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Global Systemic Crisis: LEAP/E2020’s analysis of 39 countries’ risks 2010-2014
Global systemic crisis - LEAP/E2020’s analysis of 39 countries’ risks 2010-2014: A collective but contrasting dive into the phase of world geopolitical dislocation Oct. 16, 2010 (LEAP/E2020) -- ...
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Cancer 'Is Purely Man-Made' Say Scientists After Finding Almost No Trace Of Disease In Egyptian Mummies -- Fiona Macrae, Daily Mail
Oct. 15, 2010 (Daily Mail) -- Cancer is a man-made disease fuelled by the excesses of modern life, a study of ancient remains has found. Tumors were rare until recent times when pollution and poor ...
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Epidemic? Half of US Teens ‘Meet Criteria for Mental Disorder’ (Agence France-Presse)
Oct. 16, 2010 -- WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Around half of U.S. teens meet the criteria for a mental disorder and nearly one in four report having a mood, behavior or anxiety disorder that interferes with ...
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WikiLeaks' Biggest Document Dump Yet Coming Monday: What to Expect (David Knowles)
Oct. 16, 2010 (AOL) -- On Monday, the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks is to release nearly 400,000 pages worth of classified U.S. Army documents on the war in Iraq, making it the single largest ...
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The War On Terror (Paul Craig Roberts)
Oct. 15, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- Does anyone remember the “cakewalk war” that would last six weeks, cost $50 billion-$60 billion, and be paid for out of Iraqi oil revenues? Does anyone ...
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Tomato pickers secure path-breaking deal with Florida grower (Mischa Gaus)
The farmworker group Coalition of Immokalee Workers announced this week it has reached a landmark deal with a Florida tomato grower to govern conditions in the fields. (Photo of Florida tomato ...
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Foreclosuregate: Time to Break Up the Too-Big-to-Fail Banks? (Ellen Brown)
The Kanjorski amendment-which slipped past lobbyists largely unnoticed-allows federal regulators to preemptively break up large financial institutions that pose a threat to U.S. financial or ...
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A Generation of Termites (Joe Conason)
Oct. 13, 2010 (TruthDig) -- When American politicians talk about the legacy we are leaving to the next generation, their usual theme is financial deficits, as if there were no other kind. Figured on ...
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John le Carré: Calling Out the Traitors (Amy Goodman)
Oct. 12, 2010 (TruthDig) -- John le Carré, the former British spy turned spy novelist, has some grave words for Tony Blair. More than seven years after the invasion of Iraq, the former British prime ...
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BOOKS: Empire for Liberty. By Richard H. Immerman (Jim Miles)
Empire for Liberty. Richard H. Immerman. Princeton University Press, 2010. Oct. 15, 2010 (Palestine Chronicle) -- History takes on an interesting life when written as well as Richard Immerman’s new ...
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Bernanke Ponders The 'Nuclear Option' (Mike Whitney)
Oct. 15, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- Ben Bernanke's speech on Friday in Boston could turn out to be a real barnburner. In fact, there's a good chance the Fed chairman will announce changes ...
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