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Obama: US may orbit Mars by 2030

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 11:17 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama has said his country should be able to send astronauts to orbit the planet Mars by the mid-2030s.

On Thursday, in a speech at the Kennedy Space Centre, Obama promised an extra 6 billion dollars for space exploration, as he pointed out the details of his new policy for the US space agency.

Afghans abused in US 'secret jail'

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 11:09 PM PDT

British media reports say American forces have been abusing Afghan prisoners in a "secret jail" at the Bagram air base located north of the capital, Kabul.

The British Broadcasting Corporation says it has documented testimonies of nine witnesses, who say the human rights violations and abuses of prisoners have continued in the secret detention center at the Bagram air base even after US Barack Obama came to power with the promise of ending torture.

Clinton pledges oil for Americas

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 11:05 PM PDT

Hillary Clinton pledges US aid to end Caribbean and Central American dependence on foreign oil, while praising Venezuela for supplying Haiti with energy.

On Thursday in Washington, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, addressing regional ministers at a meeting of the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas also said that it was "shameful" that the region had some of the highest electricity rates on the planet, despite nearby countries like Canada, Venezuela, Mexico and the United States having vast crude oil reserves.

Iran Pres. calls for Mideast 'brotherhood'

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 10:56 PM PDT

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for "full brotherhood" to be established in the Middle East in order to foil enemy plots.

He made the comment during a meeting with the Kuwaiti emir's especial envoy Mohammad Abdullah Abu Al-Hassan in Tehran on Thursday.

UK holds first televised election debate

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 10:52 PM PDT

Britain is holding its first ever televised political debate for the leaders of the country's main political parties on the eve of the country's general elections.

The clash between Labor's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Conservative leader David Cameron and Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats focuses on domestic issues, including crime and immigration policy.

Brazil, India, S Africa urge talks on Iran

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 10:18 PM PDT

Brazil, India and South Africa have called for a diplomatic solution to Iran's nuclear issue, adding that the country's nuclear rights should be respected.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and South African President Jacob Zuma in a trilateral summit in Brasilia on Thursday "recognized the right of Iran to develop nuclear programs for peaceful purposes in keeping with its international obligations."

India, China to become equal partners

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 10:09 PM PDT

India and China say they have decided to develop their strategic trade partnership as two equal partners rather than competitors.

Chinese President Hu Jintao on Thursday said he agrees with the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that the world was large enough to accommodate the aspirations of both India and China and to give greater market access to each other's products to boost trade.

Fire recording Smolensk airplan crash

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 09:06 PM PDT

Internet got a shocking video was recorded at the crash site Polish Presidential TU-154, appeared before the emergency services there. For an amateur recording of the wreck very carefully you will see a broken plane. In the distance the other part of the flaming wreckage.

'Bhutto probe deliberately ineffective'

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 08:54 PM PDT

A UN-appointed panel says that Pakistani police have deliberately abstained from properly investigating the 2007 assassination of former Premier Benazir Bhutto.

A three-member UN-appointed independent panel said on Thursday that Bhutto's death could have been averted if "adequate security measures had been taken."

Brazil feels 'affinity' with China over Iran

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 08:31 PM PDT

Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim says his country feels "great affinity" towards China in its dealings with Iran's nuclear issue.

Amorim said on Thursday that Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had outlined Brazil's defense of Iran to Chinese President Hu Jintao during a summit of so-called BRIC nations of emerging economies in Brasilia, which includes Brazil, Russia, India and China.

UN slams NATO for civilian killings

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 08:12 PM PDT

The UN's envoy to Afghanistan slams US-led NATO forces for killing civilians, calling on them to do their "utmost to minimize harm" to ordinary Afghans.

The United Nations secretary general's special representative to Afghanistan, Staffan de Mistura, said on Thursday that he was "deeply saddened and seriously concerned" about the loss of civilian lives in Afghanistan.

Pakistan Senate amends constitution

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 08:08 PM PDT

Pakistan's Senate has passed a Bill, resulting in the 18th Amendment to the country's Constitution, allowing the North West Frontier Province to be renamed "Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa."

The Bill was unanimously approved on Thursday by the 90 members present at the Senate session.

Ulema council: Afghans not servants

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 07:55 PM PDT

Afghanistan's influential Ulema Council gives credence to President Karzai's comments against the West, saying that he gave voice to Afghan's call for an end to inaction.

Karzai recently accused the West of interfering in his country's affairs by promoting fraud during the country's recent presidential election.

Several foreigners killed in Kandahar

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 07:51 PM PDT

Two bomb explosions have ripped through Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar, killing several people, including seven Britons, and injuring scores of others.

The first bomb was planted in a vehicle abandoned in front of a hotel. It went off on Thursday, destroying several shops and injuring at least six people.

Old Before Our Time

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 07:50 PM PDT

The Jews have always held us back. They don't steal from us merely to enrich themselves, but also to prevent us from reaching our potential or ever posing a threat to them.

