14 May - My Yahoo! RSS

 Teen Discovers Promising Cystic Fibrosis Treatment
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/teen-discovers-promising-cystic-fibrosis-treatment-104002970.html

 ‘Domestic Transformer’: Tiny apartment transforms into 24 rooms
http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/%e2%80%98domestic-transformer%e2%80%99--tiny-apartment-transforms-into-24-rooms.html

Best secret island that travellers overlook

Despite its white sands, soft breezes and sparkling water, this location stays under the radar. » It's not the only one

• World's prettiest sights
• Fading natural wonders
• Will, Kate's honeymoon

Bin Laden journal reveals chilling strategy

Messages shatter assumptions about the al-Qaida chief's final years, officials say. » Push for new targets, body count

• Full of handwritten ideas
• Wife's 'martyr' pledge
• Family condemns his death

 AboveTopSecret

• After Serving Two Tours in Iraq, Ex Marine is Killed in Own Home by SWAT Team (173 flags) - 2 days ago
• Scientists Cure Cancer, But No One Takes Notice (141 flags) - 1 day agoCanadian researchers find a simple cure for cancer, but major pharmaceutical companies are not interested. Suprise, Suprise! :@@: Researchers at the University...
• Court: No right to resist illegal cop entry into home (141 flags) - 1 day agoOverturning a common law dating back to the English Magna Carta of 1215, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Hoosiers have no right to resist unlawful police entry...
• The Organism That Could Destroy Monsanto....For Good! (83 flags) - 1 day agoIm truly hoping that this news doesnt just disappear like everything else that seems to undeniably prove that Monsanto is poisoning our crops, our livestock, and ourselves. Please...
• Alarm! HAARP Signals Off The Charts!! New Madrid Quake Imminent??? (60 flags) - 1 day ago

 Afghanistan Sun

• Taliban sends strong message ahead of Afghan peace talks - 22 hours agoThe Taliban appears to be trying to send a message of resolve and unity with a suicide bombing Friday, while officials consider the possibility of a split from al-Qaeda in the wake of Bin Laden's ...
• US Accuses Six of Aiding Pakistani Taliban - 4 hours agoUS Accuses Six of Aiding Pakistani Taliban
• 21 killed in Afghan road accident - 13 hours agoAt least 21 people, including 15 children, were killed in a road accident Saturday in northern Afghanistan, the interior ministry said.
• Routine security for Afghanistan-Pakistan cricket series - 15 hours agoAfghanistan will be the first international cricket team to tour Pakistan in more than two years when the two nations clash later this month -- but contrary to expectations, the bilateral series will ...
• Britain to control aerial drones over Afghanistan from Lincolnshire air base - 15 hours ago

AllBusiness

• AllBusiness Tablet Tech Review CenterOur expert reviewers deliver their verdicts on the industry's leading tablet hardware and explain which ones work best for small business users.
• How to Get Government Funding for Your Technology Project - 2 days agoThe Small Business Administration, in an effort to promote innovation, offers opportunities for small businesses to land government research financing.
• 15 Things You Didn’t Know About Going Global - 3 days agoFredric Paul attends a Stanford University conference and comes back with plenty of expert advice for entrepreneurs with international ambitions.
• Benefits of Outsourcing to a Professional Employer Organization - 3 days agoMore and more small business owners are turning to PEOs to help them deal more efficiently with their human resources needs.
• Top 10 Celebrity Entrepreneurs

  American Rivers

• USGS News - NOAA, USACE, and USGS Partner to Support Water Resources Management - 1 day agoAmerican Rivers applauds the recent Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by the Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and U.S. Geological Survey ...
• Record Mississippi River Flooding Sparks Call for Comprehensive Management - 1 week agoThe Mississippi River Network, a coalition of 37 organizations dedicated to protecting the land, water and people of the Mississippi River basin, advocates better management alternatives that include ...
• ‘STOPS Runoff Act of 2011’ Introduced to Senate - 1 week agoAmerican Rivers urges swift passage of the Safe Treatment of Polluted Runoff Act of 2011. This bill is an important step forward in addressing polluted runoff by prioritizing smart stormwater manageme...
• Conservation Expert Available To Comment On Levee Explosion, Rivers, Floods And Community Safety - 1 week agoAs rising Mississippi floodwaters threaten people and property and the US Army Corps of Engineers has exploded a levee to protect Cairo, Ill., the public needs credible information about why rivers fl...
• Potomac Highlands Implementation Grants Now Available - 2 weeks ago

