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Learn morePakistan has increase its defence spending by 17 per cent to $5.18 billion (442.2 billion rupees) for the 2010/11 fiscal year (July-June). Pakistani government has projected to increase its total tax reven...
For those pushing for gender parity in the forces, there is a mixed bag of news. Women Indian Air Force (IAF) officers can now serve their full term, made possible by a Delhi High Court order in March that...
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*When you pay with barrels of oil* instead of printed proxy money on worthless paper, it is easy to buy yourself to your heart's desire. And why not? Let me try to explain... That is what we see (and envy...
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Url movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOzR3UAyXao *With the infamous
Bilderberg Group* having their annual cabal in a red hot Sitges, Spain, I have nothing to add to this humor... Make yourself a cozy,...
. Gerald Caplan, G&M: *The Harper government, women’s rights and the cost of speaking out* The Tories are playing punishment politics with Canada’s progressive
NGOs – and eroding civil society in the proc...
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CENSORED NEWS - 14 hours ago
*Gaza activists executed by Israelis* http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6536MF20100604 (Reuters) - Nine Turkish activists killed in an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship were shot a total of 30 time...
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*Israeli soldiers shot US teen with video camera in the face four times and once in the chest on flotilla * ** *Turkey Buries Flotilla's U.S. Teen * http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704080104...
Turkish Aerospace Industries has selected Microtecnica to provide the environmental control system for its new Hurkus primary and basic trainer.Ankara contracted TAI in March 2006 to develop the tandem-sea...
China's J-15 carrier-based fighter will not be able to compete with Russia's Su-33 fighter on global markets because it is inferior to the Russian aircraft, a Russian military analyst said on Friday. China...
Sikorsky Aerospace Services today announced that the U.S. State Department has accepted the first two modernized S-61TM aircraft that will support missions for the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan. Sikorsky Aer...
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday he believed the Chinese military was thwarting efforts to improve military-to-military relations in an apparent split with the country's political leadership...
The UAE is approaching a milestone in its plans to purchase the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) missile system for an estimated US$7 billion (Dh25.71bn) from the US, according to officials from...
Taiwan is to test a missile for the first time that could hit Beijing, a report said Wednesday.The island's defence ministry immediately denied the report on the medium-range surface-to-surface missile, bu...
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*Israel's New Initiative: Barbarism and Piracy at Sea by Stephen Lendman *June 2, 2010 *Read full article: * http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2010/05/brave-israeli-commandos-slaughter-aid.html *Excerpts:* On Ma...
I wrote this for Mondoweiss: Two questions must be answered regarding the Israeli attack on Mavi Marmara. The first is whether the Israeli use of force was "lawful", and the other is whether the use of...
Computer experts are using mobile technology and a predictive software program to maximize travel time and fuel.
SpaceX, the darling of commercial space advocates and whipping boy of its foes, defied the odds Friday and sent a new rocket into orbit, a stunning achievement considering the company had to quickly recove...
A new way to grow copper nanowires in water could revolutionize the nanotech industry.
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*SACRED PLACES CONVENTION FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES *Saturday, June 12—Sunday, June 13, 2010 Puvungna, California State University Long Beach RESERVE YOUR SPOT AT THE CONVENTION TODAY! Registration Deadline is...
Above, you'll see some of the top images of the week. Click on each one to explore the story behind it. If you didn't get a chance to catch all the latest Discovery News content this week, then be sure ...
A new study identified a molecule that makes hibernating marmots hungry. Scientists wonder if this same molecule be manipulated to change hunger patterns in humans too.
TECHNOLOGY - I am sorry, but I just can't hop up and down over the new Apple iPad. If we want to get technical Hewlett-Packard came out with roughly the same product 3 years ago but discontinued it due to ...
It's either time to take a shower or replace your safety helmet.
A company already has a couple inflatable habitats in orbit. And soon a space taxi service could help you get there.
Consumer Reports found worrisome levels of three heavy metals in mass marketed protein drinks.
Astronomers at the Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg and the University of Cologne waited ten years to catch stars in the Milky Way's densest cluster moving enough to measure.
Remote-controlled submarines installed the cap in BP's most recent attempt to contain the oil leak.
In the new movie "Splice," a human-animal hybrid terrorizes people. In real life, scientists argue mixing human and animal cells could save lives.
*Today: Webstreaming of license withdrawal hearing at Yucca Mountain From: Ian Zabarte *The NRC ASLBP Construction Authorization Board will be holding Oral Arguments at the Las Vegas Hearing Facility on th...