Consider the history of America or Russia. Both nations contain vast territories which encompass numerous resources both natural and in terms of human talent. Yet, these, our much loved nations forever struggle to reach their potential to provide every citizen with a decent, healthy and happy place in which to live and rear and raise children. But why is this so? Have we surrendered even the right to ask what has happened, the right to look back at our path and wonder how we have arrived at where we now stand?

Pelosi slams 'reckless' Wall Street

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 07:25 PM PDT

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said that the Senate may pass legislation to "rein in" Wall Street in order to counter those "reckless" in the market.

"Never again should those who are reckless on Wall Street cause people to be jobless on Main Street, and this is going to be our fight as we go forward," the Democratic leader told reporters at her weekly press conference.

Israel's Army Obstructs Palestinian Firefighters

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 07:06 PM PDT

Palestinian sources reported Thursday that after several storehouses for households and sponge products caught on fire, the Israeli army obstructed Palestinian firefighters and rescue teams from reaching the area; an issue that increased the damage and losses.Israel's blockage of fire and rescue crews increased the amount of fire damage at Jenin.

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 06:15 PM PDT

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THE RAIN IS TOXIC!

Forget about the 9/11 hoax, the continuing extermination of the Palestinians, the bogus wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, depleted uranium, election frauds, financial robberies, and poison medicines. All those colossal catastrophes pale into insignificance, are wiped from your mind when the impact of this one sentence hits you.

CrossTalk: Kyrgyz chaos the second Afghanistan?

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 06:01 PM PDT

In this edition of Peter Lavelle's CrossTalk his guests are asked why Kyrgyzstan is so unstable; what the future is for the American base there; and what influence outside powers have in the country's political life.

Pakistan 'failed to protect Bhutto'

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 05:52 PM PDT

The 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the former Pakistani leader, could have been prevented and Pakistani officials failed to properly investigate her murder, a United Nations commission has found.

In a damning report released on Thursday, the three-member UN panel investigating the killing blamed failures at all levels of the Pakistani government and said security measures to protect her had been "fatally insufficient."

Obama to Sarkozy: I'll keep up pressure on Israel, Palestinians

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 05:50 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama has told French President Nicolas Sarkozy that he is determined to keep the pressure on Israel and the Palestinians to renew peace talks and implement confidence-building measures. Obama made his comments despite potential political damage at home ahead of the mid-term congressional elections in November.

According to a Western diplomat familiar with the details of the Sarkozy-Obama meeting two weeks ago in Washington, Obama said the administration's latest moves were not meant to cause a crisis with Israel, but to create an atmosphere that would allow the peace process to proceed. Obama made clear that he was pressuring both Israel and the Palestinians.

S Africa on nabbed peacekeepers case

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 05:48 PM PDT

South Africa says it is making efforts to secure the release of four of its nationals, who have been kidnapped in Sudan while on a peacekeeping mission.

The abduction of the four peacekeepers, who were part of the United Nations African Mission In Darfur (UNAMID), was confirmed on Wednesday.

S Africa wants peacekeepers released

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 05:48 PM PDT

South Africa says it is making efforts to secure the release of four of its nationals, who have been kidnapped in Sudan while on a peacekeeping mission.

The abduction of the four peacekeepers, who were part of the United Nations African Mission In Darfur (UNAMID), was confirmed on Wednesday.

"Every Revolution Is Betrayed"

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 05:09 PM PDT

The great American Revolution was an European revolt against the Jews, which ironically had to take place across the pond from Jewish occupied Europe. Yes, the Jew Haym Solomon provided funds for the revolt, but he did so only for the purposes of spilling Goy blood in the Americas, as the Jews had done in Europe for centuries, and for the purposes of making the Jews wealthy in their shady dealings whereby the bamboozled British and Hessian Germans shed Goy blood, their own inclusive, to the ultimate gain of the genocidal Jews.

UK National Gallery to unveil its fakes

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 04:11 PM PDT

London's National Gallery is slated to exhibit a collection of its forged replicas, which have been stashed away after being found unauthentic.

Close Examination will display works, which were removed from public view after the gallery's experts found them to be imitations.

Holder goes back to the Hill

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 04:07 PM PDT

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder faced tough questions from Republicans and even some Democrats when he appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 14 to discuss the Obama administration's handling of suspected terrorists. Holder told the committee that no final decision had been made on whether to try 9/11 plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a civilian or military court, but rehashed the idea of prosecuting KSM and the other accused 9/11 planners in Manhattan. Holder also pushed back on congressional criticism of the Justice Department's role in terrorism investigation and prosecutions. "[T]here's been a lot of unnecessary politicization of national security issues that I don't believe has benefited this country," he stated.

Pope seeks penance, victims cry justice

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 03:53 PM PDT

In a rare reference to sex abuse scandals rocking the Roman Catholic Church, embattled Pope Benedict XVI has said the Church needs to do penance for its "sins."