Animal Emotions

• Elephant abuse in film: "Water for Elephant" star, Tai, shocked with electric prod - 2 days agoBreaking animals' spirits using horrific methods that cause intense pain and suffering so they perform in film must stop. Yes, it still happens, as it did in the making of the film "Water for...
• Animals in the news: Self-aware chimpanzees, doomed wolves, and retired race horses - 1 week agoWe continue to learn fascinating facts about the cognitive and emotional capacities of other animals and continue to mistreat them with little or no concern for their well-being. It's time for a w...
• Wolves, political stupidity, and fear-mongering: Wolves are a clear and present danger - 3 weeks ago"They're killers, they do it for sport, and then they leave their victim still alive for a lingering death." So claims Idaho state representative Lenore Barrett, who conveniently ignores...
• Dog Killed by Wildlife Services: The Horrific War On Wildlife Knows No Bounds or Decency - 3 weeks agoGovernment workers continue to ruthlessly kill wildlife and domesticated animals, showing no regard for the safety of people, including children, and their companion animals. Bella, a dog who died bec...
• Tilly's Willy: In the Name of Science? - 4 weeks ago

BBC - Home

• IMF head questioned over 'attack' - 35 minutes agoThe head of the IMF, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, is questioned in New York over an alleged sex attack on a hotel maid, say reports.
  (  Much as the IMF is no favourite of mine, a challenger to Sarkosky  embroiled in a sex scandal seems convenient mudflinging )
• Key Mississippi floodgates opened - 3 hours agoUS army engineers open floodgates in Louisiana that will inundate up to 3,000 sq miles to try to protect major cities from Mississippi river floodwater.
• Azerbaijan takes Eurovision crown - 3 hours agoAzerbaijan's Nikki and Ell are crowned the winners of this year's Eurovision Song Contest with the song Running Scared, with Italy in second.
• US charges six over 'Taliban aid' - 5 hours agoAuthorities in the US charge three people in Florida and three in Pakistan with providing financial support to the Pakistani Taliban.
• N Korea in Iran 'technology swap' - 3 hours ago

 BBC - England

• Beheaded UK woman named by family - 6 hours agoThe British woman stabbed and beheaded in a shop on Tenerife is named by her family as 60-year-old Jennifer Mills-Westley, originally from Norwich.
• EastEnders actor in drugs arrest - 15 hours agoEastEnders actor Jody Latham is arrested at his home in Lancashire by police over drugs offences and allegations of assault.
• Manchester celebrates double win - 9 hours agoThe city of Manchester completes a remarkable double on Saturday as its two football clubs win the Premier League and the FA Cup.
• Zoo criticised over gorilla death - 7 hours agoA leading anthropologist calls London Zoo "incompetent" after the death of its baby gorilla in an attack by an adult male gorilla.
• Teenager's killing investigated - 15 hours ago

 Yahoo! Business

• A storm gathers over equities markets (Reuters) - 1 day agoReuters - The big money is calling a halt to the surge in stock prices.
• Canada banks propose TMX deal to rival LSE bid (Reuters) - 3 hours agoReuters - Canada's TMX Group, operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange, has received a takeover proposal from a group of Canadian banks and pension funds that could trump a friendly $3 billion bid f...
• Sony says begins restoring PlayStation Network Sunday (Reuters) - 55 minutes ago

  

Cage Prisoners

• The unknown prisoners of Guantánamo (Part 1 of 5) - 6 hours ago Following WikiLeaks' recent revelations, Andy Worthington tells the stories of 17 Guantanamo prisoners whose stories have never been told before.
• Rod Thornton's suspension is a serious attack on academic freedom - 3 days ago   Thornton's paper on Nottingham University's actions during my wrongful arrest over terrorism has led to him becoming the victim
• Clarification of Cageprisoners piece on the fictional killing of Barack Obama - 3 days ago While many have read the Cageprisoners article in the spirit it was written, there are some who have chosen to ignore the satire.
• Waterboarded captive facing death penalty trial sues Poland over abuse - 3 days ago   PARIS --  Lawyers for the alleged al Qaeda mastermind of the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole said Tuesday they have filed a case against Poland at Europe's court of human rights over alleged...
• Bin Laden sons protest to US over 'arbitrary killing' - 3 days ago

