Saturday, June 5, 2010

Psychopaths United For Israel




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Psychopaths United For Israel

Posted: 30 May 2010 09:05 PM PDT

It cannot be denied that many 'so-called' Christians drop the name of Christ like a rich kid drops his daddy's name to get a good table at an expensive restaurant.  When they say, "Christ paid for it all," what they really mean to say is "Jesus'll pick up the tab."

These very same people will cringe if they hear the words "Jesus Christ' or 'godammit' used in the context of a stubbed toe.  What they don't realize is that they have been led to believe a false interpretation of the Old Testament's third commandment.  According to both Greek and Hebrew translations, 'taking the Lord's name in vain' refers to those who falsely profess to be doing God's work or using God's name for self-indulgent purposes.  We witness this every Sunday when the televangelist preachers take to the airwaves to bilk their congregations out of their life savings.  We also see this from well compensated celebrity Pastors who weekly pander pro-Israeli war propaganda on their gullible flocks.

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Iran FM in Japan for nuclear talks

Posted: 30 May 2010 08:11 PM PDT

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has arrived in Japan for talks with the country's high-ranking officials on Tehran's nuclear program.

Mottaki arrived in Tokyo earlier on Sunday and was welcomed by Iranian Ambassador to Japan Seyyed Abbas Araqchi and Toshiro Suzuki, head of the Japanese foreign ministry's Middle East and Africa department, IRNA reported.

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Comparing salaries up depression rate

Posted: 30 May 2010 07:50 PM PDT

While many believe it is important to put ones income side by side with that of others, a new study suggests such comparisons may cause unhappiness.

According to the study published in the Economic Journal, individuals who compare their salaries with others are less happy as they rank themselves lower on measures of satisfaction with life and standard of living.

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In Iran, action called on UAE claims

Posted: 30 May 2010 06:11 PM PDT

A senior member of Iran's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission has called for decisive action against the UAE's oft-repeated claims to three Iranian Persian Gulf islands.

Spokesman for the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Kazem Jalali criticized the country's foreign ministry on Sunday for what he described as a lack of action against such blatant falsehoods.

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Canada's Afghan commander removed

Posted: 30 May 2010 05:36 PM PDT

The commander of Canada's troops in Afghanistan has been removed from his position, days before NATO's plan to launch an offensive in Kandahar.

The Canadian military said on a Sunday statement that Brigadier-General Daniel Menard was removed from his position as commander of the Joint Task Forces in Afghanistan due to allegations of an inappropriate personal relationship.

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Humans' big brains linked to stem cells

Posted: 30 May 2010 05:25 PM PDT

Researchers say they have discovered a new type of stem cell in the human brain that might be responsible for big and complex brains in human beings.

Scientists say the newly-discovered stem cells, originally formed in an area of the brain known as the subventricular zone, will help make the neocortex, the outer layer of the brain, via producing more neurons.

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Israeli nuclear subs 'to set sail for Iran'

Posted: 30 May 2010 05:24 PM PDT

Amid speculations about Israel's hostile future policies against Iran, a report says Israel is to deploy three submarines equipped with nuclear cruise missiles in the Persian Gulf.

Three German-made submarines belonging to Israel's Flotilla 7 will be sent near the Iranian coastline, The Sunday Times reported.

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Georgia holds municipal elections

Posted: 30 May 2010 05:19 PM PDT

Georgia is holding its first nationwide municipal elections as a sign that the country is undergoing a democratic transformation.

Polling stations opened on Sunday at 8:00 am (0400 GMT) with candidates competing for more than 1700 positions in 64 municipalities across the country, among which are the first-ever direct elections for the mayor's post in Tbilisi.

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Palestine: Israeli Love Song

Posted: 30 May 2010 04:17 PM PDT

When the Israeli regime feels that it has to create a ministry for propaganda, you know that they are worried. This concern is shared by dedicated Zionists and other misled people all over the world. Their concern is simple: the world is begginning to realize that the Israeli regime and its policies are nothing better than any other, past or present, discriminatory/apartheid regime.

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PM: Thailand appears back to normal

Posted: 30 May 2010 03:46 PM PDT

Thailand's Prime Minister says the country appears to have returned back to normal, saying at the same time that the emergency rule is still necessary.

"The situation last night was normal. Authorities will keep an eye though; then we'll consider lifting the state of emergency," Abhisit Vejjajiva said Sunday in his weekly television address.

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Colombians vote for president

Posted: 30 May 2010 03:30 PM PDT

Colombians head to polls in a national election that will see an end to eight years of leadership under President Alvaro Uribe.

Former defense minister Juan Manuel Santos and Green Party candidate Antanas Mockus are the two leading hopefuls, AFP reported.

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Portuguese slam austerity measures

Posted: 30 May 2010 03:21 PM PDT

Thousands of Portuguese public and private sector workers have protested austerity measures enacted by the government to avert a Greek-style debt crisis.

