Posted by smeddum on August 4, 2008
The real mystery is why these reports (here and here)are being ignored by most Beekeepers and mainstream Journalists, and Government agencies
By Alex Morales
Aug. 4 (Bloomberg) — John Chapple stands among a hum of honeybees flying in and out of 10 hives in the gardens of Lambeth Palace, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s London residence by the River Thames. The insects are buzzing. For now.
Eighteen months ago about two-thirds of the 40 hives that Chapple keeps across the capital died off, including all 12 in his own back yard. London’s beekeepers collectively lost half of their colonies in the past two years. During last winter alone, almost a third of hives across the U.K. lost their bees. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on August 4, 2008
Peoples Daily
July 31, or last Thursday, was the deadline put forward last November by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and US President George W. Bush, but the United States and Iraq have failed to meet the long-term agreement deadline as scheduled. The U.S.-Iraq accord negotiations, nevertheless, reached an impasse because of their serious disparities over the status of American forces stationed in Iraq, the withdrawal timetable and numerous other related issues.
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Posted by smeddum on August 4, 2008
Associated Press
By MARK JEWELL
The rich are sharing your financial pain — and contributing to it.
It may have taken longer and it may not be as acute, but there are early hints that the economic slump is crimping the lifestyles of the wealthy. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by seumasach on August 4, 2008
BY JAMES GORDON MEEK
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU
Saturday, August 2nd 2008, 6:32 PM
NYDailyNews
WASHINGTON – In the immediate aftermath of the 2001 anthrax attacks, White House officials repeatedly pressed FBI Director Robert Mueller to prove it was a second-wave assault by Al Qaeda, but investigators ruled that out, the Daily News has learned.
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Posted by seumasach on August 4, 2008
Webster Tarpley’s analysis seems to be spot on
BEIJING (AFP) – Sixteen policemen in China’s Muslim-majority northwest were killed on Monday in a suspected terrorist attack, state media said, raising security fears four days before the Beijing Olympics.
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Posted by seumasach on August 4, 2008
Venezuela’s Chavez says he’s beefing up military with Russian jets to resist US attack
Wiredispatch
3rd August, 2008
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says 24 Sukhoi fighter jets have been delivered to Venezuela — and are ready to defend his country from “imperialist” aggressions.
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Posted by alfied on August 3, 2008
KTVA
Every cloud has a silver lining. You find your neighbour and colleague dead, with a self inflicted shot gun wound to the chest (best to make sure when you are trying this suicide carry on);and, on the plus side you get to take his job as a general at Elmendorf Air Force Base.
As for the deceased, he has had difficult time of it. Tinsley’s previous boss, Michael “Buzz” Mosely, had already resigned in the wake of the Minot Nukes incident.
Minot Air Force base has to deal with four unfortunate deaths of its own. So a bad year all round.
Suspected cause of death is self-inflicted gunshot wound in the chest
A top general at Elmendorf Air Force Base is dead.Officials say Brigadier General Thomas Tinsley was discovered with a fatal gunshot wound to his chest shortly after 10 Sunday night inside his home on Elmendorf. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by seumasach on August 3, 2008
See also: Georgia, Washington and Moscow: a Nuclear Geopolitical Poker Game
MOSCOW, August 3 (RIA Novosti) – The threat of war between Georgia and its breakaway region of South Ossetia is becoming increasingly real, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
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Posted by seumasach on August 3, 2008
1st August, 2008
The government is trying to bury the 2001 anthrax attack scandal (the anthrax came from a U.S. military base) by claiming that one of the key suspects – Bruce E. Ivins – was a “lone nut” who committed suicide. The government claims that the anthrax letters were an innocent mistake which was “part of an Army scientist’s warped plan to test his cure for the deadly toxin“. Case closed.
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Posted by smeddum on August 3, 2008
NAM backs Iran’s right to acquire peaceful nuclear energy
Posted: 2008/08/02
Mathaba
The 15th meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement ”NAM” foreign ministers wound up on Wednesday releasing a final statement and two documents on Iran’s peaceful nuclear activities and the Zimbabwe crisis. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on August 2, 2008
Truth and Reconciliation Commission lawyer must quit: native leaders
For background information watch this video
CBC News
Native leaders and residential school survivors’ groups are calling for the resignation of a lawyer hired as chief counsel by the federal government’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Read the rest of this entry »
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