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Date Sent: 2012-05-20
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Sunday, May 20, 2012 |
US House Defies Obama With $554 Billion Defense Bill - 3 NATO protesters face terrorism charges
Watch Today's Eclipse... Without Burning Your Eyes Out -- Even Worse Than Democracy - by Anthony Gregory -- Life in Occupied Chicago - by Stephen Lendman -- U.S., allies accelerating plans to
secure chemical arsenal as Syrian crisis worsens -- Talking Surveillance Cameras Coming to U.S. Streets -- China cries foul after U.S. sets
tariffs on solar imports -- ROBERT REICH TO NEW COLLEGE GRADS:
'You're F*cked' -- Motorola
Mobility smartphones face US import ban -- Facebook Seeks Political Ad Dollars -- Why Shutting Airports
Is Not the Best Way to Halt a Global Flu Pandemic -- When Gadgets Get
under Your Skin -- 2 U.S. citizens, 2 ethnicities, 2 accounts of jail treatment -- Civics 101: Cutting Defense Means Not Voting for $642.5 Billion for US Military -- Facebook faces US $15 billion lawsuit -- Police arrest 400 “Blockupy” activists as tensions rise in Frankfurt -- Bomb blast hits Italian school: at least 1 dead -- Arrested Protester Charges Mistreatment After Police Raid Apartment -- Chicago Militarized for NATO - by Stephen Lendman -- SpaceX test flight to space station aborted after ignition
Today: Solar Eclipse Visible from
National Parks
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
U.S. House Defies Obama With $554 Billion Defense Bill
05-18-2012
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Roxana Tiron, Bloomberg
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a $554 billion defense bill that rejects Pentagon proposals to curtail or slow weapons programs, bans same-sex marriages on military bases and backs indefinite detention without trial of terrorism suspects.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Three NATO protesters face terrorism charges as global summit nears kickoff
05-19-2012
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Washington Post
As NATO protesters marched by the hundreds to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s house, three others were in court Saturday facing terrorism charges for allegedly planning to bomb the mayor’s residence, police stations and Obama’s campaign headquarters dur
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Watch This Weekend's Eclipse... Without Burning Your Eyes Out
05-18-2012
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http://www.popularmechanics.com,
This weekend, much of the U.S. will get to see an eclipse of the sun. Next month, Venus will transit in front of our star. To prepare to sight, you've got to learn how to look at the sun safely.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Philosophy: Political
Even Worse Than Democracy " OpEd
05-20-2012
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Anthony Gregory, Eurasia Review
Democracy, like no other system, dupes the masses into believing that the state really is on their side. It creates the perfect storm for a deep if somewhat temperate oppression, as the state becomes increasingly active and meddlesome, and subjects b
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Syria
U.S., allies accelerating plans to secure chemical arsenal as Syrian crisis worsens
05-19-2012
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Washington Post
The Obama administration is accelerating its planning with Middle Eastern allies for a series of potentially fast-moving crises in Syria including the possible loss of government control over some of the country’s chemical weapons
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
PAL-V Flying Car Makes Maiden Flight - Wow!
04-04-2012
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arclein
The PAL-V requires a strip (either pavement or grass) of at least 165 m (540 ft) to get airborne and just 30 m (100 ft) to land. Once in the air it can reach a maximum speed of 97 kts (180 km/h/112 mph), with a minimum speed of 27 kts (50 km/h/31 mph
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News Link • Gun Rights
Trayvon Martin case 911 call: Two experts reach two much different conclusions
05-19-2012
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Washington Post
In the last 45 seconds, there is a faint voice, a distant yell, and the urgent dialogue between a woman and a 911 operator.
“There’s just someone screaming outside,” the caller begins on the recorded line.
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News Link • Science
Stalagmites Map Past Tropical Climate
05-19-2012
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arclein
Past studies from high latitudes have indicated that about 430,000 years ago-at a point known as the Mid-Brunhes Event (MBE)-peak temperatures and levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide in interglacial cycles were suddenly bumped up by about a third. B
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Talking Surveillance Cameras Coming to U.S. Streets
05-19-2012
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arclein
The street lights also have loudspeakers that can give audible warnings to individuals,mimicking the talking surveillance cameras in the UK that shout out orders through microphones telling people to pick up litter or leave the area.
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News Link • Science
No Stellar Shock Wave
05-19-2012
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arclein
"A wave is a more accurate depiction of what is happening ahead of our heliosphere " much like the wave made by the bow of a boat as it glides through the water," explains
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News Link • Energy
China cries foul after U.S. sets tariffs on solar imports
05-19-2012
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news.yahoo.com
The United States imposed punitive tariffs on solar panel imports from China, the latest in a series of trade disputes between the world's two biggest economies and sparking accusations by Beijing of protectionism. New tariffs over 30%
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News Link • Wallet Voting
Viva La Dime Card LOV3olution,
05-19-2012
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http://donttreadonmeme.com
We set out for nothing short of a world wide cultural LOV3olution, Welcome to French Silver Dime cards.
