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Archive for January, 2011

China to help Iran in railroad projects

Posted by seumasach on January 6, 2011

PressTV

2nd January, 2011

 

Iran and China will cooperate in the construction projects of eight railroads with a total length of about 5,000 kilometers in the Islamic Republic.

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New bailout on the way

Posted by seumasach on January 6, 2011

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China backs Spain to emerge from crisis: Beijing

Posted by seumasach on January 6, 2011

SMH

3rd January, 2011

.China is confident Spain will recover from its economic crisis and Beijing will buy Spanish public debt despite market fears of an Irish-style bailout, a top Chinese official said Monday.

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US begins troop surge in Afghanistan

Posted by seumasach on January 6, 2011

PressTV

6th January, 2011

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has decided to send an additional 1,400 marines to Afghanistan, the first series of which could begin arriving on the ground as early as mid January.

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Calif. County criminalizes smart-meter installations

Posted by seumasach on January 6, 2011

Citing alleged health effects from electromagnetic waves, a county in the North San Francisco Bay Area has criminalized the installation of “smart” electric meters.

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The real crime of Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Posted by seumasach on January 5, 2011

F.William Engdahl

Global Research

5th January, 2011

The final decision in the Russian trial against former oil oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky has drawn dramatic statements of protest from the US Obama Administration and governments around the world labeling Russian justice as tyrannical and worse. What is carefully omitted from the Khodovkorsky story however is the true reason Putin arrested and imprisoned the former head of Russia’s largest private oil giant, Yukos. Khodorkovsky’s real crime was not stealing Russia’s assets for a pittance in the bandit era of Yeltsin.

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Washington’s “humanitarian” war and the KLA’s crimes

Posted by seumasach on January 5, 2011

 

Paul Mitchell , Chris Marsden(WSWS)

Voltairenet

4th January, 2011

Revelations of fascistic crimes carried out by the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) prior to, during and after NATO’s war against the former Yugoslavia should provide a salutary lesson whenever Washington again cites humanitarian concerns to justify its predatory war aims. A new report prepared by Swiss Council of Europe deputyDick Marty slams Kosovo leader Hachim Thaci for organ trafficking and other abominable crimes, deftly shaded by the U.S. in pursuit of their own self-interests.

 

report by the Council of Europe describes Kosovo today as a country subject to “mafia-like structures of organised crime”. It accuses KLA commander and current prime minister, Hachim Thaci, of heading a criminal network involved in murder, prostitution and drug trafficking.

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World Bank taps offshore yuan bond market for first time

Posted by smeddum on January 5, 2011

 

Reuters – Wednesday, January 5

SHANGHAI, Jan 5 – The World Bank issued its first yuan-denominated bond, raising $76 million and trying to promote the use of the Chinese currency in international markets at a time when China’s stake in the institution is about to increase. Read the rest of this entry »

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“Experts” explain falling blackbirds

Posted by seumasach on January 5, 2011

“The blackbirds were flying at rooftop level instead of treetop level” to avoid explosions above, said Karen Rowe, an ornithologist with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. “Blackbirds have poor eyesight, and they started colliding with things.”

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KPHO

4th January, 2011

New Year’s revelers in a small Arkansas town were enjoying midnight fireworks when they noticed something other than sparks falling from the sky: thousands of dead blackbirds.

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Health threat to mobile users: JNU study

Posted by seumasach on January 5, 2011

The Hindu

5th January, 2011

An ongoing study on radiation from mobile towers and mobile phones at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has found that the exposure to radiation from mobile towers and mobile phones could have an adverse impact on male fertility and also pose health hazards by depleting the defence mechanism of cells.

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The collapsing hegemony of the West

Posted by smeddum on January 4, 2011

Posted on 02. Jan, 2011 by Raja Mujtaba

opinion-maker

By Kourosh Ziabari

In its path towards becoming a major regional and international player, Iran is achieving remarkable breakthroughs in science and technology which have started to flabbergast the rivals around the world, including the United States, once an economic and scientific leader and the neighboring countries in the Persian Gulf region that are years from reaching self-sufficiency in meeting their domestic needs. Read the rest of this entry »

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