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Afghanistan
David Petraeus Predicts 'More Intense' Afghan War May 2009: Seymour Hersh - McChrystal Was Cheney's Chief Assassin; Report finds U.S. tax money may be funding Afghan insurgents Private security contractors protecting the convoys that supply U.S. military bases in Afghanistan are paying millions of dollars a week in "passage bribes" to the Taliban and other insurgent groups to travel along Afghan roads, a congressional investigation released Monday has found. » read more French General: American Strategy In Afghanistan Not Working Karzai Appoints New Army Chief Who Was Taliban’s Army Chief President Hamid Karzai has appointed Lt.-Gen. Sher Mohammad Karimi, the Taliban’s Army Chief during the 1990s, as the Chief of the Afghan National Army, according to a Dari-language Afghan daily. As few as 50 al Qaeda agents in Afghanistan, Leon Panetta says US backs away from 2011 Afghan withdrawal deadline Taliban Torch Schools In Ghazni Province, Blow Up Music Center In Jalalabad City UN says Afghan security worsening New report reveals marked increase in roadside bombings and suicide attacks. US troops by day, Taliban by night Junaid: People of Kandahar caught between US army and Taliban; will not support US offensive Experts: U.S. has no long-term political strategy for Afghanistan The Obama administration is focused on meeting its July 2011 deadline to begin withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan, but it has no political strategy to help stabilize the country, current and former U.S. officials and other experts are warning. » read more Iraq British firm paid bribes to Iraqis over toxic fuel Exclusive: Officials bribed by Octel to overlook effects of leaded petrol on children's health Iraq Suicide Bombing Strikes Shiites The attack killed at least 28 people despite intensive police efforts to protect the pilgrimage. Iraq Withdrawal In August An 'Exercise In Semantics' Turkish troops 'pursue Kurdish rebels into Iraq' Pakistan
Blasts at Sufi Shrine in Pakistan Kill at Least 35
Militants in Lahore struck Pakistan’s most important Sufi
shrine, killing at least 35 people.
Pakistanis blame US after attack on shrine Many say US presence in Afghanistan to blame for violence in Pakistan. Pakistan Is Said to Pursue a Foothold in Afghanistan Pakistani officials say they can bring the network of Sirajuddin Haqqani, an Al Qaeda ally who runs a major part of the Afghan insurgency, into a power-sharing arrangement. Taliban capture up to 40 Pakistani troops Africa Feds won't charge Blackwater in Sudan sanctions case The security contractor Blackwater Worldwide tried for two years to secure lucrative defense business in Southern Sudan while the country was under U.S. economic sanctions, according to current and former U.S. officials and hundreds of pages of documents reviewed by McClatchy. But the Obama administration has decided against prosecution, which could have resulted in Blackwater being barred from doing business with the U.S. government. » read more
Protesting World Cup
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Middle East Gold at new record high after Saudi reserves double Race of Legislations in Lebanon, Israel to Determine Rights in Oil Fields According to Israeli media, experts have established that any international side cannot stop Israel from exploiting gas fields, even if they extended to Lebanon’s international waters. Iran Guards Sign Multi-Billion Dollar Gas Contracts Jerusalem demolition plan okayed The Jerusalem planning committee has given initial approval to a proposal for demolishing 22 Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem's Silwan neighbourhood to make room for a tourist centre. Israel renews Shalit swap offerNetanyahu offers to release 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for Israeli soldier. Israel Advances East Jerusalem Demolitions, Orders Expulsion of 4 Palestinian Politicians Red Cross: Israel Blockade of Gaza Is Illegal Israel Grows Uneasy Over Migrant Labor Even as foreign workers have become a mainstay of the Israeli economy, their presence has increasingly clashed with the country’s Zionist ideology. Tax-exempt funds aid Jewish settlements Shalit Family Demands Prisoner Swap The family and supporters of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit are demanding President Benjamin Netanyahu to make a prisoner swap with Hamas Europe
