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Euro-Zone Growth, Jobless Forecasts Worsen
Full Article Wall Street Journal
By MATTHEW DALTON BRUSSELS—The European Union sharply downgraded its forecasts for employment across the euro zone and predicted that the 17-nation bloc's economy will contract this year, further underscoring the difficult road troubled member countries will face keeping their reform plans on track and their budget deficits in check. The...
Euro-Zone Growth, Jobless Forecasts Worsen
photo: EC / EC

U.S. resumes Bahrain arms sales despite rights concerns
Full Article The Star
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will resume some military sales to Bahrain, a key Gulf ally facing Iran, despite human rights concerns linked to months of popular protests against the island kingdom's rulers, the State Department said on Friday. The Obama administration notified Congress that certain sales would be allowed for Bahrain's...
A shopkeeper runs from his store after riot police came under petrol bomb attack by Bahraini anti-government protesters, unseen, Tuesday, May 8, 2012, in the western village of Malkiya, Bahrain.
photo: AP / Hasan Jamali

Aid group slams Nigeria for lead poisoning
Full Article Al Jazeera
A deadly lead poisoning outbreak that began two years ago in northern Nigeria continues to claim young victims even today, an aid agency official has said. Ivan Gayton of Doctors Without Borders criticised the government of oil-rich Nigeria on Thursday for not taking the threat seriously, despite 4,000 children already being sickened by the...
Local health workers remove earth contaminated by lead from a family compound in the village of Dareta in Gusau, Nigeria Thursday, June 10, 2010. Foreign health workers and local volunteers are working to clean up villages affected by lead poisoning, after 160 people died and hundreds more fell sick.
photo: AP / Sunday Alamba

Afghanistan war not won or lost yet
Full Article Toronto Sun
TORONTO - NATO is not losing the war in Afghanistan. Canadians can be proud of all that has been accomplished there and feel some comfort that there are millions who have gained from our human losses. Of course those are just my opinions based on what I saw there late last year and through communications I still have with people still...
Afghanistan war not won or lost yet
photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod

Liberian warlord 'would not be safe' in UK prison
Full Article The Independent
In submissions to the Special Court for Sierra Leone, the former Liberian warlord's defence team complained that the 80-year term recommended by the prosecution was "vindictive and excessive". Furthermore, they pleaded for him not to be incarcerated in the UK, as is expected, because he would have to "intermix and interact with...
A journalist records the verdict of the judges in the trial against former Liberian President Charles Taylor, seen on the screen standing in the court room of the Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam, near The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday April 26, 2012.
photo: AP / Peter Dejong

Greeks see reasons for hope and fear amid the political ruins
Full Article The Guardian
Athens has become the centre of a storm as radical parties on the left and right challenge the old two-party system Greece has seen a dramatic increase in popularity of radical political parties on the left and right. Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty...
Golden Dawn leader Nikolaos Michaloliakos, second right, speaks on the way to his party press conference surrounded by members of the party in Athens, Sunday, May 6, 2012.
photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris

Syria Bombings: Opposition Blames Attacks On Al Qaeda, Regime
Full Article Huffington Post
TOKYO -- The head of Syria's main opposition group said Friday the twin suicide car bombings that killed 55 people in Damascus appeared to be the work of al-Qaida forces he said were linked to the regime of President Bashar Assad. Paris-based Burhan Ghalioun, chief of the opposition Syrian National Council, said the cease-fire brokered by U.N....
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian man walks in front of destroyed shops and houses where two bombs exploded, at Qazaz neighborhood in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, May 10, 2012.
photo: AP / SANA

Israel: Profile of a Police State
Full Article The People's Voice
Police states are defined by lawlessness, injustice, and contempt for democratic values. Merriam Webster calls them "political unit(s) characterized by repressive governmental control of political, economic, and social life usually by an arbitrary exercise of power by police and especially secret police in place of regular operation of...
Israeli border police scuffle with a demonstrator during a protest calling for the release of prisoners jailed in Israel outside the Ofer military prison, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday May 1, 2012.
photo: AP / Majdi Mohammed

Greece: Pasok and New Democracy leaders in unity talks
Full Article BBC News
The leader of Greece's main socialist party, Evangelos Venizelos, is due to meet conservative Antonis Samaras in an attempt to form a unity government. Mr Venizelos is the third leader to try to form a coalition after Sunday's election produced a hung parliament. The socialist Pasok and centre-right New Democracy parties governed in...
Leader of the Socialists PASOK party Evangelos Venizelos Evangelos Venizelos, left, smiles at President Karolos Papoulias before he is given a mandate to form a coalition government in Athens Thursday May 10, 2012.
photo: AP / Yorgos Karahalis

At UN, indigenous women seek violence statistics
Full Article Jakarta Post
Indigenous women around the world suffer disproportionately from gender-related violence, but they say a lack of hard numbers has allowed governments to ignore the problem. Members of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues asked the United Nations on...
At UN, indigenous women seek violence statistics
photo: UN / Evan Schneider


It started with lesbian couples in Vermont in the mid-90s, freaked out they’d lose their...
By Charles Riley @CNNMoneyInvest May 11, 2012: 1:05 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- What, exactly,...
America's top military officer has condemned a course taught about Islam at one of...

