Uzbekistan Airways to weigh passengers before boarding
• http://www.telegraph.co.uk, By Soo KimUzbekistan's national carrier plans to weigh passengers with their hand luggage before boarding as part of a new 'flight safety' measure
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Amnesty International Votes To Support Decriminalization of Sex Trade
• http://jonathanturley.orgAfter a well-publicized international debate, the delegates from Amnesty International voted on Tuesday to support a policy that calls for decriminalization of the sex trade, including prostitution, payment for sex and brothel ownership.
Will The Large Hadron Collider Open Up A Portal To Another Dimension?
• http://www.shtfplan.com, Michael SnyderWhat in the world is going on over at CERN? Are scientists playing around with forces that they simply do not understand?
Hard Evidence: "We Are In A Full Blown Global Depression"
• http://www.shtfplan.com, Mac SlavoFor the last several months there have been warnings of a coming economic storm, with many forecasting serious financial calamity by the Fall of this year.
Dubai's Meydan One will boast world's tallest residential tower...
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Stu RobartsDubai's Meydan One will boast world's tallest residential tower, largest dancing fountain and longest indoor ski slope
This Is Not A Drill: India, Russia And Thailand Prepare For Currency War
• http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenWhen China sneezes, the world catches a cold. Alternatively, when China devalues, the rest of the (exporting) world scrambles to not be the last (exporting) nation standing, and to do so next, before everyone else does.
Monolith in Mediterranean Sea Like an Underwater Stonehenge
• http://www.newsmax.com, By Clyde HughesArchaeologists have discovered an underwater "Stonehenge-style" monolith in the Mediterranean basin, possibly made by one of the earliest civilizations in the region.
Japan restarts reactor in test of Abe's nuclear policy (VIDEO)
• http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/11/us-japanJapan has restarted a nuclear reactor for the first time under new safety standards put in place since the Fukushima disaster in 2011, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeks to reassure a nervous public that the industry is now safe.
Why Google's new structure may make it worth more than the sum of its parts
• http://blogs.reuters.comGoogle is learning the ABCs of conglomerate life. The $444 billion web-search goliath is separating its driverless cars, balloon-powered internet, biotech ventures and the like from its main ad businesses under a new Berkshire Hathaway-like structure
Are Human Beings Programmable? Dr. José Delgado and Control of the Mind
• http://truthstreammedia.comWhen I post this, I'm really marking it in hopes of getting around to watching it later, and meanwhile putting it forward for your attention as well. But really, what better question than this to address in terms of where we stand on the independen
A Hitchhiker's Guide To Cuba's Galaxy
• http://www.thedailybeast.comEven thumbing a ride is government controlled in Castro-land, but people think that's been imposed on them by the U.S. embargo.
Gold Holds Its Own Against These Media Darlings
• http://www.forbes.comThere's no other way to put it: Commodities took it on the chin last month.
Russian Warships Dock In Iran for War Training
• http://freebeacon.com, Adam KredoIranian military leader: 'Only the dead body of the American troops realizes the power of' Iran
Plan hatched to build "Lord of the Rings" city in England
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Adam WilliamsThough usually associated more with Middle-earth than Middle England, a plan is afoot to build the fictional city of Minas Tirith from J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings – or Peter Jackson's movie depiction of it, anyway – in the UK.
British State Says ISIS Plans to Kill the Queen
• http://www.prisonplanet.comIntroduction of major police state legislation often follows announcement of attacks
Brazil president approval rating drops to 8%: Poll
• presstv.irA recent poll conducted in Brazil shows President Dilma Rousseff's approval rating has fallen to record eight percent amid growing calls for her impeachment.
I visited North Korea and snuck out these eye-opening photos
• Business InsiderI visited North Korea in late 2014 for 16 days, right before the absolute lockdown caused by Ebola.
Trader jailed for 14 years over Libor rate-rigging
• http://www.bbc.com,Former City trader Tom Hayes has been found guilty at a London court of rigging global Libor interest rates.
Sanctions on Iran pipeline project remain: US
• http://www.pakistantoday.com, BY WEB DESKThe Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project will not yet benefit from the nuclear agreement that may ease economic sanctions on Tehran, says the US State Department.
Washington's Fifth Columns Inside Russia and China
• http://www.paulcraigroberts.orgIt took two decades for Russia and China to understand that "pro-democracy" and "human rights" organizations operating within their countries were subversive organizations funded by the US Department of State and a collection of private Ameri
India blocks access to 857 porn websites in latest online crackdown
• http://mashable.com, By Rajat AgrawalThe Indian government has taken on pornography in its latest Internet clampdown, sparking debates about individual liberties: Its Department of Telecommunications ordered ISPs to block access to 857 websites that host adult or pornographic content.
Ukraine's Ultra-Right Militia Threatens Military Coup
• MIKE SHEDLOCKDissatisfied with alleged concessions to Russia, the leader of the Right Sector battalion, Dmytro Yarosh, seeks a nationwide no-confidence referendum in President Petro Poroshenko.
Institute of Peace's Hawkish Chairman Wants Ukraine to Send Russians Back in Body Bags
• https://firstlook.org, Lee FangThe United States Institute of Peace is a publicly funded national institution chartered by the U.S. government to promote international peace through nonviolent conflict resolution.
At least 30 dead after Syrian warplane crashes into town
• http://www.telegraph.co, By AFPMonitors say it isn't clear how many people were killed when the plane crashed and how many by the bombing run it had just carried out
Guatemalan Students Protest Government Corruption
• http://www.telesurtv.netGuatemala has been rocked by a string of high-level corruption scandals in recent months.
Empire State Building Highlights Cecil the Lion
• http://www.voanews.comPhotos of endangered wildlife and an image of Cecil the lion were projected on New York's iconic Empire State Building on Saturday as part of a promotion for the documentary film "Racing to Extinction."
Malaysian Official Says Wing Flap is From Boeing 777
• http://www.voanews.comMinister Liow Tiong Lai said French authorities and plane maker Boeing were among those who have confirmed that the so-called flaperon came off a 777 jet.
Venezuela Increasingly Looks Like A War Zone
• http://www.zerohedge.comOver the years, we have repeatedly poked fun at the transformation of Venezuela into a "socialist utopia"
China's 1929 Moment
• http://www.zerohedge.comAnyone with a nose for markets will tell you that the Chinese government's attempt to rescue the country's stock markets from collapse is far from succeeding.
As China Admits It Lied About Its Local Debt Levels, Local Billionaires Are Quietly Liquidating
• http://www.zerohedge.comTheir Assets. It was almost exactly two years ago, when during China's long-forgotten attempt to actively deleverage its economy (remember that? good times...) we commented on the country's s first attempt to estimate what its local government debt
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