Samstag, 24. März 2007

Landtag rät Schulen von WLAN ab

http://omega.twoday.net/stories/3023595/

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Umweltinstitut München e.V. – Newsletter vom 27. März 2007

Beharrliche Arbeit hat Erfolge: Die bayerischen Schulen sollen nach einer Empfehlung des Bayerischen Landtags vom 22. März 2007 auf drahtlose Internet-Netzwerke (WLAN) verzichten. Dies folgt der Mobilfunk-Anhörung des Bayerischen Landtags vom 7. Dezember 2006, an der auch das Umweltinstitut München beteiligt war. Der Bildungsausschuss des Landtags appellierte an Schulen, stattdessen auf kabelgebundene Netzwerke zurückzugreifen. Dadurch sollen mögliche, durch Strahlung bedingte Gesundheitsgefahren ausgeschlossen werden. http://www.br-online.de/umwelt-gesundheit/artikel/0703/22-wlan-in-schulen/index.xml

Die Forderung von Umweltverbänden und seit Juni 2005 auch des Bundesamts für Strahlenschutz, schnurlose DECT-Telefone mit bedarfsgerechter Leistungsregelung und Strahlungsfreiheit im Stand-By-Betrieb zu entwickeln, verhallte zunächst. Die namhaften europäischen Hersteller haben sich lange gegen die Einführung strahlenreduzierter Geräte gewehrt und den Markt über ein Jahr lang dem chinesischen Hersteller Orchid überlassen. Inzwischen sind Geräte weiterer Hersteller erhältlich. Eine Übersicht finden Sie in unseren Fragen&Antworten: http://www.umweltinstitut.org/frames/all/m392.htm
Hier finden Sie auch weitere Infos zu WLAN.

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WLAN an Schulen?
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/3580234/

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MOBILE PHONES NOT A HEALTH HAZARD?

Here is this sham newly issued Irish Government Report undertaken by an "expert group" attached to the Irish Department of Communications [= telecommunications], Marine, and Natural Resources into health effects of cellphones cum masts. And now that this committee has safely (that means ensuring the continued financial good health of telecommunications here) decreed that there are absolutely no health risks from cellphones and masts, the Irish Government feels it is perfect timing for it to transfer responsibility on this issue to the Department of the Environment! The Irish Government's deceit is blatantly apparent and it has the gall to acknowledge that yes indeed, to the careful observer it does look like conflict of interest that its Government-appointed group into health effects of cellphones and masts actually was not independent of the Irish Department of Communications but that it--the Government-- is now in the aftermath of this report ensuring this tie is severed.

Indeed, this report appears such a blatant sham, an insult to the Irish electorate's intelligence, and so dangerous in what it medically recommends for EHS sufferers living in Ireland that the Irish Government may have shot itself in the foot when it comes to being re-elected in some weeks time.

How could this committee chaired by Noel O'Flynn (Cork) conclude that mobile phones are not a health hazard and that this is based on its study of "all the evidence accumulated so far" when the same Deputy Noel O'Flynn remarked, a few years ago, at the commencement of the study:

"While I understand there has been no conclusive scientific evidence to prove any long-term negative effect of mobile phone usage, some recent studies have suggested otherwise. I believe this information is strong enough to merit more research." A quick google search of Deputy Noel O'Flynn [ http://tinyurl.com/279w7b ]will also reveal interesting information on his forays overseas to promote Irish telecommunications interests!

Most dangerous in this report is the committee's recommendation that GPs "be provided with information about the appropriate treatment of symptoms of electromagnetic hypersensitivity and be informed the symptoms are not due to exposure to electromagnetic fields." So, are they going to inform Irish GPs that EHS is a delusional state/psychosis and to shoo us off into the the arms of psychiatrists who in turn might conveniently lock us up and medicate us into compliant zombies? I. for one, am not in the least surprised that the Irish Government would stoop to doing this to its own EHS citizens. In its eyes, wealth is vastly more important than health. But it may very well has misjudged the intelligence of Irish people and they may show their contempt at the next election.

Best, Imelda, Cork


THE IRISH TIMES, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2007 [page 3, print edition]

"MOBILE PHONES NOT A HEALTH HAZARD, SAYS REPORT

[by] Eithne Donnellan, Health Correspondent

No adverse short or long-term health effects have been shown to occur from exposure to the signals produced by mobile phones or phone masts, according to a report from a Government-appointed expert group. The report, published yesterday, says this conclusion is based on all the evidence accumulated so far. It also says there are no data available to suggest that use of mobile phones by children is a health hazard, but it says more research on this issue has been recommended by the World Health Organisation. "The only established adverse health effect associated with mobile phones is with traffic accidents," it added. The report, HEALTH EFFECTS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS, says it is unlikely that extremely low-frequency magnetic fields, which would come from power lines and electrical appliances, cause leukaemia in children, but studies to date are insufficient to make a conclusive judgment. It has recommended that where possible, and as a precaution, new power lines should be sited away from heavily populated areas so as to keep exposures to people low. "The evidence for 50 Hz magnetic fields causing childhood leukaemia is too weak to require rerouting of existing lines and so these measures should only apply to new lines," it said. The report acknowledges there has been public concern about the siting of masts or base stations in different areas. it said the planning guidelines for siting base stations are seen as lacking transparency and lacking any input from the public. "Many local authorities have adopted their own planning guidelines for the approval of new base stations, with different requirements on their location. "It is strongly recommended that national guidelines be agreed on the planning and approval process for new antennas on existing masts and future base stations through a public consultative process," it said. The expert group has also recommended the Government should take a more proactive role in providing health advice in relation to electromagnetic fields and that the issue should be managed through a single agency. At present the responsibility is with the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, and given that this department is also responsible for the promotion and development of mobile communications, there appears to be a conflict of interest, it says. The Government said yesterday it will become the responsibility of the Department of the Environment from May 1st. The group, which included Irish and international representatives, also recommended GPs be provided with information about the appropriate treatment for symptoms of electromagnetic hypersensitivity and be informed the symptoms are not due to exposure to electromagnetic fields.