People took to the streets of the capital Lisbon on Saturday to denounce the plan that includes salary cuts and a freeze on public hiring. The protesters demanded that the government devise a long-term strategy instead to avoid the crisis in the country.

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Pakistan calls Waziristan attack internal

Posted: 30 May 2010 03:18 PM PDT

Pakistan has clarified that the decision to launch a fresh offensive against the Taliban in the North Waziristan region would be made by Islamabad rather than Washington.

"We are a sovereign country and don't make our decision on dictation from external forces. The decision to launch an offensive in North Waziristan will be made by the Pakistani army after assessing the entire situation and not due to US pressure," Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told reporters on Saturday, a Press TV correspondent reported.

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The Gaza flotilla and the ironies of history

Posted: 30 May 2010 03:03 PM PDT

No one can accuse history of not having a sense of irony. Sixty-three years ago in July 1947 a passenger ship destined for Palestine and named The Exodus was stopped and boarded by the British Navy. The ship was crowded with Holocaust survivors determined to make a new life for themselves in British controlled Palestine but did not have official immigration permits. Facing terrorism by Zionist organizations, waves of illegal immigration by Jews fleeing the displaced persons camps in post-war Europe, and resistance by Palestinian Arabs to the increasingly powerful and belligerent Zionist movement emboldened by its growing numbers, Britain was determined to stop the ship.

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IFC invests in Ethiopian gold

Posted: 30 May 2010 02:32 PM PDT

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has announced that it has invested $5 mn in Ethiopia's gold mining sector through Nyota Minerals.

The World Bank's private sector lender is investing in the explorations of Nyota for gold in Ethiopia and for nickel in Burundi. It is also looking at gold and platinum mining possibilities in Ethiopia.

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Unite begins second round of strikes

Posted: 30 May 2010 02:26 PM PDT

British Airways cabin crew union, Unite, begins its second round of strikes as BA refuses to concede to their demands for fairer treatment.

The second round of a series of 5-day strikes is now beginning, coinciding with the school half-term holiday and will be followed by another walkout on June 5 if the parties fail to reach an agreement.

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Tobacco kills 1.5m women each year

Posted: 30 May 2010 02:21 PM PDT

The United Nations has warned against the use of tobacco among women and calls for global action against it as 1.5 million women die each year from its usage.

UN Secretary General Ban ki-moon said in a message to the World No Tobacco Day, May 31, that, "Around the world, more than 1.5 million women die each year from tobacco use."

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Israeli warplanes double strike Gaza

Posted: 30 May 2010 02:16 PM PDT

Israeli warplanes have launched a double air strike on the Gaza Strip, bombarding certain areas of the coastal sliver, Palestinians say.

Military jets belonging to the Israeli Air Force twice struck an area near the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on Saturday night, a Palestinian medical source said.

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8 militants killed in NW Pakistan

Posted: 30 May 2010 02:06 PM PDT

At least eight militants have been killed in air strikes by Pakistani fighter jets, while eight others have been injured in Orakzai Agency in northwestern Pakistan.

Pakistani fighters pounded several militant hideouts in their fresh offensives, killing eight suspected militants and injuring eight others in different areas of the Orakzai tribal region near the Afghan border, a Press TV correspondent reported late on Saturday.

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Netanyahu no peace partner: Abbas

Posted: 30 May 2010 01:57 PM PDT

Ahead of a meeting with US President Barack Obama, acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas says the Israeli premier is not a real peace partner.

Abbas, who has been invited by the US president for discussions over indirect peace talks, has reportedly told US special envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell that the Palestinians do not consider Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as committed to peace negotiations, the London-based Jerusalem al-Arabi newspaper reported.

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Israel faces child abuse claims

Posted: 30 May 2010 01:32 PM PDT

An international children's rights charity has said it has evidence that Palestinian children held in Israeli custody have been subjected to sexual abuse in an effort to extract confessions from them.

The Geneva-based Defence for Children International (DCI) has collected 100 sworn affadavits from Palestinian children who said they were mistreated by their Israeli captors.

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Scientists solve one black hole mystery

Posted: 30 May 2010 01:24 PM PDT

Scientists say they have determined the cause of galactic black holes' outbursts which could explain sudden X-ray emissions around the gravitational bodies.

They argue that the hard X-ray emissions from around supermassive black holes, the ones admittedly residing at the core of most galactic systems, are the result of a merger between two galaxies whose centers feed on billions of tons of material around them.

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France to renew ties with Africa?

Posted: 30 May 2010 01:23 PM PDT

President Nicolas Sarkozy holds his first Africa summit this week hoping to convince the continents leaders that France is looking for a fresh start with Africa.

The French president will be hosting 38 African leaders from Cairo to Cape Town in the French city of Nice for a gathering dubbed a "summit of renewal" to restore France's ties with the continent.

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China warns about Korean conflict

Posted: 30 May 2010 01:13 PM PDT

The Chinese premier has warned against letting the sinking of a South Korean warship lead to conflict in the region, saying that avoiding a conflict is most urgent.

