Posted by seumasach on February 3, 2012
2nd February, 2012
As awareness of genetically modified food and the dangers associated increase, actions are being taken to eliminate the issue entirely. With countries destroying their GMO crops, scientists showing the facts, and individuals voicing their discontent on the matter, there is a large and growing contingent across countries that are taking action to preserve the integrity of our food supply. China is the latest nation to take a stand against GMO crops.
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Posted by seumasach on February 3, 2012
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Posted by seumasach on February 2, 2012
Watch out everyone- we’re in for “a period of balance-sheet adjustment”
2nd February, 2012
In a surprisingly (but also refreshingly) candid admission, Fed Chairman Bernanke declared last night that another round of quantitative easing may well be necessary to alleviate “high and persistent unemployment in an underperforming economy”. With inflation still low and Europe a potential drag on the economy, the Fed Chairman clearly feels that more asset purchases are a risk worth taking if it helps the recovery become more self-sustaining.
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Posted by seumasach on February 2, 2012
Aisling Byrne
3rd February, 2012
“Viscous nasty business” … “aggressive pressure … by US diplomats”, “ferocious pressure on weaker non-permanent members”, the “type of pressure [that] is very, very difficult for weaker countries … to resist.”
That’s how a former British diplomat at the United Nations, Carne Ross, described last September’s UN showdown over the Palestinian Authority’s bid for recognition for statehood. [1] “This is how power works.” he said.
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Posted by seumasach on January 31, 2012
30th January, 2012
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has set at rest firmly and authoritatively all speculative reports that India might buckle under American pressure and fall in line passively with the spirit of the United States’ sanctions against Iran by quietly cutting back its oil imports from Iran. That FM made the categorical statement while on a visit to the US is of added significance.
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Posted by seumasach on January 31, 2012
31st January, 2012
The United States has perpetually contaminated the world, particularly the Middle East, by using massive amounts of depleted uranium (DU) in its wars, an analyst tellsPress TV.
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Posted by seumasach on January 30, 2012
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has reiterated that the European Union’s decision to impose an embargo on Iran’s oil sector will be “counterproductive.”
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Posted by seumasach on January 29, 2012
28th January, 2012
DAVOS, Switzerland – The leaders of Denmark and Finland said on Friday that China has showed a willingness to contribute to global efforts to bail out debt-ridden European countries. However, a senior Chinese policy adviser said there should be preconditions.
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Posted by seumasach on January 29, 2012
Nikos Xydakis
29th January, 20112
The crisis has taken a toll on our standards of living and created a rift in the social contract. In the political arena, the rift caused by the crisis is in the relationship that has developed between the people and the leadership, or the masses and the elite. This rift is best illustrated by the frequently heard condemnation that the government has lost its legitimacy.
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Posted by seumasach on January 29, 2012
29th January, 2012
The coalition of left parties in Greece has denounced the European Union’s decision to ban oil imports from Iran as being in line with the US and Israeli warmongering policies in the Middle East.
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Posted by seumasach on January 28, 2012
Since every media outlet, “expert”, pundit, political party or current in the country has been telling us day in day out over several years that the Euro is going to collapse, the real news here is the astonishing fact that a third of the British population don’t think it’s going to collapse
27th January, 2012
A total of 68 per cent think the single currency will not survive, according to a survey by Harris Interactive for Metro.
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