US to remove 9000 marines from Japan
SMH The United States and Japan have reached agreement on a long-simmering dispute that calls for the US military to reduce the number of marines on Okinawa by 9000 and begin returning land to the government there, officials announced. The deal was presented by US officials as a victory for both sides: it offers the [...]
Read More →Larsen B Ice shelf in Antarctica has shrunk by 85%
MNN A vast ice shelf in the Antarctic peninsula, a hotspot for global warming, has shrunk by 85 percent in 17 years, the European Space Agency said on Thursday. Images taken by its Envisat satellite show that the so-called Larsen B ice shelf decreased from 4,373 square miles in 1995, an area about the size [...]
Read More →Star System With a Record 9 Planets Found
DailyGalaxy The sun-like star, called HD 10180, located approximately 127 light-years away in the constellation Hydrus, is home to a record nine planets, making it the most populated system of extrasolar planets yet found. In a previous study that was published in August 2010, astronomers identified five confirmed alien worlds and two planetary candidates. If confirmed, the [...]
Read More →US hires crack attorney in Google antitrust probe
RT Federal regulators have turned up the heat on Google by hiring an outside attorney to help run an antitrust probe into the Internet giant. The move shows the The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) may be serious about taking the company to court. FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said the hiring of prominent former Justice Department [...]
Read More →Saakashvili Vows to Quit if Russia Withdraws Troops
RiaN Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili responded to remarks of his Russian counterpart by saying that he will step down if Russia returns control over former Georgian republics, Georgian media said. Outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in a live interview with Russian TV journalists on Thursday that “Saakashvili is empty, nil, he will sooner or [...]
Read More →CIA alerts Pakistan about Al Qaeda plan
ANI The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has shared intelligence with Pakistan suggesting Al Qaeda’s plans to carry out major attacks in the country. The information was based on documents seized by U.S. Navy SEALs after the raid on Osama Bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad last year, with spy services like MI-5, MI-6 and others. It [...]
Read More →India, China will lead Asia’s growth: IMF
TOI Even as it lowered India’s growth forecast to 6.9 per cent this year from 7.1 per cent in 2011, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Friday said led by India and China, Asia will remain the fastest growing region in the world. In fact India’s growth will rise to 7.3 percent in 2013, with growth [...]
Read More →Congress Wants to Protect East Coast From Missiles Iran Doesn’t Have
Wired/Danger Room House Republicans have come up with a new method of getting revenge on East Coast elites: putting missile interceptors outside their loft apartments. A key congressional panel is demanding that the Pentagon start work on a missile defense battery on America’s East Coast, all to make sure an Iranian missile doesn’t wipe out [...]
Read More →The UN Plan For Running The World: Global Carbon Taxes, Global Safety Nets And A One World Green Economy
The American Dream Did you know that the UN has a plan for running the world and it is right out in the open? It is called “sustainable development”, but it is far more comprehensive than it sounds. The truth is that the UN plan for running the world would dramatically alter nearly all forms [...]
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