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Ted Stevens and Sean O'Keefe In Plane Crash

Syndicated from Slashdot on Tue, 2010-08-10

necro81 writes "The NY Times is reporting that former Senator Ted Stevens was aboard a small plane with eight others that crashed in remote southwest Alaska Monday night. Some news outlets are reporting that he died, along with at least four others. Meanwhile, the North American CEO of aerospace firm EADS and former NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe was was also reported in the crash.

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An invitation to fertile resistance – The Peach Tree Project story

Syndicated from Infoshop News on Tue, 2010-08-10

<p>It’s been a few years since we started up our decentralized community agricultural program, the “Peach Tree Project”. The name...

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Fingerprint Deportation: Homeland Security Deports 47,000 Immigrants

Syndicated from Infoshop News on Tue, 2010-08-10

<p>WASHINGTON — Records show that about 47,000 people were removed or deported from the U.S. after the Homeland Security Department sifted th...

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Economics - Aug 10

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Tue, 2010-08-10

-Poor countries suffer a hangover for a party they didn't attend
-Stoneleigh takes on John Williams: deflation it is
-America Goes Dark
-Co-operatives offer template for David Cameron's big society
-And now for some good news
-France's New Rural Ghettos

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Kingston, Ontario: 24 Arrests at Two-Day Blockade of Local Prison

Syndicated from Infoshop News on Tue, 2010-08-10

<p>The end of the blockade is the beginning of another battle, say organizers of a dramatic two-day standoff between police and protesters outside ...

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(en) Poland, Warsaw: Thousands Rally in Defense of Secularism

Syndicated from A-Infos (English) on Tue, 2010-08-10

In a rare anti-clerical action, thousands rallied late last night in front of the
Presidential Palace, demanding the removal of "Kaczynski's Cross". The cross, which was
placed there after the plane crash in Smolensk, as been the object of much public debate.

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Israel Threatens to Pull Out of UN Gaza Probe

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Tue, 2010-08-10

JERUSALEM - Israel threatened on Tuesday to pull out of a UN
probe into its deadly flotilla raid to keep the panel from grilling its
troops, as the defence minister told another inquiry the fleet was a
"planned provocation."

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UN: Afghan Civilian Deaths Rise Sharply

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Tue, 2010-08-10

by Rahim Faiez

KABUL,
Afghanistan (AP) -- The number of civilians killed in the Afghan war
jumped 25 percent in the first half of 2010 compared with the same
period last year, with insurgents responsible for the spike, the United

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Senate Approves the ______Act Of____

Syndicated from Slashdot on Tue, 2010-08-10

An anonymous reader writes "Apparently the Senate was in such a rush to get out of town that it forgot to name an 'important' bill that it passed, so the bill goes to the House as The ______Act of____. That's how it appears in the Congressional Record, though the Library of Congress has it listed as The XXXXXXAct ofXXXX.

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Feeding the city series on Grist and urban agriculture - Aug 10

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Tue, 2010-08-10

-Feeding the City series intro
-The history of urban agriculture should inspire its future
-The New Agtivist: Urban farmer Annie Novak aims sky high

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The law of civilization and decay

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Tue, 2010-08-10

It just so happened that I've been reading Christopher Lasch's The True And Only Heaven: Progress and It's Critics when a friend sent me Philip Mirowski's The Great Mortification Economist's Responses to the Crisis of 2007-(and counting). This latter article led me to James K.

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Ex-Sen. Ted Stevens, former NASA Administrator Believed on Plane That Crashed in Alaska

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Tue, 2010-08-10

by Becky Bohrer

A plane believed to be carrying eight people, including former Sen. Ted Stevens and former NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe, crashed in southwest Alaska and rescue crews were trying to reach the wreckage Tuesday morning, authorities said.

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Matthew Simmons: a tribute

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Tue, 2010-08-10

Energy Investment banker and leading peak oil proponent Matthew Simmons died suddenly on Sunday [Aug. 8], following an apparent heart attack.

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White House Unloads Anger Over Criticism from 'Professional Left’

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Tue, 2010-08-10

by Sam Youngman

The White House is simmering with anger at criticism from liberals who say President Obama is more concerned with deal-making than ideological purity.

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Pakistan Flood Labour Relief Appeal

Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Tue, 2010-08-10

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