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Afghanistan Sun

• Opium cultivation in Afghanistan expected to fall despite high prices - UN - 1 hour agoOpium cultivation in Afghanistan expected to fall despite high prices - UN
• Attack on Afghan Defense Ministry Kills 2 - 3 hours agoAttack on Afghan Defense Ministry Kills 2
• Bomber in army fatigues strikes Afghanistan def ministry, kills 2 - 3 hours agoKabul , killing two employees and wounding seven, said defence ministry spokesman Zaher Azimy. The man was also wearing a suicide-bomb belt, but did not have time to detonate it, said Azimy, who had ...
• French minister target of Afghan attacker - 3 hours ago

AllBusiness

• Crash and Learn: Finding Value in Business Failure - 1 day agoNot all business owners learn from their mistakes, but for those who do, it can be the start of their true success. Learn how to make the most out of your missteps.
• The Lineup of Professionals You Need on Your Startup Team - 2 months agoThere are a few key experts who should be a part of any successful small business startup.
• Even the Smallest Things Can Help You Build Your Business - 4 days agoSometimes small changes can have a big impact. Rieva Lesonsky shares 9 little things you can do to advance your small business without breaking a sweat.
• The AllBusiness 2012 Tax Reform Wish List - 5 days agoWe asked business owners and tax experts how they would change the tax system to make it easier for small businesses. Here are our favorite picks.
• Business Boxing: 5 Ways to Improve Cash Flow

BBC - Home

• Nigerian president calls for calm - 4 hours agoPresident Goodluck Jonathan appeals for an end to "unnecessary and avoidable" post-election violence across northern Nigeria.
• Syria protesters take over square - 2 hours agoThousands of anti-government protesters have occupied the centre of Syria's third largest city, Homs, demanding a change to the country's leadership.
• Rio school shooting pupils return - 2 hours agoLess than two weeks after a gunman shot dead 12 children at a school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian students who survived return to their classrooms.
• McChrystal cleared of misconduct - 4 hours agoThe Pentagon clears a US general sacked after a magazine reported he and his staff had spoken disrespectfully about top US officials.
• US warned on lack of deficit plan - 9 hours ago

BBC - England

• Florida gun deaths suspect named - 5 hours agoA 16-year-old boy charged with the murders of two British holidaymakers in Florida is named by detectives.
• Road and rail audit after M1 fire - 2 hours agoAn audit of road and railways that could be at risk from industrial accidents is ordered after the fire that caused major disruption on the M1.
• G20 heart attack theory rejected - 2 hours agoThe only "realistic possibility" for newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson's death at the London G20 protests was internal bleeding, a pathologist says.
• Jail term for Koran burning man - 10 hours agoA former soldier is sentenced to 70 days in prison for setting fire to a copy of the Koran in the centre of Carlisle.
• Ferdinand stalker is found guilty - 9 hours ago

Business

• Asian stocks fall after U.S. credit outlook cut (Reuters) - 20 minutes agoReuters - Asian markets fell on Tuesday after rating agency Standard & Poor's lowered its U.S. credit outlook to negative, prompting a global flight to other assets.
• S&P threatens to cut U.S. credit rating on deficit (Reuters) - 3 hours agoReuters - Standard & Poor's threatened Monday to downgrade the United States' prized AAA credit rating unless the Obama administration and Congress find a way to slash the yawning federal budg...
• Japan's Noda: U.S. Treasuries still attractive to Japan (Reuters) - 54 minutes ago

 Cage Prisoners

• Voices from Bagram: Prisoners speak in their Detainee Review Boards (Part 2 of 3) - 3 days ago Andy Worthington tells more exclusive stories directly from the notorious US prison at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan.
• EXCLUSIVE: Cageprisoners interview with French former Guantanamo detainee Khaled Ben Mustapha - 5 days ago Khaled Ben Mustafa was detained in Afghanistan and rendered to Guantanamo Bay, however, his return to France did not end his ordeal.
• It is gonna be tough for ninjas in France now - 5 days ago As of this week, it has become illegal for people in France to wear face veils in public – that means that Muslim women who cover their faces for Islamic purposes (burqa) are no longer able to do s...
• Uganda: Four Kenyan Human Rights Defenders to be Deported - 5 days ago Four human rights defenders have been detained by immigration officers at Entebbe airport, and threatened with deportation on the next flight. They were travelling to Kampala to meet with the Chief ...
• Communities under attack: building an alliance against criminalisation - 5 days ago