 Coyote

• A Vanishing Landscape - 4 days agoHere is a rare look at my native habitat , a micro-ecosystem that has mostly been extinguished in the heartless march of human progress.  Where was the Nature Conservancy when you needed them?
• Inevitable Result of Price Controls, Health Care Edition - 4 days agoWell, it turns out that the laws of supply and demand do indeed apply in the health care field.  Obamacare and before it Romneycare combine government subsidies of demand with cost controls mainly con...
• Scenes From My Son Studying For His AP Exams - 4 days agoScene 1, History AP:  My son asked me how WWII ended the Depression.  I said that the draft soaked up a lot of excess workers, which reduced unemployment, and British buying for the war helped our eco...
• Advantage of My Company Operating in Many States - 4 days agoOperating in multiple states is generally a pain in the ass.  But one advantage it offers is that from time to time a bank or telephone company asks for some really intrusive bits of information, clai...
• To Which I Would Add One More Concern - 5 days ago

 Crikey! - columns

• Picking through the scraps of budget arts funding - 1 day agoIt's been a generally positive federal budget for the arts and culture sectors. But the efficiency dividend will hit smaller cultural institutions hard.
• Middle-class welfare - 1 day agoCrikey reads have tehir say.
• Eddie McGuire’s Between the Lines falls below it - 1 day agoBetween the Lines was another stutter for host Eddie McGuire.
• Strap in for Helicopter Sunday - 1 day agoIt’s a two-horse race plagued by financial woes, sectarianism and creeping irrelevance, dwarfed as it is by one of the world’s biggest sporting competitions. But heck, the Scottish Premier League'...
• Fairfax to strike? … more Behrendt beat-ups … - 1 day ago

Top Documentary Films

• The Most Secret Place On Earth - 8 hours agoThe Most Secret Place on Earth is a 2008 film by German director Marc Eberle, dealing with the secret operation waged by the CIA throughout the sixties and early seventies against communist guerrillas...
• Secrets of the Koran - 20 hours agoThe Koran is one of the most important works ever written. For almost one billion people worldwide, it is the Holy Scripture, the word of God and his prophet. For others, it is a historical artifact t...
• The World’s Worst Place to Be Gay? - 1 day agoHow do you get more people to watch your documentary? Give it a teasing title, clearly intended to grab floating viewers by piquing their interest. Gosh, where could it be, the world’s worst place to ...
• The Most Dangerous Man In America - 1 day agoThe Most Dangerous Man in America is the story of what happens when a former Pentagon insider, armed only with his conscience, steadfast determination, and a file cabinet full of classified documents,...
• Is The Bible Still Relevant Today? - 2 days ago

 Drone Wars UK
( How many see a parallel in Orson Scott Card's stories about 'Ender's Game'  ? )

• British drones over Afghanistan to be piloted from UK - 1 day agoSTOP PRESS The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced today that it is forming a second, RAF drones squadron to be based at RAF Waddington in Lincs.  RAF pilots will control the UKs armed Reaper...
• We mustn’t ignore the fact that British drones kill too - 1 day agoThis is my comment piece published in today’s Guardian  Ken Macdonald, the former director of public prosecutions, is right to question the morality and legality of US drone strikes in Pakistan ...
• Drone Strikes in Yemen and Pakistan, Proliferation Elsewhere - 1 week agoA US drone strike in Yemen on Thursday (5th May), was an attempt to assassinate US-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki , said to be head of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.  Two Saudi brothers were killed i...
• Drone Laws - 1 week agoAn article by two senior MoD scientists in an obscure US military journal suggests that while the UK military says it has no intention of developing a fully autonomous armed drone, background research...
• Transfer Speculation - 1 week ago

