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Feds Issue Threat: No Fly Zone for Texas (163 flags) - 1 day agoYesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice upped the ante in a high-stakes political game of chicken. Lobbying against pending legislation in the Texas legislature which would...
Australian Student Uncovers the Universeâ€™s Missing Mass (162 flags) - 1 day agowell it might be true that energy = mass and mass equals energy and the missing mass in the universe may be in the form of filamentery energy collecting matter into walls Not...
Police goes brutal on a guy, crowd gets angry and beat the hell out of cops (156 flags) - 18 hours agoThis should happen EVERYWHERE people see cops brutality for no reason. Freaking cops are not above the law.
Media Silence, Reason for Concern (111 flags) - 1 day agoIm skimming the MSM news outlets lately, and I have been having this ominous feeling. There is a total meltdown of a reactor in Japan, a volcano eruption that could effect the atmosphere...
Alex Jones Calling For Everyone To Mass RIGHT NOW at Texas House Of Representatives!!! (97 flags) - 1 day agoLive on AJ right now, Alex calling for all Texas listeners to go the State Capitol and demand to see State Reps!! Sorry no link posting from phone. Stay safe stay vigilant...

Afghanistan News latest RSS headlines - Afghanistan Sun.com

Arrested Pak Navy commando had warned of PNS Mehran attack back in January - 8 hours agoA Pakistan Navy commando arrested in January for his links with the Taliban and al-Qaeda affiliates, had then disclosed about the impending attack on Karachi's Mehran Naval Station.
Sausage, lamb chops, ice-cream on Obama-Cameron menu - 9 hours agoTwo of the most powerful leaders in the world - Barack Obama and David Cameron - cooked a hearty meal of sausages, lamb chops and hamburgers at a garden party for Iraq and Afghan war veterans, a media...
Taliban say no plans to attack Pakistan's nuclear weapons - 13 hours agoThe Taliban have no plans to attack Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, the Islamist organisation's spokesman has declared.
Top Afghan Officials Escape Assassination - 20 hours agoTop Afghan Officials Escape Assassination
Pakistani Taliban Strike Again; Suicide Blast Kills 8 - 20 hours agoPakistani Taliban Strike Again; Suicide Blast Kills 8

AllBusiness.com - Home Page Top Stories

Downtown Parking: Asphalt Is the New Gold for Small Businesses - 18 hours agoIn cities across the country, the price of parking is going up. Ivan Schneider says Wall Street traders can teach business owners a thing or two about how to cope.
How to Present Your Small BusinessWatch as communications expert Dr. Carol Fleming helps three real small business owners present their companies in the best possible light.
10 Tips for Coping with Toxic CoworkersWe all have at least one: the coworker, client, or boss you just can't stand. Here are some tips on how to deal with those problematic people in your workplace.
4 Steps That Could Save Your Business After a Data Breach - 18 hours agoA data breach incident can be harrowing, but with the right policies, a rational response, and a strong set of technologies, your small business can recover.
How to Minimize Employee Absences - 1 day agoEmployee absences are more detrimental to your business than you might realize. And when workers call in sick, the impact on your business isn't just financial.

BlackListedNews.com

US secretly helped French nuclear program: documents - 13 hours agoHenry Kissinger, the senior aide to President Richard Nixon and apostle of realpolitik, is quoted as saying that he wanted to make the French "drool" and think they could compete with Britai...
The Anglo-American Military Axis: West Backs Holy Alliance For Control Of Arab World And Persian Gulf - 13 hours agoThe standard-bearers of Anglo-American imperialism in the current epoch, President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron, met in London on May 25 to discuss the world’s two ongoing wars of agg...
US to store passenger data for 15 years - 13 hours agoThe personal data of millions of passengers who fly between the US and Europe, including credit card details, phone numbers and home addresses, may be stored by the US department of homeland security ...
There's a Secret Patriot Act, Senator Says - 13 hours agoYou may think you understand how the Patriot Act allows the government to spy on its citizens. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) says it’s worse than you’ve heard.
Military set to lead on US domestic cyber-security - 13 hours agoThe US military will play a leading role in defending homeland America from cyber attacks, and this will include providing cybersecurity to key infrastructure on US soil.

Yahoo! News: Business News

Wall Street bounces back for a second day (Reuters) - 50 minutes agoReuters - Stocks rose for a second day, erasing early losses in a volatile day on Thursday as earnings helped technology and consumer discretionary stocks after a substantial fall for equities this mo...
Consumers hold back growth, rebound seen muted (Reuters) - 1 hour agoReuters - Unexpectedly weak consumer spending hobbled the U.S. economy in the first quarter and fresh signs of a slowdown in job creation mean it will struggle to regain speed.
IMF threat to withhold Greek aid spooks markets (Reuters) - 1 hour agoReuters - The International Monetary Fund may withhold the next slice of aid to Greece due next month, the head of euro zone finance ministers said on Thursday, spooking markets with the possibility o...

