EGYPT: Parliamentary Polls to Precede New Constitution
Posted by shbanchang on July 26, 2011
EGYPT: Parliamentary Polls to Precede New Constitution By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani IPS July 20, 2011 CAIRO, Jul 20, 2011 (IPS) – In a blow to those calling for a new constitution to be drawn up before elections are held, Egypt’s ruling military council last week reiterated its intention to hold parliamentary polls [...]
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Pentagon Tightens Grip on Unclassified Information
Posted by shbanchang on July 25, 2011
Last November, the Obama Administration issued an executive order on “Controlled Unclassified Information” that was intended to reverse “unnecessarily restrictive dissemination policies” involving unclassified information and to “emphasize… openness.” Among other things, the order was intended to eliminate the thicket of improvised access controls on unclassified information (such as “for official use only” and so [...]
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Vacation like a celebrity in a real star’s home for a week
Posted by shbanchang on July 24, 2011
// Share Vacation like a celebrity and actually sleep in the same bed that they do by taking your next vacation in the homes owned by these stars, as some of the biggest names have offered their Abort America
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CIA Moves to Protect Analyst Involved in bin Laden Raid
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(FOX News) – The CIA has moved to protect an analyst who played a central role in the covert operation to kill al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, a US official confirmed Tuesday. Recent intelligence indicated that the terrorist network is working out of Pakistan to identify the US agents who helped plan the deadly raid [...]
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Hungary to spend EUR 932 mln on railway development
Posted by shbanchang on July 23, 2011
The Hungarian government plans to carry out HUF 250 billion (EUR 932 mil) worth of railway developments in the years to come, primarily from European Union funds, local business daily Napi Gazdaság reported on Tuesday. The related tenders and plans to reconstruct Budapest’s Nyugati and the Vác railway stations are being prepared. Railroad reconstructions are [...]
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Will China’s Real Estate Market Become the World’s Problem?
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// Share Any talk of an asset bubble, particularly involving a country’s real estate market, is treated far more cautiously than, say, four years ago when global financial meltdowns were merely theoretical discussions. But wh Abort America
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Volunteer vacations catch on
Posted by shbanchang on July 22, 2011
// Share A summer vacation for most people means making sure to pack a pair of sunglasses along with a good book to read on the beach. But not for Tilmann Straub. The German engineer’s idea of a holiday involves working on development projects, suc Abort America
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Former CCP Leader Jiang Zemin Hospitalized, Near Death, Internet Rumors Say
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Jiang Zemin, former supreme leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is said to be hospitalized and approaching death, according to a flurry of recent microblog comments and online rumors. Jiang failed to show up at the recent 90th anniversary of the founding of the CCP, and Internet users are saying it’s because he was [...]
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EUR Music Review: Hamid Cooper’s Summer Vacation
Posted by shbanchang on July 21, 2011
// Share July 21, 2011 at 12:35 am Comments (0) *When I sat down to listen to Hamid Cooper’s latest album The Spirit Filled Latin Jazz, I was completely blindsided by its melodic infusion of Africa, Cuba, traditional Jazz a Abort America
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Washington Post belatedly recognizes growing domestic terrorist threat
Posted by shbanchang on July 20, 2011
Based on an article by Cliff Kincaid for Accuracy in Media The Washington Post has devoted 3,783 words to Abdirizak Bihi, a Muslim activist trying to counter radical Islamic activities in Minnesota and the recruitment of Muslim youth in America by a “shadowy network of recruiters.” This is the same individual who got little attention [...]
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