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Date Sent: 2012-05-08
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Tuesday, May 8, 2012 AM edition |
CIA reportedly thwarted new al-Qaida underwear bomb plot
05-08-12 -- Stefan Molynuex - Joyce Riley -
LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM, M-F, 9-Noon (EST) -- Putin pledges unity on
return to Kremlin, protesters held -- Dinosaur gases 'warmed the Earth'
-- 2 NY cooperators give firsthand look at al-Qaida -- 4 high-tech ways the federal government is spying on private citizens -- China bans reincarnation without government permission -- China Expels Al Jazeera Channel -- Army investigators say they found no bullet wound in soldier who died during Skype chat -- Greece at new risk of being pushed off euro -- Mt. Rushmore land
should be returned to Native American tribes, UN official says -- White
House on Al-Qaida hostage’s plea: ‘We cannot and will not negotiate’ -- NATO plans apology for civilian deaths in Afghanistan airstrike -- Did a Copying Mistake Build Man's Brain? -- Nanocomposite Cavity Filler Reverses Decay, Killing Bacteria and Regenerating Tooth Structure -- Manned Asteroid Flyby Mission (1966) -- 3-D Video Pod Delivers 360-Degree, Holograph-Like Projections -- US Military Seeks Rapid Satellite ID in Crowded Space
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
CIA reportedly thwarted new al-Qaida underwear bomb plot
05-07-2012
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The Ticket
The CIA thwarted a suicide plot by al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen to bring down a U.S.-bound airliner near last week's one-year anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death with an upgraded "underwear bomb," the Associated Press reported Monday. The White H
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News Link • World News
Putin pledges unity on return to Kremlin, protesters held
05-07-2012
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Reuters
Vladimir Putin took the oath as Russia's president on Monday with a ringing appeal for unity at the start of a six-year term in which he faces growing dissent, economic problems and bitter political rivalries.
Parliament is expected to approve to
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News Link • Climate Change
Dinosaur gases 'warmed the Earth'
05-07-2012
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BBC Nature
British scientists have calculated the methane output of sauropods, including the species known as Brontosaurus and suggest that their flatulence could have been a key factor in the warm climate 150 million years ago.
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News Link • TERRORISM
2 NY cooperators give firsthand look at al-Qaida
05-07-2012
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AP
Two high-value government cooperators have offered an unprecedented firsthand account of how al-Qaida operated in the decade following the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
4 high-tech ways the federal government is spying on private citizens
05-07-2012
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Y!Tech
One of the running jokes in the 1980s was how the former Soviet Union spied on its private citizens. As comedian Yakov Smirnoff used to joke: "In Soviet Russia, TV watches you!" But here in America, we were all safe from the prying eyes of the govern
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News Link • Seriously?
China bans reincarnation without government permission
05-07-2012
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The Huffington Post
According to a statement issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs, the law, which goes into effect next month and strictly stipulates the procedures by which one is to reincarnate.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • China
China Expels Al Jazeera Channel
05-07-2012
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New York Times
Al Jazeera, the satellite broadcasting network, was forced by the Chinese authorities to close its China news operations of its English-language channel, the first such action in almost 14 years and the strongest sign yet of fraying relations between
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News Link • Military
Army investigators say they found no bullet wound in soldier who died during Skype chat
05-07-2012
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AP
Army investigators said Monday they found no bullet wound or evidence of foul play in the death of a soldier in Afghanistan who died during a Skype video chat with his wife.
Capt. Bruce Kevin Clark collapsed while speaking to his wife on May 1 fro
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News Link • European Union
Greece at new risk of being pushed off euro
05-07-2012
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Washington Post
It took months for international finance officials to piece together a bailout that was acceptable to Greek leaders. But it took voters just 12 hours at the polls to deal it a hard blow, leaving Greece on Monday at renewed risk of being pushed off th
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News Link • History
Mt. Rushmore land should be returned to Native American tribes, UN official says
05-07-2012
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The Upshot
The four granite faces of American presidents on Mt. Rushmore could be on land that is returned to native tribes. At least, that is one of the recommendations from a United Nations Commission that some of Native American tribal lands be restored, inc
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News Link • Obama Administration
White House on Al-Qaida hostage’s plea: ‘We cannot and will not negotiate’
05-07-2012
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The Ticket
President Barack Obama is aware of the video"released by al-Qaida on Sunday"that shows an American hostage's desperate plea for help and is "greatly concerned" for his safety, but refuses to negotiate with the terror group.
