World-News

Sebastian Abbot, The Associated Press: "Pakistan began moving thousands of troops to the Indian border Friday, intelligence officials said, sharply raising tensions triggered by the Mumbai terror attacks."

http://www.truthout.org/122608A

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War between India and Pakistan may come in 'a matter of days'
http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/8189/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

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India Awaits Green Light for Raids on Pakistan

By Usman Khalid

It seems that Pakistan has the reincarnation of the Sheikh Mujib as a leader. And it was Mujibs's treachery that precipitated the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war and Pakistan's defeat.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21536.htm



India Warns Citizens: Don't Travel To Pakistan

VIDEO

The warning states that Pakistan has arrested Indians it suspects of being terrorists.
http://tinyurl.com/7j8plg


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Mumbai
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pakistan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sebastian+Abbot
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Usman+Khalid

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/12/26-6



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Cheney
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Andy+Worthington

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/12/26-4



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Juan+Cole

Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post: "The United States faces the possibility of much more rapid climate change by the end of the century than previous studies have suggested, according to a new report led by the US Geological Survey."

http://www.truthout.org/122608N



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Juliet+Eilperin

Paul Richter, The Los Angeles Times: "As President Bush's term comes to a close, the United States has the world's largest economy and its most powerful military. Yet its global influence is in decline. The United States emerged from the Cold War a solitary superpower whose political and economic leverage often enabled it to impose its will on others. Now, America usually needs to build alliances - and often finds that other powers aren't willing to go along."

http://www.truthout.org/122608K



A New New Deal?

Robert L. Borosage and Eric Lotke, The Nation: "While the old basics are crumbling, twenty-first-century needs are being ignored. We maintain our addiction to oil while forfeiting our lead in renewable-energy technologies that will drive the green markets of the future. As two-income and single-parent families spread, we are failing to provide the high-quality childcare and pre-kindergarten programs vital to educating the next generation. Even as college or advanced training are deemed essential in the modern economy, more and more Americans find them priced out of reach. Our health care system is broken, consuming too many resources while providing care for too few."

http://www.truthout.org/122608L



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=superpower
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=health+care
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Paul+Richter+Los+Angeles
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+L.+Borosage
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Eric+Lotke

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Sheldon Richman

12/24/08

Begin the obvious: a false sense of security is worse than none at all. When people believe government is protecting them from bad financial services, they are more vulnerable to scams than if they knew they had to protect themselves. The government’s huge regulatory apparatus broadcasts one unmistakable subliminal message: Have no fear because Big Brother is watching over you. Is it any wonder that people are less wary than they would be if they did not believe that? As long as government plays a regulatory role — or people believe it does — they will assume that key activities are being monitored. And even when an activity is known to be unregulated, the implication is that if regulation were needed, government would be doing it...

http://www.fff.org/comment/com0812p.asp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Justice For Mr. Madoff?

All Right, But Just This Once.

By Dave Parts

The victims go after other victims? The perpetrator sits in his town home, living as a king in exile, and the investors must fight each other over the scraps? It is beyond absurd.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21531.htm

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Living to Tell About Madoff

Tiernan Ray, Barrons: "James Hedges, President and founder of LJH Global Investments in Naples, Fla., has invested billions in hedge funds and private equity since 1990 through relationships with numerous hedge funds... And in 1997, he took a meeting with Bernard Madoff in New York to consider placing money with the man now accused of perpetrating a $50 billion global Ponzi scheme."

http://www.truthout.org/122708D



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Madoff
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=hedge+fund
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sheldon+Richman

AntiWar.Com
by Nebojsa Malic

12/25/08

‘What comes next is anybody’s guess’ were the closing words of this column in December 2007. That had been a turbulent year, marked by a series of setbacks for the Empire on all fronts. Aside from the ongoing quagmire in Iraq and Afghanistan, even in the Balkans — the region handpicked for the demonstration of hegemony — things were not proceeding according to plan. Ironically, during 2008 the situation became reversed. While the Empire managed to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat in the Balkans, its grip slipped away everywhere else. If the purpose of creating an ‘independent’ Kosovo was to reinforce US hegemony, then it was a Pyrrhic victory, set against the rise of China, a resurgent Russia, a rebellious Latin America, and an economic crisis that shook the very foundations of the West. The sight of two shoes hurled at Emperor Bush by an Iraqi journalist during a press conference in Baghdad was just the finishing touch...

http://www.antiwar.com/malic/?articleid=13949


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=empire
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=quagmire
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=hegemony
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=economic+crisis
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Nebojsa+Malic

Friday, November 28, 2008, 10:25

ITS launch six months ago was marked by a small but clear protest declaring that WiFi was not welcome in Glastonbury.

The scheme gives residents and businesses wireless Internet access, and the growing friction reached a peak on Friday at a public meeting when some people continued to claim their health had been affected.

Most of those at the meeting, hosted by Somerset County Council, called for the system to be unplugged. For two hours, residents expressed anger at not being told about the system before it was implemented.

Since it was switched on in May, many residents claim to have been suffering from symptoms such as headaches, dizziness and, in some cases, panic attacks. Some say they are no longer able to visit the town because the effects are so severe.

Jane Sanders, a Glastonbury resident of 20 years, was first to raise the health concerns and said: "I was really devastated when I found that the new Glastonbury WiFi signal reached my office. It had not occurred to me that it would stretch that far, so I wasn't expecting it. But I noticed when sitting in my office that I began to feel some familiar symptoms.

Read More...
http://www.thisisdorset.co.uk/westerngazette/news/Health-fears-trigger-unplug-WiFiarticle-509441-details/article.html


Informant: Martin Weatherall



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Wi-Fi
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Wi-Fi

http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/1227954/12759198/69534/0/



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Frankreich will erstmals die Opfer der Atomversuche in Algerien und französisch Polynesien entschädigen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/29/29431/1.html