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When "Barack" decides to head a Barrack

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 11:57 AM PDT

Prevent_Holocaust_BOMB_IRAN_by_Latuff2 "The continued presence of all options on the table"; this is the disappointing message which a Nobel Peace Prize laureate dispatches internationally. In his latest interview with CBS news, American President Barack Obama refused to rule out the possibility of a military strike against Iran by harking back to the famous catchphrase of former U.S. President George W. Bush who once devised, regarding Iran's nuclear program, the popular sentence of "all options are on the table".

Pakistan: Clash kills 41 militants

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 09:13 AM PDT

At least 41 militants and two Pakistani soldiers have been killed as more than 100 militants attacked two security checkpoints in the restive northwest tribal belt.

In a Monday morning assault, militants armed with rockets and automatic weapons launched attacks against checkpoints in the villages of Shireen Dara and Sangrana in Lower Orakzai, local administrator Samiullah Khan said.

Nine dead in Italy train derailment

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 09:05 AM PDT

At least nine people have been killed and 25 others injured as a landslide hit and derailed a train in northern Italy, reports say.

The small diesel train was travelling through the Alto Adige region on Monday, when an irrigation pipe burst open, sending rocks, debris and water down onto its two carriages.

Lebanon turns to UN for Israeli breach

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 08:59 AM PDT

Lebanon has lodged a complaint with the United Nations Security Council against the weekend violation of its border by Israeli troops.

"Lebanon filed a complaint on Monday to the UN Security Council over Israel's crossing the Blue Line into Lebanese territory on Saturday near the Hasbani river," AFP quoted a foreign ministry as saying on Tuesday.

Iranians buy Chinese bank shares

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 08:14 AM PDT

Iran's private sector has bought shares of some Chinese banks in order to resolve some banking and financial issues between the two countries' private sectors.

"Iran's private sector is interested in buying more shares at Chinese financial and credit institutions," the head of Iran-China Chamber of Commerce Assadollah Asgarowladi told Iran's Mehr News Agency on Tuesday.

Pro-Iran sanction France keeps nukes

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 08:07 AM PDT

While refusing to abolish its own nukes, France urges tough sanctions against Iran over unsubstantiated allegations that it's pursuing a military nuclear program.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said in Washington on Monday that France could not give up its nuclear weapons in today's "dangerous" world.

Togo skipper retires from Int. team

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 07:57 AM PDT

Captain and striker of Togo Emmanuel Adebayor has retired from international soccer after a deadly shooting at the African Nations Cup in January.

"Following the tragic events during January's African Nations Cup... I have made the very difficult decision to retire from international football," he said in a statement on Monday.

Abbottabad violence claims 16 lives

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 07:45 AM PDT

At least 16 people have been killed after clashes erupted between police forces and protesters against the renaming of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province.

The riots broke out when thousands of protestors who had gathered in Abbottabad district to express discontent with changing the name of the mountainous northern province to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa clashed with security personnel after police used tear gas shells and also opened fire to disperse the crowd.

Iran assigns new UN council envoy

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 07:41 AM PDT

Iran has appointed Seyed Mohammad Sajjadi as the new ambassador, who will represent the country at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Sajjadi, who has been serving as the head of International Political Affairs at the Iranian Foreign Ministry for several years, presented his credentials to Director-General of the United Nations Office Sergei Ordzhonikidze on Saturday.

Malta sex victims urge Pope apology

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 07:19 AM PDT

Victims of pedophilia by priests in Malta have requested a private meeting with Pope Benedict XVI, when he visits the Mediterranean island on the weekend.

Eleven Maltese men who claim to have been sexually abused by Roman Catholic priests in the 1970s have demanded a personal apology from the Pope.

PLO slams Israeli expulsion order

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 07:05 AM PDT

The chief Palestinian negotiator has called for international pressure on Israel to revoke a military order to deport Palestinians from the West Bank.

Israel has issued two orders giving military officials broad and almost total control over the expulsion of Palestinians, after questioning the residency status of thousands of Palestinians residing in the West Bank.

No bill to modify Iran subsidy plan

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 06:46 AM PDT

No bill is to be introduced to the Iranian Parliament to modify the current subsidy reform law, Iran's deputy Parliament Speaker says.

"In a meeting with a group of Iranian MPs, the President has agreed to facilitate the implementation of the subsidy bill without introducing a complementary bill," said Mohammad Hossein Abu Torabi at the beginning of the parliament's Tuesday session.

Kyrgyzstan ends Bakiyev immunity

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 06:39 AM PDT

The interim government of Kyrgyzstan has decided to strip ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev of political immunity, urging him to give himself up.

Interim security minister Azimbek Beknazarov said the country would resort to force to capture Bakiyev in case he does not surrender.

