H1N1 - Manitoba First Nations shipped body bags-Medical Supplies

In anticipation of an H1N1 outbreak later on this year, Health Canada has shipped medical supplies to First Nations reserves in Northern Manitoba.  Body bags were included as part of the  shipment to at...

LHC reserves verdict | Dr Aafia Siddiqui - The Prisoner 650

LAHORE – The Lahore High Court (LHC) has reserved its verdict in a petition filed against release of $ 2 million to three American lawyers for defending Dr Aafia Siddiqui in US courts, and taking her case to the International Court of Justice. On Monday, Deputy Attorney...

Bank Bail Out True Facts - Federal Reserve, Lehman Brothers Etc.

The stocks of manufacturers of Tar, Feathers, pitch forks, scythes, rope and high tree branches soared today on news that banks that failed and received Federal Bailout Money were stockholders of the US Federal...

Vet and Iraq War Resistor Faces 'Misconduct' Trial in St.Louis,MO

Exclusive Interview: Sgt.Matthis Chiroux -Veteran, war resistor, and outspoken critic of the both the Bush and Obama administrations Mid East and Central Asian Policy faces Military Hearing for "Misconduct" on...

Huge gas reserves discovered off Haifa

It was stated that this find will make Israel totally gas  independent and will help in the environmental efforts in Israel to be free of oil driven cars." Three massive gas reservoirs have been discovered 80 kilometers off the Haifa coast, at the Tamar prospect, Noble...

Freedom eludes Sobhraj as Nepal SC reserves verdict

Charles Gurmukh Sobhraj started his morning today with husge expectation in his cell in Kathmandu's Central Jail, awaiting a visit by his fiancée Nihita Biswas, who would tell him if he would walk out of...

Chavez: Russians drilling for gas

After the successful launching of a Chinese made Satellite yesterday, Venezuelan President announced today that a Russian enterprise to explore natural gas has just started. A Russian vessel with a drilling...

Cuba claims massive oil reserves

This is very good news for oil hungry humans , but the explopration of oil with the declining trend of oil prices along with weakening US economy is going to be very tough task.The Cuban economy...

Latin America and the financial crisis (a Cuban perspective)

" Nidia Díaz THE eruption of the global financial crisis, unprecedented since the time of the Great Depression of the 1930s, has occurred in the very heart of the capitalist system, in the center of the U.S....

Dems trying to Ban Oil Shale AGAIN

"Reid to Renew Oil Shale Ban, Deny Americans Vast Energy Resources During Economic Crisis 09/25/2008 - 12:46:53 PM We've just been alerted that despite House Democrats relenting on extending bans on offshore drilling and oil shale in the continuing resolution (CR)...

California revives program to buy water from farmers

California is reviving the dormant 17-year-old program to buy water from the Sacramento Valley farmers to then sell to the Southern California agencies. This is all due to the water reserves being all but gone,...

Russia investors flee after conflict

"Investors have pulled funds out of Russia at the fastest rate since the country's 1998 debt crisis, in the wake of the conflict with Georgia, official figures have shown.Official figures from the Central Bank of Russia showed yesterday that the country's foreign exchange...

Terry Macalister on the global resurgence of coal as an energy source

"The last couple of years has seen a massive swing towards king coal after decades when it looked doomed to be phased out, because of acid rain and then greenhouse gases, of which it is a huge emitter. Its use in US power stations alone is responsible for 1.5bn tonnes of CO2...

Bush lifts executive ban on offshore oil drilling

" President Bush lifted an executive order banning offshore oil drilling on Monday and urged Congress to follow suit. ...

Heady excitement damped by doubt

Benin's intro:  This is an excerpt from absolutely amazing  special report that the Financial Times has done on the current state of the Nigerian economy.  The report was very fairly balanced and...

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