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Oil Find Reported In Arctic Sooner Than Expected

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:06:02 +0000

By Andrei Fedyashin Oil fever could strike the Arctic sooner than expected and is likely to be accompanied by a host of problems. A U.K. rival to BP, Cairn Energy, announced last week: "First well in Greenland provides early indication of working hydrocarbon system" in the Beaufort Sea.

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Fewer Americans Seek Jobless Benefits As US Productivity Declines

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:02:46 +0000

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell for the second straight week, suggesting that the sluggish U.S. economy is not prompting companies to make widespread job cuts, the Labor Department reported on Thursday.

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When Markets Fail

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:01:20 +0000

One of the great mantras of the modern economics profession is that markets know best, and that the collective "wisdom" of investors is generally correct.

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Burning Down The US House Market

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:59:02 +0000

The howls of surprised economists were everywhere last week as the government reported on Tuesday that July had the sharpest single-month plunge in existing home sales on record. The next day the Commerce Department reported that new home sales hit a post-war low in July.

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Black Civil Rights Mafia Betrays Black America

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:55:49 +0000

I am a black man alerting my fellow Americans about a tremendous evil which is going on in our great country. Despite the wonderful racial gains we have made in terms of coming together, not as hyphenated Americans, but as Americans, black civil rights dinosaurs and their liberal white guilt ridden sycophants campaign to “Keep Hate Alive”.

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Spain, France Meet To Discuss Middle East Peace Talks

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:57:04 +0000

oreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, and his French counterpart, Bernard Kouchner, will meet tomorrow in Madrid to discuss, among other things, the peace process in the Middle East and bilateral cooperation on security in the Sahel.

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The War Of Climate

robertstevenduncan@gmail.com (Dr Gursharan Singh Kainth) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:09:16 +0000

Thermometer measurements show that the earth has warmed by about 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit since the Industrial Revolution, when humans began pumping enormous amounts of carbon dioxide, a heat-trapping greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere. For this January through July, average temperatures were the warmest on record, the according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The warming has moved in fits and starts, and the cumulative increase may sound modest. But it is an average over the...

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India Re-Calibrating Af-Pak Strategy

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:06:42 +0000

As the US seeks to pull out of Afghanistan and evidence of Pakistani collusion with the Taliban becomes clearer, India turns to Russia and Iran for a new Af-Pak strategy, Harsh V Pant comments for ISN Security Watch.

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Moroccans Debate Controversial Ramadan Fast Law

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:04:50 +0000

By Siham Ali In Morocco, any Muslim who breaks the Ramadan fast in a public place could be punished by a fine and a prison sentence of up to 6 months. Activists, however, are determined to repeal Article 222 of the penal code and decriminalise non-observance of Ramadan once and for all.

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Stock Market Crash Risk In Iran

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:01:42 +0000

By Robert Tait (RFE/RL) -- A record boom in Tehran's stock market will end in a spectacular crash that could trigger a prolonged depression producing multiple bankruptcies, mass unemployment, and acute economic hardship, analysts say.

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Ashton Statement On Launch Of Direct Talks On Middle East

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:58:32 +0000

Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission, made the following statement:

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Euro Area And EU27 GDP Up 1.0%

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:56:31 +0000

GDP increased by 1.0% in both the euro area (EA16) and the EU27 during the second quarter of 2010, compared with the previous quarter, according to first estimates released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In the first quarter of 2010, growth rates were +0.3% in both zones.

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EESC Calls For Coordinated Help For Roma

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:54:43 +0000

The urgent issue of Europe's Roma population requires concrete, constructive and responsible action by the Member States and it must not become a political football: this was the conclusion of a debate at the EESC on 2 September.

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Karzai Says: NATO Air Strike Kills Afghan Campaign Workers

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:53:24 +0000

Afghan President Hamid Karzai says a NATO air strike has hit a convoy of election campaign workers in the country’s north, killing 10 civilians.

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US Defense Secretary In Afghanistan

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:52:07 +0000

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in Afghanistan for meetings with President Hamid Karzai and the commander of NATO forces in the country, U.S. General David Petraeus.

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Qaddafi's Remarks On Preventing A 'Black Europe' Unacceptable

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:51:42 +0000

In the 41 years since Muammar Qaddafi seized power in Libya, he has earned himself a reputation for political views that range from the eccentric to the downright unpalatable and for a mercurial behavior to go with them. That is still very much the case. This past week he has been in Rome as the guest of another political leader often accused of holding unacceptable political views, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

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Interview With Lev Ponomarev

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:49:13 +0000

Russia-watchers are no doubt aware of the recent arrest of my good friend Lev Ponomarev. Lev is one of the leading lights of the Russian human rights movement, part of the original perestroika-era generation of human rights advocates whose courageous efforts ensured that democratic reforms were an integral part of the changes that followed the collapse of communism.

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New Orleans, Mr. O And Mr. Go

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:45:39 +0000

Five years ago this week, a beast drowned New Orleans. Don't blame Katrina: the lady never, in fact, touched the city. The hurricane swept east of it. You want to know the name of the S.O.B. who attacked New Orleans? Locals call him "Mr. Go" - the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet (MR-GO).

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Son Reports Mock Execution Of Mother Sentenced To Stoning In Iran

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:42:22 +0000

The son of the Iranian woman sentenced to stoning reported that his mother was subjected to a mock execution by Tabriz Prison authorities and is now under severe psychological strain.

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Disgraceful: The Ground Zero Mosque Controversy

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:40:42 +0000

I don’t want to spend much time discussing the opposition to the building of the Park51 Project, a $100 million mosque and cultural center two blocks from the site of the terrorist attacks in New York on September 11, 2001, as such a response to an assault on the First Amendment to the US Constitution — and the first article of the Bill of Rights — ought to be beneath contempt.

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NOAA Map Of New Fishing Restriction Boundaries In Gulf Due Oil Spill
NOAA released Friday a map of the new boundaries for where fishing is closed in the Gulf of Mexico, following the decision made earlier today to modifiy and expanded the boundaries of the closed fishing area to better reflect the current location of the BP oil spill.
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The Fog Of Cyberwar - Discouraging Deterrence
Current discussions of cyber warfare and security parallel those of nuclear strategy in the 1950s, making the notion of cyber deterrence attractive. But applying this nuclear formula to the cyber realm is deeply flawed and largely unworkable – with improvements in cybersecurity ultimately requiring more broadly focused and balanced strategic calculations.