Sincerity of US summit, 'questionable'

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 05:53 AM PDT

Iran says the US cannot preach about nuclear disarmament while it threatens to use its nuclear weapons against other nations.

The US on Monday opened a two-day nuclear summit which is being attended by leaders of 46 other countries.

Brazil to boost trade with Iran

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 05:50 AM PDT

Brazil has opened its doors to Iranian businessmen and welcomes any project, which will help the economy and encourage trade between the two countries.

"Iran is a big country in the region and enjoys considerable capacity to develop cooperation with Brazil," Brazilian Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Minister Miguel Jorge said Monday in Tehran after visiting his Iranian counterpart Ali Akbar Mehrabian.

'West has no evidence against Iran'

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 05:33 AM PDT

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says there is no evidence indicating that Iran's nuclear activities include efforts to acquire a nuclear weapon.

Iranian officials have always stressed that their nuclear investments and activities are for peaceful purposes, the Turkish prime minister said Monday, according to a translation of his comments posted on the IRIB news website.

'US nuke threat is state terrorism'

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 05:18 AM PDT

Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations Mohammad Khazaee describes the US threat of using nuclear weapons against other countries as state terrorism.

"Threats of using nuclear weapons against a nation are a clear sample of the state terrorism," Khazaee said at the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC).

Violence erupts in Venezuelan prison

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 05:08 AM PDT

Fighting has wounded at least 10 Venezuelan prison guards and also killed seven inmates at the Santa Ana Prison, according to authorities.

Some prisoners provoked the violence after they took hostage a teacher and two guards to demand a transfer to another penitentiary.

Poland orders travel rule review

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 05:05 AM PDT

Poland's Acting-President has ordered a review of travel regulations for senior officials after a plane crash killed the country's president and 96 other statesmen.

Bronislaw Komorowski announced the move as mourning for President Lech Kaczynski, his wife Maria and dozens of other high-ranking officials were underway.

US Navy plane crash kills three

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 04:55 AM PDT

US officials have announced that a Florida-based Naval plane has crashed in the north Georgian woods killing at least three crew members.

The T-39N training plane went down on Monday, Naval Air Station Pensacola spokesman Harry White said.

Iran condemns state terrorism in US

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 04:51 AM PDT

Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations Mohammad Khazaee describes the US threat of using nuclear weapons against other countries as state terrorism.

"Threats of using nuclear weapons against a nation are a clear sample of the state terrorism," Khazaee said at the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC).

Iran says US summit political show

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 04:43 AM PDT

Iran says the US nuclear summit is a "political show" aimed at diverting public attention from the threat posed by its own stockpiles of nuclear weapons.

"In our opinion, the Washington summit is merely a political show aimed at diverting public attention from the global threat to peace and security emanating from the US nuclear weapons," Iranian ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltanieh told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on Monday.

Israelis kill Palestinian fighter

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 04:38 AM PDT

A fierce gunbattle between Israeli troops and Palestinian resistance fighters leaves one member of Islamic Jihad dead and three others wounded in the Gaza Strip.

The incident occurred early Tuesday when a group of Israeli soldiers tried to enter the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, Islamic Jihad's armed wing, the Al-Quds Brigades, said.

Invading Israelis kill Jihad fighter

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 04:38 AM PDT

A fierce gunbattle between Israeli troops and Palestinian resistance fighters leaves one member of Islamic Jihad dead and three others wounded in the Gaza Strip.

The incident occurred early Tuesday when a group of Israeli soldiers tried to enter the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, Islamic Jihad's armed wing, the Al-Quds Brigades, said.

US drone attack kills 5 in Pakistan

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 04:23 AM PDT

At least five people have been killed in a US drone attack in the troubled North Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan on the Afghan border.

Several more people were injured when two missiles hit a nearby compound in Boya village, located about 20 kilometers (12 miles) west of Miranshah.

8 Red Cross workers nabbed in Congo

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 03:20 AM PDT

Militants in the Democratic Republic of Congo's restive East have kidnapped eight aid workers from the International Committee of the Red Cross.

The workers were seized last Thursday as they made their way back home from a routine mission in the Sud-Kivu province of eastern DR Congo, the Red Cross said late Monday.

University of Ottawa Activist Student Persecutions: The Case of Marc Kelly

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 03:18 AM PDT

steve lendman On October 21, 2008, for the first time in school history, the University of Ottawa (U of O) Faculty of Science, without cause, deregistered undergraduate Marc Kelly, an exemplary student, expelling him for the semester and preventing him from completing the final three courses he needed to graduate. The official email sent him read:

"The Faculty of Science has been asked to deregister you. (This) message is to notify you that you are no longer registered...."

Smuggler's barbs puncture 100 cars

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 02:39 AM PDT

A car chase in the Karaj-Tehran highway has caused a chain of car accidents, leaving over 100 vehicles with flat tires.

