Tokyo and Beijing Agree on Currency Pact
• Wall Street JournalEconomic woes in Europe and U.S. have undermined market confidence in the dollar and euro, but investors looking for a safe place to store their money have few other currency options.
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New Year Prediction: Israel and U.S. Will Attack Iran
• www.prisonplanet.comCBS News predicts Israel will attack Iran this year and the U.S. will participate.
The Duke of Nablus
• www.antiwar.comThe name of Munib al-Masri has recently come up as a possible candidate for prime minister of a Palestinian national unity government. Not being a member of either Fatah or Hamas, he is acceptable to both.
Finland: Patriot missiles were destined for ROK
• www.chinadaily.comFinish authorities confirmed that a shipment of 69 surface-to-air Patriot missiles was destined for Republic of Korea (ROK) instead of Shanghai, as earlier reports said.
9 Underground Economies - And Greece
• www.minyanville.comFrom Somalia's "pirate stock exchange" to the flourishing illegal organ trade in Egypt, there are some making money hand-over-fist, under the table.
Fight continues for academic freedom in the US
• www.electronicintifada.netA professor at North Carolina State University is fighting the university and the state government over what seems to be a clear-cut case of discrimination and censorship due to her outspoken criticism of Israeli policy in Palestine.
Revolution warning as thousands of Russian protesters brave cold
• .The Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, faces more mass protests over alleged election fraud as the former finance minister Alexei Kudrin warned of a ''revolution'' unless the government assuages popular anger. At least 30,000 people packed Sa
Iranian woman to face death by stoning or hanging
• Yahoo! NewsAuthorities in Iran said Sunday they are again moving ahead with plans to execute a woman sentenced to death by stoning on an adultery conviction in a case that sparked an international outcry, but are considering death by hanging instead.
Blasts in Nigeria Solidify Escalation of Violence by Group
• New York TimesA series of Christmas Day church bombings rocked Nigeria on Sunday in what appeared to be a coordinated assault by a radical Islamist sect with suspected training links to Al Qaeda, raising the sect’s violent antigovernment struggle to a new and more
U.S. Prepares for a Curtailed Relationship With Pakistan
• New York TimesWith the USA facing the reality that its broad security partnership with Pakistan is over, American officials are seeking to salvage a more limited counterterrorism alliance that will complicate their ability to launch attacks against extremists and
Egypt to free activist blogger from prison
• The RawStory.comEgypt’s judiciary decided on Sunday to free blogger and activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, who has spent the past two months in custody, a judicial source and his sister said.
Examiner: Grassroots Video on Ron Paul's Foreign Policy Converts Many
• www.dailypaul.com
Baghdad explosions kill at least 63 in first major violence since U.S. departure
• Washington PostMore than a dozen explosions in Baghdad over a two-hour period Thursday morning killed at least 63 people--the first major violence in Iraq since the U.S. completed its troop pullout last week and a political crisis broke out. At least 185 people wer
8 U.S. soldiers charged in death of comrade in Afghanistan
• Washington PostThe U.S. Army, which has struggled in recent years to combat a mounting suicide toll, took an unusual step when it announced it had charged 8 American soldiers serving in Afghanistan in connection with the apparent suicide of one of their lower-ranki
Vice President of Iraq Voices Sunnis’ Anger as He Denies Ordering Killings
• New York TimesAs Iraq’s Sunni vice president on Tuesday angrily rebutted the government’s accusations that he had been running death squads, many people in Iraq’s Sunni minority dismissed the charges as politically motivated, underscoring how deeply alienated they
Will the media let Ron Paul question US foreign policy?
• english.aljazeera.netRepublican candidate Ron Paul, unlike other members of his party, is critical of US support for Israel.
Muslim baby was at risk of "honour killing"
• Yahoo! NewsA British baby at risk of becoming the victim of an "honour killing" because she was born as the result of her unmarried Muslim mother's secret affair must be adopted to keep her safe, the U.K. Court of Appeal ruled on Wednesday.
Israel, wake up and smell the coffee
• www.haaretz.comYears of rioting against Palestinians, uprooting of trees, vandalism, arson, destruction, dispossession, theft, rocks and axes didn't cause a ripple, but one rock to the head of a deputy brigade commander made all the difference.
Does This US And Israel Joint Missile Defense Drill Say Anything About Plans For Iran?
• www.businessinsider.comIsrael just announced it has finalized a deal with Lt. General Frank Gorenc, commander of the US Third Air Force in Germany, that will bring several thousand U.S. troops and two advanced missile systems to the country for an unprecedented defense dr
America`s Global Warfare. Military Redeployment to Asia and The Pacific Threatens China
• www.globalresearch.caThe PNAC's declared objectives were to “fight and decisively win multiple, simultaneous major theater wars” in different regions of the world as well as perform the so-called military “constabulary” duties “associated with shaping the security enviro
Marines’ Robot Cargo-Copter Takes Flight in Afghanistan
• David Axe via WIRED.comPakistan is still blockading NATO war supplies passing through the port of Karachi in response to last month’s killing of 24 Pakistani soldiers by an alliance air strike.
Huge Methane Plumes in Siberian Arctic
• arcleinr Semiletov's team published a study in 2010 estimating that the methane emissions from this region were about eight million tonnes a year, but the latest expedition suggests this is a significant underestimate of the phenomenon.
Karzai wants immediate halt to NATO night raids
• RawstoryAfghan President Karzai demanded an immediate halt to controversial NATO-led night raids and for foreign forces to stop entering Afghan homes. The comments come after NATO defended the operations as the safest way of targeting insurgent leaders, insi
Marines’ Robot Cargo-Copter Takes Flight in Afghanistan
• David Axe via WIRED.comPakistan is still blockading NATO war supplies passing through the port of Karachi in response to last month’s killing of 24 Pakistani soldiers by an alliance air strike.
Kazakhstan shuts down cell phones, Internet to stem protests
• www.rawstory.comKazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, autocratic ruler of the post-Soviet country for 20 years, has reportedly shut down large portions of his country’s mobile and internet networks in a bid to quell recent rioting, TechEye reports.
Egypt’s Security Forces Increase Attacks on Civilians, With US Support
• antiwar.comUp to 13 people have died since Friday in new clashes that seem to reverse the advances toward democracy
US Refuses Karzai’s Latest Plea to End Deadly Night Raids
• antiwar.comDespite denials and false statistics from US-NATO, night raids kill thousands of civilians
Panetta: Iran will not be allowed nukes
• www.cbsnews.comThe U.S. Secretary of Defense said Monday night that Iran will not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon. In an interview, Leon Panetta, said despite the efforts to disrupt the Iranian nuclear program, the Iranians have reached a point where they ca
Curveball Redux: IAEA Lies to Push Case for Attacking Iran
• www.prisonplanet.comIt looks like the war pigs are about to pull another Iraq. In the orchestrated lead-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003, a cabal of neocons and fellow travelers in the Pentagon contrived a number of lies – later explained away as “intelligence failure
U.S. Considers Combating Somali Militants’ Twitter Use
• Washington PostThe United States government is increasingly concerned about the Twitter account of the Shabab militant group of Somalia, with American officials saying Monday that they were “looking closely” at the militants’ use of Twitter and the possible measure
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