"It is the most urgent task to gradually ease tensions following the incident, and especially to avoid conflict," Wen Jiabao said Sunday on the South Korean island of Jeju after two days of talks with South Korean President Lee Myung Bak and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, AFP reported.

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Nigeria calls for electoral reform

Posted: 30 May 2010 01:10 PM PDT

Nigeria's new President Goodluck Jonathan has vowed to ensure free and fair elections for next April and has called for the passage of electoral reforms by the end of the year.

In a televised speech to the nation to mark Democracy Day, which celebrates the end of military rule just over a decade ago, Jonathan said the challenge for Africa's most populous nation was to hold elections in which every vote counted.

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Israel rejects plea of 189 countries

Posted: 30 May 2010 12:59 PM PDT

After the United Nations ratified a resolution calling for a nuclear weapons-free Middle East, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu moves to condemn the treaty.

The attack came after all 189 signatories to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) reached a deal on Friday for the establishment of a Middle East without nukes.

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In US, thousands protest Arizona law

Posted: 30 May 2010 12:50 PM PDT

Thousands of people from all over the US have gathered in Arizona's capital, Phoenix, to protest against the state's immigration law, saying it could lead to racial profiling.

Organizers said the Saturday demonstration brought in as many as 20,000 people. State police forces lined the route and helicopters hovered overhead.

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Gaza aid ships prepare to set sail

Posted: 30 May 2010 12:38 PM PDT

A flotilla of aid ships bound for the Gaza Strip is preparing to leave Cyprus, organisers say.

Earlier reports said the ships had already set sail around 5am local time (02:00 GMT). But organisers later said they merely relocated to a different location, 40km off the coast of Cyprus, and that the ships haven't actually left for Gaza yet.

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Laws resigns over expense scandal

Posted: 30 May 2010 12:29 PM PDT

Secretary of the Treasury David Laws has resigned from office after it was revealed that he had claimed the rent he paid to his boyfriend as public expenses.

The Daily Telegraph first disclosed that Laws claimed as much as £950 a month in parliamentary expenses over eight years, totaling £40,000 of taxpayers' money, to rent rooms in two London properties owned by his boyfriend, James Lundie, a political lobbyist.

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Japan PM trying to mend govt. cracks

Posted: 30 May 2010 11:59 AM PDT

Japan's embattled Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama says he wants to maintain the ruling coalition with the Social Democrats amid a row over the relocation of a US airbase.

On Friday, Hatoyama sacked Consumer Affairs Minister Mizuho Fukushima after she refused to endorse a deal with Washington to keep a US airbase on the southern Okinawa Island.

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Bangladesh blocks Facebook

Posted: 30 May 2010 11:57 AM PDT

Bangladesh has blocked social networking website Facebook over caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad and "obnoxious" images of the Muslim-majority country's leaders, officials say.

The Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) said the site was blocked on Saturday because cartoons of the Prophet "hurt the religious sentiments of the country's Muslim population".

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Czech Republic points to center-right

Posted: 30 May 2010 11:25 AM PDT

The center-left Social Democrats narrowly have won parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic, however, the right-wing Civic Democrats, trailing in second, appeared better to form a coalition.

With 99.8 percent of the votes counted, the Czech Statistics Office said the Social Democratic Party won 22.1 percent of the vote, while its main rival, the conservative Civic Democratic Party, received 20.2 percent.

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Gaza-bound aid ships leave Cyprus

Posted: 30 May 2010 11:04 AM PDT

A flotilla of aid ships bound for the Gaza Strip has left Cyprus, organisers say.

Five ships left the island around 5am local time (2am GMT) and are expected to reach Gazan waters late on Sunday afternoon.

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Ironies of History: Exodus and Gaza Aid Flotilla

Posted: 30 May 2010 10:24 AM PDT

No one can accuse History of not having a sense of irony. Sixty-three years ago in July 1947 a passenger ship destined for Palestine and named The Exodus was stopped and boarded by the British Navy. The ship was crowded with Holocaust survivors determined to make a new life for themselves in British controlled Palestine. The British, facing Jewish terrorism and trying to keep promises made to the Palestinian Arabs to limit Jewish immigration, were determined to stop it.

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Turkish PM cancels visit to Argentina

Posted: 30 May 2010 10:17 AM PDT

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has cancelled a planned visit to Argentina without giving any specific reason.

The prime minister's office announced late on Saturday that Mr. Erdogan, on a three-nation tour, has cancelled his upcoming visit to Argentina and will, in due course, issue a written statement on the reason for the cancellation.

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25 killed in N Afghanistan air raid

Posted: 30 May 2010 10:11 AM PDT

US-led forces in Afghanistan say they have killed 25 Taliban gunmen, including two militant commanders, in an airstrike in the northern province of Baghlan.

"At least 25 Taliban were killed in the airstrike" carried out in Baghlan's Dana Ghori district on Friday night, the Times of India quoted provincial police officials as citing an intelligence report on Saturday.

