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Plutonium 'detected outside Fukushima plant' - Yahoo!7
Plutonium 'detected outside Fukushima plant' - Yahoo!7: "Plutonium was detected in soil at six places in a survey which was conducted in June in an area within 80 kilometres (50 miles) from the Fukushima Daiichi plant, the ministry said."
Egyptians seek to ‘reclaim’ revolution from military leaders - The Washington Post
Egyptians seek to ‘reclaim’ revolution from military leaders - The Washington Post: CAIRO — "Thousands of Egyptians turned out in the capital’s Tahrir Square on Friday to “reclaim the revolution,” about nine months after the winter uprising that ousted an autocrat and brought the country’s military leadership to power."
Occupy Wall Street protesters march against police brutality | World news | The Guardian
Occupy Wall Street protesters march against police brutality | World news | The Guardian: "Thousands of demonstrators take to the streets in New York to highlight police brutality at last week's protest against the power of the US finance industry"
Anwar al-Awlaki's extrajudicial murder | Michael Ratner | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
Anwar al-Awlaki's extrajudicial murder | Michael Ratner | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk: "Is this the world we want? Where the president of the United States can place an American citizen, or anyone else for that matter, living outside a war zone on a targeted assassination list, and then have him murdered by drone strike."
Bolivia enshrines natural world's rights with equal status for Mother Earth | Environment | The Guardian
Bolivia enshrines natural world's rights with equal status for Mother Earth | Environment | The Guardian:" Law of Mother Earth expected to prompt radical new conservation and social measures in South American nation"
Trial tests whether 'ecocide' could join genocide as global crime | Environment | guardian.co.uk
Trial tests whether 'ecocide' could join genocide as global crime | Environment | guardian.co.uk: "Top lawyers put fossil fuel bosses on trial in the UK's supreme court in a mock case to explore the crime of ecocide - environmental destruction - which is being considered by the UN"
Bahrain medic accuses police of torture | World news | guardian.co.uk
Bahrain medic accuses police of torture | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Bahrain doctor jailed for treating activists injured during protests says police tortured her and threatened rape"
Bank of America debit card fee plan met with resistance and anger | Business | guardian.co.uk
Bank of America debit card fee plan met with resistance and anger | Business | guardian.co.uk: "Wells Fargo and Chase also considering $5-per-month fee, which US senator Richard Durbin calls 'overt and unfair'"
Insight: America's rich losing tussle with taxman | Reuters
Insight: America's rich losing tussle with taxman | Reuters: (Reuters) - "When Irish rockers U2 took to the main stage at this year's Glastonbury music festival, a small but vocal group of activists raised a large balloon emblazoned with the words "U Pay Tax 2?""
Three steps to avoid a global depression: Soros | Reuters
Three steps to avoid a global depression: Soros | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Policymakers have lost control of the economic crisis and financial markets are forcing the world into a depression, George Soros said on Friday, urging Europe to create a common Treasury, recapitalize its banks and protect vulnerable states."
U.S.-born al Qaeda cleric killed in Yemen: officials | Reuters
U.S.-born al Qaeda cleric killed in Yemen: officials | Reuters
It is the civil right of a human to be tried before receiving a death sentence. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Justice is for all, the US is not above the law, and murder is murder.
The US employs illegal tactics from the torture of prisoners to the bombing of sovereign nations. The transport of prisoners to prisons in countries were torture is authorized violates international law and circumvents the law of the United States.
The US bombing of Yemen, Pakistan, Libya are illegal because war against these countries has not been declared, congress has not voted, thus this cowboy behavior must stop. "Terrorists"must be tried in civil courts, not in military courts, and the trials should be televised, the public wants to know.
Civilized nations do not assassinate.
FBI faces entrapment questions over Rezwan Ferdaus bomb plot arrest | World news | guardian.co.uk
FBI faces entrapment questions over Rezwan Ferdaus bomb plot arrest | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Sting operation to arrest physics graduate, 26, raises concerns that US Muslims might be targeted using entrapment techniques"
Bahrain doctors jailed for treating injured protesters | World news | The Guardian
Bahrain doctors jailed for treating injured protesters | World news | The Guardian: "Doctors and nurses given up to 15 years in jail for treating people injured during uprising in Gulf kingdom"
Boeing Philadelphia drug raid nets 37 workers | World news | guardian.co.uk
Boeing Philadelphia drug raid nets 37 workers | World news | guardian.co.uk: "US federal agents charge dozens at helicopter plant over trade in painkillers including fentanyl and oxycodone"
Exclusive: Justice Department probing Chinese accounting | Reuters
Exclusive: Justice Department probing Chinese accounting | Reuters: Reuters) - "The Justice Department is investigating accounting irregularities at Chinese companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges, said an official with the Securities and Exchange Commission, suggesting criminal charges may be brought in addition to civil proceedings."
