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By Isabel Jensen

FRUSTRATED residents of Oriole Way, in Bishop's Stortford, are furious that mobile phone giant O2 has been allowed to apply for a fourth time in its bid to install a mast.

As reported by the Citizen last September, O2 had tried to get a 13m highmast with two equipment cabinets at the corner of Oriole Way and Great Hadham Way, but the application was rejected after angry residents opposed the move.

The company has since applied again, once last December and again in January, and the company recently applied for planning permission again, much to the dismay of residents who sent in 106 letters of objection to the last planning application.

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Bob Herbert, writing for The New York Times, says: "We've been hearing a lot about 'Saturday Night Live' and the fun it has been having with the presidential race. But hardly a whisper has been heard about a Congressional hearing in Washington last week on a topic that could have been drawn, in all its tragic monstrosity, from the theater of the absurd."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030408E.shtml



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Martin Kady II and Patrick O'Connor, reporting for The Politico, write, "Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain has engaged a leading GOP lobbyist to coordinate his message and travel schedule with congressional Republicans - the most concrete sign yet that the biggest battleground in the 2008 presidential race may not be Pennsylvania or Ohio or Florida's I-4 corridor but rather the floor of the United States Senate."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030408D.shtml



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Nach einer Studie der Böckler-Stiftung profitieren vom Aufschwung nur Unternehmen und Vermögende, die realen Nettolöhne der Beschäftigten sind hingegen um 3,5 Prozent gesunken.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/27/27427/1.html



Ordentlich Steuern hinterziehen

Ganz recht: Unangenehm muss es einem schon vorkommen, dass ausgerechnet deutsche Manager vollkommen formlos Steuern hinterzogen haben sollen. Dabei geht es doch auch anders: mit einem Formular.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/4/104429

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Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early



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HALE STEWART

The Huffington Post — As the financial system continues to experience a high amount of turmoil, it is clear that deregulation has exceeded the "too much of a burden on business" argument. Instead, too little regulation has broken the economy.

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From TomPaine.common sense

The Washington Post — On Wall Street, firms hit hard by the subprime slump are giving their executives—in some cases, executives who led their firms into the subprime market in the first place—multi-million dollar bonuses in hopes they'll stay on.

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Adam Liptak, of The New York Times, reports: "Steve Marshall is an English travel agent. He lives in Spain, and he sells trips to Europeans who want to go to sunny places, including Cuba. In October, about 80 of his Web sites stopped working, thanks to the United States government."

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By Sherry Baker

Nolan Chart

Are you are disheartened Ron Paul supporter? Waiting for the rest of the country to understand what deep you-know-what we’re in? GET REAL! It’s time to act up, speak out and rock on. It is NOT the time to accept McCain, Obama and Clinton as the anointed ones. This is NOT a time for politics as usual. We have a country to save...

http://www.nolanchart.com/article3019.html


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WISC News

03/02/08

In Beloit, failing to return overdue library books is apparently a serious offense. It landed Keely Givhan behind bars for six days. Beloit Public Library director Dan Zack said when books aren’t returned, the library sends three overdue notices. After the third notice, a citation is sent that could include court date. Givhan said she was in the process of moving so she never got the notices. When a police officer pulled her over for a traffic violation in November, the officer found out about her outstanding warrant and took her to jail. She and her family couldn’t afford to pay her fine so she remained in jail for six days...

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CNN

03/03/08

The Chinese military continues to increase spending on efforts to break into U.S. military computer systems, expand its Navy, and invest in intercontinental nuclear missiles and weapons to destroy satellites, according to the latest U.S report on China’s military power. The annual report from the Pentagon to Congress says China’s total military spending in 2007 was between $97 billion and $139 billion, but it is hard to tell exactly how much was spent and on what...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

MSNBC

03/03/08

Homeland Security officials are pushing recalcitrant states to adopt stricter driver’s license standards to end a standoff that could disrupt domestic air travel. States have less than a month to send a letter to the Homeland Security Department seeking an extension to comply with the Real ID law passed following the 2001 terror attacks. Some states have resisted, saying it is costly, impractical and an invasion of privacy...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23456198/


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by Lynn Stuter

At immediate risk would be the populated areas of Ahsahka and Riverside at the confluence of the North Fork of the Clearwater River and the Clearwater River, and Orofino, Idaho, which sits approximately four miles upriver from the confluence. These two communities and one town would have little to no warning. Eleven miles upstream sits the community of Greer; 25 miles upstream sits the town of Kamiah (Kam-e-i); 32 miles upstream sits the town of Kooskia (Koos-key); all sitting on the banks of the Clearwater River; all within the Clearwater Canyon...