Pope Deplores Belgian Sex Raids, Stresses Autonomy EU states 'use outsourced torture' Russian Police Seize 100,000 Anti-Putin Books How 'zero-grazing' is set to bring US-style factory farming to Britain Martin Hickman: Plans to rear thousands of pigs and cows in huge new industrial units condemned by animal welfare charities The Hidden Wealth Of The Catholic Church Poland orders 'Mossad' extradition An Israeli man suspected of involvement in the slaying of a Hamas operative in a Dubai hotel in January will be extradited to Germany on suspicion of forgery, a Polish court has rule Asia India furious over BP-Bhopal 'double standards' Indians have reacted with fury to President Barack Obama's tough stance against BP, accusing the US of double standards over industrial accidents after the failure to convict Americans involved in the Bhopal disaster of 1984 or to obtain what many view as adequate compensation for victims. Extradition sought in Bhopal disaster India’s Cabinet has approved pushing for the former head of Union Carbide to be extradited over the toxic gas leak in 1984 that killed an estimated 15,000 people. UN starts $5M Agent Orange cleanup at Vietnam base Radioactivity Detected After N.Korea Nuclear Fusion Claim
Chinese dam 'will
slow Earth's rotation' The Americas Banks Financing Mexico Drug Gangs Admitted in Wells Fargo Deal Chavez nationalizes US oil firm's sites Fleet of Helmerich and Payne oil rigs becomes property of Venezuela. Canadian E-Vote Firm Buys 2nd U.S. E-Vote Firm in Two Months, Lies About Ties to Chavez |
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Clean Up US finally taps foreign aid for spill Louisiana cleanup crews trampled pelican nests, official says BP Oil Spill: White House Intervenes After Coast Guard Stops Two More Oil-Sucking Barges Some 70,000 turtle eggs to be whisked far from oil 12 nations to help remove Gulf oil Canada, Mexico, France, Japan, Norway and others offer assistan Problem With Cap Causes More Oil to Gush in GulfBP suffered a setback in the gulf when a discharge of liquid and gases forced the company to remove the containment cap. Cap reattached, again collecting Gulf oil Is BP rejecting skimmers to save money on Gulf oil cleanup? Oil containment cap 'wobbling' Some workers get breathing equipmentDispersant levels virtually unchanged Massive storm heads for Gulf coast 'Disturbance' likely to become full-on tropical storm by tonight. No skimmers in sight as oil floods into Mississippi waters The sight of wide ribbons of oil for as far as the eye could see Saturday morning was bad enough. But what really angered U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor as he flew over the Mississippi Sound was the absence of any organized effort to skim the oil from the surface. » read more EPA Says Dispersants Safe for Aquatic Life, But Controversy Remains The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that based on its initial toxicity tests, it is not recommending any changes right now to BP's use of the dispersant Corexit 9500 to break up oil in the Gulf of Mexico. The EPA tested eight dispersants -- including Corexit -- and found that all of them had "roughly the same" impact on aquatic life. BP CEO Hayward still in control of Gulf oil spill response (BP clarifies comments) BP covers oil with sand on Orange Beach as the Coast Guard looks on .WATCH: Is BP Dumping Sand On Beaches To Cover Oil? Whistle blower to testify on oil spill worst fear:BP deliberately sinks oil with Corexit as cover up Testimony before a Senate investigative panel this week is expected to reveal what many have suspected about BP all along; they don’t care about the environment, the animals that are dying, and the lives that are being destroyed by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In a shocking interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper on June 29th, Allegiance Capitol Corporation V.P. Fred McCallister said that BP is deliberately sinking oil with the toxic chemical disbursant Corexit, to hide the size of the oil spill. By sinking the oil before it can be collected, BP won’t have to pay fines on it. McCallister said, “Everybody in Europe, where the standard practice is to raise the oil and collect it, is scratching their heads, and quite honestly laughing at what’s happening in the Gulf.” He added, “Everyone is looking at us and wondering why we’re allowing this to happen.” Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup Halted By Tropical Storm Alex CLAIM: FISHERMEN WHO REFUSE TO CLEAN BP'S MESS MAY SEE RELIEF PAYMENTS CUT Tons of oil waste picked from Florida beaches overnight Corexit Being Sprayed From Coast Guard Planes!.Marine biologist: Coast Guard is actively spraying Corexit Bill Clinton: We may have to blow up BP's well Oil Spill Expert Volunteers Need NOT Apply Yes. But not through BP. We've tried for about four weeks to deal with BP, beginning on May 1st. We've tried to turn over our volunteer list to them and we've tried to turn over the entire website to them, and we were unsuccessful. On May 24th, I finally sent a gentleman in Houston a note and said it's time to tell us what you intend to do. I've still not received a response from that. TODD: How many names have you gathered? ABRAMS: Just under 7,900. Cleanup workers are still getting screwed. And that was before the hookers arrived. Gulf farmers asked to flood fields for migrating birdsGulf farmers asked to flood fields for migrating birds The U.S. says it will pay landowners in the region to create nesting grounds in the hope that birds will avoid oil-contaminated habitats.Plan hatched to move turtle eggs from oil spill Coast Guard seizes shrimp from two boats in closed fishing area Banned Trailers Return for Latest Gulf Disaster...Dem lawmakers want Obama to probe use of contaminated FEMA trailers for spill crews How much oil? Sensors to calculate oil flow rate deployed U.S. Dramatically Increases Oil Spill Estimate Again According to the work of a group of government and independent scientists under the direction of Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, the amount of oil now being unleashed into the Gulf is between 35,000 and 60,000 barrels per Scientists beg to measure oil spill BP, government have thus far blocked efforts toward tangible measurements. 'Mass die-offs' predicted in Gulf Marine life threatened by predators, crowding as it flees for shore. Study: Gulf oil full of methane Potentially suffocating marine life and creating 'dead zones'. Scientists: Up To 2.5 Million Gallons of Oil Spilling into Gulf Daily Yes, per day. That sound is our jaws dropping to the floor. More Dirty Details From My BP Mole Document Shows BP Estimates Spill Up to 100, 000 Bpd Proceedings Obama mentions tribes as part of oil spill restoration; chief testifies on mess Outreach to tribes suffering the aftereffects of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill is becoming part of the Obama administration’s spoken narrative. BP’s plan: Raise $50 billion, sue business partners Salazar seeks to reimpose drilling moratorium Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says he will issue a new order imposing a moratorium on deepwater drilling after a federal judge struck down the existing one. Judge Holds Stock In Drilling Companies JUDGE: DEAL REACHED IN 'BP KILLING TURTLES' SUIT... BP Supervisor Was Fired For Expressing Safety Concerns BP Won't Let Congress Talk To Key Employees BP rivals struggle to explain why plans look so similar Top executives from four of the five largest oil companies operating in the U.S. tried Tuesday to show that their own engineering and management practices include safeguards that would prevent them from making the same mistakes that led to BP's runaway deepwater oil well. » read more Embattled BP asks 7 banks for $1 billion each Louisiana Asks BP For $10 Million In Mental Health Funding... First Request DENIED BP Offers $70 Million in Cash to Gas Station Owners Conservationists Hit BP With $19 Billion Clean Water Act Lawsuit Barbour backtracks on opposition to BP escrow account: ‘I think the President was smart.’ Last week, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) complained about a proposed escrow account that BP will fund in order to pay out claims resulting from its oil spill. Barbour claimed that it would cause BP to lose profits. “[I]t bothers me to talk about causing an escrow to be made,” he said, adding, “which makes it less likely that they’ll make the income that they need to pay us.” But yesterday on NBC’s Meet the Press, when host David Gregory asked Barbour why he opposed the account now that the oil giant has agreed to pay into it, Barbour changed his mind: Gulf business owners say BP is 'nickel and diming' them As hundreds of business owners shuffle through the claims process to recover losses caused by the oil disaster, BP's promise that it will "deny no legitimate claim" is taking on a bitter meaning. The problem: BP's definition of what it is willing to cover. » read more BP sued for burning turtles alive BP plans to get rid of safety watchdog |
Media
