Sunday, April 11, 2010

Can Lebanon Come In From The Cold




Can Lebanon Come In From The Cold? (plus 71 more items)

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Can Lebanon Come In From The Cold?

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 12:43 PM PDT

in a Lebanese refugee camp

Granting even the most elementary and normally taken for granted civil rights to Palestinians in Lebanon won't be easy and it may not be pretty. Yet there is undeniable and growing Lebanese and international resolve for Lebanon's politicians to end a dark bleak chapter in Arab brotherly relations. The disturbing paradox of Lebanon depriving its refugees of the most elementary civil rights, some of which are even granted Palestinians by their arch-nemesis, the Zionist occupiers of their own country, is increasingly being condemned in Lebanon.

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HRT lowers risk of colon cancer

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 11:46 AM PDT

Despite the different side effects reported for hormone replacement therapy (HRT), a new study suggests that the treatment can ward off colon cancer.

Previous studies had raised concern about the safety of HRT, linking its use with an increased risk of stroke, heart disease and breast cancer. The treatment, therefore, is prescribed on a short-term basis to help women with menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes.

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Rio landslides death toll at 256

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 11:38 AM PDT

Brazilian authorities say the death toll from the massive landslides that hit Rio de Janeiro has reached 256.

Rescue workers recovered scores of bodies after part of a hillside collapsed just outside the city on Wednesday.

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Protests turn violent in Thailand

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 11:18 AM PDT

At least 130 people have been injured in clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Bangkok, as Thailand's political deadlock continues.

The clashes erupted near several government and army buildings in the capital, Bangkok, on Saturday.

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Breast cancer drug may harm newborn

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 10:30 AM PDT

While the use of the common breast cancer drug Femara is associated with increased risks to the baby, three in every 10 women take the drug to overcome infertility problems.

Femara, an aromatase inhibitor approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, can treat post-menopausal women with hormone-receptor positive breast cancers through blocking the production of estrogen.

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Hamas urges trial of Israeli war criminals

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 10:10 AM PDT

As Palestinians observe the anniversary of the Deir Yassin massacre, Hamas calls on the global community to bring Israeli war criminals to justice.

In a statement, a copy of which was obtained by the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on Saturday, Hamas has called on international, Arab and Palestinian courts and organizations to arrest and try Israeli war criminals.

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Iran set to downgrade UK ties

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 09:57 AM PDT

In line with a recently-proposed bid by the Iranian Parliament (Majlis), the Tehran government moves to reduce diplomatic relations with London.

Rapporteur of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Kazem Jalali said Saturday that "certain measures are being taken to ensure that the Parliamentary motion will be implemented as soon as possible."

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Study finds gene for congenital deafness

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 09:19 AM PDT

Dutch researchers have recently discovered a gene variant responsible for certain cases of hereditary childhood deafness.

Latest figures have revealed that one in every 750 infants is born with severe hereditary hearing loss or profound deafness, a condition which may contribute to behavioral and developmental difficulties and low academic achievements later on in life.

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In WV, missing miners found 'dead'

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 09:10 AM PDT

Rescue workers in West Virginia have recovered the bodies of four coal miners who had gone missing in the worst US mining accident in decades.

Rescuers ended a search for the four unaccounted for miners early on Saturday after finding their bodies, five days after a deadly methane gas explosion at the Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia, local media reported citing relevant authorities.

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Bomb blast wounds 12 in southwest Iran

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 08:57 AM PDT

A bomb explosion targeting a detention facility in the southwestern province of Ilam has wounded at least 12 people but has claimed no lives, Iranian officials report.

"The blast occurred when unknown gunmen fired a rocket-propelled grenade at the prison's wall as they drove by in two cars," Ilam Governor Nourallah Arjomandi told IRNA on Saturday.

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Iran conf seeks world without nukes

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 08:57 AM PDT

Tehran's international conference on nuclear disarmament seeks to find ways for the global implementation of disarmament treaties, an Iranian envoy says.