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Press Releases

Mississippi River named one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers - 1 week agoAs floodwaters swelled the Mississippi River to historic levels and overwhelmed communities in 10 states, American Rivers gave a ‘special mention’ to the river today in its list of America’s Most Enda...
Ozarks Riverways among Nation’s Most Endangered Rivers - 1 week agoThe clean water and unique recreation experiences prized by paddlers and anglers on the Ozark National Scenic Riverways is being destroyed by pollution, erosion, and poor management. This threat land...
St. Croix again named one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers - 1 week agoRolling back longstanding Wild and Scenic protections on the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway would gouge taxpayers, harm the river, and create a harmful precedent for Wild and Scenic rivers nationw...
Hoback named one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers - 1 week agoProposed industrial scale natural gas drilling is threatening the Hoback River – known for its spectacular setting, thriving native cutthroat trout fishery, and wild character. This risk earned the H...
Black Warrior River among America’s Most Endangered Rivers - 1 week agoPollution caused by coal mining near the Black Warrior River has landed the river on the annual list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers(TM)– a report issued by the conservation group American Rivers.

Animal Emotions

Elephant abuse in film: "Water for Elephant" star, Tai, shocked with electric prod - 1 week 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 - 3 weeks 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 - one month 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 - one month 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? - one month agoDid you know that humans help Tilly, a killer whale, produce semen so that they can make more whales who will spend their lives bored and wallowing away in horrific conditions of captivity? Free willy...

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BBC News - Home

Serbia moves to extradite Mladic - 30 minutes agoRatko Mladic faces a Belgrade court within hours of his arrest as Serbia seeks to send the former Bosnian Serb army chief to the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague.
Pakistan town hit by suicide bomb - 1 hour agoAt least 24 people are killed after a suicide bomber in a car targets government buildings in Pakistan's volatile north-west.
South Sudan 'will not go to war' - 5 hours agoSouth Sudan's leader Salva Kiir says he will not lead his people back into conflict with the north over the disputed region of Abyei after its seizure at the weekend.
Rwanda genocide fugitive arrested - 1 hour agoA Rwandan genocide suspect, Bernard Munyagishari, is arrested in eastern DR of Congo after being on the run for 17 years.
Arab unrest dominates G8 summit - 4 hours agoLeaders of some of the world's wealthiest nations meet in France for a summit set to be dominated by uprisings in the Arab world.

BBC News - England

Milly accused's partner 'did not suspect him of killing' - 2 hours agoThe former partner of the man accused of murdering Surrey schoolgirl Milly Dowler tells an Old Bailey jury she did not think he had done it.
Teacher attack Muslims are jailed - 1 hour agoFour Muslim men who assaulted a religious education teacher because they did not approve of him teaching Muslim girls, are jailed.
C-charge bill for Obama's 'Beast' - 1 hour agoUS President Barack Obama's limousine, The Beast, and his convoy received a congestion charge bill, London's Mayor reveals.
Nose attack dog was 'lovely pet' - 29 minutes agoA dog alleged to have bitten off part of a delivery driver's nose was a "lovely" pet, a court hears.
Ex-boyfriend wanted after murder - 33 minutes agoA nationwide hunt begins for a man wanted in connection with the murder of a Red Cross worker in Hertfordshire.

CP Feed

“No-Fly List” Live Video Discussion on Prism TV’s Rights and Security - 3 hours ago Maher Arar and Moazzam Begg in conversation about the effects of 'no-fly' lists.
Bin Laden’s Gone. Can My Son Come Home? - 1 day ago The father of 'American Taliban' John Walker Lindh makes the compelling case arguing for his son's release.
Osama bin Laden’s Death: There is Much More to Say - 2 days ago Noam Chomsky's in-depth analysis on the US' killing of Osama bin Laden
Why the Supreme Court Won't Review Guantanamo Cases - 2 days ago Once upon a court, a case came out giving Guantanamo Bay detainees the right to bring a petition for a writ of habeas corpus before the Federal District judges. That landmark court decision wa...
Obama's visit: Moazzam Begg's letter to London Evening Standard - 2 days ago As Obama comes to London, Shaker Aamer's decade-long ordeal, has still not been resolved while his family in Britain continue to wait in limbo.