Drum - opinion

• Corruption in sport? Amazing. - 1 day agoOh my Lord, what next. I mean really. In London this week, there were shocking revelations, or at least accusations, that the FIFA World Cup bidding process was a little bit corrupt , perhaps. Of note...
• A prize of one's own: the case for an Aussie Orange - 1 day agoLast year, Triple J presenter and comedian Tom Ballard raised something on Twitter I’d been thrashing around in my head for a while too. “Is the concept of having male/female awards in the arts outdat...
• Have I got a post-budget deal for you! - 1 day agoSupporters of the Green Gospel of Global Warming, have I got a post-budget deal for you which can help you save the world. Don’t be deterred by the fact a consensus over a carbon tax seems further off...
• State sponsored persecution - 1 day agoOut of all the various groups of asylum seekers in Australia, why are asylum seekers arriving by boat being persecuted by the Australian Government? Why is Prime Minister Julia Gillard being so vindic...
• Conversations: is a doctor the only solution? - 1 day ago

Eco 20-20

• May 13, Clean-Tech All Terrain Vehicles: Electric Vehicles Articles: Eco20/20 - 1 day agoIf you're thinking of buying an ATV, don't be too quick to assume your high-performance wish-list will automatically exclude alternative-fuel options. Consumers no longer have to settle for a ...
• May 12, Cell Phone Green-Tech Options: Energy Products Articles: Eco20/20 - 2 days agoEveryone should know mobile phones are already helping us reduce our carbon footprints, by reducing travel; just like everyone should know browsing the net saves gas for a savvy shopper. Here's s...
• May 12, Bragging Rights in Eco-friendly Competitiveness: Solar Energy: Eco20/20 - 2 days agoDepending, it seems, on the time of the month - or perhaps the direction of the wind - the world's largest solar plant is coming soon to Australia or Arizona. Maybe it's going 'walkabout&#...
• May 11, Top 10 Green Gadgets: Energy Products Articles: Eco20/20 - 3 days agoLooking for some environmentally friendly high tech gadgets? Here are a few fun items that are as useful as they are resourceful!
• May 11, Windmill - Alternative Power in Green Energy: Wind Energy: Eco20/20 - 3 days ago

 ESA

• Watch the launch live - 1 day agoWatch the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-134 mission, with a crew of six including ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori, to the International Space Station on 16 May. Streaming of the launch event fro...
• ESA's water mission keeps tabs on dry spring soils - 2 days agoWestern Europe's exceptionally dry spring is clear to see in maps generated using data from SMOS. While these maps offer an interesting view of the stark difference in soil moisture compared to a ...
• CryoSat Greenland camp receives royal guest - 3 days agoESA's CryoSat team working on the Greenland ice sheet has been honoured with a visit from a Dutch delegation including HRH Prince of Orange. The visit is part of a tour to learn more about climate...
• Europe’s first EGNOS airport to guide down giant Beluga aircraft - 4 days agoPau Pyrénées in southern France has become Europe’s first airport to use the new EGNOS Safety-of-Life Service, to guide aircraft in for landing using only this highly accurate space navigation signal.
• Space Shuttle Endeavour launch set for 16 May - 5 days ago

Gawker

• Two Inadvisable Ways to Handle an Argument [Fights] - 4 hours ago # fights Yesterday, a New York City hot dog vendor celebrated Friday the 13th—both the day and the horror film—by slashing up a rival vendor'...
• John Boehner Cried to College Kids Today [Acts] - 5 hours ago # acts Today marked a proud moment in the lives of graduating students and their families at Catholic University. Years of hard work and determin...
• Vagina-Having Student Somehow Completes Engineering Degree [Feats] - 5 hours ago # feats Self-described "math nerd" Hannah Surber, who is female, has earned a master's degree in aeronautical engineering. What? Ae...
• Guy Paints Sistine Chapel in Every Single Room of His House [Odd] - 6 hours ago # odd Most people who wait out the long, slow-moving line into the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican leave with an overwhelming feeling of inferiorit...
• How to Detect and Capture Farting Bedbugs [Guides] - 6 hours ago

