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"Geo-Engineering" Projects Threaten Unknown Environmental
Dangers U.S. government scientists are bombarding
the skies with the acid-rain causing pollutant sulphur dioxide in an
attempt to fight global warming by "geo-engineering" the planet,
despite the fact that injecting aerosols into the upper atmosphere carries
with it a host of both known and unknown dangers.
Biden
denies report: 'No one's talking about pursuing Bush criminally' The possibility that Barack Obama might
seek to bring criminal charges against President Bush or members of
his administration has been a recurring theme during the presidential
campaign, especially since the Obama campaign has attempted to stress
themes of bipartisanship.
Obama: Nuclear
Iran 'unacceptable' 'Iran a major threat; I would never hesitate
to use our military force in order to protect homeland, US interests,
Democratic presidential candidate tells FOX's 'The O’Reilly Factor'
Global
stocks at 2-year low Investors dumped euros and shares on
Friday as U.S. economic troubles made bets on growth elsewhere look
too risky, sending stocks to their lowest in two years while triggering
a surge in safe-haven government bonds.
Russia,
USA and fundamental geopolitics
As details of the larger strategic picture emerge over what is at stake
in the Georgia and larger Caucasus crisis it is becoming clearer that
Moscow is determined to roll back not to the borders of Stalin and the
Cold War of 1948. What Putin and now Medvedev have begun is a process
of defusing the highly dangerous NATO expansion, led by the Washington
warhawks since the end of the Cold War in 1990.
Global
Cooling? Unprecedented Ice Storms In Kenya Evidence that the planet is tip-toeing
towards the onset of a new mini ice age continues to present itself
following unprecedented ice storms in Kenya as well as Sydney experiencing
its coldest August for 60 years. But don't worry because according to
the World Wildlife Fund, global cooling can just as easily be blamed
on CO2 emissions as can global warming.
U.S.
Must Buy Assets to Prevent `Tsunami,' Gross Says
The U.S. government needs to start using more of its money to support
markets to stem a burgeoning ``financial tsunami,'' according to Bill
Gross, manager of the world's biggest bond fund.
Bush
Extends 9/11 National Emergency Yet Again Though few Americans realize it, Cheney
and Rumsfeld worked through the 1980s and 1990s on emergency nuclear-response
plans which allegedly suspended the American constitution and also Congress.
Police
deny using excessive force against RNC protesters Authorities in Minnesota's Twin Cities
have created "a climate of intense police intimidation," protesters
at the Republican National Convention contend, but officials say they're
merely preserving the peace.
EU
wants to ban 'sexist' TV commercials MEPs want TV regulators in the EU to
set guidelines which would see the end of anything deemed to portray
women as sex objects or reinforce gender stereotypes.
Mexico
drug plane used for US 'rendition' flights: report A private jet that crash-landed almost
one year ago in eastern Mexico carrying 3.3 tons of cocaine had previously
been used for CIA "rendition" flights, a newspaper report
said here Thursday, citing documents from the United States and the
European Parliament.
More
'Dodgy' Iraq Dossier Woes
The Government has been ordered to release more detail relating to the
'dodgy dossier' that may have exaggerated the case for Iraq war.
Local
Student Injured in RNC Protest A college student from the metro is telling
horror stories about her convention experience. She says, “St.
Paul is run like a police state, unfriendly to peaceful protests.”
Allegations
of war crimes begin to surface As the last of the refugees returned to the
war-scarred city of Tskhinval, the horrors they’d experienced
while waiting for evacuation are gradually coming to light.