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News Link • Politics
2012-05-18 Liberty Underground Radio Show
05/18/2012
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Liberty Underground
Alex Snitker, Adrian Wyllie, Loring Smith talk about the bombshell story from Breitbart about Obama’s own bio saying he was born in Kenya, we talk about our protest of the Mitt Romney campaign stop in St. Petersburg, Brandon of http://www.deskofbrian
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News Link • Biology, Botany and Zoology
Tyrannosaur Skeleton For Sale, But Ownership Is Questioned
05-19-2012
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http://www.livescience.com, Wynne Parry
The origin of a rare tyrannosaur skeleton, now sitting mounted and prepared at an auction house in New York City, has been questioned, with some saying the specimen is from Mongolia; if so, that would mean it entered the United States illegally.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Healing Method from Australia Addresses the Human Genome
05-19-2012
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bio-medicine.org, Photonic Energy Center
With chronic diseases continuing to rise, health care costs spiraling out of sight, and research to find "cures" continuing to take in billions each year while acceptable solutions remain "a few years away," a small but growing sector is finding answ
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News Link • Books
Amazon Pitching Kindle Fire Welcome-Screen Ads for $600K
05-19-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Roberto Baldwin
Whether we like it or not, advertising pays for a bunch of stuff we enjoy. Network TV, magazines and web sites that don’t have multi-billion-dollar IPOs all depend on advertising dollars to make their profit margins " or even survive.
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News Link • Communications
Dear Google: AT&T Locked Down the Best Android Handset Ever, and It’s Your Fault
05-19-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Ryan Singel
The HTC One X is a wonder of a phone " sleek and thin with a brilliant screen.
And yet it comes pre-loaded with so much unremovable bloatware, you’d swear that Microsoft was involved.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Kickstarter of the Week: A Portable Scanner for Smartphones
05-19-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Nathan Hurst
Using your smartphone to take a photo of a document is one of those things that seems like it should be easy, but just isn’t. First you have to futz with the angle and the distance. Then there’s the flash: on, it’s too bright and washed out; off, it’
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
The Geek’s Guide to 24H Nürburgring Coverage
05-19-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Damon Lavrinc
Can’t afford a round-trip expedition to Germany to experience the 24 Hours of Nürburgring race this weekend? We’ve got you covered, with live video, GPS car tracking and audio streams from all the major teams and press outlets on the ground at the Gr
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News Link • Communications
Motorola Mobility smartphones face US import ban
05-19-2012
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http://phys.org, AFP
A US commission sided with Microsoft by moving to ban the import of Android-powered Motorola smartphones based on patent infringement complaints by the software colossus.
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Wrinkle-traveling Clothbot makes its IEEE debut
05-19-2012
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http://phys.org, by Nancy Owano
As any gathering of scientists working with robots will suggest, attempts toward perfecting techniques and outcomes of grasping and maneuvering are key issues for researchers working on climbing robots.
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News Link • Food
Is it ripe? Carbon nanotube-based ethylene sensor establishes fruit ripeness
05-19-2012
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http://phys.org, Angewandte Chemie
The term ethylene (ethene) generally brings to mind polyethylene plastics, not fruit. However, ethylene is more than just a feedstock for chemical industry, it is also the smallest plant hormone, and it controls physiological processes, such as the r
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News Link • Pandemic
Why Shutting Airports Is Not the Best Way to Halt a Global Flu Pandemic
05-19-2012
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http://www.technologyreview.com, kfc
In a deadly flu outbreak, shutting airports should reduce the spread of the disease. But networks scientists have discovered a better approach that's just as effective.
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News Link • Internet
What's the Next Instagram?
05-19-2012
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http://www.technologyreview.com, By Rachel Metz
Ever since Facebook announced its $1 billion acquisition of the company behind the popular photo-sharing app Instagram last month, the question on every nerd's lips has been: What will be the next big thing in mobile apps?
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
2 U.S. citizens, 2 ethnicities, 2 accounts of jail treatment
05-19-2012
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http://tucsoncitizen.com, by Daniel González
Jovana Renteria and Jessica Davenport are both Americans born in the United States.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Mexico
Deadly air
05-19-2012
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http://lapress.org,
Some 14,000 people die each year from country´s air pollution.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Civics 101: Cutting Defense Means Not Voting for $642.5 Billion for US Military
05-19-2012
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commondreams, by Carolyn Eisenberg and Gael Murphy
Some readers probably heard on the news how the Democrats were hopping mad when the House Republicans voted recently to overturn the “sequester” on the Pentagon budget, enacted at the end of the year as part of the deficit reduction deal.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
MK802 Android 4.0 Mini PC: At Just $74, Itty-Bitty Computer Undercuts Its Pint-Sized Rivals
05-19-2012
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com, By Sara Gates
In the tech world, smaller is better.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
"The Dictator": A Qaddafi-Inspired Rom-Com Filled With Pubic-Hair Jokes
05-19-2012
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http://www.motherjones.com, By Asawin Suebsaeng
Sacha Baron Cohen's uneven comedy still confirms his status as a master satirist.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Music
Occupy This Album: 99 Songs for the 99 Percent
05-19-2012
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http://www.motherjones.com, By Josh Harkinson
Like the '60s-era social movements that inspired the performers at Woodstock, the Occupy movement has proved an irresistible draw to musicians.