The chase started after one driver ignored instructions given to him by Iranian police forces.

Iran's trade not limited to Europe

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 02:30 AM PDT

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says European countries are not the Islamic Republic's only economic partners in the world.

"During the past four years, the Asian continent has turned into Iran's first trade partner among other regions in the world," Mottaki told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on Monday.

Why not stand up to them?

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 01:27 AM PDT

der ewige jude Again and again the question is asked: Why not stand up to the Jews? And the answer is: money. Money allows the Jews to do two things: )1) It allows them to buy opposition and (2) It allows them to destroy careers. That, in simple terms, is why people will not stand up to the Jews. Anyone tempted to go up against the Jews can see what happens to people like David Irving and Fred Leuchter. They go from secure incomes to penniless penury. Politicians can see that those who go up against the Jews get driven from office and have their campaign financing cut off. Just ask William Fullbright, Paul Findlay or Paul McCloskey. Hollywood stars who might be tempted to speak out against the Jews can behold the Mel Gibson treatment - and ask whether they have the financial resources to withstand it, like Mel. But all kinds of people can see what happens if you dare to challenge them.

Kashmir employees extend strike

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 12:21 AM PDT

State employees in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir say they will continue their current strike until April 17 if the government does not respond to their demands.

The employees, who have already been on strike for the last nine days, have threatened to shutdown essential services across the state if the government does not accede to their various demands, including release of arrears.

Brzezinski censures Obama's ME policy

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 12:20 AM PDT

The former US national security advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski, has criticized President Barack Obama for his Middle East policy.

In an opinion column in the prominent US daily, The Washington Post, Brzezinski states that Obama must make a bold Middle East trip rather than making a routine unveiling of a peace proposal.

Brazil rejects new Iran sanctions

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 12:12 AM PDT

Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim has stated that Brasilia prefers diplomacy for solving the dispute over Iran's nuclear program rather than tough measures.

Speaking on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington on Monday, Jobim said the previous sanctions never hindered Iran's nuclear activities.

Sarkozy: I will keep nuclear weapons

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 12:11 AM PDT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy insists on having no plans to give up France's nuclear weapons due to 'dangers' of the new world.

France "will not give up nuclear weapons" in today's dangerous world, AFP quoted Sarkozy as saying Monday in Washington, ahead of a global convention on nuclear non-proliferation.

Katyn and 'The Good War'

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 12:00 AM PDT

The decapitation of the Polish government last weekend, including President Lech Kaczynski and the military leadership, on that flight to Smolensk to commemorate the Katyn Massacre, brings to mind the terrible and tragic days and deeds of what many yet call the Good War.

From Russian reports, the Polish pilot waved off four commands from air traffic control to divert to Moscow or Minsk. The airfield at Smolensk was fogged in. There is speculation that Kaczynski, fiercely nationalistic and distrustful of Russians, may have defiantly ordered his pilot to land, rather than delay the 70th anniversary of Katyn. The symbolism is inescapable.

Iran blasts new US nuclear posture

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 11:51 PM PDT

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Akhoundzadeh says the new US nuclear policy would not lead the world toward peace and stability.

Iran insists that Washington's newly-unveiled Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) makes it evident how unreliable the US is on the issue of nuclear weapons.

China still favors diplomacy on Iran

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 11:41 PM PDT

Chinese President Hu Jintao has asked his US counterpart Barack Obama to give diplomacy a chance in dealing with Iran's nuclear program.

Hu said on Monday that China wants "effective ways" to resolve the impasse over Iran's nuclear program through talks.

US warns of al-Qaeda interest in Nukes

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 11:26 PM PDT

An advisor to US President Barack Obama alleges a high al-Qaeda interest in nuclear arms as a Washington summit on nuclear non-proliferation gets underway.

"Al-Qaeda has been engaged in the effort to acquire a nuclear weapon for over 15 years, and its interest remains strong today," said John Brennan, President Barack Obama's top anti-terrorism and homeland security advisor, quoted in an AFP report on Monday.

Obama opens own nuclear summit

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 11:11 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama has launched the first global summit on nuclear non-proliferation amid concerns about the absence of selected.

Heads of states from 47 nations have gathered in Washington in a supposed effort to look into ways in preventing future spread of nuclear weapons and cutting back on the current stockpile of nuclear warheads.

Four killed in bomb attacks in Iraq

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 11:02 PM PDT

Two car bomb attacks in Iraq have left four people dead and dozens others injured.

An explosive-laden vehicle was detonated near an army patrol in the city of Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad, on Monday, killing two soldiers, AFP reported.

US, India discuss China's military power

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:27 PM PDT

India and the US have engaged in talks over China's upgraded 2.25-million-strong armed forces and its strategic maneuvers in the Asia-Pacific region.