Iran is preparing to hold an international conference on nuclear disarmament on April 17th and 18th.

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US to retain 90 nukes on Iran border

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 07:57 AM PDT

As Washington and Moscow sign a new arms reduction treaty, skepticism arises in Turkey as to whether those cuts will include US atomic warheads stored in the country.

US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev signed a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) in Prague on Thursday, which requires both sides to reduce their nuclear arsenals to 1,550, or about one-third below current levels.

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Obama approval rating plummets

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 07:39 AM PDT

A new poll points to a dramatic drop in US President Barack Obama's approval rating due to his economic and war policies.

The poll conducted by Rasmussen Reports reveals that President Barack Obama has gradually lost his popularity since his assumption of power in January 2009.

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US regulators seize another bank

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 06:10 AM PDT

US federal regulators have shut down another bank as Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) warns that more banks would face closure in the third quarter this year.

The closure brought to 42 the number bank failures this year.

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Ahmadinejad opens Zimbabwe trade fair

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 06:07 AM PDT

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is reportedly to visit Zimbabwe to open the country's International Trade Fair in Bulawayo on April 23.

"This year President Ahmadinejad will open the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair on April 23," Zimbabwean Government spokesman George Charamba said on Friday.

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Ahmadinejad to open Zimbabwe trade fair

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 06:07 AM PDT

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is reportedly to visit Zimbabwe to open the country's International Trade Fair in Bulawayo on April 23.

"This year President Ahmadinejad will open the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair on April 23," Zimbabwean Government spokesman George Charamba said on Friday.

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Plane of Polish president crashes

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 05:26 AM PDT

The plane of Polish President Lech Kaczynski has crashed on approach to Smolensk airport in western Russia, Polish airport officials say.

The official told Reuters on Saturday that there was no information yet about survivors.

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Iranian firm introduces new cellphones

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 05:02 AM PDT

An Iranian company plans to introduce three new low-price mobile phones to Iran's market in the near future.

Hamid Saeedi, the managing director of Hamrah Gooya Arvand Communication Company, says the new mobile phones will be sold under the brand name GLX.

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Obama doubts sanctions can change Iran course

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 04:59 AM PDT

In a new twist in Washington's drive for international pressure against Iran, US President Barack Obama says there is no guarantee that sanctions will change the course of Tehran's nuclear program.

"Do we have a guarantee as to the sanctions we are able to institute at this stage are automatically going to change Iranian behavior? Of course we don't," Obama said in a Friday interview with George Stephanopolous on ABC's Good Morning America.

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US suspends Kyrgyzstan troop flights at Manas

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 04:36 AM PDT

The US has stopped all troop flights to Afghanistan from its controversial air base in Kyrgyzstan, a day after the country's new leadership said it would close the key military base in the country.

No reason was given for the decision taken by the US commanders at the Transit Center at Manas (formerly Manas Air Base), a crucial hub for the US-led operations in Afghanistan.

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France helps Italy up nuclear power generation

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 03:33 AM PDT

Europe's largest atomic energy producer, France, says that it will cooperate with Italy more closely to increase nuclear power generation in its southwestern neighbor.

France was ready to share its nuclear power expertise, said French President Nicolas Sarkozy in a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Friday.

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80 gunmen attack Mexican town, kill 4

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 03:19 AM PDT

Mexican police say more than 80 gunmen have attacked a northern town, killing at least four people and setting police stations on fire.

The gunmen, who arrived in more than a dozen pickup trucks, attacked the police station in the town of Maycoba and killed at least four people on Thursday, AP on Friday quoted local officials as saying.

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Obama's Brave Nuke World

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 03:03 AM PDT

steve lendmanAt the same time the Pentagon issued its new Nuclear Posture Review, Obama officially ordered the murder of a US citizen, Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki - accused of terrorism and an Al Qaeda connection without evidence.

