Tag: eu
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eu bans claim that water can prevent dehydration
from telegraph: Brussels bureaucrats were ridiculed yesterday after banning drink manufacturers from claiming that water can prevent dehydration. EU officials concluded that, following a three-year investigation, there was no evidence to prove the previously undisputed fact. Producers of bottled water are now forbidden by law from making the claim and will face a two-year jail…
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new world next week – nov17
new world next week: episode091 – super globalist, #ows updates, climate world cup Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report & Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in alternative news & open source intelligence. This week: Story #1: Super Globalist to Replace Italy’s Berlusconi Update:…
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greece risks meltdown after bailout vote bombshell
video: greek bailout referendum stirs strong feelings* from reuters: The Greek government faced possible collapse on Tuesday as ruling party lawmakers demanded Prime Minister George Papandreou resign for throwing the nation’s euro membership into jeopardy with a shock call for a referendum. Caught unawares by his high-risk gamble, the leaders of France and Germany summoned…
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putin wants ‘eurasian union’ to compete with US & european union
from endthelie.com: Vladimir Putin recently detailed his plan to build a Eurasian Union somewhat reminiscent of the USSR in the Izvestia newspaper which he aims to be able to compete with the European Union and the United States. Putin said, “We are talking about a model of a powerful supranational union capable of becoming one…
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greece has weeks left before bankruptcy
greece falls into ‘death spiral’: rising debt, no growth from ap: Greece has enough money to pay pensions, salaries and bondholders through mid-November, the finance minister said Tuesday, as global markets sank on worries that a messy default could bring down European banks and trigger another global recession. The Athens Stock Exchange general index tumbled…
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gmo cultivation drops in eu, except in spain and portugal
from food freedom: In the European Union, only eight countries (out of 27) commercially grow GMOs. Cultivations, however, decreased steadily since 2009, except in Spain and Portugal this year, where there is a slight increase. A brief overview of the different official data is collected below. In Spain and Portugal, plantings of genetically modified Bt…
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‘Battle of the Bees’: EU High Court Rules On GMO Contamination
On Sept. 6, the European Union’s top court paved the way for farmers and beekeepers to recoup losses when their crops or honey become genetically contaminated from neighboring GM fields.
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Media/Memes: Keep Ya Head Up
2011 VMA’s a celebration of #Illuminati music industry? // Video: Remembering Tupac Shakur 15yrs later // No Beatles for you! EU adds 20yrs to music copyrights // Now we can all use the FBI anti-piracy warning! // Netflix spends $110K lobbing Congress in 2Q // 1 million customers exit after Netflix increases price
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Obamessiah Can’t Guarantee Social Security Checks Will Go Out On Aug3
President Obama on Tuesday said he cannot guarantee that retirees will receive their Social Security checks August 3 if Democrats and Republicans in Washington do not reach an agreement on reducing the deficit in the coming weeks.
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6/30 pop occulture: gay green, gurus & the gilded cage
“there’s something about marrying”: ny state senate legalizes same-sex marriage* ny’s religious think gay marriage will have moral consequences* sometimes pop songs double as prayers: milton nascimento at rose theater* sai baba: hoarding, secrecy, mistrust, powerlessness* flashback: satya sai baba, indian guru, dies at 84* eu president unveils new £280m ‘gilded cage’, nicknamed the ‘e-uterus’*…
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greek pm papandreou says ‘austerity is patriotic duty’
from kurt nimmo: Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has told his fellow countrymen it is their patriotic duty to accept the austerity plan cooked up by the IMF and the EU. If not accepted, Greece will not get the fifth installment of an international bailout, he warned. “I’m not asking you to listen to outside…
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financial collapse of greece: canary in the coalmine for global economy?
the economic collapse blog: The rest of the world needs to sit up and take notice of what is going on in Greece right now. This is what can happen when you allow government debt to spiral out of control. Once it becomes clear that you can’t pay your debts, a financial collapse can happen…
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e.coli won’t have ‘significant impact’ on organic food industry
organically grown food leading to added health concerns from bloomberg: A deadly E.coli outbreak that is being blamed on sprouts grown without chemicals probably won’t dent people’s support for the organic food industry in the long term, according to London-based analyst Organic Monitor. The outbreak has killed 22 and made 2,263 people ill, according to…
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markets go wild after imf head kahn arrested for sexual assault
from washington post: A New York criminal court judge denied bail to Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the International Monetary Fund, after he was charged with attempting to rape a housekeeper at a hotel in Midtown Manhattan. Strauss-Kahn, also charged with a criminal sex act and unlawful imprisonment, made his first courtroom appearance after being pulled…
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geopolitiks/warwhores: pick up the gun
video: obama supplying heavy weapons to libyan insurgents* why is the federal reserve propping up the bank of libya?* over 100 killed in quran burning protests in afghanistan* video: koran burning prompts ‘days of rage’* will libya stalemate force US out of its back-seat role?* obama & paul on libya, clinton on syria: fact check*…