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Gilad Atzmon on Israeli collective madness

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Gilad Atzmon on Israeli collective madness

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 12:15 PM PDT

Gilad Atzmon, a British writer and musician who was born in Israel and served in the Israeli army, believes that the raid will lead the world to see what Israel is all about".

"They are convinced that the more people they kill, the more people will be deterred to jeopardise what they regard as their security," Atzmon told RT.

Iran calls for all-out boycott of Israel

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 09:51 AM PDT

Iran's ambassador to the UN has called for an "all-out boycott" of Israel, saying that a recent attack on ships carrying aid to Gaza showed Tel Aviv's brutality.

Mohammad Khazaei made the comments at an emergency meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in New York on Thursday, IRNA reported.

Turkey says Israel losing friend

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 09:31 AM PDT

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Israel that it is losing its "best friend in the region," urging Tel Aviv to "immediately" review its policies.

Speaking on Thursday in the aftermath of a deadly Israeli attack on the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla, Erdogan blamed Israel for its "violent policy" that will not lead to positive results.

No quick fix for Japan economy: Kan

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 08:28 AM PDT

Naoto Kan, the candidate most likely to become Japan's new prime minister, says he has no quick solution for bringing the country's public debt under control.

Finance Minister Kan said that he will announce a new strategy for growth and fiscal discipline later this month, but warned that it would take time to fix the country's economic woes.

US to probe American death on Flotilla

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 08:19 AM PDT

The United States says it will launch an investigation into the death of an American citizen, who was killed during an Israeli attack on the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla.

The Obama administration "will look into the circumstances of the death of an American citizen," State Department spokesman Philip J. Crowley told reporters.

UN calls for probe into secret prisons

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 08:14 AM PDT

UN rights experts have called on the United States and 65 other countries to end the secret detention of alleged terror suspects.

On Thursday, authors of a UN study on secret detentions linked to counterterrorism called for an independent and transparent investigation into all hidden facilities, AFP reported.

Ukraine withdraws NATO bid

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 07:17 AM PDT

Ukraine's parliament has approved a bill that prevents the country from joining NATO, Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov says.

Azarov said on Thursday that President Viktor Yanukovych had proposed to give up integration into NATO and declare Ukraine a neutral state.

Anti-Israeli rallies continue worldwide

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 07:13 AM PDT

Demonstrators across the world continue to hold protests condemning Israel's fatal attack on a Gaza-bound aid convoy that left several peace activists dead.

In Spain, hundreds of protesters took into streets of the northern Spanish Basque city of Bilbao to condemn the deadly assault.

Ahmadinejad advice to Israel supporters

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 07:03 AM PDT

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has advised Tel Aviv's allies to withdraw their support because the era of Israel has come to an end.

"The era of the Zionist regime is over and it has lost the philosophy behind its fabrication," Fars News Agency quoted Ahmadinejad as saying on Thursday.

Bangladesh inferno claims 87 lives

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 06:13 AM PDT

Fire raging through a row of multi-story buildings in Bangladesh has killed at least 87 people killed, leaving more than 100 others injured.

Police believe an electrical malfunction caused fire in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, on Thursday evening.

Myanmar 'nuclear plans' exposed

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 05:23 AM PDT

An investigation by an anti-government Myanmar broadcaster has found evidence that it says shows the country's military regime has begun a programme to develop nuclear weapons.

Journalists from the Norway-based Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) have been gathering information about secret military projects in Myanmar for years.

US to bill BP $69mn for oil spill

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 05:20 AM PDT

The White House has slapped BP with a 69-million-dollar bill for the recovery operations relating to the oil spill in Gulf of Mexico.

"The Obama administration on Thursday sent a preliminary bill for 69.09 million dollars to BP and other responsible parties for response and recovery operations relating to the BP/Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill," the government said in a statement on Thursday.

Obama 'furious' over Gulf oil spill

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 04:48 AM PDT

The US president has said he is "furious" about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, adding that oil giant BP had not responded quickly enough to disaster.

