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OREO 06 23 08
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Newsstories of interest:
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** = Important [in this edition: 1 ]
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MH = Misleading Headline [in this edition: ]
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1 DISORDER
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** At Odds With Air Force, Army Adds Its Own Aviation Unit
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/washington/22military.html?pagewanted=all
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Pentagon press secretary says Gates says:
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"We need to pay attention to anything that works."
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"The Army is asking for money to create a similar unit in
Afghanistan within the next six months."
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See OREO 06 07 08 | DISORDER | __SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS__ | **
"Gates ousts Air Force leaders in historic shake-up"
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http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/O-r-e-o/message/430
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At the end of my extended comment on this news, I wrote:
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"The air force as a separate armed service should be abol-
ished.
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Fuel is becoming way too expensive to be wasted on screw-
ups."
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Surging prices may force more people from homes: [UN High
Commissioner for Refugees]
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080620/ts_afp/unrefugeesinflation_080620205718
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"In some countries, efforts to control illegal migration
are failing to make a proper distinction between those
who choose to move and those who are forced to flee be-
cause of persecution and violence."
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Some countries? EU-parasitism countries.
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__WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION REDIVIVUS__
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Billions more needed to secure US embassies
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washington/AP-Embassies-at-Risk.html
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"The State Department says it will need about $7.5 billion
to construct buildings at around 50 posts and $850 million
for 'major rehabilitation' at 40 others through 2013."
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"the Bush administration has [already] pumped $4.1 billion
into embassy and consulate construction"
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Baghdad, Beijing, Berlin top US embassy projects
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washington/AP-Embassies-at-Risk-3Bs.html
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Works Progress Administration:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration
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Dictionary.com:
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/redivivus
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"redivivus \red-uh-VY-vuhs; -VEE-\, adjective: Living again;
brought back to life; revived; restored."
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Everything seemingly is spinning out of control
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080621/ap_on_re_us/out_of_control
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"Just ask the people of New Orleans who survived Hurricane
Katrina. They are living in a city where, 1,000 days after
the storm, entire neighborhoods remain abandoned"
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Pirate Bay bitchslaps Swedish law with SSL
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/23/the_pirate_bay_ssl/
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"all communication across Swedish borders will be tapped,
and information can also be traded with international
security agencies, such as America's National Security
Agency."
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Transport Layer Security:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security
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and
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The war on photographers --you're all al Qaeda suspects now
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/23/police_photographer_stops/print.html
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and
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So, what can you photograph?
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/23/photography_law/
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__ABUSE IN TEXAS__
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Texas town reels from horrific abuse in its midst
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080622/ap_on_re_us/sex_club_children
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"Mineola...is a close-knit, conservative bean-processing
town of with more than 30 churches."
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AH, SO
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2 AFRICA
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EGYPT
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U.S. Network Falters in Mideast Mission
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/22/AR2008062201228_pf.html
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"Al-Hurra --'The Free One' in Arabic-- is the centerpiece
of a U.S. government campaign to spread democracy in the
Middle East. Taxpayers have spent $350 million on the
project. But more than four years after it began broad-
casting, the station is widely regarded as a flop"
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This is part 1 of 2 parts. Part 2 "will look at al-Qaeda's
online propaganda campaign."
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NIGERIA
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Nigerian youths blow up oil pipeline [in Abiteye], output
cut
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080622/ts_nm/nigeria_chevron_attack_dc
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"For production to have stopped, this shows the damage was
serious."
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Niger Delta:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger_Delta
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SUDAN
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Hague court to decide Sudan's disputed Abyei border
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080621/wl_nm/sudan_south_abyei_dc
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Permanent Court of Arbitration:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_Court_of_Arbitration
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Sudan grounds national airline
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080621/wl_nm/sudan_airlines_suspension_dc
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Sudan Airways:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan_Airways
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By the way--
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"The black box of the crashed Airbus A310 has been found
in good condition and sent to [>] France for examination."
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3 ASIA
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THE BU$H PLAN (PALESTINE)
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Messianic Jews say they are persecuted in Israel
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080621/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_missionaries
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"Messianic Jews...[are] a mixed group of 10,000 people who
include the California-based Jews for Jesus"
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Messianic Judaism:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messianic_Jews
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[Israeli] Rights group accuses Israel of abusing Palestinian
prisoners
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080622/wl_afp/mideastconflictprisonerstorture_080622061025
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"On certain occasions,
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the ill treatment of Palestinian detainees is highly vio-
lent, resulting in serious injuries."
