Daily Express
11/15/09
By Greg Miskiw
A DEADLY plague could sweep across Europe, doctors fear, after an outbreak of a virus in Ukraine plunged the country and its neighbours into a state of panic.
A cocktail of three flu viruses are reported to have mutated into a single pneumonic plague, which it is believed may be far more...
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Anti-War.com
11/16/09
By Jason Ditz
Despite insistences from US diplomat Glyn Davies only days ago that America was willing to give Iran “some space” while it made its decision on a draft third-party enrichment deal, the US is again threatening new sanctions against Iran if it doesn’t quickly approve the deal.
“Unfortunately, so far at least, Iran appears...
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Campaign for Liberty
11/16/09
By Sheldon Richman
Obama’s Betrayals
After President Obama announced he would fight the release of photographs showing American soldiers abusing “war on terror” detainees, Richard Haass, president of the quintessentially mainstream Council on Foreign Relations, said that Obama had learned the difference between campaigning and governing. He wasn’t being sarcastic.
It was said during the...
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ABC News
11/15/09
By Anne Barker
Palestinian leaders say they will ask the United Nations to endorse an independent state without Israel’s consent because of their frustration at the stalled peace process.
Palestinian leaders say they want formal recognition of an independent state based on the pre-1967 borders with Israel, which would give them Gaza, the West Bank,...
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Press TV
11/16/09
Despite reports of the UK’s plan for peace talks with the Taliban, Premier Gordon Brown defends Britain’s military involvement in the Afghan war, saying his country must play a full role in ‘changing the world’.
“I believe that Britain can and must play its full part in changing the world,” the British prime minister...
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WW4 Report
11/16/09
Colombia Nov. 14 deported four members of the Venezuelan National Guard who were allegedly detained on Colombian territory a day earlier. Bogotá says the men were stopped by a Colombian naval patrol in a boat on a river in the remote border department of Vichada. Colombia’s Administrative Security Department said the men were...
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9/11 Blogger/ABC News
11/16/09
“I am absolutely convinced that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be subject to the most exacting demands of justice,” President Obama said in Tokyo. “The American people will insist on it and my administration will insist on it.”
But what happens if KSM or any of the other 9/11 defendants the Obama administration is...
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The Telegraph/Reuters
11/16/09
“Someone had an interest in making a new high,” said Michael Kempinski, a trader at Commerzbank. “Technically it’s looking quite good now … quite bullish levels.”
“There is no bullish news that can give a reason for the move, so maybe someone is playing games and trying to protect their position,” he added. “$1,150...
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