6 Mar - Morning Miscellaney

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Adjusting to Swedish life after the Andijan massacre
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8551735.stm

Fallujah doctors report rise in birth defects
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8548707.stm
(Uranium - Mining and 'Depleted'

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  'Agent Orange' for the Ages) 
  
  
  Iraqi Baathist resentment simmers in Syria
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8552106.stm
  The true extent of the involvement of the Baath party in the armed insurgency back in Iraq is very difficult to measure.  Prime Minister Nouri Maliki accuses them of working closely with al-Qaeda, and says that the Baath leadership in Damascus is behind a series of recent major bombings on government buildings in Baghdad that killed hundreds of civilians.
  
  "It's a lie," says Mr Rashidi. "We don't work with al-Qaeda and we never target civilians. Our armed struggle is only against the occupation forces in Iraq."
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  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8534752.stm 

     Investigations into an alleged attempted coup in Turkey in 2003 have led to the charging of 20 military officers in the latest tensions between the secular nationalist establishment and the governing AK Party, whose roots lie in political Islam.
     

      And there is talk of a shadowy network known as Ergenekon, which links mafia bosses, assassins and CIA-sponsored counter-insurgency units in a scarcely believable web of subversion. It does not help that many of the allegations are based on documents leaked to a small, campaigning newspaper called Taraf. The paper's courage in exposing military misdeeds has won it many admirers, but it has been unable to explain where the documents come from or how the newspaper is funded. In a country as addicted to conspiracy theories as Turkey, that has given sceptics plenty of ammunition.

There is no love lost between the devout Muslims of the governing party and the rigidly secular officer class.

And yet there are many dark episodes in this country's history that make such wild conspiracies almost credible.

Hundreds of unsolved murders; thousands of cases of torture and disappearances during the war against Kurdish separatism; enough dirty tricks to make anyone at least a little paranoid.

Bulgaria's war on organised crime
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8522678.stm

Lost Jewish tribe 'found in Zimbabwe'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8550614.stm

In many ways, the Lemba tribe of Zimbabwe and South Africa are just like their neighbours.  They do not eat pork, they practise male circumcision, they ritually slaughter their animals, some of their men wear skull caps and they put the Star of David on their gravestones.

Their oral traditions claim that their ancestors were Jews who fled the Holy Land about 2,500 years ago.

It may sound like another myth of a lost tribe of Israel, but British scientists have carried out DNA tests which confirm their Semitic origin.

Soldiers at war turn to gardens for peace of mind
http://www.ajchomefinder.com/gardening/soldiers-at-war-turn-346967.html

Preview of New Doc Film: From Grass to Cheese
http://www.organicnation.tv/blog/preview-of-new-doc-film-from-grass-to-cheese.html

Hat Tip - Support a Documentary About a Family Farm
http://www.naturalfoodlist.com/articles/?p=449

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MEXICO: Ecological Smoke from Fuel Efficient Stoves
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50484

Earth's true colours in Nasa's Blue Marble images
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8547114.stm

Awful tooth about sports drinks
http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/wellbeing/awful-tooth-about-sports-drinks-20100306-ppnf.html
Dentists warn that the acidity of sports drinks attacks enamel and contributes to tooth erosion. Athletes are more at risk because when they become dehydrated during competition or training, they produce less saliva, which protects teeth.

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