Top Documentary Films

• The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization - 6 hours agoThe lavish and lengthy production of PBS’s The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization is a fitting tribute to the glory of ancient Greece, telling the story of Greek democracy from its first stirrings in 50...
• Confucius: Words of Wisdom - 9 hours agoConfucius had a hard life, and he had intimate knowledge of the sufferings of his people. He lived in an era that saw constant warfare between competing warlords and the casting of shadows upon the im...
• Tijuana Drug Lords - 1 day agoIn the late 1980s the Arellano-Felix brothers take over the Tijuana Cartel. Using a network of tunnels, modified cars, boats and planes they flood the US with billions of dollars worth of drugs; quick...
• South Pacific - 1 day agoDocumentary series looking at the remote South Pacific islands. The South Pacific islands are the most remote in the world. Their extraordinary isolation has created some of the most curious, surprisi...
• The Hawking Paradox - 2 days ago

Eco 20.20

• Apr 18, Producing Fuel from Carbon Dioxide: Renewable Energy Articles: Eco20/20 - 10 hours agoCarbon dioxide has long been deemed harmful to the environment, being blamed for holes in the ozone layer and polluting the air that humans breathe. New developments in green energy technology, howeve...
• Apr 18, Non-Food Sources of Ethanol: Biomass Energy: Eco20/20 - 11 hours agoWith the debates about the economical downfalls of growing biomass, it has become important to find other sources for the creation of ethanol. One of the debates is the idea that farmers will be requi...
• Apr 18, Call To Reduce eWaste This Earth Day - 12 hours agoFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR EARTH DAY 2011, FOCUS ON REDUCING EWASTE As The Largest Growing Stream Of Waste In The World, Reducing eWaste Is A Primary
• Apr 15, How Safe is Nuclear Energy? Nuclear Energy, Non Renewable Energy: Eco20/20 - 3 days agoSince the Chernobyl catastrophe in 1979, awareness has been raised time and time again concerning the dangers of nuclear energy. Green energy, however, does not consist of these dangers. This is beca...
• Apr 15, New Breakthroughs in Fuel Cell Technology: Electric Vehicles Articles: Eco20/20 - 3 days ago

 Frontier Post

• Hafeez seeks partnership with eco powers First round of talks with IMF concludesWASHINGTON (INP): The first round of talks between Pakistan and International Monetary Fund (IMF) over release of next tranche concluded on Sunday. According ...
• Eight bodies recovered from dry wellATTOCK (APP): Bodies of eight unidentified persons were recovered from fileds near Attock Haji Shahroad, 8-km away from here on Sunday morning, police ...
• AJK elections to be free and fair: FirdousSIALKOT (INP) Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has said that elections in Azad Kashmir would free, fair and transparent ...
• SI among six killed in KarachiKARACHI (INP): At least six people including a sub-Inspector of police and two women were killed and 12 others sustained injured in different incidents ...
• Egyptian ex-PM to face graft trial

Gawker

• Finally, a Law Too Stupid for Arizona [Polidicks] - 30 minutes ago # polidicks Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has finally discovered a law too stupid for her own, stupid state! Namely, the "Guns on Campus Bill,&quo...
• Charles Manson Has an Important Message on Climate Change [Crazies] - 1 hour ago # crazies Insane murderous texting fiend Charles Manson gave an interview to the Spanish Vanity Fair , because, well, why not? And he has a very ...
• Christian Activists Slash Piss Christ [Art] - 2 hours ago # art What's going on France these days, besides making sure that women only wear French-approved clothing ? Let's check in on Avignon (o...
• Comment of the Day: Who Pissed in Your Ice Cream? [We Read You] - 2 hours ago # wereadyou Last night we listed some telltale signs that spring has sprung , and among them was the reemergence of ice cream trucks and their jo...
• The Perilous Life of a Teen Internet Queen [Video] - 3 hours ago

