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  • China Outpaces U.S. in Cleaner Coal-Fired Plants
    12 May 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    China Outpaces U.S. in Cleaner Coal-Fired Plants
    Published: May 10, 2009
    TIANJIN, China — China’s frenetic construction of coal-fired power plants has raised worries around the world about the effect on climate change. China now uses more coal than the United States, Europe and Japan combined, making it the world’s largest emitter of gases that are warming the planet.
    But largely missing in the hand-wringing is this: China has emerged in the past two years as the world’s leading (…)

  • US official Rose Gottemoeller calls for Israel to sign non-proliferation treaty
    12 May 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    US official Rose Gottemoeller calls for Israel to sign non-proliferation treaty
    Abraham Rabinovich, Jerusalem | May 08, 2009
    A CALL by a US official for Israel to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) has raised fears in Jerusalem that the Obama administration may be seeking to block the Iranian nuclear threat by sacrificing Israel’s reported nuclear arsenal.
    US Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller said this week: "Universal adherence to the NPT, including by India, (…)

  • The Caucasus — Washington Risks Nuclear War by Miscalculation
    11 May 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    The Caucasus — Washington Risks Nuclear War by Miscalculation
    By F. William Engdahl, 11 August 2008
    The dramatic military attack by the military of the Republic of Georgia on South Ossetia in the last days has brought the world one major step closer to the ultimate horror of the Cold War era—a thermonuclear war between Russia and the United States—by miscalculation. What is playing out in the Caucasus is being reported in US media in an alarmingly misleading light, making Moscow appear (…)

  • Croatian students demand right to free education
    11 May 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Croatian students demand right to free education
    By: slobodni filozofski on: 10.05.2009 1st press release in English and German
    PRESS RELEASE OF THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT INITIATIVE FOR THE RIGHT TO FREE EDUCATION
    At a moment when the right to education for all is being tacitly eliminated under the bureaucratic code of "participation", by an administrative decree and without prior public discussion, despite the fact that the right to education is recognized as the universal and (…)

  • Russia ’losing to China on Iran S-300 quest’
    10 May 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Russia ’losing to China on Iran S-300 quest’
    Sat, 09 May 2009 18:14:06 GMT
    Iran is reportedly seeking to buy a Chinese-made air defense system which is a variant of the Russian S-300.
    In its quest for an advanced air defense system, Iran has reportedly shifted its hopes from Russia to China which owns a replica of the controversial Russian S-300.
    As Iran’s quest for the advanced Russian-made S-300 air defense system is believed to have hit rock bottom, a report by RIA Novosti said (…)

  • Criminalizing Criticism of Israel
    7 May 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Criminalizing Criticism of Israel
    May 7, 2009
    On October 16, 2004, President George W. Bush signed the Israel Lobby’s bill, the Global Anti-Semitism Review Act. This legislation requires the US Department of State to monitor anti-semitism world wide.
    To monitor anti-semitism, it has to be defined. What is the definition? Basically, as defined by the Israel Lobby and Abe Foxman, it boils down to any criticism of Israel or Jews.
    Rahm Israel Emanuel hasn’t been mopping floors at the (…)

  • Israel brushes off call to sign nuclear arms pact
    6 May 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel brushed off Wednesday a U.S. call to sign the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, saying it saw no indication that the Obama administration wanted to revise the secrecy around the assumed Israeli atomic arsenal.
    "As far as we are concerned, there is no change to the close dialogue we have with Washington," Foreign Ministry spokesman Yossi Levy said in response to the call by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller on Israel to join the NPT.
    Levy’s (…)

  • UN demands access to secret Israeli ’torture’ jail
    5 May 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    The United Nations anti-torture committee has demanded access to an Israeli secret prison where torture is allegedly being practiced.
    The UN Committee Against Torture in Geneva prepared a document on Israel’s record on torture on Tuesday and called on Tel Aviv to release information on the alleged "Facility 1391" which is situated in an "undetermined location within Israel and which is not accessible to the International Committee of the Red Cross or detainees’ lawyers or relatives." (…)

  • Israel Faces a Hard Sell in Bid to Shift Policy- International Herald Tribune
    4 May 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Israel Faces a Hard Sell in Bid to Shift Policy
    By ETHAN BRONNER
    Published: May 3, 2009
    JERUSALEM — The new government of Israel is seeking to reorient the country’s foreign policy, arguing that to rely purely on the formulas of trading land for peace and promising a Palestinian state fails to grasp what it views as the deeper issues: Muslim rejection of a Jewish state and the rising hegemonic appetite of Iran. Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image Uriel Sinai/Getty Images
    Prime (…)

  • "Israel stands ready to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites " - TIMES
    4 May 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
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    From The Times April 18, 2009
    Israel stands ready to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites
    Sheera Frenkel in Jerusalem
    The Israeli military is preparing itself to launch a massive aerial assault on Iran’s nuclear facilities within days of being given the go-ahead by its new government.
    Among the steps taken to ready Israeli forces for what would be a risky raid requiring pinpoint aerial strikes are the acquisition of three Airborne Warning and Control (AWAC) aircraft and regional missions to (…)