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Blasts leave 5 dead in Afghanistan

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Blasts leave 5 dead in Afghanistan

Posted: 05 May 2010 12:55 PM PDT

At least five police officers and a government official have been killed in a series of explosions that rocked the southwestern Afghan province of Nimroz.

The blasts took place in the provincial capital, Zaranj, on Wednesday. Five other police officers have been injured.

French court acquits Iranian engineer

Posted: 05 May 2010 12:10 PM PDT

A French court has acquitted an Iranian engineer of violating an export embargo by purchasing US technology for military firms in Iran.

The US had officially requested the extradition of Majid Kakavand, 37, from France to American soil.

France to return Maori warrior heads

Posted: 05 May 2010 12:00 PM PDT

France has decided to return a collection of Maori warrior heads, scattered in different French museums, to their native tribes in New Zealand.

The French parliament approved on Tuesday that the tattooed, mummified heads be sent to New Zealand after centuries of being displayed as exotic oddities in Europe.

Xe 'admits' presence in Pakistan

Posted: 05 May 2010 11:58 AM PDT

Director of notorious American security firm Xe Services LLC, formerly known as Blackwater, has reportedly admitted that his firm is operating in Pakistan.

An investigative journalist working for the Democracy Now Foundation, Jeremy Scahill, says he has obtained an audio recording of a private speech delivered by Blackwater chief Erik Prince.

Saudi prince talks 'spy ring' in Kuwait

Posted: 05 May 2010 11:49 AM PDT

Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz addressed reports of an alleged Iranian espionage ring being dismantled in Kuwait, in a two-day visit to the Arab nation.

In a report published on Saturday, Al-Qabas daily claimed that security agencies in Kuwait had disbanded an espionage ring that they believe was working for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).

Five PJAK militants killed in Iran

Posted: 05 May 2010 11:07 AM PDT

Five members of the Party for Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK) terrorist group have been killed in clashes with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in western Iran.

The clashes broke out on Wednesday night during an operation carried out by the IRGC in the mountainous region of Dalaho situated in the western Iranian Kermanshah Province which borders Iraq.

Ptolemaic king statue found in Egypt

Posted: 05 May 2010 11:04 AM PDT

Archeologists excavating a temple near the city of Alexandria have found a headless 2,000-year-old granite statue belonging to a Ptolemaic-era king.

The Egyptian-Dominican team unearthed the statue at the temple of Taposiris Magna, west of Alexandria, which was the center of the Greek-speaking Ptolemaic Dynasty for 300 years.

In Greece, attack on bank leaves 3 dead

Posted: 05 May 2010 10:14 AM PDT

At least three people have been killed after a protester hurled a petrol bomb at a bank in central Athens, as Greece is paralyzed by a general strike.

Hooded protestors used a petrol bomb to set the bank on fire, the Greek police said on Wednesday, AFP reported.

'Iran must become Muslim role model'

Posted: 05 May 2010 09:48 AM PDT

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the Iranian nation will press ahead on its path regardless of threats and pressure.

Addressing thousands of Iranian teachers on Wednesday, Ayatollah Khamenei said that the enemy's attempts to hinder the Iranian nation's progress are predictable.

3.4mn Yemenis on verge of starvation

Posted: 05 May 2010 08:06 AM PDT

The UN food aid agency has appealed to international donors to cover up for a massive shortfall in funding for some 3.4 million starving Yemenis.

If the current situation continues some 500,000 hungry Yemenis, whose food rations have already decreased to half, will face a virtually complete exhaustion of stocks by August, UN World Food Program (WFP) warned on Wednesday.

Iran to continue nuclear programme

Posted: 05 May 2010 07:53 AM PDT

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's president, has said that his country will continue its nuclear programme, despite Israeli threats of military action.

"Iran will definitely continue its path. You should not even doubt that we will continue our path. We'll definitely continue our path," Ahmadinejad said in an interview with ABC's Good Morning America on Wednesday.

Iranian Navy begins major drill

Posted: 05 May 2010 07:36 AM PDT

The Iranian Navy has started an eight day military exercise in the country's southern seas to display its strength in defending Iran's territorial waters.

The maneuver, called "Velayat 89," will be conducted in the Sea of Oman and the strategic waterway connecting it to the Persian Gulf.

Nationwide strike paralyzes Greece

Posted: 05 May 2010 07:17 AM PDT

Angry workers go on strike in Greece against the government's spending cuts, bringing the country's flights, trains and ferries to a halt and paralyzing public services.