China has ruled out a stopover by U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who had hoped to make improved military ties with Beijing the centerpiece of his trip to Asia this week.Gates leaves Wednesday for an ...
by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy The word 'manipulate' was used by Edward Bernays to describe how big corporations, like BP and Exxon, should harness the 'organized habits and opinions of the masses...
By Paul J. Weber The 1,000th American service member killed in Afghanistan was born on the Fourth of July. He died several days before Americans honor fallen troops on Memorial Day.Marine Cpl. Jacob C. Lei...
A Royal Marine has been killed in a blast in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said.The incident took place on Wednesday and the soldier's next of kin have been informed.He was killed in an explosio...
Hailed as "the Pompeii of the Etruscans," the discovery gives an unprecedented look at the daily lives of this ancient people.
Afghan commandos, backed by Coalition advisers and air support, have retaken a district in eastern Afghanistan that had been captured by the Taliban last weekend. More than 200 Afghan commandos “assisted b...
Last year's contract on the delivery of six Kilo class diesel submarines to Vietnam, worth a total of $3.2 billion, is the largest deal in the history of Russian exports of naval equipment, a Russian magaz...
Air Marshal (Retd) Bhushan Nilkanth Gokhale, a fighter pilot and a former vice-chief of IAF, will head the Court of Inquiry (CoI) into the Mangalore air crash set up by the government on Thursday. Making t...
With Army chief General V K Singh meeting home minister P Chidambaram after the latest incident involving Maoists on Friday, the armed forces are finalizing action plans to meet any contingency if their ro...
India is set to finalise a missile co-development project with France to manufacture a new range of Short Range Surface to Air Missiles (SRSAM) for the armed forces. The joint project, which will involve t...
Steven Spielberg's team is looking for actors and extras for a new dinosaur-themed series. Find out how to submit your photo and resume.
New video footage shows a brown pelican 'choking to death on oil' near the site of the Gulf spill.
*Ann Wright Released from Israeli Prison *http://www.starbulletin.com/news/breaking/95555439.html *The search for Ann Wright* By Brenda Norrell Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com Every hour, ...
Ecuador's Tungurahua has been the scene of one heck of a volcanic show.
On the day Hubble releases further analysis of the impact that scarred Jupiter in 2009, the same discoverer, Anthony Wesley, witnesses a second impact fireball in the Jovian atmosphere.
Pedaling at 10 miles per hour for 20 minutes provides an hour of talk time.
The search is on for Youtube impressario and PMO Director of Disinformation Dimitri Soudas. . A House of Commons bailiff seeking to serve Soudas and another staffer with a summons to appear before the Et...
Another breakthrough in brain-computer interface technology allows a person's brain to directly control the actions of a robot.
Associated Press *Furkan Dogan, 19-year-old student born in Troy, N.Y.. was shot in the forehead by Israeli soldiers on the Freedom Flotilla bound with aid to Palestine.* Dogan's father told Turkey's state...
A new computer simulation shows that currents could whip oil out of the Gulf of Mexico and up the east coast of the US within weeks.
This idea is so simple and seemingly workable that surely anyone at BP who knows about it must be having a "DUH" moment.
Great Ape Trust is celebrating the rare birth of a baby bonobo.
On the hypothesis that we might have been visited long ago, could there be alien artifacts left behind, perhaps abandoned in solar orbit?
Six volunteers will embark on an unprecedented simulation intended to mimic the timescale of a Mars mission.
If you were to eat only foods advertised on TV, you would get more than 20 times the recommended fat and sugar.
Since the cut was irregular, fitting the cap snugly over the leak could prove all the more challenging.
CANADA/TECHNOLOGY - The last time Canadian copyright laws were updated cassette tapes were still popular. Its been a long time coming. VCRs, VHS tapes, audio tapes... they're all pretty much obsolete now. ...
Robots, probes and technology prototypes could help astronauts explore destinations beyond our moon.
CARS - Honda's operations in China are going back to work today after 3 weeks of striking workers demanding a "living wage". They eventually got a 24% wage increase, but its a sign of growing unrest in Chi...
It maneuvers like a hummingbird in a blur of rapid, controlled precision.
CANADA - A parliamentary committee looking into the Rahim Jaffer affair had to eject Transport Minister John Baird when he and two other Conservative cabinet ministers showed up uninvited and began disrupt...
POLITICS - Yesterday a 52-year-old taxi driver Derrick Bird went on a shooting rampage and killing 12 people and injuring 25 more in the quiet region of Cumbria west of Newcastle. He began by shooting peop...
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- 2 days ago
*What seems like science-fiction might hold true*! Ever compared the surfaces of the Earth, Venus and Mars? Not seen something remarkable? What about the Siberian Traps? What about similar surface anomalie...
Researchers scouring a remote South Pacific island describe clues that Amelia Earhart may have struggled to survive there after an emergency landing.
