Monday, November 30:
Arab Emirates Move to Limit Crisis in Dubai
Trying to prevent a run on its banks, and financial turmoil that some fear could spread globally, the United Arab Emirates helped calm financial markets Monday with its pledge to lend money to banks operating in Dubai, an action that came amid concerns about excessive borrowing around the world.
Sunday, November 29:
'Permanent' Arctic ice vanishing (3 comments)
Multi-year sea ice used to cover 90 per cent of the Arctic basin, Barber said. It now covers 19 per cent. Where it used to be up to 10 metres thick, it's now 2 metres at most.
The Family and Executing Gays (2 comments)
Well this is a shocker! In Uganda they are on the verge of passing a draconian law that will execute homosexuals who test HIV positive, where homosexual acts are already punishable by life imprisonment. And now it turns out that key backers of this law are proteges of the Washington-based reactionary, fundamentalist "Family" that has been in the news lately. And they want to take control of America too!
Saturday, November 28:
Rick Rozoff:
Former Soviet States: Battleground For Global Domination (3 comments)
Former Soviet States: Battleground For Global Domination
Georgianne Nienaber:
UN Report on Congo: A Boeing 727 From Florida, US Stonewalling, and Gold for Dubai (9 comments)
You gotta read the full report to believe it...Arms shipments or suspected shipments to the DRC from Spain, North Korea, Ukraine, Iran, Libya, China, Belgium, Tanzania, the British Virgin Islands and others; US stonewalling on bank and phone records and 727 purchase from Florida.
Friday, November 27:
Iran ‘expects Russian missiles within 2 months'
Iran expects Russia to deliver powerful S-300 air-defence missile systems within two months despite fierce objections from the United States and Israel. Russia is under intense Western pressure to distance itself from Iran in the long-running dispute over Tehran's nuclear ambitions, but Moscow has refused to block the delivery of the S-300 system.
Dollar at a 14-Year Low Versus the Yen
The dollar tumbled to a 14-year low against the yen on Thursday, reinforcing concern in Tokyo that America's already-strapped consumers would buy even fewer Japanese cars and gadgets.
Eileen Fleming:
President Obama, the little town of Bethlehem and Americans for Palestinian Equal Rights (2 comments)
Putting Christ back in Christmas should mean remembering that he too was born, lived and died under a brutal military occupation.
Ralph Lopez:
*Military Families Ask Obama Not to Send Sons and Daughters
Our son returned to us in good physical health and we were able to hold him in our arms and not just keep him in our hearts. So many of our friends within the organization we co-founded, Military Families Speak Out, have not shared this outcome.
Thursday, November 26:
Dubai fails to stem market drop on debt fears
Dubai's debt problems shook European banking shares on Thursday despite the emirate's efforts to minimise the impact of a debt restructuring plan at two of its biggest companies that raised fears of default. Wednesday's announcement sent the cost of insuring Dubai's debt against default soaring and bond prices tumbling.
Call it Ecocide: Babies With No Heads, 2 Heads or Monstrous Deformities (5 comments)
Young women in Fallujah, the doctors wrote, "are terrified of having children because of the increasing number of babies born grotesquely deformed, with no heads, two heads, a single eye in their foreheads, scaly bodies or missing limbs." What might be causing this nightmare? The most likely factors are chemical or radiation poisoning
German military chief resigns over Afghan air strike
Germany's Bild newspaper reported on Thursday, ahead of a parliamentary debate on extending Germany's 4,500-strong mission in Afghanistan, that videos and a secret military report had clearly pointed to civilian casualties at the time the government and military was denying them.
Wednesday, November 25:
U.S. Policy on Honduras Puts Latin Ties at Risk, Brazilian Says
The United States risks souring relations with much of Latin America if it recognizes a presidential election in Honduras on Sunday, the foreign policy adviser to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil said. if Washington insists on recognizing the election, several countries will respond by seeking countermeasures in the Organization of American States.
Obama to Offer 17% Emissions-Cut Goal in Copenhagen
The White House's proposed emissions cut marks the first time the U.S. has offered a 2020 target in the international negotiations. The reduction will be “in the range of 17 percent,” Carol Browner, Obama's top adviser on energy and the environment, said today.
Judge Orders Algerian Released From Gitmo; But Detainee Is Not Going Anywhere
On Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Gladys Kessler ordered the release from Guantánamo of Farhi Saeed bin Mohammed, a 48-year old Algerian, after granting his habeas corpus petition. Her ruling has not yet been declassified, so the reasons for her decision are not yet clear, but it is significant that the ruling now brings to 31, 80% of those challenging. Of the 31 prisoners cleared in the last 13 months, 12 remain at Gitmo
Press Release:
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Expected To Announce Settlement Freeze
As part of the efforts to give momentum to the peace talks with the Palestinian Authority and advance Israel's comprehensive national interests, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will today (Wednesday), 25.11.09, ask the Security Cabinet to approve a ten-month suspension of new residential construction permits and new residential construction starts in Judea and Samaria.
Panel Asks How Britain Got Involved in Iraq War
By JOHN F. BURNS
Published: November 25, 2009
The inquiry, expected to last 18 months, has stirred political conflict, much of it over the plan to release the final report after British elections next year.
Tuesday, November 24:
Andy Worthington:
Judge Orders Release of Algerian from Guantánamo (But He's Not Going Anywhere)
The judge's ruling is still classified, but it seems probable that the ruling will refute the government's claims that its rag-bag of hearsay, innuendo, and snippets of intelligence is coherent enough to constitute real evidence. Why does Obama's Justice Dept continue to defend the fiction that the prisoners at Guantanamo represent a terrorist threat to Americans?