The general strike which hit the country involved teachers, bank employees and doctors protesting the Greek government's austerity measures.

Sen. Lieberman: Deny Citizenship to Suspected Terrorists

Posted: 05 May 2010 07:12 AM PDT

In addition to providing an excuse to expand New York's electronic panopticon, last weekend's fizzle bomb event has prompted the usual neocon suspects in Congress to call for severely rolling back the civil liberties of Americans accused of terrorism.

Abbas gives peace talks four months

Posted: 05 May 2010 07:10 AM PDT

Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has said that "proximity talks" with the Israeli government won't last longer than four months.

Abbas told reporters in Jordan on Wednesday that the talks must focus on "core issues", including the final borders of the Palestinian state.

Qaeda commander killed in Somalia

Posted: 05 May 2010 07:06 AM PDT

Somali government forces have reportedly killed a senior al-Qaeda commander named Anwar Mohamed Abubakar during violent clashes with militants.

Abubakar, an Egyptian national, was reportedly killed in Mogadishu's northern district on Monday as he was commanding a group of al-Shabab fighters in heavy clashes with government forces.

Venezuela prison riot kills eight

Posted: 05 May 2010 07:05 AM PDT

A deadly riot in a Venezuelan jail has left at least eight inmates dead and three others injured, as Caracas plans to overhaul the country's prison system.

The unrest erupted on Tuesday night after rival gangs fought for control of cell blocks at the Santa Ana Prison in the western state of Tachira.

Smoking bag prompts US airport scare

Posted: 05 May 2010 06:12 AM PDT

The US police and bomb squad have cordoned off parts of Houston's international airport, after a ruptured, smoking suitcase triggered a bomb scare.

The suspect luggage was found aboard a KLM flight from Amsterdam on Tuesday following its landing at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

PLO urges fair framework for talks

Posted: 05 May 2010 06:08 AM PDT

A senior Palestinian official has called for an equitable framework from the international community to insure the success of peace talks with Israel.

"To enhance the chances of success, it is imperative that the international community, through the Quartet, provide clear references for talks, in light of Israeli violations," Ahmed Qurei, a member of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, said on Tuesday.

Couple Arrested At U.S. Border For Asking Questions

Posted: 05 May 2010 06:02 AM PDT

In another perfect illustration of why the U.S. tourist industry is in free fall, audio has emerged of a Canadian couple who were interrogated and arrested by immigration officials after they dared to inquire as to why they were being asked such pointless and invasive questions.

Attempting to enter the U.S. at the Niagara Falls border, the couple were asked where they were going, to which they responded the Niagara Falls shopping mall. When the immigration official bizarrely demanded to know what shops they were planning to visit, the situation quickly worsened.

New York Expands Surveillance Grid in Response to Fizzle Bomb

Posted: 05 May 2010 05:58 AM PDT

New York officials say they could stop attacks like the attempted Times Square car bomb by expanding a controversial surveillance system so sensitive that it will pick up even suspicious behavior.

New York is already a heavily policed city, with 35,000 officers and a counterterrorism bureau -- the first of its kind in the country -- partnering the FBI.

Greek demonstrations turn deadly

Posted: 05 May 2010 05:52 AM PDT

Three people have been killed in a petrol bomb attack on a bank in central Athens, as protests in the capital over the government's spending cuts turned violent.

Athens police were put on a "general state of alert" as firemen evacuated around 20 people still trapped inside the building, set on fire as protesters hurled firebombs and smashed shop windows.

CrossTalk on Greece: Euro - too big to exist?

Posted: 05 May 2010 05:48 AM PDT

On this edition of Peter Lavelle's CrossTalk, he asks his guests whether Greece is being bailed out or is it the bankers.

Times Square Eyewitness: Bomb Scare Looked Like Drill

Posted: 05 May 2010 05:43 AM PDT

A You Tube clip shot by an eyewitness near the Times Square car bomb incident on Saturday night highlights why many people who were caught up in the bomb scare thought that the police were running a drill at the time of the botched attack.

Eyewitnesses, including those who comment on the video on the You Tube page, are baffled as to why police chose to evacuate some locations and not others, as if certain buildings had been chosen to be evacuated beforehand while others were left alone.

Militants hit govt. offices in Nimruz

Posted: 05 May 2010 05:40 AM PDT

A group of armed militants have attacked a number of government buildings in Afghanistan's southwestern province of Nimruz, setting off several explosions.

The terrorist attack came on Wednesday when a group of gunmen wearing explosive-laden vests stormed five or six locations in the city, including the provincial council and provincial court, AFP quoted Nimruz governor Ghulam Dastagir Azad as saying.