Coyote Blog

Another Problem With Campaign Finance Legislation - 2 hours agoThere used to be two Americas — the small portion who were criminals and the large majority of law-abiding citizens. Now there is just one America, since with the proliferation of regulations, we all...
Kindle Recommendation - 5 days agoIn the spirit of 99-cent books on Kindle, I found an author on Kindle named John Locke , who has written about 6 books about his assassin-protagonist Donovan Creed (he also wrote a western, of all thi...
What Are You Doing After the Rapture? I’m Going to DisneyWorld - 5 days agoApparently, certain religious prognosticators are forecasting sunny weather with a chance of rapture this Saturday. I have decided to enjoy the beginning of the end with my daughter at DisneyWorld. ...
Israel - 5 days agoI don’t write about the Middle East much because its a big muddle that requires a lot more knowledge than I have to comment on seriously. I will say this about Israel, though: I too would love to s...
When Real Estate Prices Rise… - 6 days ago… people can seek out some pretty amazing spaces to do business. Not sure OSHA would be hip to this. Via Carpe Diem Update: Substituted a video I thought was better.

Crikey » Columns

Rundle: Buffalo, NY — where you can really test the US pulse - 15 hours agoThose visiting the Big Apple, awed by its power and air of inevitability, could do worse than take a side trip to Buffalo to see how it might have been otherwise.
How does the current docks dispute compare to ’98? - 15 hours agoHow does the current docks dispute stack up with the savage industrial war of 1998? To get a handle on all things waterfront, Crikey spoke with workplace relations expert Professor Andrew Stewart from...
The trouble of Facebook and kids - 15 hours agoCrikey reads have their say.
Markets rebound after three days of losses - 15 hours agoThe Dow Jones closed up 38 overnight after 3 days of losses.
Ratings behemoth State of Origin delivers - 15 hours agoA record for the Origin audience in the capital citie.

DJ6ual: An Irish Girl

Glenn Beck TV Network - GBTV - 14 hours agoGlenn Beck TV Network - GBTV The Truth Lives Here Outgoing Fox News host Glenn Beck and his company, Mercury Radio Arts, are developing a new service called “GBTV,” which will be a web-based TV chan...
Palestinian Prime Minister Suffered Heart Attack - 2 days agoPalestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad suffered a heart attack while visiting the US and is recovering at a Texas hospital, a spokesman said. Fayyad, who was born in 1952, was in Austin to attend the...
Harold Camping Reschedules Doomsday for October - 2 days agoAs crestfallen followers of a California preacher who foresaw the world's end strained to find meaning in their lives, Harold Camping revised his apocalyptic prophecy Monday, saying he was off by ...
Viagra May CURE Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms - 2 days agoViagra May CURE Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona researchers have discovered that Viagra ® drastically reduces multiple sclerosis symptoms in animal models with the dise...
Warnings, Prophecy, and Predictions - 2 days agoWarnings, Prophecy, and Predictions (This Blog Originally Posted 2011-05-23 05:15) These events will not happen in any particular order, and may not happen at all, it is up to you to decide the va...

Drone Wars UK

US drone strikes return to Pakistan with a vengeance as resistance grows - 5 days agoAfter something of a lull, US drone strikes have returned with a vengeance to Pakistan over the past two weeks, the latest of which, killed six people this afternoon . In addition strikes have taken...
British drones over Afghanistan to be piloted from UK - 1 week 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 week 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 - 2 weeks 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 - 2 weeks 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...

The Drum Opinion

Australia leading the war on tobacco - 13 hours agoTobacco is the only legal consumer product that kills up to half of its consumers when used exactly as the manufacturer intends. And it kills in prodigious numbers. Nearly 6 million people worldwide d...
The super injunction: what is it and does it matter? - 13 hours agoThere was a time when only high-profile prosecutions for murder or very serious sexual assault would attract real public attention and interest, prurient or otherwise. Think of the Lindy Chamberlain t...
Refugee crime wave nothing but hogwash - 13 hours agoAustralia’s large migrant, and refugee, intake is controversial. Advocates of a ‘small-Australia’ point to congestion in our cities as one reason why numbers should be limited. Another argument seems ...
Family law is failing kids - 13 hours agoImagine for a moment that you are going through divorce or separation and you fear that your ex-partner is harming your children. You seek help from community services who advise you to remove your ch...
shaw-graph1 - 13 hours agoRead all responses to this article

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May 24, Green Energy Stocks: Eco Living Articles: Eco20/20 - 2 days agoWhenever a new product or service comes on the market, it is generally publicly traded. The stock prices are influenced by how many people are buying and/or selling, and the prices they are being bou...
May 24, Is Green Energy Seeing Green? The Green Energy Economy: Renewable Energy Articles: Eco20/20 - 2 days agoDenver has recently heard good news about the green economy they are currently focusing on. There can be a feasible creation of two thousand five hundred jobs. This could increase the economy for De...
May 23, Green Energy Activists: Eco Living Articles: Eco20/20 - 3 days agoThere are many reasons in the current state of affairs world wide to become a green energy activist. Carbon footprints destroy the atmosphere. The coal crisis seems to be looming closer than ever. ...
May 23, Geothermal Green Energy: Geothermal Energy: Eco20/20 - 3 days agoGeothermal energy is a green energy resource that can be tapped anywhere, anytime. This makes it ideal for locations that have limited amounts of other resources, such as sun in Alaska during the win...
May 19, Generating Electricity from Bumps in the Road: Green Vehicles Articles: Eco20/20 - 1 week agoAssuming a road is at hand, and cars are traveling over it, there are at least two methods for collecting electricity from bumps in the road. The first uses a kinetic road plate system to harvest elec...

