14th October, 2010
Canada became the first country in the world yesterday to declare bisphenol A (BPA) to be a toxic substance that poses risks to human health and the environment.
Archive for October, 2010
Bisphenol A officially declared toxic by Canada
Posted by seumasach on October 16, 2010
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Chavez wants a more balanced Multipolar World
Posted by smeddum on October 16, 2010
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Pipeline geopolitics- betting and bluffing in the new great game
Posted by seumasach on October 15, 2010
Pepe Escobar
15th October, 2010
Future historians may well agree that the 21st century Silk Road first opened for business on December 14, 2009. That was the day a crucial stretch of pipeline officially went into operation, linking the fabulously energy-rich state of Turkmenistan (via Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan) to Xinjiang province in China’s far west. Hyperbole did not deter the spectacularly named Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, Turkmenistan’s president, from bragging: “This projecthas not only commercial or economic value. It is also political. China, through its wise and farsighted policy, has become one of the key guarantors of global security.”
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Official: US should not pressure yuan based on trade surplus
Posted by smeddum on October 15, 2010
Oct 15 2010
To judge the yuan exchange rate only by the existence of China’s trade surplus is not justified and lacks support of economic theory, Ministry of Commerce spokesman Yao Jian said on Oct. 15.
Yao also pointed out that on the issue of yuan exchange rate, China will guide its policy in line with its own economic conditions. Read the rest of this entry »
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Evidence Refutes the Official 9/11 Investigation: The Scientific Forensic Facts
Posted by smeddum on October 15, 2010
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Evidence Refutes the Official 9/11 Investigation: The Scientific Forensic Facts
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Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth – 2010-10-04
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AE911Truth Delivers the Evidence to the Media: Press Conference – National Press Club – Washington DC
Ed. – This is the actual 10-minute statement read by Richard Gage, AIA, to the media at the AE911Truth press conference at the National Press Club in Washington DC on September 9, 2010.
Good afternoon, my name is Richard Gage, AIA. I’m a member of the American Institute of Architects; I’ve been a licensed architect for 22 years; And I’m the founder of the non-profit organization, Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth (AE911Truth). Read the rest of this entry » |
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Russia resets with U.S., sprints with China
Posted by smeddum on October 13, 2010
M. K. Bhadrakumar
Oct 11 2010
AP Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev, left, shakes hands with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao before their meeting at the Zhongnanhai in Beijing, on September 27.
The Kremlin seems to factor in that a strong relationship with China can only strengthen its leverage as an emerging power during negotiations with the U.S. and the West. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Multipolar world | Tagged: China- Russia ties, international relations, Russia-U.S. ties, Sino-Russian summit | Leave a Comment »
Collapsing empire watch
Posted by smeddum on October 13, 2010
Collapsing empire watch
By Glenn Greenwald
11/10/2010
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It’s easy to say and easy to document, but quite difficult to really internalize, that the United States is in the process of imperial collapse. Every now and then, however, one encounters certain facts which compellingly and viscerally highlight how real that is. Here’s the latest such fact, from a new study in Health Affairs by Columbia Health Policy Professors Peter A. Muennig and Sherry A. Glied (h/t): Read the rest of this entry » |
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Beijing, Ottawa turn increasing asymptotic
Posted by seumasach on October 13, 2010
13th October, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, is the 40th forging anniversary of Sino-Canadian diplomatic ties, which is worthy of much celebration and expectation. Bilateral relations have gone through a splendid journey with eminent successes made over the past 40 years. In fact, the history of Sino-Canadian relations has already traversed over a century.
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France pledges more help in EU talks, says ball in Turkey’s court
Posted by seumasach on October 13, 2010
13th October, 2010
The French foreign minister on Tuesday said that the European Union could be “real” for Turkey if necessary reforms were carried out, adding that the ball is in Turkey’s court. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, who is on an official visit to Turkey, said Turkey needed to carry out a number of reforms for talks on three negotiation chapters to begin.
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China stakes claim to S. Texas oil, gas
Posted by seumasach on October 13, 2010
“The initial feedback we’re getting is that this is something the government should be very happy to see, which is the return of American capital into our country so that we can use it to create high-paying American jobs and also reduce oil imports a few years down the road.”
12th October, 2010
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Let’s build a geostrategic partnership with China!
State-owned Chinese energy giant CNOOC is buying a multibillion-dollar stake in 600,000 acres of South Texas oil and gas fields, potentially testing the political waters for further expansion into U.S. energy reserves.
With the announcement Monday that it would pay up to $2.2 billion for a one-third stake in Chesapeake Energy assets, CNOOC lays claim to a share of properties that eventually could produce up to half a million barrels a day of oil equivalent.
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Al-Qaeda or Al-Tricko? ‘US cries wolf to rev up world for dominance war’
Posted by seumasach on October 12, 2010
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