BP used oil industry tax break to write off its rent for Deepwater rig. Coast Guard bans reporters from oil spill site Why don't news outlets call BP's huge oil 'spill' a gush Oil spill fits in a headline or sound bite, but fails to capture what started April 20 in the Gulf and how life is changing as a result. "Catastrophe" has a nice ring for some. "Crime" isn't strong enough for others. » read more Researchers say Obama's slow on oil spill science, too As an unprecedented amount of oil fouls the Gulf of Mexico, research scientists and ocean experts say the Obama administration's efforts to discover the magnitude of the damage are surprisingly uncoordinated. » read more No Reporters Allowed At Federal Clinic Treating Oil Spill Responders BP To Relinquish Control Of Oil Spill Web Site To U.S. BP Funds Front Group Claiming Oil Spill Jobs Are Better Than ‘Normal’ Ones, Storm Will Clean Up Oil BP Claims It Has No Authority Over Its Contractors Blocking Media Access AU 60 Minutes BP Oil Spill Video, 13 June 2010, Removed by BP Demand Part 1 27,000 abandoned and unchecked oil wells in the Gulf BP Launches ‘Aggressive’ Social Media Campaign, But Disables Comments From Users Who Don’t ‘Like’ It Health of Exxon Valdez cleanup workers was never studied You'd think that more than 20 years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill, scientists would know what, if any, long-term health dangers face the thousands of workers needed to clean up the Gulf of Mexico spill. You'd be wrong. » read more BP Texas Refinery Had Huge Toxic Release Just Before Gulf Blowout CNN: Almost All 1989 Exxon Valdez Cleanup Crew Dead!!!!! Wall Street Front Group Celebrates Record Success Electing Radical Pro-Corporate, Pro-BP Candidates Cause Email Reveals Engineer's Frustration Days Before Blast... Congress: BP Cut Corners BP brushes off calls to keep away from ecologically risky areas (back to business as usual) RICO suit: BP manipulated Bush team A newly filed federal lawsuit in Pensacola accuses BP of manipulating government agencies during the Bush administration to relax regulatory oversight of offshore drilling and oil operations in the United States. BP Squandered Chance to Capture More Oil From Well, Helix CEO Kratz Says Regulators Failed to Address Risks in Oil Rig Fail-Safe Device The federal agency charged with regulating offshore drilling repeatedly declined to act on advice on how it could minimize the risk of a failure of the device, an examination found. BP admits not using risk test Tells UK's Telegraph industry test not used at any US deepwater wells. Agency Agreed That Spill Risk to Wildlife Was ‘Low’ The Fish and Wildlife Service went along with a conclusion that deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico posed no significant risk to wildlife. Oil Rig Was Classified As Ship, Safety Inspection Left To Pacific Marshall Islands The Deepwater Horizon oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico was built in South Korea. It was operated by a Swiss company under contract to a British oil firm. Primary responsibility for safety and other inspections rested not with the U.S. government but with the Republic of the Marshall Islands -- a tiny, impoverished nation in the Pacific Ocean. And the Marshall Islands, a maze of tiny atolls, many smaller than the ill-fated oil rig, outsourced many of its responsibilities to private companies. Now, as the government tries to figure out what went wrong in the worst environmental catastrophe in U.S. history, this international patchwork of divided authority and sometimes conflicting priorities is emerging as a crucial underlying factor in the explosion of the rig. BP Employee Claims That BP Is Lying, And That Key Test On Oil Rig Was Never Perform Effects As oil washes ashore, property managers sharply cut condo rents Biologists find oil spill 'dead zones' Methane at 100,000 times normal levels has been creating oxygen-depleted areas devoid of life near BP spill, scientists say OIL SPILL pushes SHARKS and FISH closer to the beach! BP Oil Disaster Costs U.S. State Pensions $1.4 Billion in Value BP's records on ill workers tell only part of the story Although Louisiana state records indicate that at least 74 oil spill workers have complained of becoming sick after exposure to pollutants, BP's own official recordkeeping notes just two such incidents. » read more Hayward flies to Arab Emirates to seek bailout. BP CEO Tony Hayward has flown to Abu Dhabi today, possibly to raise funds and secure new investors from the region as his company’s stocks continue to plummet as a result of their oil disaster: Thom Hartmann - The real oil spill exposed.
