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Iceland watch: Time to consider the euro

Posted by seumasach on September 22, 2008

 

 

 DrewHasselback

National Post

17th August, 2008

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Iceland facing meltdown

Credit crisis hits Iceland

 

Iceland’s currency crisis has reached a point where a senior government minister is suggesting the tiny island nationconsider adopting the euro.

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Brown plans crackdown on world markets

Posted by seumasach on September 22, 2008

 

Brown plans to turn the crisis into a global crusade on behalf of  Atlanticist financial interests fronted by the IMF. But he is swimming against the tide: new power centres are emerging which are no longer vassals of London and Washington. Brown’s hegemonic agenda will falter in the face of the new, multipolar reality. More specifically, does he really expect the rest of the world to go buying up our junk bonds?

Patrick Wintour and Larry Elliot

Guardian

22nd September, 2008

Gordon Brown yesterday pinned hopes of reviving his premiership on a package of measures designed to tackle the economic crisis, including a drive for tighter international controls of the global money markets and a crackdown on the culture of irresponsible City bonuses.

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Menezes inquest – a call to all our supporters.‏

Posted by seumasach on September 22, 2008

Dear friends,

Do you remember hearing the news that a suspected suicide bomber had been shot on London Underground 3 years ago?

Do you remember how you felt when it became clear an innocent Brazilian man had been shot dead with 7 bullets to the head in front of terrified tube passengers? 

The public reaction to the death of Jean Charles de Menezes in a catastrophic police operation was enormous – people demanded to know how and why such a terrible tragedy could have occurred. 

Since July 2005, the Menezes family have relentlessly campaigned to attain the real facts about his death and see action taken, to prevent any repeat of the terrible circumstances in which they suddenly lost their loved one.

Three years later, the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes finally starts on Monday 22nd September in London.

We urge you, if you can, to attend this inquest into his death to show that the public have not forgotten this injustice. If you can spare an hour or two, either on the first day or any time over the next few months, your attendance will be greatly appreciated. Details of how to attend can be found at http://inquest.justice4jean.org/

Your support is needed – now, more than ever.

Sincerely and in loving memory of Jean,

All at The Jean Charles de Menezes Family Campaign
September 2008

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The American War Moves to Pakistan

Posted by seumasach on September 22, 2008

 

Bush’s War Widens Dangerously

By Tariq Ali

ICH

The decision to make public a presidential order of last July authorizing American strikes inside Pakistan without seeking the approval of the Pakistani government ends a long debate within, and on the periphery of, the Bush administration. Senator Barack Obama, aware of this ongoing debate during his own long battle with Hillary Clinton, tried to outflank her by supporting a policy of U.S. strikes into Pakistan. Senator John McCain and Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin have now echoed this view and so it has become, by consensus, official U.S. policy.

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German Politicians Wary of US Financial Rescue Plans

Posted by seumasach on September 21, 2008

 

“The Americans can’t make Germany accountable for their failure and their arrogance,” Poss said. “A similar rescue package is neither planned nor needed in Germany,” he added.

Deutsche-Welle

21st September, 2008

German politicians are skeptical about a $700 billion US bailout of markets and of calls to take similar measures as Chancellor Merkel criticized Washington for failing to implement stringent market controls.

 

A growing chorus of German politicians questioned over the weekend whether the unprecedented US rescue package meant to inject liquidity into the financial system would help to stem the crisis which has sent world markets into a tailspin.

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European Parliament Recommends Stricter Safety Limits for Cell Phones

Posted by seumasach on September 21, 2008

ALBANY, NY–(Marketwire – September 18, 2008) – University at Albany, Institute for Health and the Environment – The European Parliament has voted 522 to 16 to recommend tighter safety standards for cell phones. In light of the growing body of scientific evidence implicating cell phone use with brain tumors, the Parliament says, “The limits on exposure to electromagnetic fields [EMFs] which have been set for the general public are obsolete.”

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With secret and silent support from India, Pakistan warns NATO and US – Pakistan will not allow foreign powers to violate the country’s sovereignty to pursue terrorists

Posted by seumasach on September 21, 2008

Nitin Shah

India Daily

20th September, 2008

India and Pakistan finally understand that they must keep the western powers out of the Indian subcontinent. The same western block of countries that instigated for the last fifty years to subdue India now face a new challenge. India and Pakistan will stand together to fight any foreign force trying to violate the nuclear South Asian sovereignty. 

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Sorry to ruin the fun, but an ice age cometh

Posted by seumasach on September 21, 2008

 

THE scariest photo I have seen on the internet is http://www.spaceweather.com, where you will find a real-time image of the sun from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, located in deep space at the equilibrium point between solar and terrestrial gravity.

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The Art of Fraud

Posted by seumasach on September 21, 2008

Cailean Bochanan

21st September, 2008

Much has been made of the collapse of the system which we have been witnessing with ever greater intensity. There is no doubt that the Anglo-American financial system has reached its end: that Washington and London will no longer dominate the world and the dollar and the pound are set to sink into oblivion.

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FDIC Running out of Cash: No Bank is Safe in this Alarming Atmosphere

Posted by seumasach on September 20, 2008

 

Global Research,

September 19, 2008

The Age

Be very, very careful. There are reports the US Federal Deposits Insurance Commission is running out of money. Chairman Sheila Blair has been forced to issue a statement. “US banks are overwhelmingly safe and sound and the Government fund used to cover insured deposits will be adequate to absorb any losses, even high losses,” she says.

But Brian Bethune, US economist at consulting company Global Insight, said: “Additional failures of large banks or savings and loans companies seem likely, and that could overwhelm the FDIC’s insurance fund.”

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Complaint Filed Over Health Effects of French Mobile Antenna

Posted by seumasach on September 20, 2008

 

Peter Sayer, IDG News Service

PC world

19th September

A French mobile phone company could face criminal charges for “administration of a harmful substance,” following a complaint by a family living near one of its base station transmitters.

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