and calves in Ohio. I also saw the footage on the local noon time news. I hope it will be picked up by the evening national news as well.
 
Behind the Arizona Immigration Law: GOP Game to Swipe the November Election
 

En Passant

 

The International Criminal Court

 

Tech

 

AOL’s Armstrong: Bebo deal ‘really fell apart’

 

New gadgets set stage at Taiwan tech show, but clouds loom
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The REAL REASON Behind the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico – 2010

 

There is a much bigger leak 5-6 miles away

 

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