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Obama Encourages Bipartisan Solution to Avoid Debt Default
President warns 'we are almost out of time'
Turkey's Entire Military Command Resigns
No reason given for mass walk-out
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Somali-Americans Join Fight Against Drought
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Yemen Opposition Holds 'Friday of Patience' Rallies
Massive protests unfolding as anti-government activists renew calls for change, end to Saleh's rule
Islamists Show Solidarity in Massive Egypt Rally
Busloads of devout Muslims from around country swell crowd, chant for establishment of Islamic Sharia law
Israel Mulls Apology to Turkey Over Flotilla Affair
Jerusalem considering apology over killing of 9 Turkish activists aboard aid flotilla to Gaza Strip a year ago
West African Presidents Share Ordeals of Democracy
Presidents of Niger, Guinea, Benin and Ivory Coast discussed ways to strengthen their fragile democracies Washington conference
US, North Korean Diplomats Hold Second Day of Talks
US says talks aimed at seeing if North Korea is ready to meet commitment to give up nuclear weapons program
China Joins Regional Network to Fight Animal Trafficking
International law enforcement efforts to combat animal trafficking have increased
1. Russian Envoy: U.S. Missile System May Be Prelude To Attack On Iran From: Rick Rozoff
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- U.S. Plans Interceptor Missile Radar System In NATO States From: Rick Rozoff
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- Russian Envoy Visits Turkey Over NATO Interceptor Missile System From: Rick Rozoff
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- Japan To Allow Interceptor Missile Transfers To NATO Nations From: Rick Rozoff
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- U.S. Missile Shield To Spark Nuclear Arms Race: North Korea From: Rick Rozoff
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- Kosovo-Serbia: NATO Declares Restricted Military Area, Threatens Let From: Rick Rozoff
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- Poland Loses 25th Soldier To NATO's Afghan War From: Rick Rozoff
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- After Libya And Syria, U.S. Targets Lebanese Government From: Rick Rozoff
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- William Blum: The Anti-Empire Report From: Rick Rozoff
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- NATO's Air Assault On Libya: Almost 17,000 Sorties, 6,387 Strike Sor From: Rick Rozoff
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- NATO Knocks At ASEAN's Door From: Rick Rozoff
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- Kosovo Serbs Defy NATO, Maintain Two Barricades From: Rick Rozoff
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- U.S. Senate Backs Georgia Against Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Russia From: Rick Rozoff
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- U.S., Israel To Hold Massive Interceptor Missile Drills From: Rick Rozoff
------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE LIKUD CONNECTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Europe's Right-Wing Populists Find Allies in Israel Islamophobic parties in Europe have established a tight network, stretching from Italy to Finland. But recently, they have extended their feelers to Israeli conservatives, enjoying a warm reception from members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition. Some in Israel believe that the populists are Europe's future. http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,777175,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIRACLE TRANSPLANT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wearing the Face of Dead Man Dallas Wiens, a construction worker from Texas, was struck by high-voltage current in a work accident that melted most of his face away. For two years, his eyeless, noseless face horrified those who saw him. But then doctors gave him a new one, that of a dead man. http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,777126,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ US DEBT DEBATE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Annihilating Democracy with the Tea Party Democracy depends on compromise and the American government depends on all branches working together. The Tea Party movement shuns both, preferring instead to drive the state into bankruptcy. On principle. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,777344,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EUROPE'S ACHILLES' HEEL ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Historical EU Error To Blame for Kosovo Strife The battlefields of the Balkans war are still littered with mines, and the conflict between the Serbs and the Kosovars could explode again at any moment. An historical error by the European Union is at least partly to blame. http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,777305,00.html#ref=nlint -------------------- The World from Berlin: 'No Simple Solutions' in the Balkans http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,777355,00.html#ref=nlint SPIEGEL 360: Our Full Coverage of Kosovo http://www.spiegel.de/international/topic/kosovo/#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE WORLD FROM BERLIN ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'No Simple Solutions' in the Balkans This week's violence in border areas between Kosovo and Serbia has cast a shadow over Serbia's prospects for accession talks to join the European Union. German editorialists argue the events show that both Belgrade and Pristina have a long way to go before true peace can be established in the region. http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,777355,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RENEWABLES IN THE CITY ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A Nazi-Era Bunker Joins the Battle against Climate Change Normally, renewable energy is produced far from city centers. Some, though, would like to see that change. In Hamburg, an ambitious green makeover is underway -- including the transformation of a derelict World War II bunker into a renewable energy plant. http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,773712,00.html#ref=nlint -------------------- Photo Gallery: Renewables from the Bunker http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-70277.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LEONARDO IN BAVARIA? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Expensive Quest to Authenticate a Da Vinci Years ago, a Munich couple found an intriguing old painting at a Munich auction house. After buying it, they became convinced that it was a genuine Leonardo da Vinci from the early 16th century. Since then, they have spent a fortune trying to prove it -- but have so far come up short. http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,777266,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A VISION IN CONCRETE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Photographer Captures Beauty in Communist Architecture The photographer Roman Bezjak spent five years traveling around Eastern Europe taking pictures of communist-era buildings. His images show grand gestures in concrete and weird constructions that could be in a science-fiction movie. His intention was not to judge the structures, but to show them from a new perspective. http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,777206,00.html#ref=nlint -------------------- Photo Gallery: Glories of Socialist Architecture http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-70849.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SPIEGEL PUB QUIZ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Creature Comforts A new football oracle, birds on the police force and a fright in the food market: A number of bizarre creatures have tramped their way across the headlines in recent weeks. Test your creepy crawly chops in the latest edition of the SPIEGEL Pub Quiz. http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=58886#ref=nlint -------------------- Another Round? The SPIEGEL Pub Quiz Archive http://www.spiegel.de/international/topic/pub_quiz/#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PICTURE THIS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Far from Home http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,777425,00.html#ref=nlint
Summary of DEBKA Exclusives in the Week Ending July 29, 2011
July 22, 2011 Briefs:
- France condemns Syrian repression in Homs where dozens killed in recent days. Syrian authorities "arrest and kill own population daily". They will be held to account.