 Great Beyond

• Understanding the complete meltdown at Fukushima unit 1 - 1 day agoLast week, workers entered the stricken unit 1 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and began work to further stabilize it. One of their first tasks was to recalibrate some of the sensors on...
• North Carolina pelicalamity sign of end times? - 1 day agoRecently, someone brought to my attention a wave of “mysterious pelican injuries and deaths” in North Carolina. Dozens of brown pelicans have washed up on the shore with broken wings and other injurie...
• Nuclear reactors under stress - 1 day agoThe European Commission and the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group ( ENSREG ) yesterday failed to reach agreement on the criteria for safety tests – or 'stress tests' – of Europe's n...
• UN urges world to curb appetite for raw materials - 1 day agoA report published by the United Nations Environment Programme yesterday (12 May) puts some ominous numbers behind its message that humanity needs to reduce the rate at which it churns through natural...
• Opening up scientific data - 2 days ago

 Green Life

• Daily Roundup: May 13, 2011 - 1 day agoZoolander: A man was arrested at Bangkok's international airport after two leopards, two panthers, two monkeys, and a bear were found inside his suitcases. The baby animals had been drugged and we...
• Saving Tigers, a Stamp at a Time - 1 day agoIn September, anyone who sends a letter can help save endangered wildlife by buying the USPS's  "Save Vanishing Species" stamp . The Multinational Species Conservation Fund gets 11 cen...
• Movie Review Friday: If A Tree Falls - 1 day agoEscape to the movies with one of our Movie Review Friday selections. Each week we review a film or television event with an environmental theme. Seen a good eco-flick lately?  Send us a short review a...
• Daily Roundup: May 12, 2011 - 2 days agoBreaking the Ice: The Arctic Council signed its first agreement to cooperate in managing energy exploration of earth’s “last frontier.” Reuters The Future of Nuclear: In the aftermath of the Fukushima...
• Washington, D.C. Will Pay You to Live Near Your Work - 2 days ago

In These Times

• Mr. Ryan’s Neighborhood - 1 day agoHouse Budget Chairman Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) star is rising fast, as Beltway pundits describe his plan to cut $6.2 trillion in federal spending over 10 years as a "courageous" and "th...
• Bin Laden Mission Evokes More Questions Than Answers - 1 day agoIf the mission to neutralize Osama bin Laden were a blockbuster movie, the screen would have almost certainly faded to black as soon as the accused terrorist's death was announced. No doubt, the c...
• For-Profit Colleges’ Debt Disorder - 2 days agoLate last month, an organization called the Coalition for Educational Success (CES) announced its intention to formulate a new code of conduct to govern for-profit higher education institutions. CES s...
• The Bully’s Pulpit - 2 days agoIt is, alas, the season for commencement addresses, when graduates are offered advice about how to succeed and are given visions of the kinds of futures they might help to create. I am recovering from...
• Interns of the World, Unite! - 3 days ago

Infowars

• Ludicrous Bin Laden "Porno" Claim Harks Back To CIA Fakery - 1 day agoLudicrous Bin Laden "Porno" Claim Harks Back To CIA Fakery Spooks admitted creating hoax videotapes of Osama talking about having sex with boys Paul Joseph
• Narrative Behind Bin Laden Fable Flip-Flops AGAIN - 1 day agoNarrative Behind Bin Laden Fable Flip-Flops AGAIN Obama administration's struggle to get its lies straight is an insult to the intelligence of the American
• Fukushima Nuclear Meltdown, Exposed Fuel Rods; Media Shrugs - 2 days agoFukushima Nuclear Meltdown, Exposed Fuel Rods; Media Shrugs TEPCO has been lying all along about the severity of the crisis Paul Joseph Watson Prison
• Top Doctor Confirms Bin Laden Had Marfan Syndrome - 2 days agoTop Doctor Confirms Bin Laden Had Marfan Syndrome MSNBC hit piece unwittingly reveals corroboration for Dr. Steve R. Pieczenik's assertion that Osama died in
• Americans Are The Most Gullible People On The Planet - 3 days ago