Syria regime supporters pelt US ambassador with eggs, try to attack him during meeting - The Washington Post
Syria regime supporters pelt US ambassador with eggs, try to attack him during meeting - The Washington Post: BEIRUT — "Supporters of President Bashar Assad pelted the U.S. ambassador to Syria with eggs and tomatoes Thursday as he entered an office for a meeting with a leading opposition figure and then tried to storm the building in the capital Damascus, the opposition activist said."
Palestinian statehood bid kicked into committee by UN security council | World news | guardian.co.uk
Palestinian statehood bid kicked into committee by UN security council | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Move comes as efforts to launch fresh peace talks are threatened by row over new Jewish settlement"
Occupy Wall Street: officer faces investigations for pepper-spraying protesters twice | World news | guardian.co.uk
Occupy Wall Street: officer faces investigations for pepper-spraying protesters twice | World news | guardian.co.uk: "NYPD officer Anthony Bologna faces two investigations as video emerges of a second pepper-spray incident"
Massachussetts man charged over plot to attack Pentagon and US Capitol | World news | guardian.co.uk
Massachussetts man charged over plot to attack Pentagon and US Capitol | World news | guardian.co.uk: "US citizen Rezwan Ferdaus planned to pack remote-controlled planes with plastic explosive, authorities say"
China space station programme begins with launch of unmanned lab | World news | guardian.co.uk
China space station programme begins with launch of unmanned lab | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Tiangong-1 will be launched over Gobi desert and is a stepping stone towards a bigger, fully-fledged orbiting platform"
Listeria outbreak expected to cause more deaths across US in coming weeks | World news | guardian.co.uk
Listeria outbreak expected to cause more deaths across US in coming weeks | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe melons from Colorado farm has caused at least 72 illnesses and up to 16 deaths so far"
Merkel dodges bullet with euro vote victory | Reuters
Merkel dodges bullet with euro vote victory | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Angela Merkel won her toughest challenge yet as German chancellor by pushing through changes to a rescue fund for the euro zone debt crisis on Thursday without the humiliation of relying on opposition support."
Shell shutting down entire Singapore refinery after fire | Reuters
Shell shutting down entire Singapore refinery after fire | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Royal Dutch Shell Plc is shutting down its entire Singapore refinery, the company's largest, to get the fire that broke out on Wednesday under control, a senior company official told reporters."
Analysis: States lobby against Medicaid cuts in Congress | Reuters
Analysis: States lobby against Medicaid cuts in Congress | Reuters: (Reuters) - "With billions of dollars in Medicaid spending at risk in Congress, states are forming a loose confederacy to oppose any federal cuts that could damage state budgets already awash in red ink."
BBC News - Hispanic education in crisis
BBC News - Hispanic education in crisis: "Dr Veronica Garcia: ''It is critical that we as Americans wake up and let our politicians know that this achieve gap is not okay''
There is also the issue of immigration status. On average 1 million legal immigrants have been admitted to the US each year since 1990, while roughly 500,000 have come illegally or overstayed their visas. According to the Census bureau, 50% of immigrants are from Latin America.
Undocumented children and the US-born children of undocumented parents can be at a disadvantage because their parents may be reluctant to access the full range of support services available for their children."
There is also the issue of immigration status. On average 1 million legal immigrants have been admitted to the US each year since 1990, while roughly 500,000 have come illegally or overstayed their visas. According to the Census bureau, 50% of immigrants are from Latin America.
Undocumented children and the US-born children of undocumented parents can be at a disadvantage because their parents may be reluctant to access the full range of support services available for their children."
BBC News - US durable goods orders slip back on weak car demand
BBC News - US durable goods orders slip back on weak car demand: "Orders for big manufactured goods in the US fell slightly in August after a sharp jump in the previous month, due in part to a fall in demand for cars."
BBC News - EU powers drop UN Syria sanctions call
BBC News - EU powers drop UN Syria sanctions call: "European countries proposing a new UN resolution over Syria have dropped demands for immediate sanctions against President Bashar al-Assad's government."
