World-News: 01 September 2007

1 Sep, 2007, 1204 hrs IST, AGENCIES

KOLKATA: A pregnant woman suffered burns in eastern India after the battery of her Nokia mobile phone exploded minutes after she put the handset on charge, police said Saturday.

The Finnish phone maker warned last month in front-page advertisements in leading Indian dailies that some of its batteries were overheating after around 100 such incidents were reported globally.

The battery that exploded was, however from the firm's BL-D3 series, and not from BL-5C that Nokia recalled a month ago, police said.

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rudkla - 1. Sep, 23:56

Bush Hears About Strain on Troops

Robert Burns of The Associated Press reports: "At a key juncture in the Iraq war, the military chiefs conveyed to President Bush on Friday their concern about a growing strain on troops and their families from long and repeated combat tours."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090107B.shtml

http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=strain+on+troops

rudkla - 1. Sep, 22:31

Iraq's Endless "False Hopes"

Writing for Consortium News, Robert Parry says, "Two-and-a-half years ago at another 'turning point' in the Iraq War, columnists at the Washington Post and other leading American newspapers were ecstatic over how the Iraqi national election was finally fulfilling the neoconservative dream of remaking the Muslim world. Now, however, some of the same columnists who praised the January 30, 2005, election are denouncing it as a failure that must be undone so George W. Bush's newest 'turning point' - the American troop 'surge' - can achieve its fullest potential."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090107A.shtml

http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=troop+surge
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Parry

rudkla - 1. Sep, 22:28

Vietnamvergleiche

Bis letzte Woche waren Analogien des Irakkriegs mit dem Vietnamkrieg bei amerikanischen Konservativen ungefähr so beliebt wie Nazivergleiche. Nun hat Präsident Bush dieses Tabu gebrochen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/26/26100/1.html

http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Vietnam

rudkla - 1. Sep, 22:15

Civilian Death Toll in Iraq Climbs

Reuters reports that "civilian deaths from violence in Iraq rose in August, with 1,773 people killed, government data showed on Saturday, just days before the US Congress gets a slew of reports on President George W. Bush's war strategy. The civilian death toll was up seven percent from 1,653 people killed in July, according to figures from various ministries."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090107Y.shtml

rudkla - 1. Sep, 21:44

Larry Craig: Scandals and national security

Senator Craig Expected to Resign Today

Carl Hulse of The New York Times reports that "Senator Larry E. Craig, Republican of Idaho, under intense pressure from party leaders to step down in the aftermath of an undercover sex sting, plans to resign his seat on Saturday, Republican Party officials said Friday. Through intermediaries and unusually harsh public statements and actions, party officials made it clear they wanted Mr. Craig to quit before Congress returned from its summer recess next week, hoping quickly to conclude an embarrassing episode that threatened to complicate an already difficult election cycle for Senate Republicans."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090107Z.shtml

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Larry Craig and the expanding police state
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig8/adham1.html

Scandals and national security … don’t mix

Frontiers of Freedom
by Kaye Grogan

09/05/07

What we desperately need in our leaders are ‘godly’ men. Not just in name only, but in actions. Every time you turn around another scandal rocks Washington sending the country into a vertigo type of condition with so many twists and turns. The latest scandal involving Senator Larry Craig of Idaho produced another ‘I didn’t do anything wrong’ abrupt press conference. The Republicans can add another resignation to their ever growing list...

http://tinyurl.com/2khazb

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Larry+Craig
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=police+state
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Kaye+Grogan

rudkla - 1. Sep, 17:13

Mobile firm dubbed sneaky

Residents in north Watford have criticised a "sneaky" mobile phone company for attempting to extend a huge phone mast inside the grounds of a primary school during the summer holidays.

Mobile phone firm Orange has applied for permission to construct three additional antennas and an extra dish on an existing telecommunication mast, as well as move it.

The mast is inside the grounds of Orchard Primary School, in Gammons Lane, but Orange wants to make the mast bigger and needs to rebuild it.

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http://tinyurl.com/332q48

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rudkla - 1. Sep, 15:14

A group of former government officials along with current Congressional candidates, authors and activists has issued an urgent warning that a faction of the US government allied with Dick Cheney is planning to stage a terror event or provocation as a pretext for launching military attacks against Iran and implementing emergency powers in America...

http://www.realinsidenews.com/governmentnews068.html

Informant: NHNE

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Scholars endorse "The Kennebunkport Warning": Report ominous signs of a privatized takeover of the nation

http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/print_friendly.php?p=opedne_jim_fetz_070830_scholars_endore__22the.htm

Informant: beargoodfruit

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Ominous Signs of Blackwater Military Takeover
http://estrecho.indymedia.org/newswire/display/70248/index.php

http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Cheney
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=9/11
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Kennebunkport
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Blackwater
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=Kennebunkport+Warning&btnG=Search+News

rudkla - 1. Sep, 10:39

NORTH POLE ICECAP MELTS AS GLOBAL WARMING INCREASES

The North Pole is melting for the first time in 55m years. Researchers have found that the icecap at the top of the world has turned into a mile-wide patch of open ocean...

http://www.climateark.org/articles/2000/3rd/npicecme.htm

Informant: NHNE

rudkla - 1. Sep, 10:37

The Administration Refuses To Take Responsibility For Initiating a War Based On Lies

Congressman Dennis Kucinich: GAO Report Shows The Administration Refuses To Take Responsibility For Initiating a War Based On Lies
http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0831-07.htm

http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=GAO
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Kucinich

rudkla - 1. Sep, 10:17

Dirt Isn't So Cheap After All

Stephen Leahy for Inter Press Service reports that "soil erosion is the 'silent global crisis' that is undermining food production and water availability, as well as being responsible for 30 percent of the greenhouse gases driving climate change."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/083107EA.shtml

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Soil Erosion and Global Warming: Dirt Isn't So Cheap After All
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/08/31/3547/

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Rich Countries Deadlocked Over 2020 Climate Goals

Reuters reports on the first UN session about long-term climate targets, which is being held in Vienna August 27 to 31 and attended by 158 countries with the goal of discussing post-Kyoto plans.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/083107EB.shtml

Residents Speak of Smog With Passion, Knowledge

Janet Wilson for The Los Angeles Times reports on an EPA field hearing in downtown Los Angeles where citizens spoke vividly about their asthma attacks and failing health as a result of poor air quality. Federal air pollution regulators are under court order to update ozone public health standards for the first time in a decade.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/083107EC.shtml

http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=soil+erosion
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=air+pollution
http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Global+Warming+-+Globale+Erwaermung/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Stephen+Leahy

rudkla - 1. Sep, 09:37

Do We Have the Courage to Stop War With Iran?

Ray McGovern, writing for Truthout, says that Americans must begin organizing against a war with Iran that Bush and Cheney are already planning: "It is going to happen, folks, unless we put our lawn chairs away on Tuesday, take part in some serious grass-roots organizing, and take action to prevent a wider war - while we still can."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/083107R.shtml

http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ray+McGovern

rudkla - 1. Sep, 09:25

Bush Email Mystery Deepens

Justin Rood for ABC News reports that "the White House will not identify a private company which appears to be involved in the disappearance of millions of White House emails."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/083107S.shtml

http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=missing+emails

rudkla - 1. Sep, 09:22