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In Fox News America trusts, poll says (plus 59 more items)

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In Fox News America trusts, poll says

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 08:18 AM PST

A recent poll suggests Fox News, the relentlessly rightwing channel with an aggressive commercial strategy, is the most trusted news channel in the United States.

Almost half of 1,151 registered voters in the Public Policy Polling survey said they trusted Fox News' motto, "Fair & Balanced."

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Zelaya leaves Honduras as Lobo takes over

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 08:12 AM PST

The ousted Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya has left the country after months of political turmoil that led to the disputed election of new President Porfirio Lobo.

Zelaya went into exile in the Dominican Republic on Wednesday after a deal with Dominican President Leonel Fernandez who agreed to help bring about 'reconciliation' between opposition parties in Honduras.

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Russia maintains stance on Iran arms deal

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 08:09 AM PST

Russian arms-export giant Rosoboronexport said Thursday it would not drop its arms deal to sell the sophisticated S-300 anti-aircraft system to Iran.

"I just don't quite understand why supplies of the S-300 system to Iran trouble you so much," the head of Rosoboronexport, Anatoly Isaikin, told reporters at a news conference on Thursday.

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Qaddafi son links Germany to Israel war crimes

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 07:58 AM PST

Libyan Leader Muammar Qaddafi's son leveled criticism against Germany's military aid to Israel, accusing the European power of complicity in war crimes committed in Gaza.

In a letter to Chancellor Angela Merkel, Muammar Qaddafi's eldest son, Saif al-Islam, urged the German leader to clarify her position on Germany's alleged free military aid to Israel.

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US treasury secretary defends AIG bailout

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 07:49 AM PST

US Treasury Secretary defends the bailout of American International Group Inc. (AIG), saying he takes "full responsibility" for his decisions.

Timothy Geithner has come under fire, especially from US lawmakers, for his role in a rescue that has resulted in taxpayers owning 80% of AIG.

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Villepin awaits verdict with 'serenity'

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 07:48 AM PST

A Paris court is set to deliver its verdict in the trial of former prime minister Dominique de Villepin for his alleged attempts to smear President Nicolas Sarkozy.

The former premier is accused of trying to manipulate a 2004 corruption investigation in order to reduce Sarkozy's chance for winning 2007 presidential election.

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Apple unveils new tablet reader: iPad

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 07:45 AM PST

After weeks of speculation, Apple's chief executive unveiled the iPad, a touchscreen tablet e-book reader device that aims to challenge Amazon's Kindle.

Steve Jobs took the stage at an event in San Francisco on Wednesday to show off the 9.7-inch black touchscreen device.

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Obama plans to double exports in five years

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 07:39 AM PST

The US President pledges to double exports over the next five years to help create jobs, announcing new export goals during his State of the Union Address.

"We will double our exports over the next five years, an increase that will support 2 million jobs in America," Obama said Wednesday during his first State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress.

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Obama warns Iran of 'growing consequences'

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 07:11 AM PST

In his first State of Union address to Congress, US President Barack Obama warned Iran that it will face "growing consequences" over its nuclear work if ignores its "obligations."

He used his address to Congress on Wednesday to show how he intends to govern in the next three years. He also delivered a warning to Iran.

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Udinese ousts AC Milan from Italian Cup

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 07:03 AM PST

Serie A struggler Udinese has eliminated giants AC Milan from the Italian Cup quarterfinals with a 1-0 victory at San Siro.

Switzerland's Gokhan Inler scored the only goal of the game 11 minutes into the second half on Wednesday night.

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North Korea detains American for 'trespassing'

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 02:59 AM PST

North Korea said Thursday it detained an American citizen after he illegally entered the country from China, becoming the second such case in a month.

The North's official news agency, KCNA, said the man was detained Monday and is being interrogated, without giving further details.

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UK says no need to downgrade Iran ties

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 02:43 AM PST

As Iranian lawmakers push for a bill to downgrade ties with London, Britain's envoy to Tehran said in an interview that his country is not happy with the proposal.

