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 Afghanistan Sun

• Friendly Fire Claims Lives of 13 Pakistani Troops - 9 hours agoFriendly Fire Claims Lives of 13 Pakistani Troops
• Taliban overrun district in Afghanistan - 20 hours agoTaliban militants overran a district in the north-eastern Afghan province of Nuristan after overpowering local forces, a senior police official said Tuesday.
• US Army apologizes for new Afghan civilian Corpses' photos - 22 hours agoThe US Army has issued an apology for the distress it caused after new images of US troops posing with the dead bodies of Afghan civilians, were published in a magazine.
• Afghan official sacked over concert featuring female singers without headscarves - 23 hours ago

 BPS Research Digest

• The Special Issue Spotter - 22 hours agoWe trawl the world's journals so you don't have to : The role of touch in marketing (Psychology and Marketing). International perspectives on stalking (Behavioural Sciences and the Law)....
• Envy is a stronger motivator than admiration - 1 day agoAdmiration is happy self-surrender; envy is unhappy self-assertion. Søren Kierkegaard Mind Hacks , Not Exactly Rocket Science , The Frontal Cortex ... there are so many successful blogs out there for ...
• More serious brain injuries associated with more life satisfaction - 4 days agoPsychologists investigating the well-being of patients with an acquired brain injury (ABI) have documented a curious phenomenon, whereby the more serious a person's brain injury, the higher their self...
• Extras - 5 days agoEye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut : Local effects on people's belief in global warming . Can I call this the Daily Express effect? "Respondents who thought that day [they w...
• Is God always on the right? - 6 days ago

CagePrisoners

• Author Evening: Moazzam Begg talks about Enemy Combatant - 17 hours agoAs part of the IHRC author evenings Moazzam Begg will be talking about his acclaimed book, Enemy Combatant
• The business of torture goes on as usual - 18 hours ago  Pervez Musharraf's talk of 'tacit approval' reminds us of the trail linking distant torture chambers to the heart of our governments
• Poland wants to question 2 detainees in torture case - 1 day ago  WARSAW -- Polish prosecutors investigating a secret CIA prison have asked U.S. authorities to question two Guantánamo Bay prisoners who allege they were held and abused in Poland.
• Redefining terrorism in the big society - 1 day agoWould individuals who travel to Bahrain or Yemen or Gaza to protect the civilian population in those countries, people who, to quote Ed Milliband , are “out of reach of ...
• War court filing comparing Seminoles to al Qaeda stirs protest - 4 days ago

 China Digital Times

• Yang Hengjun Free? (And Who Is He?) - 2 hours agoWord is spreading on Twitter that Yang Hengjun has been released following his apparent detention on Sunday . His situation, however, remains unclear. When asked about his detention, Ministry of For...
• 2011 Angus Graham Memorial Lectures Now Online - 2 hours agoSOAS Radio has posted a pair of lectures in memory of the late British Sinologist, Angus Graham, by Professor Liu Xiaogan of the Chinese University of Hong Kong . The first talk discusses “A Taoistic ...
• Photo: Lantern Festival 2011 by Expatriate Games - 3 hours agoLantern Festival 2011, by Expatriate Games . © Samuel Wade for China Digital Times (CDT) , 2011. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Download Tools to Circumvent the...
• The End of Cheap, as Chinese Labour Dries Up - 7 hours agoThe Financial Times’ beyondbrics blog suggests that rising wages in China could spell the end of the cheap, plentiful manufactured goods to which Western consumers (or overconsumers ) have become accu...
• Profiting From Piracy: Robin Li’s Problem Is China’s Problem - 13 hours ago

EV Worldwire

• Enterprise Adds Nissan LEAF to LADWP Business Rental Program - 16 hours agoEnterprise Rent-A-Car also offers Chevy Volt at selected Southern California locations.
• New EV Companies Avoiding Naming Errors of the Past - 16 hours agoAuto News columnist Jesse Snyder recounts the car companies of the past compared to the new wave of electric vehicle start-ups.
• Despite $4 Gasoline, Americans Slow to Buy Fuel Efficient Vehicles - 16 hours agoHybrid car's percent of overall sales slips even further compared to 2009.
• Is 'Range Anxiety' Holding Back Volt, Leaf Sales? - 16 hours agoBlogger Robert Rapier looks at sales figures for Chevy Volt and Nissan LEAF.
• Tesla Roadsters Pass 10 Million Milestone - 16 hours ago