ESA Top News

GMES Masters seeks innovative uses for Earth observation data - 2 days agoBavarian Minister of Economic Affairs Martin Zeil joined with ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain in launching the GMES Masters competition, seeking out innovative commercial uses of Earth obser...
Welcome home, Paolo! - 2 days agoESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli landed back on Earth this morning to conclude his 159-day mission to the International Space Station. Paolo had been serving as the flight engineer for Expeditions 26 and 2...
Italian President speaks with Nespoli and Vittori - watch the replay - 3 days agoItalian President Giorgio Napolitano spoke to the two Italian astronauts, Paolo Nespoli and Roberto Vittori, aboard the Space Station, just before Paolo's departure. The President was welcomed by ...
Galileo: Europe prepares for October launch - 3 days agoESA PR 16 2011 - The European Space Agency, Arianespace and the European Commission announced today that the launch of the first two satellites of Europe's global navigation satellite system is pl...
Satellites monitor Icelandic ash plume - 3 days agoAs Iceland's Grímsvötn volcano spews ash high into the atmosphere, satellite observations are providing essential information to advisory centres assessing the possible hazards to aviation.

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- John Ensign Commit Legal Suicide? [Blunders] - 22 minutes ago # blunders Much of the scathing Senate Ethics Committee report released earlier this month accusing former senator John Ensign of violating campa...
- Half-Naked Male Stripper Works the Pole on the Subway [Video] - 32 minutes ago # video Strange things happen on the L train, like this spontaneous, flashmob-esque dance party, complete with a male stripper wearing nothing ...
- Everything You Need to Know About Summer Television [Video] - 47 minutes ago # previews With so many season finales airing this week, you might think that Americans turn off their TV sets after Memorial Day weekend and on...
- Dick Cheney Has a New Hero [Video] - 57 minutes ago # video What kind of figure can bring comfort and warmth to old Dick Cheney, as he lounges all day, every day, in his black ice throne, presidi...
- How to Stay Fit at Work [Fitness] - 1 hour ago # fitness Another day, another alarming finding about America's complete lack of core strength. A new report points to a possible culprit for...
The Great Beyond - Blog Posts
- Fukushima nuclear plant is leaking like a sieve - 1 hour agoAs more details leak out about the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, it's become clear that something else is leaking—radioactive water from the cores of three damaged reactors. L...
- Europe's 'stress tests' of nuclear power plants will exclude terrorism - 3 hours agoThe European Commission and the European Nuclear Safety Regulators' Group ( ENSREG ) – made up of 27 independent national nuclear safety authorities – announced yesterday that they had agreed on t...
- French lawmakers duel over human stem cell and embryo research - 7 hours agoThe French National Assembly last night voted 73 to 33 to maintain the status quo of tight restrictions on human embryonic stem-cell (ESC) and embryo research. The regulations on such research are par...
- NASA plans asteroid sample return - 20 hours agoNASA will launch an asteroid sample return mission in 2016, officials announced today. The mission, called the Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer (O...
- Gamma-ray burst is most distant yet seen - 1 day agoA record has been set for the most distant gamma-ray burst, astronomers announced at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Boston today. The result pushes back the time by which stars and galax...
The Green Life
- Green Apps: Recycle Anything - 5 hours agoSo many apps exist to fuel our tech-infused lives. Some are useful (everyone needs a flashlight) , while others ( talking cat , really?) are not. This week, we're pointing you toward some of the ...
- Daily Roundup: May 25, 2011 - 17 hours agoCoal-laboration: Eight Greenpeace activists were arrested after scaling the 400-foot smokestacks of Chicago coal-fired power plants Fisk and Crawford, hanging banners and painting "QUIT COAL&quot...
- Help Merrell Build the World's Biggest Panorama - 20 hours agoSummer makes us pine for trees and sunny vistas. And surfing the web for gobsmacking views can take a while. On Monday, though, clothing-and-shoe company Merrell launched a site that compiles users’ f...
- Book Roundup Wednesday: Waves and the Sea - 1 day agoEvery Wednesday, we review a selection of new and upcoming books addressing a specific aspect of environmentalism. Today we're recommending books about waves and the sea. The Sea (by Philip Pl...
- Green Apps: Mobile Gardening - 1 day agoSo many apps exist to fuel our tech-infused lives. Some are useful (everyone needs a flashlight) , while others ( talking cat , really?) are not. This week, we're pointing you toward some of the ...
Latest headlines
- Bibi and the Yo-Yos"The most depressing part of it was that there was not a single lawmaker – Republican or Democrat – who dared to resist. When I was a 9 year old boy in Germany, I dared to leave my right arm hang...
- Obama Speaks, Netanyahu Slaps, Obama Wimps and Retracts"So, America, who’s the boss? Who else on this planet can slap and humiliate the President of the United States and still be received with a royal welcome in the White House, Congress...?...Netan...