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West is unfair to Iran: Erdogan

Posted: 30 May 2010 10:01 AM PDT

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that the approach the West has taken over the Tehran declaration is not fair and sincere.

Speaking to the Anatolia news agency on the sidelines of the UN Alliance of Civilizations Forum in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, Erdogan criticized Western leaders for backpedalling from conditions they had set for Iran after Turkey and Brazil secured those terms in the accord and for their silence about the undeclared nuclear arsenal of Israel.

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Israeli Exceptionalism – Book Review

Posted: 30 May 2010 10:01 AM PDT

People have been against both the idea and practice of Zionism since its inception. Zionism is an ideology that has never earned the support of all Jews, and one that has never been accepted by the vast majority of Palestinians, Arabs, and Muslims. Zionism has likewise failed to achieve significant support in the so-called Third World, and has been almost uniformly rejected by black nationalists inside the United States. Yet Zionism has been successful insofar as its desire to create a Jewish-majority nation-state has been achieved. Despite its discursive self-image as a liberation movement, Zionist practice is colonialist and brutally violent.

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A Day in November: AIPAC is Blackmailing Obama

Posted: 30 May 2010 09:41 AM PDT

Rahm Emanuel is, so it seems, the American most hated by the leaders of Israel. He is considered the most dangerous opponent of the Netanyahu government in the White House. Behind closed doors, they shower him – if one is to believe the media - with anti-Semitic epithets. "Jewboy" is one of them. In Zionist usage, he is a "self-hating Jew".

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Haqshenas to be commemorated

Posted: 30 May 2010 09:34 AM PDT

Tehran's Allameh Tabatabaei University will hold a commemoration ceremony on Monday for the late Iranian linguist and lexicographer Ali-Mohammad Haqshenas.

Noted Iranian linguists Mohammad Dabir-Moqaddam and Kourosh Safavi will speak at the event to be held at the university's Literature and Foreign Languages Faculty, ISNA reported.

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'A Battle for the High Seas. And the High Ground'

Posted: 30 May 2010 09:19 AM PDT

If you're hoping to see news about the extraordinary events taking place in the Med sea around Cyprus on either the BBC or Sky this weekend. Forget it. For now. Despite the fact that almost three dozen Brits are amongst the 700 brave souls heading to Gaza on a fleet of ships laden with essential aid. Or the incredible military and political manoeverings surrounding Israel's response to the peaceful attempt, major news channels in the West remain silent. This despite the fact their news editors have the direct numbers of spokespeople on board and access to the live news feed.

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Freedom Flotilla back on course

Posted: 30 May 2010 09:12 AM PDT

The Freedom Flotilla, a multinational relief mission, has set out on its journey toward Gaza after one of the two "tampered with" ships was repaired.

One of the nine ships, which was badly tampered with, had to drop out, while another was towed into the port of Famagusta in Turkish-held northern Cyprus for repairs, Elize Ernshire of the Free Gaza Movement said on Saturday.

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Oil spill still out of control

Posted: 30 May 2010 09:05 AM PDT

Oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico despite days of operations to cap the spill as BP has announced more grim news.

BP's risky "top kill" operation to plug the ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has failed, the energy giant said on Saturday, adding it will now shift to a new strategy to stop the leak.

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US crew faulted for drone deaths

Posted: 30 May 2010 08:34 AM PDT

Investigators from the US military have found that "inaccurate and unprofessional'' reporting by US operators of a drone was behind a missile strike that killed 23 Afghan civilians in February.

Four American officers - two described as senior - received formal reprimands over the incident, the US command said in a statement following the release of the investigators' report on Saturday.

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Deadly storm strikes Guatemala

Posted: 30 May 2010 08:26 AM PDT

A powerful tropical storm has struck Guatemala, bringing torrential rains that have added to the disruption caused by an erupting volcano.

Agatha, the season's first tropical storm,  has killed at least 12 people and left 11 people missing, as rain, mudslides and floods forced more than 3,000 people to flee their homes, officials have said.

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China executes school attacker

Posted: 30 May 2010 08:24 AM PDT

A Chinese man has been executed for a knife attack on a kindergarten in eastern China in which 32 people, mostly young children, were injured.

Xu Yuyuan, 47, was executed on Sunday, state media reported, after China's supreme court gave the go ahead.

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The Rise and Fall of Empires Under Jewish World Rule

Posted: 30 May 2010 07:59 AM PDT

Judaism teaches the Jews to rule the World, destroy all nations other than their own, steal all wealth, and kill off the best Gentiles in preparation for killing off all Gentiles. How do the Jews achieve these ends, and why have they been expelled from so many nations?

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Over a dozen injured in Kashmir clashes

Posted: 30 May 2010 07:55 AM PDT

Several people have been injured in clashes between police and protesters in Indian-administered Kashmir amid a general strike across the Kashmir Valley.