Congress reacts to Mamata’s remarks, says LS polls on time
New Delhi, May 12: A day after United Progressive Alliance’s (UPA) biggest ally Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee hinted at early Lok Sabha polls, Congress on Saturday rejected the speculation. Congress spokesperson Rashi Alvi promised that...
photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick
Michelle Davis-Balfour, center, mother of William Balfour, speaks, hides her face Friday, May 11, 2012, in Chicago after Balfour was convicted of murdering the mother, brother and nephew of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson.
CHICAGO — Actress Jennifer Hudson softly sobbed and leaned into her fiance's shoulder Friday as a jury convicted her former brother-in-law of murdering her mother, brother and nephew in October 2008. Though Hudson's celebrity drew national...
photo: AP / M. Spencer Green
Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez gather for a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday March 10, 2012.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has returned from Cuba, saying he has successfully completed his radiotherapy treatment for cancer. TV images showed Mr Chavez hugging ministers and singing a song following his arrival in Caracas. Political tension...
photo: AP / Fernando Llano
Mother's Day with Kristi Douglas, Vickie Evans, and Michelle Obama
Sunday, May 12 is celebrated all over the world as mother’s day. The first of true unconditional love, and some say hate relationship(s). Even Jesus entered the world through a woman. Mother’s are a precious gift to children and to the world. It’s a...
photo: US DoD / DOD
Clashes resume in Congo's east
KINSHASA, Congo - Fighting resumed Friday in eastern Congo between the army and a group of ex-soldiers who left the military to form a new rebel group, an army spokesman said, ending three years of relative peace in this nation periodically upended...
photo: UN / Elizabeth Murekio
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta meets with Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa at the Pentagon, May 11, 2012.
The leaks, beginning with an Associated Press report on Monday the news agency had held back for several days at the request of the US authorities, have turned the spotlight on a spectacularly successful co-operation between the intelligence services...
photo: US DoD / Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo
Internships: with age comes the search for experience
The number of interns over 25 is rising, but while maturity brings expertise – and benefits the economy – apprentices face a number of age-related issues Alan Kean, on a parliamentary internship, is one of a growing number of older apprentices....
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Patriot Act, Liberty; Pakistan
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Patriot Act, Liberty; Pakistan "terrorism", Afghan "strategy", economic "recovery"; EU Behemoth
Wall Street Journal 12 May 2012, By MATTHEW DALTON BRUSSELS—The European Union sharply downgraded its forecasts for employment across the euro zone and predicted that the 17-nation bloc's economy will contract this year, further underscoring the difficult road troubled member countries will face keeping their reform plans on track and their budget deficits in check. The...

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Bahrain: Human rights and arms sales; updated 04 May 2012; published 14 Feb 2012
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Bahrain: Human rights and arms sales
The Star 12 May 2012, WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will resume some military sales to Bahrain, a key Gulf ally facing Iran, despite human rights concerns linked to months of popular protests against the island kingdom's rulers, the State Department said on Friday. The Obama administration notified Congress that certain sales would be allowed for Bahrain's...

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Lead Poisoning and Gold; updated 04 May 2012; published 09 Jan 2012
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Lead Poisoning and Gold
Al Jazeera 12 May 2012, A deadly lead poisoning outbreak that began two years ago in northern Nigeria continues to claim young victims even today, an aid agency official has said. Ivan Gayton of Doctors Without Borders criticised the government of oil-rich Nigeria on Thursday for not taking the threat seriously, despite 4,000 children already being sickened by the...