- Lebanon and Iran deepen energy and water cooperation ties.
- According to new memorandum, Iran will help Lebanon in gas and oil exploration.
- Thursday, UN Lebanon coordinator Michael Williams urged Israel and Lebanon to promote offshore oil and gas exploration despite their maritime border dispute. Such disputes are common around the world.
Norway under multiple terror attack with scores of victims
DEBKAfile Special Report
22 July.
European cities on terror alert after the Norwegian prime minister's
office in Oslo was rocked Friday, July 22 by huge bomb explosions,
leaving at least 7 dead and 15 injured, following by a massacre by a
gunman shooting an automatic weapon on an island youth camp shortly
before a visit by Prime Minister Jen Stoltenberg. The prime minister
said he and members of his cabinet were safe at an undisclosed
location. Oslo residents were advised to stay indoors.
DEBKAfile reports: Anders Behring Breivik, 32, a grower of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers, described as a "Conservative nationalist" and admirer of Churchill, Kant and Plato, is in Norwegian policy custody. He owns the company Breivik Geofarm. Before his capture, Norwegian authorities believed the country was under al Qaeda attack, one of whose targets was their prime minister.
DEBKAfile Special Report
22 July.
European cities on terror alert after the Norwegian prime minister's
office in Oslo was rocked Friday, July 22 by huge bomb explosions,
leaving at least 7 dead and 15 injured, following by a massacre by a
gunman shooting an automatic weapon on an island youth camp shortly
before a visit by Prime Minister Jen Stoltenberg. The prime minister
said he and members of his cabinet were safe at an undisclosed
location. Oslo residents were advised to stay indoors. DEBKAfile reports: Anders Behring Breivik, 32, a grower of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers, described as a "Conservative nationalist" and admirer of Churchill, Kant and Plato, is in Norwegian policy custody. He owns the company Breivik Geofarm. Before his capture, Norwegian authorities believed the country was under al Qaeda attack, one of whose targets was their prime minister.
Syrian cities surrounded by tanks, Homs stormed
DEBKAfile Special Report
22 July.
Since Thursday, July 21, Syria's entire operational fleet of 1,500
tanks surrounds the country's most active anti-Assad protest cities
such as Homs, Hama, Deir al-Zour, Abu Kamal and the big Damascus suburb
of Harasta. The same evening, tank-backed forces stormed Homs, shelling
densely populated districts at random, causing many casualties and
burning buildings. Five months into the uprising, these flashpoint
cities are out of control. The army refrains from going in except in
large contingents backed by heavy armor and live fire.
DEBKAfile's military sources report that Syrian army bases have been emptied of all usable tanks in support of another desperate attempt by Syrian President Bashar Assad to crush the long uprising against his rule. This makes him the first Middle East leader ever to hurl an entire tank force against a rebellious population.
In the western town of Homs, armed militias in four Sunni neighborhoods stand ready to shoot any Syrian soldiers. In Hama, the rebels control the entire city and have set up local governing committees.
The Syrian army has lost control of the towns of the entire Euphrates Valley of eastern Syria.
DEBKAfile Special Report
22 July.
Since Thursday, July 21, Syria's entire operational fleet of 1,500
tanks surrounds the country's most active anti-Assad protest cities
such as Homs, Hama, Deir al-Zour, Abu Kamal and the big Damascus suburb
of Harasta. The same evening, tank-backed forces stormed Homs, shelling
densely populated districts at random, causing many casualties and
burning buildings. Five months into the uprising, these flashpoint
cities are out of control. The army refrains from going in except in
large contingents backed by heavy armor and live fire. DEBKAfile's military sources report that Syrian army bases have been emptied of all usable tanks in support of another desperate attempt by Syrian President Bashar Assad to crush the long uprising against his rule. This makes him the first Middle East leader ever to hurl an entire tank force against a rebellious population.
In the western town of Homs, armed militias in four Sunni neighborhoods stand ready to shoot any Syrian soldiers. In Hama, the rebels control the entire city and have set up local governing committees.
The Syrian army has lost control of the towns of the entire Euphrates Valley of eastern Syria.
July 23, 2011 Briefs:
- In Syria, explosions and gunshots heard early Saturday from the military academy in Homs.
- An Aleppo-Damascus passenger train derailed Saturday, killing driver, injuring passengers. The train with 480 passengers caught fire near Homs.
- Syrian TV accuses "saboteurs" of ripping up tracks.
- Mahmoud Abbas opens Palestinian Liberation Organization world conference in Istanbul.
- Turkish PM Erdogan was present.
US Warns Jordan's king: Revolt is on your doorstep
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
23 July.
Jordan's King Abdullah II was warned in Washington this week to hurry
up and introduce political reforms because a revolt against the throne
was knocking at his door from neighboring Syria, DEBKAfile's
Washington sources report. US intelligence updates informed him the
threat came from the potential spillover of the tumult rocking Syria by
means of shared family and tribal ties between the two countries and
the Muslim Brotherhood. Both will want to reciprocate the aid the
Syrian branches received in their fight against Assad from their
Jordanian kinsmen and coreligionists.If the revolt spread to Jordan, Israel would have to decide whether to step in to save the Hashemite throne as well as preventing the unrest infecting West Bank Palestinians and Israeli Arabs communities. Its security chiefs would have to take into account this process taking place to support the mass Palestinian disorders predicted for September when the Palestinians plan to seek UN recognition of their statehood.
The Americans were disappointed in the king's reluctance for speedy democratic reforms that would cut deep into his royal authority and prerogatives.
Slain Iranian scientist was working on a nuclear bomb detonator
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
24 July.
Daryush Rezaee-Nejad, 35, who died Saturday, July 23, when two
motorcyclists shot him in the head and throat in front of his home in
Tehran, was a rising star of the new generation of Iranian nuclear
scientists. DEBKAfile's Iranian sources disclose he was attached to one
of the most secret teams of Iran's nuclear program, employed by the
defense ministry to construct detonators for the nuclear bombs and
warhead already in advanced stages of development.
