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Helen Thomas Retires Effective Immediately

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Mon, 2010-06-07

In a press release on Hearst's website, Helen Thomas, the 89-year-old veteran White House correspondent, announced she will
retire effective immediately in the wake of her comments on
Israe

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Age of petroleum ends in systemic imbroglio

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Mon, 2010-06-07

Peak oil and mixed economy don’t mix.

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Barrick Supported Police Who Carried Out Fiery Evictions in Papua New Guinea

Syndicated from Dominion Paper

Promoted by blackandred on Mon, 2010/06/07 - 9:00am

By Valerie Croft - June 5, 2010

Amnesty International (AI) recently made waves in human rights circles, publishing a new report focusing on Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold's role in violent forced evictions in the Porgera region of Papua New Guinea...The report, titled “Undermining Rights: Forced Evictions and Police Brutality around the Porgera Gold Mine, Papua New Guinea,” examines links between Barrick Gold and a special Mobile Squad of police officers which burned to the ground more than 130 homes in the Porgera region between April and July 2009.

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North Korea Develops Anti-Aging "Super Drink"

Syndicated from Slashdot on Mon, 2010-06-07

__roo writes "According to North Korea's official news agency, a drink produced by North Korea's Moranbong Carbonated Fruit Juice Joint Venture Company, can cure aging and all disease. 'It, with effects of both preventive and curative treatment, helps improve mental and retentive faculties by multiplying brain cells.

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(en) US, Self Described Anarchist Collective anounce the Anarchy Summer Camp 2.0 in Nothern Virginia

Syndicated from A-Infos (English) on Mon, 2010-06-07

Hello Campers, We are pleased to announce that we are taking applications for the second
annual Anarchy Summer Camp, August 6 – 9, 2010, in northern Virginia. The specific
location will be given after the application has been approved. ---- The Anarchy Summer
Camp will help you prepare for the upcoming International Monetary Fund demonstrations
this fall in Washington, D.C.

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Gaza flotilla activists were shot in head at close range

Syndicated from Infoshop News on Mon, 2010-06-07

<p>Israel was tonight under pressure to allow an independent inquiry into its assault on the Gaza aid flotilla after autopsy results on the bodies ...

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Renewables Can Create 8.5 Million Jobs: Greenpeace

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Mon, 2010-06-07

BERLIN - Climate pressure group Greenpeace said on Monday that switching to renewable
energy sources could create 8.5 million jobs by 2030 if governments turn their
backs on "dirty and dangerous" fossil fuels.

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US Intelligence Analyst Arrested in Wikileaks Video Probe

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Mon, 2010-06-07

by Kevin Poulsen and Kim Zetter

Federal officials have arrested an Army intelligence analyst who
boasted of giving classified U.S.

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Surging Costs Hit Food Security in Poorer Nations

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Mon, 2010-06-07

by Joe MacDonald

Families from Pakistan to Argentina to Congo are being battered by
surging food prices that are dragging more people into poverty, fueling
political tensions and forcing some to give up eating meat, fruit and
even tomatoes.

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Public Employee Unions: The Great American Scapegoat

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Mon, 2010-06-07

by Maggie Haberman and Ben Smith

Spurred by state
budget crunches and an angry public mood, Republican and some
Democratic leaders are focusing with increasing intensity on public
workers and the unions that represent them, casting them as overpaid
obst

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Anarchy Summer Camp 2.0

Syndicated from Infoshop News on Mon, 2010-06-07

<p>We are pleased to announce that we are taking applications for the second annual Anarchy Summer Camp, August 6 – 9, 2010, in northern Virg...

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(en) Britain, Sheffield, You Fire the Worker, We Fire the Boss – organising at the Showroom Cinem

Syndicated from A-Infos (English) on Mon, 2010-06-07

A participant's account and critical reflections on an Industrial Workers of the World
organising attempt at an independent cinema in 2008. ---- ““I started working in the cafe
bar at The Showroom cinema in February 2008. To begin with I enjoyed every aspect of
working there. I was hard working and well liked and had never had a problem with
management.

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Claimed US Military Wikileaks Source Arrested

Syndicated from Slashdot on Mon, 2010-06-07

svelemor writes "22-year-old Army intelligence analyst ratted out by fellow hacker, accused of providing the Collateral Murder video and hundreds of thousands of classified State Department records to Wikileaks is currently imprisoned in Kuwait."
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Santa Barbara: The Spill That Energized a Movement

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Mon, 2010-06-07

by Rob Reynolds

The pictures looked so familiar - the ruined rig, a spreading stain
of oil, birds and wildlife dying, a massive effort to clean up the
deadly spill.

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Ex-Union Carbide Officials Jailed over Bhopal Leak

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Mon, 2010-06-07

India
- A court Monday found the Indian unit of U.S. chemicals firm Union
Carbide guilty of negligence and sentenced seven Indian former
employees to two years in jail over one of the world's worst industrial
accidents that killed thousands in 1984.

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