"Super-skimmer" arrives in Gulf A massive
1,100-foot-long ship dubbed the "A Whale" arrived in
the Gulf with the capacity to scoop up millions of
gallons of oily water a day, though operations are
not yet underway.
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Food Stamps Applications Soar (Florida panhandle oil disaster) Oil found in Gulf crabs raises new food chain fears University scientists have spotted the first indications oil is entering the Gulf seafood chain — in crab larvae — and one expert warns the effect on fisheries could last "years, probably not a matter of months" and affect many species. Halliburton to make money off oil spill Where is it going? Toxic Deadly Clouds Of Gas Already Blowing Onshore From Oil Leak Miami, Florida Keys Have Up to 80% Chance of Oil Washing Ashore, U.S. Says EPA chief: I wouldn't swim off Panhandle Oil spill cleanup waste might be heading to local landfills 492 miles of US shoreline oiled by disaster EPA Gives BP Waste-Management Directive The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Coast Guard issued a directive that will require BP to give the EPA and state agencies access to storage sites where the material is being held. Under the directive, the EPA will also begin sampling the waste to determine if waste is being properly managed. Cuba braces to contend with BP oil spill | Environment | The Guardian Oil washes onto Texas beaches Gov. Perry, who called spill an 'act of God', now faces sobering reality.
Digging Oil And Tar With My Hand At Fort Pickens Pensacola Beach
Scientists to investigate suspected oil sightings in Bahamian waters Oil washes onto Mississippi coast for first time North America faces years of toxic oil rain from BP oil spill When you pour more than a million gallons of toxic chemical dispersants on top of an oil spill, it doesn’t just disappear. In this case, it moves to the atmosphere, where it will travel hundreds, if not thousands of miles from the site of the BP oil spill, in the form of toxic rain.
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SAT 'Favors One Ethnic Group Over Another,' Research Says Court: 2-Person Labor Board Can't Make Decisions More than 500 decisions by the leading federal agency that referees disputes between labor and management will have to be reopened Judge Sides With Viral Video Site In Landmark Copyright Case A federal judge in New York sided with Google Inc. in a $1 billion copyright lawsuit filed by media company Viacom Inc. over YouTube videos, saying the service promptly removed illegal materials as required under federal law Judges rule Obama can't close Yucca Mountain nuclear dump Three administrative judges within the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ruled last week that Congress designated Yucca Mountain in 1987 to receive highly toxic waste and that only an act of Congress can close it. President Obama and Energy Secretary Steven Chu cannot withdraw the government's application to dump waste there. » read more Creationist School Still Not Allowed To Offer Master's Degrees, Court Says More Companies Knew About Tainted Drywall but Stayed Quiet—and Kept Selling It California NAACP backs recreational marijuana use The California State Conference of the NAACP is due to throw its support behind the initiative to legalize marijuana for adults over 21, allow small residential cultivation and permit cities to tax and regulate pot sales. The organization contends marijuana arrest rates unfairly target African Americans. Army Corps of Engineers Suspends Nationwide Permit for Mountaintop Removal Mining Ocean pollution threatens food chain Real-Life Treme: Five New Orleans Cops Indicted in Post-Katrina Killing Officials allege that cops conspired to murder Henry Glover and then covered it up. Cop Acquitted Despite Being Caught On Tape Beating Handcuffed Vet Study: Media redefined torture after US started practicing it HSBC offshore accounts under investigation by US tax authorities The US government has begun a criminal investigation into whether clients of HSBC are evading tax by putting money in undeclared bank accounts in Singapore and India, Economy
