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Global cooling theories put scientists on guard
Post Date: 2008-05-11 22:28:34 by JohnA
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UK: May 12, 2008 LONDON - A new study suggesting a possible lull in manmade global warming has raised fears of a reduced urgency to battle climate change. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a group of hundreds of scientists, last year said global warming was "unequivocal" and that manmade greenhouse gas emissions were "very likely" part of the problem. And while the study published in the journal Nature last week did not dispute manmade global warming, it did predict a cooling from recent average temperatures through 2015, as a result of a natural and temporary shift in ocean currents. The IPCC predicted global temperature increases this ...
Sign our Save Our Churches petition
Post Date: 2008-05-11 21:47:03 by freedomcat2
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Sign our Save Our Churches petition Last updated: 12:21 AM BST 11/05/2008 Britain's places of worship provide a vital service to their local communities but are under threat as never before. They need to be saved for the sake of this and future generations. We are calling for: (i) The government to increase funding for the preservation of places of worship. (ii) Government grants to be introduced to enable places of worship to become focal points for the community. (iii) Planning restrictions to be introduced to prevent disused places of worship being turned into pubs or nightclubs. (iv) Places of worship to remain exempt from paying VAT on repair work. (v) The government to make it ...
Estonian farmers face flatulence tax on cattle
Post Date: 2008-05-11 21:43:15 by packrat1145
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TALLINN, May 8 (RIA Novosti) - Estonian farmers have received tax notices for methane emissions from their cattle, the country's opposition party, the People's Union of Estonia, said on Thursday. Ruminants produce large quantities of methane gas through belching and flatulence when they digest grass, which accounts for about 15-25% of overall gas emissions, according to different estimates. A single cow produces on average 350 liters of methane and 1,500 liters of carbon dioxide per day. "For Copa-Cogeca, an organization that unites farmers of the European Union, the information received from Estonian farmers came as a huge surprise, and they could not recall a similar precedent in ...
Now Labour plans to ban children from school unless they have an MMR jab
Post Date: 2008-05-11 21:40:05 by freedomcat2
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Now Labour plans to ban children from school unless they have an MMR jab By REBECCA CAMBER Last updated at 02:25am on 12th May 2008 Slump: Immunisation rates have fallen Children could be banned from school if they have not had the MMR jab. Under Labour plans, primary schools will have to demand proof from parents that their children have had the triple vaccine before they are allowed to register. The proposal, drawn up by the MP in charge of the party's health manifesto for the next election, has outraged doctors' leaders, who call it "Stalinist" and counterproductive. If approved, it could see almost 100,000 children barred each year from schools in England and Wales based ...
Plenty of outsourced work for India's law graduates
Post Date: 2008-05-11 21:31:12 by freedomcat2
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Plenty of outsourced work for India's law graduates By Rama Lakshmi The Washington Post GURGAON, India — When Aashish Sharma graduated from law school two years ago, his father had visions of him arguing in an Indian court and eventually becoming an honorable judge. Instead, Sharma, 25, now sits all day in front of a computer in a plush, air-conditioned suburban office doing litigation research and drafting legal contracts for U.S. companies and law firms. He is part of a booming new outsourcing industry in India that employs thousands of English-speaking lawyers such as him to do legal work at a small fraction of the cost of hiring American lawyers. Legal-process outsourcing is ...
'Hezbollah foiled US-planned coup'
Post Date: 2008-05-11 21:22:49 by gargantuton
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'Hezbollah foiled US-planned coup' Sun, 11 May 2008 17:38:45 Hezbollah has foiled a US-planned coup to seize control of Lebanon during tensions sparked by controversial gov't decisions, a report says. "The Americans launched a pre-emptive strike against opposition nationalist forces, starting with the (Hezbollah) resistance, and attempted a Washington-planned coup but were taken aback by the opposition, which restored order in Lebanon," Syrian daily Al-Baath reported on Sunday. The Lebanese opposition aimed to "remove foreign interference and stop the plots to transform Lebanon... into an Israeli protectorate and new focal point of US links in the region," the paper ...
IRAN: Can P5+1 Offer Break the Nuclear Stalemate?
