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Date Sent: 2012-03-25
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Sunday, March 25, 2012 |
Mali coup led by US-trained captain -- Coup in Mali Possible Consequence of Libyan War
‘Don’t attack Iran!’ Anti-war protests hit UK and Israel -- Den of terror: Toulouse killer’s post-raid apartment (VIDEO) -- Jihad à la française: Dozens of Frenchmen train with Taliban -- NYPD arrests 14 OWS protesters (PHOTOS) -- EU reveals names of 17 sanctioned Iranians -- Indian anti-mining activists claim harassment -- Ron Paul gets a boost at Jackson County GOP caucus -- United National Antiwar Coalition National Conference. March 23-25,
2012 -- US WAR ON IRAN: "THE WORST MISTAKE IN AMERICAN HISTORY" -- Can Pond Scum Save You From $5 Gas? -- Bye Bye, Cancer-Causing Strawberry Fumigant -- For Pennsylvania's Doctors, a Gag Order on Fracking Chemicals -- Government School of Electro-Shock --
Ridiculous Ways States Are Trying to Fix Their Broken Budgets --
Afghanistan Crimes: Absolving Higher-Ups -- No Letup in Western-Backed
Syrian Violence -- Dick Cheney has heart transplant -- UN Backs Annan on Syria, Violence Spills Over Into Lebanon -- Israel, US Disagree on Timetable for Attacking Iran -- Camorra Mafia Arrests In Naples, Italy, Include 16 Judges And $1.3 Billion In Seized Assests -- Foster Gamble on 'Thrive' the Movie, Its Critics and What Can Be Done to Stop the Conspiracy -- US, Europe, Israel Agree On Solid Intel: Iran Nuke Threat Far Off -- Romney’s 4 Percent GDP for Military Still a Fantasy -- ‘Don’t Attack Iran!’ Nationwide anti-war protest hits UK -- Twitter sticks together with OWS protesters -- “Stability” Trumps Democracy in Egypt -- Americans: The New Jews -- The Shifting Strategies of Empire -- Philly Cops Attack Photojournalism Student, Grind His Face To Pavement -- New Ron Paul Ad Slams ‘Etch-a’Sketch’ Idiocy -- Keeping the Syrian Pot Boiling - by Stephen Lendman -- Male Baldness Clue Discovered -- Facebook buys 750 IBM patents in battle with Yahoo -- Facebook Condemns Companies That Demand User Logins -- Yes, Deepwater Horizon Oil Did Enter the Food Chain
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News Link • Military
Mali coup led by US-trained captain
03-24-2012
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http://www.rt.com
A US Africa Command official confirmed on Friday the leader of military coup d’état in Mali has visited the US on several occasions, receiving professional military education.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Coup in Mali Possible Consequence of Libyan War
03-24-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by John Glaser
Mali's Tuareg rebels caused a split between the military and government after returning home with arms from Libya
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
‘Don’t attack Iran!’ Anti-war protests hit UK and Israel
03-25-2012
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http://www.rt.com
UK activists from the ‘Stop the War Coalition’ have held a day of action to speak out against war with Iran. Protesters took to the streets of 15 major British cities. In Israel, hundreds marched in Tel Aviv protesting the war.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Den of terror: Toulouse killer’s post-raid apartment (VIDEO)
03-25-2012
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http://www.rt.com
A video depicting the ravaged apartment where Toulouse terrorist Mohamed Merah met his bloody end has been released to the media.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Jihad à la française: Dozens of Frenchmen train with Taliban
03-25-2012
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http://www.rt.com
As France recovers from the deadly shootings committed by homegrown jihadist Mohamed Merah, Pakistani intelligence say dozens of French Muslims are training with the Taliban in north-western Pakistan.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Activism
NYPD arrests 14 OWS protesters (PHOTOS)
03-25-2012
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http://www.rt.com
New York police have arrested 14 protesters at two separate Occupy Wall Street rallies on Saturday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • European Union
EU reveals names of 17 sanctioned Iranians
03-25-2012
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http://www.rt.com
The EU’s “blacklist” contains names of those private persons in Iran whom Brussels would like to apply personal pressure on, in addition to numerous sanctions already burdened on the Islamic republic.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Indian anti-mining activists claim harassment
03-25-2012
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http://www.google.com, By GONZALO SOLANO
The lands of the Shuar Indians in the Amazon are rich in wildlife such as tapirs, toucans and red howler monkeys. They also hold treasures more coveted by outsiders: rich deposits of copper and other minerals that the government is eager to cash in o
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul gets a boost at Jackson County GOP caucus
03-25-2012
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http://www.kansascity.com, By DAVE HELLING
Supporters of Republican presidential candidates Ron Paul and Mitt Romney combined forces to pitch a shutout at Rick Santorum in Saturday’s Jackson County GOP caucus.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Activism
United National Antiwar Coalition National Conference. March 23-25, 2012
03-25-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca
United National Antiwar Coalition National Conference
March 23-25, 2012 at the Stamford CT Hilton (one stop from Harlem/125th St. on Metro North commuter line)
Say No to the NATO/G8 Wars & Poverty Agenda
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iran
US WAR ON IRAN: "THE WORST MISTAKE IN AMERICAN HISTORY"
03-25-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Fidel Castro Ruz
Fidel Castro ‘s latest reflections hints to the danger of a looming US Iran war. Fidel Castro warns that a war with Iran war would be the worst mistake in US history.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Biofuel
WATCH: Can Pond Scum Save You From $5 Gas?
