World-News: 02 Juli 2011

Shamus Cooke, Truthout: 'With revolutions sweeping the Arab world and bubbling up across Europe, aging tyrants or discredited governments are doing their best to cling to power. It s hard to overexaggerate the importance of these events: the global political and economic status quo is in deep crisis. If pro-democracy or anti-austerity movements emerge victorious, they ll have an immediate problem to solve - how to pay for their vision of a better world.'

http://www.truth-out.org/super-rich-sabotage-arab-revolutions/1308678008

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Starmail - 2. Jul, 23:19

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From Fukushima to Disarmament

Malcolm Fraser, Project Syndicate: 'Months after the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, the ongoing nuclear disaster at Fukushima compounds the humanitarian tragedy and impedes recovery. The damaged reactors and spent-fuel ponds contain around ten times as much nuclear fuel as did the Chernobyl reactor that exploded in 1986. In three reactors, the fuel has melted, almost certainly through the reactor vessels; primary containment structures have been breached; explosions have torn away the secondary containment (the buildings); radioactive releases continue; and closed-loop cooling has not been re-established.'

http://www.truth-out.org/fukushima-disarmament/1309544740

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Starmail - 2. Jul, 12:07

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Movement to Abolish Corporate Personhood Gaining Traction

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/07/01-14

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Starmail - 2. Jul, 11:51

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U.N. Report Shreds Militarys Claim of Afghanistan Progress

The U.N. report directly contradicts an emerging talking point in the U.S. military. Lt. Gen. John Allen, the incoming war commander, told a Senate panel on Tuesday that 'violence is five percent lower so far this year in comparison to last year:' Not only is violence not going down, if the U.N. is to believed, it s going way up.

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From Information Clearing House

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Starmail - 2. Jul, 11:15

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The U.S. Economy Remains Mired In A Long-term Slump

By Mike Whitney

When austerity-minded congressmen slash the deficits, the last thread keeping the economy in positive territory will be cut and deflationary pressures will reemerge.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28452.htm

US states slash spending, cut jobs

The majority of US states begin their new fiscal year July 1, with budgets that impose crippling reductions in public services, particularly health care and education, and destroy hundreds of thousands of jobs.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/jul2011/stat-j01.shtml

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Starmail - 2. Jul, 11:10

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Torture Crimes Officially, Permanently Shielded

By Glenn Greenwald

A total legal whitewash for the Bush torture regime.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28459.htm

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Starmail - 2. Jul, 11:07

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The US Policy of Assassination

By Joseph Kishore

After first attempting to remove the government through support for the 'rebels' in the east and west, the US and NATO are now adopting a more direct method.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28456.htm

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Starmail - 2. Jul, 11:02

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Libyas Neighbors Prepare for NATOs Boots

By Franklin P. Lamb

The neighborhoods in Libya are preparing for a ground invasion and to confront directly the invaders with a plan that one imagines would not be unfamiliar to a General Giap of Vietnam or a Chinese General Lin Peio, being a massive peoples' defense.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28460.htm

Black Caucus on Libya War: The Good, the Confused, and the Hopeless

By Glen Ford

'These 24 members of a caucus that claims to be the 'conscience of the Congress' will sign any check and authorize any amount of killings.'

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28457.htm

NATO may be preparing ground operation in Libya: Russian envoy

'I think that now we are witnessing the preparation stage of a ground operation which NATO, or at least some of its members... are ready to begin,' Rogozin said.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20110701/164951748.html

Russia says NATO breaches UN resolution on Libya

The NATO-led coalition violates the United Nations Resolution on Libya and thus deteriorates prospects of a peaceful settlement in the country, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko who heads the Russian delegation at the annual OSCE security conference.

http://www.itar-tass.com/en/c32/177336.html

Regime change: NATO chief stresses keeping military pressure on Gaddafi

More than three month after Western countries launched military operations in Libya, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen said here Thursday that the main objective of the campaign remains unchanged: force Gaddafi to leave power.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-07/01/c_13959287.htm

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Starmail - 2. Jul, 10:58

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