Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Iran analysis: protest draws comparisons with 1979 revolution

Shots fired at huge Iran protest

Culture war erupts in Iran
When the shooting starts, it's not just a 'culture' war.

EU urges renewed nuclear dialogue after Iran vote

Iran's Disputed Election - The Big Picture
These images are incredible.

Hizbullah congratulates Iran's president on vote

Hatred, chaos and savage beatings in Tehran
He was surrounded and pleading for them to stop but six men with clubs, batons and metal rods kept battering a young Iranian man with ruthless force. The swing that keeps replaying in my head was the black baton that smashed the man in the skull behind his left ear.

In Tehran, a Rallying Cry: 'We Are the People of Iran'

Iranians Call on International Community to Declare Election Fraudulent

Iran bars foreign media from field reporting

Iran rules out full recount as protests build again

Iranians defy regime in second day of protests

Live: Iran in turmoil

Protesters: Hamas members helping Iran crush dissent
emonstrations continue amid reports of up to 20 people killed by security forces; Israeli officials: Khamenei won't unlikely to overturn vote.

Video: Iranian hardliners kill eight protesters as Tehran braces for more protests

Twitter, NTT America hold off maintenance to keep Iran channel clear

Foreign Policy In Focus | Ahmadinejad's Coup D'Etat

Meir Dagan: Iran will have a nuclear weapon by 2014
Mossad chief says supreme leader will make final call; election riots an internal affair, will die out.

I think they'll have the bomb much sooner than that. I can't guess on the riots.

Iran's President Visits Russia Despite Protests
Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad has defied mass protests against his reelection by visiting Russia for a summit where he baited the United States for being ensnared in an economic crisis.






Egypt: 'Netanyahu is ruining peace chances'
Mubarak slams PM's speech, says no Arab country can support demand Palestinians recognize Israel.

No Upgrade in Israel-EU Ties


Dispute holding up APC transfer to PA
A day after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu declared that Israel would accept the establishment of a demilitarized Palestinian state, The Jerusalem Post learned on Monday that the transfer of 50 armored personnel carriers from Jordan to the West Bank is being delayed by a disagreement on the installation of heavy machine guns.


Carter Wants Obama to Remove Hamas from Terror List

'Hamas foiled plot to assassinate Carter in Gaza'
Well, Hamas and Israel both. Guess who gets the gratitude.

Rightist MK warns: Demand for Palestinian demilitarization will fade

Barak to Russia: Halt military sales to Iran, Syria
Hahahaha.


Egypt, Syria increase pressure on Hamas to seal agreement with Fatah

Palestinians digging more graves on nat'l park land around Old City, activist says


Israel Absent at Joint Air Exercises Over Turkey
Israel has been left out of joint air force exercises over Turkey in which pilots from America, Britain, Turkey, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates are engaging in mock aerial battles. The Anatolian Eagle exercises, which began Monday near the central Turkish city of Konya, indicate a deepening cooperation between the allies.

Similar exercises held in November 2008 featured Israeli air force participation.


No Hezbollah veto in new Lebanon govt: Siniora

Hezbollah still holds sway in Lebanon

Iraqi Minister Blames Turkey for Drought


Nine foreigners kidnapped in Yemen
At least three foreigners, perhaps nine, are killed in Yemen
British experts fly to Yemen to hunt for kidnapped Briton


Turkish Army Fund Is Seeking Acquisitions in Europe

Turkey probes 'new anti-PM plot'

Saakashvili Offers Opposition Deputy Interior’s Post

War with Russia leaves Georgia struggling

Russia threatens to veto West's U.N. Georgia plan


Former official killed in Russia's North Caucasus


CSTO summit prepares documents on rapid-reaction force

Belarus boycotts summit in Russia dispute

Putin moves to heal Belarus rift
Ack. He's a healer, now?

Medvedev hails effectiveness of 'tandem' with Putin

Artist arrested by secret service after portraying Vladimir Putin as a woman
GAAAAAAAAAHH!!!!! My eyes, my eyes! it BURRRNNSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!

Slovenia Won't Sell Petrol to Gazprom
Slovenia is in trouble now.

Gazprom chief forecasts $85/bbl oil price at yearend
Isn't that what Goldman Sachs said already?