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Erratum: Deputy Noel O'Flynn did not chair Irish expert Group report

Con Colbert, IERVN (Irish Electromagnetic Radiation Victims Network), and Secretary of IDEA (Irish Doctors Environmental Association) has alerted me to a major error regards Deputy Noel o'Flynn, in my accompanying remarks to the newly released roport by the Irish Government-appointed expert group. Con notes:

"The Expert Committee was NOT chaired by Noel O Flynn. He chaired the Joint Committee on Communications. His Report stated that "members of the Committee were aware of individuals who were affected by Masts and Phones. . . .

This new Expert report contradicts the findings of Noel O Flynn's Report."

But my comments on the Irish Government's cynical strategy of getting this pro-telecommunications health report on masts and cellphones signed and sealed before transferring it and future responsibilites for health in this matter to the Department of the Environment stand.

Best, Imelda, Cork.


I am also sending you along for posting an update on that ultrasonic MOQUITO device for repelling teenagers that appeared in yesterday's THE SUNDAY TIMES.


From The Sunday Times, March 25, 2007

Buzz on the street puts yobs to flightMaurice Chittenden A SONIC device that gives out a piercing noise audible only to people in their teens and early twenties has been installed as a yob deterrent at nearly 3,000 locations across Britain.

The inventors of the £500 transmitter, called the Mosquito, claim it has helped stop gangs of youths gathering in locations such as cemeteries and parks or outside shops and schools.

Police forces, however, are divided on whether the device should be deployed. Some have turned it down because it may infringe the human rights of young people.

Once activated, the Mosquito sends out a pulse at 18 kilohertz that switches on and off four times a second for up to 20 minutes.

Teenagers can hear this frequency because of minute hairs in their inner ears that detect it. These “inner hairs” die by the time they reach 25. Children and babies cannot hear the device while most people over
25 do not notice sounds above 8 kilohertz.

Supermarkets such as Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Spar have all employed the Mosquito to stop youths gathering outside stores. A Spar in Barry, south Wales, which was the first to use it, said crime outside the store had dropped by 83% since the device was installed.

Train companies including Arriva and Chiltern Railways also use it to scatter groups of youths loitering at stations.

Local authorities have positioned the device, which is housed in a 9in-wide black box, in cemeteries and parks to stop youngsters “hanging out” after they have closed for the night.

The Mosquito was invented two years ago “out of necessity” by Howard Stapleton, 40, a former British Aerospace engineer who runs a security business in Merthyr Tydfil, south Wales.

Stapleton had the idea when his daughter Isabel, then 15, went to buy milk but returned empty-handed because she did not want to pass through a gang of boys hanging around outside the store.

He looked at ways of deterring young people from gathering. The shopkeeper told him police would move the youngsters on but they would soon come back. Other stores had tried playing classical music but it had not worked.

Then Stapleton remembered as a boy of 12 visiting a factory run by his father that made Ever Ready batteries. It used ultrasonic welding to make the batteries. The young Stapleton found the noise so appalling he had to run out but none of the adults appeared to notice.

He adapted the idea to make the Mosquito. “The real trick to it is pulsing this noise on and off and it just makes it really annoying after five to six minutes and the teenagers disappear,” said Stapleton.

Many police forces have deployed the device on problem areas. Staffordshire police said it was so successful youths had gone into a shop to ask the owner to turn it off.

In Gloucestershire, police are lending the device to shops with an option to buy if it proves successful. In Lancashire, police received 60 callouts to a row of shops in Lea two months before the device was installed. This fell to three calls in the two months after it was deployed.

Not all forces are so enthusiastic, partly because of concerns about the human rights of teenagers who are behaving innocently, as well as the gangs.

Simon Morris, Stapleton’s fellow director at Compound Security, said: “We are getting problems with chief constables who say they are scared it is going to infringe human rights. We know it doesn’t.

“And what about the human rights of people who suffer daily from gangs?”

West Midlands police are not deploying the device in Birmingham “because it is indiscriminate and we have to consider the effects on young people in the area”. Derbyshire police have bought four but opted not to deploy them until it is certain there are no health problems.

Peter Douglas Osborn, a Tory councillor in Birmingham, said: “It’s ludicrous. They don’t want to do anything to hurt the yobs’ delicate eardrums.”

The Association of Chief Police Officers said it was up to individual forces whether to use the device.

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MOBILE PHONES NOT A HEALTH HAZARD, SAYS REPORT

Dear Ms Kennedy,

Eithne Donnellan's article MOBILE PHONES NOT A HEALTH HAZARD, SAYS REPORT THE IRISH TIMES, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2007 [page 3, print edition] shows that she has not done her homework. With an article like this the Irish Times has truely reached the standard of Pravda.

Yours sincerely,

Dorothee Krien

P.S. Here is something she could have found if he had wanted to.:
http://www.starweave.com/masts/

Six Studies Showing Ill-Health Effects From Masts Document produced by Dr Grahame Blackwell 21st Feb 2005, updated 2/5/05



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Task Force Formed to Investigate Florida 13th Election

Nearly five months after Florida Republican Vern Buchanan narrowly defeated Democrat Christine Jennings in the state's 13th District, a congressional committee has organized a task force to investigate the controversial election. California Democratic Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald, chairwoman of the House Administration Committee, announced the formation of the task force, which she said was needed to investigate "possible voting rights violations" in Florida's 13th, where Buchanan prevailed by 369 votes. Bandele McQueen, Millender-McDonald's chief of staff, told CQPolitics.com on Friday that illender-McDonald formed the task force after an August 2006 letter surfaced last week in which Electronic Systems & Software Inc. (ES&S) - the company that manufactured the electronic voting machines that were used in the Florida 13 election - told election officials that the voting screens exhibited slow response times during testing.