"Now, under attack from the world which talks to us of our sins, we can see that being able to do penance is a grace and we see how necessary it is to do penance and thus recognize what is wrong in our lives," said the Pope at a Thursday mass in the Vatican.

Iraqiya hails 'successful' Iran talks

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 03:43 PM PDT

The Iraqiya party, which won the most seats in the country's March 7 parliamentary elections, has announced that its members have had a "successful" visit to Iran.

The bloc, led by former prime minister Ayad Allawi, won 91 seats of Iraq's 325-member parliament.

South Africa: Life in Azania

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 03:35 PM PDT

azania An OD correspondent in South Africa has been sending me regular bulletins from Nelson Mandela's "Rainbow Nation." White Nationalists in North America have always followed the news out of South Africa, but I am getting the impression that we have underestimated how awful life is there for the average White person. The typical White American hasn't heard anything about South Africa since Mandela was inaugurated as president. He assumes everything must be hunky dory over there.

Here is a brief snapshot of life is really like in the world's first "post-racial society." The material compiled here are all stories that have come out of South Africa over the past two weeks. Most of them are taken from the local press. This is the indispensable background to the Eugene Terre'blanche farm murder and the "racial tension" the MSM is wailing about.

China quake death toll at 760

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 03:25 PM PDT

The death toll from a massive earthquake which rattled northwest China has climbed to 760 people, according to the Chinese state media.

The 6.9-magnitude quake was centered in a mountainous area 240 kilometers (150 miles) outside the autonomous region of Tibet.

Car bomb shakes Kandahar

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 03:16 PM PDT

A blast in Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar has wounded at least six civilians and damaged vehicles and shops amid rising violence there.

The explosives were reportedly hidden in a car in the area.

Turkish soldier killed in PKK clash

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 03:03 PM PDT

A Turkish soldier has been killed in a fresh military operation against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the south-eastern province of Batman.

The clashes took place on Wednesday when the members of the military patrolling between Sason and Kozluk districts came across a group of PKK members. They called upon the militants to surrender, who in return opened gunfire.

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 02:55 PM PDT

Not many borders are closed in our globalized world, but the frontier between Armenia and Turkey is still a dead zone where the railroad stops. The closed border is a strange anomaly in the new Europe that stems from two old tragedies: the still unresolved conflict of the early 1990s between Armenia and Turkey's ally Azerbaijan, and the catastrophe of 1915 when the entire Armenian population of eastern Anatolia was deported or killed in the dying days of the Ottoman Empire.

Canadian troops 'shot Afghan teenager'

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 02:51 PM PDT

A former translator has accused Canadian troops of killing an unarmed Afghan teenage boy and arresting innocent civilians in the war-weary country.

Malgarai Ahmadshah told lawmakers in Ottawa that the Canadian forces he was working with wrongly shot an Afghan boy.

Royal scribe tomb found in Egypt

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 02:39 PM PDT

Egyptian archeologists have unearthed the elaborate burial tomb of an ancient royal scribe near Ismailia, east of the capital city of Cairo.

The tomb, dating back to the 19th Dynasty, is the first Ramesside-period tomb ever found in Lower Egypt, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawass said on Wednesday.

Sudan ends election amid tension

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 02:38 PM PDT

Polling stations across Sudan have officially closed, as Africa's largest country ended its first multi-party election in more than two decades.

Election centers closed doors at 6:00 pm (1500 GMT) on Thursday, the fifth day of a historic presidential, parliamentary and local elections in which 16 million people had registered to vote.

Marxist Wealth Distribution for the Bankers

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 02:30 PM PDT

Bob Ostertag, writing for the Huffington Post, is ecstatic. He takes comfort in a poll conducted by The New York Times and CBS supposedly revealing that Tea Party supporters are college educated upper income white men over the age of 45.

"We can stop talking about the President's birth certificate, a United Nations takeover of the United States, changes in the design of coins, and all that other nonsense," writes Ostertag. "What we are really dealing with is remarkably straightforward: a sizable group of wealthy white men who think that the government should help them and no one else."

Many dead in Afghan blasts

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 02:28 PM PDT

A suicide car bomber in Afghanistan has killed three foreigners and three Afghan soldiers in the south of the country.

The attack in the city of Kandahar on Thursday injured nine other people and blew windows out of several buildings, including the home of the brother of Hamid Karzai, the president said.

Iran-Africa ties no threat to others

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 02:08 PM PDT

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has stressed that the Islamic Republic's relations with African countries are not in opposition to any other country.

He made the remarks during a Thursday press conference with Central African Republic's Foreign Minister Antoine Gambi in Tehran.

Obama lays out Nasa space vision

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 02:07 PM PDT

Barack Obama has hit back at critics of his controversial spending plans for Nasa by saying that he aims to send US astronauts into Mars orbit by the mid-2030s.

The US president was speaking to Nasa employees at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where there are concerns thousands of jobs could be lost as the Space Shuttle programme comes to an end without a replacement.

