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People & Power takes a look at Rashid Dostum, Afghanistans most notorious warlord.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23689.htm



Afghan MP: US is not seriously fighting insurgents

The following is an abridged transcript of an interview with Afghan parliamentarian Mohammad Asim.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=108300&sectionid=3510302



Afghans Trained by Blackwater Defect to Taliban

An Aljazeera producer was able to interview some of those defectors who were unafraid to reveal their identities and were not bashful about their Blackwater issued IDs.

http://snipurl.com/sgbtw



What lies beneath the war in Afghanistan

Al-Qaida only numbered 300 members. Most have been killed. A handful escaped to Pakistan. Only a few remain in Afghanistan. Yet President Barack Obama insists 68,000 or more U.S. troops must stay in Afghanistan to fight al-Qaida and prevent extremists from re-acquiring "terrorist training camps."

http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/eric_margolis/2009/10/11/11369636-sun.html



After Nobel nod, Obama convenes war council

Hours after being named a Nobel peace laureate, US President Barack Obama shouldered his duties as commander in chief and convened a war council for crucial talks on Afghan strategy.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/10/2710425.htm?section=justin



From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=warlord
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Dostum
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By Real News

Retired CIA analyst Ray McGovern speaks on disinformation, Iran, and "faith-based intelligence".

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23693.htm



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

Die durch die Stiftung mit forcierte Abdankung des Politischen vollzog sich durch unauffällige Reformkonzepte.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/31/31262/1.html



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

Viele US-Banken sind in schlechter Verfassung und können die staatlichen Hilfsgelder nicht zurückzahlen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/146320

Global biophysical boundaries can define a ‘safe planetary operating space’ that will allow humanity to continue to develop and thrive for generations to come, a group of 28 internationally renowned scientists proposes. Drawing upon current scientific understanding of the Earth System, the scientists make a first attempt to identify and quantify a set of nine planetary boundaries. This new approach to sustainable development that is to help humanity to deal with climate change and other global environmental threats in the 21st century is conveyed in the current issue of the scientific journal Nature.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741687069ms175

WWF Report: Die Durchschnittstemperaturen in Südostasien haben sich in den vergangenen 50 Jahren zwischen 0,5 und 1,5 Grad erhöht.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741687049ms175



Aktivisten protestieren weiter gegen Kohleabbau in der Arktis

Kohleverbrennung lässt die Arktis abschmelzen.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741687055ms175



Greenpeace-Erfolg zum Schutz des Amazonas

Ab sofort keine Rinder mehr auf neu gerodeten Urwaldgebieten. http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741687058ms175



Weltgrößter Damm sorgt für hohen Methanausstoß

Marschgebiet erzeugt im Sommer klimaschädliche Chemikalien http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741687060ms175



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Klimawandel
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Methan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Arktis
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