28th July, 2012
A group of top Syrian opposition figures took courses in governing a country in Berlin. The training, partially sponsored by the US State Department, is meant to come in handy after the Bashar al-Assad regime falls.
Replacing government 101: Syrian rebels learn democracy in Germany
Posted by seumasach on July 29, 2012
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Living with radiation as a backdrop
Posted by seumasach on July 29, 2012
This massive public health concern is now being covered routinely by the Indian main stream media
28th July, 2012
In 2000, Ashok Kaickar of Defence Colony’s D-block agreed to get a mobile phone tower installed on the terrace of his two-storey house. And it’s been nearly 12 years of living in regret.
“Back then, I did not know about the possible health hazards of radiation from mobile towers,” says Kaickar, 55, who runs a chain of gymnasiums in the city. “I got the tower erected after getting all the necessary permissions. Now I want it removed, but can’t. I have a 20-year contract with the company,” he said. A desperate Kaickar has approached the cellular operator Reliance and also written to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to allow him to remove the tower.
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Maine PUC launches investigation into smart meters
Posted by seumasach on July 29, 2012
24th July, 20112
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) _ Maine regulators are launching an investigation into the health and safety issues regarding Central Maine Power Co.’s smart meters after the state’s highest court ruled the commission had failed to adequately address concerns about the meters.
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Saudi anti-regime protesters stage rallies in Riyadh, Mecca
Posted by seumasach on July 29, 2012
28th July, 2012
Saudi anti-regime protesters have held fresh demonstrations across Riyadh as well as the holy city of Mecca to protest against the arrest of political prisoners.
Chanting anti-regime slogans on Saturday, the angry protesters demanded the release of political prisoners and the downfall of the US-backed monarchy.
On Friday, Saudi security forces opened fire and injured several demonstrators in the eastern city of Qatif.
Similar demonstrations were also held against the regime in the village of Awamiyah and the city of Buraydah.
Tensions have been running high in Saudi Arabia’s oil-rich Eastern Province over the past weeks following the detention of Saudi Shia cleric Sheikh Nemr al-Nemr.
Sheikh Nemr was attacked, injured, and arrested by Saudi security forces, while driving from a farm to his house in the province’s Qatif region on July 8.
Since February 2011, protesters have held demonstrations on an almost regular basis in Saudi Arabia, mainly in the Qatif region and Awamiyah, also in the Eastern Province, primarily calling for the release of all political prisoners, freedom of expression and assembly, and an end to widespread discrimination.
However, the demonstrations have turned into protests against the Al Saud regime, especially since November 2011, when Saudi security forces killed five protesters and injured many others in the province.
According to Human Rights Watch, the Saudi regime “routinely represses expression critical of the government.”
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Projet d’antennes-relais d’Orange suspendu à Paris XVIIIe
Posted by seumasach on July 28, 2012
27th July, 2012
Un projet d’installation d’antennes-relais dans le XVIIIe arrondissement de Paris a été suspendu par l’opérateur Orange qui a promis de nouvelles mesures des champs électromagnétiques alentour à la demande de la mairie de l’arrondissement, a annoncé cette dernière vendredi.
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Syria defeats NATO’s swarming terrorists
Posted by seumasach on July 28, 2012
Webster Tarpley
27th July, 2012
Last week, the NATO powers launched their long-awaited summer offensive against Syria. This was a multi-pronged effort designed not just to overthrow the government of President Assad, but also to totally disintegrate the existing structures of the Syrian state, dissolving the entire country into chaos, confusion, secession, attempted coups d’état, and a likely massacre of Assad backers, Alawites, Christians, Kurds, and other minority groups.
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PLO Official: Palestinian refugees in Damascus support Assad’s gov’t
Posted by seumasach on July 27, 2012
22nd July, 2012
EHRAN (FNA)- A senior official of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) reiterated on Sunday that the Palestinian refugees who reside in Damascus fully support President Bashar Assad’s government.
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‘Al-Qaeda “army” presence in Syria much higher than officials say’
Posted by seumasach on July 27, 2012
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Hezbollah denounces Al-Aqsa storming, urges rise to save Holy Mosque
Posted by seumasach on July 27, 2012
27th July, 2012
Hezbollah denounced the storming of al-Aqsa, holding the western powers responsible for the attack and urging the Muslim and Arab people to rise in bid to save the holy mosque.
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Syrian mother-superior urges West: stop arming rebels
Posted by seumasach on July 27, 2012
26th July, 2012
The leader of a Catholic women’s religious community near the embattled Syrian city of Homs has appealed to Western nations to stop arming Syrian rebels.
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Bilan de la bataille de Damas
Posted by seumasach on July 27, 2012
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