World-News

Sunday November 8,2009

By Lucy Johnston

CHILDREN are being encouraged to use mobile phones in school despite dire warnings from health chiefs.

Becta, a government advisory group set up to promote technology in schools, has published a study recommending a “gradual adoption” of mobiles until their use is “as natural as any other technology” employed in lessons.

The study flies in the face of Department of Health advice and the Government’s own expert report on mobile phones produced by Sir William ­Stewart, which concluded that “the use of mobile phones by children should be minimised,” due to potential health risks.

Read More...
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/138910/Health-fear-over-plans-to-let-pupils-use-mobile-phones-in-lessons

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Parents concerned by school wi-fi

More than 40 parents have signed a petition against the installation of a wi-fi internet connection at a Merseyside primary school.

They fear radiation emitted from the system could leave pupils at Woodlands primary in Formby with a range of conditions, including brain problems.

School head Simon Grilli told parents the wi-fi would be set up next week.

Read More...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/8318544.stm

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These pages cover the science on wi-fi in detail

http://www.wiredchild.org/sciencealias/43-what-the-science-tells-us/67-what-the-science-tells-us-wireless-products.html
http://www.wiredchild.org/schools.html
http://wifiinschools.org.uk/6.html

The two downloadable fact sheets at the top at http://www.wiredchild.org/schools.html are summaries which can be shown to the employer – one gives detailed technical advice to reduce the exposures.


Vicky


Powerwatch has some excellent info as follows:
http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/rf/wifi.asp

Of course in my view you can do no better than watch the Panorama programme on the dangers of Wifi as follows (courtesy of Mast Sanity):

http://www.mastsanity.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=132&Itemid=113


John E.



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

Jonathan S. Landay, John Walcott and Nancy A. Youssef, McClatchy Newspapers: "President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan next year, but he may not announce it until after he consults with key allies and completes a trip to Asia later this month, administration and military officials have told McClatchy."

http://www.truthout.org/1108091A



Rethinking Afghanistan: Alternatives to War

Robert Dodge, Truthout: "President Obama is reviewing the way forward in Afghanistan. His decision will define his presidency much as Vietnam defined the legacy of President Johnson's presidency in the 1960s. At a time when so much opportunity and necessity for change is at stake from health care reform to climate change legislation, education and nuclear weapons policy and the economy, the war and its costs will trump all."

http://www.truthout.org/110809C



The War Stampede

Norman Solomon, Truthout: "Disputes are raging within the Obama administration over how to continue the US war effort in Afghanistan. A new leak tells us that Washington's ambassador in Kabul, former four-star Gen. Karl Eikenberry, has cautioned against adding more troops while President Hamid Karzai keeps disappointing American policymakers. This is the extent of the current debate within the warfare state."

http://www.truthout.org/1112094

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U.S. Gen. Casey says more troops needed for Afghanistan

"I believe that we need to put additional forces into Afghanistan to give General McChrystal the ability to both dampen the successes of the Taliban while we train the Afghan civilian forces," Gen. Casey said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2199215



Afghanistan: more troops may not be the answer, says Obama adviser

"You can keep on putting troops in, and you could have 200,000 troops there and Afghanistan will swallow them up as it has done in the past," he said, according to comments published by the magazine's website in English and German.

http://snipurl.com/t57i0



Afghan insurgents learn to destroy key U.S. armored vehicle

Taliban-led insurgents in Afghanistan have devised ways to cripple and even destroy the expensive armored vehicles that offer U.S. forces the best protection against roadside bombs by using increasingly large explosive charges and rocket-propelled grenades, according to U.S. soldiers and defense officials.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/78443.html



Obama narrows US Afghan strategy to 4 options

Gen. Stanley McChrystal - the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan - has told the president that the U.S. mission there is headed for failure unless the president sends an additional 40,000 troops. Sources tell The Associated Press that the president will add tens of thousands more forces, though probably not quite the 40,000 McChystal is seeking.

http://snipurl.com/t6acv



US envoy warns against troop surge in Afghanistan

Memos from Eikenberry state extra troops 'not a good idea' until Karzai government tackles corruption, according to reports.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/12/us-envoy-objects-afghan-surge



Why the Afghan Surge Will Fail

Before the Obama administration buys into General Stanley McChrystal's escalation strategy, it might spend some time examining the August 12 battle of Dananeh, a scruffy little town of 2,000 perched at the entrance to the Naw Zad Valley in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province.

http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/6571


From Information Clearing House

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Gorbachev gives Obama advice on Afghanistan

CNN News

11/08/09

As the American public and the global community await the completion of the Obama administration’s extensive review of U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan, Mikhail Gorbachev, the former president of the Soviet Union, said Sunday that, instead of sending more troops, Obama should begin to the lay the groundwork to withdraw from Afghanistan…. Instead of more troops, Gorbachev said the Soviets decided to emphasize domestic development in Afghanistan and promoting national reconciliation between the various clans in the country...

