Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. “…determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.” – Preamble of the UN Charter Pledge, 1945. When President Barack Obama announced support regarding a permanent seat for India on the UN Security Council, it reminded me of what Howard Zinn wrote: “The creation of the United Nations during the war was presented to the world as international cooperation to prevent future wars. But the U.N. was dominated by the Western imperial countries-the United States, England, and France-and a new imperial power, with military bases and powerful influence in Eastern Europe-the Soviet Union.”(1) It’s not that India doesn’t deserve a…
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Photo: racinggreenendurance Congrats and hurrah for these doughty English schoolboys; they designed, built and drove an electric car, the SRZero, from Alaska to Argentina. It took 5 months and cost £3 ($4.75), aside from the expense of developing the car, of course. The 6 brainy guys from the Imperial College in London travelled 24,000 km. through 14 countries to show that electric cars can be practical in day-to-day living and to inspire maths and science students to see where studying engineering can take you. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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After United Torah Judaism MKs, Interior Minister Yishai and Deputy Health Minister Litzman also receive envelopes containing curses and suspicious powder. Police forbid them to enter their offices
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By Mike Luckovich Related Entries November 22, 2010 Power and the Tiny Acts of Rebellion November 21, 2010 Touch My Junk: Body Scans and Pat-Downs for Everyone
Continue reading …The Daily: Murdoch’s tablet-only newspaper is like ‘The New York Post Goes to College’
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We don’t usually find our latest tech news in Women’s Wear Daily yet the publication seems to have scooped Rupert Murdoch’s plans for a tablet-only newspaper called The Daily — news now seemingly confirmed by the New York Times . Scheduled for release early next year, The Daily is expected to cost 99 cents per week (about $4.25 per month) for an electronic paper published seven days a week by a 100-member strong newsroom staffed with “twentysomething” talent led by a former managing editor from the New York Post . According to the sources speaking to WWD, It’ll be written with the “sensibilities” of a tabloid and the intelligence of a broadsheet focusing on national news. In other words, it’s said to be like “The New York Post Goes to College.” A beta is expected by Christmas before hitting the iPad “and other tablet devices” sometime in early 2011. The Daily: Murdoch’s tablet-only newspaper is like ‘The New York Post Goes to College’ originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 22 Nov 2010 04:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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By Chris Hedges There is no hope left for achieving significant reform or restoring our democracy through established mechanisms of power. We must take to the streets, armed with the tiny acts of truth and kindness that throughout history have exposed the oppressor’s cruelty. Related Entries November 22, 2010 Power and the Tiny Acts of Rebellion November 21, 2010 Touch My Junk: Body Scans and Pat-Downs for Everyone
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Canadian Broadcasting Corp says Lebanese police officer and UN investigators unearthed extensive circumstantial evidence implicating Syrian-backed movement in February 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister. UN faulted for misplacing vital piece of evidence
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The war crimes trial of former Congolese rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba is to start at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. The former vice-president of DR Congo is accused of murder, rape and pillage in the…
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The first mass-market electric cars go on sale next month, and the nation’s electric utilities couldn’t be more thrilled, or worried. (Nov. 22)
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