Green Life

• Daily Roundup: April 18, 2011 - 26 minutes agoSay What?  Talk show host Glenn Beck has become a vegan. Ecorazzi Enchanted Forest: Vietnam designated 39,000 acres as a reserve for the elusive saola, an antelope-like species that's been dubbe...
• Fashion Monday: Kick Ash in Your Underwear - 4 hours agoWho says you can't change the world by changing your underwear? The Sierra Student Coalition has teamed up with PACT , an underwear company that uses fair-trade and sustainable practices, to produ...
• Green Your Theme-Park Day: Stay Close to Home - 4 hours agoWith summer approaching, it's time to start planning family vacations. This week’s tips will help you green your theme-park day so that you can have fun and still be kind to the environment. Tip #...
• Daily Roundup: April 15, 2011 - 3 days agoMassive Apology: The president of the Tokyo Electric Power plant apologized to the Japanese people and promised to compensate those who were forced to evacuate during last month's nuclear fallout....
• Can Open-Source Models Decode Urban Agriculture? - 3 days ago

Media Monitors

• Staying Human"It goes without saying that his death was shocking, not only to those who knew and loved him, but to the Palestinians as a whole. Why anyone would ever want to harm a man like Vittorio is beyond...
• This election, cast a vote against tyranny"If Harper ever had a chance to lead his party to a majority it was in 2006 when the Liberals were at their most vulnerable; however, most Canadians, especially in Ontario, don’t trust Harper, an...
• The West, State Multiculturalism and its Failure"Multiculturalism or pluralism is whimsical idea that is conceptually flawed and unworkable in practice. This is because pluralism encourages groups to promote their cultural identity irrespectiv...
• Russia, Egypt and Libya: A kind-of-silver lining"...as politicians in Moscow (not to mention Paris) watch NATO flounder in Afghanistan and now in Libya, and try out policies which suit their geopolitical needs regardless of their merit, it sho...
• A Twelve Year Plan from a Guy with Two Left

MercoPress

• BMW suspends car exports to Argentina because of import restrictions - 4 minutes ago Argentina's economy is among the fastest-growing in the world, but that may be little consolation to the country's luxury-car fans that have lost access to the world'...
• Argentine imports’ substitution helps March industrial production expand 9.2% - 8 minutes ago Spurred by strong support from the government, Argentina's industrial production in March jumped 9.2% on the year according to a Monday release from economic advisors Orland...
• US concern over growing Chile-China links, revealed by Wikileaks - 13 minutes ago In 2005, with Chile negotiating a Free Trade Agreement with China, the United States became increasingly worried over China’s influence in the area, according to a confidential ...
• Finland’s anti-Euro strong showing could block Portugal’s bailout negotiation - 3 hours ago What’s the link between Portugal's bailout negotiations and Finland? Well negotiations began under a cloud Monday after an anti-Euro party scored big gains in a Finnish elec...
• S&P downgrades US debt outlook from “stable to negative”, because of budget deficit - 6 hours ago

 Politics

• The Fast Fix: What’s Obama’s new buzz word? (The Newsroom) - 12 hours agoThe Newsroom - As President Obama launches his 2012 reelection campaign"Compassion" seems to be the new "Change".  Just why is Obama talking so much about compassion? Get The Fix ...
• What's Donald Trump really after? (Politico) - 16 hours agoPolitico - Despite an almost universal refusal by Republican establishment figures and the press to take him seriously, Donald Trump is taking very concrete steps toward forming — and announcing — a p...
• A taxpayer receipt: Calculate exactly where your tax dollars go (Exclusive to Yahoo! News) - 3 days ago

RAW Story

• Republicans hire former solicitor general to defend the Defense of Marriage Act - 15 minutes ago House Republicans, led by Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), have hired former U.S. solicitor general Paul Clement to defend the ban on federal recognition of same sex marriage. In February, President Bar...
• Oklahoma passes law to restrict Westboro Baptist protests - 50 minutes ago Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed a bill into law Monday that restricts members of the Westboro Baptist Church from protesting at military funerals. The new law, introduced by Republican State Se...
• NASA awards $270 million in spaceship contracts - 2 hours ago WASHINGTON — NASA on Monday announced it has awarded nearly 270 million dollars to four companies, including Boeing and SpaceX, to help their pursuit of making a spacecraft to replace the US space s...
• Twitter seeking to buy TweetDeck - 2 hours ago SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter is in "advanced talks" to buy TweetDeck, a popular platform for accessing the service, for some $50 million, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Asked about th...
• Google, Japanese invest $500 million in wind farm - 2 hours ago