In an interview with the CNN on Thursday, Barack Obama said BP had felt his anger over the spill but he added "ultimately this isn't about me and how angry I am."

China renews call for dialogue on Iran

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 04:47 AM PDT

China says any action taken by the UN Security Council should be aimed at finding a peaceful solution to the standoff over Iran's nuclear program.

"We believe that any action taken by the Security Council must be conducive to the settlement of the Iranian nuclear issue through dialogue and negotiation," China's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said on Thursday.

Blagojevich pleads not guilty

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 04:42 AM PDT

The former Illinois governor, Rod Blagojevich, who is on trial for corruption, has pleaded not guilty to all charges leveled against him.

Blagojevich, 53, pleaded not guilty to 24 counts including racketeering, wire fraud, attempted extortion and bribery.

Turkey mourns Flotilla victims

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 04:36 AM PDT

Thousands of people have attended a mass funeral procession in Istanbul to commemorate the victims of Israel's attack on the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla.

The mourners chanted anti-Israel slogans while carrying the coffins of eight Turks and one American who were killed during the Monday Israeli assault.

Mavi Marmara Activist and Member of Knesset Threatened with Death

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 04:34 AM PDT

Can you imagine what would happen if members of Congress called for the murder of Dennis Kucinich on the floor of the House for his opposition to the illegal war in Afghanistan? Or if Michele Bachmann was violently threatened for her support of the Arizona immigration law?

Haneen Al-Zoubi, a Palestinian Arab member of the Israeli Knesset, found herself precisely in this unenviable position yesterday.

'UNSC to vote on Iran next week'

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 04:14 AM PDT

The White House says the UN Security Council is expected to vote on a US-proposed resolution that calls for tougher Iran sanction.

"We've seen sanctions introduced in the UN Security Council that we believe will be voted on next week and approved by the UN Security Council," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters.

Hezbollah hails Flotilla activists

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 03:46 AM PDT

Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah praises the activists aboard the Freedom Flotilla for their "courage" and "humanitarian efforts."

"We saw the Gaza Flotilla, and I saw courage and the scenes of responsibility. This Gaza aid convoy was heading to break the inhumane siege witch has been imposed on Gaza," Nasrallah said on Thursday.

'Price to pay' for opposing Israel

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 03:33 AM PDT

Though international criticism has been mounting against Israel's raid on civilian aid ships bound for Gaza, reaction from the United States has been cautious. Glenn Greenwald, a former constitutional lawyer and civil rights litigator, said this muted response is due to the "huge political price" US politicians must pay for being seen as adversarial to Israel. In an interview with Al Jazeera, Greenwald, a contributing editor for Salon.com, said what is clear is that the Obama administration has given its full support to the Israeli government once again.

Obama's Lawyer May Recommend Executive Privilege to Block Kagan Papers

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 03:26 AM PDT

Obama's counsel, Robert Bauer, does not think you have a right to know where Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan stands on the issues. Obama wants to sweep the radical Kagan into the Court without review.

"In a letter to Sen. Jeff Sessions, the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee Republican, Robert Bauer, counsel to Obama, implied the president may use executive privilege to hide some memos Elena Kagan wrote when she served in the Clinton White House," reports the Kagan Watch website.

Turkey will 'never forgive' Israel

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 03:13 AM PDT

The Turkish president has said that Israel's military raid on civilian aid ships bound for the Gaza Strip has caused "irreparable" damage to his country's relations with Israel, and will "never" be forgiven.

"From now on, Turkish-Israeli ties will never be the same. This incident has left an irreparable and deep scar," Abdullah Gul said in a televised speech on Thursday, as thousands gathered in the streets of Istanbul to pay their respects to the humanitarian activists killed during the raid.