Wary of China's long-term intentions, India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President Barack Obama shared their own assessments of what has been described as China's trans-border military capabilities and its growing presence in the Indian Ocean Region.

Welcome to Orwell's World 2010

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:19 PM PDT

obama-orwell In Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell described a superstate called Oceania, whose language of war inverted lies that "passed into history and became truth. 'Who controls the past', ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past'."

Barack Obama is the leader of a contemporary Oceania. In two speeches at the close of the decade, the Nobel Peace Prize winner affirmed that peace was no longer peace, but rather a permanent war that "extends well beyond Afghanistan and Pakistan" to "disorderly regions and diffuse enemies." He called this "global security" and invited our gratitude. To the people of Afghanistan, which America has invaded and occupied, he said wittily: "We have no interest in occupying your country."

Why Are We in Afghanistan?

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:05 PM PDT

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Over the years I have heard 10 or more reasons, but not one that is convincing. "This will not end well," George Will wrote, and I agree with that. Yes, President Obama inherited the Afghanistan war, but he has dug himself in deeper, and as they say he owns it now. It will be hard for him either to win it or to extricate us.

Why are we there? At first it was retaliation for 9/11. We should "get the people who attacked us," as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. It is the one reason that Americans understand and do accept. I was certainly in favor of the Afghanistan invasion of 2001, and perhaps that's why Obama called it the necessary war. Striking at al Qaeda made sense in a way that invading Iraq never did. But that was a reason for going into Afghanistan, not a reason for still being there eight and a half years later.

An American's Guide to Moving to Australia

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:02 PM PDT

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In spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of … emigrating.

And when it does, I often seem to hear about it. My e-mail inbox, quiescent until recently, has since early March begun to fill up again—just as it had done before the 2008 presidential election—with requests from Americans as to how they can move to Australia, and what the job prospects are for them in my country.

Tiger's Republican Shaming

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:00 PM PDT

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In professional wrestling, the designated hero in a match is known as the "face" (short for "babyface") and the villain is the "heel." At the other end of the socioeconomic spectrum, pro golf suffered a sudden face shortage when Tiger Woods turned "heel." The sport was temporarily rescued Sunday by the popular Masters victory of the 39-year-old—but still baby-faced—Phil Mickelson, a prodigiously gifted goof whose career hasn't matched Woods's because his judgment on the course, a combination of daring and knuckleheadedness, has often been as unreliable as Tiger's has been off the course.

Syria warns of Israeli ethnic cleansing

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 09:59 PM PDT

Syria calls on the international community to unite in the face of Tel Aviv's intentions to purge the occupied West Bank of its Palestinian residents.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Monday the world had to take up "a clear stance on Israeli attempts to adopt a policy of ethnic cleansing in the West Bank and to expel Palestinians from their homeland," reported the Syrian Arab News Agency, quoted by AFP.

Nigeria's acting leader vows fair polls

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 09:29 PM PDT

Nigeria's acting President Goodluck Jonathan pledges to hold a credible presidential election next year, as the former military leader announces his own candidacy.

"I promise Nigerians and the rest of the world that the April 2011 elections in Nigeria will be free and fair," Jonathan said in a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington on Monday.

Deport the Palestinians to Where They Came From – Israel

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 08:39 PM PDT

It was bound to happen. The Israelis have decided to opt for outright ethnic cleansing. As of April 13, 2010 - the Israelis military will be accorded the power to deport any Palestinian or any foreigner in the West Bank if their papers 'aren't in order.' The IDF has already made it clear that the order will not apply to Israeli citizens in the West Bank - you know - the illegal Jewish settlers. In fact, if you are Mongolian and can produce a faded newspaper clip announcing your grandfather's bar mitzvah - that will be sufficient documentation to acquire immediate Israeli citizenship and get a red carpet reception when you relocate to the occupied territories. They'll even provide you with subsidized housing if you take them up on the offer.

Israel, War and Water

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 08:32 PM PDT

There is a global crisis emerging concerning the allocation, uses, and abuses of fresh water. This is a combination of misuse by humans and the increasing violence and changing frequency of various weather conditions as the global climate heats up. Along with the heating are other factors such as the acidification of the oceans as they uptake more carbon than the life forms living there can deal with it in such a short time span. Agriculture becomes threatened, potable water for domestic use becomes scarcer, and although fresh water should be a right enshrined in the UN Charter, it is increasingly becoming both a military and corporate target.

Pakistani PM vows to purge militants

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 08:25 PM PDT

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has vowed to eliminate militant groups using the country's territory to launch attacks against neighboring India.

In a Monday press briefing in Washington, Gilani emphasized, however, the need for India to provide more proof on the groups it accuses of involvement in the November 26, 2008 Mumbai attacks that left more than 166 people killed.