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At other times,
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abuse manifests itself in a [>] routine of beating, degra-
dation and additional abuse."
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The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel:
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http://www.stoptorture.org.il/en/node/1032
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Israel in the Season of Dread
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/weekinreview/22bronner.html?pagewanted=all
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"Most Israelis consider the truce with Hamas an admission
of national failure, a victory for a radical group with a
vicious ideology."
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THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU COZY UP TO BU$H
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THE BU$H PLAN (IRAQ)
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Battle shapes up over future of US role in Iraq
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080622/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_bases_battle
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"The outcome will shape...America's strategic position all
across the oil-rich Persian Gulf at a time when Iran's in-
fluence is growing."
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America's? The Superpower's.
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Police: Female suicide bomber kills 15 in Iraq
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080622/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq
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"includ[ing] seven [puppet] policemen"
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The Shootout Over Hidden Meanings in a Video Game
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/weekinreview/22itzkoff.html
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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Saturday, 21 June 2008
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http://www.albasrah.net/en_articles_2008/0608/iraqiresistancereport_210608.htm
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Item 10: Bomb targeting US military column shuts down elec-
tricity power station in al-Kut
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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Sunday, 22 June 2008
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http://www.albasrah.net/en_articles_2008/0608/iraqiresistancereport_220608.htm
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THE BU$H PLAN (AFGHANISTAN)
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Marines claim some [>] gains in southern Afghan town
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080621/ap_on_re_as/marines_in_afghanistan
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"Marines arrived [in Garmser] during the poppy harvest
season, but [>] didn't cut down the flowery plants."
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"Most of the profits in the poppy trade go to traffick-
ers, not farmers."
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AH, SO
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Bombs kill 5 foreign troops in Afghanistan
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080621/ap_on_re_as/afghan_violence
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"roadside bomb hit a coalition convoy west of the main
southern city of Kandahar, killing four troops and
wounding two others."
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"attackers detonated bombs and opened fire on vehicles
carrying Afghan [puppet] troops in Zabul and Kunar
provinces, killing five soldiers and wounding three."
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[>] 6,000 Troops Urgently Needed In Afghanistan: NATO
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http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-afghan-nato-troops.html
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"Some [>] 6,000 people were killed in 2007"
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From the way the newsstory is written--
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"People" = TROOPS
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55 militants killed in Afghan battle [so 'tis said]
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080623/ap_on_re_as/afghan_violence
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"three trucks carrying supplies to coalition forces in Kunar
were ambushed and burned Sunday"
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And in Nangarhar: see how a village elder sums it up.
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THE BU$H PLAN (PAKISTAN)
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Shells from Pakistan hit Afghan bases
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080621/ts_nm/afghan_violence_dc
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Most likely--
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1) The Superpower shells Pakistan. 2) Pakistan shells back.
3) The Superpower claims it's the other way round.
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Oh, yes--
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"an IED killed a Polish soldier from the ISAF and wounded
four more on Saturday in Paktika province"
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Militants abduct 17 police in Pakistan's Khyber Pass
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080623/wl_nm/pakistan_violence_dc
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"the latest insecurity on the vital supply route for
Western forces in Afghanistan."
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INDIA
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In Fertile India, Growth Outstrips Agriculture
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/business/22indiafood.html
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"Farmers, most subsisting on small, rain-fed plots, are
disproportionately poor, and inflation has soared past 11
percent, the highest in 13 years."
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Sudeep Chakravarti | India’s missing links
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http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=723c5bf2-a024-484f-a7e1-341d6352ac2c&&Headline=India%u2019s+missing+links
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"Maoists are not only in the forests of India. They are
spreading influence in non-forested areas of Vidarbha and
Marathwada in Maharashtra, industrial hotspots in Orissa,
the villages of West Bengal, plantation areas of Karnataka,
Tamil Nadu and Kerala, and even in Punjab and Haryana."