 The ITT List

• A Common Conservative Tactic: Policing the Boundaries of Acceptable Art - 1 day agoBy Joe MacaréThe manufactured controversy over the rapper Common’s invitation to the White House has been depressing for several reasons. But few aspects are as frustrating as the simple fact of the G...
• Sluts Like Me - 3 days agoBy Lindsay BeyersteinAnti-porn feminist Gail Dines manages to completely miss the point of the Slut Walk marches being organized in cities around the country. Dines and her co-author think that the ma...
• After Bin Laden, Two Comforting Narratives Make America Seem Great - 4 days agoBy David Szydloski It is cold comfort that Osama bin Laden has been killed, all things considered. After 10 years, hundreds of billions of dollars (at least) spent on "War on Terror" expend...
• Weekly Mulch: House Republicans Push for Renewed Offshore Drilling - 1 week agoby Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger Ed. note: This is the final edition of the Mulch. To keep up with the best environmental coverage the progressive media has to offer, follow The Media Consor...
• Weekly Diaspora: What Homeland Security Looks Like After Bin Laden’s Death - 1 week ago

LEAF's Blog

• It’s nearly here, Open Farm Sunday 2011! - 3 days agoThis year’s Open Farm Sunday is just about a month away. So here is a mini update on what’s been going on in the run up to this year’s event. Registrations got off to a great start at the beginning … ...
• Trends in Sustainable Food: 28% honestly disengaged - 1 week agoA few weeks ago, Defra released their latest research on attitudes to sustainable food (full report). They found that people want to buy healthy and local food. The full report is very interesting and...
• 10,000 Farmers Wanted, No Experience Necessary - 1 week agoThe National Trust is starting an innovative farming experiment, inviting 10,000 people to become ‘virtual farmers’ and get involved in the day to day running and key decisions at one of the Trust’s w...
• The “S” Word - 2 weeks agoIn an era of climate change hysteria, diminishing natural resources, discussions about food security and political posturing, the word shouting out at us from every angle is “sustainability”. What doe...
• LEAF’s Technical Field Day at Harper Adams - 3 weeks ago

Lebs295's Blog

• Cameroon and “Motions of Support” - 3 days agoBy Julius Fondong Someone recently quipped that if we were to go by the numerous motions of support addressed to President Paul Biya and read every day over CRTV, there will be no need to hold electio...
• The Cameroonian Conundrum: Autopsy of a Moribund Nation - 3 days agoBy Dr. Peter Wuteh Vakunta Introduction The ailing polity code-named Cameroon seems to be afflicted with a medley of ailments that have earned it a myriad of sobriquets:Clando Republic, Mimboland, Ani...
• What if Biya’a stopped dyeing his hair? - 3 days agoBy Dr. Patrice Nganang (Translated from French by Dr. Peter Vakunta) Ludicrous Biya’a whose hair is darker than those of Obama who is thirty years his junior!  Let Biya’a tell us the truth: what produ...
• 2012 Patriot - 4 days ago2012Patriot Follow my videos on vodpod Filed under: 2012 End of World Tagged: Joe Montana, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, Recreation, Super Bowl, Tom Brady, YouTube
• Media Ignores Fukushima Fire!! - 4 days ago

 Media Monitors

• Stale Bread, Brutal Circus"There may be short-term success for the military power of the empire, but in the long term its political economic contradictions will come crashing down. The profit and loss financial domination...
• Pizzarotti should follow in Deutsche Bahn's footsteps"The Italian Coalition Stop That Train, a network of over 80 associations, is working to convince Pizzarotti to pull out of the project. On Monday a campaign was launched to "Declare Your Ci...
• Rubber Man"As the inventor of The New Middle East he gave Sharon, the sworn enemy of Palestinian independence, a kosher certificate and played a major role in getting the world to accept him. Now he is per...
• Iran's Islamic vision of the Arab uprising"...Tehran has accused the West of deliberately trying to save Gaddafi by prolonging its military operation. Many state-run media have declared that had NATO leaders desired to overthrow Gaddafi,...
• Libya: Media Censorship