Damages, Rothschild!

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 08:22 PM PDT

Cain flying before Jehovah's Curse

Yesterday I commented on the outrageous words of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday (April 11, 2010) during the main Holocaust Day ceremony at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. Among other things, he said: "The second lesson – educate for good – means educating to accept the other and accept different ideas, this is the awareness that lies at the base of Jewish thinking, that each human being is created in the image of God, that each human being has the right to freedom, to life, to choose his own path. … This is how we educate children in the State of Israel, which is a light of tolerance in a region of darkness and zealotry…"

Pope faces 'arrest campaign' in UK

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 08:08 PM PDT

Two activists have called for the arrest of Pope Benedict XVI during his upcoming visit to Britain.

Atheist campaigner Richard Dawkins and author Christopher Hitchens have asked human rights lawyers to file a lawsuit against the head of the Catholic Church over his alleged cover-up of sexual abuse in the church, British newspapers reported.

Russia against Iran energy sanctions

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 07:30 PM PDT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has cautioned that imposing energy sanctions on Iran could lead to a "humanitarian catastrophe."

Medvedev asserted that any possible sanctions on Iran "should not lead to humanitarian catastrophe, where the whole Iranian community would start to hate the whole world."

Mike Rivero: The Dangers of Belief

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 07:20 PM PDT

Mike Rivero has been the webmaster of What Really Happened.com since 1994 when it began as a sub-page on his business website asking pointed questions about the death of White House Deputy Council Vincent Foster. As more and more investigations revealed more government deceptions, the page grew in size and number and eventually moved to its own domain where it resides today.

Mogadishu shelling kills 21 civilians

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 07:03 PM PDT

Heavy shelling between anti-government militants and Somali forces has killed at least 21 people, including children, in Mogadishu.

The firefight on Monday — the worst shelling in recent months — began when militants "indiscriminately" fired mortars at the presidential palace and the airport during a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the country's national army.

Bush Was Right: The Constitution is Just a G.D. Piece of Paper

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 06:45 PM PDT

Article VI, clause 3 of the United States Constitution states the following:

The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several state legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the United States and of the several states, shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support this Constitution.

Hezbollah MP warns about US meddling

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 06:34 PM PDT

Hezbollah lawmaker Nawaf Mousawi has warned the US about interfering in Lebanon's internal affairs ahead of the country's municipal elections.

Mousawi accused the US embassy of impeding national reconciliation in Lebanon, the Lebanese daily Naharnet reported on Monday.

Incentives may lure Bakiyev to resign

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 04:30 PM PDT

The head of Kyrgyzstan's interim government has said ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev may be offered an incentive to leave the country.

"Everyone is calling on him to leave the Kyrgyz people alone, for Bakiyev to find himself a place outside Kyrgyzstan," Roza Otunbayeva said.

Cohen pleads guilty to child porn

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 04:20 PM PDT

A former US lawmaker from the state of New Jersey, who campaigned against child pornography, has now pleaded guilty to distribution of child porn.

The 59-year-old former Assemblyman, Neil Cohen, admitted on Monday that he has used the computer in his former legislative office to view and print nude images of underage girls.

Vatican anti-pedophile stance praised

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 04:08 PM PDT

Vatican's newspaper chief denies widespread accusations that Catholic Church has mishandled the child abuse cases, praising its "exemplary" stance.

The Roman Catholic Church as a whole "is the only institution to address this problem that concerns all of society in an exemplary manner," AFP quoted L'Osservatore Romano's Editor-in-Chief Giovanni Maria Vian.

Jeweled mummy uncovered in Egypt

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 04:04 PM PDT

Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed 14 Greco-Roman tombs, including a jeweled mummy, in the Bahariya Oasis located southwest of the capital city of Cairo.

The tombs, which date back to third century BCE, were found during excavations conducted at the site of a planned youth center.

Iran plans major rise in price of gas

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 04:00 PM PDT

Iranian Oil Minister Masoud Mirkazemi says the government plans to raise domestic gas prices by nearly tenfold in a bid to reduce consumption.

He said the growing domestic gas consumption could lead to a 'crisis' within the next three years, Mehr News Agency reported.

Unthinkable: Propaganda for False Flag Nuclear Terrorism and Torture

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:41 PM PDT

Special Agent Jack Bauer has competition. His name is "H" and he is a black-ops interrogator and an FBI agent. He is played by Samuel L. Jackson, not Keifer Sutherland. The film is Unthinkable.

A terrorist — not a Muslim but a white guy, sort of like all those militias you've heard about lately — has placed nuclear bombs in three American cities and it is up to "H" to "interrogate" the terrorist and find out where they are hidden.

'NATO should stop backing Jundallah'

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:39 PM PDT

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to condemn NATO support for Jundallah ringleader Abdolmalek Rigi.