Florida Oil Spill Law

• P2S Foreman: Two people from my cleanup crew have died in last two months (VIDEO) - 8 hours ago... Read more
• BP gives Feinberg a raise of almost 50% (VIDEO) - 18 hours agoFeinberg’s Raise Still Angers Oil Spill Victims, WKRG, March 28, 2011 ... Read more
• BP report shows it spilled less oil in 2010 than in 2008 - 19 hours agoMarch 28, 2011 ... Read more
• Dead sea turtles washing up on beaches near spring breakers — “Water looks like chicken broth” (PHOTOS) - 20 hours agoSea Turtle Deaths Anger Mississippi Residents, Huffington Post, March 29, 2011 ... Read more
• Physician treating oil cleanup workers: “These people, they are going to die… I’m telling you, we are going to lose patients” - 1 day ago

 food world order

• 'toxic waste bubble gum' recalled for lead contamination - 1 day agofrom food freedom : Believe it or not, there is actually a product on the market called “ Toxic Waste Short Circuits Bubble Gum .” How’s that for subliminally mind-warping your childr...
• 'rally for the right to know': educating the masses about gmo's - 2 days agofrom natural news : On March 26th 2011, social activists and other activist organizations plan to unite at " The Rally for the Right to Know " in Washington, DC. They will gather b...
• 3/24 binge & purge: scares, shares, rallies, allergies - 5 days agocodex alimentarius & food irradiation in US * russia bans food from 6 japanese prefectures * store-brand food eating up market share * junk-food oxymoron: frito-lay tries all-natural chi...
• conagra broadens campaign to feed hungry kids - 6 days agoListenupdate: conagra ceo on customers & rising prices ... from nytimes : ConAgra Foods, whose social cause is ending child hunger , is taking a new approach to raise the issue’s vis...
• mcdonald's launches plan to (soylent) green its menu - 6 days agoListen

Frontier Post

• Pakistan, India agree to ?terror hotline? - 3 hours agoISLAMABAD (APP): Pakistan and India Tuesday agreed on establishing a hotline between their Interior Secretaries and release of civilians and fishermen ...
• Iraqi forces end siege, 53 killed in attack - 3 hours agoBAGHDAD (Reuters): The death toll from an attack on the Iraqi provincial council headquarters in Tikrit rose to 53 on Tuesday and Iraqi security forces ...
• Pakistan, Afghan MPs oppose foreign interference Tahir Khan - 3 hours agoISLAMABAD: Parlia-mentarians from Pakistan and Afghanistan Parliamentaria-ns agreed the only way forward for both countries is to jointly address the challenges ...
• Pakistan desires peace in Middle East: Zardari - 3 hours agoF.P. Islamabad Office ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday said that Pakistan desired peace, security and stability in Bahrain and indeed ...
• Sri Lanka edge New Zealand to reach final - 3 hours ago

Gawker

• Couple on Worst Blind Date Ever Turn Out to Be Siblings [Gross] - 1 hour agoCleaner Sarah Kemp and builder George Bentley met over the internet and began a months-long email relationship before agreeing to meet up in pers...
• How Race and Ethnicity is Distributed Across the U.S. [Census] - 2 hours agoAttention, data nerds! Numbers from the 2010 Census are being released, which means it's time to start crunching numbers and making colorful maps...
• Real World Congressman 'Struggling' on $174,000 Paycheck [Video] - 3 hours agoLife is hard for former Real World cast member and current Wisconsin congressman Sean Duffy. Even with a $174,000 salary—three times th...
• Yes, There Might Be a Snake in Your Toilet [Trauma] - 5 hours agoA seven-year-old girl in Germany discovered seven-foot boa constrictor in her toilet, according to police. The snake was likely a former pet that...
• Judge Blocks Wisconsin Anti-Union Law (Again) [Rulings] - 5 hours ago