Red Tape Chronicles

• Just how creepy is 'Creepy'? A test-drive - 3 days agoKelly Collis feels safe sharing her location information. You probably know that some Internet and cell phone applications like Foursquare or Twitter can broadcast your location to the world.  And y...
• Study: Banks hiding fee info, skirting law - 6 days agoThere's only one way to get the best price on a service: Shop around. And there's only one way to shop around: Compare prices. But banking consumers who try to engage in this pillar of free ma...
• 5 Traps: How do I use public Wi-Fi safely? - 6 days agoYou've heard it for years: Using free coffee shop Wi-Fi isn't safe.  But then, you've done it anyway,  viewing critical work documents or doing online banking. So let's talk turkey.  T...
• Lawsuit: Credit score sites mislead consumers - 1 week agoConfused about your credit score and where to get it?  That’s intentional, according to a new lawsuit filed in a California federal court. Many consumers who think they are buying a peek at their cr...
• Experian glitch temporarily sinks credit scores - 1 week ago

Headlines - Reuters

• NY Times, LA Times, Jennifer Egan, win Pulitzers  - 2 hours agoNEW YORK (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times each won two coveted Pulitzer Prizes for journalism on Monday, and for the first time no award was given for breaking news coverage.
• West wants military, aid action to end Libya crisis  - 2 hours agoBENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - NATO may have to intensify attacks on government forces to break the military stalemate in Libya, while the United Nations pushes for a humanitarian presence to help civili...
• CBI urges UK to do more to keep foreign business - 2 hours agoLONDON (Reuters) - The government needs to bolster the UK's attractiveness to foreign investors to prevent jobs vital to economic recovery disappearing abroad, Britain's biggest business group...
• Nigerian president urges unity after election riots  - 3 hours agoKANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan appealed for unity on Monday after deadly riots erupted in largely Muslim opposition strongholds over his election victory.
• Euro zone crisis escalates on Greek debt fears  - 4 hours ago

San Jose Mercury

• Anniversary quake measures 3.8 on San Francisco peninsula - 2 hours agoOn the 105th anniversary of the giant 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the San Andreas fault woke up with a small shrug, near the north end of Crystal Springs Reservoir.
• Two Silver Creek High students are national champs in all things Japanese - 3 hours agoTwo Silver Creek High School students won the Japan Bowl competition in Washington, D.C. after being tested in Jeopardy-like questions about Japanese culture, history and politics. All questions are a...
• Energy Dept. announces $2.1B loan guarantee for Mojave Desert solar project - 3 hours agoThe massive solar plant will cover 7,025 acres of federal land. When completed, the Blythe Solar Power Project is expected to generate 1,000 megawatts of electricity, enough to power roughly 300,000 s...
• Pizarro: Plenty on tap at new Santana Row restaurant - 3 hours agoWith 130 beers on tap and at least that many menu items, Yard House drew some big crowds for its opening weekend.
• San Jose: Police identify suspect in Sunday homicide - 3 hours ago

Social Work for Mankind

• 5 Disturbing Parts Of Indian Census 2011 - 8 hours agoThe Indian Census is the most credible source of information on Demography (Population characterstics), Economic Activity, Literacy and Education, Housing & Household Amenities, Urbanisation, Fertilit...
• World Health Day – Awareness Campaign for Antimicrobial resistance and its global spread - 1 week ago“He who has health, has hope. And he who has hope, has everything.”  The greatest wealth is health.  ~Virgil World Health Day is celebrated every year on 7 April, under the sponsorship of the World He...
• Ban a book that says Mahatma Gandhi is bisexual - 2 weeks agoMahatma Gandhi was bisexual and left his wife to live with a German-Jewish bodybuilder & a wealthy architect, a controversial biography has claimed. The leader of the Indian independence movement is s...
• Celebrate the Utkal Divas or Odisha Day - 2 weeks agoUtkal Divas or Odisha Day is celebrated on 1st April in Odisha in the memory of the formation of the state as a separate province on 1st April, 1936. Utkal Divas in Odisha (Oriya: ଓଡିଶା), also known a...
• Let's join the Earth Hour 2011 from 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM Today - 3 weeks ago