The World's Most Inappropriate Government Agencies

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 01:38 PM PDT

Much of the current disaster has to do with President Robert Mugabe's disastrous land reform and redistributive policies. The ministry's website claims the program "revolves around land reform where the systematic dispossession and alienation of the land from the black indigenous people during the period of colonial rule, are adequately addressed." The ministry also promises to "enhance agricultural productivity, leading to industrial and economic empowerment and macro economic growth in the long term." Reality tells a different story. Inflation levels were reported as high as 6.5 quindecillion novemdecillion percent before the country encouraged the use of foreign currencies in 2009. Unemployment levels are as high as 80 percent. Agricultural production since land reform began has fallen by more than half and approximately 1 million refugees have flooded neighboring South Africa in the last few year

Pakistan Senate curbs pres. powers

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 01:17 PM PDT

Pakistan's Senate has unanimously approved constitutional reforms that will strip the president of key powers and would turn him into a ceremonial head of state.

The bill passed through the upper house of parliament on Thursday.

DR Congo ravaged by sexual violence

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 01:10 PM PDT

An alarming new report by a renowned aid and development charity says sexual violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is becoming rampant and "normal."

The Oxfam International study, published on Thursday, underscores a 17-fold rise in civilian-committed rapes between 2004 and 2008, roughly 38 percent of the total assaults in the four-year period.

Israeli tourism advert banned in UK

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 12:59 PM PDT

Britain has banned an Israeli tourist office press campaign in which pictures of Noble Sanctuary and the al-Aqsa Mosque have been displayed as part of Israel.

The British Guardian newspaper reported on Wednesday that the UK advertising regulator imposed a ban on the advertisement over display of the sites, both of which are in East Jerusalem (al-Quds) and part of the Palestinian occupied territories.

"Tea Klanner:" The Left's shameless new smear

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 12:50 PM PDT

Tired of the old, sexual vulgarity "Tea Bagger" popularized by the likes of CNN's Anderson Cooper and Matt Taibbi, the Left has concocted a new epithet for the Tea Party movement:

The "Tea Klanners" or "Tea Klan."

iPad Tortured to Death in Psychological Experiment

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 12:21 PM PDT

Alex Jones undertakes a psychological experiment that proves dangerous in more than one sense. While the public is caught up in the hype and promotion of the new iPad, it is clear once again that technology has captured our humanity– our worth has been caught up in baubles, and we are dangerously close to caring more about our gadgets than our family and neighbors.

German troops killed in Afghanistan

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 12:21 PM PDT

The German military says at least four of its soldiers, under the US command, have been killed in fierce clashes with Taliban militants in northern Afghanistan.

According to German officials, the troops came under fire when they were travelling from the city of Kunduz to Baghlan.

Danish hotel guests cycle for free food

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 12:15 PM PDT

Guests of a Danish hotel can get free meals by exercising on pedal-power generators and providing enough electricity for the 366-room building.

The Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers is installing two generator-hooked exercise bicycles, which will be used by guests to produce the most possible amount of electricity.

Iran invites investment in N plants

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 12:11 PM PDT

A senior Iranian lawmaker has called on other countries to take advantage of the "opportunity" to invest in the construction of new nuclear power plants in Iran.

"Launching the Bushehr nuclear power plant is a suitable opportunity for investment of other countries in the construction of (nuclear power) stations in Iran," IRIB quoted Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the head of the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, as saying on Thursday.

Reason #1,001,000 not to donate to the RNC

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 12:09 PM PDT

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele embraced the Rev. Al Sharpton as a "strong leader" yesterday while comparing some in his own party to an elephant's rear end.

Steele so far has weathered a recent controversy over RNC spending, including a $2,000 tab at a bondage-themed club in California, which upset fellow Republicans.

Ex-leader Bakiyev leaves Kyrgyzstan

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 12:04 PM PDT

Ousted Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev has left the country on a plane for neighboring Kazakhstan, according to Russian news agencies and Kyrgyz' AKI-Press.

Bakiyev has been in hiding south of the country since an anti-government revolt drove him out of the capital, Bishkek on April 7.

Police chief removed over Turk attack

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 11:27 AM PDT

The police chief of Turkey's Samsun province has been temporarily removed from his post over an attack on the former leader of defunct Democratic Society Party.

Former DTP leader Ahmet Turk was attacked when as he was about to get in his car after talking to reporters. Turk suffered a broken nose and deep cuts in his forehead and was hospitalized.

Cold UK winters, solar activity linked

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 11:21 AM PDT

New studies suggest that low solar activity will cause more frequent cold winters in the United Kingdom and the continental Europe in future.

According to the study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, researchers found a link between fewer sunspots and atmospheric conditions that 'block' warm, westerly winds from reaching Europe during winter.

Iceland volcanic ash triggers air chaos

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 11:08 AM PDT

A drifting cloud of ash from Iceland's second volcanic eruption in a month has disrupted flights and paralyzed airports across northern Europe.