This was another in the series of mysterious attacks of top-flight scientists attached to the Iranian nuclear program in the past year.
His dual employment as a student and member of top-flight flight nuclear team and Tehran's reluctance to admit how deeply its nuclear program had been penetrated account for the Iranian media's conflicting accounts of Razaee-Nejad's role.
Initially, he was described as "a nuclear scientist working for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran," then as "an electronics master's student."
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
24 July.
Daryush Rezaee-Nejad, 35, who died Saturday, July 23, when two
motorcyclists shot him in the head and throat in front of his home in
Tehran, was a rising star of the new generation of Iranian nuclear
scientists. DEBKAfile's Iranian sources disclose he was attached to one
of the most secret teams of Iran's nuclear program, employed by the
defense ministry to construct detonators for the nuclear bombs and
warhead already in advanced stages of development. This was another in the series of mysterious attacks of top-flight scientists attached to the Iranian nuclear program in the past year.
His dual employment as a student and member of top-flight flight nuclear team and Tehran's reluctance to admit how deeply its nuclear program had been penetrated account for the Iranian media's conflicting accounts of Razaee-Nejad's role.
Initially, he was described as "a nuclear scientist working for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran," then as "an electronics master's student."
July 25, 2011 Briefs:
- Qaddafi and family can stay in Libya, says opposition leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil. But he must give up power and rebel leaders will decide where and how he lives.
- Israel intercepts Dead Sea boat smuggling arms and explosives from Jordan to West Bank. Two boatmen arrested. Small inland sea is bisected by Israeli-Jordanian border.
Norwegian mass-killer boasts he acted "in a cell" with two more waiting
DEBKAfile Special Report
25 July. Anders Behring Breivik, who
admitted to carrying out twin terrorist attacks in Oslo and Utoya
island Friday, July 22, boasted in court Monday he had acted in a cell
and "two more cells" were prepared to carry out further attacks. He was
remanded for eight weeks in solitary confinement.
Police refrained from confirming that UK internal security agency MI5 had reported on his contacts with right-wing extremists in London. They said chemicals may have been purchased in Poland for making the bomb he used against government buildings in Oslo. From March he was on an intelligence watch list.
The police statement also revised the death figures from the two attacks – the number of victims shot dead at the ruling Labor youth camp on the island near Oslo was reduced from 86 to 68, while the new figure for the bombing attack was eight instead of seven. Neither figure is yet final.
Even if the court throws the book at the gunman and convicts him of the most extreme charges, the maximum prison sentence against him would be 21 years. After murdering 76 innocent people at the age of 32, therefore, Anders Breivik would be a free man at 53.
DEBKAfile Special Report
25 July. Anders Behring Breivik, who
admitted to carrying out twin terrorist attacks in Oslo and Utoya
island Friday, July 22, boasted in court Monday he had acted in a cell
and "two more cells" were prepared to carry out further attacks. He was
remanded for eight weeks in solitary confinement.Police refrained from confirming that UK internal security agency MI5 had reported on his contacts with right-wing extremists in London. They said chemicals may have been purchased in Poland for making the bomb he used against government buildings in Oslo. From March he was on an intelligence watch list.
The police statement also revised the death figures from the two attacks – the number of victims shot dead at the ruling Labor youth camp on the island near Oslo was reduced from 86 to 68, while the new figure for the bombing attack was eight instead of seven. Neither figure is yet final.
Even if the court throws the book at the gunman and convicts him of the most extreme charges, the maximum prison sentence against him would be 21 years. After murdering 76 innocent people at the age of 32, therefore, Anders Breivik would be a free man at 53.
July 26, 2011 Briefs:
- PM Netanyahu unveils reform program in response to 13 days of popular demonstrations for affordable housing:.
- Two new laws before summer recess to cut planning red tape, release state land at cut-prices for 50,000 new apartments in 18 months.
- Half fares on public transport for students living far from universities and colleges.
- Cheap state land allotted developers guaranteeing low-rent and bottom-price apartments.
Free land for 10,000 new student dorms. - Israeli finance minister Steinitz pledges to demonstrators: We beat unemployment and we'll beat rocketing prices.
- Unemployment rate continued to fall, reaching 5.7 percent in May.
- Iran, Syria, Iraq sign $10 bn deal for pipeline to carry Iranian gas to Mediterranean.
- US begins process for removing Iranian opposition MEK from terror list.
US, Saudi Arabia smuggle satellite phones to Syrian rebels
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
26 July.
Iranian intelligence experts in Damascus have been disrupting the
opposition movement's telephone and Internet links with the outside
world and among fellow-protesters in the country. In the last two week,
the US and Saudi Arabia have smuggled thousands of satellite phones to
opposition leaders, DEBKAfile reports.
This is the first time the Obama administration has stepped in with direct assistance for the Syrian opposition in its drive to unseat Syrian President Bashar Assad in way, moreover, that challenges Iran's contribution to the regime's survival. A new Saudi-funded TV station representing the Syrian opposition began broadcasting on July 19.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
26 July.
Iranian intelligence experts in Damascus have been disrupting the
opposition movement's telephone and Internet links with the outside
world and among fellow-protesters in the country. In the last two week,
the US and Saudi Arabia have smuggled thousands of satellite phones to
opposition leaders, DEBKAfile reports.This is the first time the Obama administration has stepped in with direct assistance for the Syrian opposition in its drive to unseat Syrian President Bashar Assad in way, moreover, that challenges Iran's contribution to the regime's survival. A new Saudi-funded TV station representing the Syrian opposition began broadcasting on July 19.
July 27, 2011 Briefs
- Ahmadinejad names Revolutionary Guards Brig. Gen. Rostam Qasemi, targeted by international sanctions, oil minister. As second largest OPEC producer, Iran holds the cartel's rotating presidency with influence on prices and quantities.
- DEBKAfile: Qasemi's appointment is a mark of contempt for US, EU and Australia which imposed sanctions on him for heading the firm which built the facilities for Iran's nuclear bomb program.