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News Link • Activism
Police arrest 400 “Blockupy” activists as tensions rise in Frankfurt
05-19-2012
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http://www.rt.com
Frankfurt police have detained 400 anti-capitalist protesters ahead of a key conference on monetary policy scheduled for the weekend.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Facebook faces US $15 billion lawsuit
05-19-2012
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http://www.rt.com
Tracking users after they log out and violating US wiretapping laws
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Robert Lee
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News Link • TERRORISM
Bomb blast hits Italian school: at least 1 dead
05-19-2012
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http://www.rt.com
A Bomb blast has struck a school in the southern Italian city of Brindisi, killing at least one student and injuring several others.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Ulcers, Cabbage Rejuvalac and Other Healing Ferments
05-19-2012
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http://wakeup-world.com, By Jeani-Rose Atchison
Over the years my family and I have consumed many different fermented foods.
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Half of Florida high school students fail reading test
05-19-2012
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http://ca.news.yahoo.com
Nearly half of Florida high school students failed the reading portion of the state's new toughened standardized test, education officials said on Friday.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
At ''bridge to nowhere,'' Romney slams Obama on economy
05-19-2012
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http://www.reuters.com, By Steve Holland
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney returned to his economic message on Friday, highlighting a "bridge to nowhere" rebuilt by stimulus money and warning the U.S. economy could suffer a fiscal crisis like California's if he is not elected in
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
SpaceX test flight to space station aborted after ignition
05-18-2012
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AP
Space Exploration Technologies' Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule aborted the launch at 4:55 a.m. EDT (0855 GMT) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida .
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
May 20, 2012 Edition
05-18-2012
John Semmens
Obama Gains Key Reelection Endorsements
The Communist Party of the United States announced it is supporting Barack Obama's reelection bid. “It used to be that we had to run our own candidates for public office,” recounted Sam Webb, chairman of the
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Opinion • Iran
Ray McGovern: My Take
Applying the Six-Day War to Iran
05-18-2012
Ray McGovern
With the 45th anniversary of the Six-Day War of June 1967 coming early next month, pro-Israel pundits like syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer are again promoting Israel’s faux-narrative on the reasons behind Israel’s decision to attack its neig
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News Link • Libertopia
30 days until PorcFest (schedule now online) smart phone app
05-18-2012
The PorcFest.com online schedule is shaping up, get the "EverNote" app to stay connected. or get more at http://happyporcupine.info
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News Link • Activism
Watchdog blasts ‘excessive’ policing at G20 Toronto summit
05-17-2012
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AFP
Canadian police used “excessive force,” ignored civil rights and made “unlawful” mass arrests in cracking down on unruly protests at a G20 summit in Toronto two years ago, a watchdog said Wednesday.
Gerry McNeilly, head of the Office of the Indepe
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News Link • Gun Rights
Trayvon Martin autopsy indicates hand-to-hand struggle with George Zimmerman
05-17-2012
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Washington Post
Includes laboratory reports that show traces of blood in Martin’s fingernails, Zimmerman’s blood on Martin’s sweatshirt and Martin’s blood on Zimmerman’s red jacket. Martin’s autopsy report shows that he had a small abrasion on his left fourth finger
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama's Literary Agent in 1991 Booklet: 'Born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii'
05-17-2012
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http://www.breitbart.com, by Joel B. Pollak
Andrew Breitbart was never a "Birther," and Breitbart News is a site that has never advocated the narrative of "Birtherism." In fact, Andrew believed, as we do, that President Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on August 4, 1961.
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News Link • Economy - International
Everyone's Buzzing About This Cute Little Girl Who Slams Big Banks For Enslaving The People
05-17-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
GENERATION NEXT - Victoria Grant of Canada slammed her country's banking system during a lecture at the Public Banking in America Conference in Philadelphia last month. 'The banks and the government have "financially enslaved" the people
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Opinion • Philosophy: Political
Iron Ladies
05-17-2012
Chuck Baldwin
A recent movie starring Meryl Streep and depicting the life of Lady Margaret Thatcher was called “The Iron Lady.” And the movie was aptly titled, as Lady Thatcher’s grit and determination...
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News Link • Iran
The US Is 'Fully Available And Ready' For A Military Strike Against Iran
05-17-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Robert Johnson
One week before the U.S., Britain, France, Russia, China plus Germany " the P5+1 " meet with Iranian officials in Baghdad for nuclear talks, the U.S. ambassador to Israel went on that country's Army Radio and told the country America "fully available
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News Link • China
Real Estate Crash In China: Foreign Funding Down 80%, Land Sales Down 57%, Starts Down 27%
05-17-2012
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businessinsider.com, Mike "Mish" Shedloc
Inquiring minds are reading an excellent report China Real Estate Unravels by Patrick Chovanec, a professor at Tsinghua University's School of Economics and Management in Beijing, China.
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