Tag: france
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Ira Einhorn, Earth Day Co-Creator, Was Well-Connected ‘Unicorn Killer’
Today is Earth Day, a holiday created to honor the planet and to raise the consciousness of man’s effect on the environment. Philadelphia has a very strong tie to this day. One of its native sons, Ira Einhorn, was a co-founder of the environmentalist jubilee. But Mr. Einhorn has another line on his resume. In…
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9/11 updates: investigations, interviews & ‘angel is next’
ahmadinejad urges ban ki-moon to probe 9/11 attacks from afp: Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has written to UN chief Ban Ki-moon, asking him to launch an investigation into the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, news reports said on Monday. “The minimum expectation from your excellency is to set up an independent and…
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Global Food Reserve Needed to Stabilize Prices
A global crop reserve system is needed to reduce price volatility, curb speculation and prevent a food crisis, said researchers from Germany and France. Centralized global stocks could bring “peace and quiet” to world food markets…
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#NewWorldNextWeek: US Info Ops, Hooray for France, Pervy Guards
Story#1: US Takes Down ‘Honey Pot’ Site Used to Plan Attacks on Americans in Iraq // Story#2: France Ditches Carbon Tax as Protests Mount // Story#3: Airport Security Guard Ogled Woman Colleague in Body Scanner
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France Ditches Carbon Tax As Social Protests Mount
President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday scrapped the country’s proposed carbon tax and reshuffled his cabinet in populist tilt after suffering a crushing electoral defeat over the weekend, when his Gaulliste UMP party lost every region other than in its bastion of Alsace and the Indian Ocean island of Reunion.
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French State Railway Causes Panic With Web Blunder Over ‘Disaster’
People logging on to the website of the SNCF, the French state railway, got a shock this morning. It announced that an explosion had torn through a high-speed express in Burgundy, killing more than 100 people and injuring nearly 400.
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geopolitiks: inside bombs, payrolls & the daily show of force
video: largest iraq bombing in 2yrs may have been inside job*twin suicide car bombs in baghdad kill 136*car bomb kills 90 in pakistan as hillary visits*car bomb kills 100 in pakistani city of peshawar*pakistan bomb kills 92 as clinton visits*pakistan moves for maritime body to prevent terror attacks*ex-cia agent robert baer confirms US ties with…
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monsanto guilty in france on false advertising charges
from bbc: France’s highest court has ruled that US agrochemical giant Monsanto had not told the truth about the safety of its best-selling weed-killer, Roundup. The court confirmed an earlier judgment that Monsanto had falsely advertised its herbicide as “biodegradable” and claimed it “left the soil clean”. The company was fined 15,000 euros (£13,800; $22,400).…
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9/11 updates: military cells, debates, gag orders & satire
awareness of military cell at faa headquarters on 9/11from history commons: As people who follow the issue closely are aware, there has been some debate over the involvement of a group of military officers stationed at FAA headquarters–generally referred to as the “military cell”–in the events of 9/11. Although I don’t mean to recap the…
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cern scientist arrested for alleged terror connections
from the register: An atomic physicist who worked at the European Organization for Nuclear Research for six years has been arrested on suspicion he had links to an Al Qaeda affiliate in North Africa. The unnamed man had been assigned to an analysis project for the organization, better known as CERN, since 2003, the group…
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Defcon 9/17: The Moon & Malware, The Cloud & Psyops
Lawmakers criticize obama spacepanel for dissing moon plan // pressure builds on obama to appoint cybersecurity coordinator // uk police ‘encouraged’ to hack more // hathaway on cyber security for the 1st time after leaving the white house // white house collects web users’ data without notice
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biowars/envirohealth: pandemics, psa’s & pacific garbage patch
biowars/swine flu updates: are we morally ready for another great pandemic?*spanish flu epidemic hit portland hard*1918 flu caused by vaccines*how can you survive swine flu without getting a flu shot?*massachusetts senate passes draconian flu pandemic bill*florida & iowa quarantine documents posted*cdc h1n1 forced quarantine docs leak*maine gov baldacci proclaims civil emergency due to h1n1*french govt…
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obamessiah & the apostles of war: change-allelujah!
obama invokes jesus more often than bush*videos: obama is god & great teacher*obama in cairo: a bush in sheep’s clothing?*obama’s french food tested by ‘taster’*most arabs know obama’s big speech makes little difference*feds search for man allegedly on ‘mission to kill the president’*man with ‘eight registered firearms’ allegedly threatens obama*US military technology easily shipped abroad:…
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flight 447, week2: wreckage, questions, bodies & black boxes
flashback: air france flight 447: little hope, lost, lightning?* search for air france flight 447 reveals astonishing pollution of world’s oceans*possible bodies, wreckage from air france flight 447 found*2 bodies, ticket found near air france crash site*2 bodies, ticket found near air france crash site*air france passenger’s body found*24 error messages sent by flight 447*french…
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air france flight 447: little hope, lost, lightning?
high seas search for air france jet with 228 aboardfrom reuters: Search planes scoured the dark waters of the Atlantic Ocean early on Tuesday, looking for the remains of an Air France jetliner that disappeared in a severe storm with 228 people on board. The Airbus A330 went missing on a flight from Rio de…