"The president is aware
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News Link • Afghanistan
NATO plans apology for civilian deaths in Afghanistan airstrike
05-07-2012
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Washington Post
NATO airstrikes killed Afghan civilians in two provinces, local officials reported Monday, and the U.S.-led coalition said it plans an apology in one of the incidents.
An airstrike Friday killed six members of a family in the Sangin area of southe
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Scientists discover new type of cell with a key role in treatment-resistant asthma
05-07-2012
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http://www.bio-medicine.org, Kara Gavin
For most people with asthma, a couple of puffs from an inhaler filled with steroids makes breathing easy.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Clusters of cooperating tumor-suppressor genes are found in large regions deleted in common cancers
05-07-2012
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http://www.bio-medicine.org, Peter Tarr
commonly occurring large chromosomal deletions that are seen in many cancer types contain areas harboring multiple functionally linked genes whose loss, they posit, confers a survival advantage on growing tumors.
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News Link • Biology, Botany and Zoology
Did a Copying Mistake Build Man's Brain?
05-07-2012
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http://www.livescience.com, Jennifer Welsh
A copying error appears to be responsible for critical features of the human brain that distinguish us from our closest primate kin, new research finds.
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News Link • Racism
'Positive Bias' May Be Hurting Minority Students
05-07-2012
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http://www.livescience.com, Wynne Parry
Black and Latino students may be getting less critical, but helpful, feedback from teachers than their white counterparts, a new educational study indicates.
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Backyard Biodiversity May Stem Allergies
05-07-2012
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http://www.livescience.com, Wynne Parry
A decline in the variety of life " including the plants and animals that live around us, as well as the microbes on our bodies " may play a role in the rapid rise in allergies and asthma, indicates new research.
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
South Korea Targets Smuggled Capsules of Human Flesh
05-07-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Clay Dillow
South Korea is saying this morning that its customs officials are stepping up their inspections targeting smuggled capsules that contain the powdered flesh of dead human babies. How’s that for something to wash down with your third cup of coffee this
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Nanocomposite Cavity Filler Reverses Decay, Killing Bacteria and Regenerating Tooth Structure
05-07-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Clay Dillow
Dentists may soon be getting a potent new weapons with which to wage the global fight against cavities.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Why Does Everyone Like The Unwieldy Samsung Note So Much?
05-07-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Dan Nosowitz
Nobody expected the enormous, 5.3-inch Samsung Galaxy Note to be anything more than a joke. Many gadget reviewers hate big-screened phones.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Manned Asteroid Flyby Mission (1966)
05-07-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By David S. F. Portree
In March 1966, Eugene Smith, an engineer with Northrop Space Laboratories in Hawthorne, California, presented a paper outlining a piloted Eros flyby mission at the Third Space Congress in Cocoa, Florida.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
3-D Video Pod Delivers 360-Degree, Holograph-Like Projections
05-07-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Alexandra Chang
Imagine walking up to a tall, cylindrical pod, and talking to a life-size, 3-D projection of a faraway friend, family member, or colleague.
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News Link • Technology: Software
Google Calls for Mistrial After Jury Says Android Stole From Java
05-07-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Caleb Garling
A jury has ruled that Google infringed on Oracle’s copyrights in building a new version of the Java platform for its Android mobile operating system, but it was unable to reach a decision on whether this infringement was acceptable under the law.
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News Link • Internet
Could Technology Tame the Internet Meme?
05-07-2012
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http://www.technologyreview.com, Mike Orcutt
Jonathan Zittrain calls for a technological solution to the ethical questions raised by Internet culture.
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News Link • Communications
New Apps for the Bottom Billion
05-07-2012
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http://www.technologyreview.com, By David Talbot
Low-tech phone technology allows images to be sent as bitmaps in text messages, opening up applications for the world's poorest.
