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Thursday, 31 July 2008

Taiwan-China Ties Widen

Taiwan-China Ties Widen
Taipei will let Chinese investors place funds in the island's stock and futures markets, in Taiwan's latest bid to expand mainland business ties.
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Not Everyone's Happy About Proposed Libya-U.S. Terrorism Settlement

Not Everyone's Happy About Proposed Libya-U.S. Terrorism Settlement
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When I'm 64…

Living Through the Age of Denial in America
By Tom Engelhardt
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The Führer's Taste: Hitler's Private Collection Goes Virtual

A musuem in Berlin has put the legendary Linz Collection, Hitler's private collection of art, online. It may be the first time since World War II that the all the pieces have been assembled in one place.
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Defiant China Says Internet Censorship To Remain During Olympics

As the countdown to the Olympics continues, China's authorities have confirmed that they will continue to censor Internet access during the Games, despite an earlier pledge not to do so.
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Pentagon: Terrorism to be threat for decades

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates says that the fight against terrorists should be the nation's top military priority over coming decades, according to a new National Defense Strategy.
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Olympia im Zeichen der Zensur

Die chinesische Regierung will eine Sportveranstaltung nach ihrem Geschmack - Pressefreiheit steht dabei nicht zur Debatte. Gegenüber Medien setzt China auf Einschüchterungspolitik.
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L’AKP, averti mais pas interdit

L’AKP, averti mais pas interdit
Turquie. La Cour constitutionnelle ne dissout pas le parti islamiste au pouvoir.
jeudi 31 juillet 2008 - 06:00
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La Chine verrouille ses Jeux

La Chine verrouille ses Jeux
Les autorités chinoises verrouillent l'accès à plusieurs sites de dissidents, consacrés au Tibet notamment, mais également des portails d'informations internationales.
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Complex clock combines calendars

Complex clock combines calendars
Antikythera Mechanism may have timetabled ancient Olympic Games.
Philip Ball
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Descifran un antiguo dispositivo astronómico

Hace 2000 años se utilizaba para predecir los eclipses
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Bloomberg: China will close a further 222 factories and ban more cars if pollution levels become extreme during next month's Olympic Games

Bloomberg: China will close a further 222 factories and ban more cars if pollution levels become extreme during next month's Olympic Games
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The Laws Cops Can’t Enforce

By GEORGE GASCÓN
In the absence of a clear federal policy on immigration, states and cities are enacting draconian and constitutionally questionable laws.
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Court Declares Turkey’s Ruling Party Constitutional but Limits Its Financing

By SABRINA TAVERNISE and SEBNEM ARSU
Turkey’s governing party narrowly missed being banned in a court ruling that relieved months of pressure in the country.
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China to Limit Web Access During Olympic Games

China to Limit Web Access During Olympic Games

By ANDREW JACOBS

The International Olympic Committee reportedly agreed to some limitations demanded by the Chinese government.

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Strong Economy Propels Brazil to World Stage

By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO
Brazil, South America’s largest economy, is finally poised to realize its potential as a global player, economists say.
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Mugabe’s Biggest Sin

Mugabe’s Biggest Sin
Anglo-American and Chinese interests clash over Zimbabwe’s strategic mineral wealth
by F. William Engdahl
Global Research, July 30, 2008
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Wetenschappers van onder meer de Technische Universiteit Delft hebben onder het schilderij Grasgrond van Vincent van Gogh een portret van een vrouw on


Wetenschappers van onder meer de Technische Universiteit Delft hebben onder het schilderij Grasgrond van Vincent van Gogh een portret van een vrouw ontdekt
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Busting the Anthrax Myth

Busting the Anthrax Myth
July 30, 2008 1902 GMT
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Maoists asked to form government

Nepal's Maoist leader Prachanda has a week to form the new republic's first government, the president says.
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Deadly attack on Lebanese troops

Deadly attack on Lebanese troops

Unknown assailants fire on a military post in eastern Lebanon, killing a soldier and wounding another, officials say.