What Is To Be Done

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 03:13 AM PDT

Israel's most recent outrage has meant harsh criticism from almost everywhere but the USA. Our captive nation status continues as those who usually echo our commands express embarrassment at the conduct of the world's most self righteous regime. But Americans who demand that Israel come to its senses need to come to their own. Nothing about Israel will change until everything about America's uncritical support for Israel changes.

Belgian judge, clerk shot in court

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 02:14 AM PDT

A man has shot to death a female judge and a clerk in a courtroom in the Belgian capital of Brussels before fleeing the scene.

The gunman opened fire in a building near the main Palais de Justice in Brussels at about 1115 (0915 GMT) on Thursday, BBC reported.

Koreas may go to war at 'any moment'

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 01:43 AM PDT

Pyongyang has warned of an imminent war in the Korean Peninsula amid rising tensions over the sinking of a South Korean warship back in March.

"The present situation of the Korean Peninsula is so grave that a war may break out any moment," Ri Jang Gon, North Korea's deputy ambassador to Geneva, said in a speech on Thursday.

Low-lying Pacific islands not sinking

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 01:36 AM PDT

Geologists have found that global warming is not a grave danger to many low-lying Pacific islands, which are said to be growing instead of sinking.

According to the study published in the New Scientist, Tuvalu, Kiribati and the Federated States of Micronesia are among the islands that have grown due to coral debris and sediment.

Merkel urges probe into flotilla raid

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 01:34 AM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has proposed that the International Middle East Quartet join a probe into an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid convoy.

"The Chancellor suggested that representatives of the Middle East Quartet, to which the European Union, the United Nations, Russia and the United States belong, take part in the investigation," Merkel's spokesman Ulrich Wilhelm was quoted as saying by AFP.

'No operation against Punjab militants'

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 01:28 AM PDT

Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik has ruled out a military offensive against pro-Taliban militants in the eastern province of Punjab.

"No military operation is planned against banned [militant] outfits in Punjab... [but] effective action would jointly be taken [with the Punjab government] to eliminate them," Pakistan's official APP news agency quoted Malik as saying on Thursday.

Moroccans aboard aid convoy freed

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 01:26 AM PDT

Four of the seven Moroccans on a Gaza-bound flotilla aid convoy that was attacked by the Israeli commandos last week have been released.

On Thursday, one of the four Moroccans, Abdelkader Amara, a deputy belonging to the Justice and Development Party (PJD), described the Israeli attack on the flotilla which killed 20 people as "intolerable," AFP reported.

'Consensus broken on Iran sanctions'

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 01:21 AM PDT

Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali-Akbar Salehi says the Tehran declaration broke the global consensus led by the US to impose tougher sanctions against Iran.

"With the issuance of the Tehran declaration, the global consensus on US-led efforts to impose sanctions against Iran broke and the ball is now in their court," Salehi said.

Nasrallah honors Imam Khomeini

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 12:41 AM PDT

Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah has praised the founder of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Rouhollah Khomeini, for steering Muslim nations to the right path.

"Imam Khomeini planted in our hearts the culture of standing up to tyrants and oppressors. He reinvigorated the culture of a dignified life, a life wherein man rejects humiliation," Nasrallah said in Beirut on Thursday.

New LED brings quantum computing closer

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 12:15 AM PDT

Toshiba scientists have invented a device which can create entangled light, key for a quantum computer, using a voltage driven power source.

Toshiba Corp's researchers in Cambridge announced on Wednesday that their Entangled Light Emitting Diode (ELED) can make superfast quantum computing possible.

PA granted passport to Flotilla crew

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 12:01 AM PDT

In a move to appreciate the struggles for exposing the realities behind Israeli occupation, the Palestinian Authority has granted Palestinian nationality to all the activists in the Flotilla.

The Chief of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday thanked the international activist in the Flotilla for their struggle for liberation and expressed hope that the ships would not be the last effort to break Israel's blockade of Gaza.

Scores killed in Bangladesh fire

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 11:47 PM PDT

Apartment fires are common in Bangladesh where building regulations are rarely enforced [AFP]

China 'avoiding military ties with US'

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 11:43 PM PDT

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates says China is reluctant to expand military ties with the US amid growing differences between the two countries.