03-25-2012
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motherjones.com, By James West and Tim McDonnell
How could the slimy green muck that grows in your aquarium and washes up on the beach be a future cornerstone of American energy independence?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Food
Bye Bye, Cancer-Causing Strawberry Fumigant
03-25-2012
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http://motherjones.com, By Tom Philpott
Methyl iodide, a highly toxic pesticide intended for large-scale plantings of strawberries and other fruit crops
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
For Pennsylvania's Doctors, a Gag Order on Fracking Chemicals
03-25-2012
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http://motherjones.com, By Kate Sheppard
A new provision could forbid the state’s doctors from sharing information with patients exposed to toxic fracking solutions.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
School of Shock
03-25-2012
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http://motherjones.com, By Jennifer Gonnerman
Eight states are sending autistic, mentally retarded, and emotionally troubled kids to a facility that punishes them with painful electric shocks. How many times do you have to zap a child before it's torture?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Ridiculous Ways States Are Trying to Fix Their Broken Budgets
03-25-2012
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http://motherjones.com, By Tim Murphy
Faced with empty coffers, desperate governors and state lawmakers will try just about anything to improve their cash flow.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Weekend Special: What It's Like To Soar Into Space, Then Crash To Earth
03-25-2012
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http://www.npr.org, by Robert Krulwich
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be hurled into the sky, straight up, past the clouds, into starry space, the Earth all blue and turning spherical below, everything silent, tomblike, and then, just like that " you slip and start to fal
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Mexico
'Living, Breathing Archeology' In The Arizona Desert
03-25-2012
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http://www.npr.org, by Lauren Silverman
If you walk through the desert in southern Arizona you can find evidence of a major migration. Water bottles, shoes, food wrappers -
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bush Administration
Dick Cheney had heart transplant, aide says
03-24-2012
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AP
Former Vice President Dick Cheney had a heart transplant Saturday and is recovering at a Virginia hospital, his office said. An aide to Cheney said he had been waiting for a transplant for more than 20 months and does not know the identity of the hea
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • United Nations
UN Backs Annan on Syria, Violence Spills Over Into Lebanon
03-24-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com,
Islamist Groups Look to Gain More Influence Over Rebellion
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Israel
Israel, US Disagree on Timetable for Attacking Iran
03-24-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by John Glaser
Israel says it "cannot afford" to wait for an Iranian nuclear weapons program, which intelligence says doesn't exist
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Government Now Allowed to Store Info on Innocent Americans
03-24-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by John Glaser
Under new Obama administration rules, information on Americans with no clear ties to terrorism can be held for at least 5 years
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
OBAMA: All countries are close allies!!