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Turkey's ruling party escapes ban

Turkey's Constitutional Court decides not to ban the ruling AK Party, but imposes financial sanctions against it.
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Chinese man held for quake photos

A teacher is sent to a labour camp for publishing images of schools that collapsed in the Sichuan quake, a rights group says.
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Apocalypse Down-under

Apocalypse Down-under
By Mike Whitney
Aussie bank's write-offs signal doom for Wall Street.
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Russia Takes Control of Turkmen (World?) Gas

Russia Takes Control of Turkmen (World?) Gas
By M K Bhadrakumar
The United States has suffered a huge defeat in the race for Caspian gas. The question now is how much longer Washington could afford to keep Iran out of the energy market.
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Bush Reveals True Reason for War in Push for Iraqi Agreement

Bush Reveals True Reason for War in Push for Iraqi Agreement
By Bennet Kelley
The Iraqi's have rejected this invitation to be an American colony as "arrogant" and an affront to their sovereignty, but the White House is playing hardball and recently cost the Iraqi's $5 billion by blocking the transfer of certain Iraqi currency reserves out of the declining dollar.
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Wednesday, 30 July 2008

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President Viktor A. Yushchenko of Ukraine, right, greeted Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Kiev, Ukraine, on Saturday


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Le Monde diplomatique


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Le Monde diplomatique


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Le Monde diplomatique


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Inflation is eroding the value of the rupee


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Emiratos Arabes Unidos


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Emiratos Arabes Unidos


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Emiratos Arabes Unidos


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Emiratos Arabes Unidos


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Emiratos Arabes Unidos


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Tashlich

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Tararam


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Tandaitneh


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Hamas Warns of Revolt against PA

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Children targets of $1.6 billion in food ads

The nation's largest food and beverage companies spent about $1.6 billion in 2006 marketing their products - especially carbonated drinks - to children and adolescents.
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Starbucks to cut 1,000 non-store jobs

Starbucks Corp., which already plans to shut 600 stores, said Tuesday it is also cutting almost 1,000 office jobs as part of its bid to re-energize the brand and boost its profit.
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Mexico's drug cartels target bystanders

An increasing number of innocent bystanders are gunned down by hit men in Sinaloa, a cartel stronghold on Mexico's Pacific coast.
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'Dreamtowns' offer refuge from big cities

America may be a metropolitan nation, but most of us don't seem very happy about it.
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Montée de violences dans la vallée de Swat

Montée de violences dans la vallée de Swat
Après avoir tué trois hommes des services de renseignement dans la vallée de Swat lundi, les talibans pakistanais ont enlevé trente membres des forces de sécurité mardi dans un poste de police de la même région.
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Slavic Rivals Embroiled in Church Rift

By ANNE BARNARD
Ukraine’s attempt to split its Orthodox church from Russia’s is the latest round in an increasingly fraught tug of war over history, identity and power.
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C.I.A. Outlines Pakistan Links With Militants

By MARK MAZZETTI and ERIC SCHMITT
The agency presented Pakistan with evidence showing that members of its spy service had deepened ties with militant groups responsible for a surge of violence in Afghanistan.
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Pékin rassure Paris au sujet des investissements français

Pékin rassure Paris au sujet des investissements français
Le Quai d'Orsay a indiqué mardi avoir obtenu des assurances de la part de la Chine que les investissements français n'étaient pas soumis à un gel.
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«La société belge est aux antipodes du modèle français»

«La société belge est aux antipodes du modèle français»
Pascal Delwit est spécialiste des questions européennes et professeur de sciences politiques à l'université libre de Bruxelles. Il répond aux questions du «Figaro».
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Les Wallons tentésde rejoindre la France

Les Wallons tentésde rejoindre la France
En cas d'indépendance de la Flandre, un Belge francophone sur deux souhaiterait le rattachement à l'Hexagone.
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Telegraph: The London Stock Exchange is on track to launch a junior market in Japan early next year after winning approval for regulatory changes

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The Times: China faces its worst blackouts in four years as power stations run out of fuel because unsafe coal mines have been closed

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The Times: British Airways began merger talks with Iberia, the Spanish national carrier, in a deal that will create Europe's largest airline

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Neuroscience, National Security & the "War on Terror"

Neuroscience, National Security & the "War on Terror"
by Tom Burghardt
Global Research, July 29, 2008
Antifascist Calling...