Post Date: 2008-05-11 21:17:44 by gargantuton
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IRAN: Can P5+1 Offer Break the Nuclear Stalemate? Analysis by Trita Parsi* WASHINGTON, May 9 (IPS) - The P5+1 -- the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany -- will present Tehran with a secret incentive package in the next few days to convince Iran to suspend its enrichment programme and enter negotiations. There is little doubt that Tehran will reject the offer since it crosses its red line -- suspension of enrichment -- but the question is why such an offer is being made at this time, even though reinvigorating talks is in and of itself much needed. The nuclear offer coincides with an escalation of rhetoric between Washington and Tehran over allegations of Iranian ...
A Second McCain Aide Resigns (another link to Myanmar)
Post Date: 2008-05-11 21:11:50 by GO65
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Doug Davenport, the regional campaign manager for the mid-Atlantic states, founded the DCI Group's lobbying practice and oversaw the contract with Myanmar in 2002. "Doug has tendered his resignation and we have accepted it," Jill Hazelbaker, McCain's communications director, wrote in a e-mail. He joins former DCI Group CEO Doug Goodyear, who resigned yesterday from the post of convention CEO after Newsweek reported that DCI was paid more than $300,000 to represent Myanmar's ruling junta. Goodyear and Davenport were recruited by McCain's campaign manager, Rick Davis, who has been accused by some current and former McCain advisers of take insufficient care of McCain's reformer ...
The global slump of 2008-09 has begun as poison spreads
Post Date: 2008-05-11 21:11:23 by Essex
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The avalanche of bankruptcies has begun. Six US companies of substance have defaulted on bonds over the past fortnight, against 17 for the whole of last year. As a "non-believer" in the instant rebound story, I am not easily shocked by gloomy reports. But the latest note by Standard & Poor's - The Bust After The Boom - gave me a fright. The sick list is varied, though most for now are victims of the housing crash: Linens 'n Things, ($650m), Kimball Hill ($703m), Home Interiors ($310m), French Lick Resorts ($142m), Recycled Paper Greetings ($187m), and Tropicana Entertainment ($2.49bn). As the Fed's latest loan survey makes clear, lenders have dropped the guillotine. With ...
Male circumcision is not the HIV ‘vaccine’ we have been waiting for!
Post Date: 2008-05-11 20:38:07 by MRMEAN
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ay 2008, Vol. 2, No. 3, Pages 193-199 (doi:10.2217/17469600.2.3.193)Male circumcision is not the HIV ‘vaccine’ we have been waiting for!Lawrence W Green, Ryan G McAllister, Kent W Peterson & John W TravisDepartment of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California at San Francisco, 185 Berry St., Suite 6650, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. lgreen@cc.ucsf.eduGeorgetown University, 506 Reiss Science Building, 37th and O St. NW, Washington, DC 20057, USA. rgm23@georgetown.eduOccupational Health Strategies, Inc., 901 Preston Ave, S-400, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA. kent@healthyself.orgWellness Associates, PO Box 8422, Asheville, NC 28814, USA. ...
Gospel singer Dottie Rambo dies in tour bus wreck in Mo.
Post Date: 2008-05-11 20:38:01 by out damned spot
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MOUNT VERNON, Mo. - Joyce "Dottie" Rambo, an influential gospel singer and songwriter, died early Sunday when her tour bus ran off the highway and struck an embankment. She was 74. ADVERTISEMENT Seven other people on the bus were injured in the wreck about two miles east of Mount Vernon on Interstate 44, the Missouri Highway Patrol said. They were hospitalized in Springfield with moderate to severe injuries, according to the patrol. It was unclear whether the crash was related to the severe storms and tornadoes that hit the region on Saturday. Storms also swept through the area later in the night, according to the National Weather Service. Rambo, of Nashville, Tenn., was on ...
AP IMPACT: Number of disabled veterans rising
Post Date: 2008-05-11 19:40:27 by tasuja
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WASHINGTON - Increasing numbers of U.S. troops have left the military with damaged bodies and minds, an ever-larger pool of disabled veterans that will cost the nation billions for decades to come — even as the total population of America's vets shrinks. Despite the decline in total vets — as soldiers from World War II and Korea die — the government expects to be spending $59 billion a year to compensate injured warriors in 25 years, up from today's $29 billion, according to internal documents obtained by The Associated Press. And the Veterans Affairs Department concedes the bill could be much higher. Why? Worse wounds. More disabilities. More vets aware of the benefits and ...