"The PLA (People's Liberation Army) is significantly less interested in developing this relationship than the political leadership of the country," AFP quoted Gates as saying on Thursday ahead of a security conference in Singapore.

Obama, Brewer to discuss immigration

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 11:37 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama is going to meet with Arizona's Republican Governor Jan Brewer over the state's controversial immigration law.

The meeting that is to be held on Thursday at the White House comes after Mrs. Brewer's request for a face-to-face talk with Mr. Obama.

German minister to delete Facebook page

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 11:28 PM PDT

Germany's consumer affairs minister has said she will delete her Facebook account, since it still fails to protect privacy despite measures planned last week.

"I will end my membership," Ilse Aigner told AFP in a Thursday news conference in Berlin after talks with Facebook policy director for Europe, Richard Allan.

German minister to cancel Facebook

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 11:28 PM PDT

Germany's consumer affairs minister has said she will delete her Facebook account, since it still fails to protect privacy despite measures planned last week.

"I will end my membership," Ilse Aigner told AFP in a Thursday news conference in Berlin after talks with Facebook policy director for Europe, Richard Allan.

Shams resigns as Iran Futsal coach

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 11:26 PM PDT

Hossein Shams has quit as Iran's national Futsal team, following a successful career which led Iran to three consecutive Asian Championship titles.

The decision comes only a week after Iran won its tenth AFC Futsal Championship title after beating Uzbekistan in the final match.

Mitchell warns of peace talks halt

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 11:11 PM PDT

US Middle East envoy George Mitchell has warned that the Israel's attack on Freedom Flotilla should not hinder the prospect of peace talks.

"The tragedy... cannot be allowed to spiral out of control and undermine the limited but real progress that has been made," Mitchell said in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Thursday.

Netanyahu.. A Blind Captain in Cockpit, Flying Blindfolded Passengers

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 10:55 PM PDT

A tour of Israeli media is enough to realize the fatal mistake the Zionist entity has committed in international waters last Monday, when the Israeli navy commandos shot and killed nine Turkish activists on board the Freedom flotilla that was carrying aids to the besieged people of Gaza.

Leader: Revolution weakened claws of tyranny

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 10:52 PM PDT

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has praised the 1979 Islamic Revolution for weakening the tyrannical grip of oppressive powers.

"If the Iranian nation had not made the exploitation, monopoly and control of the resources of nations difficult for domineering powers by choosing the path of the Revolution it would not become the target of such enmity and malice," Ayatollah Khamenei said Thursday at a gathering of eulogists and poets in Tehran.

Cyberbullying Bill Sponsor Says White Supremacists Behind Arizona Law

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 10:48 PM PDT

Remember Linda Sánchez? She is the California Democrat and Obama super delegate who sponsored the Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act that would imprison people for using the internet and other "electronic means" to say unkind things about other people.

Law professor and blogger Eugene Volokh pointed out in May of 2009 that the law was so broad it might be used to ensnared newspaper reporters and journalists after they write acrimonious editorials. "The examples could be multiplied pretty much indefinitely," writes Volokh. "The law, if enacted, would clearly be facially overboard (and probably unconstitutionally vague), and would thus be struck down on its face under the First Amendment," Volokh wrote.

BP takeover fears as shares plunge

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 10:41 PM PDT

BP has lost about 35 per cent of its share value, around $60bn, since its Deepwater Horizon well blew up in the Gulf of Mexico, causing a massive oil spill. A criminal investigation has been launched into the cause of April's accident and the British energy giant's plunging share price could make it a takeover target for one of its rivals. Jonah Hull reports from London.

US border security remains high-priority

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 10:40 PM PDT

It's estimated that more than half a million people try to enter the United States illegally each year. Since the World Trade Centre attacks on September 11, border security has increased and getting into the country has become more difficult. The federal government has also increased efforts to locate and deport undocumented immigrants. In part two of Al Jazeera's special series - Immigration in America, Al Jazeera's Mike Kirsch has this report.