Over a dozen people were injured on Saturday when thousands of villagers staged a demonstration in Kashmir's northern district of Baramulla, about 50 kilometers from the capital Srinagar.

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Canada sacks general in Afghanistan

Posted: 30 May 2010 07:53 AM PDT

Brigadier General Daniel Menard, the chief of Canadian forces operating under Nato in Afghanistan, has been dismissed over allegations of an inappropriate relationship.

Canadian forces gave no further details on the nature of the relationship, but announced that an investigation is under way.

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China refuses to criticise N Korea

Posted: 30 May 2010 07:49 AM PDT

China has resisted pressure to publicly criticise North Korea over the sinking of a South Korean naval ship.

During a three-way summit that concluded on Sunday, both South Korea and Japan pressed China to hold Pyongyang responsible for the sinking of the Cheonan in March.

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Lula hails Tehran declaration

Posted: 30 May 2010 07:05 AM PDT

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has defended his country's stance on the Tehran nuclear declaration and stated that he believes nuclear arsenals are "obsolete."

In his opening speech at the UN Alliance of Civilizations Forum in Rio de Janeiro on Friday, Lula argued for Iran's right to have a civilian nuclear program.

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Pakistan establishes Muslim Facebook

Posted: 30 May 2010 06:31 AM PDT

Pakistan has established an alternative to Facebook after the website was banned for hosting a sacrilegious cartoon contest about Prophet Mohammed (PBUH).

MillatFacebook helps connect users to 1.57 billion Muslims as well as what it describes as "sweet people from other religions."

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Colombia to vote in national polls

Posted: 30 May 2010 06:30 AM PDT

Voters in Colombia are set to head to the polls on Sunday in a national election that will see the end of eight years of conservative leadership under current president Alvaro Uribe.

The campaign entered its final stage on Saturday with two main candidates making their final statements before some 29 million voters go to the polls.

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'Nuclear weapons states are hypocrites'

Posted: 30 May 2010 06:11 AM PDT

A former advisor to the EU foreign policy chief says that when US officials talk about making the Middle East a nuclear weapons-free zone, they basically mean Iran rather than Israel.

In an interview with Press TV on Saturday, Alastair Crooke said that nuclear weapons states are showing great hypocrisy when it comes to the issue of Israel's nuclear arsenal and the fact that certain countries that have not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty possess nuclear weapons.

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'Land reform has not benefited Blacks'

Posted: 30 May 2010 05:46 AM PDT

South African President Jacob Zuma says the country's Black majority has not benefited from post-apartheid land reform programs due to poor management and legislation.

Speaking in the South African Parliament on Thursday, Zuma said the land reform program currently being implemented is not sustainable, Reuters reported.

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BP abandons 'top kill' effort

Posted: 30 May 2010 05:37 AM PDT

Oil giant BP's latest effort to plug the broken wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico has failed, the company has said, adding it is time to "move on" and try other solutions.

Speaking to reporters on Saturday Doug Suttles, the company's chief operating officer, said that after three days of blasting mud and other materials into the well, engineers had been unable to stop oil from spewing into the ocean.

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Hollywood wildman Hopper dies at 74

Posted: 30 May 2010 05:33 AM PDT

US film actor and director Dennis Hopper has died from prostate cancer at the age of 74.

He died on Saturday morning at his home in Venice, Los Angeles, surrounded by family and friends.

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'Fuel swap proposal is a positive step'

Posted: 30 May 2010 04:16 AM PDT

A former US nuclear negotiator says interaction between Iran and the United States could resolve the lack of trust and the proposal for a nuclear fuel swap is a positive step toward this end.

"Harsh measures could never stop Iran's nuclear program," former US State Department official Jacqueline Shire said in an interview with IRNA.

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'Top kill' fails to end US oil leak

Posted: 30 May 2010 04:06 AM PDT

Oil giant BP's latest effort to plug the broken wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico has failed, the company has said, saying it is time to "move on" and try other solutions.

Speaking to reporters on Saturday Doug Suttles, the company's chief operating officer, said that after three days of blasting mud and other materials into the well, engineers had been unable to stop oil from spewing into the ocean.

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Taliban seizure of town blamed on US

Posted: 30 May 2010 02:52 AM PDT

Afghan officials say the US forces has not done enough to repel a Taliban attack that led to seizure of a town near Afghanistan's eastern border with Pakistan by the militants.

The Taliban took control of Barg-e-Metal in Nuristan Province, following a heavy gun-battle with Afghan security forces on Saturday.

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Netanyahu to ask Obama to block measures against Israel over nukes

Posted: 30 May 2010 02:37 AM PDT

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will ask for clarifications about the U.S. position on the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference when he meets with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House on Tuesday.

Review Conference participants decided that the nuclear reactors in Dimona and Sorek should be brought under the international inspection regime.