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Afghanistan War + More Troops = Catastrophe (Trailer); updated 07 Apr 2012; published 26 Feb 2009
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Afghanistan War + More Troops = Catastrophe (Trailer)
Toronto Sun 12 May 2012, TORONTO - NATO is not losing the war in Afghanistan. Canadians can be proud of all that has been accomplished there and feel some comfort that there are millions who have gained from our human losses. Of course those are just my opinions based on what I saw there late last year and through communications I still have with people still...

charles taylor - war criminal or man of peace,you be the judge / The Order 777; updated 28 Apr 2012; published 03 Jan 2010
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charles taylor - war criminal or man of peace,you be the judge / The Order 777
The Independent 12 May 2012, In submissions to the Special Court for Sierra Leone, the former Liberian warlord's defence team complained that the 80-year term recommended by the prosecution was "vindictive and excessive". Furthermore, they pleaded for him not to be incarcerated in the UK, as is expected, because he would have to "intermix and interact with...

Ultra-nationalists set to enter Greek Parliament; updated 08 May 2012; published 07 May 2012
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Ultra-nationalists set to enter Greek Parliament
The Guardian 11 May 2012, Athens has become the centre of a storm as radical parties on the left and right challenge the old two-party system Greece has seen a dramatic increase in popularity of radical political parties on the left and right. Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty...

Escobar: Al-Qaeda agents worm into Syrian rebel army; updated 09 May 2012; published 18 Feb 2012
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Escobar: Al-Qaeda agents worm into Syrian rebel army
Huffington Post 11 May 2012, TOKYO -- The head of Syria's main opposition group said Friday the twin suicide car bombings that killed 55 people in Damascus appeared to be the work of al-Qaida forces he said were linked to the regime of President Bashar Assad. Paris-based Burhan Ghalioun, chief of the opposition Syrian National Council, said the cease-fire brokered by U.N....

Hunger strike a last resort for Palestinian prisoners; updated 08 May 2012; published 29 Mar 2012
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Hunger strike a last resort for Palestinian prisoners
The People's Voice 11 May 2012, Police states are defined by lawlessness, injustice, and contempt for democratic values. Merriam Webster calls them "political unit(s) characterized by repressive governmental control of political, economic, and social life usually by an arbitrary exercise of power by police and especially secret police in place of regular operation of...

Golden Dawn Greek Ultra-nationalists celebrate parliamentary first χρυση αυγη; updated 10 May 2012; published 07 May 2012
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Golden Dawn Greek Ultra-nationalists celebrate parliamentary first χρυση αυγη
BBC News 11 May 2012, The leader of Greece's main socialist party, Evangelos Venizelos, is due to meet conservative Antonis Samaras in an attempt to form a unity government. Mr Venizelos is the third leader to try to form a coalition after Sunday's election produced a hung parliament. The socialist Pasok and centre-right New Democracy parties governed in...

Twiggy Forrest discusses aboriginal issues in WA; updated 03 Nov 2010; published 03 Nov 2010
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Twiggy Forrest discusses aboriginal issues in WA
Jakarta Post 11 May 2012, Indigenous women around the world suffer disproportionately from gender-related violence, but they say a lack of hard numbers has allowed governments to ignore the problem. Members of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues asked the United Nations on...

Egypt rivals spar in presidential debate; updated 11 May 2012; published 11 May 2012
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Egypt rivals spar in presidential debate
Chicago Tribune 11 May 2012, CAIRO — Egyptians gathered in living rooms and cafes Thursday night to mark another first in their troubled political odyssey toward a new democracy: a televised presidential debate that was as captivating as it was surreal. The two leading candidates, former Foreign Minister Amr Moussa and Islamist favorite Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, clashed...

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ALGERIAGOV:"Elections 10/05/2012 Vote et Boycott "[DZanalyst]
Independent online (SA) 10 May 2012, Algiers - As parliamentary elections unfolded across Algeria on Thursday, voting was light for much of day in the capital, despite these contests being billed as the most free in 20 years. A coalition of Islamist parties is hoping to replicate the election successes of other Islamists across North Africa in the wake of the Arab Spring pro-democracy...

Video of deadly twin car bomb blasts aftermath in Damascus; updated 10 May 2012; published 10 May 2012
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Video of deadly twin car bomb blasts aftermath in Damascus
BBC News 10 May 2012, First the facts - the second of two bomb blasts that went off on Thursday morning in the Damascus district of al-Qazzaz constitutes the most destructive explosion yet since the Syrian uprising began last year. Syrian state TV has been quick to show images of blood-spattered cars riddled with shrapnel or worse. It says at least 55 people have been...

Gitmo KSM Trial Breaks Obama's Promise; updated 09 May 2012; published 05 Apr 2011
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Gitmo KSM Trial Breaks Obama's Promise
Al Jazeera 10 May 2012, Proceedings are finally underway in the case of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM) and four co-conspirators, who stand trial before a military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for their role in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. While it is too early to make any definitive judgments, the trial highlights the continuing - and inevitable - flaws of military...





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