Earlier on February 4, Washington Post writer Ellen Nakashima headlined, "Intelligence chief acknowledges US may target Americans involved in terrorism," saying:

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Another pedophilia scandal rocks Vatican

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 02:57 AM PDT

Following a series of pedophilia scandals, a new document has come to light showing that Pope Benedict XVI resisted defrocking a US pedophile priest in 1985.

The former Cardinal Joseph Radzinger had signed a letter which defied calls to defrock California priest Stephen Kiesle over children abuse charges, letters released by the victims' attorney Jeff Anderson showed Friday.

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Dollar falls against major currencies

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 02:41 AM PDT

The US dollar has fallen against all major currencies after the European Union (EU) signaled it was inching closer to salvaging debt-ridden Greece.

The euro rose close to a cent and a half against the greenback to 1.35 on Friday. The UK's pound sterling climbed up about a cent as well.

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Prosecutors recommend indictment of Italian PM

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 02:26 AM PDT

Italian prosecutors have recommended the indictment of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for tax fraud and embezzlement in his Mediaset TV station.

Prosecutors have requested that the case against Berlusconi and 11 other people, including his son Pier Silvio, be sent for trial, court sources said on Friday.

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Israel Shapes Its New Message

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 12:54 AM PDT

The US-Israeli spat has reached a temporary conclusion. Israel has no intention of halting construction of settlements in East Jerusalem, as both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat recently revealed. The White House correspondingly went silent for Passover and the peace process remains frozen until further notice.

Whether US officials have truly pressured Israel to the limit or we're watching an elaborate show remains uncertain, though many indications lean towards stagecraft over statecraft. A new ?crisis? looms in the near future, whenever Jerusalem comes to a head again, or Gaza, or something completely new. But whatever the case, America and Israel have transitioned from defending themselves to damage control.

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Israel Shapes Its New Message

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 12:54 AM PDT

The US-Israeli spat has reached a temporary conclusion. Israel has no intention of halting construction of settlements in East Jerusalem, as both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat recently revealed. The White House correspondingly went silent for Passover and the peace process remains frozen until further notice.

Whether US officials have truly pressured Israel to the limit or we're watching an elaborate show remains uncertain, though many indications lean towards stagecraft over statecraft. A new ?crisis? looms in the near future, whenever Jerusalem comes to a head again, or Gaza, or something completely new. But whatever the case, America and Israel have transitioned from defending themselves to damage control.

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Israel Shapes Its New Message

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 12:54 AM PDT

The US-Israeli spat has reached a temporary conclusion. Israel has no intention of halting construction of settlements in East Jerusalem, as both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat recently revealed. The White House correspondingly went silent for Passover and the peace process remains frozen until further notice.

Whether US officials have truly pressured Israel to the limit or we're watching an elaborate show remains uncertain, though many indications lean towards stagecraft over statecraft. A new ?crisis? looms in the near future, whenever Jerusalem comes to a head again, or Gaza, or something completely new. But whatever the case, America and Israel have transitioned from defending themselves to damage control.

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The Dark Underbelly of Israel's Security State

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 12:28 AM PDT

What is misleadingly being called in Israel the "Anat Kamm espionage affair" is quickly revealing the dark underbelly of a nation that has worshipped for decades at the altar of a security state.

Next week 23-year-old Kamm is due to stand trial for her life -- or rather the state's demand that she serve a life sentence for passing secret documents to an Israeli reporter, Uri Blau, of the liberal Haaretz daily. She is charged with spying.

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US once again accuses Iran of nuclear deviation

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 11:51 PM PDT

The US has once again accused Iran of deviating from peaceful goals in its nuclear energy program after Tehran unveils its third generation centrifuges.

"If Iran wants the international community to believe what it says, that it has peaceful intentions with respect to its nuclear program, then Iran has no need for a third generation, or faster centrifuge," State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said.

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In Somalia, al-Shabab takes BBC, VOA off air

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 11:47 PM PDT

Somali armed group al-Shabab has banned Somali language transmissions by the BBC and VOA inside the country.

In a Friday press release, al-Shabab leaders ordered the local Mogadishu radio and other news organizations transmitting the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) or the Washington-based Voice of America to immediately terminate their contracts.