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Next-up News n°214

http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/next_up_news_n214.htm

The Miltary Regs Forbid Bush Using Our Troops as Political Props

"The DOD regulations make clear that the White House cannot use uniformed military, active duty or veterans, as props in political events. But that's what Bush did today when he used current or former troops in uniform as window dressing for his political press conference attacking the Democrats as un-American," says John Aravosis.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032407G.shtml

Pelosi's Gamble on Iraq War Bill Pays Off

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi faced an angry group of liberal lawmakers when she stepped into her red-walled Capitol office on the afternoon of March 8. Pelosi listened, parrying each complaint with an argument she would make hundreds of times over the next two weeks: Democrats had to unite behind a bill that challenged Bush's management of the war. Friday, Pelosi carried the day.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032407F.shtml



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E-Mails Show Machinations to Replace Prosecutor

Two months before Bud Cummins was fired as US attorney in Little Rock, a protege of presidential adviser Karl Rove was maneuvering with the Justice Department to take his place.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032407E.shtml



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Al Gore and the Wedges Game

"Whether they realize it or not, policymakers dealing with energy and climate issues are now deeply engaged in the wedges game," says Kelpie Wilson. "What is the wedges game? It is a useful way of thinking about how to replace energy technologies that produce greenhouse emissions with less-harmful alternatives."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032407A.shtml



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Bischof Kamphaus für soziale Standards auf internationaler Ebene

http://frankfurt.bistumlimburg.de/index.php?_0=12&_1=133958
http://www.katholische-kirche.de/2315_20058.htm

Documents Show Gonzales Approved Firings

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales approved plans to fire several US attorneys in a November meeting, according to documents released Friday that contradict earlier claims that he was not closely involved in the dismissals.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032407Z.shtml



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Outsourcing lohnt sich kaum noch: Kostenvorteile werden irrelevant

http://www.meta-info.de/?lid=25493

Die große Verteilungsfrage: neoliberale Grundsätze infrage gestellt

http://www.meta-info.de/?lid=25494



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Elektrosmog-Strahlung im Internet

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Offizielles Messprogramm: verwirrende Verharmlosung
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/3471032/

Brummton: Ursache ungeklärt?

HLV INFO 31/AT

24-03-2007

Volker Hartenstein, MdL a.D. 23-03-2007


Liebe Betroffene, Brummtonleidende und Interessenten,

wir möchten Sie über angedachte Aktivitäten kurz informieren.

Ich bitte Sie um Anmerkungen und Rückmeldung.


1. Übergabe der Fragebögen der Betroffenen

Die Fragebögen samt Auswertung (dank Frau Dr. Liedke-Göbel) sollen an die Landeshauptstadt München, das LFU und nach Berlin gesendet werden.

Falls weitere Betroffene in ihrem Umfeld sind: http://www.brummen-muenchen.de/fragebogen.php

Einige wurden veröffentlicht http://www.brummen-muenchen.de/berichte.php


2. Vorschlag zu einer gemeinsamen Kundgebung in München

Vorschlag

Die vielen Bürgerinitiativen gegen Mobilfunk könnten in Beträgen ihr Anliegen öffentlich vortragen und sich besser vernetzen.

Auch wir möchten unser Anliegen vortragen, da wir die Ursache des weiträumig entstandenen Brummens in den letzten Jahren im Ausbau des UMTS/Mobilfunknetzes sehen.

Diese Kundgebung könnte diesen Sommer in München stattfinden. Die Organisation könnten wir übernehmen.


3. Fragen an die Mobilfunkbetreiber

Die jetzigen Fragen http://www.brummen-muenchen.de/offenebriefe.php#mobilfunk

sollen nochmal überarbeitet an die Mobilfunkbetreiber
(Telekom, Vodafone, O2, E-Plus) gerichtet werden.

Hier benötigen wir noch die Adressen der technischen Leiter der Mobilfunkbetreiber.


4. Referenzumgebung zur Erfassung/Messung des Brummens

Hier haben wir eine freundliche Rückmeldung vom LFU erhalten. Mehr demnächst auf der Website.

Falls Sie Gutachten haben und diese auf der Website veröffentlichen möchten so senden Sie diese bitte in digitaler Form an uns.


5. Abschlussbemerkung

Wir gestalten unsere Umwelt, die Technik sollte uns dabei behilflich sein, nicht uns aber schaden - das ist unsere Herausforderung.

Es geht nicht darum alles runter zu fahren - sondern auf ein uns und unserer Umwelt verträgliches Mass zu setzen.

Nicht alles ist unbedingt notwendig und hilfreich.


Viele Grüße

Stephan Sainer
Initiative "Brummfreies München"
Hugo-Weiss-Str. 19
D-81827 München
http://www.brummen-muenchen.de/impressum.php



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Plans for two more phone masts on hold

Controversial plans for two mobile phone masts in northern Chichester have been temporarily put on hold.

One of them involves proposals for a 25-metre mast disguised as a cypress tree, which critics have said would look like a giant loo brush.

This is proposed for a site near the city’s popular Centurion Way cycle route and walkway, and has provoked a storm of protest about the impact on an attractive country area.

