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$200 OIL The Final Straw – Dust Off Your Bicycle

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… the more that talk of an “oil bubble” is replaced by a sullen consensus that prices are headed straight to the moon, the more likely it is we’ll get a major correction. Unfortunately, the main catalyst for this drop will likely be global economic collapse.

Burma Millions Vulnerable and China Earthquake May Be Man-Made

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UN raises Burma cyclone estimate
The UN has sharply increased its estimate of those severely affected by Burma’s cyclone to 2.5m people.
The figure was revised up from the 1.5m previously thought to be in need, following the storm 12 days ago.
Since Cyclone Nargis struck, hardly any foreign aid workers have been allowed into [...]

FEMA = Failure, Excess, Mismanagement, Arrogance

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GAO Hands FEMA Another Katrina Blow
FEMA officials must be wondering if Hurricane Katrina will ever blow over. Now, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports that FEMA lost another $30 million taxpayer dollars through “ineffective oversight” of contracts to maintain and deactivate those mobile homes and travel trailers use for emergency housing. The loss, reports the [...]

Global Shift In Wealth May Not Include America

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Oil Price Rise Causes Global Shift in Wealth
Iran, Russia and Venezuela Feel the Benefits
High oil prices are fueling one of the biggest transfers of wealth in history. Oil consumers are paying $4 billion to $5 billion more for crude oil every day than they did just five years ago, pumping more than $2 trillion [...]

US Government Snubs Mexico’s Katrina – Outsources Humanitarian Aid To Charities

Posted by bosskitty

Thousands perched on rooftops in Mexico floods
Flood waters pour through devastated Mexican city
Rains flood thousands of homes in Mexico
FOOD, WATER RUNNING OUT

Thousands of people perched on roofs in southern Mexico on Saturday, desperate to [...]

Japanese Play Down Historical Indiscretions, Just Like We Do

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3000 Centrifuges Later – Give Bush Another Excuse, Please

Posted by bosskitty

Iran is running 3,000 atomic centrifuges
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday Iran had met a planned target of installing and running 3,000 atomic centrifuges used in enriching uranium, Iranian news agencies reported.
Iran had said it aimed to have that many centrifuges, which are set up in interlinked networks or “cascades” of [...]

Russia Positions With Syria – Dangerous Chess Game

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Russia rejects fears that air-defense systems sold to Syria can end up in Iran  
MOSCOW: Russia has begun delivery of modern air-defense units to Syria while rejecting speculation that some of the weapons could be forwarded secretly to Iran, a newspaper reported Friday. “The first part of the delivery to Syria has started,” the centrist [...]

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