Transcend

• Burma: Grasping at Straws – ICG’s Latest Report is Ill-Informed, Unsubstantiated and Wrong-headed - 14 hours agoThe latest report from International Crisis Group (ICG), Myanmar’s Post-Election Landscape, is one of the most extraordinary documents I have read in a long time. Rarely have I seen such naïve and ill...
• Fukushima: Openness Can Be the Only Policy - 14 hours agoPanic and nuclear technology go together. But that does not mean the nuclear authorities in Japan, as elsewhere in the world, should withhold information. It means the opposite. The more educated publ...
• Mainstream Media Regurgitates Exact Same News on Fukushima, Word for Word - 14 hours agoWhere can you go to find "trusted" news about Fukushima? Well according to Google News, only the mainstream sources are "trusted" these days. That's why they've removed nea...
• Japan: Lives under Pressure - 14 hours agoWith its nuclear crisis deemed on par with Chernobyl, Japan is dealing with multiple emergencies.
• Johan Galtung on Libya: ‘Obama stuck in wars, Sarkozy aims to rule NATO‘ (VIDEO OF THE WEEK) - 14 hours ago

UK News

• UK to aid Libya evacuations
• Tributes paid to Britons shot in US
• Hundreds line streets for Sian
• Rebels say 17 dead as Misrata hit by rockets
• Prime Minister leads calls for No vote
• M1 Extreme Ironing
• Kate: The most beautiful British Royal?
• Chinese schoolchildren get down to Michael Jackson
• Kate Middleton's parents 'face £100,000 wedding bill'
• EU opens radio frequencies for 4G mobile devices 

Voltaire

• Eight key proposals for another EuropeIn the context of the financial crisis which is jolting European Union states in much the same way that it crippled Southern countries for several decades, the Committee for the Abolition of Third Wor...
• Depleted Uranium: The Trojan Horse of Nuclear WarBy most accounts, the U.S. has embarked on another humanitarian war, and its fifth one, using depleted uranium. In this compelling 2004 study, geoscientist and radiation expert Leuren Moret paints a b...
• Why the “Obama Doctrine” Won't Help the Shia Majority in BahrainSecretary Clinton Delivers Remarks at U.S.-Islamic World Forum Columbia University Professor Rashid Khalidi passed through Beirut a couple of weeks ago and gave a terrific lecture at the American Univ...
• Ivory Coast: French deception about Laurent Gbagbo's overthrowSenator James M. Inhofe, who is a longtime personal friend of the Gbagbo couple and shares with them the same evangelical beliefs, refutes the French Government's account of the events that took p...
• Op-ed on Libya by Barack Obama, David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy

Whistleblower Protection Blog

• Dodd-Frank CLE Seminar on April 28th in Austin, Texas - 4 hours 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 - 6 days agoThe National Whistleblowers Center received a generous donation of front row tickets to ten Washington Nationals games. The view from these seats is truly amazing. If you don’t believe me, just look a...
• NWC Executive Director will hold an open forum on April 10th - 1 week agoO n Sunday April 10, 2011, Stephen Kohn, Executive Director at the National Whistleblowers Center, will be available at 5:00 pm (EST) for an online chat forum at Firedoglake’s Book Salon . The topic o...
• Whistleblowers host book signing party for Stephen Kohn - 1 week agoFourteen whistleblowers hosted a book signing party last night for Stephen Kohn's new book, The Whistleblower's Handbook . Pictured here are:  Jane Turner, Jim Murtagh, Bunnatine "Bunny&q...
• IRS issues $4.5 million reward to tax whistleblower - 1 week ago

Yahoo! News Search

• Early Adopter Grief: Google Video and Yahoo Buzz Bite the Dust - 7 hours agoEarly adopters are having a hard time with the lives of their early favorite apps lately. Two deaths are hitting me where I live right now: The first one is Google Video. I got an email from Google, l...
• Yahoo plans to keep search records for 18 months - 8 hours agoYahoo plans to extend the amount of time it retains user search records to 18 months from 90 days. The company says it will...
• Yahoo! Readers' Civil War Ancestors - 1 week agoApril 12 marks the 150th anniversary of the Confederacy's attack on Fort Sumter that triggered the start of the U.S. Civil War. At the Yahoo! Contributor Network, we asked readers and contributors...
• Cape Fear Watchdogs - A scary, stormy Saturday in Raleigh - 7 hours agoI'll never think of that closet underneath my in-laws' stairwell the same way. At mid-afternoon Saturday, I crouched in the back corner, my 8-month-old daughter seated in my lap, surrounded by...
• Yahoo!7 buys Telecom's share of NZ JV Yahoo!Xtra - 3 days ago

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