Posted by seumasach on June 16, 2009
M K Bhadrakumar
16th June, 2009
Iranian politics is never easy to decode. The maelstrom around Friday’s presidential election intrigued most avid cryptographers scanning Iranian codes. So many false trails appeared that it became difficult to decipher who the real contenders were and what the political stakes were.
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Posted by seumasach on June 16, 2009
15th June, 2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has congratulated Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over his re-election in the June 12 presidential vote.
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Posted by smeddum on June 16, 2009
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Posted by smeddum on June 14, 2009
9th June, 2009
EMF facts
A new paper has been added to the http://www.emfacts.com web site. Titled “Addiction to cell phones: are there neurophysiological mechanisms involved?” ,the paper by Afonso Balmori and Maria Paz de la Puente, looks at cell phone use as an addiction problem, especially for children and young people. Originally published in the Spanish magazine Proyecto, Vol. 61: pp. 8-12, March 2007. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on June 14, 2009
Imran Khan warns of Pakistan’s ‘suicide’
Christina Lamb
June 14, 2009
Times online
Pakistan’s military offensive against the Taliban will backfire and fuel more extremism and bomb attacks, the cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan warned last week.
“I have never been so depressed in my life,” he said. “Pakistan is on a suicidal course.”
Khan was speaking in London, where he was visiting his two sons by his ex-wife Jemima before heading to America to raise funds for refugees displaced by the fighting. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on June 14, 2009
Indian officials, scholars express high expectations of BRIC cooperation
http://www.chinaview.cn 2009-06-13
NEW DELHI, June 13 (Xinhua) — Indian officials and scholars have expressed high expectations of future cooperation among the BRIC countries. They said it would not only benefit the development of the four nations, but also help the global economy move out of the shadows of recession and resume growth. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on June 14, 2009
by Prof. Michael Hudson
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Global Research, June 13, 2009
The city of Yakaterinburg, Russia’s largest east of the Urals, may become known not only as the death place of the tsars but of American hegemony too – and not only where US U-2 pilot Gary Powers was shot down in 1960, but where the US-centered international financial order was brought to ground.
Challenging America will be the prime focus of extended meetings in Yekaterinburg, Russia (formerly Sverdlovsk) today and tomorrow (June 15-16) for Chinese President Hu Jintao, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and other top officials of the six-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). The alliance is comprised of Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrghyzstan and Uzbekistan, with observer status for Iran, India, Pakistan and Mongolia. It will be joined on Tuesday by Brazil for trade discussions among the BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India and China). Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Financial crisis, Iran, Multipolar world, New Cold War | Tagged: BRIC, end of imperial epoch, NATO v. SCO, SCO | 1 Comment »
Posted by smeddum on June 13, 2009
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Posted by seumasach on June 13, 2009
An article by Eileen O’Connor of Radiation Research Trust
April 2009
Members of the European Parliament have recently produced reports, declarations and suggested changes to the law in response to the various reports of adverse effects on health to wireless technology such mobile phones, phone masts, tetra, WiFi, Wimax and wireless communication systems. April, 2009 witnessed a rise in support for the precautionary approach.
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Posted by seumasach on June 13, 2009
12th June, 2009
Two days ago, Eva Joly, the Norwegian-French magistrate hired to advise the Icelandic government on the current [colossal] investigation into the bank collapse, threatened to pull out of the investigation unless two very clear conditions were met. One, that the State Prosecutor step down, as he is unfit on familial grounds [his son is an executive in one of the holding companies affiliated with the banks]. Two, that the Office of the Special Investigator into the bank collapse be substantially strengthened and that the number of prosecutors be increased from one to three. Yesterday the Icelandic nation held its breath while it waited for the government’s response to those stipulations. Yesterday evening it was announced that there was agreement in parliament that the government would do everything in its power to ensure that Mme Joly gets the facilities she needs to continue her work. As the nation let out a collective sigh of relief, Eva Joly kindly agreed to sit down with us for a chat.
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Posted by smeddum on June 13, 2009
By Tom Leonard in Flint, Michigan
12 Jun 2009
Telegraph
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In These New Times 