In a letter to the UN chief, President Ahmadinejad complained about the supports provided by some NATO members for Rigi.

Sudan extends elections by two days

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:37 PM PDT

Sudan's National Election Commission has announced a two-day extension to the polling period amid glitches in the voting procedure due to delays and mistakes.

The country's first multiparty elections in 24 years will now end on Thursday, commission spokesman Salah Habib said, BBC reported.

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:18 PM PDT

As the dust settles in Bishkek and Kyrgyzstan's erstwhile opposition begins to assemble a new regime to replace ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, U.S. policymakers and international pundits remain preoccupied with Manas air base. This facility, located near Bishkek, has been an important hub supporting the war effort in Afghanistan since the U.S. military opened it in December 2001.

Since then, Manas's operations have been threatened by political instability more than once. Russia, never pleased to have U.S. forces on former Soviet territory, regularly pressures Kyrgyzstan to terminate the base's lease. Certainly, the Kremlin had something to do with Bakiyev's February 2009 announcement, delivered in Moscow, that he would close Manas and accept more than $2 billion in emergency assistance and investments from Russia.

US rockets claim lives in Pakistan

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:17 PM PDT

At least four people have been killed and several others wounded in the latest attack by US rockets in the northwestern tribal areas of Pakistan.

Pakistani security officials said Monday, the attack came in the tribal areas of North Waziristan near the Afghan border.

Stolen docs expose Israel war crimes

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:05 PM PDT

Former Israeli soldier Anat Kam says she has taken secret military documents as evidence of war crimes committed by Tel Aviv in the occupied West Bank.

Kam, 23, is indicted for espionage over stealing 2,000 classified military documents during her compulsory military service and leaking them to Ha'aretz reporter Uri Blau.

Putin Sends His Condolences

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 02:58 PM PDT

Why is Putin gushing over Poland's loss? Not because he's suddenly sprouted a heart.

No one would mistake Vladimir Putin for a softie. But in the wake of the devastating plane crash that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski and dozens of top Polish officials as they were heading to the site of a Stalin-era massacre in western Russia, the strongman Russian prime minister showed his sensitive side. He hugged his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk, respectfully bowed his head as Kaczynski's flag-draped coffin was loaded on a plane to be flown back to Warsaw, and used Clinton-esque language in a televised appeal to the Polish people. "This is a tragedy for us too," Putin said in the message, recorded near the site of Saturday's crash. "We feel your pain."

NBER: US recession far from over

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 02:47 PM PDT

The unprecedented recession in the US is expected to continue as the data suggesting recovery is premature and cannot be relied on, a report says.

The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) which serves as the official US arbiter of business cycles revealed on Monday that the outcome of its Thursday meeting and the relevant data provided by its business cycle-dating committee cannot indicate for sure that the recession, kicked off in December 2007, will fade away.

Poland mends govt., plans funeral

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 02:39 PM PDT

Polish officials reportedly plan to hold a state funeral for the late President Lech Kaczynski on Saturday, a week after he was killed in a deadly plane crash.

Local newspapers, including the leading Gazeta Wyborcza, cited officials as saying on Monday that Warsaw expected to host many dignitaries from around the world in the official mourning ceremony for Kaczynski.

Clashes force 200,000 Pakistanis to flee

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 01:55 PM PDT

Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis have fled a recent army offensive against militants in the northwest, shortly after fresh clashes killed 43 people.

The United Nations said in a Monday statement that over 200,000 people have fled Orakzai tribal region since the fighting flared up last year.

Al-Quds settlement work partially halted

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 01:37 PM PDT

Israel has reportedly put on hold the construction settlements that require approvals from district planning committee in al-Quds (Jerusalem).

Staff members of Jerusalem District Planning and Building Committee said they have been ordered to stop settlement work in all parts of al-Quds for more than a month, Ha'aretz reported Monday.

Medvedev warns US, praises Obama

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 01:02 PM PDT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says his country remains wary of the United States' moves regarding its revised missile system plans.

The first US plans were introduced under former US President George W. Bush, under whose administration relations between the two sides deteriorated to a post-Cold War low.

Russia against 'nuclear' war on Iran

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 12:56 PM PDT

Amid the intensified war rhetoric against Tehran, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warns that an attack on Iran could lead to nuclear war.

In an interview with ABC News, Medvedev said an attack on Iran would be "the worst possible scenario" in the Middle East.

US violates UN law by threatening Iran

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 12:51 PM PDT

Iran's envoy to the UN nuclear watchdog says the US nuclear policy which allows the use of nuclear arms against Tehran is a clear violation of the UN Charter.

Speaking on Monday, Ali-Asghar Soltanieh called on the UN Security Council (UNSC) to deal with the US violations.

