Goldman behind Greek crisis?
• NYTimesAs worries over Greece rattle world markets, records and interviews show that with Wall Street’s help, the nation engaged in a decade-long effort to skirt European debt limits.
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Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk on the Greece Bailout 02/15/10
• Daily PaulDid the Fed Bailout Greece? Another reason to audit the Fed!
Haiti, drenched in imperialist blood
Written By:Dr. Bernard M. Presser, B.S., D.C.
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Abajo Cadenas - Video of Demonstrations in Caracas, Venezuela on 2/4/2010
• The International LibertarianStudents march peacefully towards the National Assembly to deliver a document proposing solutions to ALL Venezuelan's problems. The Metropolitan Police and the National Guard denied them this right. For this reason they instead went to Plaza Venezue
Venezuelan Students Against the 21st Century Dictatatorship
• The International LibertarianTwo videos about protests against Chavez regime in Venezuela. Say no to socialism.
Thailand’s Slide into a Moral Abyss
• Buffalohair Gazette InternationalWith reports of corrupt Thai officials working with Burmese soldiers in human trafficking, drug distribution and murder it was not surprising to learn Thailand plans to send *3,000 Karen refugees back to Burma and ultimately their deaths. The operati
Karl Eikenberry Papers: US Afghan Ambassador's Report Warned Against Troop Escalation (VIDEO)
• HuffingtonPostMany people are skeptical of President Obama's escalation of the war in Afghanistan, sending an additional 30,000 troops there in an effort to boost US counterinsurgency efforts. One of the most prominent skeptics is the U.S. ambassador to Afghanista
Germany Will Buy Stolen Swiss Bank Account Data, Schaeuble Says
• BloombergGerman Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said in a newspaper interview that Germany will buy stolen information on Swiss bank accounts, backed by a poll showing majority support among voters if it helps tackle tax evasion.
Egypt set to unveil Tutankhamun DNA results
• Breitbart.comOne of the great remaining mysteries from ancient Egypt, the ancestry of the boy-pharaoh Tutankhamun, may soon be solved, the country's antiquities supremo hinted on Sunday.
Mahatma Gandhi ashes scattered in sea off South Africa
• news.BBC.co.ukThe ashes were sprinkled on to the Indian Ocean in a Hindu ceremony attended by about 200 people to mark the 62nd anniversary of Gandhi's death.
New Russian stealth fighter makes first flight
• ReutersRussia test-flew a long-awaited new fighter plane on Friday, determined to challenge the United States for technical superiority in the skies and impress weapons buyers around the globe. The "fifth-generation" stealth fighter -- Russia's first all
A free man: what is pope gunman's next move?
• YahooThis week, the Turkish man who shot the pope in 1981 and just got out of jail drove to a police station. He wore sunglasses and was escorted by several heavyset men in suits. Inside, officers took his fingerprints with a scanner, and he applied for a
NKorea, SKorea Exchange Fire Near Disputed Border
• APNorth Korea fired artillery rounds toward its disputed sea border with South Korea on Wednesday, prompting a barrage of warning shots from the South's military and raising tensions on the divided peninsula. No casualties or damage were reported, a
Haiti Death Toll 240,000 to 400,000
• arclein200,000 now appears to be the minimum for Port au Prince alone. With a final number probably in the range of 210,000-350,000. Leogane was at epicenter and has been getting much help. 30,000 minimum and probable range of 40,000-60,000. Total probabl
Carlos the Jackal, imprisoned for life, looks in lawsuit to protect his image
• Washington PostLong before Osama bin Laden, Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, a.k.a. Carlos the Jackal, was the most famous terrorist of his era, bursting onto the scene with a spectacular hostage-taking of 11 OPEC oil ministers in 1975 and feeding his fame with more bloody a
NKorea threatens war after South's strike warning
• APNorth Korea threatened war after South Korea warned of launching a pre-emptive strike if the North was preparing a nuclear attack - the latest salvo in a battle of rhetoric despite signs of improved cooperation across the militarized frontier.
Haitian’s Are No Fans of Clinton or Bush
• Buffalohair Gazette InternationalThough Bill Clinton arrived with a plane full of supplies his history with the Haitian people has been marginal at best. George W. Bush scored even lower in the popularity scale. Bill’s romance with hopelessly corrupt Haitian president Jean Bertrand
Haitians Pray, Cry for Help Amid Ruins
• CBSNews.comPrayers of thanksgiving and cries for help rose from Haiti's huddled homeless Sunday, the sixth day of an epic humanitarian crisis that was straining the world's ability to respond and igniting flare-ups of violence amid the rubble of Port-au-Prince.
Google Hack Attack Was Ultra Sophisticated, New Details Show.
• Wired.comHackers seeking source code from Google, Adobe and dozens of other high-profile companies used unprecedented tactics that combined encryption, stealth programming and an unknown hole in Internet Explorer, according to new details released by the anti
Yemeni Clerics Group Warns of Jihad if US Invades
• Antiwar.comConference Warns West to Respect Sovereignty
Obama Pledges Relief Effort for Haiti as Aid Arrives
• Bloomberg.comPresident Barack Obama said the U.S. must respond to the earthquake in Haiti that may have killed as many as 100,000 people with “every element of our national capacity,” including military and civilian forces.
Scientists cautiously optimistic as Doomsday clock reset
• RawStory.comThe minute hand of the Doomsday clock was moved back slightly Thursday, indicating the world has inched away from nuclear or environmental catastrophe, but stressing it was not out danger.
Senior Blair aide defends UK case for Iraq war at Chilcot Inquiry
• ChristianScienceMonitor.comTony Blair’s former spin doctor-in-chief delivered a typically defiant performance at a key session of Britain’s inquiry into the Iraq war on Tuesday, defending his role in preparing an infamous document that was used to justify the invasion.
Quake-stunned Haitians pile bodies by fallen homes
• AP (video)Haitians piled bodies along the devastated streets of their capital after the strongest earthquake hit in more than 200 years crushed thousands of structures, from schools and shacks to the National Palace and the U.N. peacekeeping headquarters. Unto
Russia to lease nuclear submarine to India
• YahooRussia will lease one of its newest nuclear-powered submarines to India in the second half of this year, Itar-Tass news agency quoted a Russian Defence Ministry official as saying on Tuesday.
Monks With Guns: Discovering Buddhist Violence
• ReligionDispatchesThe publication of Buddhist Warfare, a book I co-edited with Mark Juergensmeyer, is a bittersweet experience as it marks the culmination of a journey that began with an exploration of the peaceful aspects of Buddhism only to end up chronicling portio
CHAVEZ ORDER DEVALUATION BY HALF
• godlikeproductions.comhttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/world/americas/09venez.html President Hugo Chávez announced a sharp devaluation of Venezuela’s currency on Friday night, a move that reflects the financial stress faced by his government since the price of oil, the
Chavez says Venezuela jets intercepted U.S. plane
• ReutersPresident Hugo Chavez said he ordered two F-16 jets to intercept a U.S. military plane that twice entered Venezuelan skies on Friday, but Washington said none of its planes flew over the South American country's airspace.
Icelanders petition president to veto Icesave bailout bill
• Reuters[Governments are the same the world over.] Nearly a quarter of Icelandic voters have signed a petition asking their president to veto a bill on repaying $5 billion lost by British and Dutch savers when the island's banks collapsed, organizers said.
NKorea calls for end of hostile relations with US
• APNorth Korea called for an end of hostile relations with the United States in a New Year's message Friday and said it was committed to making the Korean peninsula nuclear-free through negotiations. Communist North Korea has long demanded that Washi
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