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L’étoile de Gates pâlit

Posted by inthesenewtimes on November 12, 2009

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9th  November, 2009

Le secrétaire à la défense Robert Gates devient un cas important de possible contestation au sein de l’administration Obama. Il avait été maintenu à son poste (où il se trouve depuis novembre 2006) avec la réputation flatteuse d’une continuité modérée de la politique du Pentagone sous GW Bush, nuancée encore plus dans le sens de la modération par une attitude politique qui lui avait fait effectivement tenir un rôle de modérateur décisif de la “politique de l’idéologie et de l’instinct” marquant la période triomphante de l’époque Bush (de 9/11 à novembre 2006). Brusquement, on devrait commencer à percevoir que la position de Gates devient plus fragile, en même temps qu’il commence à être identifié à une politique dure du Pentagone… Question de déplacement relatif des acteurs et de la pression des événements: la politique modérée du Pentagone de Gates sous GW Bush devient plus dure à cause des déplacements relatifs, d’une part de la puissance des USA vers l’effondrement, d’autre part de l’évolution de l’administration Obama dans certains domaines. Ces changements conduisent, de surcroît, à une maladresse nouvelle de Gates dans ses interventions.

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Predictions of climate change induced natural disasters falling flat

Posted by inthesenewtimes on November 12, 2009

Tony Hake

Aletho News

5th November, 2009

Manmade climate change is said to present humankind with some of its greatest challenges in the planet’s history, not the least of which is an alarming increase in frequency and intensity of natural disasters. Massive flooding, super-powered hurricanes, endless tornado seasons and more have all been said to be the direst of consequences of global warming.

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Where “Global Warming” and “Peak Oil” meet

Posted by inthesenewtimes on November 12, 2009

Not Sylvia Night

Aletho News

11th November, 2009

That place, of course, is the world´s financial market.

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‘US can no longer afford to isolate Iran’

Posted by inthesenewtimes on November 12, 2009

PressTV

11th November, 2009

A former Italian foreign minister says the United States cannot afford to isolate Iran as the Middle Eastern country can easily develop its economic ties with the European Union and Russia.
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Polonium not detected? Russian suspect cleared of charges

Posted by inthesenewtimes on November 11, 2009

Russia Today

11th November, 2009

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German prosecutors have dropped all charges of illegally trafficking nuclear materials against Dmitry Kovtun, linked to the murder of former Russian Security officer Aleksandr Litvinenko in London in 2006.

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Robert F Kennedy Jr: Shocking Vaccine Cover Up

Posted by inthesenewtimes on November 11, 2009

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GPs and practice staff on frontline turn down swine flu vaccine

Posted by inthesenewtimes on November 10, 2009

Pulse

10th November, 2009

Many GPs and practice staff are refusing to be vaccinated against swine flu, even in ‘hot-spot’ areas where rates of infection are rising fastest.

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Many Italian physicians reject swine flu vaccine

Posted by inthesenewtimes on November 10, 2009

PressTV

7th November, 2009

Italian family physicians refuse to prescribe the A/H1N1 vaccine for their patients, claiming that the risks of the vaccine outweigh its benefits.
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Polish PM slams drug companies over vaccine

Posted by inthesenewtimes on November 10, 2009

Javno.com

10th November, 2009

The Polish prime minister said Poland wants certainty that A(H1N1) vaccines are – safe from the point of view of Polish patients.

Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Friday slammed drug companies selling swine flu vaccines for allegedly refusing to take legal responsibility for any of their possible side effects.
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China Calls on U.S. to Control Deficit

Posted by inthesenewtimes on November 10, 2009

Atheonews

10th November, 2009

Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao urged the U.S. to limit the size of its deficit to ensure the stability of the dollar, Reuters reported.

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90,000 Casualties, but Who’s Counting?

Posted by inthesenewtimes on November 10, 2009

Kelley B. Vlahos

antiwar.com

10th November, 2009

Veterans Day arrives tomorrow, and with it, the anticipated harvest of heartbreaking anecdotes driving the press coverage and our ever wandering attention back to less desirable realities: the disfigured but persevering hero, the homeless warrior, the unemployable sergeant, the father or son or daughter who came home a stranger and cannot be reached.
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