- Kandahar mayor killed in his office Wednesday by suicide bomber who hid explosives in his turban - another Taliban strike in S. Afghanistan.
- The UK expels Libya's entire embassy staff from London, recognizes the rebel administration.
- Foreign Secretary Hague conceded Tuesday that the UK would not object to Col. Qaddafi staying in Libya.
- Syrian security and army forces kill at least 10 people Tuesday as opposition announces nightly Ramadan rallies from July 30.
- Hizballah warns Israel not to encroach on Lebanese waters in gas and oil exploration.
- At least 5 French UN peacemakers injured by roadside bomb against their armored vehicle in S. Lebanese port of Sidon. It was planted by Palestinian al Qaeda cell in Eil Hilwa camp.
Young Israeli "tent city" protesters ape Arab Revolt, go political
DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis
27 July.
The motley group which two weeks ago set up a "tent city" to protest
the unavailability of affordable housing, has assumed attributes of the
Arab uprisings: It enjoys backstage foreign political support - some
from certain circles in Washington; it exploits genuine popular
grievances for political capital; it wants regime change, namely, Prime
Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's head - and is building up to achieve
this as the UN votes on Palestinian statehood. A new government will
then recognize Palestine within 1967 borders.
The common features stop there: Israel's democracy is alive and kicking with an over-abundance of parties, an active opposition, an independent judiciary, full employment (falling to 5.7 percent in May) and a thriving entrepreneurial and innovative economy.
The protest movement grew out of the fragile underpinnings of that economy – an underpaid, overtaxed workforce; a professional 20-50 aged class that can't make ends meet between overpriced food, housing (rents or mortgages) and schooling for their children; no prospects of change and the widest social gap in the Western world.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis
27 July.
The motley group which two weeks ago set up a "tent city" to protest
the unavailability of affordable housing, has assumed attributes of the
Arab uprisings: It enjoys backstage foreign political support - some
from certain circles in Washington; it exploits genuine popular
grievances for political capital; it wants regime change, namely, Prime
Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's head - and is building up to achieve
this as the UN votes on Palestinian statehood. A new government will
then recognize Palestine within 1967 borders.The common features stop there: Israel's democracy is alive and kicking with an over-abundance of parties, an active opposition, an independent judiciary, full employment (falling to 5.7 percent in May) and a thriving entrepreneurial and innovative economy.
The protest movement grew out of the fragile underpinnings of that economy – an underpaid, overtaxed workforce; a professional 20-50 aged class that can't make ends meet between overpriced food, housing (rents or mortgages) and schooling for their children; no prospects of change and the widest social gap in the Western world.
July 28, 2011 Briefs:
- Three US military servicemen arrested for allegedly plotting another attack on Fort Hood, Texas – Fox News.
- In November 2009, US army major of Jordanian-Palestinian descent gunned down 13 servicemen at Fort Hood.
- Taliban launch a gun-suicide bombing attack in southern Afghan province of Uruzgan killing 17 people including a local BBC reporter. Machine gun, RPG, assault rifle battle ensued in town market with NATO providing air support for Afghan forces.
- At least 12 killed outside a bank in Tikrit, Iraq, when a car exploded in center followed by a suicide bomber.
- Palestinians fire Qassam missile at Ashkelon early Thursday. No casualties or damage.
- At least 20 Syrian tanks storm Latakia Thursday. Explosions heard by witnesses •
- PM Netanyahu names Finance Minister Steinitz to hold talks with Trade Unions leader Ofer Eini who takes lead of tent-city talks on housing and other benefits.
Russian-US cooperation in Mid East and Afghanistan in jeopardy
DEBKAfile Special Report
28 July.
Russia has threatened to freeze the "reset" ties with the United
States, which recently produced valuable cooperation and friendly
understandings between the two powers in vital global arenas.
DEBKAfile's Moscow sources report the areas most affected are likely to
be the Israel-Palestinian dispute, the Libyan war and the Russian
supply route for US forces fighting in Afghanistan.
Wednesday night, the Kremlin sharply denounced the travel ban to America US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton quietly imposed on a group of senior Russian officials tied to the death in prison of the Russian whistleblower Sergei Magnitsky. "Clearly, we won't let such hostile steps happen without a response and will take adequate measures to protect our country's sovereignty and our citizens from such wrongful actions by foreign states," said Moscow.
The affair clouding Russian-US relations dates back two years when Sergei Magnitsky, a lawyer employed by Hermitage, a big Russian investment firm, died in a Moscow prison after exposing a $230 million theft by senior officers of the company. His friends say he was thrown into jail by the embezzlers' friends in high places and deliberately left to die from harsh conditions and the withholding of the medical care which he needed. When the Senate began drafting a bill imposing a travel ban on 60 Moscow officials, Clinton jumped in with a more modest sanction hoping to save the day. It didn’t work. Moscow retaliated at the expense of diplomatic cooperation with Washington starting with a slowdown of its effort to broker an end to the Libyan war.
DEBKAfile Special Report
28 July.
Russia has threatened to freeze the "reset" ties with the United
States, which recently produced valuable cooperation and friendly
understandings between the two powers in vital global arenas.
DEBKAfile's Moscow sources report the areas most affected are likely to
be the Israel-Palestinian dispute, the Libyan war and the Russian
supply route for US forces fighting in Afghanistan. Wednesday night, the Kremlin sharply denounced the travel ban to America US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton quietly imposed on a group of senior Russian officials tied to the death in prison of the Russian whistleblower Sergei Magnitsky. "Clearly, we won't let such hostile steps happen without a response and will take adequate measures to protect our country's sovereignty and our citizens from such wrongful actions by foreign states," said Moscow.
The affair clouding Russian-US relations dates back two years when Sergei Magnitsky, a lawyer employed by Hermitage, a big Russian investment firm, died in a Moscow prison after exposing a $230 million theft by senior officers of the company. His friends say he was thrown into jail by the embezzlers' friends in high places and deliberately left to die from harsh conditions and the withholding of the medical care which he needed. When the Senate began drafting a bill imposing a travel ban on 60 Moscow officials, Clinton jumped in with a more modest sanction hoping to save the day. It didn’t work. Moscow retaliated at the expense of diplomatic cooperation with Washington starting with a slowdown of its effort to broker an end to the Libyan war.