Orange had submitted an application for planning permission to Chichester District Council.

This has now been withdrawn by the company before a decision was made by the council, but the intention is to resubmit it at a later stage.

The withdrawal followed a request from the council’s planning department for more information on the appearance of the tree mast, together with colour photographs of similar masts and a photomontage of the site.

Plans by Vodafone for a 10m timber telegraph pole supporting an antennae unit in Broyle Road, next to the Roussillon Barracks, have also been withdrawn before going in front of the council’s southern area development control committee for a decision.

This is also due to be resubmitted following reconsideration.

The proposal is facing strong criticism from local residents in the area.

Summersdale Residents’ Association claimed there had been a lack of genuine consultation with residents and other community groups.

It said the proposed site was adjacent to the barracks, which was due to be redeveloped for homes. The application seemed premature, as any proposal could restrict redevelopment options.

The association also claimed a mast in this location would further erode the character of the area.

One local campaigner said residents in Broyle Road were furious that health concerns were not being taken seriously.

He added: “It is a classic case of not in my backyard – everyone says these things are safe until someone threatens to put one next to their house.

“When you start reading all the international research, you soon realise it is totally irresponsible to put a mast in so close, especially when Chichester has alternative sites like Graylingwell, away from where children live.”

Meanwhile, an application for a third mobile phone mast in northern Chichester has been submitted, by T-Mobile (UK) Ltd.

This wants to install an 11.7m monopole, plus associated equipment cabinets, at the corner of Lavant Road and The Broadway.

15 March 2007

All rights reserved © 2007 Johnston Press Digital Publishing.

http://www.chichestertoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=448&ArticleID=2122722

Why should Americans 'support' what is 'irrefutably illegal'?

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/5966/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

Why the Facts of 9/11 Must Be Suppressed

Understanding the Ruling Group Mind Behind the War Without End"
http://www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=19290


From Information Clearing House

After six weeks in a Texas immigration jail 9-Year-Old Canadian Citizen Arrives in Toronto

A nine year-old Canadian citizen and his Iranian parents were released and allowed back into Canada last night. Canadian immigration authorities have granted the boy's parents temporary residency. We speak with their attorney.

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/22/1414201


From Information Clearing House

The Plan according to U.S. General Wesley Clark (Ret.)

Video

In an interview with Amy Goodman on March 2, 2007, U.S. General Wesley Clark (Ret.), explains that the Bush Administration planned to take out 5 countries in 7 years: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Lybia, Somalia, Sudan, Iran.

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From Information Clearing House



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'Fight Iran before it goes nuclear'

fmr US amb. to UN

This latest warning to the world was voiced Tuesday by former US ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton.

http://www.jnewswire.com/article/1817


From Information Clearing House



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Sen. Clinton Urges U.N. Sanctions Against Iran

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) accused the Bush administration of playing down the threat of a nuclear Iran and called for swift action at the United Nations to impose sanctions on the Iranian government.

http://snipurl.com/1dunt


From Information Clearing House



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Embassies in Teheran prepare escape plans

According to foreign sources, foreign diplomats believe a possible attack would take place before the end of 2007.

http://snipurl.com/1dunn


From Information Clearing House

The rape of Iraq's oil

The Baghdad government has caved in to a damaging plan that will enrich western companies.

http://snipurl.com/1dund


From Information Clearing House



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Dems Challenge Bush With Iraq Timetable

A sharply divided House voted Friday to order President Bush to bring combat troops home from Iraq next year, a victory for Democrats in an epic war-powers struggle and Congress' boldest challenge yet to the administration's policy.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6503611,00.html



Bush vows to veto Iraq pullout bill

The US House of Representatives has voted to impose a September 2008 deadline for withdrawing all American combat troops from Iraq.

http://snipurl.com/1dunc


From Information Clearing House

Punishing A People For Enduring A Dictator

An interview with Fmr. UN Iraq Mission Chief Hans Von Sponeck

Hans Von Sponeck has been a fierce critic of the war. In the late 1990s, he was the coordinator of the United Nations Humanitarian Mission in Iraq. He resigned in protest over the UN sanctions regime. He is also a former Assistant Secretary General of the UN.

Audio and transcript
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17391.htm

U.S. Soldiers Shooting Iraqi Civilians

Video

Click to view
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17393.htm

ExxonMobil Risks Valdez-like Oil Spill in Alaska

http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0323-01.htm



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New Developments in the U.S. Attorney Controversy

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Explosive New Vote Fraud Developments Continue To Rock Ohio and Florida

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Don't Expect The Truth From Rove

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/03/23/39/

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"The White House Is Adamant That Their Advisors...Retain The Right To Lie"

Daily Show On Subpoenas

Daily Show correspondent John Oliver and anchor Jon Stewart discuss the last time Karl Rove testified.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17392.htm



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Class War in Conrad's Court

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MoveOn moves in with Pelosi

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/03/23/48/

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MoveOn moves in with Pelosi

By Farhad Manjoo

I think the peace movement is being hijacked and rerouted to serve a Democratic leadership and the 2008 political agenda.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17398.htm



Howard Zinn Replies to MoveOn's support for the supplemental

By Howard Zinn

Timetables for withdrawal are not only morally reprehensible in the case of a brutal occupation (would you give a thug who invaded your house, smashed things up, and terrorized your children a timetable for withdrawal?) but logically nonsensical.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17397.htm



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Congressman Trades Iraq Vote for Spinach

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/03/23/24/

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War bill also has funding for spinach, peanuts

Republicans were quick to accuse the Democrats of buying some of the 218 votes that the bill received, enough to pass by just six votes.

