27 August - RSS Revue

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• Voltaire
• Putin scores points at home and abroad - 5 hours agoIn the context of the power conflict raging in Moscow, a number of recent decisions give Prime Minister Vladimir Putin the edge over his longtime friend and henceforth rival Dmitry Medvedev. Mr. Putin...
• "Smart Power": GHI launched by Clinton - 7 hours agoOn 16 August 2010, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton rolled out the U.S. Global Health Initiative (GHI). The United States have decided to cut aid to fight specific diseases, rechanneling it to beef ...
• What is Russia's Place in the Middle East? - 2 days agoCaught up in a smoldering feud between its President and Prime Minister, Russia is not making the most of the historic opportunity to deploy in the Middle East. Russian elites were unable to draw up a...
• GMO Crop Catastrophe in USA a lesson for EU - 4 days agoAs the European Union moves closer to approving the cultivation of GMOs despite stiff widespread opposition, it ought to be paying urgent attention to the agricultural arms race unfolding in the Unite...
• Will Israel attack Lebanon to steal its gas? - 4 days a
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• Florida Oil Spill Law
• Free Clinic troubled by MASSIVE increase of patients in New Orleans, Gulf — “It’s QUITE DISTURBING to me” (VIDEO) - 5 hours ago600 patients have already signed up five days in advance of the NAFC’s New Orleans event, while few if any had signed up until just one day before for the group’s free clinic in Washington D.C. E...
• Oily substance reported 100 MILES EAST of Panama City, nearing FLORIDA’S West Coast — Buried under 18 inches of sand (VIDEOS) - 9 hours agoFilmed at Bald Point State Park and St. Teresa in Northwest Florida. This is in a region known as the Big Bend, where Florida’s Panhandle turns into the west coast of the Florida Peninsula. View L...
• Father helps daughter make JEWELRY from BP’s TAR BALLS (VIDEO) - 10 hours agoTarball Jewelry , WKRG 5 Mobile, AL, August 26, 2010: WKRG.com News Related Posts: “POST-apocalyptic” scene: Two families play in ocean at GRAND ISLE, LA near floating tar balls — Father thro...
• Biological Oceanographer: “GREAT CONCERN” over the many recent *UNUSUAL* fish kills that have “covered the ENTIRE WATER COLUMN” - 10 hours agoNormal fish kills cause “fish to come to the surface to be in distress, flopping around, and slowly they die, and new ones come up. This was not observed in any of these kills. All we had was a ma...
• NOAA, FDA, Bill Walker declare MS oysters SAFE TO EAT — Aug. 20: Top marine scientist says “IMMEDIATE CAUTION” because “they take in droplets and dissolved oil” - 11 hours ago
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• MercoPress
• Mrs. Kirchner confrontation with Clarin and La Nacion scares investors - 1 day agoArgentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner’s growing confrontation with the country’s largest newspaper is exacerbating the biggest tumble in its dollar bonds in two mon...
• US closely following Argentine debate on freedom of the press - 1 day agoUnited States Department of State Deputy Spokesman Mark Toner said President Barack Obama's administration is "closely" watching the debate on press freedom in Argentina.
• Argentine government promises free public access to internet - 1 day agoThe Argentine government has said it is working to create areas of free public access to the internet across the country through wireless networks.
• Mercosur spends less that 2% of GDP in defence; “no arms race in the region” - 1 day agoSouth America and particularly Mercosur spend less than 2% of GDP in military hardware which makes it the world region that less invests in defence, said a high ranking official...
• UPM/Botnia pulp mill conflict: pickets vote to challenge agreement - 1 day ago
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• The Rag Blog
• Harvey Wasserman : Honor Dr. King and Bring the Troops Home Now - 4 hours agoDr. Martin Luther King Jr. with President Lyndon Johnson in the White House, March 1966. Photo by Yoichi Okamoto / Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.Honor Dr. Martin Luther King: Bring the troo...
• John Ross : 'Los Barrenderos' are Mexico City's 'Working Class Heroes' - 4 hours agoBarrendero. Photo by jmolagar / flickriver.“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. H...
• Jim Turpin : Assassinations, Anyone? - 4 hours agoImage from Assassins / IMFDB.Due process and special ops:Assassinations, anyone?By Jim Turpin / The Rag Blog / August 25, 2010Every American citizen has heard the legal phrase “due process of law," bu...
• BOOKS / Mariann G. Wizard : The Odyssey of Our Winter Soldiers - 6 hours agoNancy Miller Saunders' Combat by Trial:Documenting 20th century 'winter soldiers'By Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag Blog / August 25, 2010Combat by Trial: An Odyssey with 20th Century Winter Soldiers by N...
• RTÉ News : Iceland to Be Free Press Haven? - 2 days ago
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• Gawker
• Smoke Monster [Open Caption] - 1 hour ago[ A bird flies past a cloud of smoke coming from a fire at a paint factory in Jandira, Brazil. No one was hurt, except for my soul, which shed...
• What Happened to Alleged Cabbie-Stabber Michael Enright in Afghanistan? [Crime] - 2 hours agoMichael Enright , the drunk filmmaker accused of stabbing a cabdriver in Manhattan after asking "Are you Muslim?", worked well with both America...
• Rod Blagojevich to Be Tried Again in January [Blagosphere] - 2 hours agoHow fun was former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich 's corruption trial, which ended with the jury deadlocked on 23 of 24 charges? So fun they'r...
• Jimmy Carter Secures Release of Aijalon Gomes from North Korea [Good Job] - 3 hours agoFormer President Jimmy Carter has secured the release of Aijalon Gomes , an American citizen detained in North Korea . More »
• Here Are All the Asteroids That Have Been Discovered Since 1980 [Space] - 4 hours ago
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• The Green Life 
• Daily Roundup: August 26, 2010 - 6 hours agoFederal Aflutter: In conflict with the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Defense has come out against wind-energy projects, claiming that turbines create flying hazards for aircraft an...
• A New Sustainable Seafood Guide - 6 hours agoThese days, seafood lovers are swimming in information about sustainable eats. We've mentioned the classic Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch program, as well as other helpful fish-finding tools su...