As the perilous ash is capable of damaging airplane engines and high-tech probes as well as undermining visibility, the no-fly zone is now stretching to airports more than 1,700 kilometers (1,000 miles) away.

China's ex-police chief faces death

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 11:00 AM PDT

A former Chinese police chief has been sentenced to death for a series of charges including rape, corruption and receiving more than $2 million in bribes.

The conviction of the 54-year-old Wen Qiang, also a former judiciary chief in China's Chongqing metropolitan city, marks the climax in a series of trials that have lifted the lid on the seamy underworld in the megacity of more than 30 million people.

Banksters Rally Round Fed To Keep Bailout Trillions Secret

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 10:57 AM PDT

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The largest commercial banks in the U.S. are ready to go all the way to the Supreme Court to block the public release of details pertaining to the Federal Reserve's 2008 secretive $2 trillion bailout.

Bloomberg News reports that The Clearing House Association LLC, a group that includes Bank of America Corp. and JPMorgan Chase & Co., have teamed with the Fed to rally against a lawsuit, brought by Bloomberg itself, to disclose records of the Fed's emergency lending.

Mazda to recall 90,000 faulty vehicles

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 10:52 AM PDT

Automaker Mazda has joined other Japanese car manufacturers to recall nearly 90,000 vehicles sold in Japan and China because of an oil hose defect.

The company said in a Thursday statement that the recalls will target Mazda 3 or Axela model cars assembled between January 2006 and March 2009.

China quake death toll passes 600

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 10:45 AM PDT

Rescue teams are being rushed to China's mountainous Qinghai Province, where the death toll from a massive earthquake has passed 600 people.

The 6.9-magnitude quake was centered in a mountainous area 240 kilometers (150 miles) outside the autonomous region of Tibet.

Wife of Israeli Ambassador Causes Trouble in Cairo

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 10:34 AM PDT

Edna, the wife of Israeli ambassador Ytizhaq Levanon Levanon and his wife (son of Shula Cohen, a former prostitute and mossad agent), caused a big problem between the security and health authorities at the Cairo International Airport because of a lapdog which she was hiding in a box as she entered the VIP lounge of the airport together with her husband after their arrival from Tel Aviv last Tuesday. The security authorities demanded that the ambassador's wife take the dog out of the box, but they allowed her to enter the room with the dog. This was a violation of regulations and applicable laws at the airport of Cairo.

Ex-mayor arrested in Israel bribe case

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 10:32 AM PDT

Former mayor of Jerusalem has been arrested on suspicions of receiving some $750 thousand in bribe in Israel's biggest real estate scandal.

Uri Lupolianski, who was arrested on Wednesday, allegedly received NIS 3 million (nearly $750,000) in bribes during the construction of the contentious Holyland project in Jerusalem.

China's economic growth at 11.9%

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 10:15 AM PDT

China's economic growth has accelerated to the fastest pace in almost three years in the first quarter of 2010, a spokesman for the National Statistics Bureau says.

The 11.9 percent growth is more than economists had expected, but raises new questions about the risks of overheating.

The 'Obama doctrine': kill, don't detain

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 10:13 AM PDT

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In 2001, Charles Krauthammer first coined the phrase "Bush Doctrine", which would later become associated most significantly with the legal anomaly known as pre-emptive strike. Understanding the doctrine with hindsight could lead to a further understanding of the legacy that the former administration left – the choice to place concerns of national security over even the most entrenched norms of due process and the rule of law. It is, indeed, this doctrine that united people across the world in their condemnation of Guantánamo Bay.

Gunfire erupts near Kyrgyz ex-leader

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 10:00 AM PDT

Gunshots have been heard in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, where thousands have gathered to rally in support of ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev.

The shots were fired shortly after Bakiyev took the podium and began speaking.

Iran says swap offer still stands

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 09:51 AM PDT

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said Tehran's offer for a nuclear fuel swap deal is still on the table if the West is willing to accept equal conditions.

"We need 100 kilos [of 20 percent enriched uranium] and we currently have the equivalent of that amount in 3.5 percent processed fuel. That is what we can negotiate on," Mottaki said in a live televised interview on Wednesday night.

Palestinians face a the third wave of expulsions

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 09:40 AM PDT

When he began his first period in office in 1996, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received advice from a group of scholars and experts. Under the chairmanship of Richard Perle, one of the staunchest of US Zionist neo-conservatives, the group aimed to formulate an alternative strategy to Oslo-Taba, which was associated with the Israeli leaders Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres. The primary recommendation of the Perle group was "the withdrawal from the terms and references of the peace process as illustrated in Oslo and Taba". Netanyahu, and his successors, have been faithful to this recommendation, in terms of the implementation of Defensive Shield and the reoccupation of the West Bank and a return to the unilateral policy of imposing "facts on the ground" through confronting the international community; all, of course, at the expense of the legitimate human rights of the Palestinian people.