http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/mayfaire/latimes07.htm


From Information Clearing House

U.S. Nukes Plan Viewed as Provocative

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/03/23/23/

Reid: Gonzales leaving 'one way or the other'

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Reid_Gonzales_leaving_one_way_or_0323.html


Informant: Quechick Barnyard



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Krieg gegen den Iran wäre Desaster für die USA

http://www.gerhard-wisnewski.de/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=358&mode=&order=0&thold=0

Iran-Krieg: Prominente schreiben an Frau Merkel

http://www.gerhard-wisnewski.de/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=361&mode=&order=0&thold=0

Freitag, 23. März 2007

World Must Pay Poorer Nations to Keep Forests

A major UN conference on global warming in December should target setting up a system to pay developing nations such as Indonesia and Brazil to keep their forests, an influential climate change expert said on Friday.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/032307EB.shtml

Sampson to Testify Under Oath Before Congress Next Week

Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee extended an invitation for Alberto Gonzales' former chief of staff Kyle Sampson to testify. If he didn't want to come voluntarily, the committee said, he'd be subpoenaed. Today, via a letter from his lawyer to the committee, he accepted - no subpoena necessary.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032307U.shtml



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Gonzales, Cheney Blocked Appeals to Close Guantanamo

In his first weeks as defense secretary, Robert M. Gates told President Bush that the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should be shut down as quickly as possible. Gates' arguments were rejected after Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and other government lawyers expressed strong objections to moving detainees to the United States - a stance that was backed by the office of Vice President Dick Cheney.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032307S.shtml



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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gonzales
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Bush Ex-Interior Deputy Pleads Guilty in Abramoff Scandal

Former Deputy Interior Secretary J. Steven Griles pleaded guilty Friday to obstruction of justice in a Senate committee's investigation, becoming the highest-ranking Bush administration official convicted in the Jack Abramoff corruption scandal.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032307R.shtml

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Another Bush Crony Pleads Guilty in Corruption Case

by Jim Kouri

James Steven Griles, the former deputy secretary of the Department of the Interior, has pleaded guilty to obstructing the U.S. Senate's investigation into the corruption allegations surrounding former Washington lobbyist Jack A. Abramoff. Griles admitted that he knowingly and willfully lied and concealed material information about the relationship that he had with.....

http://www.newswithviews.com/Kouri/jim98.htm



Former #2 at Interior gets 10 months in prison
MSNBC

“Former Deputy Interior Secretary James Steven Griles - who pleaded guilty in March to a single felony charge of obstructing justice by lying to a Senate committee about his relationship with convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff - was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court to 10 months in prison and a fine of $30,000.00. U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle said, to Griles that this is a ’serious offense,’ and ‘you are not above the law.’” (06/26/07)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19431557/

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Former #2 at Interior gets 10 months in prison

MSNBC

06/26/07

Former Deputy Interior Secretary James Steven Griles - who pleaded guilty in March to a single felony charge of obstructing justice by lying to a Senate committee about his relationship with convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff - was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court to 10 months in prison and a fine of $30,000.00. U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle said, to Griles that this is a ’serious offense,’ and ‘you are not above the law’...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19431557/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Griles
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Abramoff
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/Kouri

Glos erwägt eine Arbeitspflicht für alle Empfänger von Hilfsleistungen

Bundeswirtschaftsminister Michael Glos (CSU) beabsichtigt offenbar 1,4 Millionen Empfänger von Hilfsleistungen zu Arbeiten zu verpflichten. Das Konzept von Glos sieht vor, dass alle Empfänger von Hilfsleistungen einer einer regulären Arbeit nachgehen müssen, anderenfalls hätte das Auswirkung auf die Unterstützung. Hartz IV werde damit nicht mehr als bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen wahrgenommen, so Michael Glos, sondern als "Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe".

http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?H=N&Nr=15597

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Der Wissenschaftliche Beirat des Bundesfinanzministerium fordert eine "Arbeitspflicht" für Hartz IV Empfänger

Damit Erwerbslose zur "energischen Suche nach Jobs" angehalten werden, fordert der Wissenschaftliche Beirat des Finanzministeriums eine ausgeweitete Arbeitspflicht. Eigens dafür wurde ein Gutachten erstellt durch den Wissenschaftlichen Beirat erstellt. Der Beiratsvorsitzende Clemens Fuchs sagte bei der Präsentation des Gutachtens in Berlin: "Wir halten es für richtig, von Hartz-IV-Empfängern zu verlangen, dass sie ihre Arbeitskraft zur Verfügung stellen".

Lesen Sie weiter: http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/0344e19aaf0e9c206.php



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Ex-Guantanamo Detainees Joining Lawsuit Against Rumsfeld

Two former Guantanamo Bay detainees are suing former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other military officials, accusing them of mistreating and imprisoning them for years despite knowing they weren't enemy combatants.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032307H.shtml



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Fewer Pledge Allegiance to the GOP

Public allegiance to the Republican Party has plunged during George W. Bush's presidency, as attitudes have edged away from some of the conservative values that fueled GOP political victories, a major survey has found.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032307E.shtml



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

Reid Wonders If Abramoff US Attorney Is a "Bushie"

"Today we hear the US attorney in Florida is going to try and reduce Abramoff's sentence," Reid proclaimed, referring to the disgraced former lobbyist sentenced to six years in federal prison, who has also pleaded guilty to three other charges. The Democratic majority leader rhetorically asked reporters gathered in his Capitol Hill office: "Is he a Bushie?"

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032307D.shtml



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

Constitutional Showdown Over US Attorney Firings?