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Gaza flotilla drives Israel into a sea of stupidity

Posted: 30 May 2010 02:37 AM PDT

The Israeli propaganda machine has reached new highs its hopeless frenzy. It has distributed menus from Gaza restaurants, along with false information. It embarrassed itself by entering a futile public relations battle, which it might have been better off never starting. They want to maintain the ineffective, illegal and unethical siege on Gaza and not let the "peace flotilla" dock off the Gaza coast? There is nothing to explain, certainly not to a world that will never buy the web of explanations, lies and tactics.

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Oil spills unimpeded after 40 days

Posted: 30 May 2010 02:32 AM PDT

The massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is spreading out as the oil is still gushing out from the BP's damaged well 40 days after the explosion.

The so-called "top kill" method, which British Petroleum has employed since Wednesday, has proven to be a failure with the company's top executive Tony Hayward saying the chances to plug the leak are only 60 to 70 percent.

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Iran awaits US response to declaration

Posted: 30 May 2010 02:24 AM PDT

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast says Iran is waiting for the Vienna Group's response to its letter regarding the Tehran nuclear swap declaration.

Iran delivered a letter to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on May 24 in which it informed the UN body of a nuclear fuel swap declaration signed with Turkey and Brazil in Tehran.

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Four Residents Wounded By Settler Fire In Silwan

Posted: 30 May 2010 02:02 AM PDT

File - Silwan, chams02.maktoobblog.com

Four Palestinian residents were wounded by settler fire, on Saturday at night, in Silwan neighborhood, in East Jerusalem. Medical sources described their injuries as mild-to-moderate.

Jawad Siyam of the Wadi Hilwa Information Center, stated that settlers guarding the Yonatan Building opened fire at a group of residents in Silwan. 

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Most people want 'US nukes dismantled'

Posted: 30 May 2010 01:56 AM PDT

An opinion poll suggests that the international community should force the US to accept Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad proposal for dismantling its nukes.

Nearly 53 percent of respondents to the Press TV poll held that the international community should step up pressure on the Obama administration to dismantle its nukes.

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Inside Story - Nepal's new constitution

Posted: 30 May 2010 01:53 AM PDT

Inside Story asks: What triggered the latest crisis in Nepal and what are its implications?

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Egypt 'aids in breaking Gaza siege'

Posted: 30 May 2010 01:49 AM PDT

Egypt has often been accused of being a silent partner with Israel in its siege of Gaza by refusing to let goods and people through the Rafah border crossing, between Egypt and Gaza, since the Strip was taken over by Hamas. However, it is an accusation the country rejects. Al Jazeera has been given rare access to the Ouja commercial crossing between Egypt and Israel, which Egyptian officials say is a fast track for humanitarian aid into Gaza. Al Jazeera's Amr El-Kahky reports from the crossing.

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Parthenon temple goes scaffold-free

Posted: 30 May 2010 01:47 AM PDT

As the Parthenon restoration project nears completion, tourists can now see the Greek temple without scaffolding for the first time in nearly 30 years.

Scaffolding has been around the ancient temple since the project started in 1983, but from now until September 2010, the exterior of the site will be scaffold-free.

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Colombian voter on presidential poll

Posted: 30 May 2010 01:45 AM PDT

Colombians talk about the forthcoming presidential poll (29 June, 2010).

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Gaza aid flotilla delayed

Posted: 30 May 2010 01:45 AM PDT

A flotilla of aid ships heading to the Gaza Strip has been delayed for another day. The ships are now in the Mediterranean Sea, near Cyprus, with hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists on board. They are waiting for some European politicians to join them. There are also reports that the Cypriot authorities are preventing the politicians from leaving land to join the ships further out to sea. Mohamed Vall has been hearing why the campaigners are so determined.

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Six Killed In Tunnel Explosion In Rafah

Posted: 30 May 2010 01:42 AM PDT

File - Maan Images

Palestinian medical sources reported Saturday that six Palestinians were killed and twelve were wounded in an explosion that took place in a siege-busting tunnel in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

The explosion took place when a propane gas-tank exploded in the tunnel.

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Frustration grows over Portugal cuts

Posted: 30 May 2010 01:42 AM PDT

Tens of thousands of people have rallied in the streets of Portugal to protest against the government's controversial plans for overcoming its economic problems. Portugal is not alone in the eurozone in facing economic hardship. But as workers prepare for the possibility of a general strike in the coming weeks, many say they feel as vulnerable as Greece, which has seen violent street protests. Al Jazeera's Tim Friend reports from the capital, Lisbon.

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Report from the Gaza Flotilla: 8 ships on their way, determined to make it into Gaza

Posted: 30 May 2010 01:32 AM PDT

Activists prepare to board a Free Gaza boat

On Saturday morning, eight ships headed out into the Mediterranean Sea, determined to make it into Gaza with thousands of tons of desperately needed humanitarian aid. The following is a report from one of the crew members on the flotilla, just before leaving port in Cyprus.