Serial theft of Tehran busts continues

Posted: 05 May 2010 05:32 AM PDT

Thieves have stolen the 11th statue in the Iranian capital Tehran, leaving unanswered the question as to how 60 to 500kg statues are being stolen so blatantly.

Thieves lifted the bronze statue of Yellow Wagtail Breeds 7 Broods, One a Nightingale without being confronted on Tuesday. The significant work of art measures 3.2 meters by 2.2 meters and weighs 500 kilograms.

Iranian students protest US threats

Posted: 05 May 2010 05:27 AM PDT

Iranian university students and academics have staged a demonstration in front of the UN building in Tehran to protest US nuclear threats against Iran.

The large crowd of students gathered in front of the United Nations building on Wednesday morning to show their objection to US President Barack Obama's recent threatening comments about a nuclear strike on Iran.

No citizen rights for NY terror suspect

Posted: 05 May 2010 04:58 AM PDT

The arrested suspect in the recently failed New York bombing has been stripped of his US citizenship and charged with terrorism-related offences.

Faisal Shahzad was arrested on Monday as he prepared to board a Dubai-bound plane at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Global food bubble on the way?

Posted: 05 May 2010 04:56 AM PDT

Jayati Ghosh: Food prices set to surge due to Wall Street speculation

Kirchner to head Americas bloc

Posted: 05 May 2010 04:55 AM PDT

The Union of South American Nations has named Nestor Kirchner, the former president of Argentina, as its new secretary general.

Tuesday's decision, at a meeting in Buenos Aires, the Argentine capital, by the 12-nation group was unanimous despite perceived tensions between the countries.

Somalia pirates seize oil tanker, Navy warship rushes to help

Posted: 05 May 2010 04:55 AM PDT

Pirates have reportedly seized an oil tanker with 23 Russians on board. A warship is now heading towards the captured vessel to help the crew members.

Cruyff takes swipe at Mourinho

Posted: 05 May 2010 04:51 AM PDT

Honorary Barcelona President Johan Cruyff has said that he is glad Inter Milan Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho doesn't coach the Catalans.

"Some years ago he (Mourinho) could have been the coach of Barcelona. And, now, after some time, I can say that I am happy that he doesn't coach our team," Cruyff said on Tuesday.

Anger flares at Greek demonstration

Posted: 05 May 2010 04:49 AM PDT

Angry scenes have erupted amid a huge protest by tens of thousands of Greeks in Athens, the capital, over the government's austerity measures.

A group of protesters set a building on fire, raising fears over people trapped inside, while groups of youths hurled petrol bombs into stores and banks on Wednesday, smashing windows and bus stop shelters.

China, Russia to discuss Iran

Posted: 05 May 2010 04:43 AM PDT

Amid a US-led drive to impose fresh sanctions on Iran, two veto-wielding members of the UN Security Council, China and Russia, will discuss Iran's nuclear issue.

Chinese President Hu Jintao is set to hold talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during a two-day visit to Moscow scheduled to take place on May 8.

Ahmadinejad: Age of nukes is over

Posted: 05 May 2010 04:29 AM PDT

Iran's president says Tehran rejects nuclear weapons, as both immoral and unpractical tools that powers build, stockpile and use to threaten others.

"The age of the nuclear bomb, the worst and ugliest weapon known to man is over. We reject atomic weapons both in moral and practical terms," Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a press conference in New York on Tuesday afternoon.

Eurozone under warfare: Engdahl on Greece crisis

Posted: 05 May 2010 04:29 AM PDT

Debt-stricken Greece is facing a fresh wave of protests over the wage and pension cuts to be introduced in its new austerity measures. The country's public sector workers have taken to the streets in Athens, starting a 48-hour strike. They're blaming the government for cutting spending and say low-income Greeks will be hardest hit. The draft bill of the new austerity package will be voted on by the end of the week. It's aimed at securing a 110 billion euro rescue loan from the EU and IMF.

Abducted Somali journalist shot dead

Posted: 05 May 2010 04:07 AM PDT

Gunmen have killed a Somali journalist working for the country's state-run radio station after abducting him on his way back home from work in Mogadishu.

According to his co-workers, Sheik Mohamed Abkey was kidnapped earlier on Tuesday.

France to return Maori heads

Posted: 05 May 2010 03:56 AM PDT

France has decided to return 16 mummified heads of Maori warriors to New Zealand, ending years of debate over the human remains acquired long ago by French museums.

