Big Oil's Iraq deals are the greatest stick-up in history (Guardian Unlimited)
Once oil passed $140 a barrel, even the most rabidly rightwing media hosts had to prove their populist credibility by devoting a portion of every show to bashing Big Oil. Some have gone so far as to invite me on for a friendly chat about an insidious new phenomenon: "disaster capitalism."
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Khawaja associates discussed London attack on surveillance tapes, court hears (Regina Leader-Post)
Immediately after Momin Khawaja left London in 2004, his alleged co-conspirators in a terrorism plot were recorded by British Security Services having a long conversation about the best way to carry out jihad in England - including plotting to blow up one of London's most famous nightclubs.
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Disaster Capitalism: State of Extortion (Middle East Online)
Today’s preferred method of reshaping the world in the interest of multinational corporations is to systematically exploit the state of fear and disorientation that accompanies moments of great shock and crisis, says Naomi Klein .
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Women facing combat amputations for first time in U.S. history (San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5)
Of 803 U.S. troops who've had major amputations, 20 have been women.
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Wimbledon day three as it happened (BBC News)
Marat Safin shocks Novak Djokovic and Ana Ivanovic squeezes through but Roger Federer wins easily on day three.
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Recording & Coverage of Google's Second Live Chat Session (Search Engine Roundtable)
The second Google webmaster live chat event is now over. I love these things and I wanted to make sure that you all can listen to what took place, just in case you missed it. The agenda went as follows: INTRO: A quick hello from some of your favorite Help Group Guides John Mueller talked about personalized search. Maile Ohye talked about case sensitivity Jonathan Simon talked about ...
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Former Iranian Jewish journalist shares his story (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)
It’s not often I come across anyone in the Iranian Jewish community that has worked in journalism or in anything slightly related to the news business. Typically Iranian Jews from the older generation are doctors, engineers, educators, or businessmen.
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Turkey offers alternative to Iran pipeline 10 Feb 2008, 0048 hrs IST, Indrani Bagchi,TNN (The Times of India)
NEW DELHI: For India, looking to diversify its energy sources, Turkey has just offered an exciting and potentially viable alternative that could get Central Asian and Caucasian oil to India's doorstep - and without breaking the bank.
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Cloud pleaser (The Australian)
OUR heads really are in the clouds as we drive up and up the 12km unsealed track, over multiple cattle grids and past looming kangaroos, to Peppers Spicers Peak Lodge perched above southeastern Queensland's Main Range National Park.
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Elat Market…shoppers’ paradise or chaotic madhouse? (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)
If you come to Los Angeles seeking to find Iranian Jews, you’d likely find them either at their synagogues or at Elat Market , one of the most popular locations where countless Iranian Jews gather in the Pico Robertson neighborhood.
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