• Governments Get More Serious About Cadmium, Kids - 10 hours agoRemember when 12 million Shrek glasses offered by McDonald's earlier this summer had to be recalled because they had cadmium in them ? And then you asked yourself, "What the heck is cadmium?...
• Green Your Crafting: Transform Everyday Items - 18 hours agoCrafting is a great way to build community, revitalize seemingly useless items, and encourage creativity. This week’s tips will help you keep your crafting from harming our environment. Tip #4: Turn...
• Daily Roundup: August 25, 2010 - 1 day ago
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• Global Post
• North Korea: It's a cyclical thing - 6 hours agoCarter echoes Clinton in Pyongyang. Kim Jong-il takes off for China. And round again. read more
• In Pakistan floods, US military shows its softer side - 13 hours agoIn humanitarian role, US military tries to win over hearts and minds in Pakistan. read more
• Floods bring hundreds knocking on her door - 16 hours agoPakistan woman's rights activist provides shelter for refugees in schools, barns. read more
• Education that's bad for business? - 17 hours agoWhy US efforts to help Cuba’s entrepreneurs may backfire. read more
• Ireland: Priest's role in deadly bombing revealed - 18 hours ago
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• No Quarter
• The Right To Vote, The Right To An Education - 8 hours agoRecently, the United States celebrated the 90th anniversary of women’s right to vote. That right was won by the significant efforts of a number of women, many of whom were jailed, beaten, and starved...
• Castle Foreclosure - 11 hours ago  Speaking Kris Hudson , WSJ , re the spreading gloom of major developers walking away from commercial real estate properties in exactly the same fashion as homeowners give up paying mortga...
• Now Something Different - 15 hours agoFor those of us over 50 we live with the delusion that we’re still 28. But bit by bit we discover uncomfortable signs that we’re not as young as we once were. Such as? You put your pants on in the ...
• “You’re Either Down, Or You’re Not!” - 1 day ago“ You’re either with us, or you’re not ,” so says Dr. Wilmer Leon, a radio talk show host, about Obama and the African American community, in this article by Caroline May in The Daily Caller, “ Africa...
• President Snookie? - 1 day ago
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• EV Worldwire
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• Improved Hydrogen Catalyst Could Make Low-cost Energy Storage Practical - 15 hours agoMIT-developed catalyst seeks to mimic photosynthesis, using wind and solar-generated electricity to electrolyze water into hydrogen and oxygen.
• Remy International to Build E-Motor for MotoCzysz Electric Motorcycle - 15 hours agoD1g1tal Dr1ve unit will be available in the second quarter of 2011.
• Bolivian Leader In Lithium Development Talks with South Korea - 15 hours agoOfficial 3-day visit to include discussions on development of Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni lithium resources.
• REV Contracted to Demonstrate Bi-Directional Charging System - 15 hours agoUnit based on Ford Escape will be tested by TARDEC in Hawaii.
• Energy Policy Chief Plugs In His Car At Night - 1 day ago
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• Body parts made here for electric car project
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• RAW Story
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• President Carter extracts American hostage from North Korea - 3 hours agoFormer US president Jimmy Carter was heading home from North Korea Friday after securing the release of an American citizen and a pledge from Pyongyang that it wants to resume nuclear disarmament talk...
• LA city attorney files suit to close all but 41 of city’s marijuana clinics - 4 hours agoThe Los Angeles city attorney filed a lawsuit Thursday asking a judge to support the city's move to shut down 129 medical marijuana shops under a new ordinance. The city clerk determined that only 41 ...
• Early writings reinforce talk of Bill O’Reilly’s ‘fixation’ on pornography - 5 hours agoDigging through their archives after being tipped off by a blog post, a Massachusetts newspaper has unearthed decades-old writings by Fox News editorial personality Bill O'Reilly that appears to reinf...
• AIDS activists sue Larry Flynt over sans-condom porn stars - 5 hours agoAn AIDS activist group filed a workplace safety complaint against Larry Flynt on Thursday, accusing the porn king of creating an unsafe environment for his stable of sex stars by not requiring they us...
• Afghan President Karzai questions US withdrawal deadline - 5 hours ago
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• Afghanistan Sun RSS Headlines
• United States expects increased Taliban attacks in Afghanistan - 6 hours agoUnited States authorities have said the Taliban is expected to step up attacks in Afghanistan prior to next month’s parliamentary elections.
• 'Terror attacks across Pak's tribal region proves Taliban still operating systematically' - 18 hours agoA series of terror strikes across Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces earlier this week killed nearly 45 persons and injured 100 others, which, certa...
• 21 killed in Afghanistan flash floods - 19 hours agoFlash floods triggered by torrential rains have killed at least 21 people in Afghanistan, officials said Thursday.
• 'Jihad' Jack Thomas calls for peace deal with Taliban in Afghanistan - 1 day agoJack Thomas, an Australian citizen who once trained with Taliban militia in Afghanistan, has said that the coalition forces in that country should strike a peace deal with the Taliban.
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• SanJose Mercury News
• Roadshow: Chevy Volt won't immediately qualify for carpool stickers - 2 hours agoIt may be mid-2012 before new electric-hybrid car is eligible for diamond-lane perk.
• Algae bloom causes San Jose to close Almaden Lake Park swimming program - 3 hours agoAlmaden Lake is closed for the rest of the 2010 summer.
• Fisher: Letting the train pass Palo Altans by - 5 hours agoPalo Alto should think twice before rejecting bullet train station
• Los Gatos-Monte Sereno police make two child pornography arrests - 7 hours agoA Monte Sereno man and a 16-year-old Los Gatos juvenile have been arrested and charged with possession of child pornography.
• Low-cost counseling center in Campbell to close after 27 years - 7 hours ago
• Karzai criticizes U.S. plan to withdraw troops - 2 hours ago
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• Reuters Headlines