Only eight legislators in the 577-seat National Assembly voted against returning the heads on Tuesday.

Qotbi to analyze World Cup matches

Posted: 05 May 2010 03:50 AM PDT

Iran's national soccer team manager Afshin Qotbi is scheduled to travel to South Africa in order to analyze the 2010 World Cup matches in person.

The Iranian coach's trip is aimed at seeing and analyzing North Korea's matches in South Africa's World Cup which begins on June 11 and ends on July 11.

Shalit deal after demands met: Hamas

Posted: 05 May 2010 03:46 AM PDT

Hamas says Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit will not be released unless Palestinian prisoners whose release has been demanded by the resistance movement are freed.

Gaza's Justice Minister Faraj al-Ghoul said on Tuesday that the failure of all talks on a potential prisoner swap deal proved resistance was the only means to secure the release of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons.

Philippines to delay presidential polls

Posted: 05 May 2010 03:40 AM PDT

Only six days before the Philippines' first automated election, officials say the presidential poll is likely to be postponed due to glitches in the counting machines.

Faulty memory cards used in the vote-counting machines prompted the Philippines election commission to delay the poll in order to eliminate the risk of fraud and violence.

Webster Tarpley: US oil, mine disasters caused by lax Bush/Cheney/Obama regulation

Posted: 05 May 2010 03:36 AM PDT

Dealing with the devastation of the oil spill is one thing, but fingers of blame are also being pointed over the catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico. RT spoke to investigative journalist Webster Tarpley over whether lawmakers have been putting profits before people.

UK leaders in final push for votes

Posted: 05 May 2010 03:33 AM PDT

Party leaders are criss-crossing Britain in a frantic final day of election campaigning as they try to win over undecided voters ahead of what is expected to be the closest ballot in a generation.

In the face of polls showing the opposition Conservatives ahead in the race, Gordon Brown, the prime minister, made an early morning stop in Leeds on Wednesday before travelling through northern England on his way to Scotland.

It's a bomb! Shout in crowd sets-off stampede at Amsterdam War Memorial

Posted: 05 May 2010 03:32 AM PDT

A Dutch war memorial service in Amsterdam has been marred by a stampede in which at least 30 people were injured. Panic broke out when a sudden yell interrupted a moment of silence, before someone in the crowd reportedly found a suspicious bag. Security forces had to evacuate the royal family from the area, and two people were later arrested over the incident. After the injured were taken to hospital, the ceremony was completed as planned.

Water debate sparks Ecuador clashes

Posted: 05 May 2010 03:11 AM PDT

Thousands of indigenous Ecuadorean protesters protesting a water privatisation plan have been forcibly removed from the country's congress building.

The demonstrators, armed with sticks, had entered congress on Tuesday as legislators were debating the water reform bill.

Ahmadine-who? Iranian leader not as scary as Times Square car bomb scare

Posted: 05 May 2010 03:04 AM PDT

Despite all the accusations that Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made against the US, his visit did not attract much attention in the US media. Instead, it was Faisal Shahzad and the story of a car bombing, which was averted in the centre of New York - dominated news bulletins.

Mosque fire 'threatens peace talks'

Posted: 05 May 2010 02:37 AM PDT

The Palestinian president has warned that a fire at a mosque in the occupied West Bank, which Palestinians have blamed on Israeli settlers, jeopardises indirect peace talks scheduled to begin in the coming days.

Mahmoud Abbas called the fire, which largely destroyed the mosquein the village of Luban al-Sharqiya, near Nablus, a criminal act, saying it "represented a threat to the efforts to revive the peace process".

Greeks strike over budget cuts

Posted: 05 May 2010 02:26 AM PDT

Transport and public services have come to a standstill in Greece amid mass protests and a 24-hour strike over sweeping spending cuts and tax rises aimed at tackling the country's debt crisis.

Tens of thousands of protesters were gathering in Athens, the capital, on Wednesday, to march through the city to the parliament to voice their anger at the government's so-called austerity meausures.

Fresh volcanic ash shuts UK airspace

Posted: 05 May 2010 02:07 AM PDT

The United Kingdom has once again issued flight restrictions over parts of its airspace as a new cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland drifts towards Europe.

Rising volcanic activity prompted aviation authorities in the UK and Ireland to ground some of their flights on Tuesday.

Taliban hits government compound

Posted: 05 May 2010 01:44 AM PDT

At least five attempted suicide bombers have been killed during an ongoing gun battle with police in southwestern Afghanistan, the interior ministry said.