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Clinton woos Senate to ratify new nuclear treaty

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 11:21 PM PDT

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called on Republicans and Democrats to ratify a new nuclear arms reduction treaty, assuring them that the pact would allow the US to maintain a "strong, flexible deterrent."

Speaking in Kentucky, Clinton said the treaty signed by US and Russian presidents in Prague on Thursday was the "latest chapter in a history of American nuclear responsibility."

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27 militants killed in Pakistan's tribal regions

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 10:49 PM PDT

At least 27 militants have been killed by Pakistani security officials in the country's tribal regions bordering Afghanistan.

A spokesman for the Frontier Constabulary said Friday that nine militants were killed and ten others were injured in a sweep operation in Dogar village in the Kurram district.

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In Kyrgyzstan, new leaders freeze banking system

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 09:36 PM PDT

Amid chaos and uncertainty in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek, the interim government of Roza Otunbayeva has moved to freeze the national banking system as speculations run high that the ousted president might take money out of the country.

The new chief of staff for the interim Kyrgyz government, Edil Baisalov, accused President Kurmanbek Bakiev on Friday of emptying the state reserves before leaving.

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Netanyahu's refusal to attend summit understandable: US

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 09:13 PM PDT

The United States says it welcomes an Israeli delegation to an upcoming security summit in Washington despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's refusal to attend it.

US National Security Adviser General Jim Jones said Friday that President Barak Obama understands Netanyahu's decision to refuse to attend the summit next week in Washington.

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Netanyahu refusal to attend summit understandable: US

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 09:13 PM PDT

The United States says it welcomes an Israeli delegation to an upcoming security summit in Washington despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's refusal to attend it.

US National Security Adviser General Jim Jones said Friday that President Barak Obama understands Netanyahu's decision to refuse to attend the summit next week in Washington.

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US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens retires

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 08:30 PM PDT

The longest-serving member of the US Supreme Court, Justice John Paul Stevens announced on Friday that he will be retiring from his post in mid-summer.

In a letter addressed to "My dear Mr. President," Justice Stevens, who is a leader of the court's liberal wing, informed US President Barack Obama about his plans to retire at the end of the current term in late June or early July.

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Brazil struggles to rescue hundreds buried in landslide

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 07:14 PM PDT

Rescuers, working for a second straight night, pull out an 18th body on Friday but say there is little hope of finding more survivors from the massive landslides that buried around 200 people in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro.

Twenty-five people, including eight small children, were pulled out alive on Thursday after spending hours buried under mud and debris, but by Friday evening, 150 rescue workers working throughout the night stated deem hopes of finding more survivors.

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Fajr refinery processes over 32 bn cubic meters of gas

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 07:02 PM PDT

One of Iran's largest natural gas (NG) refineries processed more than 32 billion cubic meters (1.13 trillion cubic ft) of gas during the last Iranian year, that ended on March 20.

Fajr Jam gas refinery's Managing Director, Abdolrassul Razzaqi said, "This refinery obtains its gas from Nar and Gangan gas fields and during the past year has played a key part in providing for Iran's energy basket," reported SHANA news agency.

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If Maliki tries to form a government in Iraq, chaos will ensue

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:19 PM PDT

Iyad Allawi

In an interview this week with Ned Parker of the Los Angeles Times, former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, whose Iraqiya alliance edged out Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's party in national elections last month, warned of potential chaos if he is denied the right to form the country's next government.

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Four kidnapped in oil-rich Niger Delta

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 03:59 PM PDT

Four employees of an engineering company in Port Harcourt in southern Nigeria were abducted on Friday by gunman dressed in military attire, police say.

One Lebanese worker and three Syrian expatriates were taken near the oil hub of Port Harcourt, said police spokeswoman Rita Inoma Abbey.

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IAEA Rep. to attend Tehran nuclear disarmament meet

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 03:50 PM PDT

Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna says a senior official from the agency will attend the Tehran nuclear disarmament conference, scheduled for later this month.