What happens to technology after it’s had its 15-minutes of fame?
A modified salad spinner works as a battery-free centrifuge that can process blood samples to test for anemia in impoverished countries.
by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy BP is busted. Penalties already assessed BP exceed 60 $billion. The cost of the cleanup will run about $760m but that figure was 'operative' before the last failed a...
*US citizen, 19, murdered by Israeli soldiers on aid ship, victims executed at close range* Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com *New York Times:* http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/world/middle...
In a major embarrassment for the Army, a Lieutenant General has been forced to resign following allegations of sexual misconduct against him by the wife of an officer during a visit abroad last month. Army...
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her Indian counterpart S.M. Krishna will meet in Washington this week (June 2 and 3) to lay the groundwork for a visit to India that President Obama plans to mak...
Liberal Chair Yasmin Ratansi struggled to maintain order at the Government Operations Committee yesterday after Transport Minister John Baird, flanked by the Ministers of Asbestos and Creationism, showed...
The color and glue trade could have been a blossoming industry some 58,000 years ago.
Part One. Part Two is up at The Real News Network, with Part Three to come. Canadian journalist and film maker Paul Jay was the creator and producer of Counterspin with host Avi Lewis, the gutsiest CBC n...
Russia will supply Su-30 Flanker fighters and Yak-130 Mitten trainer/light attack jets to Algeria in 2011, the deputy head of the Russian Federal Service for Military Technical Cooperation, Vyacheslav Dzir...
Taiwan hopes to maintain air operations in the event of a military conflict with China by using vertical and short take-off and landing aircraft.VSTOL fighters would allow Taiwan to maintain fighter operat...
After racing ahead of India in ballistic and cruise missiles, with covert help from China and North Korea, Pakistan seems to be surging ahead on the nuclear front too. A series of recent estimates by inter...
The dream of having a supersonic fighter jet of indigenous built came one step closer to realisation today when the Limited Series Production Tejas aircraft (LSP-4) took off from the Hindustan Aeronautics ...
A Naval pilot was killed and three others injured today when the helicopter in which they were travelling hit a high-tension electric wire and crashed into a rivulet near Visakhapatnam, the headquarters of...
Calling the hole in the capital city a "sinkhole" is a misunderstanding that masks a much more dangerous reality for over a million people who live in the area.
CANADA - The 2010 IABC World Conference is happening in Toronto on June 6th to 9th. The IABC (International Association of Business Communicators) is for PR agencies, advertisers, graphic designers, market...
WiFi-sniffing technology turns your cell phone or laptop into a virtual GPS, which Google can use to locate you right down to your exact latitude and longitude.
Man has created a dangerous world for poor, unsuspecting fish. Now, man has also created a robot to guide the creatures away from peril.
African albinos are being murdered and dismembered because of belief in magic and witchcraft.
These seemingly inebriated birds are presenting a mystery for veterinarians struggling to explain their behavior.
Tsunami modeling technology has made huge strides in recent years, and scientists are learning a lot from the Chilean tsunami that rippled through the Pacific Ocean in February.
Peter Kinloch's team was forced to make a tragic decision: leave him behind or die themselves.
CANADA - Workers in Mississauga's transportation and works department were routinely (2 to 4 times per week) tied up with duct tape, spanked, tortured and humiliated at the command of their supervisor. Od...
This story was written by Estella Claymore and is copyright Native Sun News. Photo by Estella Claymore/ Native Sun News. RAPID CITY—“No Justice, No Peace”. “Unity and Justice go hand in hand”. These phr...
Seafood lovers can take comfort in the fact that oil has yet to have a major impact on catches in the Gulf -- at least for now.
BP has tried and failed repeatedly to halt the flow of the oil, and the latest attempt like others has never been tried before a mile beneath the ocean.
Measuring vodka's microstructure could serve as an all-purpose quality control measure.
By embedding a nano-sized transistor inside a cell-like membrane, scientists link humans and machines more intimately than ever.
A pair of digitally enhanced gloves were built to play the piano on any hard surface.
Indigenous Peoples, including Tohono O'odham and O'otham from Gila River and Salt River, were among those protesting Arizona's racist legislation on Saturday. Photo copyright Holly Metz. Censored news rep...
*Border Patrol HQ Occupiers Call for Direct Action Support* Press statement Scuckson (Occupied Territories of Tucson, AZ) -- On June 1, 2010 at 8:30AM (MST) the 6 peaceful resisters who locked down and occ...
Electric vehicles are turning a corner, and they're doing it at a high rate of speed!
Squirrels aren't so anti-social, after all. Researchers find that they'll adopt orphaned pups.