Iran has blamed the UK, amongst other Western countries, for the unrest that erupted after the June presidential election. It has also accused London of interfering in the country's internal affairs.

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United tromps City 3-1, moves to Carling Cup final

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 02:23 AM PST

Manchester United has reached English soccer's Carling Cup final after securing a 3-1 victory over rivals Manchester City at Old Trafford.

Veteran midfielder Paul Scholes put the Red Devils ahead seven minutes into the second half by firing a shot into the bottom corner of the net on Wednesday night.

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Pakistan violence claims 3 children

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 11:40 PM PST

At least three children have been killed and thirteen other people injured in bomb explosions in the north and south of violence-hit Pakistan.

According to police officials, a bomb planted near a house in Dir district in northwestern Pakistan exploded when children playing nearby tried to open the explosive device, the Press TV correspondent reported late on Wednesday.

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State of the Union, So What?

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 11:03 PM PST

Healthcare, jobs, security. All issues President Obama vowed to tackle during his first term and all topics that he is expected to talk about in his first State of the Union address. We visit with RT contributor Lucy Kafanov for a preview of what we can expect in the speech

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Fate of Zardari case in hand of Parliament

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 11:01 PM PST

The Pakistani government will be ready to go on with legal steps against President Asif Ali Zardari if Parliament decides to withdraw his immunity, the Prime Minister says.

"The government is working on the resumption of corruption cases in Swiss courts as per Supreme Court's judgment, but the President enjoys the immunity under the Constitution and it will be intact until the Parliament wants it to remain there," Yousuf Raza Gilani told Parliament on Wednesday, the Press TV correspondent reported.

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'US not objecting Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline deal'

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 10:31 PM PST

Pakistani Federal Minister for Petroleum Naveed Qamar has declared that the US has no objection to an agreement between Iran and Pakistan to build a natural gas pipeline.

The minister told reporters on Wednesday that a technical agreement between Iran and Pakistan would be signed before February 15 when a gas deal between the two countries would expire, Pakistan's Dawn newspaper reported on Thursday.

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Afghan forces needs 5 years to take over security

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 10:21 PM PST

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai says Afghan forces need five years to take over the country's security affairs.

"We will be trying our very best to be ready to defend the major part of our country from two to three years and when we reach the five-year end point, that's when we would be leading," Karzai said on Wednesday at a meeting with students in London ahead of a 60-nation conference on the war-torn country.

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US favors return of ex-Ba'athists to power

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 09:18 PM PST

A senior Iraqi politician has warned that Washington supports the return of former Ba'ath party members to power in a bid to bolster security arrangements with Israel.

Iraq's Justice and Accountability Commission Leader, Ahmed Chalabi told Press TV that the US tries to involve Iraq in its political security order in the region through the return of Ba'athists to power.

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Tired of Low Quality?

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 09:16 PM PST

mister3Are you not tired of paying top dollar for an item and seeing it fall apart after a few years? I certainly am. My philosophy as a (reluctant) consumer has always been to spend a little more and purchase a high-quality item, rather than pinch my pennies and purchase whatever will do the job, and purchase it again and again, each time it breaks, ad infinitum. As time has passed, however, I have found myself increasingly disappointed with my purchases, for even top-of-the-line manufactured products have come to be built with increasingly flimsy materials. Close examination of even a supposedly industrial-strength kitchen appliance, for example, such as a Dualit toaster or a KitchenAid mixer, reveals, invariably, one key weak link: a key component made out of plastic, which, defying all the steel around it, has been designed to consign the entire device to the junk yard by breaking after a few hundred hours. As time has passed, therefore, I have come to find the shops are, in fact, replete with junk, and have turned, accordingly, to the antiques market in search for quality.

 

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Bangladesh hangs Mujib killers

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 09:04 PM PST

Five former Bangladeshi soldiers have been executed for the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the country's independence leader and first president, in a military coup over three decades ago.

The former military officers were hanged on Wednesday, legal and government officials told reporters outside Dhaka's central prison as soon as the executions were carried out.