At 17.30 Friday evening, the European Committee to Break the Siege on Gaza arrived at the staging point south of Cyprus, joining the Greek cargo ship and the three Turkish vessels in international waters. We are now waiting the arrival of five European parliamentarians from Cyprus, who have had to travel from the Greek south to the Turkish north in order to board a vessel to join us. It is an embarrassing episode for the Greek Cypriot government of President Christofias. Cyprus had previously been accommodating of efforts to break the siege on Gaza, but not this time.

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First human infected with computer virus

Posted: 30 May 2010 01:31 AM PDT

A British researcher has allowed a chip in his arm to become infected with a computer virus, marking himself as the first human to be contaminated with such viruses.

Mark Gasson, a scientist in the University of Reading's School of Systems Engineering, has contaminated a high-end radio frequency identification (RFID) computer chip implanted in his left hand with computer viruses.

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Six Palestinians die in tunnel blast

Posted: 30 May 2010 01:31 AM PDT

A gas cylinder exploded in one of the tunnels used to supply the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip, claiming the lives of six Palestinians and causing the passage to cave in.

The Saturday incident also injured 17 others, Press TV's correspondent Yousef al-Hellou reported.

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India train collision toll may hit 150

Posted: 30 May 2010 01:29 AM PDT

Indian rescue workers continue searching for victims of Friday's train crash as fears are mounting that the final death toll could exceed 150.

The high-speed passenger train was en route from Mumbai to Kolkata when it derailed and got in the path of a freight train.

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US base row puts Japan coalition at risk

Posted: 30 May 2010 01:28 AM PDT

Japan's Social Democratic Party (SDP) is threatening to leave the ruling coalition over the controversial US military base on the southern island of Okinawa.

Senior SDP official Seiji Mataichi said Saturday that it was natural for the party to leave the coalition.

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Judiciary releases details of Rigi trial

Posted: 30 May 2010 01:27 AM PDT

The Iranian Judiciary has released the tape of Abdulmalik Rigi's first court appearance, in which he pleaded guilty to all charges leveled against him.

"I do confess that we had a perverted motive", said Abdulmalik Rigi, the captured ringleader of the Jundallah terrorist grouping.

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Chomsky slams Israel 'madness'

Posted: 30 May 2010 01:26 AM PDT

Renowned Jewish-American scholar Noam Chomsky has warned of a madness-charged Israeli war on Lebanon, amid Tel Aviv's recurrent threats against the country.

Tel Aviv could turn aggressive out of the "mentality of madness" which characterizes many across Israel, Chomsky said on Thursday, Ynet reported.

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Iran denies misplacing nuclear gear

Posted: 30 May 2010 01:24 AM PDT

Iran has denied any knowledge of reports that inspectors from the UN nuclear watchdog were unable to reexamine certain equipment in an Iranian nuclear laboratory.

Diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Associated Press on Friday that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) officials were alarmed by the disappearance of the gear.

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UK minister resigns amid scandal

Posted: 30 May 2010 12:49 AM PDT

David Laws, Britain's chief treasury secretary, has resigned after admitting he claimed tens of thousands of pounds from taxpayers to rent rooms in homes owned by his male long-term partner.

Laws announced his resignation on Saturday after apologising for channeling what the UK's Daily Telegraph reported to be £40,000 (over $57,000) to James Lundie, saying he would immediately pay back the money.

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Ancient cemetery found in Iran

Posted: 30 May 2010 12:48 AM PDT

Construction workers have stumbled upon an ancient cemetery in the southwestern city of Yasouj in Iran's Kohkilouyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province.

"The site has been found in the east of the city and dates back to more than 3,000 years ago," head of the Kohkilouyeh Cultural Heritage Office Yadollah Moradi told Mehr News Agency.

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Israel rebels against UN NPT call

Posted: 30 May 2010 12:13 AM PDT

Israel has denounced as 'hypocritical' the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review conference's closing statement, which calls on Tel Aviv to abandon its nuclear weapons.

The NPT Review Conference wrapped up in New York on Friday with a declaration to discuss creating a nuclear-weapons-free zone in the Mideast in 2012, calling on Israel to join the disarmament treaty.

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Israel orders Navy to block Flotilla

Posted: 30 May 2010 12:06 AM PDT

Israel has tasked its Navy with intercepting the relief convoy of nine ships which is set to break the Tel Aviv-imposed siege of the Gaza Strip.

A number of Israeli warships were deployed on Saturday to confront the Freedom Flotilla, which is to depart from the Cypriot coast for the impoverished coastal sliver, The Hindu reported.

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Overtime working bad for heart

Posted: 30 May 2010 12:06 AM PDT

Individuals working longer hours per day are at a greater risk of experiencing cardiovascular events and dying from them, a new study finds.

Previous studies had linked overtime working with poorer physical and mental health.

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'More sanctions counterproductive'

Posted: 30 May 2010 12:04 AM PDT

Iran's foreign minister has announced that the country expects the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and world powers to respond positively to the Tehran Declaration.

