World-News

Thalif Deen, Inter Press Service: "A spectre is haunting the cities and villages of most developing nations, warns a senior official of a World Bank-affiliated organisation. 'It's the spectre of a food, fuel and water crisis,' says Lars Thunell, executive vice president of the Washington-based International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank group. 'I believe we are at a tipping point,' he said, because the scarcity of water poses a threat to the food supply just when the agricultural sector is stepping up production in response to riots over food prices, growing hunger, and rising malnutrition."

http://www.truthout.org/article/food-fuel-and-water-crises-converging

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'Water Wars' a Bad Sign of Times
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/09/16-1



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=food+crisis
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=gas+price
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=water+crisis
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Thalif+Deen

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/7843/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news



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

http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/f4fc1fdcef9a5ce0?hl=en



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Diebold
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=voting+flaws
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Untersuchungen des Umweltbundesamtes geben neue Aufschlüsse über den Zusammenhang von sozialem Status und Umweltbelastungen aller Art.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/28/28512/1.html



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

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/08/22-6



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=David+Sirota

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/08/22-1

Sadrists Denounce Emerging US-Iraq Deal
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/08/22-10

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Iraqis voice opposition to security deal

Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari and a slew of other lawmakers Friday condemned the long-term security deal reached with the United States. "I renounce the humiliating agreement between Iraq and the United States," Jaafari said in a statement.

http://tinyurl.com/6bl2t9



Sadr denounces U.S. withdrawal plan

Iraq's government spokesman, Ali Dabbagh, reiterated Friday that any departure of U.S. troops was "subject to Iraqi national security" and that the dates are hypothetical. The final departure date "will be jointly set" by Iraq and the United States, he said, downplaying suggestions that the draft was the final deal.

http://www.mercurynews.com/nationworld/ci_10283802?nclick_check=1


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Iraq+withdraw
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sadrists
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=al-Sadr
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Iraq+deal
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=security+deal

Julian Sanchez, Ars Technica: "It's a good time to pick up an electronic voting machine on the cheap - provided you're not a stickler for things like 'accuracy' or 'security.' States are scrapping tens of thousands of pricey touchscreen systems in response to mounting concerns about the machines' reliability."

http://www.truthout.org/article/states-rush-dump-touchscreen-voting-systems



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=touchscreen
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=voting+machine
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Julian+Sanchez

Marie Cocco, Truthdig: "A presidential campaign in which a prevailing theme is 'change' makes it all the easier to see just how much things remain the same. Take the presidential debates to be broadcast this fall. The Commission on Presidential Debates plans three events, as usual, with one a 'town hall' format featuring questions from voters, a recent custom on its way to becoming routine."

http://www.truthout.org/article/same-old-white-guys-run-debates



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=presidential+campaign
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Marie+Cocco

Michael Winship, Truthout: "There will be more than 400 parties and other events at the Democratic and Republican conventions. Corporations and other special interests will contribute more than $100 million. That can buy a lot of influence. Just a few of the others involved: the Nuclear Energy Institute, Allstate, Wachovia, Union Pacific, ConocoPhillips, Molson-Coors, AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, Qwest, Target, Staples, SEIU, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Interviewed by the San Francisco Chronicle, Nancy Watzman, director of the Sunshine Foundation's interactive Party Time Project, which is monitoring convention activity, noted, 'These are all the same people who have a big lobbying presence in DC, and they all have major issues before Congress and the executive branch.'"

http://www.truthout.org/article/cash-register-conventions



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=lobbying
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Michael+Winship

http://mises.org/story/3062


Informant: Lew Rockwell



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Fannie
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Federal+Reserve

http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul474.html



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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ron+Paul
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http://www.lewrockwell.com/hornberger/hornberger150.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/hornberger

http://www.lewrockwell.com/higgs/higgs87.html



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