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Thomas Paine

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Sunday, January 23, 2011

23 January - My Yahoo! RSS

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  • Palestinian peace 'offers' leaked - 2 hours agoLeaked documents released by Al Jazeera TV suggest Palestinian leaders made private offers on previously non-negotiable issues in the peace process.
  • Ireland's Greens quit government - 7 hours agoThe Republic of Ireland's Green Party pulls out of the ruling coalition, a move that ends its majority and is likely to bring forward the 11 March election.
  • Tunisia detains allies of ex-president - 11 hours agoPolice in Tunisia detain two politicians and a media executive close to ousted President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, state media report, as protests continue.
  • Brazil landslide deaths top 800 - 7 hours agoBrazilian officials say the number of deaths known to have been caused by this month's flooding and landslides in Brazil is more than 800.
  • Turkey rejects Israel raid report - 13 hours ago
  • Barraso to the Barricades - 4 hours agoEditor’s Note: Catch Larry Johnson on John Batchelor’s syndicated radio show TONIGHT at around 10:05 to 10:35 p.m. ET. You’ll find programming details and “how to listen” instructions at the ...
  • Ask Not - 7 hours agoThis last week was the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address. I listened to it—twice. So, how good was it? I agree with William Safire (as reported in Peter Grier’s Christian S...
  • Countdown flashback: Larry Johnson on Mary McCarthy (+ Open Thread) - 1 day agoEditor’s Note: Special thanks to our videographer Truthtelling007 who has a great compilation of Larry Johnson’s appearances on television. (See a list, and the link to all, in the right column.)...
  • A Clinton/Obama Trip Down Memory Lane With WalMart - 1 day ago* Bumped Up * You may recall during the 2008 Democratic Primary Campaign, Hillary Clinton was attacked by Barack Obama about her connections to Wal-Mart while First Lady of Arkansas. Oh, yes, he got ...
  • Bad Luck Cadet #15 – You’re Not Dead Until I Say You’re Dead! - 1 day ago
  • Daily Roundup: January 21, 2011 - 2 days agoCoral Concern: Thailand is barring access to 18 popular diving sites so that coral reefs can recover from bleaching. Meanwhile, a new study has found that coral reefs migrate north in response to warm...
  • Tomorrow is National Swap Day - 2 days agoTomorrow is National Swap Day . Take part to get new-to-you clothes, DVDs, books, furniture, and more, with little to no impact on the environment. You'll also move toward decluttering your home. Th...
  • Movie Review Friday: Open Range - 2 days agoEscape to the movies with one of our  Movie Review Friday  selections. Each week we review a film with an environmental theme that's currently in theaters or available on DVD. Seen a good eco-flic...
  • Daily Roundup: January 20, 2011 - 3 days agoDoing a Body Good: Organic milk is healthier, thanks to its higher percentage of essential fatty acids, a new study suggests. The Independent Things Might Get Wet: Meteorologists are warni...
  • Photographing Nature at its Most Unnatural - 3 days ago
  • Atacama “Is and Will Be Chilean” - 5 hours agoChilean President Sebastian Piñera has responded to Bolivian President Evo Morales who said Saturday that “Atacama, used to be Bolivian and we hope to recover it soon, although ...
  • Former Junta Leader Nicolaides Dies - 6 hours agoCristino Nicolaides has died in the Argentine province of Cordoba, age 86. The former leader of the army was under house arrest for numerous of human rights abuses.
  • Exit Polls Show Portuguese Leader Cavaco Silva is Re-elected - 6 hours agoPortuguese voters Sunday re-elected Anibal Cavaco Silva for a second term in office, showing that they want political stability. However, there are difficult months ahead asd th...
  • Spain-China Expand Alliance - 8 hours agoSpanish Telefónica and Chinese operator Unicom agreed on Sunday to expand their alliance, both investing a further U$ 500 million in the other. Under the agreement, China Unicom...
  • Thousands Bid Farewell to Ark Royal - 8 hours ago
  • Hu's Visit - It's Economics, Stupid! And not Human Rights! - 0 minutes ago"America’s foreign policy is increasingly showing the obvious signs of being manipulated by the military industrial complex, forewarned half a century ago by the outgoing president Eisenhower. As alle...
  • Looking at the future through the past - 0 minutes ago"Both Egypt and Saudi Arabia are destined for major shake-ups. Their aging rulers already have one foot in the grave. Who will succeed them is a tantalizing question but what is certain is both countr...
  • The World is no Golem - 0 minutes ago"The entire world is against these settlements, which are manifestly illegal under international law. Even the US has demanded a freeze. Can the US veto a resolution that expresses its own policy, wit...
  • Britain spearheads "Mini-NATO" in Arctic Ocean, Baltic Sea - 0 minutes ago"The Baltic-Scandinavian region, especially the Arctic at its northernmost extreme, is the last spot on Earth where alleged threats from Iran, North Korea, al-Qaeda and pirates can be invoked to justi...
  • Passivity and commitment - 0 minutes ago
  • Civilisation - 11 hours agoIn 1966 BBC Television embarked on its most ambitious documentary series to date. The eminent art historian Lord Clark was commissioned to write and present an epic examination of Western European ...
  • The Story of One - 23 hours agoOur world is built on numbers and the first of these was the number 1. Starting with scratches on a bone and heading through the Greek philosophers to the development of the Roman Numerals and the ...
  • Space Race - 1 day agoSpace Race is a BBC docudrama series first shown in Britain on BBC2 in 2005, chronicling the major events and characters in the American - Soviet space race up to the first landing of a ma...
  • Living on Mars - 1 day agoOn the surface, the red planet’s freeze-dried world of rocks, ice, and dust looks like an unlikely place to plant a garden. But rocks and minerals found by the Mars rovers show it must once have ha...
  • Secrets of the Stone Age - 2 days ago

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