Officials said the men entered a government compound in Nimroz province on Wednesday armed with guns and suicide vests.

Katz: "Settlement Construction Will Resume In September"

Posted: 05 May 2010 01:42 AM PDT

Israeli Transportation Minister - Yisrael Katz

Israeli Transportation Minister, Yisrael Katz, stated that a full pace of settlement construction and expansion in the occupied West Bank will resume directly after the temporary settlement freeze ends on September 1.

Katz added that settlement freeze is not a solution and that

Philippine polls 'will go ahead'

Posted: 05 May 2010 01:33 AM PDT

Election officials in the Philippines have insisted that national polls due to take place on Monday will go ahead despite widespread technical problems affecting automatic vote counting machines.

In a statement on Wednesday, the head of the national Election Commission pledged an all out effort to ensure the problems in the previously untested system were resolved ahead of the May 10 vote.

Airports close due to ash risk

Posted: 05 May 2010 01:13 AM PDT

Scotland and Northern Ireland have closed their airspace after another cloud of ash from an Icelandic volcano floated over the country, while Ireland is due to restrict flights from 1000 GMT.

Aviation officials said on Wednesday that they were shutting down the airspace for safety reasons, less than five weeks after an eruption left hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded.

Barcelona hammers Tenerife 4-1

Posted: 05 May 2010 01:12 AM PDT

Barcelona has inched closer to retaining its La Liga title with a 4-1 home victory against relegation-threatened Tenerife at the Camp Nou stadium.

Argentine football star Lionel Messi put the Catalans ahead after 17 minutes on Wednesday.

US: "Jerusalem Issue To Be Discussed At Final Stage Of Negotiations"

Posted: 05 May 2010 01:05 AM PDT

As indirect Palestinian-Israeli talks are to start Wednesday, advisor to U.S. President, Barack Obama, stated that the issue of Jerusalem would be discussed during the final stages of negotiations.

David Excelrod said that Obama agreed to this issue and told a group of Jewish reporters on Tuesday at night that he agreed to postpone Jerusalem talks until the final stages of talks.

Settler Leaders Demand Withholding P.A Money For Boycotting Settlement Products

Posted: 05 May 2010 12:37 AM PDT

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Leaders of the settler movement in the occupied West Bank demanded the Israeli government to withhold all funds meant for the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank for boycotting settlement products and for forbidding the Palestinian workers from working in Jewish settlements.

Danny Dayan, head of the Settlement Council, stated that the decision of the Palestinian Authority is "hostile" and called on the Israeli government to withhold all Palestinian funds.

US values Turkey, Brazil efforts on Iran

Posted: 05 May 2010 12:28 AM PDT

The US State Department has expressed hope that the efforts of Turkey and Brazil to find a peaceful solution to the dispute over Iran's nuclear program will be successful.

"We do recognize the value and importance of a variety of countries engaging Iran," AFP quoted US State Department spokesman Philip Crowley as saying on Tuesday.

'Hawks pushing Obama on Iran'

Posted: 05 May 2010 12:19 AM PDT

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says US President Barack Obama is under pressure from a "group" to adopt an aggressive stance against Iran.

"We believe that there is a group that is trying to bring Mr. Obama closer to a clash with Iran or stand against Iran," Ahmadinejad told Russia Today on Tuesday.

Zionist group bans Goldstone

Posted: 05 May 2010 12:15 AM PDT

Zionists threatened to interfere with the family matters of the author of the UN report which found Israel responsible for war crimes in Gaza.

The report, composed by South African Judge Richard Goldstone, also charged the Israeli forces with crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip.

'Sanctions would close door to Iran'

Posted: 05 May 2010 12:10 AM PDT

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has warned that passing tougher UN sanctions against Iran would shut off all chances for diplomatic engagement between Iran and the United States.

"Any connections and contacts with Iran, the pathway to Iran, will be shut permanently," Ahmadinejad said in an interview with the Boston Globe on Tuesday.

Volvo warns of unintended acceleration

Posted: 04 May 2010 11:38 PM PDT

The Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo has issued a warning to customers across Europe of a potential unintended acceleration in several of its latest models.

Volvo Cars corporate spokesman Per-Ake Froberg told CNN on Tuesday that the problem occurs when engine oil enters the combustion chamber and acts as additional fuel.

Israel shells houses, farms in Gaza

Posted: 04 May 2010 11:33 PM PDT

Israeli tanks have shelled residential areas and agricultural lands in the Gaza Strip.

Both incidents occurred on Tuesday, the International Middle East Media Center reported.