Ali Asghar Soltanieh added that Egypt, as the current Chair of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) will join representatives from some 60 states, who will participate in the international event, Mehr News Agency reported.

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Jumblatt discusses Damascus visit with Nasrallah

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 03:35 PM PDT

Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah has met with Lebanon's Druze leader Walid Jumblatt in Damascus as the country eyes rapprochement with neighboring Syria.

The talks between Nasrallah and Jumblatt focused on the latter's visit to Syria and assessed his March 31 meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, said a Friday statement by Hezbollah.

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Norway Church receives new reports of sexual abuse

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 03:32 PM PDT

Norway's Catholic Church bishop Bernt Eidsvig has received emails revealing new allegations of clergy abuse.

"There may be something very serious there. But there may also be things there that lunatics made up," Bishop Eidsvig was quoted by the Associated Press as saying on Friday. "Whether it is abuse of minors or stupid priests doing things which are sinful but not illegal or things between adults — I can't say yet."

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The Second Age of Castro

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 03:27 PM PDT

Women assist a young girl in trying on shoes at one of Havana's limited "free market areas" for private vendors on March 12. Behind them are posters of Cuban revolutionaries Fidel and Raúl Castro and a young and handsome Che Guevara. Even in such designated free market zones, residents pay deference to historic and familiar national icons.

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Sri Lanka ruling party claims 'resounding' victory

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 03:25 PM PDT

With the partial results of Sri Lanka's election announced, President Mahinda Rajapakse' has thanked the public for giving a mandate to his ruling party through a 'resounding' victory in the parliamentary elections.

The Elections Commissioner on Friday said President Rajapakse's United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) has 117 seats in the 225-member assembly, AFP reported.

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Sanctions will not stop Iran from going nuclear - Ahmadinejad

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 03:01 PM PDT

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says his country will not back down in the face of possible UN sanctions. Iran has unveiled third generation centrifuges capable of faster enrichment. President Ahmadinejad committed these developments to the nuclear programme just a day after UN ambassadors of six world powers met to discuss further penalties against the country.

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Pope in new abuse cover-up claim

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 02:54 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI is at the centre of fresh allegations that he failed to take action against a paedophile priest when he was a cardinal.

A letter from 1985, bearing the signature of then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, advises caution when asked about the possible defrocking of a US priest convicted of abusing children was obtained by The Associated Press news agency.

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Hariri: Israel not after peace with Arabs

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 02:41 PM PDT

Lebanon calls on world nations to form a united front to pressure the Israeli regime into heeding the international community's will regarding the issue of Palestine.

Speaking at an economic forum in Spain, visiting Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri criticized Israel for not having "authentic interest" in reaching a "wide-ranging and fair" peace arrangement with the Arab world.

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Morocco's Misguided War on Terror

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 02:36 PM PDT

On a rainy Tuesday morning in February, a group of about 20 veiled women -- most of them dressed in black niqabs, the full-body veils favored by the most conservative Muslims -- stand silently in the street in front of the Rabat administrative tribunal. These wives, mothers, and sisters of alleged terrorists detained by the Moroccan government have come from across the country to show their support for one of their own, Fatiha Mejjati. Inside the courtroom, Mejjati is bringing a suit against the Moroccan government for wrongfully detaining her and her then-11-year-old son for nine months in 2003.

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Iran unveils improved centrifuges

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 02:34 PM PDT

Iran has announced it has developed faster centrifuges for uranium enrichment, signalling a determination to press on with its nuclear work despite possible new sanctions sought by Barack Obama, the US president.

In a ceremony marking Iran's National Day of Nuclear Technology on Friday, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president, unveiled one of the new machines to a crowd of dignitaries, and praised scientists for making Iran a "nuclear country".

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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 02:25 PM PDT

Delegations from 46 countries will come to the United States next week for a summit on nuclear security, but the heads of state and foreign ministers in attendance are unlikely to let their time in Washington go by without raising other concerns. Here's a look at who's coming and what's on their agenda.