Brain Damage from the Debt Ceiling
Michael Linden explains why we must raise the debt ceiling, and what will happen if we don't.More: Video: The Importance of Raising the Debt Ceiling
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libyschen Rebellen verlieren ihren Militärchef durch einen
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| Geißler legt Kompromissvorschlag für Stuttgarter Bahnhof vor |
| Im Streit um das Bahnprojekt "Stuttgart 21" hat Schlichter Heiner Geißler als Kompromiss einen viergleisigen Tiefbahnhof vorgeschlagen. Der neue Bahnhof solle unter dem bestehenden Kopfbahnhof liegen, erklärte der CDU-Politiker in Stuttgart. Das alte Bahnhofsgebäude könne damit seine Funktion behalten. Im neuen Tiefbahnhof könnten die Bahnsteige breiter gestaltet werden. Der Südflügel würde stehenbleiben. Geißler betonte, die Bundesregierung sei von seinem Vorschlag unterrichtet. Ziel sei es, eine friedliche Lösung herbeizuführen. Die Bahn will bis Ende 2019 für 4,1 Milliarden Euro den 16-gleisigen Kopfbahnhof in einen achtgleisigen unterirdischen Durchgangsbahnhof umbauen. Dagegen gibt es massive Proteste. In einer öffentlichen Debatte war am Freitag ein Gutachten vorgestellt worden, das zeigen sollte, ob der neue Bahnhof mehr leisten könne als der bisherige. Nach dem Geißler-Vorschlag zogen sich die in einem Aktionsbündnis vereinten Gegner des Projekts zu Beratungen zurück. |
| Wahlen in Spanien werden vorgezogen |
| Im zunehmend von der Euro-Schuldenkrise betroffenen Spanien wird noch in diesem Jahr das Parlament neu gewählt. Ministerpräsident José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero teilte mit, der Wahltermin werde auf den 20. November vorgezogen. Regulär wären die Wahlen erst mit März 2012 fällig gewesen. - Zapatero, der mit seiner Sozialistischen Arbeiterpartei seit 2004 regiert, will bei der Wahl nicht wieder antreten. Umfragen deuten auf einen Sieg der konservativen Volkspartei hin. - Die Ratingagentur Moody's drohte Spanien unterdessen mit einer Herabstufung seiner Kreditwürdigkeit. |
| Getöteter Militärchef der Rebellen in Bengasi beigesetzt |
| Der getötete Militärchef der Rebellen in Libyen, Abdulfattah Junis, ist in Bengasi beigesetzt worden. Tausende Menschen gaben dem General in der Hochburg der Rebellen mit einem Trauerzug das letzte Geleit, wie Korrespondenten berichteten. Junis und zwei ihn begleitende Offiziere der Rebellen-Armee waren am Donnerstag auf der Fahrt von der Front nach Bengasi überfallen und getötet worden. Die Rebellen machen Gefolgsleute von Machthaber Muammar al Gaddafi für die Tat verantwortlich. Ein mutmaßlicher Täter sei festgenommen worden, teilte der Chef des Übergangsrates der Aufständischen, Mustafa Abdul Dschalil, mit. Es gibt allerdings Spekulationen, Junis sei von seinen eigenen Leuten getötet worden. Danach soll der General insgeheim Verhandlungen mit dem Gaddafi-Regime geführt haben . - Junis war ein langjähriger Gefolgsmann Gaddafis und bis Anfang des Jahres Innenminister. Mit Beginn des Aufstands schloss er sich den Rebellen an. |
| Wieder Massenproteste gegen Assad in Syrien |
| In mehreren Städten Syriens haben nach Angaben von Menschenrechtsaktivisten erneut zehntausende Menschen gegen die Regierung von Präsident Baschar al Assad demonstriert. In der Provinz Deir el Sur und in Vorstädten von Damaskus seien mindestens fünf Zivilisten von Sicherheitskräften des Regimes erschossen worden. Auch in der Hafenstadt Latakia sei ein Demonstrant getötet worden, teilten Oppositionelle mit. Die Kundgebungen nach dem islamischen Freitagsgebet standen unter dem Motto: "Euer Schweigen tötet uns". Dies sei auch als Kritik an anderen arabischen Staaten zu verstehen, die sich zu den seit Monaten andauernden Protesten in Syrien bislang nicht geäußert hätten, hieß es in Aufrufen im Internet. |
| Kaczynski-Absturz: Verteidigungsminister tritt zurück |
| In Polen ist Verteidigungsminister Bogdan Klich zurückgetreten, nachdem ein Regierungsbericht zum tödlichen Flugzeugabsturz des damaligen Präsidenten Lech Kaczynski den Piloten die Hauptschuld an dem Unglück gegeben hatte. Die mangelnde Ausbildung der Besatzung der Militärmaschine sei eine Gefahr für die Flugsicherheit gewesen, heißt in dem jetzt veröffentlichten Untersuchungsbericht. Zudem sei das Flugzeug beim Landeanflug auf den Flughafen im westrussischen Smolensk zu schnell und zu tief geflogen. Die russische Seite trage allerdings eine Mitschuld, so die polnischen Experten weiter. Die Landebahn sei nur schwach beleuchtet gewesen, die Fluglotsen hätten falsche Anweisungen gegeben. - Bei dem Absturz am 10. April 2010 waren neben Kaczynski alle anderen 95 Insassen der Maschine ums Leben gekommen, unter ihnen ranghohe Politiker und Militärs. |
| Obama ruft zu Kompromiss im Schuldenstreit auf |
| Im Streit um die Anhebung der US-Schuldengrenze hat Präsident Barack Obama seine Demokratische Partei und die oppositionellen Republikaner erneut zur Kompromissbereitschaft aufgerufen. Die Zeit sei fast abgelaufen, sagte Obama in Washington mit Blick auf den kommenden Dienstag. Ist die Schuldenobergrenze von derzeit 14,3 Billionen Dollar bis dahin nicht heraufgesetzt, ist die US-Regierung zahlungsunfähig. Dies würde nicht absehbare Folgen für die Finanzmärkte nach sich ziehen. - Erschwert wird die Suche nach einer Lösung durch die Uneinigkeit der Republikaner, die im Repräsentantenhaus über die Mehrheit verfügen. Im Senat kündigten die Demokraten eine neue Initiative an. |
| UN setzen Luftbrücke nach Somalia fort |