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Temen en Colombia una guerra entre jefes paramilitares

Investigan los vínculos en la Argentina
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Una cortina de humo para ocultar problemas de fondo

Una cortina de humo para ocultar problemas de fondo

Link corto: http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1034777

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Berlusconi militariza las calles de Italia

Por Elisabetta Piqué Corresponsal en Italia
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German Inflation Remains High

German Inflation Remains High
German inflation pressures persist. The consumer-price index remained high in July, and negotiated wages in April rose at a fast pace.
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Ciudad natural

En los Emiratos Arabes Unidos, Norman Foster proyectó la primera urbanización sustentable, con capacidad para 50.000 habitantes, que funcionará sin autos y con energías alternativas Link corto:
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Vientiane, l’éveil d’une ville

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China, the Olympics and the Visa Mystery

China, the Olympics and the Visa Mystery
July 29, 2008 1858 GMT
By Rodger Baker
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Bombs defused in Indian city

Police in India defuse at least 14 bombs in the western city of Surat following a string of recent attacks.
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Indian interest rates rise to 9%

India's central bank increases its key interest rate to 9% from 8.5% in a bid to dampen surging inflation.
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EU criticises Cambodia election

European election observers say thousands of voters were prevented from taking part in Cambodia's general election.
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Australia abandons asylum policy

Australia abandons asylum policy
The Australian government abandons the country's controversial policy of jailing all asylum seekers.
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Palestinians 'use torture regularly'

Palestinians 'use torture regularly'
Torture is used regularly on Palestinians detained by the Fatah-dominated security forces in the West Bank and by their Hamas counterparts in Gaza, two human rights reports say.
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Doubts Pakistan can assert control over spy agency

Doubts Pakistan can assert control over spy agency
There is mounting apprehension that Pakistan's generals are becoming less cooperative because the country fears Washington has allowed rival India to extend influence in Afghanistan.
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Plan Facts About Iran's Military

Plan Facts About Iran's Military
By Eric Margolis
Given these facts, we can see how false are claims trumpeted by the west that Iran is a dangerous military power that is about to eradicate Israel. The facts are quite the reverse.
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Tuesday, 29 July 2008

The war between the United States and Iran is on

Acts of War
The war between the United States and Iran is on
By Scott Ritter
American taxpayer dollars are being used, with the permission of Congress, to fund activities which result in Iranians being killed and wounded, and Iranian property destroyed. This wanton violation of a nation's sovereignty would not be tolerated if the tables were turned and Americans were being subjected to Iranian-funded covert actions which took the lives of Americans, on American soil, and destroyed American property and livelihood.
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Children targets of $1.6 billion in food ads

FTC advises that popular characters be tied to healthful products
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War Meets Values on Campaign Trail

Will the Big Winner of 2008 Once Again Be a Conservative Culture-Wars Narrative?
By Ira Chernus
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Le numéro deux mondial des équipements sportifs va progressivement retirer sa production de l'empire du Milieu


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Airbus employees celebrated Monday as Emirates airlines received its first A380 jumbo jet, at an airport in Hamburg, Germany


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New French oil and gas giant eyes nuclear

New French oil and gas giant eyes nuclear

Gaz de France (GdF) and Suez are to merge to create an oil and gas giant to be known as GdF Suez. Suez has previously said that it wants to own and operate nuclear power plants by 2015-20 and would decide on taking part in new nuclear projects "by the start of 2009 at the latest." Suez has already established specialist nuclear departments and has agreed with Areva and fellow oil company Total to work on a nuclear desalination project in the United Arab Emirates. Areva owns 1.2% of GdF Suez and its CEO, Anne Lauvergeon, sits on two GdF Suez board subcommittees. GdF Suez also owns a 5% equity stake in Areva's forthcoming Georges Besse II uranium enrichment facility. The French state remains the largest shareholder in GdF Suez, with a stake of 35.7%, while it owns 88% of Areva.

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Russian Lawyers Claim Kremlin Abuses

Exhibit A: Boris Kuznetsov, who has won U.S. asylum after Russian authorities threatened prosecution.
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Amnesty International Says China Broke Promises On Human Rights

Amnesty International, in a highly critical report on the eve of the Summer Olympics, says Beijing has broken its promises to improve its human rights record “and betrayed the core values of the Olympics.”
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Cocaine Finds Africa

Antonio Maria Costa
West Africa's drug trafficking problem threatens to turn the region into a center of lawlessness.
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The Hour of Europe

Anne Applebaum
In a strange sense, Bush's catastrophic diplomacy was a gift to Europe's politicians.
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A Torture Paper Trail

Eugene Robinson

A Torture Paper Trail

Perhaps above all, George Bush should be remembered as the president who embraced torture.