Mexico plane crash leaves seven dead

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 09:39 AM PDT

Seven people have been killed after a cargo plane crashed near an airport in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, officials say.

The Airbus A300, owned by Aero Union, crashed in wet weather around midnight local time on Wednesday while en route to Monterrey International Airport.

India rocket launch ends in failure

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 09:32 AM PDT

The much-anticipated launch of an Indian rocket using home-grown engine technology has failed, with mission controllers losing control of the pioneering spacecraft minutes after launch.

Thurday's launch of the GSLV-D3 rocket had made waves in the aeronautical community because it was the first time India was putting to test its own liquid cryogenic engine.

Ousted leader leaves Kyrgyzstan

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 09:26 AM PDT

Kurmanbek Bakiyev, the ousted president of Kyrgystan, has left the country for neighbouring Kazakhstan, following a week-long political standoff with opponents.

Bakiyev arrived in the southern Kazakh city of Taraz on Thursday from where he will continue settlement talks with oppenents who have seized power from him, his aide said.

Iran: Thank West for Israeli crimes

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 09:20 AM PDT

Iran's deputy ambassador to the United Nations has lashed out at the Western countries for their "full-fledged support" of Israel.

Ishaq Ale-Habib said Wednesday that the underlying cause of the problems in the Middle East lied in the West's full support of Israel.

Turkish FM: We oppose Iran sanctions

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 09:18 AM PDT

Turkey's foreign minister has said Ankara does not support new US-led sanctions against Iran, indicating that Washington still lacks full backing for the move.

"We don't want to see sanctions. It will affect us. It will affect the region," Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told reporters on Wednesday.

The Monstrous Winston Churchill

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 09:17 AM PDT

In his book Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War": How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World, Pat Buchanan places particular emphasis on the role of Winston Churchill for his role in promoting both World War I and World War II. Buchanan is scathing in his criticism of Churchill, correctly pointing his bellicosity, his vanity, and his desire for personal power. There are also strong hints of his corruption as a result of being rescued by wealthy Jews from near bankruptcy after the stock market crash of 1929.

Thursday: 22 Iraqis Killed, 6 Wounded

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 09:16 AM PDT

antiwar An old mass grave believed to contain 14 al-Qaeda victims was unearthed near Samarra. Meanwhile, the formation of the new government is slowly plowing ahead as the Iraqiya bloc met with Iranian officials to gain Shi'ite support. Overall, at least 22 Iraqis were killed, including those found in the mass grave, and another six were wounded.

Ayad Allawi, who is seeking a return as prime minister, sent a delegation to meet with top Iranian officials. After initial meetings, Iran re-iterated its desire to see an all-inclusive government form in Iraq. Allawi's Iraqiya party won the most seats in the national election, but not enough to outright form the new government without building a coalition. Analysts see the delegation as an attempt to defuse any Shi'ite coalitions from backing Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.. President Jalal Talabani, who is Kurdish, said that the Kurdish parties were ready to back the Shi'ite State of Law bloc, which could help Maliki stay in power.

India's storm death toll hits 122

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 09:05 AM PDT

At least 122 people have been killed in a violent storm that devastated an estimated 100,000 homes in impoverished rural areas of eastern India and Bangladesh.

"The storm has left a trail of destruction everywhere," West Bengal minister of state for civil defense, Srikumar Mukherjee, told local television from the disaster scene in North Dinajpur district.

CIA deputy, torture advocate to quit

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 08:57 AM PDT

Steve Kappes, the influential deputy director of the US spy agency and a purported sponsor of using torture on terror suspects, has decided to resign, CIA says.

Kappes, who had a role in the conducting of 'anti-terrorism' operations under former President George W. Bush and was involved in secret CIA operations for years, is due to be replaced by intelligence analyst Michael Morrell, said CIA Director Leon Panetta on Wednesday.

Israeli policies in the occupied West Bank have an international impact

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 08:50 AM PDT

Israeli policies in the occupied West Bank have an international impact

Israel's military order allowing the expulsion of potentially hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from the West Bank has serious implications for its neighbour Jordan. The order, which has already come into effect, states that any person in the West Bank without what Israel considers valid documentation will be classified as an infiltrator and may be deported from the West Bank or imprisoned. Although it is ambiguous about what the necessary documentation is, observers believe that the order will target Palestinian residents of the West Bank originally from the Gaza Strip whose identification cards show addresses in Gaza and their children; Palestinians from Jerusalem and from within Israel's 1948 boundaries resident in the West Bank; and foreigners resident in the West Bank. This last category includes, for example, activists from the International Solidarity Movement who Israel is eager to be rid of, as well as Palestinians holding Jordanian and other passports currently resident in the West Bank, who will now be expelled from their own country as "illegal aliens". This will result in the break-up of many Palestinian families, since most of these Palestinians came to the West Bank to marry West Bank residents. Human rights groups warn that tens of thousands of Palestinians could be affected and thus expelled from the West Bank, and Palestinian Authority

Failed No Longer

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 08:46 AM PDT

This week's Nuclear Security Summit included not only large nuclear powers, such as Britain and India, but also countries like Georgia -- a small state with no nuclear weapons, no nuclear energy, and no nuclear materials.

