Archive for November 6th, 2009

  • Not enough vaccines here?  “U.S. to donate 930,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine to Ukraine in early December”

    Not enough vaccines here? “U.S. to donate 930,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine to Ukraine in early December”

    The Kiyiv Times 11/6/09 “In an effort to stop the global spread of pandemic 2009 H1N1 influenza virus, the United States is planning to donate 10 percent of US domestic H1N1 vaccine supply, as it becomes available, to a WHO-led H1N1 vaccine initiative. The US...

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  • Emergency ministry sees no grounds for state of emergency

    Emergency ministry sees no grounds for state of emergency

    The Kyiv Post 11/6/09 The Emergencies Ministry sees no grounds to introduce a state of emergency in Ukraine due to the flu epidemic. “The situation at present is under control and predictable, and there is no need to announce a state of emergency,” the director...

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  • U.S. Unemployment Rate Hits 10.2%, Highest in 26 Years

    U.S. Unemployment Rate Hits 10.2%, Highest in 26 Years

    New York Times 11/6/09 By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ The United States economy shed 190,000 jobs in October, and the unemployment rate reached a 26-year high of 10.2 percent, up from 9.8 percent in September, the Department of Labor said Friday in its monthly economic appraisal....

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  • Truth, Human Dignity and the Goldstone Report

    Truth, Human Dignity and the Goldstone Report

    Information Clearing House 11/5/09 Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today (November 04, 2009) made the following statement on the House Floor about H. Res 867, which condemns the ‘Goldstone Report’ or the Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict: “Today we journey...

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  • Ft. Hood Massacre: Mass murderer vs. Terrorist vs. “American Muslim”

    Ft. Hood Massacre: Mass murderer vs. Terrorist vs. “American Muslim”

    SF Gate 11/6/09 By Michael Yaki The shocking, bloody, ambush of unarmed soldiers and innocent civilians, allegedly by Army Major Nidal Hasan is yet another horrific chapter in our nation’s history of mass murders. But it is how that chapter is currentely being written by...

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  • ExxonMobil-led consortium nets ‘supergiant’ Iraq oil field

    ExxonMobil-led consortium nets ‘supergiant’ Iraq oil field

    The Daily Star 11/6/09 BAGHDAD: An ExxonMobil-led consortium has beaten rival Russian, French and Chinese groups to bag initial rights to develop Iraq’s West Qurna field, the Oil Ministry said, adding momentum to Iraq’s bid to unlock its oil riches. With reserves of 8.7 billion barrels,...

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  • Pentagon Expected to Request More War Funding

    Pentagon Expected to Request More War Funding

    New York Times 11/4/09 By ELISABETH BUMILLER WASHINGTON — The nation’s top military officer said Wednesday that he expected the Pentagon to ask Congress in the next few months for emergency financing to support the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, even though President Obama has...

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  • Continued Saudi air attacks kill 40 Houthis

    Continued Saudi air attacks kill 40 Houthis

    Press TV 11/6/09 More than forty Yemeni Houthis fighters have been killed in the fresh Saudi Arabia’s air attacks on the northern Yemen fighters holding territory in the border region. The fighters were killed in the remote mountainous regions of Malahit and Maran in Saada...

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  • Student Stuns Iran By Criticizing Supreme Leader to His Face

    Student Stuns Iran By Criticizing Supreme Leader to His Face

    Mahmoud Vahidnia, Student, Stuns Iran By Criticizing Supreme Leader The Huffington Post 11/6/09 By SCHEHEREZADE FARAMARZI BEIRUT — An unassuming college math student has become an unlikely hero to many in Iran for daring to criticize the country’s most powerful man to his face. Mahmoud...

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  • Gordon Brown threatens to end Afghan mission unless corruption is tackled

    Gordon Brown threatens to end Afghan mission unless corruption is tackled

    Times Online 11/6/09 By Nico Hines Gordon Brown warned the Afghan government today that he will not continue to risk the lives of British troops to defend a corrupt regime. In a clear policy shift, the Prime Minister cautioned President Karzai that unless he quashes...

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