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the authorization for subpoenas earlier today to be issued for Karl Rove, Harriet Miers, and other top White House aides, following the House Judiciary Subcommittee's approval on Wednesday.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032307B.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=firing+attorneys
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=subpoenas
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Antarctic melting may be speeding up

http://tinyurl.com/33y2ut


Informant: binstock

Keep Torture Flights Out of Scotland

From Eleanor

Torture is wrong. It happened in the Dark Ages. This is the 21st Century. There is no excuse for it. I can't bring myself to argue that it is useless because that would give it legitimacy. It has none. Imagine yourself being tortured and asked to give information you just don't have. How long would it take us to say anything to just stop the torture? That's what happens. Please take a few minutes to sign this petition - signatures from around the world would be so welcome. Let the MSPs in Edinburgh know that we Scots are not alone in condemning this hideous practice of kidnapping people and flying them to countries where torture is routinely used. My thanks.

http://www.sacc.org.uk/no2rendition



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture+flights

Get the Lead Out for California Condors!

http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/lead_out2

Rachel's News #899

http://www.omega-news.info/rachels_news_899.htm

U.S.A.: Radioactive water near Hopi springs

http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=2007032213594451


Informant: MoJo

Sign Up to Take Action: Help Us Transform the Catalog Industry

http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/forestethics/signUp.jsp?key=1988

Congress Throws Over $100 Billion More at War

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=supplemental

Nine Heroes in Congress Make a Stand for Peace
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/heroes


Informant: David Swanson

From ufpj-news



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

Russischer General erwartet amerikanischen Angriff auf Iran

http://www.meta-info.de/?lid=25492

Exxon: Pay the victims!

http://ga3.org/campaign/exxon_anniversary



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

A 1996 law continues to allow outrageous abuses in American prisons

Legally-Sanctioned Negligence

by Margo Schlanger and Giovanna Shay, TomPaine.com
http://ga3.org/ct/z120pgF1bRPq/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=American+prisons

A labor group is collecting hundreds of tragic stories about the nation's health care mess

Health Care Hustle's Casualties

by Tula Connell, TomPaine.com
http://ga3.org/ct/a720pgF1bRpC/

Help Restore Clean Water Act Protections for Gulf Waters!

http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/GRN/campaign/?campaign_KEY=7039

Next-up News n°213

http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/next_up_news_n213.htm

TELL BUSH AND CONGRESS: NO U.S. MILITARY BASES IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND POLAND!

http://www.basesoutnow.org/basesoutpetition.html

BasesOutNow.org HOME
http://www.basesoutnow.org/

Soziale Unterschiede werden größer: immer mehr einfache Arbeiterfamilien drohen zu verarmen

„Armut hat sich in den vergangenen fünf Jahren in West- und Ostdeutschland noch einmal deutlich verfestigt. Das Phänomen konzentriert sich auf gering qualifizierte Bevölkerungsgruppen. Die Einkommensarmut ist in Deutschland zuletzt sechs Jahre in Folge gestiegen, und zwar von zwölf Prozent im Jahr
1999 auf über 17 Prozent im Jahr 2004. Die Situationen von Armut halten zudem länger an und sind zunehmend durch mehrfache Notlagen in verschiedenen Lebensbereichen (Wohnungsprobleme, Konsumdefizite, Arbeitslosigkeit oder fehlende Rücklagen) geprägt. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt der aktuelle Wochenbericht des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) anhand der zusammen mit Infratest erhobenen Längsschnittstudie Sozio-ökonomisches Panel (SOEP). Hauptbetroffene sind demzufolge nach wie vor Arbeiter, vor allem Arbeiterfamilien mit Migrationshintergrund und mehreren Kindern….“ Artikel von Roland Bunzenthal in Frankfurter Rundschau vom 22.03.2007 http://www.fr-online.de/top_news/?sid=b5d0161e63c40d3ac12b97fd0bfab209&em_cnt=1100075

Siehe dazu auch:

Armut in Deutschland: Zunehmende Verfestigung, aber keine Ausbreitung auf die Mitte der Gesellschaft

Pressemitteilung des DIW Berlin vom 21.03.2007 http://www.diw.de/programme/jsp/presse.jsp?pcode=572&language=de


Aus: LabourNet, 23. März 2007



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

Mitbestimmung des Personalrats bei „Ein-Euro-Jobs"

„Das Bundesverwaltungsgericht in Leipzig hat in zwei heute verkündeten Entscheidungen, die sich auf die Städte Mainz und Wetzlar beziehen, das Recht der kommunalen Personalräte zur Mitbestimmung bei der Besetzung sog. „Ein-Euro-Jobs“ durch die Kommune festgestellt…“ Pressemitteilung des Bundesverwaltungsgerichts Leipzig vom 21.03.2007 http://www.bverwg.de/enid/2f552d6cfd851a93f4e2a3a89db22f62,5d9ceb7365617263685f646973706c6179436f6e7461696e6572092d0938343432093a095f7472636964092d09353737/Pressemitteilungen/Pressemitteilungen_9d.html

Siehe dazu auch:

Urteil: Mitbestimmung bei Ein-Euro-Jobs "großer Erfolg"

„Als „großen Erfolg” wertete der stellvertretende Vorsitzende der Vereinten Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft (ver.di) Gerd Herzberg das Urteil des Bundesverwaltungsgerichts zur Mitbestimmung bei sogenannten Ein-Euro-Jobs. Das Gericht gab den Klagen zweier Personalräte recht, die mit Hilfe des ver.di-Rechtsschutzes einen Anspruch auf Mitbestimmung bei der Einstellung von „Ein-Euro-Jobbern” geltend gemacht hatten. „Die Beschäftigtenvertretungen achten im Rahmen ihrer Mitbestimmung sehr genau darauf, dass keine regulären Beschäftigungsverhältnisse abgebaut und durch Ein-Euro-Jobs ersetzt werden”, so Herzberg…“ ver.di-Pressemitteilung vom 22.03.2007 http://presse.verdi.de/pressemitteilungen/showNews?id=eba5f0a0-d881-11db-4b25-000e0c672486