Surveys: Health insurance costs shifted to workers, even as premiums surge - The Washington Post
Surveys: Health insurance costs shifted to workers, even as premiums surge - The Washington Post: “Health insurance is becoming less and less comprehensive. . . . And we expect that trend to continue.”
Obama must face meaningful Democratic primaries | Ralph Nader | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
Obama must face meaningful Democratic primaries | Ralph Nader | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk: "Only a slate of serious candidates can oblige the president to listen to his loyal Democratic base as he runs for re-election"
Florida execution: drug firm protests to governor over lethal injection | World news | guardian.co.uk
Florida execution: drug firm protests to governor over lethal injection | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Doctors warn Rick Scott that use of experimental barbiturate to kill Manuel Valle, 61, could lead to extreme suffering"
The only possible course of action is to END THE DEATH PENALTY. Medicine should not be used to kill, and no one should be the executioner.
The only possible course of action is to END THE DEATH PENALTY. Medicine should not be used to kill, and no one should be the executioner.
How Anonymous emerged to Occupy Wall Street | Ayesha Kazmi | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
How Anonymous emerged to Occupy Wall Street | Ayesha Kazmi | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk: "Defying harsh critiques from Stephen Colbert and slews of bloggers who scoffed last week at the "leaderless", "directionless", Frisbee-throwing hipsters camping out on cardboard at a random New York City park in the financial district, Occupy Wall Street appears to be gaining ground. From the modest 200 occupiers last week, numbers of protesters rose to an estimated peak of approximately 3,000 to 5,000 at the weekend's march. Media attention has grown exponentially."
Gun crime statistics by US state: download the data. Visualised | World news | guardian.co.uk
Gun crime statistics by US state: download the data. Visualised | World news | guardian.co.uk: "How high is gun crime across the US - and which states have the worst figures? This is the latest data"
Keystone XL pipeline: US state department floated two-year delay | Environment | guardian.co.uk
Keystone XL pipeline: US state department floated two-year delay | Environment | guardian.co.uk: "TransCanada's most important link to the State Department was its Washington, D.C.-based lobbyist, Paul Elliott, who had been a senior member of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign. A month earlier, Elliott had secured an exclusive meeting for TransCanada's CEO with a key State Department official, who coached him on what the company should insert into the public record. "
Israel approves new settler homes in East Jerusalem | World news | The Guardian
Israel approves new settler homes in East Jerusalem | World news | The Guardian
"Israeli authorities approved in principle the construction of 1,100 homes in an East Jerusalem settlement on Tuesday, putting at risk international efforts to persuade Israeli and Palestinian negotiators to return to talks."
This is an act of aggression on the part of the Israeli government and it is meant to provoke the Palestinians. East Jerusalem belongs to the Palestinians. And it is time for the world to step up and stop the building of these new homes.
Occupy Wall Street: 'Pepper-spray' officer named in Bush protest claim | World news | guardian.co.uk
Occupy Wall Street: 'Pepper-spray' officer named in Bush protest claim | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Anthony Bologna, NYPD officer named in pepper-spray incident, is accused of civil rights violations at the time of the 2004 Republican national convention protests"
Monks set fire to themselves in Tibetan town in western China | World news | The Guardian
Monks set fire to themselves in Tibetan town in western China | World news | The Guardian: "Teenage monks who called for religious freedom before burning themselves said to be in stable condition"
Pakistan's generals meet as relations with US hit new low | World news | The Guardian
Pakistan's generals meet as relations with US hit new low | World news | The Guardian: "Pakistani military join scramble to tackle crisis as tensions with US escalate, raising likelihood of more drone strikes"
Palestine to press for UN vote on full statehood 'as soon as possible' | World news | The Guardian
Palestine to press for UN vote on full statehood 'as soon as possible' | World news | The Guardian: "President Mahmoud Abbas returns to Ramallah and declares to cheering crowds that the 'Palestinian Spring' has begun"
'Massive jobs shortfall' predicted for global economy | Business | guardian.co.uk
'Massive jobs shortfall' predicted for global economy | Business | guardian.co.uk:
" International Labour Organisation said the group of developing and developed nations had seen 20m jobs disappear since the financial crisis in 2008"
Afghan employee kills U.S. citizen at Kabul CIA base | Reuters
Afghan employee kills U.S. citizen at Kabul CIA base | Reuters: (Reuters) - "An Afghan employee of the U.S. government opened fire inside a CIA office in Kabul on Sunday evening, killing an American and injuring a second, U.S. and Afghan officials said, in the second major breach of embassy security in two weeks.'