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American Secondary Teachers

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 08:35 PM PST

DANCING PINHEADSI have been inspired over the last several months by many of the critiques of different aspects of modern society put forth by Alex Kurtagic. The sardonic yet brutally honest way in which he tackles airport security, telephone technical assistance, television—and in his novel Mister, virtually everything comprising modern democratic civilization—corresponds to the way I think every minute of every day about the things around me. This inspiration, coupled with realizations gleaned from my daily routine, produced my article "American Secondary Schoolers" in which I explained the utter hopelessness of today's middle and high school students. Recent developments have encouraged me to put those students' counterparts in my cross hairs: American educators.

 

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Merkel avoids giving pull-out date for Afghanistan

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 08:04 PM PST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says it was dangerous to give a withdrawal date for foreign troops in Afghanistan, after talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai

"I think it would be wrong to name a concrete withdrawal date, because we cannot predict what will happen and because we don't want to give an excuse to the Taliban to go quiet before launching a large attack (once foreign forces have left)," Merkel said on Wednesday.

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Obama vows to focus on jobs

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 07:58 PM PST

Barack Obama has vowed that jobs will be his administration's "number one focus in 2010".

In his first state of the union address in Washington DC on Wednesday, the US president admitted that "change has not come fast enough" for many Americans who are frustrated and angry.

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'Iran ready to sign regional security agreements'

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 07:40 PM PST

A senior Iranian lawmaker has voiced Iran's readiness to get engaged in close security cooperation with other countries in the Middle East.

"Expansion of ties with the neighboring countries is the strategic policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran and we, in Majlis, voice our support for further expansion of ties with Kuwait," Alaeddin Broujerdi, the head of Iran's Parliament Commission on National Security and Foreign Policy said.

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Yemen conference fails to achieve much

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 07:35 PM PST

An international conference has been held in London to discuss a solution to the Yemen crisis amid ongoing tension in the country.

The conference was attended by the foreign ministers of six Persian Gulf littoral countries - Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates - as well as 20 other countries.

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Saying no to Israel is saying no to racism

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 07:30 PM PST

Israeli soldier pointing his gun at a Palestinian childThe Israeli news website Ynet reported on 25 January: "Peres in Berlin, Netanyahu in Auschwitz, Lieberman in Budapest and Edelstein at the UN headquarters in New York all plan to attack the Goldstone report into the Gaza war on international Holocaust day."

Israel's political echelon will again try to divert attention from the fact that Israel's own crimes are beyond comparison.

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Targeting the traitors

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 07:07 PM PST

The Obama administration has carried over a policy of President Bush that allows US citizens to be murdered if they join a terrorism group. RT contributor Wayne Madsen discusses whether or not this is a good idea

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Sri Lanka opposition cries foul

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 06:27 PM PST

Mahinda Rajapaksa's re-election as Sri Lankan president has been rejected by his main rival amid accusations of abuse of power and the resignation of the country's electoral commissioner.

An expected tight race between the two architects of the defeat of Tamil Tiger separatists last year did not materialise as Rajapaksa won 57.8 per cent of the 10.4 million votes cast against 40.2 per cent for General Sarath Fonseka, the opposition candidate.

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Iran to offer solutions for global economic crisis

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 06:26 PM PST

Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki will declare the country's initiatives for solving the global economic crisis, the foreign ministry spokesman says.

Ramin Mehman-Parast said on Wednesday that Mottaki will present Iran's initiatives during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum that will be held in Davos on January 27-31.

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Obama addresses 'deficit of trust'

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 06:17 PM PST

Barack Obama is set to outline his plans to spur the country's economy and put more Americans back to work as he delivers his state of the union address.

In the nationally televised speech to both houses of the US congress on Wednesday, the US president Obama is also expected to call for the opposition Republicans to work with his Democratic party "to overcome the numbing weight of our politics" in addressing the people's needs.

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Dpa confirms arrest of German embassy staffers

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 06:11 PM PST

Two German nationals who have been arrested in Iran in connection with the post-election unrest in the country were police officers who worked at the embassy, German news agency dpa has confirmed.

