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India files biopiracy lawsuit against Monsanto

Posted by seumasach on November 15, 2011

Natural News

28th September, 2011

India files biopiracy lawsuit against Monsanto, says biotech giant is stealing nature for corporate gain

Representing one of the most agriculturally bio-diverse nations in the world, India has become a primary target for biotechnology companies like Monsanto and Cargill to spread their genetically-modified (GM) crops into new markets. However, a recent France 24 report explains that the Indian government has decided to take an offensive approach against this attempted agricultural takeover by suing Monsanto for “biopiracy,” accusing the company of stealing India’s indigenous plants in order to re-engineer them into patented varieties.

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Protect children from EM radiation

Posted by seumasach on November 15, 2011

Electromagnetic Health

4th November, 2011

Professor Yury Grigoriev, who is Chairman of Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection, a member of the WHO’s International Advisory Committeeon “EMF and Health”, says of the results:

“Our recent 4-year monitoring of effects from cell phone radiation on children, published in Radiation Biology. Radiation Ecology (Volume 51, No.5, 2011), demonstrates an increase in phonemic perception disorders, abatement of efficiency, reduced indicators for the arbitrary and semantic memory and increased fatigue. Over the four-year monitoring of 196 children ages 7-12 who were users of mobile communication devices, a steady decline in these parameters from high values to bottom standards compared was observed. The short-term and long-term potential consequences for society from exposing children to microwave radiation from cellular communication devices must be immediately acknowledged, globally, and responsibly addressed.”

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Libyan humanitarian activist versus NATO

Posted by seumasach on November 14, 2011

Voltairenet

13th November, 2011

Setting a momentous precedent, 34-year old Khaled K. El-Hamedi filed a lawsuit against NATO after his entire family was killed in a bombing raid on 20 June 2011 at 2:30 a.m. While in Libya, Voltaire Network’s Thierry Meyssan reported on the “The Sorman massacre“, denouncing NATO’s strategy of deliberately targeting the family members of Libyan leaders, aided by undercover agents who marked the targets for the strikes. Khaled K. El-Hamedi brings us his personal testimony of the barbarism that destroyed his loved ones, his life and his entire country.

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Third-world America

Posted by seumasach on November 13, 2011

9th November, 2011

Natural News

 

Third-world America: Michigan city cuts power, removes street lights due to inability to pay electric bill

In response to financial problems, some US cities are choosing to cut basic public services like trash collection, fire and police forces, and road repair just to stay afloat. But one city in Michigan has decided to cut its power instead, which has left more than 11,000 local residents without street lights.

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Chinese ratings agency threatens US with new debt downgrade

Posted by seumasach on November 12, 2011

Guardian

12th November, 2011

The head of China‘s biggest ratings agency, Dagong Global Credit Rating, is warning that it may downgrade the US’s sovereign debt rating again because of Washington’s failure to tackle the federal budget deficit.

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Eurozone Crisis: The Hidden Hand of Goldman Sachs

Posted by seumasach on November 12, 2011

I fully expect the eurozone to emerge from this crisis; however, the role of Goldman Sachs and associated politicians in germinating it is unlikely to be exposed.

IBT

11th November, 2011

Europe’s key crisis figures have all Goldman Sachs in their pedigree. Is it just a coincidence or is the financial world is trying to take over Europe?

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Russia to Back Iran against Potential Western Aggressions

Posted by seumasach on November 11, 2011

FNA

11th November, 2011

“A military operation against Iran could have grave consequences,” Chairman of the Russian Parliamentary Committee for International Affairs Konstantin Kosachev told reporters on Thursday.

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Indictment against NATO military and political leaders

Posted by seumasach on November 10, 2011

Pravda 

6th November, 2011

The law case of the century: Indictment against NATO military and political leaders (UPDATED)

NATO: Indictment for breach of international law in the Great SocialistPeople’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. The military and political leaders of NATO are hereby accused of the following crimes committed in the Libyan campaign of 2011, in which the systematic breaches of international law are underlined.

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Britain’s finest take on the Eurozone

Posted by seumasach on November 10, 2011

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Russian, German leaders launch Nord Stream gas pipeline

Posted by seumasach on November 10, 2011

RiaNovosti

10th November, 2011

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and German Chancellor Angela Merkel launched the Nord Stream gas pipeline on Tuesday, starting delivery of Russian natural gas to Germany bypassing existing transit countries.

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Libya- French soldiers killed near Ajdabiya

Posted by seumasach on November 10, 2011

Libye – Des soldats français tués près de Ajdabiya

Algeria-ISP

10th November, 2011

Please use Google-translate

Selon Zengtena, les combattants de l’armée de la libération de la Libye ont ciblé un groupe de 8 soldats français près de Ajdabiya. Il y a eu de violents affrontements. Les combattants ont éliminés tout le groupe.

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