 Global Post

• Yemenis looting munitions factory killed in explosion (VIDEO) - 1 day agoFighting reportedly intensified between Yemeni security forces and members of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula over the past two days. read more
• Banh mi: more than a sandwich - 1 day agoThe Vietnamese sandwich is among the tasty new treats available in the Oxford English Dictionary. Em...
• Brazil beats South Africa in World Cup delays - 1 day agoPresident of FIFA criticizes slow pace of World Cup infrastructure projects Solana Pyne ...
• Japan nuclear crisis seen as playing role in Merkel election defeat (VIDEO) - 1 day agoThe defeat, while unlikely to derail parliamentary support for euro zone rescue measures, might bring uncertainty in financial markets. read more
• Serf emancipation day - 1 day ago

 Green Life

• Daily Roundup: March 29, 2011 - 6 hours agoWatery Mess: Workers at the Fukushima nuclear plant readied emergency storage facilities to contain radioactive water leaking from the plant’s most damaged reactors. New York Times Killing t...
• Bird Cams Offer Rare Glimpses Into Avian Lives - 10 hours agoIn a 2.0 world, social media allows people to connect to new communities, ask new questions, and create new dialogue. But can social media help people connect to nature? That’s a central question for ...
• Christie’s Green Auction: A Glamourous Bid to Save the Earth - 11 hours agoChristie’s, one of the world's largest art auction houses, has partnered with Charitybuzz and Runway to Green to host its second annual Green Auction. Last year’s event raised $2.4 million for the NRD...
• Green Your Humor: Irreverent News - 14 hours agoLet's be honest: We all know that enviro-head who can be a real Debbie Downer . Sure, climate change, oil spills, and nuclear disasters are serious business. But people may tune us out if we never tak...
• Daily Roundup: March 28, 2011 - 1 day ago

 Jurist - U.S. Legal News

• Supreme Court hears arguments on Wal-Mart class action suit, witness tampering law - 11 hours ago[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] heard oral arguments [day call, PDF; merit briefs] in Wal-Mart v. Dukes [oral argument transcript, PDF], a gender discrimination c...
• Nokia files new round of patent suits against Apple - 11 hours ago[JURIST] Finnish telecommunications company Nokia [corporate website] announced Tuesday that it filed another complaint [press release] against Apple [corporate website] with the US International Trad...
• Supreme Court rules against health care providers in drug pricing suit - 11 hours ago[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday ruled [opinion, PDF] unanimously in Astra USA v. Santa Clara County, CA [Cornell LII backgrounder] that health care pro...
• Supreme Court rejects failure-to-train claim of wrongfully convicted man - 11 hours ago[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday ruled [opinion, PDF] 5-4 in Connick v. Thompson [Cornell LII backgrounder; JURIST report] that a district attorney cann...
• Federal appeals court upholds secrecy provision of whistleblower law - 11 hours ago

BBC - Home

• Japan nuclear radioactivity rises - 1 hour agoSeawater near Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has a higher level of radioactive iodine than previously reported, officials say.
• Arms to Libya not ruled out - Obama - 7 hours agoUS President Barack Obama says he does not rule out arming the rebels in Libya as government forces push them back.
• Ceasefire appeal in Ivory Coast - 9 hours agoIvorian incumbent Laurent Gbagbo appeals for an immediate ceasefire after advances by forces loyal to President-elect Ouattara.
• S Asia leaders to watch World Cup - 2 hours agoThe prime ministers of India and Pakistan are due to attend the World Cup cricket semi-final between the two countries in the Indian city of Mohali.
• Anger as Yemen blast toll rises - 8 hours ago

BBC - England

• Police face 'big cuts challenge' - 6 hours agoThe chief inspector of constabulary says some police forces in England and Wales will struggle to make cuts without losing front line officers.
• Concern for missing BBC presenter - 9 hours agoPolice are concerned for missing BBC Bristol radio presenter Peter Rowell who did not turn up for work on Tuesday.
• Child, five, injured in shooting - 1 hour agoA girl and a man are critically ill in hospital after a shooting in south London.
• Inquiry into 'fake bomb' flight - 7 hours agoAn investigation has been launched into how a fake bomb was put on a cargo plane and flown from the UK to Turkey without being detected.
• Man arrested over fatal stabbing - 1 hour ago