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The Dissolution of the Family among Non-Elite Whites

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 02:16 PM PDT

I heard Naomi Cahn and June Carbone talk about their book, Red Families v. Blue Families: Legal Polarization and the Creation of Culture, on Commie Radio Pacifica, so I was sure there was a "progressive" message. As summarized in their op-ed in the Christian Science Monitor, the idea is that families in Blue State America are thriving, while families in Red State America are failing because they are too hung up on old fashioned ideas like sexual abstinence.

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Gimme Fuel: $11 billion pipeline launched, EU to get gas directly via Nord Stream

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 01:57 PM PDT

Construction of the Nord Stream pipeline has officially kicked off after a five-year wait. The 1200-kilometre long pipeline will be the longest in the world, and will directly supply Russian gas to mainland Europe. The 11-billion dollar project has been championed as a way of bypassing the political troubles surrounding the current Ukrainian supply route.

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Media for the Masses: TV station stormed by 'Red Shirt' protesters in Bangkok

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 01:33 PM PDT

Thai protesters claim to have re-opened a satellite TV station shut down by the government after a state of emergency was declared. Thousands stormed into the building in a Bangkok suburb as police used tear gas and water cannons to hold them back.

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Revolt Reloaded: Ousted Kyrgyz leader on vicious circle of coups

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 01:25 PM PDT

The former president of Kyrgyzstan, who himself was overthrown during the bloodless Tulip Revolution in 2005 has spoken to RT. Askar Akayev lost his presidential seat to Kurmanbek Bakiyev. He explains why the regime of his successor is also doomed.

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Fall of Baghdad anniversary marked

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 01:21 PM PDT

Thousands of Iraqis have been holding demonstrations throughout Iraq to mark the fall of Baghdad during the 2003 US-led invasion.

Marchers on Friday called for an end to what they said was the continued occupation of their country by hundreds of thousands of foreign troops and military contractors.

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S Africa buries white supremacist

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 01:17 PM PDT

Hundreds of South African police have been deployed for the funeral of Eugene Terreblanche, a white supremacist leader who was murdered on his farm last week.

Armed police and members of Terreblanche's Afrikaner Resistance Movement (AWB) stood watch inside and outside the church during the service on Friday amid fears that the event could stir racial tensions.

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How Not to Run an Empire

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 01:12 PM PDT

This week's uprising in Kyrgyzstan didn't appear out of nowhere. For the last several years, many of this Central Asian country's people have felt betrayed by a government that came to power promising democracy and reform, but in their eyes delivered repression and nepotism instead. A confrontation had been brewing for months, with arrests of opposition leaders and restrictions on the media prompting public protests, which escalated when the government hiked utility prices. Meanwhile, the government's heavy-handed police methods have, according to some analysts, helped radicalize a growing part of the Muslim population in southern Kyrgyzstan.

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Chris Matthews Race Baits Pat Buchanan Over Confederate History

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 12:58 PM PDT

Liberals love to fudge history. For instance, they are enamored with the establishment version of the so-called Civil War and vociferously claim the war was about slavery and evil slaveocrats in the Deep South. In the process, they discard historical facts.

So when Pat Buchanan said on Chris Matthews' Hardball the other day that Virginia did not secede from the Union over slavery but because the North insisted the state mobilize its militias and attack the Deep South, the libs went ballistic.

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Baltic gas pipe construction begins

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 12:46 PM PDT

Russia and Germany have begun the construction of a gas pipeline which will take supplies to mainland Europe.

Speaking at the official launch on Friday, Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian president, hailed the Nord Stream project, which will secure energy supplies to European countries without going through Ukraine.

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Leading UK ISP Says It Will Defy Government's Net Censorship Bill

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 12:14 PM PDT

A leading internet service provider in the UK has declared that it will refuse to follow government orders to restrict, slow down or cut off its customers' internet access under rules set out in Lord Mandelson's (pictured) Digital Economy Bill.