- Obama's Abuse of War Powers"We must face reality: the War Powers Resolution will work only if Congress is vigilant and demands full compliance by the president. With few exceptions, today's members of Congress, like th...
- State Terrorism in Arakan and the situation of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh"Rohingyas have become stateless within the state. The military regime has put up two options before the Rohingya people: either to accept a Barman melting pot and become Buddhist, or migration t...
- Disconnected and Dysfunctional"All eyes will now be on Obama as he speaks before the AIPAC (the major pro-Israel lobby) meeting on Sunday to see whether he backs away from or fine tunes the positions he outlined in his State ...
In These Times
- Despair Not - 1 day agoIn Alton, Ill., downstream from Peoria, the Illinois River town where I grew up, the abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy was pumped full of bullets on a dark November night by a mob intent on silencing the ma...
- Reason Not the Need - 2 days agoPeter Mandelson, the Mephistopheles of the now deposed Blair and Brown U.K. Labour governments, is famous for remarking that he was "intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich" so lo...
- What Americans Want - 3 days agoA national budget tells a lot more about a country and its politics than simply where the government's money comes from and where it goes. As President Obama rightly stressed, it is also "abo...
- Turning the Camera on the Police - 6 days agoWhat's good for the police apparently isn't good for the people--or so the law enforcement community would have us believe when it comes to surveillance. That's a concise summary of a new ...
- After Cablegate, Enforced Ignorance - 6 days agoI recently e-mailed a diplomatic cable published by WikiLeaks to a veteran State Department employee for comment, but did not receive a reply. Days later, when I asked him again, he sheepishly said, &...
infowarsnews at Yahoo! Groups
- Rage Against The TSA: Protesters Storm Texas Capitol - 5 hours agoRage Against The TSA: Protesters Storm Texas Capitol Demonstrators led by Alex Jones chant "treason" in response to federal government threat to close down
- Powerful Bi-Partisan Caucus Prepares to Fight TSA - 1 day agoPowerful Bi-Partisan Caucus Prepares to Fight TSA Resistance to unconstitutional grope-downs will not be defeated by DOJ threats of financial terrorism Paul
- Feds' Threat to Cancel Flights in Texas Kills Anti-TSA Grope-Down Bi - 1 day agoFeds' Threat to Cancel Flights in Texas Kills Anti-TSA Grope-Down Bill DOJ resorts to economic terrorism, lawmaker compares fight to revolutionary war against
- White House Hires 'Terminator' To 'Squash Negative Stories' About Ob - 2 days agoWhite House Hires 'Terminator' To 'Squash Negative Stories' About Obama During 2008 campaign, "truth squads" threatened jail time for anyone who told "lies"
- Corsi To File Criminal Charges Against White House Over Obama Birth - 2 days agoCorsi To File Criminal Charges Against White House Over Obama Birth Certificate Clear Channel radio station scrubs interview from audio archives Paul Joseph
The ITT List
- Bibi and Obama’s Speechifying Vs. Global Palestinian Solidarity - 1 day agoBy Miles Kampf-Lassin Rae Abileah holds up a banner reading "Occupying Land Is Indefensible" and shouts as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a Joint Session of Congr...
- Greenpeace Activists Scale 455-Ft. Smokestack to Shut it Down - 1 day agoBy Minjae Park Eight Greenpeace activists climbed a 455-foot smokestack at the Fisk power plant in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood on Tuesday, demanding that it be shut down, along with Crawford, a...
- New Public Health Campaign Aims to End Ronald McDonald’s Career - 1 week agoBy Candice Bernd CHICAGO—Should Ronald McDonald be forced to retire? A new national campaign—“Value [the] Meal”—aims to do just that, with the larger goal of sparking action by McDonald’s shareholder...
- Newt Gingrich Is Good at Losing Friends - 1 week agoWhat was meant to be a high-publicity campaign launch on NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday backfired, undermining Newt Gingrich’s presidential ambitions the same week he announced his candidacy. Asked abo...
- The Endless Search for ‘Success’ In Afghanistan - 1 week agoBy David Szydloski Following the death of Osama bin Laden, there has been increased political pressure to “end the war in Afghanistan.” Currently, the administration has set a goal of beginning troo...
LEAF's blog
- Simply Sustainable Soils: Monitoring earthworms - 6 days agoThis week we have launched ‘Simply Sustainable Soils‘ in partnership with Asda, a hands-on guide to help farmers get the most out of their soil, looking at soil texture, structure, drainage, compactio...
- MacDonald Red Tape Review: LEAF’s Comments - 1 week agoLEAF welcomes the findings of the new report ‘Striking a balance: reducing burdens; increasing responsibility; earning recognition’. Put together by the independent Farming Regulation Task Force chair...
- LEAF Demonstration Sites, Summer Event - 1 week agoLEAF Demonstration Farmers, Innovation Centre representatives and LEAF supporters, gathered together last week for our annual summer training event, based this year near Bristol. Our first visit was t...