| Trotz der prekären Sicherheitslage in Somalia haben die Vereinten Nationen die Flüge zur Versorgung hungernder Menschen in dem ostafrikanischen Land fortgesetzt. Zwei Maschinen mit Hilfsgütern landeten in der Hauptstadt Mogadischu und in Gedo im Westen des Landes. Diese Stadt liegt außerhalb des Einflussgebietes der radikal-islamischen Al-Shabaab-Miliz, die weite Teile Somalias kontrolliert und westlichen Hilfsorganisationen den Zutritt verweigert. In Mogadischu war es am Donnerstag zu Kämpfen zwischen Milizionären und Soldaten der Afrikanischen Friedentruppe gekommen. - Insgesamt sind in Ostafrika rund elf Millionen Menschen vom Hunger bedroht. Am schwersten betroffen ist Somalia. Dort wird sich Lage nach Einschätzung der Bundesregierung noch verschärfen. Es zeichne sich eine starke Zunahme der Toten und der Opferzahlen ab, sagte der Afrika-Beauftragte des Außenministeriums, Walter Lindner, im Hessischen Rundfunk. |
| Norwegische Polizei gibt jetzt 77 Todesopfer an |
| Die Zahl der Todesopfer der Anschläge von Oslo und Utöya in Norwegen vom Freitag vor einer Woche ist auf 77 gestiegen. Dies geht aus einer neuen Liste der Polizei mit den Namen der Getöteten hervor. Bislang war die Zahl der Opfer des geständigen Attentäters Anders Behring Breivik mit 76 angegeben worden. An diesem Freitag wurden die ersten Terroropfer beigesetzt. An der Beerdigung einer 18-Jährigen aus einer Zuwandererfamilie aus dem Irak nahm auch Außenminister Jonas Gahr Stoere teil. - Breivik wurde erneut von der Polizei vernommen. Ein Sprecher teilte mit, zwei Psychiater würden den 32-Jährigen auf seine Zurechnungsfähigkeit untersuchen. Nach Angaben seines Verteidigers wollte Breivik am 22. Juli noch weitere Terroranschläge ausführen. Er habe bei seinen Taten unter Drogeneinfluss gestanden. |
| EU ruft Serbien und Kosovo zu Zurückhaltung auf |
| Nach der neuen Eskalation des Kosovo-Konflikts hat die EU-Außenbeauftragte Catherine Ashton die Regierungen in Pristina und Belgrad zur Zurückhaltung aufgerufen. Um Serben und Kosovaren wieder an den Verhandlungstisch zu bringen, werde sie einen Vermittler in die Region schicken, kündigte Ashton an. - Die internationale KFOR-Schutztruppe hat unterdessen militante Angehörige der serbischen Minderheit im Norden des Kosovo ultimativ aufgefordert, die Blockaden wichtiger Straßen zu beenden. - Hintergrund des Konflikts ist ein Handelsstreit zwischen Serbien und dem Kosovo, mit einem Importverbot für Waren der jeweils anderen Seite. Als Spezialeinheiten der von Albanern dominierte Regierung in Pristina in diesem Zusammenhang die Kontrolle von zwei Grenzübergängen zu Serbien übernehmen wollte, kam es in den vergangenen Tagen zu Unruhen. Ein Polizist wurde getötet. Kosovo-Serben brannten einen der Übergänge nieder. |
| Türkische Spitzenmilitärs treten zurück |
| Der Chef des Generalstabs der türkischen Streitkräfte, Isik Kosaner, ist nach einem Bericht des Senders CNN Turk zurückgetreten. Auch die Befehlshaber von Heer, Luftwaffe und Marine hätten ihren Abschied eingereicht. Die Begründung für die Rücktritte sei noch nicht bekannt, meldete der Sender weiter. In den vergangenen Jahren gab es immer wieder Spannungen zwischen der gemäßigt-islamischen Regierung von Ministerpräsident Recep Tayyip Erdogan und dem Militär. |
| Dax schließt erneut im Minus |
| ZUR BÖRSE: Der deutsche Aktienindex ist zum Wochenschluss erneut mit Verlusten aus dem Handel gegangen. Er schloss in Frankfurt mit einem Minus von 0,4 Prozentpunkten bei 7.159 Punkten. |
| Klinsmann neuer Fußball-Nationaltrainer der USA |
| Der frühere Fußball-Bundestrainer Jürgen Klinsmann übernimmt die Nationalmannschaft der USA. Klinsmann, der in Kalifornien lebt, unterschrieb beim WM-Achtelfinalisten einen Vertrag, dessen Details am Montag auf einer Pressekonferenz bekanntgegeben werden sollen. Klinsmann soll die Amerikaner zur WM-Endrunde 2014 in Brasilien führen, über die Dauer seines Vertrages wurde nichts Näheres mitgeteilt. Der Weltmeister von 1990 und frühere Trainer von Bayern München löst den entlassenen Bob Bradley ab. |
| Schwimm-WM: Vom Lehn gewinnt Bronze über 200 m Brust |
| ZUM SPORT: Bei der Schwimm-Weltmeisterschaft im chinesischen Shanghai hat Junioren-Europameister Christian vom Lehn die vierte Bronzemedaille für die deutschen Schwimmer gewonnen. Der 19-Jährige erreichte durch einen starken Schlussspurt im Finale über 200 m Brust noch den dritten Platz hinter Titelverteidiger Daniel Gyurta aus Ungarn und Olympiasieger Kosuke Kitajima aus Japan. |
| Das Wetter: nur in der Mitte und im Westen trocken |
| DAS WETTER IN DEUTSCHLAND: Nordöstlich der Elbe zum Teil ergiebiger Dauerregen. In der Südhälfte verbreitet Schauer und Gewitter. In der Mitte und im Westen bedeckt, dabei zumeist trocken. Die Temperaturen steigen auf Höchstwerte zwischen 16 und 25 Grad. DIE WEITEREN AUSSICHTEN: Am Samstag im Norden und Osten weiterhin Dauerregen. Sonst vielfach stark bewölkt mit Schauern. Im Südwesten kurze Auflockerungen. Die Maximaltemperaturen liegen bei 15 bis 22 Grad. |
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Altre pazzie da "Helicopter Ben" mentre la Federal Reserve
rifinanzia le banche europee
I primi due round dei salvataggi della Federal Reserve (i
cosiddetti QE, Quantitative Easing 1 e 2) non hanno fatto che peggiorare la
crisi, eppure questo non ha impedito al governatore della Fed Ben Bernanke di
minacciarne un terzo. Infatti, parlando alla Commissione Finanze del Congresso
il 13 luglio, ha annunciato che la Fed sta preparando un QE3, con l'ulteriore
espansione del proprio bilancio, se non verrà aumentato il tetto del debito
pubblico. Ha ripetuto il messaggio il giorno dopo.