US detention centres face legal limbo

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 10:38 PM PDT

When undocumented workers are caught they get sent to a detention facility run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). There are dozens of detention facilities across the US and some immigrants are even kept in actual prisons with convicted criminals. There have been accusations of mistreatment, lack of medical care, and lack of attorney access at some of these detention facilities. The ACLU successfully sued the ICE to have undocumented families removed from one of the detention facilities because of the conditions. Now, the ACLU is calling for federal oversight for the detention centres to ensure that there are standards in place. Al Jazeera's Mike Kirsch reports.

Iran issues €250mn South Pars bonds

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 10:19 PM PDT

Tehran begins to offer 250 million euros ($306.6 million) in bonds in Iranian banks abroad to finance the development of the country's South Pars gas field.

Iran plans to issue a total amount of one billion euros in bonds in four stages in a bid to develop the giant gas field.

BP says leaking oil pipe severed

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 10:19 PM PDT

Undersea robots have sheared off the oil pipe responsible for leaking millions of litres of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, raising hopes that the gushing well can be capped to bring the leak under control in coming days.

Tony Hayward, BP's chief executive, said on Thursday severing the pipe was an "important milestone" in efforts to plug the leak, which has wreaked environmental damage throughout the gulf.

French lady fined for wearing niqab

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 10:11 PM PDT

The French police have fined a woman for wearing niqab while driving near the Northern town of Maubeuge, after first mistaking her for a masked man.

The 23-year-old French lady, who has not been named, was fined 35 euros ($43) for "driving with a reduced field of vision," AFP reported.

A Plague Upon The World: The USA is a "Failed State"

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 10:11 PM PDT

Interview with Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, former Assistant Secretary US Treasury, Associate Editor Wall Street Journal, Professor of Political Economy Center for Strategic and International Studies Georgetown University Washington DC.

Read more...

Iran rejects IAEA pyroprocessing claim

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 09:55 PM PDT

Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali-Akbar Salehi rejects reports that Iran intends to use spent fuel rods for pyroprocessing experiments.

Salehi said the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has misunderstood the nature of the experiments which the AEOI would like to conduct in the future, adding that Iran had explained the situation to the UN agency in a letter.

UN slams US drone strikes in Pakistan

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 09:41 PM PDT

A senior United Nations official says the US-operated drone strikes in Pakistan pose a growing challenge to the international rule of law.

Philip Alston, UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, said the attacks were undermining the rules designed to protect the right of life, the BBC reported.

US citizen killed on flotilla reportedly shot four times in head

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 09:35 PM PDT

"One of the nine people killed in the Israeli raid on an aid flotilla Monday was a 19-year-old man with dual U.S.-Turkish citizenship, a U.S. State Department official said," CBS News reports.

The official identified the victim as Furkan Dogan, who was believed to have been residing in Turkey.

South Africa recalls envoy to Israel

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 09:19 PM PDT

South Africa has recalled its ambassador to Israel in protest to a deadly Israeli attack on a Gaza-bound flotilla which left 20 people dead and scores injured.

The move follows the summoning of the Israeli ambassador to South Africa.

Six men go on simulated Mars trip

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 09:14 PM PDT

A team of six international astronauts has started an unprecedented simulated journey to Mars, scheduled to last for the next one-and-a-half years.

One Chinese, one Italian, one French national along with three Russians will spend 520 days in a 550 cubic meter facility at the Russian Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP) to test how prolonged isolation will affect humans on Mars.

The Gaza Siege: A Fact Sheet

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 09:04 PM PDT

In recent days, coverage of the attack on the aid flotilla headed to the Gaza Strip has focused on the lack of availability of certain humanitarian goods. This fact sheet is a reference tool based on international aid agencies and human rights groups on the impact of the siege on the population of Gaza.