Why is a small country like Georgia relevant to the large challenges facing our world? Although the deep transformations Georgia has undertaken in recent years are important to our own people, they also are relevant to global efforts to address such crucial challenges as nuclear proliferation.

Mom to sue over child abuse at US base

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 08:42 AM PDT

An American woman has been entitled to take legal action against the US army over its failure to prevent the death of her five-year-old daughter.

A US court has ruled that Tarshia Williams can sue the US army for its unresponsiveness to the beating death of Talia by his father, Naeem, and stepmother, Delilah, at the Wheeler Army Air Force Base in Hawaii in 2005.

Bhutto murder report to be released

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 08:39 AM PDT

The United Nations Commission of Inquiry is set to present its final report on the killing of Benazir Bhutto, the former Pakistani prime minister, to the UN secretary-general.

The report had initially been scheduled for release on March 30, but was delayed following an urgent request from Asif Ali Zardari, the Pakistani president, husband of the slain former prime minister.

Goldstone banned by SA Zionists

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 08:32 AM PDT

Richard Goldstone, a former South African judge, has been effectively banned from attending his grandson's bar mitzvah which is to be held in Johannesburg next month.

Goldstone, who authored a UN report on the war crimes committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip, has been barred by the South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) from attending the event, South African and Israeli newspapers reported on Thursday.

New moves in the trial of Bishop Williamson for "Holocaust" denial

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 08:32 AM PDT

(AP) – April 15, 2010 - BERLIN — A lawyer says an ultraconservative British bishop has been silenced by his Catholic order before a court hearing regarding a denial of the Holocaust.

Matthias Lossmann told The Associated Press that his client, Bishop Richard Williamson, who resides in England, has been told not appear at the Regensburg court for Friday's hearing and to refrain from interviews and Internet activities.

Allawi urges US meddling in Iraq vote

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 08:29 AM PDT

Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi warns of a sectarian war if a Shia coalition takes power in the country and urging US intervention.

Allawi's Iraqiya bloc garnered the largest number of seats in Iraq's March 7 parliamentary election, ahead of incumbent Premier Nouri al-Maliki's State of Law coalition which ended up in second place.

Why Israel should not be allowed to join the OECD

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 08:20 AM PDT

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) does exactly what its name suggests. The group, established in its current form in 1961, states that its mission is essentially "to help governments and society reap the full benefits of globalisation, while tackling the economic, social and governance challenges that can accompany it." It claims to be "committed to democratic government and the market economy" and it aims to bring together like-minded governments from around the world to: >"Support sustainable economic growth; Boost employment; Raise living standards; Maintain financial stability; Assist other countries' economic development; Contribute to growth in world trade". Further, it "provides a forum where governments can compare and exchange policy experiences, identify good practices and promote decisions and recommendations."

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Faith in Africa

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 08:10 AM PDT

The Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life has just released a unique survey of religion on the African continent -- unparalleled in its breadth of geographic and topical coverage. Perhaps its most important finding is that, after years of evangelization almost nine out of 10 Africans are either Christian or Muslim.

4 peace-keepers kidnapped in Darfur

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 08:07 AM PDT

As Sudan's controversial voting nears its end, four UN Peace keepers go missing in the country's most troubled region of Darfur.

The unarmed advisors, including two women and two men, went missing from their base at Nyala on Sunday afternoon, raising fears that they may have been kidnapped by rebel groups fighting the government in the region.

Iran: Oil sector immune from sanctions

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 07:53 AM PDT

Iran's Oil Minister says US-led sanctions against Iran have failed as the country has managed to become self-sufficient in oil production and products.

"International sanctions are not a new issue and we have no problem in dealing with them," Masoud Mirkazemi told reporters on Wednesday after a cabinet session.

IMF: High Jobless rate till 2011

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 07:42 AM PDT

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it expects unemployment in developed countries to remain high this year and next, at an average rate of 9 percent.

In a report released Wednesday, the agency said the United States and other industrialized countries still need to implement government stimulus and other policies to make up for slow private job creation.

Stop the Murtha-megalomania

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 07:33 AM PDT

He's already got a boondoggle airport in his name. Philadelphia wants to name a shipyard after him. The University of Pittsburgh just named a new "Center for Public Service" in his memory. And now the Navy is moving ahead with plans to name a vessel after him.

Olmert faces new corruption charge

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 07:24 AM PDT

Ehud Olmert, the former Israeli prime minister, who left office last year due to corruption charges, has been identified as a key suspect in separate bribery charges.

Police said on Thursday that Olmert, 63, was suspected in a case in which millions of dollars were exchanged for the promotion of real estate projects, including a controversal housing scheme in Jerusalem in which zoning laws had to be changed.