Risque d'une nouvelle explosion d'hydrog�ne au r�acteur 1 de Fukushima - LeMonde.fr
Risque d'une nouvelle explosion d'hydrogène au réacteur 1 de Fukushima - LeMonde.fr: TOKYO, CORRESPONDANCE - 'Une concentration anormalement élevée d'hydrogène a �t�d�tect�e, jeudi 22 septembre, dans une conduite reli�e �l'enceinte de confinement du r�acteur 1 de la centrale nucleaire de Fukushima. De 1 %, elle reste inf�rieure au 4 % consid�r�s comme pouvant provoquer une explosion, au cas o�cet hydrog�ne entrerait en contact avec une concentration d'oxyg�ne sup�rieure �5 %.'
An unusual concentration of hydrogen has been found in a conduit near reactor 1. Also during the typhoon workers had to stop their work and there was an increase in radiation.
Why 'Occupy Wall Street' makes sense | Amy Goodman | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
Why 'Occupy Wall Street' makes sense | Amy Goodman | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk:
"Banks are sitting on cash hoards and corporate profits are riding high – yet ordinary US taxpayers face joblessness and cuts"
Saudi Arabia gives women right to vote | World news | guardian.co.uk
Saudi Arabia gives women right to vote | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Saudi women will have the right to stand for office and vote in future local elections, says King Abdullah"
This sounds a bit like a propaganda article, after Saudi has helped curtailed Yemen's revolution bringing tanks and invading Barhain with the backing of the US and Europe in violation of international law, it is hard to believe in the genuine interests of King Abdullah in women civil rights. Will their husband, son or brother stand by her and tell her who to vote for?
This sounds a bit like a propaganda article, after Saudi has helped curtailed Yemen's revolution bringing tanks and invading Barhain with the backing of the US and Europe in violation of international law, it is hard to believe in the genuine interests of King Abdullah in women civil rights. Will their husband, son or brother stand by her and tell her who to vote for?
Japan finds radiation in rice, more tests planned before harvest - The Washington Post
Japan finds radiation in rice, more tests planned before harvest - The Washington Post: "A sample of unharvested rice contained 500 becquerels of cesium per kilogram, they said."
Police crack down on 'Occupy Wall Street' protests | World news | guardian.co.uk
Police crack down on 'Occupy Wall Street' protests | World news | guardian.co.uk: "New York police accused of heavy-handed tactics as 80 anti-capitalist protesters on 'Occupy Wall Street' march are arrested"
Should rich people pay more for Medicare? | Reuters Money
Should rich people pay more for Medicare? | Reuters Money: "Should affluent seniors pay more for Medicare than everyone else? How about Social Security? Should we cut benefits for wealthy Americans?"
Russia's finance minister rebels over Putin plan | Reuters
Russia's finance minister rebels over Putin plan | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Russia's finance minister rebelled on Sunday against Vladimir Putin's plan to make President Dmitry Medvedev his prime minister if he returns to the Kremlin by saying he would not serve in the next government."
Protesters march in Manhattan, criticizing Wall Street | Reuters
Protesters march in Manhattan, criticizing Wall Street | Reuters: Reuters) - "Several hundred marchers wound their way through the streets of lower Manhattan on Saturday in the latest of a string of protests over the past week against what demonstrators saw as corporate greed on Wall Street."
House passes bill to block broad Environmental Protection Agency rules - The Washington Post
House passes bill to block broad Environmental Protection Agency rules - The Washington Post: "Passage of the bill was expected in the Republican-controlled House, where lawmakers have targeted Environmental Protection Agency air rules, saying they would kill jobs and laden businesses with billions of dollars in additional costs at the worst possible time."
Abbas defies US with formal call for Palestinian recognition by UN | World news | The Guardian
Abbas defies US with formal call for Palestinian recognition by UN | World news | The Guardian: "Palestinian leader appeals to conscience of world as Netanyahu rejects claim problem lies with Israel"
Abbas stakes Palestinian claim to state at U.N. | Reuters
Abbas stakes Palestinian claim to state at U.N. | Reuters: "Abbas handed U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon a letter requesting full U.N. membership, which the Security Council will consider on Monday. The United States has vowed to use its veto if it comes to a vote."