 UK News

• Allies say Libya strikes will go on
• US may consider arming Libyan rebels
• G20 death: Ian Tomlinson footage released
• New footage of tsunami engulfing Japanese city
• New video of Japan tsunami posted on internet
• Bus caught on CCTV in near-miss
• Japan radioactivity 'found' in UK
• Clooney Listed As Berlusconi Trial Witness
• Spy novelist Le Carre cold on Booker honour
• David Cameron's daughter dreams of pop-stardom

 San Jose Mercury

• Bonds trial: Giambi brothers say Anderson supplied them with 'the cream' and 'the clear' - 1 hour agoA day after the soap opera testimony of Bonds' former mistress, Kimberly Bell, the federal jury heard from Major League Baseball's brotherhood. Current and former players, such as ex-Oakland A's All-S...
• It's "Glee" for all students at a Santa Clara school every Wednesday - 3 hours agoThe entire student body at Washington Open Elementary School gathers once a week in the cafeteria to sing songs.
• Mexican consul leaving San Jose for L.A. - 4 hours agoDavid Figueroa, a rising politician in Mexico before assassins forced him to flee north, became a popular and successful consulate chief in Silicon Valley; 'Los Angeles is getting the best,' said one ...
• Authorities kill mountain lion in Redwood City - 4 hours agoWally Oliver, who owns the house where the cat was shot, said he had never seen any wildlife bigger than a raccoon in the 12 years he and his wife, Cherie, have lived there.
• San Jose City Council passes new leash law for dogs on city trails - 5 hours ago

Reuters

• Syria's Assad to give first speech since protests  - 1 hour agoDAMASCUS (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad will on Wednesday give his first public speech since pro-democracy protests in which more than 60 people have been killed erupted in southern Syria and s...
• UK investigates package on UPS plane to Turkey - media  - 2 hours agoLONDON (Reuters) - Britain is investigating how a suspicious package travelled undetected on a cargo plane to Turkey, media reported on Wednesday.
• UK must push on with nuclear plans - scientists  - 6 hours agoLONDON (Reuters) - Nuclear plants remain one of the safest ways to make electricity, and Britain should not allow Japan's nuclear crisis to delay its new build plans, scientists said on Tuesday.
• Britain, Qatar give message of support to Libyans  - 8 hours agoLONDON (Reuters) - Britain and Qatar, countries which have led international opposition to Muammar Gaddafi, told ordinary Libyans Wednesday that they would not desert them as they seek to build a peac...
• France and U.S. to help Japan in nuclear crisis  - 12 hours ago

Red Tape Chronicles

• New $5 ATM fee just the latest checking trap - 19 hours ago"Total Checking." "Value Checking." "MyAccess Checking." What do they all have in common?   The word "free" is missing from the name. You are likely painfully aware that big banks like Chase, Wells ...
• Another nail in the coffin of price tags - 4 days agoEsther Shapiro While price tags are showing their age, Esther Shapiro sure isn't. The 93-year-old consumer advocate still visits grocery stores in Detroit to make sure they are pricing item...
• Would you ‘friend’ a total stranger? - 1 week agoWhat's the best way for a hacker to attack Facebook users?  A new survey shows an old-fashioned method works pretty well.  One out of every five male social network users admits they'll accept any fri...
• Why 'Plan B' often works out badly - 1 week agoEngineers used to talk about guarding against the “single point of failure” when designing critical systems like aircraft control systems or nuclear power plants. But rarely does one mistake or event ...
• Whiskey sales boom lifts Irish spirits - 1 week ago