McCain faces doubts among Republican conservatives
Post Date: 2008-05-11 19:18:43 by out damned spot
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - While John McCain is practically assured the Republican presidential nomination, many party members are having a hard time accepting him -- and showing it with symbolic votes against him in primary contests. ADVERTISEMENT The Republican nomination battle has been all but decided for over two months. Still, some Republicans used the April 22 Pennsylvania primary and last week's votes in Indiana and North Carolina to register their unhappiness with the de facto victor. Some vote for libertarian Texan Ron Paul, who has refused to quit the race and has racked up more than one million votes, according to his campaign. Other Republicans keep voting for former Massachusetts ...
Former U.S. Senator Mike Gravel Selected as Delegate by SCLP
Post Date: 2008-05-11 19:14:03 by Pork
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Former U.S. Senator Mike Gravel Selected as Delegate by SCLP The South Carolina Libertarian Party has selected Mike Gravel, a former Alaskan Senator and Democratic candidate for president, as a delegate to the 2008 Libertarian Party National Convention. The Convention will be held in Denver, Colorado May 22 to May 26. Gravel served in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1981. Most recently, Gravel was a Democratic presidential candidate, though forced out of national debates by Democratic Party leadership and the media. Gravel officially became a member of the Libertarian Party in March. On joining the party Senator Gravel said, "I'm joining the Libertarian Party because it is a ...
Is penis size important to women?
Post Date: 2008-05-11 19:02:00 by MRMEAN
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Our sexpert tackles your bedroom conundrums about penis size, dyke tykes, and the receiving end of anal sexI hear all this fuss about penis size and how important it is to women. Is this true? --Sent from my iPhoneYes, 100 percent. --Sent from my iQuill. (I jest, of course. There's no such thing as an iQuill.) Nevertheless, it would be bad form not to consult Sadie Allison, who is, after all, "America's Pleasure Coach" (appointed during Reagan's second term and still on the payroll, from what I hear). In a recently penned pleasure text (the title of which I am ashamed to repeat because the word pickle is used in a sexual way), Allison believes it's a personal preference. She says, ...
California man losing nine homes in mortgage mess
Post Date: 2008-05-11 18:48:00 by MRMEAN
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California man who has defaulted on nine homes and expects banks to foreclose on all of them, forcing him into bankruptcy, says he now considers it a mistake to have invested in the real estate market. Shawn Forgaard, a 37-year-old software company project manager, bought one home for his family to live in and nine more as investments. He stands to lose all the investment houses in the mortgage meltdown but says he has come away wiser from the experience. "Everyone stumbles. I'm not going to hide or run or live in denial, or with regrets," Forgaard told Reuters in an interview. "On the surface it looks like total devastation but it's just the ...
Inside Zimbabwe's secret torture camps
Post Date: 2008-05-11 18:19:14 by MRMEAN
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Mugabe's Zanu-PF denies intimidating opposition voters before the run-off poll. But a local correspondent went undercover for The Sunday Telegraph to reveal the truth about the tyrant's campaign of violence. The militia brought Mary Nyandoro into the school yard blindfolded and in handcuffs. "Witness the baptism of traitors," Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF thugs told us. In the cold of the early morning, we gathered around as instructed. Mary's crime had been to vote for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change in Zimbabwe's blighted elections. She was a peasant farmer, about 30 years old, frail and defenceless. They frogmarched her into the yard, then they made her do press-ups ...
What about John, you know, McCain?
Post Date: 2008-05-11 18:11:30 by Burma Shave
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As America has had its eye on the Democratic nomination battle, another story has been unfolding more quietly on the Republican side of the ledger. Since Sen. John McCain wrapped up the GOP presidential nomination on March 4, he has had some trouble bringing all of the party’s voters into the fold. He hasn’t broken 80 percent of the vote in the state primaries that have followed, including Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Indiana, or North Carolina. In Pennsylvania, for instance, Senator McCain received just 73 percent of the Republican vote in a closed primary in which only registered Republicans were permitted to cast ballots. McCain’s camp says it isn’t particularly ...
Russia is Big Winner in Iraq
Post Date: 2008-05-11 18:10:07 by Slavik_Avenger
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Russia is Big Winner in Iraq April 16, 2008 10:00 AM EST Russia is Big Winner in Iraq Russia, not Iran or the US, will be the big winner in Iraq and the Middle East. Russia’s good fortune is attributable to Iraqi PM Maliki’s decision to choose Serbia as Iraq’s major arms supplier while ignoring the U.S. See the NYTimes, “Secret Iraq Deal, Kept from U.S., Shows flaws in Arms Orders,” 13 April 2008. When Iraq aligns with Serbia, Iraq aligns with Russia. This is because many Serbian defense companies have Russian companies as partners. Furthermore, Serbia and Russia are strategic allies. Earlier this year Russia immediately supported Serbia when the US proposed ...