MercoPress

• Falkland Islanders still exposed to dangers of Argentine unexploded ordnance - 20 hours ago The Falkland Islands Joint Services Explosive Ordnance Disposal, EOD, detachment recently moved headquarters from Lookout Camp in the capital Stanley to the British military bas...
• French minister finds ‘strong tension and difficulties’ between Argentina and Brazil - 20 hours ago French Foreign Trade Secretary Pierre Lellouche said he had witnessed ‘strong tensions’ among Mercosur members during negotiations with the European Union for a free trade agree...
• World’s main trading nations remain divided on global agreement: Doha Round doomed? - 20 hours ago The world's main trading nations remain divided over a global trade deal despite a compromise plan put forward by the European Union to rescue the stalled Doha trade round, ...
• US tourism industry calls for reforming the “antiquated visa process” - 20 hours ago The U.S. Travel Association unveiled a plan to create 1.3 million U.S. jobs and add 859 billion dollars to the U.S. economy by 2020 by reforming an antiquated visa process that ...
• Argentina/Brazil agree on a ‘constructive dialogue’ to overcome trade disputes - 20 hours ago

 News Worldwide

• Mexico Invades the United States - 1 day ago‘Baja Arizona’ would balkanize the Southwest Alex exposes how the Baja Arizona movement to split into a 51st state is just another step in an ongoing globalist scheme to combine Mexico with the United...
• US Government Takes Down HAARP Website to Conceal Evidence of US Weather Modification and Earthquake Inducing Warfare - 1 week agoSource HAARP Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX) platform (presscore.ca)  The HAARP (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program) website was down for over three weeks.  (aircrap.org: The website is now b...
• Chinese regulators suspend TV crime and spy dramas - 1 week agoChinese regulators suspend TV crime and spy dramas By Damian Grammaticas BBC News, Beijing China has ordered TV stations across the country not to air any detective shows, spy thrillers or dramas abou...
• Lawsuit Seeks To Invalidate Monsanto’s GMO Patents - 1 week agoThe Intel Hub Rady Ananda April 3, 2011 “A new invention to poison people … is not a patentable invention.” Lowell v. Lewis, 1817 A landmark lawsuit filed on March 29 in US federal court seeks to inva...
• Gulf Bacteria is for targeting people, not oil – It was never about oil – Its legal Genocide - 1 week ago

OnePakistan

• Mubarak's Wife Stable After Illness - 3 hours agochest pains Friday after Egyptian officials interrogated her and ordered that she be detained for 15 days.
• Death of Palestinian Raises Tensions During anti-Israel Protests - 3 hours agoUnrest in the Middle East is spreading to Israel and the Palestinian territories.
• Iran's President Dismisses Cabinet Ministers - 3 hours agoIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has dismissed three key Cabinet ministers.
• Iran Postpones 'Eye-for-an-Eye' Acid Punishment - 3 hours agoMajid Mohavedi was to be punished for throwing acid in face of university student after she repeatedly turned down his marriage offers
• Libyan Opposition Meets with France's Sarkozy - 3 hours ago

 RAW Story

• Mike Huckabee not running in 2012, ‘My heart says no’ - 35 minutes ago In an announcement on his Fox News show tonight, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee has said that he will not be running for the Republican nomination in the 2012 presidential race. Huckabee tea...
• Gingrich calls Obama a ‘food stamp president’ - 1 hour ago In a fiery speech to supporters in Macon, Georgia, Newt Gingrich promised to "win the future", lower taxes, and restore America to greatness. He also took a swipe at President Obama, calli...
• Is the auto bailout Obama’s 2012 ‘secret weapon’? - 4 hours ago There is speculation in political circles that the White House is preparing a PR offensive to raise the profile of one of its less widely-known successes, the bailout of the automotive industry. Acc...
• Conservative group Judicial Watch sues for release of Osama bin Laden death photos - 6 hours ago The conservative interest group Judicial Watch has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Department of Defense (DOD) seeking photographs and video recordings from the U.S. mi...
• Six charged in U.S. with conspiracy to aid Pakistani Taliban - 8 hours ago