No Quarter

• Ammar Abdulhamid Emerges as Face of the Syrian Revolution, according to Washington Times - 6 hours agoThe son of Syria’s greatest actress, Mona Wassif , he is secular, liberal, handsome. … He was appointed a visiting fellow at the Saban Center of the Brookings Institute … He is the author of Menst...
• The Al Qaeda Myth in Libya - 8 hours agoWe are back in Alice in Wonderland. Muamar Qaddafi was insisting several weeks ago that he was besieged by Al Qaeda. So today? The airways, especially Fox, are spinning the same nonsense–the rebels...
• Clinton Calls Bashar al-Assad a “Reformer” – Syria Lifts Emergency Law - 10 hours agoBronwyn’s Note: We are pleased to introduce Dr. Joshua Landis to NoQuarterUSA readers. Dr. Landis, a widely-known expert on Syria and the Middle East, is a frequent guest on NPR, PBS (Newshou...
• Supporting role - 12 hours agoPOTUS speaks of the Libya operation as an accomplishment. POTUS speaks of the US position as in a “transition” — “so that the risk and cost of this operation — to our military, and to the American tax...
• Guess Who’s Been Wanting To Overthrown Gadhafi For Years? - 15 hours ago

 MercoPress

• Israel concerned with Uruguay’s position in an Israeli/Palestinian forum - 2 hours agoIsrael will follow with a critical eye the United Nations organized forum on the Israel-Palestine conflict which opened Tuesday in Montevideo, because whatever the results, the ...
• Falklands’ Desire Petroleum announces drilling of sixth well has begun - 2 hours agoThe Falkland Islands hydrocarbons exploratory round begun over a year ago is steaming ahead. Desire Petroleum announced Tuesday it had begun exploratory drilling on the Ninky pr...
• Uruguay’s farmland price jumped eight times from 2002 to 2010 - 2 hours agoThe number of farmland transactions and the price per hectare were up in Uruguay during 2010 according to a release from Uruguay’s Agriculture and Livestock Ministry Statistics ...
• Argentina honours Chavez with press freedom award for fighting “media monopolies” - 2 hours agoVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez was given a press freedom award during his visit on Tuesday to Argentina. The University of La Plata said it was honouring him for his efforts t...
• Chavez praises Argentina’s role in UNASUR; signs ambitious trade accord - 2 hours ago

Top Documentary Films

• Scariest Places on Earth - 2 hours agoA nice collection of DVR recorded episodes from one of the most popular and original mini-series focusing on the paranormal. This thought-provoking series has entertained millions. Created by FOX i...
• Taboo: Season 1 - 14 hours agoNational Geographic documentary series Taboo is an educational look into taboo rituals and traditions practiced in some societies, yet forbidden and illegal in others. Each hour l...
• Osho Talks - 1 day agoOsho or Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh was born in 1931 in Central India. He was a charismatic and gifted speaker who became the leader of a worldwide new spiritual movement. It is said that at the age of ...
• Australian Families of Crime - 1 day agoAustralian Families of Crime is an Australian documentary television series that is shown on the Nine Network and hosted by actor Vince Colosimo. Families of Crime gives an insigh...
• Openhand: 5 Gateways - 1 day ago

RAWA

• Number of children born with deformities increasing - 7 hours agoPAN: The number of children born in Afghanistan with misshapen limbs and other deformities is increasing, doctors say, with several blaming intermarriage, drug use and chemicals contained in coalition...
• Afghan Elite Borrowed Freely From Kabul Bank - 1 day agoThe New York Times: When a brother and a nephew of an Afghan vice president wanted to build up their fuel transport business, they took out a $19 million loan from Kabul Bank. When a brother of the pr...
• War crime images the Pentagon doesn’t want you to see - 1 day agoRolling Stone: Early last year, after six hard months soldiering in Afghanistan, a group of American infantrymen reached a momentous decision: It was finally time to kill a haji. Among the men of Brav...
• Foreign soldiers take 9 family members to base in Logar - 1 day agoPAN: The international coalition arrested nine members of a family, including an imam, and took them to their base in central Logar province, an official said on Monday. “The people taken from Wazir Q...
• Suicide Bombing Kills 24 in Afghanistan - 1 day ago