Quello stesso giorno, il 14 luglio, Lyndon LaRouche ha
dichiarato inequivocabilmente, nel corso di un'intervista a LPAC-TV, che
il tentativo del Presidente Obama di procedere con un iperinflazionistico QE3
scatenerà una reazione a catena a livello globale, ma soprattutto nella regione
transatlantica. Tutti gli elementi di questa serie di QE equivalgono a una
rapina, ha detto. Visto che tutte le forme dell'economia produttiva vengono
chiuse, "tutto quello che si fa è creare iperinflazione, passo dopo passo"
creando del debito che non ha assolutamente alcun valore.
Molti commentatori negli Stati Uniti hanno fatto notare che
Bernanke sta cercando di salvare l'Euro, una missione impossibile che induce la
Fed ad accettare sempre più titoli tossici come collaterale. In effetti, il 29
giugno, mentre annaspava l'Eurozona, la Federal Reserve ha allungato i termini
di scadenza della linea di currency swap illimitata alla Banca Centrale Europea,
così come alle banche centrali svizzera, britannica, canadese e giapponese.
La BCE viene descritta ampiamente come una "bad bank europea"
nella crisi attuale del debito, perché ha abbassato gli standard per i titoli
collaterali che acquista dalle banche al di sotto del livello junk ed
acquista da equity funds privati, hedge funds e banche d'affari. Ci si chiede se
la Federal Reserve non finirà con l'acquistare direttamente il debito sovrano
europeo, o i titoli bancari europei, a sostegno della BCE nei guai.
In questo contesto, un rapporto che apre gli occhi è stato
postato sul sito di analisi finanziaria Zero Hedge in giugno. Utilizzando
le tabelle della Federal Reserve sul flusso di fondi e le riserve bancarie, lo
studio mostra che i 600 miliardi di dollari stampati per il cosiddetto QE2 sono
andati offshore alle banche europee e al gruppo Inter-Alpha. I titoli del Tesoro
USA acquistati dalla Fed con le riserve appena stampate dal novembre 2010 al 30
giugno 2011 erano principalmente provenienti da BNP Paribas, RBS, Barclays,
Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, HSBC e UBS. L'analista di Zero Hedge
conclude: "Gli unici beneficiari delle riserve generate sono state le filiali
americane delle banche stranieri (che a loro volta hanno rispedito il contante
alle loro filiali nazionali)".
Ci sono alcune iniziative al Congresso USA per tagliare i fondi
governativi al Fondo Monetario Internazionale, fondi che vengono usati per
rifinanziare le banche straniere. La parlamentare Cathy McMorris Rodgers,
vicepresidente del gruppo repubblicano alla Camera, ha dichiarato in
un'intervista del 27 giugno alla rivista conservatrice Human Events: "Non
ha alcun senso aiutare il FMI a salvare i paesi europei insolventi quando i
nostri stati americani che hanno deficit immensi fanno i tagli necessari alla
spesa. E l'UE e il FMI non possono rifinanziare la California e il New Jersey".
L'attacco speculativo all'Italia evidenzia la bancarotta
dell'Eurosistema
L'implosione dell'Eurosistema è entrata in una nuova fase la
scorsa settimana, con l'attacco speculativo ai titoli di stato italiani partito
dalle stesse forze finanziarie che sperano di salvare a tutti i costi le proprie
istituzioni in bancarotta. Il fallimento evidente del salvataggio greco ha
portato ad una situazione in cui la Troika UE-BCE-FMI sta ricorrendo ad ogni
mezzo per assicurare il passaggio del nuovo pacchetto ed evitare l'unica
soluzione sana alla crisi: una riforma alla Glass-Steagall che disinfesti
l'economia dai parassiti finanziari e permetta il ritorno ad una vera crescita.
Nella situazione di incertezza, un gruppo di hedge funds ha
deciso che il momento fosse propizio per scegliere un ghiotto bersaglio,
l'Italia. Hanno offerto lo spunto le tensioni tra Berlusconi e Tremonti, che nel
passato ha più volte proposto di riorganizzare il sistema finanziario
internazionale lungo le linee indicate da LaRouche, e che continua ad opporsi
decisamente alle politiche iperinflazionistiche di rifinanziamento del debito
speculativo.
