Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Here they be, in some sorta order:


President Obama Does First Formal TV Interview as President with Al-Arabiya

Obama tells Arabic network US is 'not your enemy'

Obama tells Al Arabiya peace talks should resume --Their site, w/ transcript.
In his first interview since taking office, President Barack Obama told Arab satellite station Al Arabiya that Americans are not the enemy of the Muslim world and said Israel and the Palestinians should resume peace negotiations.

“My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy,” Obama told Al Arabiya’s Hisham Melhem in an interview broadcast Tuesday morning.

During the presidential election campaign last year, Obama vowed to improve U.S. ties with the Muslim world and after he won promised to give a speech in a Muslim capital in his first 100 days in office. The President repeated this pledge in the interview but did not give a time or specify the venue.



Obama says ready to talk to Iran



Interview - Obama's 'Window of Opportunity' for Improved Russia, EU Ties
Interviewee: Charles A. Kupchan, Senior Fellow for Europe Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Charles A. Kupchan, CFR senior fellow for Europe studies and a professor of international relations at Georgetown University, says that because of Obama's "popularity and the departure of President Bush," there is a "window of opportunity to improve relations between the United States and Russia and between the United States and the European Union." But on the contentious issue of the deployment of missile defense systems in Poland and the Czech Republic, which has riled the Russians, Kupchan thinks the Obama administration will not cancel the project. There will, however, "be a deliberation about when and how to deploy such a system, and that might involve moving at a slower timetable to ensure that the technology is ready," Kupchan says.


Art Lessons For Obama
So he can be like Putin! Yes, really.

Two Days After Instituting Ethics Rules, President Obama Waives them for Deputy Pentagon Secretary Nominee


Hot Air » Aww: House GOP swoons over Obama after stimulus meeting

Conformity’s Seduction by Mark Steyn

Anyone not rooted in the Word is gonna bow the knee to this guy.




Peter Schiff: Let the Housing Market Crash

Harley To Cut 1,100 Jobs, 640 in Milwaukee

Miserable Monday: More Than 40,000 Layoffs

Tax-cheat Geithner Sworn in as Treasury Secretary

Voestalpine eyes two railway buys in U.S. -paper

Man uncovers sensitive US military data on secondhand MP3

One month, 14 fires, one big arson investigation

Seven bodies found in home, reports say

9 die as winter storm slams much of U.S.

Recruited for Jihad?
Old news, but new article




Int'l Holocaust Day marred by 2-decade high in anti-Semitism

Hamas to Abbas: End talks with Israel

Netanyahu: I Won't Form an Extreme Right-Wing Gov't

Hamas offers year-long truce, opening of Gaza crossings

Livni: Israeli restraint in Gaza is over

Israel's Economy 'is in Better Shape Than Most'

Week-old Gaza cease-fire is breached

Get ready for internationalization

Israel: Foreign journalists are crybabies, fig leaves for Hamas

France asks Syria to help free Israeli soldier

IAF attacks Hamas tunnels under Philadelphi Corridor


Israel Antiquities Authority -
An 1,800 Year Old Marble Figurine in the Image of a Bearded Man, probably that of a Roman Boxer, was Discovered


Herod did not rest in peace
“The sarcophagus was found shattered all over the place. It seems it was taken from its place and was destroyed in a fit of rage,” Professor Ehud Netzer’s team report. “That, among other things, is what tells us it was the sarcophagus of Herod.”

Well done, unknown vandals!



Iran objects to Caspian seabed pipeline construction

Iran says Obama's first step to change should distance from Israel

Iran sees U.S. approach at next G5+1 meeting as test for change inpolicy

Taliban Use Radio to Terrorize Pakistan’s Swat Valley, NYT Says

Obama airstrikes kill 22 in Pakistan - Times Online

Pakistan Urges Obama to Halt Drones

Two suspected Pakistani militants shot dead in India

Riots break out in northern Lebanon prison

Central Asia Poised To Become The Atomic El Dorado

Kazakhstan signs agreement to supply uranium

Obama administration warns public to expect rise in US casualties

Kuwaiti firm forms ventures with Russia's Gazprom

Iran tests air-to-air missile

Iran criticizes Obama's theory of change as doubtful
Me too. For different reasons, though.

Iran to rebuild Palestinian parliament

Iran Objects to Potential EU Terror-List Removal of Mujahedeen

Gas pipeline blown up in Dera Bugti

India to face gas crisis if Iran, Turkmenistan gas pipeline is scrapped

Lebanon rivals adjourn tricky defence talks

Mitchell’s Firm Worked for Dubai Ruler in Jockey Case

IISS: Teheran could have nukes in '09

Egypt Blocks Iranian Ship at Suez Canal

Turkey's Akkok may invest up to $1 bln in energy -paper

Jordan-- Study estimates national railway cost at JD4 billion

Iran: Dispute over islands raises tension with UAE

UAE nuclear test for Obama's America

Pakistan cycle bomb 'kills five'
Bicycle bomb? Really? What next, skateboards?

Syria: Mikdad, Japanese Officials discuss Bilateral Relation

Syria ready for dialogue with U.S.: Assad

Pakistan should exploit US missile strikes, say analysts
Oy and *headdesk*

UAE's 'once in a lifetime' snow fall

Azerbaijan’s Energy Minister: Nabucco gas pipeline project is real

Suez terminal volume up
34%. In this economy. With the pirate threat.

Riots erupt in Bahrain over activist arrests

Greece to help Iraq cultural reconstruction

Obama: Lebanon, Syria, Iran and Israeli-Palestinian Peace are Interrelated

Turkey calls on Hamas to pick politics over arms

Turkey to send civilian forces to monitor Gaza

US pays $40,000 after 15 Afghans die in raid





Congo and Belgium renew relationship

DR Congo wary despite Nkunda arrest

With Leader Captured, Congo Rebel Force Is Dissolving
Sorta.