Euro Jobs: Nach der Entscheidung des Bundesverwaltungsgerichts muss jetzt ver.di handeln

Pressemeldung des Erwerbslosen Forum Deutschland vom 22.03.2006 http://www.erwerbslosenforum.de/nachrichten/euro_jobs_nach_der_entscheidung_des_bundesverwaltungsgerichts_muss_jetzt_ver.di_handeln_222007220322_159_3.htm

Die Redaktion des LabourNet Germany weist jedoch darauf hin, dass die Möglichkeiten den Abwehr von Ein-Euro-Jobs mittels Mitbestimmung schon immer bestanden… Wird ein neues Urteil zu ihrer Nutzung beitragen?


Aus: LabourNet, 23. März 2007

USA: Aus für Handys in Flugzeugen

23. März 2007

Kommunikationsbehörde sieht technische und soziale Probleme

http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=2817241
http://www.pressetext.de/pte.mc?pte=070323032


Nachricht von Helmut Langenbach, Siegen

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US-Behörde sagt "Handy im Flugzeug" ab
http://www.krone.at/index.php?http://wcm.krone.at/krone/S45/object_id__65682/hxcms/

The controlled demolition of the American republic

http://www.strike-the-root.com/71/herman/herman5.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Douglas+Herman

Blood and treasure

http://www.reason.com/news/show/119268.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Gore Warns Congress of Planetary Emergency

Gore delivered blunt messages to a joint meeting of two House committees yesterday morning and a Senate panel in the afternoon. He warned that humans are artificially warming the world, the risks of inaction are great and meaningful cuts in emissions linked to warming will happen only if the US takes the lead.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032307K.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Al+Gore

Anger at US "Rendition" of Refugees Who Fled Somalia

At least 150 people arrested in Kenya after fleeing violence in Somalia have been secretly flown to Somalia and Ethiopia where they are being held incommunicado in underground prisons. "This is extraordinary rendition," said Maini Kiai, chairman of the Kenya National Human Rights Commission. "Britain and America are involved in interrogating suspects."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032307O.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Somalia
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=extraordinary+rendition

GAO Faults US Military Over Munitions in Iraq

The US military's faulty war plans and insufficient troops in Iraq left thousands - possibly millions - of tons of conventional munitions unsecured or in the hands of insurgent groups after the 2003 invasion, allowing widespread looting of weapons and explosives used to make roadside bombs that cause the bulk of US casualties, according to a government report released yesterday.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032307L.shtml

House Democrats Increasingly Confident on Iraq Vote

House Democrats are increasingly confident that they have the votes to pass legislation designed to force an end to the war in Iraq next year. Several party members dropped their opposition to the bill following days of wrangling within a deeply divided caucus. The House planned to vote Friday on a $124 billion spending bill that would finance the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan but require that combat troops return home before September 2008.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032307J.shtml

Watada resumes public speaking

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/5962/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news



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

Tell Congress to Vote NO on the Iraq War Supplemental

http://tinyurl.com/2uks3h



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

We will win this phone mast fight

DAVID BALE
23 March 2007 08:45

The fight against phone masts in Earlham Road has returned - this time with telecoms firm O2 appealing against a council decision to refuse permission for a mast.

Two months ago campaigners helped persuade Norwich City Council to turn down O2's plan for a 12.5m mast near schools and homes.

But now the company is appealing that decision to the Government's Planning Inspectorate, and families are gearing up for another battle.

Ward councillor Bert Bremner said: “We have challenged and won against plans for four masts in the area and won two appeals. We hope to win this next battle but time is running out to put in more objections.

“The community objected to these masts simply on planning grounds - the masts with their great big boxes are an eyesore.

“Earlham Road is a wonderful tree-lined residential road, cut through by the Norwich outer ring road. It is at that point that the mast is proposed.

“We are trying to keep the verge free from damage, parking and clutter. The mast and its associated equipment would be an ugly addition to the area. Putting in the mast on the verge, as proposed, would be a visual insult to the community.”

In January the council went against officers' recommendations to approve the mast after more than 40 people raised concerns and planning committee members received 11 letters of objection.

O2's appeal comes a month after campaigners beat a T-Mobile application to install an 11.8m mast near St Anne's Church on Colman Road. City council planners under delegated powers turned that down after more than 100 people objected. However, campaigners fear that if the new appeal were successful it would open the same area to an application by T-Mobile, which could result in two masts being set up.

The proposed O2 mast would be within half a mile of Heigham Park First School and St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School and within a mile of Earlham High School, whose deputy head Alan Shawcross expressed concern that a mast could be close to schools.

The Evening News is fighting the installation of mobile phone masts near homes and schools until it is proved they are safe as part of our Put Masts On Hold campaign.

In January 2005, Sir William Stewart, chairman of the National Radiological Protection Board, published an independent report calling for a precautionary approach to masts near homes and schools. An Evening News investigation in the same month revealed one in five primary schools in Norwich and its suburbs was within the threshold experts claim could put youngsters at risk.

To onbject, write to The Planning Inspectorate, Room 3/16 Eagle Wing, Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Temple Quay, BRISTOL BS1 6PN, Ref: APP/G2625/A/07/2038177/NWF. The deadline is April 4.