- It’s nearly here, Open Farm Sunday 2011! - 2 weeks 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 - 3 weeks 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...
Lebs295's Blog
- The next Most wanted Man on Earth, Saif al-Adel appointed acting leader of al Qaeda, Updated!! - 4 days agoVery interesting twist… Where is Zawahiri? (CNN) — An Egyptian who was once a Special Forces officer has been appointed “caretaker” leader of al Qaeda in the wake of Osama bin Laden’sdeath, according ...
- JOHN FRU NDI : INSIDER OR OUTSIDER? - 6 days agoHenry Monono The juju which used to dance behind the house is now dancing in the market place. ….Anonymous. Since Paul Biya received John Fru Ndi tongues have not stopped wagging. The advent of multi ...
- President Sarkozy Rejects another Biya term … endorses popular revolution - 6 days agoPresident Sarkozy Rejects another Biya term … endorses popular revolution Intro by Innocent Chia & Translation by Philip Acha Like an amputation without anesthesia, French President Nicolas Sarkozy ha...
- Cameroon and “Motions of Support” - 2 weeks 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 - 2 weeks 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...
MercoPress
- Record rice crop in Uruguay: 1.65 million tons but farmers concern with prices - 9 minutes ago Uruguay harvested a record crop of rice this year totalling 1.65 million tons and marked the second highest area planted with the cereal, 195.000 hectares compared to the 200.00...
- Ban Ki Moon to visit Uruguay that will hold UN Human Rights Council presidency - 2 hours ago Uruguay will be holding next month the presidency of the UN Human Rights Council during 2011/2012 and for this motive UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to visit Urug...
- Korean jiggers mooring off-season in Uruguayan fluvial port - 7 hours ago Three Korean jiggers which normally spend off-season time in Montevideo have moored in the port of Fray Bentos on the River Uruguay, as part of the de-centralization process lau...
- CFK recalls in tears that eight years ago her husband took office as president - 10 hours ago Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner with eyes full of tears and a shaky voice recalled that eight years ago 25 May 2003 her late husband Nestor Kirchner took offi...
- Obama: despite the rise of new global powers, US and Europe lead - 11 hours ago President Obama has told British politicians that, despite the rise of new global powers, the time for US and European leadership "is now". He said the influence of th...
News Worldwide
The Worst Nuclear Disaster In Human History: Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Restoration Work 6 May 2011 - 6 days agoThe Worst Nuclear Disaster In Human History: Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Restoration Work 6 May 2011 Filed under: news Tagged: Energy, Japan, Naoto Kan, Nuclear, Nuclear and Industrial Saf...
Protect IP Act threatens the Internet, blogs that tell the truth, & site operators - 6 days agoMay 15, 2011 by Brian D. Hill Filed under Brian D. Hill’s Articles, USWGO, Your Rights Threatened Leave a comment Author: Brian D. Hill Related: Tell your senators to vote No on S.968 the bill number ...
EFF Applauds New Electronic Privacy Bill That Tells the Government: Come Back With a Warrant! - 6 days agoEFF Applauds New Electronic Privacy Bill That Tells the Government: Come Back With a Warrant! Legislative Analysis by Kevin Bankston Today, Senator Patrick Leahy introduced much-needed legislation to ...
Exclusive: Roger Cooper Interview with Doug Rokke “There is No Safe Radiation Level” - 1 week agoReal News World Wide and News World Wide Exclusive Roger Cooper Interview with Doug Rokke “There is No Safe Radiation Level” Link to interview here Dr. Doug Rokke is a Depleted Uranium expert. Doug Ro...
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- Libyan Govt Says Ready for Cease-Fire, US Says Offer ‘Not Credible’ - 26 minutes agoLibya's prime minister says the government is ready for a cease-fire with rebels fighting to oust Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
- Iran Hangs At Least 11 Convicts, Five Publicly - 26 minutes agoIran carried out death by hanging sentences in several cities on Thursday for least 11 people, five of whom were displayed publicly.
- Egyptian Court Jails Mubarak’s Former Housing Minister for Corruption - 27 minutes agoAn Egyptian court has sentenced a former housing minister who served under ousted president Hosni Mubarak to five years in prison for involvement in an illegal land deal.
- Yemeni Tribal Chief Emerges as Key Challenger to Embattled President - 27 minutes agoYemeni tribal chief Sadiq al-Ahmar has emerged as one of the most prominent challengers to the authority of Yemen's president, who is trying to suppress a months-long uprising against his authorit...
- Bahrain’s Credit Rating Cut - 28 minutes agoThe global rating agency Moody’s cut Bahrain’s credit rating one notch Thursday, citing the impact of recent political turmoil on the nation’s prospects for growth.
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  Supreme Court upholds employer sanctions in Arizona immigration law - 27 minutes ago The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an Arizona law punishing businesses that hire undocumented workers is constiutional. In their 5-3 ruling, the court rejected the notion that states have no...
  