La reazione delle istituzioni all'attacco speculativo, che ha
portato i costi del rifinanziamento del debito italiano ai livelli della Grecia
un anno fa, è stata esattamente quella su cui contava la Troika: austerità e
promesse di accelerare riforme liberistiche che danneggeranno ulteriormente
l'economia già debole. Il Parlamento ha votato il bilancio di tagli e aumenti
delle tasse in tempo record. Quella stessa popolazione italiana che negli scorsi
mesi si era rivolta contro l'Unione Europea a causa dell'intervento in Libia e
della conseguente ondata migratoria sulle nostre coste, ha visto anche i
migliori rappresentanti istituzionali prostrarsi di fronte ai mercati e giurare
il pareggio di bilancio.
Come al solito, questo non è bastato: i mastini liberisti come
Francesco Giavazzi e Alberto Alesina (quelli che allo scoppio della crisi
finanziaria mondiale erano corsi a nascondersi) hanno pubblicato un editoriale
sul Corriere della Sera il 15 luglio chiedendo tagli più severi e
soprattutto non rimandati nel tempo, e in particolare energiche misure di
deregulation e privatizzazioni che mancano da tempo. Con una non tanto velata
minaccia, il duo Giavazzi-Alesina ha annunciato il vero attacco all'Italia per
agosto (quello della settimana scorsa era solo un assaggio), naturalmente
prevenibile solo se si fa ciò che dicono.
Ha fatto loro eco Mario Monti, il candidato in pectore per un
governo dei mercati o, in alternativa, per sostituire Tremonti all'Economia.
Monti ha messo l'accento sulle assenti misure di "rilancio dell'economia", un
eufemismo dietro il quale si cela la politica di espansione monetaria.
Liliana Gorini e Andrew Spannaus, rispettivamente presidente e
segretario generale di Movisol, sono stati intervistati dal conduttore Roberto
Ortelli su Radio Padania, e hanno ribadito che "non dovremmo assecondare
e riassicurare i mercati come dicono il Presidente Napolitano ed economisti come
Giavazzi". Gorini ha fatto riferimento alla dichiarazione di LaRouche sulla
crisi italiana e europea (cfr. sopra) e ha rilanciato la proposta di un piano di
sviluppo infrastrutturale per l'Africa come banco di prova morale per l'Europa.
Spannaus ha sottolineato che il sistema dell'Euro è al capolinea e che se le
nazioni vogliono sopravvivere debbono al più presto riacquistare la piena
sovranità sulla moneta e sul credito. Si possono ascoltare entrambe le
interviste su http://www.movisol.org/audioupdate.htm.
La carestia si espande nel Corno d'Africa
I governi mondiali reagiscono con stupefacente letargia alla
carestia che colpisce vaste aree di Somalia, Etiopia e Kenya, in una regione che
ospita circa dieci milioni di abitanti.
Secondo Nancy Lindborg dell'Agency for International
Development del governo americano, si prevede che "la situazione nel Corno
d'Africa peggiorerà nel resto dell'anno. Date le poche opportunità di lavoro, le
riserve di cibo che si assottigliano e i prezzi dei cereali alle stelle, molte
famiglie non riescono semplicemente a mangiare". La situazione è particolarmente
disperata in Somalia, come ha dettagliato Lindborg in una testimonianza davanti
alla Sottocommissione sull'Africa della Camera dei Deputati USA il 7 luglio.
Mentre la siccità che colpisce la regione è considerata la
peggiore dagli anni cinquanta, la causa fondamentale delle condizioni di vita
disperate di milioni di africani è la mancanza di ogni seria intenzione di
sviluppare economicamente il Corno d'Africa con i necessari investimenti in
progetti integrati idrici, energetici e di trasporto. Queste condizioni non sono
il risultato di circostanze oggettive, per quanto la siccità in queste zone sia
micidiale, ma della mancanza dell'intervento umano per costruire l'economia
fisica di queste nazioni africane e permettere loro di sostenere la vita dei
loro popoli.
Tra i dati riferiti da Lindborg figura quanto segue:
- Nei primi sei mesi del 2011 fino ad oggi il numero di persone in Somalia che hanno bisogno di assistenza salva-vita è aumentato del 19%, da 2,4 milioni a 2,85 milioni.
- Il campo rifugiati di Dadaab in Kenya, costruito 20 anni fa per ospitare 90 mila persone, oggi ne accoglie 370 mila, il 95% dei quali dalla Somalia. Il numero complessivo di somali rifugiati in Kenya si stima in 750 mila.
- Il 30-40% dei somali che giungono a Dadaab sono affetti da malnutrizione globale acuta (GAM), un tasso più che doppio della soglia giudicata di emergenza dalla Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità, e con tassi del 23% di grave malnutrizione acuta (SAM), laddove il 2-3% è giudicato allarmante.
- Ancor più allarmanti sono le cifre della mortalità infantile, più alte nei tre mesi del 2011 di tutto il 2010, perché i bimbi sono talmente malnutriti che non si può fare niente per salvarli.
- Al campo rifugiati di Boqolmayo, in Etiopia, si riscontra nei rifugiati somali un tasso del 47% di GAM e del 23% di SAM - rispettivamente 213% e 1100% superiori "ai livelli che spingono la comunità degli aiuti a suonare il campanello d'allarme".
In aggiunta, anche l'Etiopia è colpita dalla siccità, che ha
esposto 5 milioni di persone al rischio di colera secondo la OMS. Inoltre, 8,8
milioni di persone sono a rischio malaria e 2 milioni di bambini sono a rischio
di contrarre il morbillo.
Nel frattempo, i prezzi del cibo continuano a salire in tutto
il mondo a causa della speculazione, promettendo maggiori catastrofi umanitarie.
E il ministero dell'Agricoltura USA ha annunciato che per la prima volta, il
volume di mais usato per etanolo supera quello destinato ai mangimi animali.
Questo, in un anno in cui le perdite di raccolto dovute alle estreme condizioni
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Glass-Steagall
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pubblici per una svolta all'economia italiana
Astrofisica e previsione dei terremoti
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7/29/2011 8:00:52 PM
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Searching For The Truth In Georgia's Spy Cases
Professor Ghia Nodia asks what the photographers' case tells us about the state of Georgian democracy. More 
Some Chechen Commanders Reaffirm Loyalty To Umarov
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7/29/2011 8:02:40 PM
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