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The Bush Administration's Secret Biowarfare Agenda

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Merrill to sell troubled assets, raise capital

Merrill Lynch & Co., in a move to clean up its balance sheet, will sell a big slice of its toxic asset-backed securities and issue new stock to raise $8.5 billion of fresh capital.
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Oil prices edge higher after attacks in Nigeria

Oil prices edged up Tuesday on supply concerns sparked by the sabotage of two oil pipelines by militants in Nigeria.
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Les salaires chinois jugés trop élevés par Adidas

Les salaires chinois jugés trop élevés par Adidas
Le numéro deux mondial des équipements sportifs va progressivement retirer sa production de l'empire du Milieu
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New York Times: As most airlines around the globe are shedding jobs and routes, Middle Eastern carriers are expanding as fast as they can.

New York Times: As most airlines around the globe are shedding jobs and routes, Middle Eastern carriers are expanding as fast as they can.
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Tacit Blue, aka "Shamu"


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A satellite view of Area 51


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A map of the Area 51 facility


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Talmud Torah


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Greece rebuked over migrant care

French charity Medecins Sans Frontieres says hundreds of illegal migrants are enduring 'crisis' conditions in detention
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Turkey Blames Kurdish Rebels For Istanbul Blasts That Killed 17

Turkey Blames Kurdish Rebels For Istanbul Blasts That Killed 17
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China rights 'worsen with Games'

Amnesty International says human rights in China have not got better but worse with its hosting of the Olympic Games.
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Brit beer sales at lowest level since Depression

The iconic British pint is fast losing ground as the national drink, with a report out Monday showing beer sales in pubs slumping to their lowest level since the Great Depression.
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Monday, 28 July 2008

How Area 51 Works

Less than 100 miles from Las Vegas, Nev., is the most famous secret military installation on the planet. Rumors swirl around this base, much like the mysterious aircraft that twist and turn in the skies overhead.
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Can China control the weather?

Weather control is being looked at by Chinese officials as a way of ensuring clear skies for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. Read about weather modification methods and their efficacy.
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Is there really a face on Mars?

After Viking 1 captured images of what looked like an enormous human face on Mars, the public began to speculate. Had Martians carved a colossus, or was there another answer?
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A Third of British Muslim Students Justify Killing for Religion

A Third of British Muslim Students Justify Killing for Religion
by Hana Levi Julian

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Le PCC au pouvoir revendique une victoire écrasante

Le PCC au pouvoir revendique une victoire écrasante
Le Parti du peuple cambodgien du Premier ministre Hun Sen estime avoir emporté deux tiers des sièges aux élections législatives de ce dimanche. Mais l'opposition dénonce des fraudes, et demande que le scrutin soit réorganisé dans la capitale Pnom Penh.
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Tajikistan: Government Concerned By Increasing Growth Of Salafism

Government officials and religious scholars are expressing concern about the growing influence of a hard-line form of Islam in Tajikistan. While a more liberal Muslim creed has been followed for centuries, the number of adherents of Salafism -- a form of Islam similar to that practiced during the life of the Prophet Muhammad -- is on the rise.
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Missile Attack Kills 6 in Northwestern Pakistan

Missile Attack Kills 6 in Northwestern Pakistan
Intelligence officials say missiles struck house next to religious school in South Waziristan tribal region
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E.M. Forster, Middle Manager

By Zadie Smith
In the taxonomy of English writing, E.M. Forster is not an exotic creature. We file him under Notable English Novelist, common or garden variety. Still, there is a sense in which Forster was something of a rare bird.
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The Battle for a Country's Soul

By Jane Mayer
Seven years after al-Qaeda's attacks on America, as the Bush administration slips into history, it is clear that what began on September 11, 2001, as a battle for America's security became, and continues to be, a battle for the country's soul.
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The Democrats & National Security

By Samantha Power
On Us vs. Them: How a Half Century of Conservatism Has Undermined America's Security by J. Peter Scoblic, and Heads in the Sand: How the Republicans Screw Up Foreign Policy and Foreign Policy Screws Up the Democrats by Matthew Yglesias.
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The Devastation of Iraq's Past

The Devastation of Iraq's Past

By Hugh EakinSince the looting of the Iraq Museum in Baghdad in April 2003, the international press has accorded considerable space to the country's imperiled ancient heritage. Much of this coverage, however, has been devoted to the museum, the impressive campaign to recover its stolen works, and the continued struggle to reopen its galleries. Only occasional, anecdotal reports—mostly from the first year of the conflict—have borne witness to large-scale plunder of archaeological sites, to which the damage is irreversible.