03-24-2012
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http://www.youtube.com
Barack Obama and the US has a lot of close and strong allies in the world. And all small countries punches above their weight according to the president. From the show Detektor, Danish Broadcasting Corporation DR.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Camorra Mafia Arrests In Naples, Italy, Include 16 Judges And $1.3 Billion In Seized Assests
03-24-2012
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com
In a huge anti-mafia bust, 16 judges have been arrested near Naples, Italy, according to the BBC, for allegedly being in cahoots with Italy's notorious Camorra crime syndicate.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Foster Gamble on 'Thrive' the Movie, Its Critics and What Can Be Done to Stop the Conspiracy
03-24-2012
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http://www.thedailybell.com, Foster Gamble
Foster Gamble is President & Co-Founder of Clear Compass Media; Creator, Host, Co-Writer, and Director of Visual Design for THRIVE
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Healthcare
Stem cells from fat win favor with heart researcher
03-24-2012
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http://www.reuters.com, By Ransdell Pierson and De
Stem cells derived from a patient's bone marrow can help treat severe heart failure, but the results are even better when they are taken from fat
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
Electric car revolution faces increasing headwinds
03-24-2012
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http://www.reuters.com, By Ben Klayman
The 34-year-old car lover bought the plug-in hybrid electric Karma in December for $107,850, but five days later the car's battery died as he was driving in downtown Chicago.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iran
US, Europe, Israel Agree On Solid Intel: Iran Nuke Threat Far Off
03-24-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by John Glaser
The United States, European allies, and Israel all agree that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon, has not decided to build one, and is several years away from having a deliverable nuclear missile.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Romney’s 4 Percent Military Spending Still a Fantasy
03-24-2012
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http://nationalinterest.org, Christopher A. Preble
Two weeks ago, I blogged about Mitt Romney’s proposal to spend at least 4 percent of GDP on the Pentagon’s budget.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iran
‘Don’t Attack Iran!’ Nationwide anti-war protest hits UK
03-24-2012
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http://www.rt.com
UK activists from the ‘Stop the War Coalition’ have held a day of action to speak out against war with Iran.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Activism
Twitter sticks together with OWS protesters
03-24-2012
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http://www.rt.com
Twitter Inc. refuses to give out information on Jeffrey Rae, a prominent OWS protester whose on-the-ground Twitter reporting is followed by thousands. Activists under police scrutiny say a political witch hunt has begun on behalf of “the 1 per cent”.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • WAR: About that War
“Stability” Trumps Democracy in Egypt
03-24-2012
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CHARLES DAVIS and MEDEA BENJAMIN, CounterPunch
Were it Syria or Iran, the rhetoric from Washington would be stern, aggressive even. But since the repressive ruling clique is the military junta in Egypt, the lectures are timid " and coupled with a handout. Indeed, as Secretary of State Hillary Cli
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Jobs at Home Drive Obama Administration’s Egypt Aid Decision
03-23-2012
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Nicole Gaouette and Tony Capaccio, Bloomberg
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, invoking U.S. national security interests, today used her authority to waive congressional conditions on the aid that require Egypt to demonstrate democratic progress. Her decision, assailed by human rights advocat
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Police State
Americans: The New Jews
03-24-2012
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The Dollar Vigilante
Throughout my youth I remember wondering how what happened in Nazi Germany could have occurred and how so many otherwise good people could be fooled into going along with such an obviously evil system. I always wished I could go back in time to unde
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Glenn Jacobs
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
The Shifting Strategies of Empire
03-23-2012
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David Swanson, OPedNews
I've had enough of efforts to protect civil liberties, jobs, education, healthcare, retirement, the rule of law, and basic human decency without taking on the monstrosity that means death to all of the above, namely the MIC. It's a trillion-dollar ba
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Philly Cops Attack Photojournalism Student, Grind His Face To Pavement
03-24-2012
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Photography Is Not a Crime
Ian Van Kuyk, a 24-year-old photojournalism student, received a first-hand lesson in photographing cops when a Philadelphia police officer knocked him down, pushed his face into the pavement, then threw him in jail for 24 hours on a felony charge of
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
New Ron Paul Ad Slams ‘Etch-a’Sketch’ Idiocy
03-24-2012
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InfoWars
For the past week the media, along with GOP presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich, as well as the incumbent president, have fixated on a throw away remark about an ‘etch-a-sketch’ by a Romney communications adviser.
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News Link • Science
Crystal Structure of Archael Chromatin Clarified
03-24-2012
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arclein
In eukaryotes, proteins known as "histones" package and order DNA into a compact protein-DNA structure called chromatin. Archaea, in contrast, have no such universal chromatin proteins, instead using two or more DNA-binding proteins to package DN
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Male Baldness Clue Discovered
03-24-2012
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arclein
They found levels of a key protein called prostaglandin D synthase are elevated in the cells of hair follicles located in bald patches on the scalp, but not in hairy areas.
