Posted by seumasach on December 16, 2013
M.K.Bhadrakumar
Indian Punchline
15th December, 2013
Take a deep breath and stand back and recall what Lysander told us in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream – the course of true love never did run smooth. True, momentarily it seemed that the nascent, highly fragile P5+1 and Iran interim pact on the nuclear issue met with a blight and a conspicuous wilting of the expert-level negotiations at Vienna becomes inevitable in the downstream of the the US’ unilateral decision to impose sanctions on select firms which traded with Iran that were acts violative of Washington’s sanctions regime.
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Posted by seumasach on December 14, 2013
OVERPRODUCTION OF FREE RADICAL SPECIES IN EMBRYONAL CELLS EXPOSED TO LOW INTENSITY RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION
Experimental Oncology
2013
Aim: Long-term exposure of humans to low intensity radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation (RF-EMR) leads to a statistically significant increase in tumor incidence. Mechanisms of such the effects are unclear, but features of oxidative stress in living cells under RF-EMR exposure were previously reported. Our study aims to assess a production of initial free radical species, which lead to oxidative stress in the cell. Materials and Methods: Embryos of Japanese quails were exposed in ovo to extremely low intensity RF-EMR of GSM 900 MHz (0.25 μW/cm2) during 158–360 h discontinuously (48 c — ON, 12 c — OFF) before and in the initial stages of development. The levels of superoxide (O2·-), nitrogen oxide (NO·), thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), 8-oxo-2’-deoxyguanosine (8-oxo-dG) and antioxidant enzymes’ activities were assessed in cells/tissues of 38-h, 5- and 10-day RF-EMR exposed and unexposed embryos. Results: The exposure resulted in a significant persistent overproduction of superoxide and nitrogen oxide in embryo cells during all period of analyses. As a result, significantly increased levels of TBARS and 8-oxo- dG followed by significantly decreased levels of superoxide dismutase and catalase activities were developed in the exposed embryo cells. Conclusion: Exposure of developing quail embryos to extremely low intensity RF-EMR of GSM 900 MHz during at least one hundred and fifty-eight hours leads to a significant overproduction of free radicals/reactive oxygen species and oxidative dam- age of DNA in embryo cells. These oxidative changes may lead to pathologies up to oncogenic transformation of cells. Key Words: non-ionizing radiation, reactive oxygen species, superoxide, nitrogen oxide, 8-oxo-2’-deoxyguanosine, carcinogenesis.
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Posted by seumasach on December 14, 2013
M.K.Bhadrakumar
Indian Punchline
14th December, 2013
There never was any serious doubt that Senator John McCain was going to miss the gala event tomorrow (Sunday) in Kiev — a sea of people drawn from the western regions of Ukraine being brought to the capital to make a strong bid for a ‘color revolution’ even as people from the eastern regions lead a counter-protest against ‘color revolution.’
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Posted by seumasach on December 12, 2013
Albawaba
12th December, 2013
In anticipation of the Geneva II conference, which has been delayed until late-January 2014, the Saudi-backed Syrian opposition launched a series of campaigns against regime forces, but failed to make any gains on several fronts.
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Posted by seumasach on December 12, 2013
Dutch Water Company Cuts Ties with Israel
Media Line
11th December, 2013
Companies and governments in Holland, the UK, and Romania are downgrading ties with Israeli companies to protest Israel’s policies in areas it acquired in 1967. Palestinians say all of these areas must be part of a future Palestinian state; Israel says it has not annexed these areas and would make “significant concessions” in exchange for real peace with the Palestinians.
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Posted by seumasach on December 12, 2013
Israeli National News
12th December, 2013
Justice Minister Tzipi Livni attacked the Jewish Home party Thursday, accusing it of deliberately seeking to sabotage talks with the Palestinian Authority (PA) by advocatingconstruction projects for Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria
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Posted by seumasach on December 12, 2013
After its completely aberrant support for the “rebels” in Syria, Hamas is now coming back into the mainstream. Russian diplomacy is now central to a Middle East peace settlement.
Israel Hayom
12th December, 2013
First high-level conversation between Russia and Hamas in months takes place between Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh • Lavrov calls for “quick lifting” of Gaza blockade to “relieve a difficult humanitarian situation.”
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Posted by seumasach on December 12, 2013
Voltairenet
12th December, 2013
In a few weeks, Sotheby’s will be auctioning the draft of a speech delivered by King George the VI, announcing England’s entry into the Second World War.
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Posted by seumasach on December 12, 2013
“Palestinian leaders unanimously believe that no progress will be made without pressure on Israel from the international community, and in the meantime that’s not happening,”
Perhaps the UK government’s warning to investors about investment’s in illegally held West Bank territory constitute just such pressure. Now is a good moment for the many people involved in campaigning for Palestinian rights to raise their profile. Unfortunately, however, it is more likely that they will adopt an impossibilist position
Haaretz
14th November, 2013
The Palestinian envoys to the peace talks with Israel will either be replaced in the coming days or be joined by new negotiators, senior Palestinian officials told Haaretz on Thursday.
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Posted by seumasach on December 12, 2013
“Shareholders and bondholders would be first in line, with savers last in the queue, while tapping public money to prevent a bank collapse would only be done as a last resort.”
This is an important step towards ending the hegemony of finance capital in Europe.
EU Observer
12th December, 2013
BRUSSELS – MEPs and ministers have agreed new rules to rescue insolvent banks that would target bondholders not savers, following the final round of talks in Strasbourg.
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Posted by seumasach on December 10, 2013
Guardian
9th December, 2013
The UK government has issued an explicit warning to British businesses over the risks of involvement in Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including potential damage to a company’s reputation.
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