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In The Journal News, Hannan Adely writes: "After two tours in Iraq with the Marine Corps Reserve, Steven Vickerman tried to resume a normal life at home with his wife, but he could not shake a feeling of despair."

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Allison Stevens of Women's eNews reports: "Amid controversy over predatory mortgage practices that center on race and ethnicity, some consumer advocates say the problem of gender-based discrimination is being overlooked."

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According to Ted Lewis on CommonDreams.org, "As Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama slug out the Ohio round of their Democratic primary fight, the issue of NAFTA has returned to the center of debate, revealing deep, unresolved tension in the Democratic Party 15 years after the passage of the landmark trade agreement. It's not hard to see why knocking NAFTA makes for good politics in Ohio. The state has lost more than 200,000 manufacturing jobs since 2000."

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In Firedoglake.com, Tula Connell writes: "We all know that when it comes to providing health care, maternity leave and retirement security for all their citizens, Britain, France and all the rest of 'old' Europe make the United States look pretty pathetic."

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Writing for Movement Vision Lab, Maude Barlow says, "All over the world, groups who are fighting for local water rights are championing an international instrument on the right to water. Due to over-development and climate change, fresh water is becoming increasingly scarce. In addition, in many communities across the globe, people cannot get access to whatever clean water does exist without paying private corporations. The global water crisis is evident. We need a global solution."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/030308EC.shtml



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Jerry Hirsch of The Los Angeles Times reports, "Corn is a key element of the US food supply. It is what dairy cows eat to make milk and hens consume to lay eggs. It fattens cattle, hogs and chickens before slaughter. It makes soda sweet. As the building block of ethanol, it is now also a major component of auto fuel."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/030308EB.shtml



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According to an editorial in The New York Times, "One of the major shortcomings in last year's admirable energy bill was its failure to extend vital tax credits to producers of wind, solar and other renewable fuels. This was entirely the doing of the Senate, which caved in to the oil companies and their White House friends."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/030308EA.shtml



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Inside Democratic Strategies

PBS NOW looks "Inside Democratic strategies - the challenges from Texas and Ohio to the White House," and investigates "the story behind John McCain's public financing predicament."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030308U.shtml



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Holbrook Mohr, The Associated Press, reports: "The Columbia Training School - pleasant on the outside, austere on the inside - has been home to 37 of the most troubled young women in Mississippi. If some of those girls and their advocates are to be believed, it is also a cruel and frightening place."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030308T.shtml

Writing for Truthout, Paul Sweeney says, "As Texans queued up in record-shattering numbers for early voting in what is likely to be the decisive Democratic primary on March 4 between Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, long-suffering Democrats are suddenly wondering whether those long snaking lines could portend a paradigm shift."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030308R.shtml

by Pastor Chuck Baldwin

During this week back in 1836, the Alamo fell. For more than 13 days, 186 brave and determined patriots withstood Santa Anna's seasoned army of over 4,000 troops. To a man, the defenders of that mission fort knew they would never leave those ramparts alive. They had several opportunities to leave and live. Yet, they chose to fight and die. How foolish they must look to this generation of spoiled Americans........

http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin433.htm



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From Mast Sanity/Mast Network



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But Telus Mobility says only Industry Canada has control over cellphone tower applications

Posted By BRENDAN WEDLEY/Examiner Municipal Writer

A group of Valleyview Drive residents warned city council Monday night about the prospect of cellphone towers sprouting up in residential neighbourhoods across the city.