'Taliban a force to be reckoned with'

Posted: 04 May 2010 11:21 PM PDT

Top NATO official Mark Sedwill acknowledges the Taliban are a force to be reckoned with, adding that a stable Afghanistan is the key to a safer Pakistan.

NATO's senior civilian representative in Afghanistan, who is on a two-day visit to Pakistan, said on Tuesday that it is necessary to promote political and bilateral relations between both countries to maintain peace in the Pak-Afghan region.

Iran warns US over new sanctions

Posted: 04 May 2010 11:21 PM PDT

The Iranian president has warned that a new round of UN sanctions against his country over its disputed nuclear programme could permanently damage Tehran's ties with the United States.

Speaking at a news conference in New York on Tuesday, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said US-negotiated sanctions will not prevent Iran from pursuing its nuclear ambitions.

U.S. suffered from its Big Lie about Iraqi weapons: Michael Hoffman

Posted: 04 May 2010 11:03 PM PDT

kourosh ziabari Israel's ongoing conflict with Palestine, Iran's opposition and antagonism to Israel, American support for Israel and its inseparable alignment with Tel Aviv, Barack Obama's intentions of isolating Iran as an "existential threat" to Israel and Holocaust denial as a debate which was rejuvenated by the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are all the interlinked stories which are floating around the Middle East these days.

Red shirts remain despite deal

Posted: 04 May 2010 10:55 PM PDT

Anti-government protesters have remained on the streets of Bangkok, Thailand's capital, despite accepting the prime minister's plan to end a two-month standoff that has cost 27 lives and left about 1,000 people injured.

The so-called red shirts said on Wednesday that they would stay at their protest site in the city's main shopping district until a date is set for dissolving parliament.

Greece braces for mass protests

Posted: 04 May 2010 10:51 PM PDT

Greece is braced for two major demonstrations against sweeping spending cuts and tax rises, as the country begins a 48-hour nationwide strike.

Transports and public services were shut down on Wednesday, while shop owners were encouraged to close up for the day in protest at the so-called austerity meausures.

Israel cracks down on Muslim leaders

Posted: 04 May 2010 10:38 PM PDT

Israel reportedly questions aspiring Islamic leaders on their political orientation, disqualifying those who would not suit the regime's interests.

One imam, who had failed to clear the hurdle, revealed that the Israeli Security Agency Shin Bet would grill them before they assume their position in mosques, read a piece on the Abu Dhabi-based paper, The National.

Russia to sell weapons to NATO

Posted: 04 May 2010 10:31 PM PDT

Russia's Ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin has said Moscow is tying helicopter supplies to Afghanistan with permission to sell arms to NATO countries.

"We are seeking an opportunity for the Russian defense industry to trade its products within the alliance's member states. We will earn money and they will acquire reliable quality weapons," Rogozin said on Tuesday.

Arizona law fuels national immigration actions

Posted: 04 May 2010 10:29 PM PDT

Thousands hit US streets on May Day to demand an end to the misery faced by the nation's undocumented. Includes interviews with Carlos Quiroz, Dave Zirin, Arturo Viscarra, Rosa Mendoza, and more. Produced by Jesse Freeston.

India keeps distance from Nepal crisis

Posted: 04 May 2010 10:12 PM PDT

India adopts a hands-off attitude, refusing to help negotiate a settlement deal between the Nepalese government and the striking Maoists.

As the strike continued for the third consecutive day in this Himalayan state, civilian life has come under immense pressure. The strike has forced schools, markets and transportation networks to halt activities.

Philippine polls 'may be delayed'

Posted: 04 May 2010 10:05 PM PDT

Elections in the Philippines scheduled for Monday may have to be delayed because of technical problems, a spokesman for Gloria Arroyo, the president, has said.

"I would imagine that the success of the automation ... is more important than the timing," Gary Olivar said on Wednesday.

Iran: Politics block nuclear talks

Posted: 04 May 2010 09:58 PM PDT

The Iranian president has said internal politics both within Iran and the United States are making it difficult to reach a deal on the country's nuclear programme.

Bulgaria halts nuclear plant project

Posted: 04 May 2010 09:16 PM PDT

Prime Minister Boyko Borisov says Bulgaria has put on hold construction of its second nuclear power plant until it finds a new investor and funds to complete the project.

"The country has no money for an atomic power plant," the DPA news agency cited Borisov as saying in Tuesday's edition of the 24Casa newspaper. "We will build it when investors come."

