Category: #Geopolitiks
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Central China Hit By Drought, As Reservoirs Become ‘Dead Water’
A severe drought along the Yangtze River region in central China has rendered nearly 1,400 reservoirs in Hubei Province temporarily unusable, devastated farm fields and made drinking water scarce, according to a report on Monday by Xinhua, the state news agency.
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China’s Latest Food Scandal: Exploding Watermelons!
China’s food safety problems are exploding–literally. In the country’s eastern Jiangsu province, a boom of watermelon explosions is turning otherwise peaceful farmlands into nature’s perilous mine fields, according to a report from China’s Central Television (in Chinese).
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Unchecked Power For Worldwide War Hidden in ‘Defense Authorization’
Tucked inside the National Defense Authorization Act, being marked up by the House Armed Services Committee this week, is a hugely important provision that hasn’t been getting a lot of attention — a brand new authorization for a worldwide war.
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Antiwar Republican Ron Paul Declares Presidential Candidacy
Texas Congressman Ron Paul announced Friday his bid to gain the Republican Party nomination to challenge President Barack Obama in the 2012 election. // Related Updates: Trump won’t run for president
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FBI Tracking “Suspects” Online
A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request made in 2007 by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), reveals FBI using secret spyware.
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Even Good Economic News Can’t Help the Greenback Now
Summer may be on its way and Osama bin Laden may be dead, but that doesn’t mean the sun is going to shine on the dollar. Ben Bernanke made sure of that.
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May Day: Obama Announces Death Of Bush Business Partner
The mastermind of the worst terrorist attack on American soil is dead, U.S. President Barack Obama announced late Sunday night, almost 10 years after the attacks that killed almost 3,000 people.
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Does Obama Birth Certificate Raise ‘As Many Questions As It Answers’?
Despite some political commentators insisting that the White House release of what it claims to be Barack Obama’s long form birth certificate represents the end of the “crazy birther fringe” movement, those who most fiercely pushed doubts surrounding the president’s eligibility are not convinced.
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Nearly 500 Taliban Flee In ‘Daring’ Afghan Jailbreak
Almost 500 Taliban fighters and commanders tunnelled out of a prison in an audacious jailbreak in southern Afghanistan which the government admitted on Monday was a security “disaster”.
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More Drivers Running Out Of Gas As They Accelerate Towards Econocrash
With gas prices pushing $4 a gallon, a lot of people are trying to stretch their dollar at the gas pump, but some of them are trying to stretch it a little too far. // Related Update: Wal-mart shoppers running out of money
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Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster: 25th Anniversary
On 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, an amusement park stands nearby in abandoned Prypiat, Ukraine as a monument to unrealized dreams. The park was scheduled to open May 1, 1986–five days too late–and no one ever got a chance to ride the ferris wheel.
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4/21 Newspurge: Caffeinated Consciousness
NFL to start season with New York Jets ✈ flying into New York Giants for the 10th anniversary of September 11th // Big pharma set to take over medical marijuana market // Pain meds kill more than smack & coke combined // White House visitor logs leave large blanks
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JFK and UFOs: Alien Psyop
A Daily Mail article reports on JFK memo obtained by a writer through the Freedom of Information Act(FOIA). The article implies UFOs may have been a motive in the President’s assassination?
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S&P Cuts US Outlook From Stable To Negative
The Obama administration on Monday sought to reassure U.S. Treasurys investors, saying Standard & Poor’s threat to downgrade America’s top-notch debt rating underestimates the country’s ability to face fiscal challenges.
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US secretly backing syrian opposition since 2006
US fears syrian reprisals after wikileaks disclosure from reuters: The State Department has secretly funded Syrian opposition groups, according to diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks, The Washington Post reported on Monday. The cables show that the State Department has funneled as much as $6 million since 2006 to a group of Syrian exiles to operate…