NY Times: Obama Speech Signals a U.S. Shift on Middle East – NYTimes.com

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 06:53 AM PDT

It was just a phrase at the end of President Obama's news conference on Tuesday, but it was a stark reminder of a far-reaching shift in how the United States views the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and how aggressively it might push for a peace agreement.

When Mr. Obama declared that resolving the long-running Middle East dispute was a "vital national security interest of the United States," he was highlighting a change that has resulted from a lengthy debate among his top officials over how best to balance support for Israel against other American interests.

Apartheid With a Twist

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 06:51 AM PDT

Soon, the West Bank will be full of criminals - virtually thousands of them. Before anyone's imagination runs wild, this is not because the mafia has decided to set up headquarters in Ramallah or a South American drug kingpin has moved residence to Nablus and brought his entire cartel with him. No, the same old Palestinian residents of the West Bank, most of whom have been living peacefully in their homes for years, will find themselves in the most unenviable position of "infiltrator" as of tomorrow, April 13 by virtue of two Israeli military orders.

Moscow warns Palestinian expulsions could escalate tensions

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 06:36 AM PDT

Moscow warns Palestinian expulsions could escalate tensions The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has warned Israel over implementation of its military resolution No.1650 which came into effect on Tuesday 13th April. The ministry warned that the resolution which provides for the expulsion of tens of thousands of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank would heighten tensions in the region as a whole.

Tottenham beats Arsenal in derby

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 06:32 AM PDT

Goals from Danny Rose and Gareth Bale have helped Tottenham Hotspur secure a 2-1 victory against Arsenal in the English Premier League.

Tottenham took an early lead 10 minutes into the critical north London derby when 19-year-old winger Rose hit an absolute bullet of a volley from 25 yards at White Hart Lane on Wednesday night.

UN: WB settlement pause inadequate

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 06:30 AM PDT

The United Nations political chief reiterates the demand for Israel to halt illegal settlement expansions, saying Israel's 10-month freeze is 'insufficient'.

"This policy falls short of Israel's Roadmap obligation of a full settlement freeze and excludes settlement activity in East Jerusalem (al-Quds)," UN Under Secretary General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe told the Security Council on Wednesday.

Meteor Madness: Space fireball lights up night sky in Wisconsin

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 06:29 AM PDT

A video has been released showing a howling fireball streaking through the sky above America's midwest late last night. The US National Weather Service has confirmed the light was a meteor. The phenomenon was apparently seen by dozens across five states, many also reported hearing a thundering sound.

Shots and accusations fired at Kyrgyz ex-leader

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 06:26 AM PDT

Kyrgyzstan's interim leader Roza Otunbayeva has accused ousted President Bakiev of taking the country to the brink of civil war. Earlier on Thursday, opposition protesters in southern Kyrgyzstan prevented Bakiev from addressing an audience of his supporters. Demonstrators surged at the platform where Bakiev was about to speak, giving him the chance to say just one sentence....

Trouble at Tea Parties? Time will tell

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 06:12 AM PDT

soldierpray The Tea Party movement in Oklahoma is getting increasingly more attention this week in the wake of the Associated Press story on Wednesday that highlights interest in this state in having a state militia that would be on guard to protect citizens in the state from federal tyranny.

But trouble is looming. Law-abiding Tea Partiers are apparently being infiltrated and made to look extreme. Growing evidence points to provocateurs that bring to mind the protests of the Vietnam War era and COINTELPRO.

US forces leave Afghan risky valley

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 06:10 AM PDT

US troops have withdrawn from Afghanistan's Korengal Valley ending nearly nine years of NATO presence and intense fighting there.

The isolated mountainous region of caves and canyons on the eastern border with Pakistan has been the scene of near daily exchanges of fire between NATO and Taliban militants that use the area as a route for infiltrating weapons and fighters into Afghanistan.

How to spot and tag a Tea Party infiltrator

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 06:09 AM PDT

Happy Tax Day Tea Party. Be safe out there. A few tips on how to spot and tag a Tea Party infiltrator:

1. Ask them what the 10th amendment says.

France rejects US extradition bid

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 05:55 AM PDT

French prosecutors have rejected a US request to extradite an Iranian engineer accused by US authorities of illegally exporting military technology to Iran.

During a court hearing in Paris, the prosecutors explained the French arms agency DGA had concluded that the electronics components purchased by Majid Kakavand could not be considered as potentially dangerous, dual-use technology that could be modified for military applications.

Racist Provocateur Posing As Tea Partier Threatens To Shoot Obama

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 05:55 AM PDT

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Either the feds are up to their old tricks again or some of the individuals behind the "crash the tea party" campaign are taking things too far – Muskogee Tea Party leader Jamison Faught received a call yesterday from a man who tried to get him to agree to shooting the President, a clear attempt at entrapment as anarchists prepare to stage false flags at today's tax rallies in an effort to frame the Tea Party movement as violent racists.

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