America's Atomic Time Bomb: Hanford Nuclear Waste Still Poses Serious Risks - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
America's Atomic Time Bomb: Hanford Nuclear Waste Still Poses Serious Risks - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International: "The disaster at Fukushima has raised questions around the world about nuclear safety. But contamination is much worse in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The former plutonium plant in Hanford, Washington is one of the most contaminated places on earth, and still decades from being cleaned up."
Banana equivalent dose - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Banana equivalent dose - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "The concept is based on the fact that bananas, like most organic material, naturally contain a certain amount of radioactive isotopes—even in the absence of any artificial pollution or contamination. The banana equivalent dose was meant to express the severity of exposure to radiation, such as resulting from nuclear power, nuclear weapons or medical procedures, in terms that would make sense to most people."
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Radiation from other foods
Besides bananas, other foods that are rich in potassium (and therefore in 40K) are potatoes, kidney beans, sunflower seeds, and nuts;[13][14] especially brazil nuts, which may have up to 444 Bq/kg (12 nCi/kg) — four times the radioactivity of bananas.[15][16]
By the same reasoning originally used to arrive at the banana equivalent dose, one may conclude that all the food consumed in one year results in a total exposure of about 0.4 mSv (40 mrem), which is more than 10% of the total dose absorbed from all natural and man-made sources in that same period.[17] However, the same criticisms raised against the BED may apply to this estimate as well.[citation needed]"
New Compressed Air Car Breaks Speed Record
New Compressed Air Car Breaks Speed Record: TOYODA, Japan, September 23, 2011 (ENS) - "A Japanese automaker has developed a car powered solely by compressed air - no petrol, hydrogen or electricity is used to run the vehicle."
Faster than light particles found, claim scientists | Science | The Guardian
Faster than light particles found, claim scientists | Science | The Guardian: "Particle physicists detect neutrinos travelling faster than light, a feat forbidden by Einstein's theory of special relativity"
US soldier pleads guilty to Afghan murder | World news | The Guardian
US soldier pleads guilty to Afghan murder | World news | The Guardian: "Andrew Holmes, of Boise, Idaho, fired machine-gun at unarmed civilian 'for sport'"
US stocks plunge amid widespread fears of second recession | Business | guardian.co.uk
US stocks plunge amid widespread fears of second recession | Business | guardian.co.uk: "Billions are wiped off stock markets around the world as US bond-buying effort fails to calm investors' nerves"
Palestinian statehood goes to UN in key moment for peace process | World news | guardian.co.uk
Palestinian statehood goes to UN in key moment for peace process | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Mahmoud Abbas will postpone security council vote but has broken US hegemony over peace talks, diplomats say"
EU says 420 billion euros injected into Europe's banks | Reuters
EU says 420 billion euros injected into Europe's banks | Reuters: (Reuters) - "European banks have already received 420 billion euros in funds to help recapitalize and are in a much better shape than three years ago, the European Commission said on Friday."
Exclusive: CFTC compromises of parts of speculative curbs | Reuters
Exclusive: CFTC compromises of parts of speculative curbs | Reuters: Reuters) - "U.S. futures regulators are yielding to banks and other major traders of commodities on several key provisions in a plan to crack down on speculation, but are holding their ground on the need to forge ahead with position limits."
Congress flirts with shutdown after bill fails | Reuters
Congress flirts with shutdown after bill fails | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Republican leaders were scrambling on Thursday to find the votes to keep the government funded after the embarrassing defeat of a spending bill threw into question Congress' ability to pass basic laws."
If only it was the military budget, Homeland security and other defense/spy agencies which would get slashed then we could think that the Republicans have the nation and its people's interests as a priority, that foremost they desire: to create jobs, to provide health care for all, to improve education, to protect the people's right to a retirement, and to protect the elders.
Wall Street extends slide as Fed stokes economic fears | Reuters
Wall Street extends slide as Fed stokes economic fears | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Stocks skidded 3 percent on Thursday, extending losses for a fourth day as a gloomy outlook from the Federal Reserve and weak data from China heightened fears of a global recession."
It is not a recession it is a depression.
Genetically modified food - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Genetically modified food - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:"In the United States, the FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition reviews summaries of food safety data developed and voluntarily submitted by developers of engineered foods, in part on the basis of comparability to conventionally-produced foods. There are no specific tests required by FDA to determine safety. FDA does not approve the safety of engineered foods[citation needed], but after its review, acknowledges that the developer of the food has asserted that it is safe. The table below shows the foods that have been reviewed by FDA as of 2002.[107]"
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