Iran's Intelligence Ministry on Wednesday declared that it has found evidence that German diplomats played a role in last month's "counterrevolutionary riots" in Tehran.

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Girl found in Haiti quake rubble

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 06:09 PM PST

French rescuers have pulled a teenage girl out of the rubble of a school in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, 15 days after an earthquake devastated the city.

Darlene Etienne had just started studying at the school when the disaster struck.

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Obama to address 'deficit of trust'

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 06:03 PM PST

Barack Obama is set to outline his plans to spur the country's economy and put more Americans back to work as he delivers his state of the union address.

In the nationally televised speech to both houses of the US congress on Wednesday, the US president Obama is also expected to call for the opposition Republicans to work with his Democratic party "to overcome the numbing weight of our politics" in addressing the people's needs.

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Saudis claim victory over Houthis

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 05:47 PM PST

Saudi Arabia has claimed victory over Yemeni Shia fighters after the Houthi leader offered a truce to avoid more civilian casualties in northern Yemen.

"We achieved a clear victory," Saudi Assistant Minister of Defense Prince Khaled bin Sultan said a day after Abdul Malik al-Houthi posted a message on internet and offered a ceasefire with the Kingdome, Routers reported.

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Zelaya leaves Honduras for exile

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 04:41 PM PST

Manuel Zelaya, the deposed Honduran president, has left his country for exile in the Dominican Republic, ending a standoff with those who overthrew him.

After being holed up in the Brazilian embassy for fourth months, Zelaya flew out of the capital Tegucigalpa on Wednesday on board the jet of Leonel Fernandez, the Dominican president, who has agreed to take him under a deal to promote reconciliation in Honduras.

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US backs Taliban reintegration: Holbrooke

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 04:25 PM PST

US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke says Washington will back the Taliban reintegration plan at an upcoming meeting on Afghanistan.

Holbrooke told a news briefing in London on Wednesday that the Afghan president will outline a plan to convince Taliban members to give up their fight against foreign forces.

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Iran not to attend Afghan confab in London

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 04:17 PM PST

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday that Tehran will not attend the Afghanistan conference in London.

Ramin Mehman-Parast cited several reasons behind Iran's absence in the conference.

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7 killed, 2,500 stuck in Peru mudslide

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 04:08 PM PST

Heavy rains accompanied by mudslide have killed seven people while trapping more than 2,500 tourists, who were visiting the renowned Machu Picchu ruins in Peru.

According to emergency services by late Tuesday, the rescue team managed to airlift 125 foreign tourists from the historic site to safer places, leaving back many others in frustration and distress.

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Turkey army chief dismisses coup plot allegations

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 03:56 PM PST

Chief of Turkish General Staff Gen. Ilker Basbug has dismissed allegation of a military plan to overthrow the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party).

Gen. Ilker Basbug delivered a televised address in Ankara on Monday during which he warned that the military's patience over a stream of allegations level against it had limits.

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Ethiopian plane's black boxes found

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 03:40 PM PST

Search teams have located the black boxes from an Ethiopian aircraft that crashed off the Lebanese coast on Monday.

A Lebanese army officer said the flight recorders' signals had been detected and they appeared to be at a depth of about 1,300 metres and about 10km from Beirut's seaside airport.

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Militiaman: We have to protect ourselves against tyranny

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 02:57 PM PST

Anti-government militiamen are up in arms about the arrest of july4patriot Charles Dyer. What are some of the other problems they have with the government? And how do they feel about those who agree with their mission but aren't interested in going along with their methodology?

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Bloomberg for president?

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 02:15 PM PST

Now that Howard Wolfson has joined New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's staff, the New York press has been abuzz with rumors that Bloomberg may be laying the groundwork for a presidential bid. Are there any truth to those rumors? rt's Marina Portnaya investigates.

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Congressman Inc.?

