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US stays silent on 64 Americans deaths

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PressTV The United States has so far stopped short of commenting on a Taliban claim that they killed scores of American forces in Afghanistan on Saturday. The Taliban claimed on Saturday that 64 US-led troops were killed in two separate attacks they launched in the southern city of Kandahar, a Press TV correspondent reported. Taliban [...]

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Why The LHC (Still) Won’t Destroy The Earth

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Steve Nerlich Universe Today Surprisingly, rumors still persist in some corners of the Internet that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is going to destroy the Earth – even though nearly three years have passed since it was first turned on. This may be because it is yet to be ramped up to full power in [...]

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Syria’s Assad endorses new media law

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PressTV Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has endorsed a media law that puts an end to the government’s control over media, newspapers and local and foreign publications. The new law, which was discussed by the cabinet earlier this month, cancels penalties against journalists and ensures their freedom, Xinhua reported on Sunday. It also facilitates the journalists’ [...]

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Al Gore Says We Have To Stop Eating Meat or Cut Back To Save the Earth

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Lone Star Watch Dog I bet anyone out there that right after Al Gore said we should stop eating meat to stop global warming; he went home and had a New York Strip Steak for dinner. This same person tells us we should stop using so much electricity in our homes while his big mansions [...]

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Sirte – the Apotheosis of “Liberal Intervention”

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craig Craig Murry ‘There is no cause to doubt that, for whatever reason, the support of the people of Sirte for Gadaffi is genuine. That this means they deserve to be pounded into submission is less obvious to me. The disconnect between the UN mandate to protect civilians while facilitating negotiation, and NATO’s actual actions [...]

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Families in modern Ireland skip food to pay the mortgage

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Ronald Quinlan and Jody Corcoran Independent.ie Families in modern Ireland are going without food to meet the demand of mortgage debt. The arrival of the second wave of the economic crisis, giving rise for the first time in many decades to the spectre of hunger, has caused shock across the country. The decision of homeowners [...]

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Goldman Adjusts Bankers’ Pay

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Caroline Dobson The Epoch Times Goldman Sachs Group Inc. may be looking to adjust employee salaries and bonuses, according to reports, as the investment bank’s shares have fallen by more than 30 percent since Jan 1. Goldman, the most profitable Wall Street bank, will be cutting bonus payments for some bankers, according to recent reports. [...]

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Hartmann – Geeky Science – The Ultimate Spy tool

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Russia Today The journal Science is reporting this week that a super thin electronic patch that sticks to the skin like a temporary tattoo could transform medical sensing, computer gaming and even spy operations. The micro-electronics technology – called an epidermal electronic system or EES – was developed by an international team of researchers from [...]

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Tibet: stumbling block in U.S. – China relations

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China update 8/93 is an improved version of the China map. It includes the countryÕs many provinces and their capitals, other important cities, as well as major road and rail ways.

By Andrey ARESHEV Tensions between Washington and Beijing are becoming the main intrigue of the global politics, going far beyond the Asia-Pacific region. Many experts see the so-called Arab revolutions, as well as the declared independence of South Sudan as the result of Washington`s intention to oust Beijing from oil and gas fields and routes in [...]

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Russia produces Syrian resolution

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Voice of Russia Russia has produced a draft resolution on Syria. The document which was submitted to the secretariat of the UN differs significantly from the European version, which was introduced earlier. Moscow opposes sanctions against the regime of Bashar al-Assad and its resolution calls on the Syrian leadership to accelerate reforms. The Russian resolution [...]

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The Libyan Soldiers: The True Heroes of NATO’s War

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By Glen Ford Voltaire Network While NATO has proven its capacity to kill thousands of Libyan soldiers from the skies, it has failed to convey respectability to the marauding “rebels” under its wing, who pose as freedom fighters. The latter, however, should not get too used to their spot in the limelight, which is sure to [...]

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