Mice bred to have high levels of the protein went completely bald, while t
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robert klein
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News Link • Environment
Cyber-activists launch 80-nation campaign against illegal trash dumps
03-23-2012
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RawStory.com
Cyber-environmentalists said Friday 80 countries have joined the World Cleanup 2012 campaign which will see volunteers across the globe use the Internet to target illegal trash dumps for cleanup.
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News Link • Internet
Facebook buys 750 IBM patents in battle with Yahoo
03-23-2012
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RawStory.com
Facebook confirmed Friday that it has added a trove of IBM patents to its arsenal on an increasingly lawsuit-strewn technology battlefield.
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Videos of civilian casualties outside hospital in Sri Lanka
03-23-2012
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LiveLeak.com
Sri Lankan troops made fresh advances into a territory held by the Tamil Tigers, the defence ministry said. The report came amid mounting alarm over large-scale civilian deaths due to shelling by the Sri Lankan army. WARNING: Very Graphic Videos
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Tyger Gilbert
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Facebook Condemns Companies That Demand User Logins
03-23-2012
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Caleb Garling via Wired.com
Facebook has spoken out against businesses that demand Facebook usernames and passwords from their employees and prospective hires.
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News Link • Environment
Yes, Deepwater Horizon Oil Did Enter the Food Chain
03-23-2012
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Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.com
A new study clarifies that impact: Hydrocarbons from the Macondo well trickled into the ocean food chain via its tiniest members, zooplankton.
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Is the CIA in Your Kitchen?
03-23-2012
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http://original.antiwar.com, by Andrew P. Napolita
If this question had been asked by a fictional character in a spy thriller, it might intrigue you, but you wouldn’t imagine that it could be true in reality. If the Constitution means what it says, you wouldn’t even consider the plausibility of an af
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Corruption
Top Drug Prosecutor In Michigan Disbarred For Soliciting False Testimony
03-23-2012
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www.jonathanturley.org
Former Wayne County assistant prosecutor Karen Plants had originally been suspended for only two years, but the Attorney Discipline Board on reconsideration bumped the penalty up to full disbarment on reconsideration of her case due to her “lack of r
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Military
FYI: Government Buying Out All The 5.56 Military Surplus Ammo
03-23-2012
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www.beforeitsnews.com
& Is Telling Ammo Dealers To Stop Selling To Their Vendors & Civilians.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Catching The "Silver Crusher" Algorithm In The Act
03-23-2012
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www.zerohedge.com
There was a time when catching the silver "whack-a-mole" algo, or process, or intervention, or manipulation, or whatever one wants to call it, in action was a myth: an urban legend, perpetuated by silver conspiracy theorists.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Occupy the IRS to Support Cindy Sheehan and Oppose the US Empire
03-22-2012
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Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox
Peace Activist and Gold Star Mother, Cindy Sheehan, is a conscientious war tax resister and the US Attorney, on behalf of the IRS, has summoned her to court to produce requested documents. This hearing date is just a few days after Tax Day where mill
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Darren Wolfe
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News Link • NATO
US/NATO Proxy War in Syria Follows Precedent Set in Bosnia
03-23-2012
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http://tv.globalresearch.ca, by grtv
In the wake of recent violent clashes in the Syrian capital Damascus, the country's government has accused Western powers of assisting Qatar and Saudi Arabia with supporting and financing terrorism
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Robert Lee
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News Link • European Union
Massive EU Weapons Sales to Saudi Arabia
03-23-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Julie Lévesque
According to the German magazine Der Spiegel, the European Union is the most important weapons exporter to Saudi Arabia.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Gun buying up? Major manufacturer can't meet their orders and stop taking new ones.
03-23-2012
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The Outdoor Wire
Sturm, Ruger & Co. has received orders for more than one million units. Therefore, the Company has temporarily suspended the acceptance of new orders.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • TERRORISM
U.S. Intelligence Report Warns of Global Water Tensions
03-22-2012
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New York Times
The American intelligence community warned in a report released Thursday that problems with water could destabilize countries in North Africa, the Middle East and South Asia over the next decade.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
The Brownshirts are Coming
03-22-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by Brandon Turbeville
New Obama Executive Order Seizes U.S. Infrastructure and Citizens for Military Preparedness
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
More Evidence Cops Believe They’re Above The law
03-22-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, YouTube
Cops think they’ve got free reign to break the law.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Currencies
Greeks Adopt Alternative Currencies as Economy Implodes
03-22-2012
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New American
Regular Greeks are increasingly taking matters into their own hands, creating informal underground barter markets and even alternative currencies. And the government is actually encouraging it.
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