The provider, TalkTalk, which has over 4 million internet users, has declared the legislation "draconian" and says it will not cooperate with its provisions.

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Red shirts storm Thai TV station

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 11:36 AM PDT

Anti-government protesters have got an opposition-run television station back on air after forcing their way through a security cordon around the People's Channel building near Bangkok.

Security forces had fired tear gas and water cannon in an attempt to keep out the so-called red shirts on Friday, but after thousands of protesters entered the compound police relented and agreed to restore the channel to air.

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Campaigning ends in Sudan polls

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 10:29 AM PDT

Sudan's incumbent president has made a final push for votes ahead of presidential, parliamentary and regional elections on Sunday.

Speaking on the final day of campaining Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who is virtually guranteed re-election amid boycotts by two of the largest opposition parties, vowed to extend basic services across Sudan.

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Ruling bloc wins Sri Lanka poll

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 08:53 AM PDT

Sri Lanka's ruling coalition has won a majority in parliament, according to official results from Thursday's election.

The results, released by the election commissioner on Friday, showed The United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA), led by Mahinda Rajapaksa, the incumbent president, had already secured 117 seats in the 225-member assembly.

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Soros Dems Say American People Rank IRS Over Tea Party

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 08:05 AM PDT

Stephen C. Webster, writing for Raw Story, cites a Fox News poll that says Americans rate the IRS more favorably than the Tea Party. Obama, Democrats, and Republicans all scored higher than the Tea Party. "The most popular among the names is Barack Obama, who scored a 50 percent approval rating. Second was the Internal Revenue Service, at 49 percent," writes Webster, citing a Fox News Opinion Dynamics poll.

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Blood in the Streets of Bishkek

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 07:28 AM PDT

Every man knew his place in Kurmanbek Bakiyev's Bishkek. The street sweeper never looked into the eyes of the businessman with a gold watch. If you drove a clapped-out Soviet car, you always let those in shiny SUVs overtake you. The shopkeepers turned their noses up at farmers hawking what they can and everybody pulled back when the Bakiyev clan grabbed what it wanted. Ordinary Kyrgyz were reserved and powerless, not knowing their own strength. This was Bishkek early on Wednesday morning. As people worked and criss-crossed though quiet leafy avenues, nobody knew that Bakiyev's rule might be in its final hours. Nobody would have believed that, for two blood-soaked days and two nights alive with gunfire, they would see society itself eclipsed in the darkness of revolutionary anarchy.

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Geithner In Beijing: The Dangers of Exporting The Depression

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:42 AM PDT

Treasury Secretary Geithner is on his way to Beijing, where he will meet with Chinese Vice Prime Minister Wang. The trip is in relation to US demands for a massive up valuation of the Chinese currency, the renminbi or yuan. This announcement has unleashed much gloating at the Associated Press and other pro-Wall Street news outlets, so it is important to issue a caveat at the very beginning: trips do not equal agreements. Obama made a personal visit to Afghanistan last month, and bilateral US relations with that country have been deteriorating in an alarming way ever since.

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Bilderberg To Prolong Global Financial Recession For Another Year

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:32 AM PDT

The Bilderberg Group will meet this year in Spain and continue to advance their agenda for world economic governance while agreeing to prolong the global financial recession for another year, according to Bilderberg sleuth Jim Tucker, who has discovered through his routinely accurate inside sources that the conference will take place from June 3-6.

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Evidence Israel's nuclear weapons (Banned Censored)

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 02:13 AM PDT

Is it not unjust or what else do u call it?

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Ow, My Balls! (A Meditation on the Benefits of Canadian Healthcare)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 10:02 PM PDT

GavinBalls

"It never seems to amaze me" (as P Diddy once said) how confidently people speak about something as incredibly complex as healthcare. They know America spends more on healthcare than Canada and they know one in six Americans go without it. Therefore, Canada has a better system. The longer waiting time for Canadian procedures is discouraging but it's better to get a hip in a year than to never be able to afford one at all.

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