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 01:49 PM PST

Does the recent Supreme Court ruling removing limits on corporate contributions to political campaign mean that corporations can actually run for Congress? Murray Hill, Inc. believe it does. This group has filed paperwork to run for Congress in Maryland, taking a stand to show how little people really matter in politics.

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Divide and Conquer

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 01:38 PM PST

Speaking over cups of tea and the sound of gunfire earlier this month, Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai, advisor to the Afghan president on domestic security, walked reporters through details of the government's new strategy to reintegrate the Taliban. The rationale is simple: All but a small sliver of the Taliban's support would disappear if the government provided better security, safety nets, and jobs. Through a combination of economic and security guarantees, explained Stanekzai, the government plans to entice lower and midlevel Taliban fighters to lay down their arms.

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American people misled about financial situation

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 01:38 PM PST

US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner faced tough questions from Congress today on the ongoing investigation into aig's bailout funds. Some have called for Geithner's resignation, but most believe he will stay on. New Mexico congressional candidate Adam Kokesh says that without the bailout, some firms would failed, but the potential consequences of such a move have been blown out of proportion.

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Alex Jones: You Gotta Hard On for Me

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 01:20 PM PST

Alex Jones bombards the Texans for Accountable Governments APD protest obnoxiously and tell Liberty Restoration Projects Exec Dir. Catherine Bleish, "You Gotta Hard On for Me".

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Sri Lanka votes in President Rajapaksa

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 12:53 PM PST

Mahinda Rajapaksa is celebrating a convincing victory in the country's presidential election. Polls show he beat his rival, the former army general, Sarath Fonseka, by almost twenty per cent. But Fonseka has rejected the result, and troops have been deployed on the streets of the capital, Colombo. Mike Hanna reports.

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Brethren Church Leader Deported from Israel

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 12:50 PM PST

In early January 2010, On Earth Peace, an agency of the Church of the Brethren reported that the executive director Bob Gross was detained and deported by Israeli authorities when he arrived at the Tel Aviv airport as part of a Christian peacemaking delegation meant to build connections with Israelis and Palestinians who are working for a non-violent resolution to their conflict.

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A World Without Bernanke

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 12:00 PM PST

On Thursday, the U.S. Senate expects to vote on whether to approve Ben Bernanke for a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve. President Barack Obama strongly backs the Bush appointee, the architect of the Fed's dramatic trillion-dollar expansion in the wake of the financial crisis. But some members of Congress haven't been so supportive. A strange-bedfellows coalition of senators -- everyone from social democrat Bernie Sanders to archconservative Jim DeMint, with heavyweights Barbara Boxer and John McCain in between -- has said no to Ben. At last count, not enough senators had agreed to vote for Bernanke, raising the question: If not him, then who?

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Jewish Vampirism and the 'Sweet Savour' of Goy Organs

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 11:51 AM PST

Christopher Jon Bjerknes

In my blog articles, I have explained that Jesus offered the sacraments of drinking his blood and eating his flesh as a means for his followers to consume the Jewish god and thereby become the Jewish god and obtain immortality. A reader of my blog suggested that Jews in turn drink Christian blood to obtain this sacrament by proxy. I know of no better explanation for "blood libel".

Jews are forbidden to consume blood because they believe the soul of the animal transfers to those who drink its blood, which beliefs explain why Jesus offered up his blood as the means to salvation. Soon after the Jews murdered Jesus, the Temple was destroyed, thereby bringing to an end the Jewish ritual sacrifice of most animals, as described and prescribed in the Old Testament, in the Book of Leviticus, chapters 1-7, where we learn that the Jews drip the blood of their sacrificed animals on the alter of their Jewish god, and that they preserve the organs of the animals as an offering to the Jewish god, one of "sweet savour" to be burned. Note that the Jews are reluctant to burn money.

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Sarkozy backs financial regulation

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 11:51 AM PST

Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, has criticised unrestrained free-market capitalism and "indecent" pay for finance executives at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Sarkozy, giving the keynote address on Wednesday, backed Barack Obama, the US president, in his plans to clampdown on banks and described how free-market capitalism caused the financial crisis of the past two years.