N Korea's Kim 'to meet China's Hu'

Posted: 04 May 2010 09:03 PM PDT

North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-il, is expected to meet Hu Jintao, the Chinese president, in Beijing amid heightened tensions with South Korea.

Kim is also set to meet other senior officials in the Chinese capital on Wednesday as he continues a visit that neither North Korea nor China has officially confirmed.

Pakistan makes arrests in NY bomb plot

Posted: 04 May 2010 08:51 PM PDT

Pakistani security forces say they have made several arrests in connection with the attempted car bomb attack on Times Square in New York.

On Tuesday, police picked up a few family members and friends of Faisal Shahzad in Karachi, Reuters reported.

Americans will not be terrorized: Obama

Posted: 04 May 2010 08:11 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama says US citizens will not be terrorized by incidents like the attempted attack on Times Square, vowing "to do everything in our power" to protect the nation.

"We know the aim of those who try to carry out these attacks is to force us to live in fear," Obama said during an address at the Business Council in Washington D.C. on Tuesday.

World's oldest person dies at 114

Posted: 04 May 2010 08:09 PM PDT

Guinness World Records has reported the death of the world's oldest person aged 114 years and 357 days, a week shy of her 115th birthday.

Kama Chinen, a resident of a sub-tropical island in Okinawa, Japan, died on May 2, 2010. She lived to see three different centuries, the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) commented.

Oil slick reportedly hits US isles

Posted: 04 May 2010 07:39 PM PDT

Oil giant BP is investigating reports that the massive oil slick from a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico has reached an island off the US state of Louisiana.

Streaks of the slick and large areas of sheen could be seen around the remote Chandeleur islands, media reports said.

Canada piles on in Iran sanctions push

Posted: 04 May 2010 06:58 PM PDT

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon has urged the UN Security Council to impose new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program.

"There is an urgency" to impose such sanctions, Cannon told reporters after addressing senior G8 officials in Gatineau, Quebec on Tuesday.

Belarus rejects extradition of Bakiyev

Posted: 04 May 2010 06:57 PM PDT

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says he will not extradite deposed Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev to his native Central Asian country to stand trial.

"Nobody has appealed to me officially (with an extradition request)," Lukashenko told Reuters on Tuesday. "But I want to immediately declare officially: These requests will be hopeless and humiliating for the interim government."

Mumbai gunman to hear sentence

Posted: 04 May 2010 06:55 PM PDT

India will sentence the lone surviving gunman convicted of taking part in the 2008 Mumbai attacks on Thursday, the judge handling his case has said.

The case was adjourned until Thursday after a special prison court in Mumbai in which Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab has been tried heard arguments from the defence and prosecution on Tuesday over the penalty to be imposed.

Telescope captures mega-star cradle

Posted: 04 May 2010 06:49 PM PDT

A radio telescope captures an enormous cloud of cosmic gas and dust in the process of collapsing in on itself, which will form into stars of different masses.

The discovery was done by an international team of researchers using a CSIRO's 'Mopra' radio telescope. The discovery could help solve one of astronomy's enduring conundrums of how massive stars are formed, said Dr Peter Barnes of the University of Florida.

Mike Rivero Reports Time Square Bomber was Manufactured Terror

Posted: 04 May 2010 06:43 PM PDT

Alex talks with regular guest, Mike Rivero. Mike is the editor and web master of the What Really Happened web news portal. He is also a GCN radio talk show host.

US suspect 'admits' to NY bomb plot

Posted: 04 May 2010 06:29 PM PDT

An American former financial analyst has admitted attempting to detonate a car bomb in New York City's Times Square.

Faisal Shahzad, a Pakistani-born US citizen, was charged on Tuesday with terrorism and attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction in Saturday's botched attack.

Indirect Talks Starts Wednesday With A Netanyahu-Mitchell Meeting

Posted: 04 May 2010 06:21 PM PDT

United States special Middle East envoy, George Mitchell, will be holding a meeting on Wednesday with Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in Jerusalem to mark the start of indirect talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

On Friday, Mitchell will be heading to the central West Bank city of Ramallah to hold a meeting with Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas. He will be leaving the region next Sunday.

Spain takes in second Gitmo inmate

Posted: 04 May 2010 05:59 PM PDT

A second Guantanamo prisoner has been handed over to the Spanish authorities, brining the total number accepted by the European nation to two.

The unidentified Gitmo prisoner of Yemeni nationality, who faces no terrorism charges in the US, Europe or his own country, arrived in Spain on Tuesday, the Spanish interior ministry said in a statement.

Obama's "in Your Face Joke" About How The Elitist Rule You!