  Exclusive: Sen. Kerry insists commercial privacy bill is not ‘a step backwards’ - 1 hour ago An effort by two U.S. Senators to cement a broad series of privacy protections into federal law came under fire last week when a legislative analysis from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) su...
  
  House votes to pull funding for abortion-related training - 3 hours ago The Republican controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday in favor of an amendment which would permanently bar any public funding for medical training centers that educate doctors on h...
  
  Judge voids controversial Wisconsin anti-union law - 3 hours ago MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) - A Wisconsin judge on Thursday voided a controversial Republican-backed law restricting the collective bargaining rights of public sector unions. Dane County Judge Mary...
  
  Wisconsin Gov. Walker signs new voter restrictions into law - 4 hours ago The State of Wisconsin will begin requiring voters to present a state-issued photo identification before casting ballots, now that Gov. Scott Walker (R) has signed a key piece of GOP-sponsored legis...
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  Wiretap: Ex-Salesforce boss back in the saddle - 5 hours agoJohn Dillon hoping to make Ruby on Rails startup Engine Yard a new powerhouse.
  
  22nd homicide: Man shot in northeast San Jose - 6 hours agoA man was shot and killed in San Jose late Wednesday, just a couple of hours after a stabbing left a 21-year-old man injured, police said.
  
  San Jose shooting sends man to hospital - 6 hours agoA man was rushed to the hospital after being shot in San Jose late Wednesday, police said.An ambulance picked up the man who was found shot in the street at Checkers and Schulte drives, in the northea...
  
  Police Blotter - 11 hours agoSAN JOSE1600 block of Saratoga Avenue, 7:47 p.m. Friday A person accused of threatening and taking money from a female at a kiosk was located and arrested.
  
  San Jose stabbing sends man, 21, to hospital - 12 hours agoA 21-year-old San Jose man is expected to survive after being stabbed on Wednesday night, police said.
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  Sen. Wyden Decries “Secret Law” on PATRIOT Act - 1 day agoAn amendment offered on May 24 by Sen. Ron Wyden would have challenged the Administration’s reliance on what he called “secret law” and required the Attorney General to explain the legal basis for its...
  
  Pakistan-U.S. Relations, and More from CRS - 1 day agoA new overview of relations between Pakistan and the United States in light of recent events was prepared by the Congressional Research Service. See “Pakistan-U.S. Relations: A Summary,” May 16, 2011...
  
  A Call for Self-Restraint in Disclosure of Sensitive Information - 1 day agoInstead of imposing mandatory new legal restrictions on publication of sensitive information, the nation would be better off if scientists, journalists and others adopted an ethic of self-restraint in...
  
  Defense Employees Told to Report Suspicious Activities - 2 days agoA new counterintelligence directive (pdf) requires all Department of Defense personnel to report a wide range of suspicious activities and behavior to counterintelligence officials. The directive eff...
  
  Document Exploitation as a New Intelligence Discipline - 2 days agoA recent article in the Army’s Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin argued that Document and Media Exploitation, or DOMEX — which refers to the analysis of captured enemy documents — should be ...
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  Lokpal Bill Draft Panel to Meet Today - 2 weeks 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 - 3 weeks 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, ...
  
  A Tribute To Sathya Sai Baba - one month agoA human body is associated with six stages of transformation: birth, growth, change, evolution, death and destruction. Death accepts no excuse. Sathya Sai Baba (Sathyanarayana Raju) was born in Putta...
  
  Celebration of Earth Day & The Theme for Its Sustainability - one month agoEarth Day Is The World’s Birthday! Save Earth or Die!!!!!!!!!!! Earth Day has actually gained much political support since the first Earth Day in 1970 in the United States when a senator in Wisconsin ...
  