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List of Mayoites | Writers:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mayoites#Writers
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"Sudeep Chakravarti: Author of Tin Fish, a novel set in
Mayo College, and an important non-fiction work Red Sun:
Travels in Naxalite Country"
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Naxalite:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naxalites
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Image:India Naxal affected districts map.svg:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:India_Naxal_affected_districts_map.svg
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KASHMIR
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4 soldiers die in Kashmir gun battle[s]
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http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=ab5eb8f8-943e-49d0-a96d-76c1ae480e25&&Headline=4+soldiers+die+in+Kashmir+gun+battle
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+ "three securitymen injured"
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Central Reserve Police Force:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Reserve_Police_Force
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Jawan:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawan
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4 EUROPE
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GERMANY
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Hunt for Nazis behind forgotten French massacre
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2176866/Hunt-for-Nazis-behind-forgotten-French-massacre.html
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"German troops levelled the village of Maille, killing 124
men, women and children, on August 24, 1944, just as Paris
was being liberated."
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ITALY
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Suspending Italy trials could be 'unconstitutional': report
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080621/wl_afp/italypoliticsberlusconicourt_080621185629
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"Berlusconi intends to put forward legislation giving
judicial immunity to the five most senior figures in
the Italian state --effectively enabling him to avoid
conviction during his five-year mandate."
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TURKEY
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In Turkey, Bitter Feud Has Roots in History
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/world/europe/22turkey.html?pagewanted=all
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"A headline from a mainstream Turkish daily from the 1940s
helps illustrate just how sharp the class divisions were.
[And are.]
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'It got hot and the people rushed to the beaches,' it read,
adding that 'the citizens could not bathe.'
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Translation: Ordinary Turks crowded the privileged elite
out of swimming areas."
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UK
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Police cut jobs to meet rising petrol costs
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/2175031/Police-cut-jobs-to-meet-rising-petrol-costs.html
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"For a lot of forces, there is nothing left to cut except
officer numbers."
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Prison population hits record high
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2164720/Prison-population-hits-record-high.html
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"Government is planning to build three new 'super prisons'
to cope with the rapidly increasing demand for places."
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while
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Middle class hit as annual bills increase at twice inflation
rate
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/economy/2176938/Middle-class-hit-as-annual-bills-increase-at-twice-inflation-rate.html
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"Those people under the age of 35 or 40 will get a rude shock
–-they will experience their incomes stagnating or even fall-
ing for the first time in their working life."
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5 LATAM
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VENEZUELA
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Venezuela puts nation first in mining
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Venezuela-Mines.html
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"The country's gold, coal and diamond mines have 'benefited
those who exploited them,' Ortega said, while what has been
left for Venezuela is 'garbage.'"
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Ortega = Environment Minister Yubiri Ortega
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6 SUPERPOWER
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River rises again, along with worries in Mo., Ill.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080622/ap_on_re_us/midwest_flooding
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"a full foot higher than we expected it to be."
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Aging levee poses threat to impoverished city [E St Louis
IL]
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080621/ap_on_re_us/midwest_flooding_east_st_louis
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"The questionable levee system protecting the city's
population of largely poor, black and disenfranchised
residents has produced comparisons to New Orleans."
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__SUPERPOWER RACISM__
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Mortgages | A Close Look at All Those [closing] Fees
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/realestate/22mort.html
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"on average, African-American borrowers paid $415 more for
their loans than white counterparts did, while Latinos paid
$365 more."
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3 in 10 Americans [>] Admit to Race Bias
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/21/AR2008062101825.html
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and
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Hate Groups' Newest Target | White Supremacists Report an
Increase in Visits to Their Web Sites
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/21/AR2008062101471_pf.html
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High fuel prices put brakes on indie band tours
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Touring-on-Empty.html
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Houston's Pipelines of Prosperity | In Oil Industry Hubs,
High Energy Costs Bring More Growth Than Pain
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/22/AR2008062202084_pf.html
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A detail: "a 2005 explosion at the huge BP refinery in
Texas City killed 15 people and injured 180, making it
the nation's worst industrial accident in more than a
decade."
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7 $$$$
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An Interview with Michael Hudson on the Economy
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http://www.counterpunch.org/whitney06212008.html
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"What we are seeing is the creation of a highly concentra-
ted financial oligarchy"
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New Crisis Threatens Healthy Banks | Late Loan Payments Hurt
Smaller Lenders That Dodged Subprime Mess
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/21/AR2008062101566_pf.html
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"Late payments on home-equity loans are at a record high"
"delinquency rates on loans for cars, small businesses
and construction are spiking to levels not seen in a de-
cade or more."
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Oreo Archive:
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/O-r-e-o
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