'UK has underground airport in Helmand'

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 12:41 PM PDT

British forces have constructed underground airports, concrete wells and warehouses in Afghanistan's Helmand Province, an informed source says.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, the Afghan source who has worked in Helmand for four years claimed British troops have dug 60-meter deep wells, reinforcing them with concrete, Fars News Agency reported.

Tea Party Agent Provocateur Outed

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 12:31 PM PDT

Since Infowars.com reported on a website attempting to recruit miscreants to disrupt and discredit April 15 Tea Party tax protests, diligent researchers have uncovered the man behind a website promoting the disruption.

Jason Levin of Portland, Oregon, registered the domain name CrashTheTeaParty.org, although he is apparently changed the information included on a domain registry page to Ben Franklin from Philadelphia. Here is the original domain registry information:

Obama's revival of the Baruch Plan for Rothschild world domination through a private monopoly ...

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 12:06 PM PDT

dick eastman Obama's Plan for Elimination of Nation-Controlled Nuclear Power is a revival of the "Baruch Plan" for a world government monopoly of nuclear weapons, ensuring that no individual nation could control atomic power either for defense or peaceful uses. Under the Baruch Plan (a plan worked out with Rothschild agent and infiltrated communist agent Secretary of State Dean Acheson and David Lilienthal, the Lazard Freres head of the US Atomic Energy Commission, who invented the term "multinational corporation" and who later founded, with money from Lazard Freres, the international engineering venture company, Development and Resources Corporation, funded by governments and following the model Lilienthal developed from experience gained heading the Tennessee Valley Authority, the US's first great socialist development project. The Development and Resources Corporation functioned much like Halliburton, Schlumberger and Tesco.

Kam gives up journalistic immunity

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 11:57 AM PDT

Anat Kam has relinquished her journalistic immunity as the source of Ha'aretz reporter Uri Blau, calling on him to return all the documents she allegedly leaked to him.

Her lawyer Avigdor Feldman said he had urged Blau to return from his self-imposed exile in London, Ha'aretz reported Monday.

Thai poll body finds ruling party guilty

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 11:52 AM PDT

Thailand's Election Commission (EC) has called for dissolution of the ruling party, two days after clashes between security forces and protesters left 21 people killed.

The ruling Democratic Party of Incumbent Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was found guilty of using unlawful donations, EC spokesman Buranaj Smutharaks said on Monday.

Infowars Reader Harassed By Cops Over "Militia" Fears

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 11:52 AM PDT

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An Infowars reader was stopped and harassed by Kansas Highway police on Thursday night for the crime of displaying political bumper stickers, with cops expressing fears of affiliations with "militia groups," another frightening example of how police are being trained to treat any form of peaceful dissent as a sign of domestic terror.

Iran to unveil new military equipment

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 11:21 AM PDT

A senior commander says Iran will soon unveil a series of advanced home-built equipment; including drones, radar defense systems and light weaponry.

Commander of Iran's Ground Forces Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan said Monday that the equipment will be displayed at Sunday's Military Day parade.

CT Church opposes child abuse bill

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 11:15 AM PDT

The US state of Connecticut has introduced a bill to halt the statue of limitations on child sexual abuse cases, which have engulfed the Catholic Church.

The state's Roman Catholic bishops in a letter of defiance, on Saturday, urged their members to oppose the measure, which they said would put "all Church institutions, including your parish, at risk," CNN reported on Monday.

Sudan vote slow but smooth on 2nd day

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:55 AM PDT

Plagued by delays, errors, and fraud allegations, Sudan's historic elections have entered theirs second day amid calls for an extension to the three-day vote.

Sudan's National Elections Commission (NEC) acknowledged on Monday that there were "technical mistakes" in the printing of the ballot papers — the main issue that triggered opposition boycotts and fraud allegations ahead of the poll.

'Israel may drag US into new war'

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:40 AM PDT

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has expressed fears that Israel may attempt to involve the US in a new aggression against Lebanon or the Gaza Strip.

"Because of Israel's current disagreements with the US, the Israeli side could get the US involved in what is a 'crazy move,'" Berri was quoted as saying by Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat .

'Iran sanctions counterproductive'

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:13 AM PDT

As the US seeks to forge an international consensus at the UN Security Council on new punitive sanctions against Iran, India expresses opposition to the move.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made clear on Sunday that New Delhi was opposed to imposing fresh sanctions on Iran to force the Islamic Republic into freezing uranium enrichment and said plans that target ordinary people are counterproductive.

Iran warns UK against meddling

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 09:48 AM PDT

Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki criticizes the UK for its meddlesome policies on Iran and highlights the importance of standing up to London's inhumane and unfair stances.

"The history of Iran-UK relations has many dark episodes … and we have constantly witnessed Britain's meddlesome policies after the [Islamic] Revolution," Mottaki said on Sunday.

