Iraq invasion a success, Cheney says

As the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq neared, US Vice-President Dick Cheney declared that the US effort to install democracy a "successful endeavour" that has been "well worth the effort".

Anniversary ... how insane is that ...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada issued a statement saying Mr Cheney should instead "explain how his Administration intends to use its final months to find Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda's senior leadership — neither of whom are in Iraq."

Two US soldiers were killed on Monday when a bomb exploded on their vehicle north of Baghdad. The attack raised the number of US soldiers who have died in Iraq to at least 3990.

At least? They don't know?

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BLOGS, chatrooms and mobile phones have helped information about recent protests in Tibet to stream out faster than ever, but China is also harnessing technology - as well as fear - to stem the flow.

:-)

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I disagree with what you say but I defend to the death your right to say it.

Voltaire

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Link to this trailer

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www.zeitgeistmovie.com

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The Seat of The Soul

Link to this movie

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Faced with rising construction and labour costs, Gulf corporations are leading the call for currency reform.

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Sodium cyclamate has been banned in the US after certain lab findings suggested that the sweetener posed a cancer risk. Consumer advocates in Mexico strongly protested against the presence of this sweetener in the Mexican version of Coca-Cola Zero.

Now its Coca-Cola Below Zero, that sweetener is as dangerous as the first one...

Posted: 10:22:18 AM  

The paper draws attention to resource shortages in particular. EU-observer reports:

'Significant decreases [in crop yields] are expected to hit Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Saudi Arabia and thus affect stability in a vitally strategic region for Europe,' predicts the report, while 'water supply in Israel might fall by 60 percent over this century.'

The document also warns of major changes to landmass leading to territorial disputes, political radicalization in poorer regions of the world, and the effects that sea-level rises and increases in the frequency and intensity of natural disasters would have on port cities and oil refineries.

Just so you know, pass it on...

Posted: 10:10:14 AM  

Banks Face 'New World Order,' Consolidation-Report

Financial firms face a "new world order" after a weekend fire sale of Bear Stearns and the Federal Reserve's first emergency weekend meeting since 1979, research firm CreditSights said in a report on Monday.

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