 RAW Story

• Wisconsin judge again blocks implementation of anti-union law - 5 hours agoMADISON, Wisconsin - A Wisconsin judge issued a revised order on Tuesday blocking implementation of a controversial state law curbing collective bargaining by public unions while she hears a legal c...
• US donations to Japan near $150 million - 5 hours agoWASHINGTON – US relief groups said Tuesday that Americans have donated close to $150 million to support Japan after its devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The American Red Cross said it ha...
• Appeals court makes it easier for gov’t to hold Gitmo detainees - 5 hours agoIn a decision that will likely make it more difficult for Guantanamo prisoners to win release, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today reversed a lower court’s ruling in the pivotal cas...
• Obama confident Gaddafi will step down - 6 hours agoWASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama said Tuesday he was confident that Libyan strongman Moamer Kadhafi would "ultimately" step down and that he had not ruled out supplying arms to rebels seeking ...
• Republican bill would halt ‘unauthorized’ U.S. strikes in Libya - 7 hours ago

PRESS Core

• All electric car will put an end to the US wars of aggression against oil rich states, stop global warming and eliminate most diseases. - 15 hours agoTesla all-electric Roadster How can you and I bring an end to the US wars of aggression against oil rich states and at the same time stop global warming?  By replicating the technology that was use...
• Why are Canadians going to the polls? Stephen Harper and his cabinet ministers were fired. - 18 hours agoThe majority of Canadians don’t know nor understand why there is another election.  So today I will try and explain why Canadians are going to the polls – again.  In simplest terms Stephen Harper an...
• Fresh water in Libya + oil in Libya = the richest nation in all of Africa and the Middle East. - 2 days agoIn the mid-1950s, oil exploration in Libya’s vast southern desert region revealed a priceless hidden treasure. A treasure more valuable than gold, silver, diamonds, oil and all of the counterfeit mo...
• It’s time to dump fossil fuels and go electric. - 2 days agoDodge ZEO All-Electric Car With rising fuel costs it doesn’t make sense any more to keep on fueling our vehicles with fossil fuels.  Big government has already declared that peak oil has already bee...
• Parliamentary law bars Harper from re-election. Found guilty of a culture of abuse of Parliament - 2 days ago

Yahoo! Politics

• Dems hint at flexibility in budget talks (AP) - 3 hours agoAP - Democrats indicated Tuesday they may be willing to accept Republican-backed curbs on the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal regulators as part of an overall deal on spending cuts, ...
• Obama to announce reelection plans in April (Exclusive to Yahoo! News) - 18 hours agoExclusive to Yahoo! News - By Marc Ambinder National Journal President Obama is fewer than three weeks away from formally announcing his reelection campaign, and will make it public with an online vid...
• Obama: Too early to negotiate exit with Gadhafi (AP) - 7 hours ago

 Yahoo! Business

• Asian stocks rally as investors snap up risky assets (Reuters) - 1 hour agoReuters - Asian stocks rallied on Wednesday as investors snapped up riskier assets on attractive valuations, while Japanese exporters were helped by the yen's weakness on expectations of interest rate...
• Consumer morale ebbs, home prices near 2009 lows (Reuters) - 3 hours agoReuters - U.S. consumers turned gloomy in March as rising energy prices ignited fears of inflation, a change in mood that could dent global economic growth.
• Wal-Mart gets sympathetic court bias case hearing (Reuters) - 10 hours ago

 Transcend

• (Spanish) Libia: El International Peace Bureau Condena el Ataque Militar y Urge por Una Negociación Política para Proteger la Población Civil - 2 days agoUna nueva era histórica se ha abierto hace tres meses con los levantamientos populares de Túnez y luego el de Egipto, el primero de la denominada “Primavera Arabe”... La revuelta libia se inspiró en e...
• Libya: IPB Condemns Military Strikes and Urges Political Negotiations to Protect the Civilian Population - 2 days agoA new historical era opened three months ago with the popular uprisings in Tunisia and then Egypt, the first of the ‘Arab spring’ season. These rebellions brought hope to millions and youthful energy ...
• Oops! - 2 days ago“Just look at that young person with the short hair and blue jeans. Is it a boy or a girl? “
• Partners in Victory! Flags for Peace!! - 2 days agoIndia and Pakistan will play the semifinal of the World Cup on 30th March 2011. That the match can be played in Mohali, India is a gift of the peace process that was started in 2004.
• The “Kill Team” Photographs - 2 days ago