Bomb blast kills three in Iraq

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 09:43 AM PDT

Three brothers from a Sahwa tribal group have been killed and another has been injured in a powerful roadside bomb blast in Iraq's northern Diyala Province.

A security official, who requested anonymity, said the incident took place on Sunday at around 10:00 a.m. (0700 GMT) in the Adhaim area, some 60 km (37 miles) north of the provincial capital city of Baquba.

Google CEO and Obama Activist Wants Machines to Pick News

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 09:26 AM PDT

Drudge reports this morning that Google CEO Eric Schmidt wants Google's machines to select what news you read on its website.

"News sites should use technology to predict what a user wants to read by what they have already read, Schmidt told the American Society of News Editors, where a few humans still remained in the audience," writes Drudge.

Holocaust Memorial Day: "Stop Iran"

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 09:14 AM PDT

"In Europe, when someone criticizes Israeli policies, we bring in Holocaust – and when someone in this country (US)criticizes Israel policizes, we bring in Anti-Semitism….." former Israeli minister Shulamit Aloni in an interview with Amy Goodman (Democracy Now!).

Idiot Fox Pundit Claims Ron Paul Stole Straw Poll Votes

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 08:18 AM PDT

A Fox News pundit outrageously suggested that Ron Paul bought and paid for the votes he received at the latest SRLC straw poll.

Ron Paul", said the Fox presenter, "was apparently giving out tickets for about 30, 35 dollars from his website and he was picking and defraying the cost of the 135 dollar tickets himself. It was almost as if he was paying for people to come there."

Did Global Elite Kill Polish President Kaczynski?

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 07:52 AM PDT

Damian Thompson, writing for the Daily Telegraph, says there will be plenty of conspiracy theories floating around cyberspace in response to the death of Polish president Lech Kaczynski and a large number of Polish VIPs in a plane crash last week.

"One of the nastier consequences of international disasters is that conspiracy theorists rush to judgment – and I do mean rush," writes Thompson. "The fact that the president and so many of the Polish elite were on a visit to Russia will feature prominently in the fantastic stories being cooked up in cyberspace right now. And I can say with confidence that they are being cooked up, because Poland, like most East European countries, is obsessed with conspiracies. Russians, Jews, Americans, Freemasons – they will all be blamed. Some stories will be more credible than others.'

Blasts, gunfire rock S Afghanistan

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 07:37 AM PDT

Two explosions followed by gunfire have been heard in southern Afghanistan as violence continues to rage in the war-weary country.

The blasts took place on Monday in the city of Kandahar, where US-led forces have been in involved in a mass offensive, Reuters reported.

Iran to complete peace pipeline

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 06:57 AM PDT

Tehran is to start in early May the design and construction of the remaining part of the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline on Iranian soil, a gas official says.

The Head of the National Iranian Gas Export Company told Shana newswire on Sunday that a consultant would be chosen in the near future for the remaining part of the pipeline, also known as the 'Peace Pipeline'.

Train derailment kills 7 in Italy

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 06:53 AM PDT

A train has derailed in northern Italy, killing at least seven people and wounding 25 others, according to a report.

The incident happened in the north Italian region of Alto Adige on Monday, Italian news agency ANSA reported, citing emergency workers.

WikiLeaks plans to post video showing US massacre of Afghani civilians

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 06:52 AM PDT

The whisteblower website WikiLeaks -- which exploded onto the national stage earlier this month after it released a video recording showing US servicemembers shooting two reporters and six others to death -- says they plan to release another, even more harrowing clip.

The clip will show previously classified footage from US warplanes that had been tapped to bomb Taliban positions in Farah province, Afghanistan last year.

Clashes kill 3 soldiers in Dagestan

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 06:51 AM PDT

Russia's North Caucasus region of Dagestan has been plunged into violence once again, as clashes between rebels and federal forces left three soldiers dead.

The three soldiers were killed and seven others injured after government forces launched an operation against a group of rebels in Dagestan's forest region of Karabudakhkentsky early Monday.

Iran to replace Persian Gulf radar

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 06:27 AM PDT

Iranian scientists are planning to develop domestic radars to replace a series of aging Russian-made systems currently deployed in the Persian Gulf.

"The systems will be designed and installed chiefly for defense purposes," said Vice President for Science and Technology, Nasrin Soltankhah, in an interview with Fars News Agency on Saturday.

Bakiyev warns against his arrest

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 06:14 AM PDT

Ousted Kyrgyzstan's President Kurmanbek Bakiyev has threatened the interim government with bloodshed, should opponents try to arrest or kill him.

"I would like to warn those who are now hunting for me: don't be contract killers, because this will only bring huge tragedy to the country," he told Reuters on Sunday.

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