San Jose Mercury News

• Durbin talks of up, down week - 1 hour agoSANTA CRUZ - Durbin Day dawned breezy and gray at the Beach Boardwalk. But even in the cold of the early Saturday morning, James Durbin fans staked a claim on the sand near the Boardwalk bandstand.
• Herhold: Political rules should apply to Facebook - 2 hours agoYou've probably heard the tag line so many times that you can recite it in your sleep: At the end of a political attack ad that savages a candidate or cause comes the disclosure.
• San Jose's pot clubs prove to be a promising new revenue source - 2 hours agoOfficials said Friday that the city's medical marijuana collectives paid $290,000 in the first month they paid a new 7 percent city tax.
• In Hindsight: Microsoft lands Skype; Google launches Chromebooks - 6 hours agoMicrosoft says it will buy Skype for $8.5 billion. Plus: Google launches a music service and new Chrome OS computers. And: LinkedIn, Cisco Systems, Yahoo, Agilent, Apple and Facebook.
• Police Blotter - 18 hours ago

Social Work for Mankind

• Lokpal Bill Draft Panel to Meet Today - 1 week agoThe Government and civil society members of the lokpal bill joint committee are to hold their third meeting in New Delhi on Saturday evening to draft a stringent anti-draft law. The joint drafting com...
• US forces kill Osama bin Laden in Pakistan - 1 week agoAlmost 10 years after the 9/11 terror strike, Al-Qaeda Leader Osama bin Laden was Sunday night killed by US forces after being hounded in a special operation in Abbottabad in Pakistan. Bin Laden, 54, ...
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• "The 9/11 Black Box" to be screened at Cannes Film FestivalThe organizers of the 64th Cannes film festival decided to feature two films by Iranian opponents: This is not a film, by Panahi and Mirtahmasb, will be screened under a special session, whereas Goodb...
• A new law will end the one-party ruleHumanitarian relief Humanitarian teams from the Red Cross and Red Crescent (ICRC) have been given the green light to deliver emergency medical supplies to parts of Syria ravaged by violence, according...
• New conflicting reports

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• EPA tells POLITICO it will investigate DeLeon - 2 weeks agoPOLITICO reporter Robin Bravender released a story on Friday saying that EPA spokesperson Brendan Gilfillan promised that EPA would "look into" the allegations of the open letter the Nationa...
• NWC calls on EPA to oust Civil Rights Director - 3 weeks agoToday I am writing to Lisa Jackson, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and asking her to remove Mr. Rafael DeLeon, the Director of the EPA's Office of Civil Rights (OC...
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• Dodd-Frank CLE Seminar on April 28th in Austin, Texas - 3 weeks agoOn April 28 th , Stephen Kohn, Executive Director at the National Whistleblowers Center will host a seminar entitled " The NEW Corporate Whistleblower Protections and Reward Provisions " fro...
• For Sale: Donated Front Row Washington Nationals Tickets - one month ago

My Yahoo! News Search

• Update: Yahoo's Board Still Backs CEO Bartz, Source Says - 1 day agoUpdate: A source close to Yahoo this afternoon said he's talked to several of the company's directors who say the board remains fully supportive of CEO Carol Bartz, despite this week's hoo...
• Yahoo Addresses Alipay Mess: Forget It Shareholders--It's China. - 1 day agoBack in April of 2009, like all the rest of the parts of the Chinese Internet giant Alibaba Group, its Alipay unit was listed this way on its Web site: "Alipay is wholly owned by Alibaba Group.&q...
• Digital detox improves the trip - 1 day agoThe night before I left for Rome, I checked my two work e-mail accounts and three private ones, scanned my Twitter feed, posted to Facebook, downloaded photos, checked my Google and Yahoo alerts, and ...
• Did Yahoo! Just Learn a Lesson About China? - 2 days agoThere's an easy solution to the ownership structure here.
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Yahoo! Politics

• With gas costs high, Obama to speed oil production (AP) - 5 hours agoAP - Amid growing public unhappiness over gas prices, President Barack Obama is directing his administration to ramp up U.S. oil production by extending existing leases in the Gulf of Mexico and off A...
• Huckabee says he won't run for president (AP) - 19 minutes agoAP - Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Saturday he won't seek the Republican presidential nomination, choosing to stick with a lucrative career as a television and radio personality over a r...
• Pentagon: No quick review of bin Laden photos' bid (AP) - 10 hours ago
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