 Voltaire

• Middle East: Obama's counter-revolution - 17 hours agoAfter some hesitation over how to respond to the Arab revolutions, the Obama administration has opted for the strong-arm solution to rescue those vassals which can still be salvaged. As in the past, t...
• Remarks at National Defense University by Barack Obama in Address to the Nation on Libya - 1 day agoTonight, I'd like to update the American people on the international effort that we have led in Libya –- what we've done, what we plan to do, and why this matters to us. I want to begin by paying trib...
• Washington's precious catch: the oil and the bank accounts - 1 day agoPlan to sabotage Bashar Al-Assad's reforms / The United States and the Arab revolutions / Saudi interference in Bahrain fuels sectarianism and hypocrisy behind Arab interference in Bahrain, especially...
• Libya, Africa and the Victorians - 1 day agoViewed from Sub-Saharan Africa, the war against Libya has a scent of déjà vu . According to influential Zimbabwean columnist Nathaniel Manheru, the colonial powers (joined by their former US and...
• Yemen: Behind Al-Qaeda Scenarios, an unfolding stealth agenda - 1 day ago

World News

• Vatican sends observer to Libya summit - 15 hours agoAs the US pledged to continue air strikes on Libya, the Vatican sent an observer to today's conference in London about the military campaign. ...
• Churches march to recall Argentina's dark days of dictatorship - 1 day agoChurch members have joined thousands of marchers in Buenos Aires' Plaza de Mayo to mark 35 years since the bloody Argentinian military coup. ...
• US Catholic bishops express 'apprehension' at Libya campaign - 1 day agoAs the boundary between civilian protection and civil war erodes in Libya, US Catholic bishops have expressed “great apprehension” at the campaign. ...
• Chinese urged to release dissident jailed for ten years - 3 days agoThe Chinese authorities should immediately release prominent pro-democracy activist Liu Xianbin, human rights agency Amnesty International says. ...
• Syria death toll climbs as protests spread - 4 days ago

Headlines

• Ongoing, but more complex"While the situation in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip is very different, this regional wave hit Palestinians as well. Palestinian youth, also encouraged and inspired by the sprit and tools of ...
• Israelis and Palestinians, take note"More such cycles of events are almost certainly in store. It is apparently too late for Israel to initiate peace talks with Syria in the hope of forestalling or influencing revolutionary challenges t...
• Libya, Congressional Critics and Lessons Not Learned"When John McCain (R-AZ) complains that Obama "waited too long [regretting] that we didn't act much more quickly", and when Lindsey Graham (R-SC) bristles that "we're taking a backseat rather than a l...
• Israel's Bent Neck"Israel should have learned by now how wrong it is to deny a people’s history. It is no more right to deny the Palestinians’ narrative of what happened in 1948 than it is to deny that millions of Jews...
• Finally, Israel's Settlements Policy, turn toward Extremism making Impact on Jewish Opinion

Yahoo! News 

• Finally, Yahoo! Delivers - 12 hours agoThe new mail app offers a legitimate alternative to Gmail.
• Yahoo exec rips Google for overpaying for YouTube - 1 day agoSuch a comment from a Yahoo executive is surprising, but this is just part of the long-running debate about whether YouTube makes money.
• Yahoo Search Direct: Still (Barely) Hanging Onto Search - 20 hours agoSo Yahoo is still in search. We found that out last week as they hyped the arrival of their latest search "innovation" that they call Search Direct. Or, as Yahoo puts it: a "simpler way to find answer...
• The Right Way To Work At Yahoo - 1 day ago"6:30a and I am on my way into the office for the first time since November. Man, time flies," tweets Yahoo front end engineer Dav Glass. Dropping by the office once every 4-5 months and still getting...
• New York Times Magazine Writers Have Really Embarrassing E-Mail Addresses - 18 hours ago

