Friday, March 20, 2009

Obama wants you to pledge loyalty to him tomorrow
Don't answer the door.

House Passes Volunteerism Bill Critics Call Pricey, Forced Service
The civilian national security force is coming along.

Obama and Israeli Leader Make Taped Appeals to Iran

Exclusive: Treasury Officials Proposed Limiting Bonuses for AIG

President Obama Jokes About Being a Bad Bowler: 'It's Like the Special Olympics'

AFP: Obama to visit Turkey on April 6-7: Turkish PM
Alliance of Civilizations.

Gates plays down Russia, China threats
Of course.

Pentagon reshuffles key commanding posts


Goldman Has $4.4 Billion Collateral on $6 Billion AIG Exposure

San Francisco police make several arrests during anti-war protest

Nineveh, IN man held in ‘sexting’ case
Good name for the town.




France braced for riots on day of protests against Nicolas Sarkozy
Millions take to the streets of France in protest

Bomb damages Greek state agency; no injuries

DryShips Rises After Signing $630 Million Contract

'Infandous*' George Galloway banned from Canada on grounds of national security
HA ha! /Nelson

E.U. rejects U.S. stimulus stance in favor of welfare spending

Deported former Nazi guard a free man in Austria
News: Austrian justice ministry says can't prosecute 83-year-old Josias Kumpf who admitted to participating in 1943 massacre of 8,000 Jews, because he was younger than 20 at time of the crimes.
And they told the US that before we deported him there, but we did it anyway.

Romanian police arrest Pentagon hack suspect




Russia nuclear reach extends to Asia on Toshiba deal

Putin Warns Against Printing Money to Cover Deficit
Which makes them smarter than us.

Russia might postpone shelf projects

Gazprom Refused To Join Nabucco

Russia: S. Ossetia, Abkhazia independent




Azerbaijan Votes In Favor Of Lifting Presidential Term Limit
RFE/RL Journalists Report Fraud in Azerbaijani Referendum
No, really?

Deficit of cash in Tbilisi

Turkey plans new base on Black Sea following Russia-Georgia war

Talking ‘Turkey’ about genocide

Turkey, Syria cooperate on water front




US plans soon to ease ban on contacts with Iran

Report: Iranian defector tipped Syrian nuke plans

Iranian Blogger Dies in Prison


2 US Navy vessels collide in Strait of Hormuz

Lebanon's hopes for democracy

U.S. to aid in rescue of persecuted Yemen Jews

Saudi Arabia Religious Police Mistakenly Beat Up Married Couple


UAE pardons 329 prisoners, cancels their debt

U.S. exports to U.A.E. eclipse trade to Israel and Saudi Arabia


Syria's Assad to visit Jordan ahead of Arab summit

US: Airstrike in Iraq kills 11 insurgents




U.N. rights envoy sees Israeli war crimes in Gaza

6 Yrs Jail for Arab Restaurant Poison Attempt

Netanyahu Gets Extension; Peres Pressures Labor


Egypt denies it has already invited Netanyahu

Egypt may boycott peace treaty anniversary over Lieberman pick

Egypt intel chief meets Clinton

Egypt's OCI wins $258 mln power plant contract




$33 bln Libyan water scheme stirs debate

Libya in move to lure foreign banks


UN cites reports of govt links to Somalia pirates

Pirates seize Greek ship in waters near Somalia

Bin Laden urges Somalis to topple new president


Africa: Millions of dollars wasted on water

Congolese flee new Hutu attacks

Zimbabwe 'surviving on beer and cigarettes'




Afghanistan says Kabul strikes planned in Pakistan

Anger in Pakistan at US plan to expand drone attacks against Taliban and al-Qaida targets

Briton: Extremists in Pakistan a Key Target

Pakistan - Thousands protest police killing in IHK

India: Pakistan's Mumbai probe 'sketchy'

Media warned on Mumbai evidence

Peace returns to Rabodi after riot leaves 26 hurt - India

Bomb blast on railway track targeting Rajdhani express




Armed Police to rebuild earthquake-damaged school in Sichuan

China's factories get desperate as orders drop

China Mobile Posts 30% Earnings Rise in '08

China 'to step up naval patrols'

Chinese guard shot dead in attack

N Korea to restore army hotline to South

Malaysia govt agency to sell 100 mln rgt Islamic bond




Mexico captures son of leading Sinaloa drug lord

U.S., Mexico to talk arms in Cuernavaca

Gunmen Open Fire in Mexican Tourist Town, Wounding 3

Panama a “Meeting Spot” for Mexican, Colombian Narcos


Brazil - Vast Reserve Is Approved

Ecuador army plane hits Quito buildings, six dead


Venezuela Chavez to nationalize Santander bank unit

Venezuela Signs Energy Cooperation Agreement with Japan




Opec Cuts Start to Take a Bite Out of Global Oil Inventories

IBM Selects 200 New Global Leaders for the Corporate Service Corps to Tackle Socioeconomic Problems in Key Emerging Markets
Aaargh.

U.N. panel says world should ditch dollar
ACMETAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL!

The quest for a global solution is misguided
But it will continue.

Green investment solution to global crisis

London police fear violent protests at G-20 economic meeting

China may be obstacle to Gordon Brown's global G20 economy plan

Biometrics Play New Role In Passport Technology




200,000 affected by Namibia floods: UN

Zambia: Floods Devastate 15 Districts, Leave Many Homeless

Dike work started in Fargo to prepare for flood


YEMEN: Field teams to fight new locust infestation - official

Rain triggers surge in locust activity - Australia


Putnam, Alachua Fire Crews Battle 330-Acre Brush Fire - Jacksonville




Magnitude 4.9 - POTOSI, BOLIVIA

Magnitude 5.0 - KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA

Magnitude 4.8 - OFFSHORE COQUIMBO, CHILE

Magnitude 5.1 - NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA

Magnitude 5.1 - PAPUA, INDONESIA
Quake hits off Indonesia

Magnitude 5.1 - CRETE, GREECE
Moderate earthquake rattles Greek island of Crete

Magnitude 7.9 - TONGA REGION
Tsunami Warning Issued After 7.9 Magnitude Quake Hits South Pacific
Magnitude 5.3 - TONGA REGION
Magnitude 5.4 - TONGA REGION
Magnitude 5.0 - TONGA REGION
Magnitude 5.1 - TONGA REGION

VIDEO: Tonga Volcanic Eruption Now In Fourth Day
Pictured: The spectacular eruption of an underwater volcano in the South Pacific
'No living thing left' as Tonga volcano erupts

Tsunami 'trigger' spotted on Google Earth


Magnitude 1.5 - TENNESSEE
Magnitude 1.8 - SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI
Magnitude 2.0 - SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI
Magnitude 2.4 - ARKANSAS
But New Madrid is "winding down." HA!

Magnitude 5.1 - HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION

Magnitude 5.4 - FIJI REGION

Magnitude 5.0 - VANUATU

Magnitude 5.1 - SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION

Magnitude 5.0 - PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION

Scientists plan to drill into earthquake faultline for research
This can't end well.

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