They spoke of another urban blight on the landscape of residential neighbourhoods. They shared concerns about plummeting property values once a cellphone tower is erected near their backyards. They talked about the fear of potential health effects from electromagnetic emissions.

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Lauterstein. Ob in Nenningen ein Mobilfunksendemast von O2 errichtet wird, ist weiterhin umstritten. Während der Mobilfunkanbieter dies weiterhin anstrebt, hält das Göppinger Landratsamt den Sender für überflüssig und lehnt alle Standorte ab, die in der laufenden Diskussion eine Rolle spielen. Laut Bürgermeister Michael Lenz würden weitere mögliche Flächen derzeit auf ihre Eignung geprüft.

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The verdict is in. The Fed's emergency rate cuts in January have failed to halt the downward spiral towards a full-blown debt deflation. Much more drastic action will be needed.

http://tinyurl.com/2pt9t9



Dollar at low on economy worries

The US dollar fell to an all-time low against the euro Monay, oil surged to new highs and Asian and European shares slipped back on fears of a US recession and further fallout from the global credit crisis.

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Markets tumble on U.S. recession fears

European and Asian stock markets tumbled Monday as investors reacted nervously to a steep decline on Wall Street Friday after disappointing economic and corporate news rekindled worries about a U.S. recession.

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U.S. Mortgage Rates Will Tumble to Four-Decade Low

Freddie Mac, the world's second- largest mortgage buyer, said the average U.S. fixed mortgage rate in 2008 probably will tumble more than three-quarters of a percentage point to the lowest in at least 45 years.

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From Information Clearing House



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Thomas Warziniack was born in Minnesota and grew up in Georgia, but immigration authorities pronounced him an illegal immigrant from Russia.

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From Information Clearing House

It turns out that the administration thought seriously about its own style of waterboarding and opted for a Khmer Rouge style over the Spanish style.

http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/02/a-tortured-defe.html


From Information Clearing House



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By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich

Joseph Joubert said: "Imagination is the eye of the soul". It therefore comes as no surprise that with terrorists lending their imagination to Lord Corbett of Castle Vale, a member of the House of Lords from Gordon Brown's ruling Labor Party, his soul is blinded. Lord Corbett would have us believe that millions of Iranians are eagerly waiting for the "freedoms offered by Iran's parliament-in-exile, the National Council of Resistance of Iran."[i] Perhaps it is the inaccuracy of the number that troubles this writer.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19455.htm



Ahmadinejad takes swipe at Bush, during Iraq visit

The Americans have to understand the facts of the region. Iraqi people do not like America," he said.

http://asia.news.yahoo.com/080302/3/3g09a.html



Ahmadinejad: US Power Crippling in Iraq

The parting words and posturing - like nearly every moment of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's two-day trip - was powerful political theater seeking to emphasize Iran's growing bonds with its former enemy. U.S. officials had a front row seat.

http://tinyurl.com/2h445n



Iran calls on US to quit Iraq

The Iranian president, on a landmark visit to neighbouring Iraq, has called for US troops' withdrawal from the war-torn nation, saying that the country will "live in peace" without them.

http://tinyurl.com/2jhl2a



IAEA to push Iran "arms" probe, Tehran says innocent

Iran's envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency said the intelligence was fake and said an IAEA report on February 22 showed Iran had answered all outstanding questions and certified its nuclear intentions were wholly peaceful.

http://tinyurl.com/yuhos3



How to end the U.S.-Iran standoff

We propose that Iran's efforts to produce enriched uranium and related nuclear activities be conducted on a multilateral basis, jointly managed and operated on Iranian soil by a consortium including Iran and other governments.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/03/opinion/edluers.php


From Information Clearing House



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By Noam Chomsky

The highly regarded British polling agency, Oxford Research Bureau, has just updated its estimate of deaths. Their new estimate a couple of days ago is 1.3 million. That's excluding two of the most violent provinces, Karbala and Anbar. On the side, it's kind of intriguing to observe the ferocity of the debate over the actual number of deaths. There's an assumption on the part of the hawks that if we only killed a couple hundred thousand people, it would be OK, so we shouldn't accept the higher estimates. You can go along with that if you like.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19453.htm



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