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New U.S. missile defense plans pose no threat to Russia – Lavrov

Posted by seumasach on October 8, 2009

KHARKOV (Ukraine), October 7 (RIA Novosti) – The new U.S. missile shield plans present no risks for Russia, and favorable conditions are now emerging for bilateral dialogue, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.

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Iceland Political Leader Calls For Debt Moratorium As Government Crumbles

Posted by seumasach on October 8, 2009

Webster Tarpley
Rense.com
7th October, 2009
A leading member of the Icelandic parliament called Monday night for the country to declare a debt moratorium and stop attempting to pay the $6 billion which the British and Netherlands governments are seeking to extort from Iceland with the help of the International Monetary Fund and the European Commission in Brussels. This dramatic call was issued by Birgitta Jónsdóttir, the chairman of the parliamentary faction of The Movement in the Icelandic parliament, the Althing. Birgitta Jónsdóttir was speaking during a special session of the Althing called to address the rapidly deteriorating economic and financial position of Iceland, one year after the collapse of the three hot-money offshore banks, Landsbanki, Kaupthing, and Glitnir.In her remarks, Birgitta Jónsdóttir observed that Iceland is already technically bankrupt, and ought to cease payment. She also pointed to the hostility to Iceland of the IMF and EU. The current prime minister, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, who leads a moribund coalition of Social Democrats and Left Greens, had attempted to justify her policy of financial appeasement of the British and Dutch. London and The Hague are demanding $6 billion in restitution for losses incurred by private Icelandic bankers operating in their countries as Icesave, even though the Icelandic government had never guaranteed these operations, and even though British and Dutch regulators were deeply implicated in the Icesave debacle, which came in the wake of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy. Read the rest of this entry »

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Video: Cindy Sheehan speaking at Bellarmine university

Posted by smeddum on October 8, 2009

http://www.hillbillyreport.org/diary/584/cindy-sheehan-speaking-at-bellarmine-university

H/T to James Pence

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Broadband tower sparks outrage in community

Posted by seumasach on October 8, 2009

Studies show it puts people at risk of cancer

By Kanina Foss, The Star, Johannesburg

http://www.security.co.za/fullStory.asp?NewsId=13856

September 18, 2009


Joburg residents rely on high walls to keep them safe in a city full of threats. But for a community in Craigavon, there are no walls high enough to protect them from the danger they say has landed on their doorsteps.

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ITNT archive: Disappearing Bees

Posted by seumasach on October 8, 2009

India to study impact of mobile towers on birds, bees

Changes in honey bee behaviour and biology under the influence of cell phone radaiation

Check that tongue! Mobile phones buzz out honeybees

Proof by Omission

Why Vodaphone should not increase the power of its base stations

The Birds, the Bees and Electromagnetic Pollution-update

Bees and the Future of Food

Dr Carlo Speaks: Radiation Is Killing the Bees Despite the Cell Phone Industry’s Disinformation Campaign

Don’t Worry. Bee Happy. No pollination crisis, the new spin

The birds, the bees and electromagnetic pollution

The Birds , the Bees and Mankind

The disappearing bees: CCD and electromagnetic radiation

Bee losses this year at 37% in USA

Is CCD caused by pesticides?

Condemned Cells – Dramatic new facts on Honey bees dying

Effects of Electric Charges on Honeybees

Plight of bees threatens food production say MEPs

“Honey, the bees are shrinking!”

Electronic smog ‘is disrupting nature on a massive scale’

`Little Roar’ of Britain’s Bees Goes Silent as Colonies Die Off

Natural News “debunks” CCD

We need nature’s pollinators

Varroa Mite or Electromagnetic Fields? New Research into the Death of Bees

The Case of the Bees

Efectos de las Radiaciones Electromagenticas de la Telefonia Movil Sobre los Insectos

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Radiation from transmitters wipes out bee colonies which will affect food production: Study

Posted by seumasach on October 8, 2009

Multipolarity is beginning to have another salutary effect: emerging nations such as India are beginning to raise topics which are taboo in the West. The breaking of the Western stranglehold is not just in military and political terms but right across the board: multipolarity means new paradigm.

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ITNT Archive: the Disappearing Bees

Daily Pioneer

18th September, 2009

Studies in Kerala have brought out evidence to support the theory of colony collapse disorder (CCD) among honeybees due to bioactive microwave radiation from mobile phones and their relay towers, which leads to extensive disappearance of entire worker bee colonies. This could result in disruption in food production because most of the crops depend on bees for pollination.

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Iceland Discusses Rejecting IMF Loans

Posted by seumasach on October 7, 2009

Iceland Review

7th October, 2009

It appears as if a cross-political majority is forming in the Icelandic parliament, Althingi, on reconsidering Iceland’s relations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Chairman of the Independence Party Bjarni Benediktsson doubts that it is in Iceland’s best interest to accept further loans.

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China maps an end to the Afghan war

Posted by seumasach on October 7, 2009

M K Bhadrakumar

Asia Times

2nd October, 2009

The article “Afghan peace needs a map” [1] which appeared in the English-language China Daily newspaper on Monday should receive careful attention. China Daily is government-owned and the article is a very rare piece of focused opinion that proposes concrete steps to be taken on the way forward in unlocking the Afghan stalemate.

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Daniel Sunjata, new 9/11 investigation.

Posted by smeddum on October 7, 2009


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Gold Trades Near Record, May Gain on Dollar Weakness, Inflation

Posted by smeddum on October 7, 2009

Gold Trades Near Record, May Gain on Dollar Weakness, Inflation

By Kim Kyoungwha

Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) — Gold traded near a record after investors bought the metal to hedge against a declining dollar and pickup in inflation.

Bullion, which typically moves inversely to the U.S. currency, surged to an all-time high yesterday after Australia unexpectedly raised interest rates, hurting the dollar. The metal has risen 18 percent this year as governments boost spending to pull their economies out of recession, sparking speculation rising money supply will debase paper currencies. Read the rest of this entry »

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Obama to discuss Afghan war with congressional leaders

Posted by smeddum on October 7, 2009

October 06, 2009

Peoplesdaily

U.S. President Barack Obama will discuss Afghan war with top congressional leaders from both major parties Tuesday, as the U.S. government is reviewing its Afghan strategy. Read the rest of this entry »

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