Econ. depression in the works? Scrap dollar as sole reserve currency: U.N. report Bank Stocks RISE On News Of Financial Reform Deal... Compromises Weaken Volcker, Derivatives Rules World's rich got richer amid '09 recession 50,000,000 people are on food stamps. 1 in 5 families can't afford food. Economists: Congress' Election-Year Deficit Fears Risk Plunging Nation Back Into Recession Economic recovery not yet reaching Americans, Middle Class Task Force chief says Decades of high unemployment likely Unjust Spoils Surging inequality, not Wall Street banditry, is the underlying cause of the Great Recession. Unemployment drops in 37 states because people gave searching for work) Science
'Fastest evolution ever observed' in
humans Stem cells used to reverse blindness Chimps, Too, Wage War and Annex Rival Territory
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Politics As Oil Industry Fights a Tax, It Reaps Billions From Subsidies Goldman can't say how much it made from housing crash A congressional commission pressed Goldman Sachs executives Wednesday to spell out how much their company has earned from its exotic bets against the housing market, including $20 billion in wagers that helped force a $162 billion taxpayer bailout of the American International Group. However, Goldman's president and chief risk officer told members of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission that their company never breaks out its figures that way. » read more SEC Paying $755,000 To Settle With Gary Aguirre, Lawyer Fired While Investigating Hedge Fund Last month, Pequot and its founder and chairman, Arthur Samberg, agreed to pay a total of $28 million to settle the SEC's charges of insider trading of Microsoft Corp. shares. The SEC alleged that the hedge fund traded Microsoft shares on confidential information provided by a former employee of the technology giant whom it later hired Regulating derivatives could lower price of food Pollin: Unregulated speculation in food and oil major factor in creating food and energy price bubbles Goldman Admits it Had Bigger Role in AIG Deals Insurer revoked leukemia patient’s coverage because it claimed she underpaid her premium by a penny. Pentagon plans 'nano spies' Aims to build 'hummingbird-sized' unmanned vehicles. Got a pre-existing condition? Now you can pay through the nose! Study: Individual health insurance premiums skyrocketing Defense Department remains a large BP custo CIA Gives Blackwater Firm New $100 Million Contract Green Party signatures cost $532,500; were they legal? A group with ties to Republicans paid $532,500 to gather petition signatures to land the Green Party of Texas on this year’s state ballot. Rove Admits His ‘Shadow RNC’ Attack Group Functions Largely Because Of The Citizens United Decision Given the weak leadership of Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, former Bush White House adviser Karl Rove launched a “shadow RNC” in April called American Crossroads, vowing to spend $50 million to influence this Fall’s election. After an embarrassing first month of fundraising, Crossroads raised $8.5 million in June, “from an even split of individuals and corporations.”On Fox News today, Rove directly credited his group’s success to the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, which overturned the decades-old ban on corporate money in politics: 'Operation Stolen Dreams:' DOJ Arrests Nearly 500 In Mortgage Fraud Crackdown 25 Saudi Guantanamo prisoners return to militancy He pinpointed strong personal ties among former prisoners but also tough U.S. tactics as the reason why some 20 percent of the returned Saudis relapsed into militancy compared to 9.5 percent of other non- GITMO held participants in the rehabilitation program. Five Times As Many Homeowners Bounced From Obama Assistance Program As Helped Barney Frank fighting Al Franken's brilliant financial reform amendment Lawmakers move to curb risky trading by commercial banks Rushing to deliver the broad strokes of an overhaul of the financial regulatory system before leaders of the world's major economies meet in Toronto over the weekend, lawmakers readied late Thursday to partially reinstate a ban on risky betting by commercial banks. » read more Banks May Have Until 2022 To Spin Off Hedge Funds Under Reform Bill Senators propose granting president power to shut down Internet in times of... A new U.S. Senate bill would grant the president far-reaching emergency powers to seize control of or even shut down portions of the Internet. Kerry: Not the 'right time' to repeal big oil tax break Senators Describe Jobless As Lazy Or Drug-Addicted Sen. Hatch wants unemployed to face mandatory drug tests ACORN did nothing wrong. So says the Congressional Watchdog Office (GAO) |
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