Standing up to the Jew bullies

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 09:03 PM PDT

Turkey proved what happens if somebody actually stands up to the Jew bullies - they collapse immediately. Turkey essentially directed Israel to release all the kidnapped humanitarians, immediately, or forever have Turkey as an enemy. The Turkish planes were sent to pick up the humanitarians before the answer was received.

EU, Russia examine visa deal

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 08:46 PM PDT

In a move to facilitate the business and tourism, Russia has proposed the European Union member states to scrap the reciprocal visa requirements.

At a summit with EU leaders, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said that Russia is ready to lift visa requirements and now it is the UE members' turn to decide.

Sarkozy caught up in kickbacks scandal

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 08:43 PM PDT

A report by Luxembourg police has revealed President Sarkozy's involvement in a bribery scandal in the sale of French submarines to Pakistan in 1994.

It is suspected that the money from the contract was used to finance a 1995 presidential campaign managed by Mr. Sarkozy to support candidate Edouard Balladur against Jacques Chirac, France 24 reports.

German activists return from Israel

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 08:25 PM PDT

Germany's defense ministry has announced that the six German activists who were aboard a Gaza-bound aid convoy have left Israel.

"The six German citizens have left Israel for Turkey. Our representatives on the ground have made contact with the Turkish authorities and are making every effort to gain access to them," AFP quoted a spokesman as saying on Thursday.

Halliburton Bought Oil Well Blowout Company Before BP Gusher

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 08:14 PM PDT

In 1978, Edward "Coots" Matthews and Asger "Boots" Hansen founded Boots & Coots (WEL). Both were veteran oil-well firefighters. In fact, they provided inspiration for a 1968 film called Hellfighters, starring John Wayne.

But the days of independence have come to an end for Boots & Coots as the company has agreed to sell out to Halliburton (HAL) for $240.4 million. Shareholders will get $1.73 in cash and $1.27 in Halliburton stock for every share of Boots & Coots.

AL urges UNSC action against Israel

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 08:06 PM PDT

The Arab League (AL) has agreed to ask the UN Security Council to take action to end Israel's blockade on Gaza, a few days after an Israeli attack on an aid convoy.

AL Secretary General Amr Moussa told reporters after an emergency ministerial meeting in Cairo that the Arab states decided to work actively to end Israel's "illegal siege," Reuters reported.

Summer Streets Of Rage Predicted For Europe & U.S.

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 08:00 PM PDT

Top historians, social and financial analysts, along with police bodies are all predicting that Europe and America are set to experience a summer of rage, with scenes mirroring the chaos we have seen unfold in Greece in reaction to draconian austerity measures now being imposed by governments in the west.

Although many predicted that last summer would be a period of social unrest, British historian Simon Schama notes that there is usually a lag between economic hardship and the subsequent social fury it engenders.

Under U.S. pressure, Netanyahu may ease Gaza siege

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 08:00 PM PDT

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is willing to consider easing the naval blockade on the Gaza Strip, as well as possible creative solutions for monitoring the goods that are allowed to enter the Hamas-ruled territory.

According to Netanyahu, the siege should focus on preventing the smuggling of rockets and weapons in order to avoid what he termed an "Iranian port in Gaza" in a speech he gave in Canada on Monday.

Scientists launch mock Mars mission

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 07:25 PM PDT

An international team of researchers has launched a mock mission to Mars that will keep them locked in a capsule of windowless modules for 520 days - the amount of time required for a return trip to the Red Planet.

The six-member, all male crew of three Russians, a Frenchman, an Italian-Colombian and a Chinese, began the simulation on Thursday at a space centre in the Russian capital, Moscow.

Global Covert Govt Inc.: Bilderberg gather forces near Barcelona

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 07:20 PM PDT

It's one of the world's most powerful yet secretative organisations, accused by its critics of trying to create a new world order. But a gathering of the Bilderberg club in one of Spain's most exclusive resorts is attracting unwanted attention.