http://tinyurl.com/yjlp8qg



Afghanistan: US envoy objects to troop increase

Omaha World-Herald

11/11/09

The U.S. envoy in Afghanistan, a former Army general who once commanded troops in the country, has objected strongly to emerging plans to send tens of thousands of additional forces to the country, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry resigned his Army commission to take the job as U.S. ambassador in Kabul earlier this year, and his is an influential voice among those advising President Barack Obama on Afghanistan...

http://tinyurl.com/y9qw349


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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US Owned by Its Army
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/6033675/

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Nobel Peace Laureate Obama Will Send 40K More Troops To War

Pointless "will he, won't he" debates ignore the fact that Obama has already deployed 34,000 additional troops to Afghanistan

Steve Watson
Infowars.net
Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009

Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama has decided to send close to 40,000 more troops into Afghanistan over the course of 2010, according to insiders.

http://www.infowars.net/articles/november2009/101109Obama_troops.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Nobel+laureate
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=+Eikenberry
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Karzai
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Afghan+surge
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Vietnam
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Taliban
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=warfare+state
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=healthcare
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jonathan+S.+Landay
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=John+Walcott
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Nancy+A.+Youssef
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Norman+Solomon

- Dr Howard Fisher: De nouvelles recherches prouvent le lien entre téléphone mobile et cancer

- 7 DAYS Dubaï : "Un médecin envoie une alerte"

http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/DoctorsAndEmfMedecinsEtCem.php#1

http://groups.google.com/group/omeganews/msg/1331d540b364ff08?hl=de



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=mercury
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=squalen
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=autism
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=autism

http://www.welt.de/die-welt/finanzen/article5125586/Der-glaeserne-Handynutzer.html

Handy-Ortungsdienste sind der neue Trend
http://www.welt.de/webwelt/article5685462/Handy-Ortungsdienste-sind-der-neue-Trend.html

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Ambivalente Nutzen-Risiken-Einschätzung der Ortungsdienste über Mobilfunk

datensicherheit.de

Wenn das vor einen Lautsprecher gehaltene, eigentlich ausgeschaltete Handy brumme, dürfte darauf eine Spionagesoftware installiert sein. ...

http://www.datensicherheit.de/aktuelles/ambivalente-nutzen-risiken-einschaetzung-der-ortungsdienste-ueber-mobilfunk-8217

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Google überwacht die nähere Umgebung
http://www.internetworld.de/Nachrichten/Trends/Google-ueberwacht-die-naehere-Umgebung-22966.html

http://groups.google.com/group/omeganews/t/87d0edf9116ae6af?hl=de



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=H1N1
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=pandemic
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=John+Holdren
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http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/146504



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Klimawandel
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Nicholas+Stern

Aal vor dem Aussterben

Der Internationale Rat für Meeresforschung (ICES) hat dringend einen maximalen Schutz des Aals in allen Entwicklungsstadien empfohlen.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741687287ms180



Albatrosse: Mahlzeit im Plastik-Ozean

Auswirkungen von Müll auf Seevögel untersucht.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741687299ms180



Haie speichern Gift in ihrem Körper

Sondermüll auf deutschen Speisetellern? Methylquecksilber - die Gefahr aus dem Meer. Methylquecksilber ist um den Faktor 1000 giftiger ist als Quecksilber.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741687300ms180



WWF: Die Rote Liste der bedrohten Arten wird immer länger

Die Weltnaturschutzunion (IUCN) hat die aktuelle Rote Liste der weltweit bedrohten Tiere und Pflanzen vorgestellt.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741687301ms180



2010 wird entscheidend für den Artenschutz

Eine der größten Herausforderungen der kommenden Jahre sieht der Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND) darin, den Schwund der biologischen Vielfalt zu stoppen.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741687812ms188



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

Analyse zeigt mangelndes Engagement aller Industrienationen beim Klimaschutz.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741687286ms180



Deutschland blockiert Gebäudesanierung

"Während Kanzlerin Merkel in den USA für Klimaschutz wirbt, tritt sie in Europa massiv auf die Bremse."

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741687290ms180



WWF-Report: Bewertung von Klimaschutzmaßnahmen der G20-Länder

Klimafreundliche Politik wirkt sich nicht nur positiv auf die Umwelt aus, sondern auch auf das Wirtschaftswachstum, so ein aktueller Report des WWF, der 100 klimapolitische Maßnahmen der G20-Länder analysiert.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741687288ms180



Große Mehrheit der Deutschen für Teilnahme Merkels am UN-Klimagipfel in Kopenhagen

Kanzlerin muss in Kongress-Rede Kopenhagen zur Chefsache machen. http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741687304ms180



70 Prozent der Deutschen fordern CO2-Reduktion

70 Prozent der Deutschen fordern neue Vereinbarung in Kopenhagen zur CO2-Reduktion.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741687307ms180



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Merkel
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Klimaschutz
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=CO2
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Schwarz-Gelb

Sie basieren auf faulen Krediten.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741687278ms180



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