Gazprom delegation visits Turkmenistan

Demand for Arctic gas dries up
Haha! You wish. Vlad knows better.

Russia to Buy 17 Percent of Canada’s Uranium One
Uranium One announces it's buying 50 per cent interest in Kazakhstan mine.
Hmmmm...

Russia challenges dollar, China offers loans




Verbatim Text Of Statement By G8 Finance Ministers

Worst of global crisis not yet over: IMF chief
What happened to the green shoots? I was told there were green shoots!

Obama officials lobby lawmakers to approve IMF money
Senior Obama administration officials are lobbying Congress hard to approve $108 billion for the International Monetary Fund ahead of a vote expected this week, according to documents.
Chump change, these days.


Read this carefully:
Sarkozy says G20 must address issue of currencies
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday the G20 group of developed and emerging economies would have to address the issue of how currency exchange rates weigh on global economic competition.

In a speech to the International Labour Organisation, Sarkozy said: 'Given the distortions in global competition, currencies today are what are playing the most important role. In the future, the G20 will just have to address that issue.'


"how currency exchange rates weigh on global economic competition"

How do you get rid of the exchange rate? I think you know the answer to that.

Meanwhile, not so fast:

Russia, China, others urge diverse monetary system



Sarkozy urges regulation reform, WTO limits

French, Brazilian leaders urge sweeping reform

Russia, China back India for greater role at UN

G8 to discuss terrorism, nuclear proliferation: Italian FM



And the push is on!

World disaster toll faces new threat from global warning: Red Cross

World's megacities ripe for 'megadisaster': UN

World "sleepwalking" into disasters - UN aid chief

I got yer global warming right here, freaks.



Taliban leader captured in Afghanistan

23 insurgents killed in Afghanistan: US military


President of Turkmenistan reprimands three government officials

Turkmens launch $1.5 bln resort


India, Pakistan leaders may meet at Russia SCO summit

Raytheon eyes India as its next growth market


Pakistan, Tajikistan to expand cooperation in energy, trade

Polymetal Acquires Deposits in Kazakhstan



Taiwan likely to boost South China Sea presence

Teenage girl dug up to be 'corpse bride'
Culture of death x eleventy bazillion.


NKorea warns of nuclear war amid rising tensions

Biden: Important to enforce NKorean sanctions

100,000 Rally In North Korea To Protest UN Sanctions Action
Everyone else was too starved to hold up.

Sites for Possible N Korea Nuke Tests Found

Inside North Korea's Gulag

Pentagon: NKorea missiles could threaten US
But.. but... you said you could shoot them down?



UN ambassador named as new head of MI6

Moldova - Twitter activist goes into hiding

Sudan Opens $15 Million Ethanol Plant

US Revokes Citizenship of Eritrea tyrant’s top Right-hand Men

Wheat bins in Zimbabwe nearly empty

Two other LRA bosses killed in DR Congo

Zambia copper mines hit by national power blackout

Gunmen kill priest, 2 seminarians in Mexico

Mexico report: 9,758 migrants abducted in 6 months

States to be engine that drives high-speed railway

Palm Bay, FL - Anti-Semitic Symbols Spray Painted On Church
Anti-Christian, too. MFers hate everything of God.





U.S. to check Mexico-bound vehicles
"People traveling south across the border will see more license-plate scanners and more canine teams in place," Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said.

That's OUTGOING. You, dear citizen, will be searched as you leave.


Pentagon Calls Protests "Low-Level Terrorism"
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is asking the Pentagon to immediately remove a question on a test that equates protests with "low-level terrorism," according to a letter from the civil liberties group.

The test is part of a mandatory antiterrorism refresher course given annually to Department of Defense (DoD) "elements and personnel." One question included in the test asks the exam taker "Which of the following is an example of low-level terrorism activity?"

The exam taker is given four possible answers: "Attacking the Pentagon," "IEDs," "Hate crimes against racial groups," and "Protests." The correct answer, however, was protests.



LAPD used new tactics in Lakers celebration melee
The new strategy: Remove the rabble-rousers, push larger crowds into marginal areas and chase smaller groups until they disperse.

Coming soon to a "low-level terrorism activity" near you?


Federal Reserve to gain power under plan
The Federal Reserve, already arguably the most powerful agency in the U.S. government, will get sweeping new authority to regulate any company whose failure could endanger the U.S. economy and markets under the Obama administration's regulatory overhaul plan.