Gaza Aid Flotilla debate: Activists or Extremists?

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 06:40 PM PDT

To discuss the fallout from the Gaza flotilla attack RT talks to Mark Regev, the spokesman for the Israeli prime minister and Nabil Shaath, the former foreign minister of the Palestinian autonomy, who was also briefly the acting prime minister.

Thousands of Turks flock to funeral for Gaza flotilla activists

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 06:13 PM PDT

Thousands of mourners flocked on Thursday to a funeral for the Turkish activists killed during an Israeli raid on an aid flotilla, as President Abdullah Gul told an outraged nation that ties with Israel would never be the same again.

Coffins of most of those killed, draped in Turkish and Palestinian flags, were brought to Istanbul's Fatih Mosque for the service before the bodies were taken to their home towns for burial.

'No to NWO': Video of anti-Bilderberg protests in Spain as group set to meet

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 05:28 PM PDT

Protesters have lined up outside Hotel Dolce in Sitges, Spain, where the annual meeting of Bilderberg Group is set to take place this week. The first participants are to arrive on Thursday. The Bilderberg Group is an elite organization which unites some of the world's most powerful people, politicians and financiers.

Keiser Report №48: Markets! Finance! Scandal!

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 05:23 PM PDT

This week Max Keiser and co-host Stacy Herbert look at the scandals of "hashtag" propaganda; the revolution of free towels from the Best Party; and trillion dollar wars and security tabs beyond rational explanation. In the second half of the show, Max interviews Edward Harrison of CreditWritedowns.com about China-US as the most worrisome global hotspot, social fury in Europe and around the world, and whether or not there is a gold bubble.

The collapse of the Jew-lies

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 05:13 PM PDT

Besides assembling fake pictures of weapons allegedly on the ship, the IDF had other things preplanned: "Turkish Sources – Israeli Advance Target Assassination List Found on Flotilla ?" They made a picture guide of the political figures they wanted to assassinate.

"News Alert-Israeli Ambassador's comments prove attack on ship was premeditated: Oren says Marmara was 'too large to stop by nonviolent means'" In other words, Israel planned to take this ship out, and they planned to take it out violently, putting the lie to IDF assertions that the deaths were only caused when the soldiers had to defend themselves.

3 most viewed YouTube clips in the world - posted by IDF

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 05:03 PM PDT

In the online public relations arena, it appears that the Israel Defense Forces is winning the battle, at least for now. Three of the four most viewed clips on the popular video website YouTube in recent days were posted by the IDF Spokesperson's Unit.

The videos were posted after a clash between Israeli navy commandos and activists aboard a boat carrying aid and heading toward blockaded Gaza resulted in 9 deaths and dozens of injuries early Monday morning.

Israel rejects int'l probe into raid as new Gaza Flotilla about to sail

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 04:33 PM PDT

Nine activists killed during the Israeli storming of a Gaza aid flotilla have been buried in Istanbul. All but one were Turkish, the other was a US national of Turkish origin. Their bodies arrived in Turkey earlier on Thursday alongside hundreds of detainees deported by Tel Aviv. Israel decided to send home some 700 activists from various countries as international condemnation grew over its troops' actions.

Israeli raid debate: Right to Protect or Terror Act?

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 03:21 PM PDT

The UN Human Rights Council wants to set up an independent fact-finding mission to look into what it calls violations of international law. Both sides of the Gaza Flotilla row go face-to-face on RT: Omar Barghoutti from the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel and Michael Dickson from the 'Stand With Us' organisation.

Video of crew locked up for 'flight' to Red Planet as Mars 500 takes off

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 03:10 PM PDT

Six men locked in a container for 18 months, with cameras following their every move -- this is not reality TV show, it is a science experiment to simulate a manned mission to Mars. A Frenchman, an Italian, a Chinese and three Russians, all with higher technical education, will spend 520 days in a simulated space module in the Institute of Medical and Biological Studies. The experiment aims to examine how those men will cope both physically and psychologically.

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