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News Link • Surveillance
US Military Seeks Rapid Satellite ID in Crowded Space
05-07-2012
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space.com, InnovationNewsDaily Staff
U.S. military observers can have trouble identifying satellites whizzing overheard in Earth's crowded space lanes.
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News Link • Activism
My Video of Romney Operative Cheating at Maine GOP Convention
05-07-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
My video on the dirty tricks being played at the Maine GOP Convention today.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Police State
Joel Skousen: Army Document Reveals Citizens to be Treated as Enemy Combatants
05-07-2012
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www.prisonplanet.com
Joel Skousen, editor of World Affairs Brief and author of Strategic Relocation: North American Guide To Safe Places, talks with Alex. Mr. Skousen’s book is available at the Infowars Store.
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Feature Article • Activism
Tempe's attack on Free Speech
Thomas Costanzo
Morpheus http://BankOnRon.com interviews Josh from http://PropertySix.com about a shooting that occurred in Tempe in March 2012. Now according to Josh the Police have created a Black List of "Dangerous Artists". Venue owners who have "dangerous Art
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News Link • Conspiracies
JFK Special 3: Oswald was in the doorway, after all!
05-07-2012
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www.veteranstoday.com
So we begin with the Altgens photograph, where JFK is clutching his throat and you can even see a bullet hole in the windshield"a small, while spiral nebula with a dark hole in the center"where his left ear would be if it were visible, where it passe
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News Link • Currencies
Canada Stops Making Cents as Flaherty Lets Penny Drop
05-07-2012
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www.bloomberg.com
Canada minted its final penny today as Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said the coin was too expensive to produce and no longer needed for business.
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News Link • Israel
Exposing Israel’s Most Dangerous Secret
05-07-2012
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www.inpursuitofhappiness.wordpress.com
What’s Really Going On at the Israeli Institute for Biological Research?
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News Link • Activism
Jim Rogers’ Warning: Riots Coming To America
05-07-2012
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www.etfdailynews.com
Speaking with the Wall Street Journal on Friday, commodities trader Jim Rogers of Rogers Holdings said riots such as the ones witnessed in Greece
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News Link • Police State
You Are All Suspects Now. What Are You Going to Do About It?
05-07-2012
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www.antiwar.com
You are all potential terrorists. It matters not that you live in Britain, the United States, Australia, or the Middle East. Citizenship is effectively abolished.
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News Link • China
Beijing Leaders Considering End of Communist Rule
05-07-2012
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arclein
People from all walks of life, political parties, and social organizations should send representatives to form a preparatory committee for a new constitution. They will draft a new constitution that protects the rights of citizens to freely form ass
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News Link • Surveillance
Yes, The Re-Education Camp Manual Does Apply Domestically to U.S. Citizens
05-04-2012
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Paul Joseph Watson, Prison Planet
A shocking U.S. Army manual that describes how political activists in prison camps will be indoctrinated by specially assigned psychological operations officers contains numerous clear references to the fact that the policies apply to U.S. citizens.
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News Link • Politics: Libertarian Campaigns
Libertarian National Committee Gets 'Grass Roots' Leadership
05-07-2012
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Ed Vallejo Reporting
...and a Governor Gary Johnson of New Mexico/Judge Jim Grey of California Presidential Ticket for the 2012 Election Cycle. (p.s. Starchild is now an 'At-Large' Member! Whoa!)
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News Link • Military
Georgia Opens Jail Devoted To U.S. Veterans
05-07-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Ed Pilkington
The problem of US military veterans falling into a life of crime after returning from Iraq and Afghanistan has reached such levels that a law enforcer in Georgia has opened what is believed to be America’s first county jail devoted to veteran inmates
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Robert Lee
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News Link • American History
Every president is a war president
05-07-2012
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http://www.chicagotribune.com, Steve Chapman
Ninety-six years ago, when President Woodrow Wilson ran for re-election, two notable things happened: 1) His campaign used the slogan "He kept us out of war," and 2) he won.
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy Theater of the Absurd
05-07-2012
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http://original.antiwar.com, by Justin Raimondo
A Russian general has threatened military action if the US and its NATO allies go ahead and build a “missile shield” in Eastern Europe
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