The final plan due to be released on Wednesday -- which originally aimed to streamline and consolidate banking and securities regulation in one or two agencies -- now is expected to sidestep most jurisdictional disputes and simply impose across the board standards to be applied by all financial regulators, according to administration and industry sources.

The most likely candidate for elimination is the Office of Thrift Supervision, whose failure to detect and forestall problems at Countrywide, IndyMac, Washington Mutual and other freewheeling mortgage lenders is thought to have contributed to the financial crisis.

ANY company. ANY.



Hospital stocks fall after Obama proposes cuts
Shares of hospital operators fell on Monday after U.S. President Barack Obama proposed more cuts to Medicare programs to pay for healthcare reforms.

President Obama's speech to American Medical Association
*hurl, retch, barf*

Obama's health care plan: Illegal or unethical
Privacy and VeriChip.

Why is Dennis Ross being ousted as Obama envoy to Iran?
Hmmm.

Sandor Got Obama’s Nod for Chicago-Style Climate Law



Michelle Malkin » ABC: The All Barack Channel
ABC News should be required to register as a federal lobbyist.

On June 24, Drudge reports, the network will broadcast from inside the White House to air a propaganda special for Obamacare.


White House Health Reform Communications Director is Former ABC News Correspondent
Say, you don't think there's a connection, do you?


Hot Air » Video: Obama whines about Fox News, kills fly
In which The One celebrates getting his very own health-care infomercial in primetime on broadcast TV by arguing that Fox News’s criticism proves the media isn’t biased in his favor. “I’ve got one television station that is entirely devoted to attacking my administration,” he says, neglecting to mention that he’s also got one entirely devoted to praising it and a bunch of others perpetually softballing him in the guise of objectivity.





Qingdao raises alert level to fight algae bloom

A 'time bomb' for world wheat crop

China: Hail storm kills 14, thousands homeless
China storm leaves many homeless

Freak Beijing storm turns day into night
Check out the picture!

Meteor shower sparks emergency calls - UK

Dust storm hits Kuwait oil exports, air traffic

India - 21 feared killed in dust storms in state

UK - Clear-up after heavy summer storm
Looks like the stuff in NJ (below).

US:

Lightning strikes police station, knocks out tornado sirens

Storms spawn tornadoes near Ft. Collins, Elizabeth

Midwest storms cause flooding, spawn 2 tornadoes

Heavy rain brings back flooding problems to ND

Missouri - Cleanup Begins After Hurricane-Force Winds

Reported Tornadoes and Tornado Damage Strike Southwest Kansas

Storm damage reports - Charlotte, NC

power outages - Google News

Kansas - Storm Pelts Small Town With Baseball-Size Hail

Summer hail storm hits NJ
The Garden State was pelted with a hailstorm on Monday, blanketing the area in the snowy substance in a weather anomaly described by residents as "like a blizzard.

S. Oregon reservoir hit again by algae bloom




Magnitude 5.1 - SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION

Magnitude 5.4 - NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION

Magnitude 5.4 - CENTRAL PERU

Two quakes felt in Macedonia, one- in Greece: EMSC

Pacific volcano blows top, grounds flights
The Great Beyond: Volcano ash flies high (picture)
Kuril Islands.

Costa Rica issues alert Level 3 as Arenal Volcano spews vapor

Magnitude 4.8 - OFFSHORE HONDURAS
Strong Quake Rattles Honduras

Magnitude 4.8 - MATO GROSSO DO SUL, BRAZIL

Magnitude 5.1 - SEA OF OKHOTSK

Magnitude 4.5 - POTOSI, BOLIVIA

Magnitude 2.1 - ARKANSAS

Magnitude 3.9 - OFF THE COAST OF OREGON

Magnitude 5.0 - BANDA SEA

Magnitude 6.1 - BOUVET ISLAND REGION

Magnitude 2.8 - OKLAHOMA
2 small earthquakes in 3 days in Lincoln County

WA: South Whidbey fault has potential for major quake
EVERETT -- The South Whidbey Island Fault is connected to a system of powerful earthquake fault lines stretching from Victoria, B.C., to Yakima that is capable of unleashing a devastating 7.5-magnitude earthquake.

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