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Apple unveils the 'iPad'

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 11:38 AM PST

Steve Jobs, Apple Inc's chief executive, has unveiled the most anticipated Apple product for years - the "iPad" tablet.

The device launched at an Apple Special Event in San Francisco on Wednesday,
aims to define a new category of wireless device that will play video, games, music, and offer the new ability to read "iBooks".

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Lobo sworn-in as Honduras president

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 11:38 AM PST

Porfirio Lobo has been sworn in as the new president of Honduras following months of political turmoil after Manuel Zelaya, the former president, was ousted in a military-backed coup.

"I pledge to be faithful to the republic and ensure its laws are enforced," Lobo said at a ceremony attended by foreign dignitaries on Wednesday.

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Sri Lanka president re-elected

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 10:06 AM PST

Mahinda Rajapaksa, the incumbent Sri Lankan president, has been re-elected, the election commission says.

The elections commissioner said on Wednesday that Rajapakse had secured 57.9 per cent of the vote, while his rival, Sarath Fonseka, won 40.1 per cent.

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Geithner Told To Quit After E Mails Reveal Involvement In AIG Cover-up

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 09:44 AM PST

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's denial that he played any role in the AIG cover-up is contradicted by emails which confirm that both Geithner and the New York Federal Reserve were both intimately involved in keeping details about payments to banks including Goldman Sachs from the public.

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How surrendering Palestinian rights became the language of "peace"

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 08:56 AM PST

The 1993 Oslo agreement did not only usher in a new era of Palestinian-Israeli relations but has had a much more lasting effect in transforming the very language through which these relations have been governed internationally and the way the Palestinian leadership viewed them. Not only was the Palestinian vocabulary of liberation, end of colonialism, resistance, fighting racism, ending Israeli violence and theft of the land, independence, the right of return, justice and international law supplanted by new terms like negotiations, agreements, compromise, pragmatism, security assurances, moderation and recognition, all of which had been part of Israel's vocabulary before Oslo and remain so, but also Oslo instituted itself as the language of peace that ipso facto delegitimizes any attempt to resist it as one that supports war, and dismisses all opponents of its surrender of Palestinian rights as opponents of peace. Making the language of surrender of rights the language of peace has also been part of Israel's strategy before and after Oslo, and is also the language of US imperial power, in which Arabs and Muslims were instructed by US President Barack Obama in his speech in Cairo last June.

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Secret talks held over Taliban 'integration'

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 08:07 AM PST

It's a controversial idea that some say is the only way to bring peace to Afghanistan ... How to convince members of the Taliban to put down their guns, and bring them into the political fold. Al Jazeera has learned that secret talks have been held, and an ambitious plan is underway to get fighters lay down their arms, in return for money and jobs. David Chater has this exclusive report.

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Stratfor's Global Forecast: Myopia or Neoconservative Manipulation?

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 07:52 AM PST

The U.S. military elite once identified with the historical American nation and saw its mission as defending it in addition to defending the state that the nation had created (see Kevin MacDonald's review of Joseph Bendersky [2000], The 'Jewish Threat'. Anti-Semitic Politics of the U.S. Army). The military was realistic about minority interests.

Times have changed. Now the Department of Defense is one of the most politically correct institutions in the United States, proactively subservient to minority interests. Cadets at West Point are served up much the same distorted social science as civilian students. There is a close working relationship with America's "ally" Israel. Much of the neoconservative effort to manipulate the U.S. into the Iraq quagmire came from DoD under the administration of G. W. Bush and his Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

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Stalin's Complicity in 'Operation Barbarossa'

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 07:23 AM PST

stalin clownStalin's inaction despite foreknowledge of  "Operation Barbarossa", Hitler's 1941 invasion of Russia, is one of the great mysteries of World War Two.

Like the improbable Dunkirk, where Hitler allowed the evacuation of 330,000 Allied soldiers, the explanation lies in the collusion of the wartime leaders: Hitler, Churchill, FDR and Stalin.

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