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Facing a Wave of Violence, India Is Rattled

By SOMINI SENGUPTA
Recent targets of terrorism had nothing in common — temples, streets, hospitals — making the impersonal nature of the violence new and deeply unsettling.
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Confirman que las nuevas neuronas procesan información

Las que nacen en el cerebro adulto se integran en los circuitos preexistentes
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Bloomberg: India's central bank is expected to raise interest rates tomorrow - the third rise in less than two months as inflation nears 12 per cent

Bloomberg: India's central bank is expected to raise interest rates tomorrow - the third rise in less than two months as inflation nears 12 per cent
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The Times: The privatization of Vietnam Airlines looks set to be delayed as the country's recent economic boom begins to fade

The Times: The privatization of Vietnam Airlines looks set to be delayed as the country's recent economic boom begins to fade
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The Times: British MPs accused the six biggest energy companies of conspiring to keep prices artificially high

The Times: British MPs accused the six biggest energy companies of conspiring to keep prices artificially high
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In Pakistan Mountains, Jihadis Train for War

In Pakistan Mountains, Jihadis Train for War
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Five Best

Five Best
Former MI5 director-general Stella Rimington on books about spies in Britain
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It's Déjà Vu for Malaysia's Opposition Leader

It's Déjà Vu for Malaysia's Opposition Leader
'If I have no courage, then what do you expect from the people?'

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Economists Weigh Possibility of a Recession Amid Economic Growth

Economists Weigh Possibility of a Recession Amid Economic Growth
House prices are tumbling, the job market is faltering, and financial markets are struggling -- but the U.S. economy is expanding. Continued growth raises the prospect that this could be the first U.S. recession without a decline in economic output.
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Reasons Not to Invest In Russia Are Growing

Reasons Not to Invest In Russia Are Growing
Russia's failure to control the battle for control over oil company TNK-BP, coupled with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's outburst toward miner Mechel, combined to roil local stocks.

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Sunday, 27 July 2008

The Military-Industrial Complex

It's Much Later Than You Think
By Chalmers Johnson
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India on alert as bombers sought

Indian cities are on high alert as police hunt for the bombers who killed at least 45 people in Ahmedabad.
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Fourteen die in Istanbul blasts

At least 14 people are killed and many wounded in two blasts in Istanbul, which the Turkish city's governor calls terror attacks.
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Latest PA Libel Exposed: Israel Dispatches Anti-Arab Rats

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Saturday, 26 July 2008

Cuba marks revolution anniversary

Cuban President Raul Castro is due to address the nation in a televised speech in which he may outline further economic reforms.
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Deadly blasts strike Indian city

At least 29 people are killed in a series of explosions in the Indian city of Ahmedabad, a day after blasts hit Bangalore.
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Dozens Killed, Wounded In India Blasts

Official Says 29 Dead, 88 Wounded In Series Of Explosions In Western India
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Hamas Arrests Fatah Supporters After Deadly Gaza Bombing

Hamas Arrests Fatah Supporters After Deadly Gaza Bombing
Blast, one of three in less than 24 hours, killed six-year-old girl, five Hamas gunmen, including senior military commander
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Interview: 'Eine neue Ära ist im Anbruch'

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Vom Schlapphut-Amt zur modernen Behörde: Das FBI wird 100

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Italien ruft den Notstand aus

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'North Lebanon battle kills five, wounds 40

'North Lebanon battle kills five, wounds 40
At least five people were killed on Friday in heavy clashes between rival sectarian factions in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli, medical sources said.
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Report: Ex-Mossad chief says strike on Iran could 'affect us for 100 years'

Report: Ex-Mossad chief says strike on Iran could 'affect us for 100 years'
Halevy, who currently heads the Center for Strategic and Policy Studies at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, added that an Iranian attack on Israel would probably have little impact, because Iranian missiles would largely be intercepted by Israel's advanced anti-missile defense system.
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Friday, 25 July 2008

Tahkeh a metsieh


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Ta'am gan eyden


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Strashen net de genz


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Strasheh mich nit!


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S'teitsh!


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Sonem


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Sobaka killev


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Arctic 'has 90bn barrels of oil'


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