  5 Disturbing Parts Of Indian Census 2011 - one month agoThe Indian Census is the most credible source of information on Demography (Population characterstics), Economic Activity, Literacy and Education, Housing & Household Amenities, Urbanisation, Fertilit...
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  Saving the Deep Sea - 1 day agoThe Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC), an alliance of over 70 international organizations working to promote the conservation of deep sea biodiversity, has officially launch their blog – Save the...
  
  Vote for Sophi: List of Oceana Ocean Hero finalists includes 8 year old shark conservationist - 2 days agoOceana has released their list of finalists for the Ocean Hero award. As always, the finalists represent people who have done some amazing things for our oceans. This year, one of the nominees for the...
  
  The Global Extinction Crisis – species area relationships, habitat loss, and population dynamics - 2 days agoWe are in the midst of a global extinction crisis. Biodiversity is in decline as species after species disappear. Some estimates predict that up to 50% of species will be committed to extinction by 20...
  
  Shark Science Monday: Claudia Li discusses Shark Truth’s ‘no shark fin soup’ wedding contests - 3 days agoIn this week’s edition of Shark Science Monday, Claudia Li of Shark Truth discusses the Happy Hearts Love Sharks wedding contest , which aims to reduce the consumption of shark fin soup at wedding ban...
  
  A Path for Sustainable Development - 3 days agoAfter our sustainability month, it becomes easy to ask for a plan to become more sustainable. On a national scale, this becomes demand for a blueprint or recipe for how to organize society successfull...
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  Chile: Von Baer Privatises Quinoa - 3 days agoThe privatisation of Chilean seed has become a scandal and paves the way for the arrival of genetically modified products. After the realisation that, as well as the North American company Monsanto, t...
  
  Lots of Rhetoric – But Very Little Help: Obama’s Speech - 3 days agoWell, this weekend is Netanyahu's weekend and the Israeli settlements – more were flagged only hours before Obama spoke – will go on as before. And by the time Obama ends up swearing eternal loyal...
  
  Once Upon A Time - 3 days agoThis Modern World – Political Cartoon
  
  Foodies vs. Darwin: How Meat Eaters Ignore Science - 3 days agoCooking and savoring animals used to be acceptable—but then came evolution, genetics, and the study of non-human thought. What if we discussed the moral and legal rights of animals with the same level...
  
  Curbing Foreign Ownership of Farmland - 3 days agoAs international food prices continue to soar, land purchases by foreign investors face ban in much of Latin America. The governments of Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay are drafting laws to curb acquisi...
  New "All My Purchases" Application Launches for Yahoo! Mail Users - 5 hours agoPALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwire - 05/26/11) - So your email inbox has officially become a black hole of receipts, tracking notices and favorite purchases. Keep calm and carry on -- we're here to help. ...
  
  Project Slice Secures $9.4 Million in Financing to Streamline Shopping Experience - 5 hours agoCompany Emerges From Stealth Mode; Launches "All My Purchases" App for Yahoo! Mail Users
  
  Getting help at Yahoo after an e-mail scam - 1 day agoQI was recently the victim of a hacker, but only found out about it from a neighbor who received the same e-mail scam that you wrote about last week: It falsely said I was mugged and stranded with no ...
  
  How Yelp Crushed Citysearch & Yahoo Local … & Why Google Is Stealing Yelp’s Playbook - 10 minutes agoA fascinating study published last year compares the reviews and reviewers at three local business websites: Yelp, Citysearch and Yahoo Local. And, in explaining how Yelp overtook the other two, it al...
  
  New Yahoo Mail Offers a Refreshing Alternative to Gmail - 1 day agoYahoo's new version is a very credible Webmail client-similar in general feel and some particulars to Hotmail's 2010 update.
  
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  Medicare: The new Third Rail of American politics? (Washington Post) - 7 hours agoWashington Post - In the mid-1990s, then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich pushed for $270 billion in Medicare savings. He got a government shutdown and contributed to President Clintonâ€™s reelection in 19...
  
  Palin signals ambition, reluctance for White House (AP) - 13 hours agoAP - Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has authorized a feature-length film about her rise, added staff and recently said she has "that fire in the belly" for a presidential bid — all steps tha...
  
  The GOP Wish List: Could Paul Ryan, Jeb Bush or Chris Christie beat Obama? (Exclusive to Yahoo! News) - 3 hours agoExclusive to Yahoo! News - By Alex Roarty National Journal Republicans pining for a 2012 savior might need to reexamine the list of candidates mentioned as possible latecomers to the presidential danc...
  
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  Hospitals Blasted Over Care For Elderly
  
  Doctors Call For NHS Reforms To Be Scrapped