Russia to be more active in Africa - Sudan envoy

Robert Mugabe begs Libya, Iran, Russia and China to help Zimbabwe beat sanctions
If anyone can help him, it's these guys.

Congo warlord stands trial in child soldier case

EU nations increase sanctions against Zimbabwe

The Press Association: African leaders to discuss Zimbabwe

Worst-case cholera scenario getting worse

Zimbabwe Debates Using Dollar, Rand for Budget, Herald Reports

Zimbabwe parties 'agree timeline'

Deaths as thousands riot in Madagascar

US to hand over any suspected pirates to Kenya

Angola revenue could sink by 50 percent: World Bank

Red Sea Afar rebels attack Eritrean military camp

Tz, Rwanda, Burundi seal railway deal

Somali Islamists to rule by sharia law in Baidoa




Mining meltdown

UN debates global food cost rise

Google plans to make PCs history
Yeah, like internet has made tv and radio history?

IMF may revise global economic growth forecast

Pfizer buying Wyeth for $68 bln; companies to cut 19,000 jobs

Oil tumbles 9% as market looks to rising U.S. inventories
But prices keep climbing at the pump.




Gazprom in NIS takeover next week?

Anarchists clash with Greek police in Athens march

Refugees Break Out of Italian Camp, Protest Conditions

Be very worried - rioting's coming home--Britain

Spanish accuse Gibraltar of building on 'stolen land'


‘Soviet’ Britain swells amid the recession
PARTS of the United Kingdom have become so heavily dependent on government spending that the private sector is generating less than a third of the regional economy, a new analysis has found.

The study of “Soviet Britain” has found the government’s share of output and expenditure has now surged to more than 60% in some areas of England and over 70% elsewhere.


Iceland's commerce minister resigns
The whole government has collapsed. Frickin' ICELAND, not some crappy little banana republic most Americans have never heard of.

Europe to buy new butter mountain

15 die as storms wreak havoc in France and Spain

Protests as EU to strike Iran opposition from terror list

Putin Blames Bush for Ukraine Gas War, Is ‘Optimistic’ on Obama

Pipeline Breakdown Cuts Russian Gas Flow to Georgia, Armenia

Gas pipeline conference faces tough choices

Russia planning Abkhazia naval base

Greek farmers block more roads in growing protest

Economic tensions building in Europe

Imf delegation expected in romania on tuesday

Bulgarian bus hijacker surrenders

'They say we're too old to care for our grandchildren': Social workers hand brother and sister to gay men for adoption

Germany approves €50bn stimulus package





China dams reveal flaws in climate-change weapon

State Bank of India, ICICI Profits Advance on Bond Investments

Roubini’s Gloom Gets Traction in Panicky Tokyo: William Pesek

Nonfinancial firms may get bailouts As entire industries contract, Japan's own TARP takes form

Indian police arrest two Pricewaterhouse officials: reports

Brazil Expands Investment in Offshore Drilling Projects


The Story of India’s Satyam Computers Man: Lies Unlimited
Lies aside, Ramalinga Raju picked up several awards along his “spectacular” journey, including: the 2008 Golden Peacock Global Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance by the World Council for Corporate Governance of the UK, and Asia Business Leader Entrepreneur of the Year Award, 2007, by Ernst & Young.

Ironically, Satyam's internal audit team, which apparently did not do a good job over the years, was awarded a Recognition of Commitment award by the Institute of Internal Auditors from the US, in 2006.

In another stroke of irony, “Satyam” means “truth” in Sanskrit—though Raju didn’t consider himself beholden to live up to his company’s name.



Riot police called in as Australia Day celebrations turn ugly

Report: floods hit villages at foot of Mayon Volcano

Hundreds protest as govt oversees Pakistan charity

Drug-resistant malaria appearing in Cambodia





Cartels in Mexico's drug war get guns from US
Shock!

Riot injures 10 at Mexico youth detention center

Brazil’s Foreign Direct Investment Surged in December

Petrobras to pump $28bn into Brazilian pre-salt fields

Blame game as Mexico City trash piles up





Great Expectations For Davos 2009

Capacity turnout expected at crisis World Economic Forum meeting in Davos

Davos delegates gather to 'shape new world'

Davos confronted by peak of distrust

Putin to Seek New Economic Order at Davos



Global Taxes and Global TV Now on the Agenda

In addition to global taxes, "The Global Agenda 2009" report urges creation of a global television channel.

"Media has the capacity to connect the world, bridging cultures and peoples, and telling us who we are and what we mean to each other. The media can also ensure that no voice goes unheard," it says. "We believe that this new moment also calls for a new media platform, across all media channels, a global non-profit ‘CNN' providing a new form of independent journalism to inform, illuminate and deepen knowledge about issues that improve the state of the world."

The report doesn't explain how this new global TV channel will be financed. But global taxes cannot be ruled out.

Perhaps this new era of transparency and disclosure can start with disclosing details about media sponsorship and backing of the World Economic Forum and its plans for "global governance."




Can Islam Save The Economy?
Expect this to catch on.

World’s largest Islamic bank set to launch by June



Earthquake List for Map Centered at 47°N, 110°W Yellowstone
Rumble, rumble...

Magnitude 5.2 - PAPUA, INDONESIA

Magnitude 5.6 - KEPULAUAN BATU, INDONESIA

Magnitude 5.4 - KOMANDORSKIYE OSTROVA, RUSSIA REGION

Close call: weird asteroid skims Earth

Jan. 17, 2009, Scandinavian Fireball Sightings

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