Posted: 04 May 2010 05:59 PM PDT

Alex breaks down a few videos where Obama is acting like George W. Bush at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner.

German militant killed in Pakistan

Posted: 04 May 2010 05:43 PM PDT

A militant wanted by the police for his affiliation with a group convicted of plotting attacks on US facilities in Germany has been killed in Pakistan.

The 22-year-old Eric Breininger was killed on April 30 in an armed conflict between Pakistani troops and militants near Mir Ali town in Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan, German weekly Der Spiegel cited a statement by the Taliban-inspired Taifatul Mansura group.

Al-Qaeda suspects sneak into India

Posted: 04 May 2010 05:34 PM PDT

Unconfirmed intelligence reports say around 140 suspected al-Qaeda terrorists may have sneaked into India through the Assam border.

India's home ministry officials say they have asked the police force to be on high alert to look out for al-Qaeda terrorists trying to sneak into the country from the western coast.

Greg Palast Reports About BP'S Inferno in The Gulf on Alex Jones Tv

Posted: 04 May 2010 05:20 PM PDT

Alex talks with New York Times-bestselling author and a journalist for the British Broadcasting Corporation as well as the British newspaper The Observer, Greg Palast. Beginning in the 1970s, having earned his degree in finance studying under Milton Friedman and free-trade luminaries, Palast went on to challenge their vision of a New Global Order, working for the United Steelworkers of America, the Enron workers' coalition in Latin America and consumer and environmental groups worldwide. www.gregpalast.com www.infowars.com www.prisonplanet.tv

Regime Change by Plane Crash

Posted: 04 May 2010 05:20 PM PDT

Nearly a month ago amateur footage was released ostensibly showing a Russian clean-up crew at the crash site killing off the few survivors of the Polish presidential plane crash. It seems unlikely that a crew would be waiting there on-site in that location as it's an otherwise unremarkable wood that would not be frequented by the Russian authorities. Unless they were waiting for someone, that is.

James Traficant Details How "We Are in A Soviet Style Implosion"

Posted: 04 May 2010 04:57 PM PDT

Alex welcomes back to the show James Traficant, a former Democrat Representative from Ohio. Traficant was railroaded and imprisoned for seven years after a tax battle with the IRS. He was featured as a guest speaker at a Tea Party Protest in Ohio and is currently planning to run for Congress as an independent in either the 6th or 17th districts of Ohio.

May Day Mayhem!

Posted: 04 May 2010 04:40 PM PDT

Alex covers the May Day Mayhem over the weekend and how the globalist are using the illegal aliens to further their own agenda.

Times Square Bomb Scare: 'Very Deadly' Blast Averted

Posted: 04 May 2010 04:36 PM PDT

Part of New York's Times Square has been sealed off - after police found bomb-making equipment in a car. The area was evacuated after the vehicle began emitting smoke. Officers have recovered gasoline, propane and wires connected to a timer. New York's mayor says the device could have been 'very deadly'.

Palestinian Killed In Tunnel Collapse in Rafah

Posted: 04 May 2010 04:30 PM PDT

Palestinian medical sources reported Tuesday that a 19-year-old youth was killed when a tunnel collapsed on him in Al Salaam neighborhood, in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

The youth was identified as Ahmad Mohammad Saqer, 19. He suffocated to death after being buried under the rubble.

General Election: Shhh… don't mention the Occupation

Posted: 04 May 2010 04:22 PM PDT

In the run-up to Britain's general election we've heard next to nothing about Middle East policy from the three main party leaders in their much-publicised debates on TV.

They have studiously avoided all mention of the outrage in the Holy Land and the way it impacts so directly on world peace.

General, prosecutor go on trial in Turkey

Posted: 04 May 2010 04:15 PM PDT

Turkey has put a senior prosecutor and a general on trial over charges of seeking to overthrow the government of Prime Minster Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Head of Turkey's Third Army General Saldiray Berk and prosecutor Ilhan Cihaner went on trial in the city of Erzurum on Tuesday, Anatolia news agency reported.

Will ratings agencies be held accountable?

Posted: 04 May 2010 04:13 PM PDT

Kevin Hall reports on hearings into ratings agencies role in meltdown Wall St. meltdown

Price of Bailout: Greece told to 'sacrifice' as govt spends more on military

Posted: 04 May 2010 04:11 PM PDT

Greece faces years of painful cuts to salaries - in return for a multi-billion-dollar bailout from the International Monetary Fund and the EU. The country's finance minister called it a 'choice between collapse or salvation'.

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