• North Korea tells Carter wants to resume nuclear talks  - 2 hours agoSEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's number two leader has told former U.S. President Jimmy Carter that the reclusive state is committed to denuclearising the peninsula and resuming six-way talks, the Nort...
• China silent on North Korea's Kim visit  - 3 hours agoJILIN, China (Reuters) - China kept silent on Friday about a reported visit by North Korea's secretive leader Kim Jong-il that analysts say is to line up Beijing behind his dynastic succession plans.
• Mexican troops hunt killers of 72 migrants  - 4 hours agoCIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican troops fanned out in the remote countryside near the Texas border on Thursday as they hunted the perpetrators of the worst massacre in the country's escalat...
• Pele videos to boost trapped Chile miners' morale  - 6 hours agoCOPIAPO, Chile (Reuters) - Thirty-three miners trapped for 21 days in a Chilean mine may get videos of Maradona and other soccer greats to beat boredom as they face several months deep underground unt...
• UK faces new wave of homegrown attacks - report  - 7 hours ago
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• BBC News - Home
• US citizen freed in North Korea - 3 hours agoEx-US President Jimmy Carter secures release of an American, Aijalon Mahli Gomes, sentenced to hard labour for illegally entering North Korea.
• Pakistan floods prompt new alerts - 4 hours agoHundreds of thousands of Pakistanis are ordered to evacuate their homes as flood waters threaten several cities in the south of the country.
• UN cites 'genocide' in DR Congo - 6 hours agoA draft UN report says crimes by the Rwandan army and allied rebels in Zaire and DR Congo from 1993 to 2003 could be classified as genocide.
• Brazil green light for Amazon dam - 11 hours agoBrazil's government approves the controversial construction on a tributary of the Amazon of the world's third biggest hydroelectric dam.
• Manila police ignored army offer - 9 hours ago

 News - UK

 

• Man charged over Nottingham garden shooting
• Ed Balls set to attack coalition cuts
• Fugitive tycoon back in the UK
• Police probe murdered spy's private life
• No Angels singer escapes prison after HIV trial
• Josie quits Ultimate Big Brother
• RSPCA consider cat bin woman prosecution
• Playboy publishes excerpt of new Madame Bovary translation
• In her own words - Betty White on first Emmy win
• Kevin Spacey and Sam Mendes reunite for "Richard III" 

Massive solar storm to hit Earth in 2012 with 'force of 100m bombs'
http://in.news.yahoo.com/139/20100826/981/tsc-massive-solar-storm-to-hit-earth-in_1.html
"The general consensus among general astronomers (and certainly solar astronomers) is that this coming Solar maximum (2012 but possibly later into 2013) will be the most violent in 100 years," News.com.au quoted astronomy lecturer and columnist Dave Reneke as saying.

Biological Oceanographer: “GREAT CONCERN” over the many recent *UNUSUAL* fish kills that have “covered the ENTIRE WATER COLUMN 

 History of LOLCats
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