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Scientists a step nearer to creating artificial life
New progress towards synthetic organism Hope of fuels, drugs and ways to fight pollution
James Randerson, science correspondent
The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/sep/06/2/print Thursday September 6 2007
To the untrained eye, the tiny, misshapen, fatty blobs on Giovanni Murtas’s microscope slide would not look very impressive. But when the Italian scientist saw their telltale green fluorescent glint he knew he (…)

Ron Paul: Iran Attack On Within A Year Presidential candidate says Neo-Cons waiting for right opportunity Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Presidential candidate Ron Paul believes that an attack on Iran is highly likely within a year and that the Bush administration is simply waiting for the right opportunity, or event on which to blame Iran, before launching the assault.
"If I were a betting man I would bet that they will attack Iran before the end of this (…)

Banks face 10-day debt timebomb
By Iain Dey, Sunday Telegraph
Last Updated: 12:47am BST 09/09/2007
Britain’s biggest banks could be forced to cough up as much as £70bn over the next 10 days, as the credit crisis that has seized the global financial system sparks a fresh wave of chaos.
Almost 20 per cent of the short-term money market loans issued by European banks are due to mature between September 11 and September 19. Senior bankers fear that they will have to refinance almost all (…)

By TODD LEWAN The Associated Press Saturday, September 8, 2007; 2:04 PM
When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved implanting microchips in humans, the manufacturer said it would save lives, letting doctors scan the tiny transponders to access patients’ medical records almost instantly. The FDA found "reasonable assurance" the device was safe, and a sub-agency even called it one of 2005’s top "innovative technologies."
But neither the company nor the regulators publicly (…)

The Last Redoubt By David Glenn Cox
Many people think of catastrophes as an exclamation point, a lightening bolt from out of the blue sky. The truth is usually that most cataclysms are a series of minor events unnoticed in their individual accounts but it is when the sums are totaled that we begin to see it before our eyes and shake our heads with disappointment in our own rekonings.
The liner Titanic was running full speed through an ice field despite warnings, it was a moonless night (…)

Langley jets grounded next week for safety review
HAMPTON, Va. — Langley Air Force Base will ground its jets next week.
The Air Force says the service’s Air Combat Command has ordered all jet fighters and bombers to remain grounded so airmen can review safety procedures and protocol.
Langley is home to three fighter squadrons, which fly the F-15 Eagle and F-22A Raptor.
Officials say the stand down next Friday was prompted by an August incident where a B-52 bomber was mistakenly (…)

by Ali al-Fadhily
Residents are fleeing Samarra city in the face of fierce fighting between U.S. forces and resistance groups.
New defiance is rising against U.S. forces following military “crimes”, fleeing residents say.
“On Sunday the 26th of August, there was fierce fighting between armed men and American forces in the Armooshiya district, and I saw Americans evacuate many of their soldiers by stretchers,” a man who fled Samarra for Baghdad, speaking on condition of anonymity, told (…)

A music video depicting the state of New Orleans 2 years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina : New Orleans "N.O. LOVE ( The Road Home )"
– http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=95XH7...
and hurricane katrina banned footage :
– http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtkuq...

by Ryan Lenz
New documents released Tuesday regarding crimes committed by U.S. soldiers against civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan detail a troubling pattern of troops failing to understand and follow the rules that govern interrogations and deadly actions.
The documents, released by the American Civil Liberties Union ahead of a lawsuit, total nearly 10,000 pages of courts-martial summaries, transcripts and military investigative reports about 22 incidents. They show repeated examples of (…)

Message original De : Netha. Date : 05/09/2007 21:58:33 A : destinataires inconnus:,
BRUXELLES LE 11 SEPTEMBRE RENDEZ-VOUS A BRUXELLES LE 11 square Luxembourg à 12 h puis direction Parlement
The demonstration goes ahead as planned
Details on the 11th September in Brussels:
Provisionally participants will commence from Luxembourg Square at 12.00 then proceed to Schumann Square in front of the European Parliament
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SIOE
THIS IS WHAT THE ANTI-SEMITE RACISTS HAVE PUT OUT TODAY. (…)