U.S. military hits a wall in Sadr City
Post Date: 2008-05-11 17:58:38 by Slavik_Avenger
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U.S. military hits a wall in Sadr City Petr David Josek / Associated Press DANGER ZONE: Troops have established small bases in Baghdad’s Sadr City district. Despite last year's troop buildup, cleric Muqtada Sadr's influence remains strong and clashes are frequent in his militia stronghold. By Tina Susman, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer May 11, 2008 BAGHDAD -- In the glow of a full moon, a U.S. military convoy inched toward a strategic road in Sadr City. The goal: to add to a wall being built to carve out a haven in the Shiite Muslim militia stronghold. But the mission ended before it began. Machine gun fire blasted out from the third floor of a building along the route. A ...
Turkey attacks Kurdish rebels in Iraq
Post Date: 2008-05-11 17:45:59 by Slavik_Avenger
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Turkey attacks Kurdish rebels in Iraq Reuters | Sunday, 11 May 2008 Turkey says it has launched air and artillery attacks against Kurdish separatist rebels in northern Iraq after an insurgent strike on a military base. "Targets proven to belong to the PKK terrorist organisation in northern Iraq were put under heavy and effective fire by our air force planes with the support of artillery," the statement said. The attacks, which began after 3am Sunday NZT, targeted a group of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) members who had escaped into Iraq from Turkey after a rebel attack on a military headquarters that resulted in the deaths of six soldiers. Two soldiers were killed in the ...
Michelle Vetoes Hillary
Post Date: 2008-05-11 17:44:39 by Magician
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Close-in supporters of Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign are convinced he never will offer the vice presidential nomination to Sen. Hillary Clinton for one overriding reason: Michelle Obama. The Democratic front-runner's wife did not comment on other rival candidates for the party's nomination, but she has been sniping at Clinton since last summer. According to Obama sources, those public utterances do not reveal the extent of her hostility.
Obama Takes Superdelegate Lead for the First Time
Post Date: 2008-05-11 17:07:49 by 400 bucks
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Barack Obama has taken the lead in superdelegate endorsements for the first time, marking a potential turning point in the endgame of the Democratic primary. Obama picked up five superdelegates Saturday, after rounding up nine such endorsements the day before. The gains erased Hillary Clinton’s once-imposing lead among the party officials and insiders who play a key part in selecting the nominee. “I think it is an encouraging sign that our camp is making progress that superdelegates are moving in our direction,” Obama said Saturday in Bend, Ore. “They are looking forward to resolving this contest as soon as we can so we can pivot and start talking about John McCain and ...
Hundreds strip naked in Vienna for artist Tunick
Post Date: 2008-05-11 16:23:45 by MRMEAN
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VIENNA (Reuters) - About 1,800 people stripped naked on Sunday for U.S. photographer Spencer Tunick at the stadium that will host the Euro 2008 soccer final. Tunick, who regularly stages such mass nude events, arranged his subjects in the colored seats of the venue, having been told by organizers the grass was too precious. "It will be fun. Austria is very conservative. This might bring more openness," said Michael, a 20-year-old Austrian who drove for two hours to take part. Others came from Germany and elsewhere. Tunick spoke to his models over the public address system, telling the men and women to spread out in sections of the stands and strike different poses. He told ...
Professor decries ethnic profiling of Muslims
Post Date: 2008-05-11 16:06:56 by freedomcat2
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Professor decries ethnic profiling of Muslims By Patrick Lakamp NEWS STAFF REPORTER Updated: 05/11/08 6:46 AM Arab and Muslim communities remain under siege nearly seven years into the nation’s struggle with al-Qaida, a nationally recognized constitutional law expert said Saturday. The federal government’s overreaction, indulging in tactics of guilt by association, have hurt national security, said David Cole, a Georgetown University law professor. “The strategy that we have employed since Sept. 11 has rendered us not only less free but has also rendered us less safe,” Cole told The Buffalo News before his speech to the Muslim Public Affairs Council’s Western New ...
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