This is the NIMR II with the MBDA-Rheinmetall automated turret Ali al Dhaheri could not have known he was trailblazing an indigenous defence industry for the UAE when he set up Adcom Systems in the late 19...
Bulent Arinc, Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister have said that Ankara was withdrawing its ambassador to Israel and announced Turkey has cancelled three joint military exercises scheduled to be held with Isra...
Turkey’s Defence Minister Vecdi Gonul said on Tuesday a diplomatic crisis with Israel after the Jewish state stormed a Turkish-backed aid convoy will not affect the planned delivery of Israel-made Heron dr...
Russia will transfer its Nerpa nuclear-powered attack submarine for a 10 year-lease to India in the autumn, the head of the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation has said. "The trainin...
The Army’s image is set to take a further beating with an ongoing tussle between two senior lieutenant generals of the Indian Army over appointment to the top post of the tri-services Director General of A...
The government has ruled out any women officers post for the select paramilitary forces even as a significant number of women were recently recruited in lower ranks of some of the border guarding forces. T...
A single gecko has just multiplied by four, since scientists have determined "it" actually represents four different species.
Posted by Brenda Norrell - June 2, 2010 at 7:18 am By Brenda Norrell/Narcosphere http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/brenda-norrell/2010/06/obama-fails-humanity-response-israels-attack-aid-ships *UPDA...
Bradley Burston is a senior editor at Haaretz; his blog is A Special Place in Hell The Second Gaza War : Israel lost at sea We are no longer defending Israel. We are now defending the siege, which is its...
Last week the New York Academy of Sciences hosted a packed house in its auditorium overlooking Ground Zero in lower Manhattan, to celebrate the release of Voyage to the Heart of the Matter, a pop-up book b...
Some folks are falling for the claim that Israel's attack was in "self-defense". And even many of those who are not buying the Israeli propaganda are distracted by some details about the proportionality of...
POLITICS - *"In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence."* - Peter's Principle. In the case of British Petroleum, the level of incompetence is so ingrained the only competent...
CANADA - Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney may have to pay back $2 million CDN he was awarded in a 1997 libel settlement now that its been revealed he withheld information and lied while under oath when...
Lou Reed and his composer wife, Laurie Anderson, are planning a high-frequency concert for dogs.
CANADA - The Bank of Canada has raised its influential overnight interest rate to 0.5%, up from 0.25%, despite reports that Canada's household debt is skyrocketing. The Canadian economy is expected to gro...
*Copper Union student loses eye in West Bank Protest *http://gothamist.com/2010/06/01/cooper_union_student_loses_eye_in_w.php A 21-year old American student at Cooper Union lost an eye after getting hit in ...
AP video Published on Tuesday, June 1, 2010 by The Guardian/UK *Israelis Opened Fire Before Boarding Gaza Flotilla, say Released Activists* First eyewitness accounts of raid contradict version put out by I...
*Pro-Palestinian activists to make second attempt to break Gaza blockade **Pro-Palestinian activists said they would make a second attempt to break the blockade on Gaza despite the loss of life on Monday. ...
Six new animals found in Antarctica look more flora than fauna.
Israeli farmers are redefining our perception of food with mini watermelons and worm-shaped berries.
M/S MAVI MARMARA is the ship where the latest Israeli massacre took place. I think the most important fact related to the Israeli attack is the location of the ship. The ship was in international waters, n...
A new pterosaur, named after the mythological Phoenix, has been unearthed in the Sahara desert.
An unusually long-lasting drought plagued early colonists of the first permanent British settlement in North America.
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- 3 days ago
Url movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcBrfe1a8QY *I am still alive*, yet my computer gave up under this sudden heatwave (37C/98F). Currently I am installing Mint-9, so expect me back tomorrow June 2....
The induction ceremony of two modified P3C Orion aircraft acquired from the United States was held at the Pakistan Navy Base Mehran here on Tuesday.Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Noman Bashir, was the c...
*** IN COLD BLOOD: US Demands Coverup of Israeli Murder of Humanitarians on Aid Ships * UK GUARDIAN: US says Israel should lead investigation into attack on Gaza flotilla *Turkey's demands for internationa...
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico pales in comparison to epic scale of pollution in the Niger Delta in Nigeria, one of the richest oil and gas-producing regions in the world.
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*Israeli soldiers shot US teen with video camera in the face four times and once in the chest on flotilla * ** *Turkey Buries Flotilla's U.S. Teen * http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704080104...
*SACRED PLACES CONVENTION FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES *Saturday, June 12—Sunday, June 13, 2010 Puvungna, California State University Long Beach RESERVE YOUR SPOT AT THE CONVENTION TODAY! Registration Deadline is...
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