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Bahraini Troops Attack Protesters
Thursday, 23 June 2011 07:16
Witnesses say regime forces fired tear gas and sound grenades on protesters as they were heading to the Martyr Square, formerly called Pearl Square, in the capital Manama on Wednesday. The anti-regime rally came hours after a special security court sentenced eight opposition activists to life in jail for “plotting to overthrow the government.”
The court also handed sentences of up to 15 years to 13 other activists. Seven people were sentenced in absentia.’
Greece Approves Austerity Measures
Thursday, 23 June 2011 07:08
‘Despite weeks of protests against the government’s austerity measures, the Greek cabinet has approved a new austerity budget plan to help ease its massive public debt.
The 2012-2015 austerity budget plan has been a key requirement from the EU and International Monetary Fund (IMF) to release the next tranche of debt funding worth 12 billion euros ($17 billion), part of a 110-billion-euro rescue package agreed on last year.
The new plan that was approved on Wednesday, is worth some EUR 28 billion and includes a privatization program aimed at raising EUR 50 billion and further budget cuts as well as tax increases.’
War-Mongering Policies Split Britain
Thursday, 23 June 2011 06:43
‘General Sir Peter Wall, the Chief of the General Staff, warned that Prime Minister David Cameron may fail to meet the 2015 deadline set for ending combat operations in the South Asian country, British media reported.
The warning came after the Prime Minister publicly slammed military chiefs for calling into question the government’s war strategy.
Cameron had angrily rebuked the heads of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Royal Navy for questioning the Libya mission, saying “You do the fighting, I’ll do the talking”.’
Blair: Iran Must Not be Allowed to Develop Nuclear Program
Wednesday, 22 June 2011 12:41
‘Iran must not be allowed to develop its nuclear program, Quartet envoy Tony Blair said Tuesday during a panel discussion as part of the three-day Israeli Presidential Conference in Jerusalem.”If we allow Iran to develop nuclear capabilities, there will be consequence, therefore we must not let that happen,” Blair said.’
Read more: Blair: Iran Must Not be Allowed to Develop Nuclear Program
Under Food Tyranny – E.Coli The New Terrorist Threat
Wednesday, 22 June 2011 13:04
‘Is the world’s e.coli scare the Osama Bin Laden of food?
Europe’s e.coli outbreak was traced to multiple produce, then organic bean sprouts, then not, then settled adamantly on those organic bean sprouts. This will not make sense to informed health freedom supporters, as e.coli stems from unsanitary conditions such as factory farms and CAFOs* where animal waste can run off into nearby fields. But the bean sprout story is what the public is buying.
Whether the threat is manufactured or not, whether this deadly, resistant strain is lab engineered or real – the question is, what does it mean now?’
Read more: Under Food Tyranny – E.Coli The New Terrorist Threat
Bill would Approve US Role in Libya Retroactively
Wednesday, 22 June 2011 13:32
‘Two top US senators on Tuesday introduced a bill that would retroactively support America’s military role in Libya, amid a raging debate over whether President Barack Obama flouted the law by not getting prior congressional approval.
“I believe we will find a strong, bipartisan majority that is in favor of authorizing our current military operations in Libya and seeing this mission through to success,” said Republican US Senator John McCain, one of the authors of the bill.’
Read more: Bill would Approve US Role in Libya Retroactively
Egypt Declines World Bank Loan as Incompatible with National Interest
Wednesday, 22 June 2011 14:00
‘The government has declined a loan from the World Bank because it found the terms of the loan incompatible with the national interest, Egyptian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Fayza Abul Naga said on Monday.
The minister added that the government would not accept conditions dictated by the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund, especially since the 18-day uprising that toppled former President Hosni Mubarak.
However, Abul Naga said the Saudi government has granted Egypt a loan of US$200 million to be directed to small and medium enterprises.’
Read more: Egypt Declines World Bank Loan as Incompatible with National Interest
‘Israel Returns Nuclear Waste to US’
Wednesday, 22 June 2011 06:53
‘Head of Israel’s Nuclear Energy Commission Shaul Horev says Tel Aviv has returned nuclear waste from its Sorek nuclear reactor to the United States.
According to estimates, Israel has sent back at least dozens of kilograms, probably more, of 93-percent enriched uranium. The operation took place after Israel’s Nuclear Energy Commission and the US Department of Energy signed an agreement for the return of the nuclear waste over a year and a half ago.’
Horev, who spoke at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ministerial conference on nuclear safety in Vienna on Monday, did not specify the exact amount of waste, Israeli daily Ha’aretz reported.’
US to Unveil Afghanistan Troops Pullout
Wednesday, 22 June 2011 07:04
‘In a planned televised speech on Wednesday, Obama is expected to elaborate on the details of his plans, which all deal specifically with the 30,000 surge troops dispatched to Afghanistan last year, the Associated Press reported.
The US president is reportedly mulling over a phased withdrawal as his first option that would bring home about 5,000 troops over the summer and another 5,000 by the end of 2011. The remainder would stay in the war-ravaged Asian country until late 2012.
Obama’s second option is withdrawing 15,000 troops in 2011 and his third option is reportedly aimed at setting an endpoint, requiring the 30,000 surge troops to be brought home by December 2012. The pace of troop withdrawal in the third option will be decided by US commanders.’
US Investigators Reportedly say Yemen’s Saleh Hit by Advanced US-Made Missile
Wednesday, 22 June 2011 07:38
‘An investigation team from the United States has reportedly found that an attack that wounded President Ali Abdullah Saleh and several senior members of his government while performing the Friday prayers in his Sana’a presidential compound earlier in June was carried out by an advanced US-made missile designed for special assassination operations, sources close to the probe told Al Arabiya.
“The missile is very advanced and still not widely used. Only the United States and Russia currently employ this weapon,” a source said.’
Read more: US Investigators Reportedly say Yemen’s Saleh Hit by Advanced US-Made Missile
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