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• Say, What's The Resale Value On A Nissan Leaf? (thepiratescove.us)
• Thinking of an electric car? Get your garage ready (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
• Chevy's Volt a taste of electric car's future (msnbc.msn.com)
• Good News: GM Sold 281 Chevy Volts Last Month (thedaleygator.wordpress.com)
• Pakistan agrees to host Mumbai attack probe (cbc.ca)
• India, Pakistan agree to cooperate on terror probe (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
• Gilani to join Manmohan at Mohali stadium (hindu.com)
• Why a Battle With Bat and Ball is Exactly What India and Pakistan Need (time.com)
• You: No clash of institutions: Zardari (nation.com.pk)
• Pakistan looking to ease visa regime with India (hindu.com)
• "O Allah, burn him and burn the American Island just as you burned the Japanese" (barenakedislam.wordpress.com)
• Green on Erie's Suppressed Premise (lawprofessors.typepad.com)
• "Supreme Court -- Health Care" and related posts (demconwatchblog.com)
• Can you identify a supreme court case based on the majority makeup? (ask.metafilter.com)
• Supreme Court wrestles with sheer size of suit against Wal-Mart - Christian Science Monitor (news.google.com)
• Arizona campaign speech case: The Supreme Court's fights on behalf of rich guys. (slate.com)
• The Wheels of Justice (Scalia): Will Nino Fight His Traffic Ticket? (abovethelaw.com)
• Supreme Court Rejects Delay Of Execution Request (whyyoumadson.wordpress.com)
• Not Much Fallout from Stolt-Nielsen in the Second Circuit (lawprofessors.typepad.com)
• Supreme Court rejects damages for innocent man who spent 14 years on death row - Los Angeles Times (news.google.com)
• Schumpeter: Peculiar people (economist.com)
• VIDEO: Hague hopes for Libya ceasefire - BBC News (news.google.com)
• Libya: William Hague hints at Muammar Gaddafi exile - BBC News (news.google.com)
• Hague hints at exile for Gaddafi (bbc.co.uk)
• Who are Libya's rebel forces? - BBC News (news.google.com)
• Mass pro-Assad rallies in Syria (bbc.co.uk)
• Fears for missing radio presenter (mirror.co.uk)
• Syria's government resigns: reports (marketwatch.com)
• Syria frees Reuters journalists (guardian.co.uk)
• Syria's Assad says no extra access to nuclear inspectors (reuters.com)
• Chavez wins press freedom prize (bbc.co.uk)
• OAS court: Uruguay must drop 'dirty war' amnesty (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
• Argentina denounces bombings on Libya (redantliberationarmy.wordpress.com)
• Video: 'I Got Blown to Hell in Afghanistan' (wired.com)
• The Channel: News from Tubeland (theglobeandmail.com)
• Sapper Co. conducts route clearance ops in Logar (waronterrornews.typepad.com)
• Ken Burns Heading Back to War with VIETNAM Documentary (collider.com)
• Documentary series celebrating extraordinary women (lostateminor.com)
• Fallen But Not Forgotten - Staff Sgt. Joshua S. Gire, 28, of Chillicothe, Ohio and Pfc. Michael C. Mahr, 26, of Homosassa, Fla. died March 22, in Logar province, Afghanistan (stevenleesdouglas.wordpress.com)
• O-fo-SHO...Osho (melissamint.wordpress.com)
• Kabul Bank set for sell-off (ft.com)
• Monday: "Cyberwar", the new documentary series Cuba´s Reasons (cubandemocracy.wordpress.com)
• You: Afghan Elite Borrowed Freely From Kabul Bank (nytimes.com)
• Global Banksters (eschatonblog.com)
• Stephen Harper and constitutional convention (macleans.ca)
• WRAPUP 1-Powers meet in UK to map path for Libya future - Reuters (news.google.com)
• Libya No Threat to U.S. (waronterrornews.typepad.com)
• U.S. Intervention In Libya: A Noble Use Of Force? (npr.org)
• The Key Is Not in Libya (nytimes.com)
• And Israel Yawns (andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com)
• Hague Hints At Exile For Libya's Gaddafi (news.sky.com)
• Facebook backpedals: removes Third Palestinian Intifada Page against Israel (zdnet.com)
• Israel gets away with murder (tipggita32.wordpress.com)
• West should treat Syria, Iran like Libya: Israel (reuters.com)
• Bachmann echoes Qaddafi's talking points, displays foreign policy ignorance (secularnewsdaily.com)
• Target Israel, Not Libya (tipggita32.wordpress.com)
• Israel West Bank Annexations Considered (huffingtonpost.com)