Posted by seumasach on August 11, 2013
19th July, 2013
In a blow for shale gas explorers and government alike, Water UK, which represents all major water suppliers, has published a series of concerns about fracking and warned that failure to address them could “stop the industry in its tracks”.
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Posted by seumasach on August 10, 2013
Obama touts NSA surveillance reforms to quell growing unease over programs
9th August, 2013
Barack Obama announced the first public review of USsurveillance programs since 9/11 on Friday, in what amounts to the president’s first concession that the mounting public concern in response to disclosures by whistleblower Edward Snowden justifies reform.
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Posted by seumasach on August 8, 2013
Stephen Smith
6th August, 2013
Northern Scandinavia is probably the most rugged terrain on Earth. It is a peninsular landmass extending outward from the Asian continent for 2000 kilometers and is notable for the enormous number of deep fjords carved into its northwestern edge. Some of the chasms plunge 800 meters deep with cliff walls 1000 meters high. Many are more than 100 kilometers long – Sognefjorden being the longest at 204 kilometers. In some places, it is more than 1300 meters deep with surrounding mountains of equal height.
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Posted by seumasach on August 6, 2013
5th August, 2013
A Turkish court on Monday announced verdicts and long prison sentences for dozens of defendants in the so-called ‘Ergenekon’ plot to overthrow the government. The rulings expose how uncertain and divided the country is.
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Posted by seumasach on August 4, 2013
QE, or the systematic devaluation of what is still the world’s reserve currency, is increasingly unacceptable to the rest of the world. It has lead to speculative bubbles in commodities and food leading to inflation and widespread unrest as seen in Egypt, Turkey, Brazil etc.. If Obama wishes to engage constructively with the rest of the world he needs to taper-off QE. Otherwise China and others will intensify efforts to bypass the dollar in international trade isolating the US. This is the worst option for America whereas the raising of interest rates and the very hard landing accompanying it can be mitigated by strategic partnerships, particularly with China, leading to growing direct investment in the US and controlled dollar devaluation within context of a reformed global monetary system. In this way Obama can lead the way in managed US decline in a new multipolar framework.
3rd August, 2013
Each month this year, via its quantitative easing programme, the Federal Reserve has been buying up $85bn (£55.8bn) of financial assets – a mix of US Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities.
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Posted by seumasach on July 28, 2013
28th July, 2013
Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – In an interview broadcast on al-Mayadin TV on Friday, Archbishop Hanna said that the people who abduct, murder and slaughter in Syria are the enemies of the Arab nation, just like Israel with which they share goals and criminal nature.
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Posted by seumasach on June 22, 2013
21st June, 2013
UN experts say they do not confirm the claims by the United States, France and Britain that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against the militants.
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Posted by seumasach on June 21, 2013
“Assad’s government is now the only armed force in the country still committed to preserving Syria’s territorial integrity and to its continuance as an independent nation state.”
“By upholding Syria’s rights as a nation-state, China and Russia are, contrary to most Western commentary, making the most useful contribution to the preservation of both the regional and the global peace.”
The Assad should stay viewpoint is gaining momentum in the English language press- a welcome recognition of reality.
Chris Trotter
21st June, 2013
Until its actions triggered World War I, hardly anyone in New Zealand gave a damn about Serbia. Until very recently, the same was true of Syria. Even now, with images of Syria’s gruesome civil war nightly smearing the world’s television screens, I find myself reacting to the rapidly rising body count with a mixture of pity and frustration. As the angry, anguished faces of the slayers and their victims flash before me, I demand to know what could possibly be worth so much suffering? Freedom? Democracy?
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Posted by seumasach on June 18, 2013
Stephen Smith
4th April, 2013
Tiwanaku, or Tiahuanaco in Spanish, is a ruined citadel occupying almost 10 square kilometers in the Bolivian Andes at an altitude greater than 3800 meters. Carbon-14 dating methods suggest that the site is no more than 3700 years old. However, as previous Picture of the Day articles discuss, radiometric dating is, at best, an unreliable system for establishing age.
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Posted by seumasach on June 11, 2013
So this whole affair serves as a cue for Obama to “review” the Patriot Act which correlates with his apparent sidelining of Homeland Security
US lawmakers call for review of Patriot Act after NSA surveillance revelations
10th June, 2013
The White House has said it would consider congressional calls to review the Patriot Act after conceding that revelations over the scale of US surveillance activity had sparked “an appropriate debate”.
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Posted by seumasach on June 11, 2013
Obama under pressure as senator denounces ‘act of treason’
11th June, 2013
The Obama administration offered no indication on Monday about what it intended to do about Snowden. The White House did however say he had sparked an “appropriate debate” and hinted it might welcome revision of the Patriot Act, legislation introduced in 2001 which it claims gives legal authority for the programmes carried out by the National Security Agency.
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