"Further UN Security Council sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program will be counterproductive", Manouchehr Mottaki was quoted by ISNA as telling reporters in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia.

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US considering attack on Pakistan

Posted: 29 May 2010 11:59 PM PDT

The US military is reportedly weighing all possible options to attack Pakistan, in the event that it manages to link the country with a disastrous attack on the US soil.

The US military officials believe that at under such extreme circumstances President Barack Obama would be convinced that the CIA drone attacks in Pakistan are not working, The Washington Post reported on Saturday

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The Coen brothers' "A Serious Man"

Posted: 29 May 2010 11:47 PM PDT

I happened to see A Serious Man, the Coen brothers' meditation on Jewishness, at the same time that Peter Beinart's now  famous article is making us think about the future American Jewish community as more nationalist and ethnocentric. A Serious Man is really about the consequences of the breakdown of the traditional Jewish community in the  Diaspora.

 

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Bone marrow transplant can treat OCD

Posted: 29 May 2010 11:26 PM PDT

In a ground-breaking discovery, bone marrow transplant has shown promising results in treating obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a common mental health disorder.

OCD is an anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent, unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and/or repetitive behaviors (compulsions). Compulsions, including hand washing, counting, checking or cleaning care, are often performed with the hope of preventing obsessive thoughts or making them go away.

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Tajiks to host Iranian calligraphers

Posted: 29 May 2010 10:58 PM PDT

Iranian artworks are set to be displayed in an exhibition dedicated to calligraphy works of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) member states.

"The event will be held at the Tajikistan National Museum on Oct. 7, 2010, showcasing some 500 works, most of which have been created by Iranian calligraphers," ECO Cultural Institute (ECI) director Hojjatollah Ayyoubi told Fars News Agency.

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Iran exhibits Shivaei Antarctic photos

Posted: 29 May 2010 10:58 PM PDT

Tehran's Sa'ad Abad Cultural and Historical Complex has held an exhibition of photographs taken by female Iranian adventurer during her expedition to Antarctica.

Journey to the South Pole exhibits photographs taken by Irene Shivaei during her 2007 educational expedition to the Antarctic with the Students on Ice organization.

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Portuguese decry austerity measures

Posted: 29 May 2010 10:50 PM PDT

Tens of thousands of Portuguese have rallied in central Lisbon, the capital, against the government's austerity measures.

Saturday's rally was the first serious sign of popular discontent after the government announced tax hikes, spending cuts and a freeze on civil servants' wages.

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Lahore attacks death toll reaches 98

Posted: 29 May 2010 10:34 PM PDT

The death toll from coordinated attacks in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore has reached 98 after several seriously injured people died at hospitals.

Health sources said more than a dozen people died overnight at hospitals in the densely-populated city. Over 100 injured victims are still receiving treatment at hospital.

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Germany to accept Gitmo inmates

Posted: 29 May 2010 10:31 PM PDT

Germany has expressed readiness to host some of the former Guantanamo detainees to help US President Barack Obama close the ominous facility.

The Focus weekly, quoting Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday, revealed that she has offered to "help the Americans," regarding accepting released Guantanamo inmates, AFP said.

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US admits killing Afghan civilians

Posted: 29 May 2010 10:20 PM PDT

The US military has admitted killing almost two dozen Afghan civilians in an airstrike in Uruzgan earlier this year amid growing discontent over the issue.

A US air raid in the southern Afghan province of Uruzgan claimed the lives of at least 23 people -- including women and children -- in February.

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Leader to conduct next Friday Prayers

Posted: 29 May 2010 10:15 PM PDT

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei will conduct the coming Friday Prayers at the Imam Khomeini mausoleum.

The Leader's address will also mark the 21st anniversary of the passing of the founder of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Rouhollah Khomeini.

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Letter shows Obama dishonest with Iran

Posted: 29 May 2010 10:06 PM PDT

There is now conclusive evidence that US President Barack Obama is not honest in dealing with an Iranian nuclear fuel swap declaration brokered by Turkey and Brazil in Tehran almost two weeks ago.

The evidence comes in the form of a letter from President Obama to his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva dated April 20, 2010. (The full text of the letter is available at http://www.campaigniran.org/casmii/index.php?q=node/10195)

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Milkshake, worst drink in US

Posted: 29 May 2010 09:24 PM PDT

Milkshake containing 2,010 calories - equivalent to 30 chocolate chip cookies - has topped the list of the 20 worst drinks in the US, a new report says.

Previous studies had pointed out the stronger impact of liquid calorie intake on weight changes, stressing that limiting these calories can contribute to a considerable weight loss in short term.

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'90% of Gitmo detainees low-profile'

Posted: 29 May 2010 09:22 PM PDT

Only one out of ten percent of the detainees held at the notorious Guantanamo Bay detention center are involved in plots against the US.

According to a report by the Guantanamo Review Task Force carried The Washington Post on Friday, most of the 240 prisoners kept in the prison facility are just low-profile fighters.

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