Are you fighting a phone mast application? Call David Bale on 01603 772427 or email david.bale2 @archant.co.uk

Copyright © 2007 Archant Regional. All rights reserved.

http://tinyurl.com/297hlc

Joy as Hempnall phone mast plan refused

22 March 2007

A protest campaign in Hempnall has led to the rejection of controversial plans to erect a mobile phone mast a short distance away from the village school.

South Norfolk Council's planning department threw out T-Mobile UK's application without even putting the matter before members of the south west area planning committee.

The news has delighted local district councillor, Michael Windridge, who spearheaded the opposition.

“This is wonderful news for Hempnall School and residents living in the village's conservation area. People and parent power have ensured that common sense has prevailed on this most sensitive of planning issues. The decision by T-Mobile to promote this scheme was thoroughly insensitive, particularly as there was no demand whatsoever for a mobile phone mast in that particular location,” he said.

“I am sorry that - for legal reasons - the council is not able to adopt my call for a moratorium on all mobile phone mast applications close to schools and residential properties within the district until health concerns have been fully resolved.”

Miriam Elston, the school's headteacher, said it is recommended that children under six do not use mobile telephones and it is uncertain whether masts are a health hazard.

“We think we should be careful which is why I wrote in with an objection. We are very pleased that a mast won't be put right on the edge of the school,” she said.

The scheme was rejected because of the mast's unacceptable visual impact on the school, and the resulting anxiety it is likely to cause due to perceived health risks.

Copyright © 2006 Archant Regional. All rights reserved.

http://tinyurl.com/yw2ejx

Progressive Democrats of America: Disappointed in Democratic Leadership

http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0322-01.htm

Slavery An Integral Part of Nation's Shared Ancestry

http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0322-25.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jay+Bookman

Come Together Right Now Over Him

http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0322-28.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Joyce+Marcel

The Decider is Delusional

http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0322-20.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=the+decider
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=John+Nichols

A Time For Anger, A Call To Action

http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0322-24.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bill+Moyers

Open Skies Pact 'Will Worsen Climate Change'

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines07/0322-03.htm

Democrats See a Document Gap in Dismissals

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines07/0322-06.htm



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

Global Warming Activists Try to Stir Americans to Change

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines07/0322-09.htm

U.S. Urged to Abandon Trials by Military Tribunals

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines07/0322-08.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=military+tribunals

Handymast im All, Ersatz für terrestrische Versorgung?

Donnerstag 22.03.2007

US-Satellitentelefonanbieter TerreStar Global startet in Österreich und will von Wien aus in Europa durchstarten.

TerreStar verbindet terrestrische Kommunikation mit Satellitenkomponenten. Das vom Unternehmen entwickelte Satellitenkommunikationssystem soll ab 2010 in Österreich angeboten werden. und auch die Versorgung im hochalpinen Bereich sowie in abgelegenen Landesteilen verbessern.

"Mit unserem System sind wir in der Lage, eine europaweite, zuverlässige, ausfallsfreie und flächendeckende Breitbandkommunikation für mobile Endgeräte zu bieten", "Überall dort, wo keine terrestrische Versorgung mit Kommunikationsdiensten existiert, springt der TerreStar-Satellit ein. Im Prinzip ist es ein großer Handymast im All, der Europa komplett versorgt."

"Verabschieden kann man sich von den derzeit verwendeten großen und klobigen Satellitentelefonen, da unsere Technik in jedes Mobiltelefon integriert werden kann", sagte Robert H. Brumley, Geschäftsführer von TerreStar Global.

Quelle: http://futurezone.orf.at/business/stories/180491/


Nachricht von Helmut Langenbach, Siegen

Petition To World Leaders

Climate change is the greatest threat facing our world today - and we are almost out of time to stop it. You must tackle this problem now, decisively and together. Start working toward a new global agreement this year. Set binding global targets for emissions to avert catastrophic climate change. Take bold action immediately - and we will join our efforts with yours.

http://www.avaaz.org/en/climate_action_g8/?cl=3896296

Terror Storm (in deutscher Sprache)

Unbedingt ansehen, das ist leider die Realität und wir sollten schnellstens aufwachen.

S.G.



http://video.google.de/videoplay?docid=5024787479139933029&q=terrorstorm

Environmental Nightmare Drags On

Four years after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and despite 22 billion dollars spent on recovery and reconstruction, Iraq's environment remains in disastrous shape. Industrial waste, hospital waste, fertilizer run-off from farming, as well as oil spills plague the two rivers that define the Mesopotamia region and which provide much of the irrigation and drinking water.

http://electroniciraq.net/news/2961.shtml

"I sell half of our monthly food ration to raise money to flee..."

Marwan Hussein, 31, is an unemployed displaced father who has resorted to selling half his monthly food rations to make money to flee Iraq. "We've tried different ways to survive in a dignified way," says Hussein, "but we've reached the end of the road now. We need to leave the country but we don't have money for that. We are all tired of living without government support. We are on our own."

http://electroniciraq.net/news/2963.shtml

Biofuels Boom Spurring Deforestation

Nearly 40,000 hectares of forest vanish every day, driven by the world's growing hunger for timber, pulp and paper, and, ironically, by new biofuels and carbon credits designed to protect the environment.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/032207EB.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=biofuels
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=deforestation

"Billions Wasted" in Iraq Reconstruction

The leaders of a Senate panel said Thursday that the Defense and State departments must work more closely together to avoid repeating multimillion-dollar mistakes in the reconstruction of Iraq. Earlier this year, federal investigators determined that the Bush administration had squandered as much as $10 billion in reconstruction aid.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032207T.shtml

Demoted U.S. attorney protested office shutdown, loss of resources

A U.S. attorney targeted by convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff complained to his superiors in Washington about losing investigative resources little more than a month before his demotion.

http://snipurl.com/1drhs


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