The New World War ---- The Silence Is A Lie
Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:35:57 +0100
Sep 24, 2008 By John Pilger
Britain's political conference season of 2008 will be remembered as The
Great Silence. Politicians have come and gone and their mouths have
moved in front of large images of themselves, and they often wave at
someone. There has been lots of news about each other. Adam Boulton ...
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Yes, Virginia, There Is A Foreign Policy Debate Friday
Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:33:12 -0700 (PDT)
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/yes-virginia-there-is-foreign-policy.html ...
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Upheaval on Wall St. Stirs Anger in the U.N.
Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:46:38 GMT
Upheaval on Wall St. Stirs Anger in the U.N.
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR
September 24, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/24/world/24nations.html
UNITED NATIONS a?? Wall Street and the Bush administrationa??s record of
financial oversight came under attack at the United Nations on Tuesday,
with one world leader ...
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World Power on the Move
Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:49:48 GMT
http://www.island.lk/2008/09/24/features7.html
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For the first time since the days of Simon Bolivar more than 175 years ago,
South American unity is beginning to take shape and a real possibility
exists to integrate the continent politically, socially and commercially.
The numerous attempts by Washin ...
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A bit of conjecture on pre-election terrorism
Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:03:35 GMT
http://www.nysun.com/foreign/spies-warn-that-al-qaeda-aims-for-october-surprise/86326/
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,426344,00.html
from the Fox transcript:
(ex-CIA guy) BERNTSEN: ... But, you know, the thing is this is that such an
attack in the United States wouldn't benefit either political party her ...
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Businessweek on Global Power Shift
Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:52:38 GMT
I cannot help but laugh when anyone expresses surprise that the US, UK and
EU are loosing respect as the universal authority on Human Rights when they
indulge in, support, or fail to address Human Rights abuses of western
nations and tehir blatant disregard of international laws.
True, Human Rights abuses elsewh ...
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NATO : No to anti-Russian rapid task force
Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:25:48 GMT
It's a Russian source so after the first three paragraphs here, it's best
read as 'Russian perspective' than anything else but nothing there I'd
disagree with.
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=13099215&PageNum=0
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BRUSSELS, September 22 (Itar-Tass) -- NATO has no plans to create an eas ...
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Ahmadinejad speaks out
Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:01:43 GMT
He's going to be demonised and attacked from many quarters as is anyone who
dare even suggest agreeing with him but one cannot deny that he talks
rationally and makes a lot of sense ( when not being mis-translated ) and
says what a lot of the world - including those in the wider west - agree
with ...
http://afp ...
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Russia "will do as it pleases"
Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:15:26 GMT
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/21/europe/EU-Russia-Georgia.php
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MOSCOW: Only Russia and the "states" of South Ossetia and Abkhazia will
decide how many troops Moscow can keep on their soil, Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin said Saturday, signaling the Kremlin will do as it pleases in
the separati ...
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Not all Georgians are anti-Russian
Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:08:19 GMT
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/tina-kandelaki-from-georgia-w
ith-loathing-937580.html
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Tina Kandelaki has one of the best known faces in Russia. She's one of the
country's top television presenters, has appeared on the covers of Russian
FHM and Playboy, and runs a successful production ...
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