April 20, 2012
These are but a few reports on the chameleon attitudes and thoughts of the unelected PM of Australia, Julia Gillard. At least what she seems to be taking as a jaunt in the Afghan photos has caught up with even this princess of poor ideas and even worse decisions. After shedding a sufficient [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, Australia, Julia Gillard, Scott Ludlam, Vietnam War
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March 9, 2012
Julia Gillard’s rise marks the triumph of machine politics over feminism 8 March 2012 In 1963, a senior Australian government official, A.R. Taysom, deliberated on the wisdom of deploying women as trade representatives. “Such an appointee would not stay young and attractive forever [because] a spinster lady can, and very often [...]
Tags: Australia, Germaine Greer, Gillard, International Women's Day, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Margaret Thatcher, Sydney Morning Herald
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February 23, 2012
If you really are interested in a feather fight between two non entities keep tuned to Australian events. In the continuing saga a former PM has resorted to confrontation with the unelected present PM. Gillard or Joolya as she should be known is once again called on to get her loyal [...]
Tags: Australia, Australian Labor, Bruce Hawker, Gillard, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Rudd, Wayne Swan
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January 19, 2012
Just in case you have been seeing, reading or listening to the never ending stream of media types who in their economic wisdom see only the bright side or at least feel it is their god given right to spin the [...]
Tags: Australia, Australian Labor Party, Canberra, China, Gillard, India, Julia Gillard, Quentin Bryce
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November 15, 2011
It was not that long ago that a defence paper in order to justify the expenditure of an enormous amount of the Australian people’s money on defence that India was named as a future enemy, along with China. It seems that now all has been forgiven and the win elections at [...]
Tags: Australian Labor Party, Ben Chifley, China, Government, India, Labor, United States, Vietnam
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October 20, 2011
I, along with many others was warning readers about the awful killing machines, the Drones. They are a weapon with nothing more than a continually updated capacity to kill and destroy while using highly suspect forms of surveillance. What they really do is to simply be employed against a site where there is some suspicion or advantage attaching [...]
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October 11, 2011
Following our own Australian security fears about just about anyone who is not white anglo saxon protestant it is worthwhile looking at the position in the US. Remember no matter what ASIO or UNCLE may say it is in the end a matter of trust to believe them. The extreme likelihood that if there is [...]
Tags: al-Qaeda, Anwar al-Awlaki, Awlaki, Ivan Eland, middle east, New York Times, Osama bin Laden, United States
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July 30, 2011
The Intervention Examining the impact of the Australian government‘s so-called ‘intervention’ policy on aboriginal communities. (The video can be seen at http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/witness/2011/07/2011729121416628187.html) Filmmaker: Julie Nimmo Recorded over eight months in the community of Katherine in the Northern Territory of Australia, The Interventionreveals the federal government’s implementation of its so-called ‘intervention’. JOIN THE DEBATE Send us your views [...]
Tags: Australia, Community, Government of Australia, Human rights, Indigenous Australians, Indigenous People, Katherine, Katherine Northern Territory, Northern Territory, Northern Territory National Emergency Response
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July 26, 2011
Marching for Anzac in the 51st State 20 April 2011 The street where I grew up in Sydney was a war street. There were long silences, then the smashing of glass and screams. Pete and I played Aussies-and-Japs. Pete’s father was an object of awe. He weighed barely 100 pounds and shook with malaria and [...]
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July 25, 2011
Even Birds Have Withdrawn From Afghanistan By David Swanson http://warisacrime.org/node/58598 Comparing the brain sizes of migratory birds and U.S. presidents may not help explain this one. Birds have been avoiding Afghanistan for some years now. Afghans with higher educations have been leaving for decades. War profiteers, and occupation profiteers, and “reconstruction” profiteers seem to know [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Massoud, Barack Obama, Chris Harman, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Howard Zinn, Joe Biden, Ryan Crocker, September 11 attacks, Soviet Union, Soviet war in Afghanistan, Taliban, United State, War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
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July 14, 2011
If you read Ted Rall‘s article next to this one a few important factors emerge for Australia. If the US is in deeper and darker waters than anyone is prepared to let on then where does a lackey lappdog nation like Australia fir if it all goes pear shaped. The first thing you probably need to do [...]
Tags: Australia, Australian Labor Party, China, Gillard, India, Israel, Julia Gillard, middle east, Ted Rall, United State
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July 13, 2011
Phyllis Bennis is director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies. She is also a fellow of the Transnational What follows is in the form of a letter by Phyllis Bennis the author of the article beside this one on this page. It summarises thoughts, actions, initiatives and the continuing [...]
Tags: Danny Glover, Democracy, Iraq War, middle east, Transnational Institute, United Nations, War in Afghanistan (2001–present), Washington DC
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July 13, 2011
What follows are some updating reports about the Australians, Sylvia Hale and Vivienne Porzolt who have won an appeal and will soon be freed in Israel. In yet another callous exhibition the Israeli government had made decisions to detain and deport them for having the audacity for being there to visit Palestinians. One might wonder [...]
Tags: AEST, David Shoebridge, Gaza flotilla raid, Greens New South Wales, Human rights, Israel, Israelis, Palestinian people, Sylvia Hale, Tel Aviv, Time in Australia, Zionism
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July 12, 2011
Gillard is simply an extension of the still birth of the ALP in 1891. All that needs to be sorted out is how the party is able to give a continuing appearance of still being alive. What happened back then has continued to this day. The aspirations of working people were sacrificed at the alter [...]
Tags: ALP, Australia, Australian Labor Party, Gillard, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Tony Abbott, United States
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July 11, 2011
Just because the environment is an important issue and the future really does need to be a major concern, do not think that is what motivates the politicians. No it certainly does not. Their only concern is re-election and the ultimate safe retirement free from any financial concerns, social liability and judgment. All that just adds to [...]
Tags: Australian Greens, Carbon tax, Christine Milne, Emissions trading, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Malcolm Turnbull, Tony Abbott
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July 10, 2011
For those of you who have time for a little reflection there is an interesting fact that emerges from the Carbon Tax in Australia. Whether it works, is partially successful or leads to other means as a matter of absolute certainty it is at least a start. Despite the one party system we have, that is [...]
Tags: Australia, Australian Labor Party, Carbon tax, Emissions trading, Government of Australia, Greenhouse gas, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Noam Chomsky, Tony Abbott
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July 6, 2011
This article exposes the true US attitude to the use of drones and the nature of the lies needed to justify their use anywhere. These awful killing machines masquerade as surveillance vehicles, soldiers guardian angels, tactical defence weapons and a never ending stream of lies and deceit to cover up what is happening. What they [...]
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, Drone attacks in Pakistan, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Pakistan, Police action, Somalia, Thomas E. Ricks, United States, Unmanned aerial vehicle, War
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July 6, 2011
Israel‘s illegal blockade of the Gaza Strip has led to an almost complete collapse of Gaza’s economy, making the people dependent on international aid [GALLO/GETTY] Earlier this year we watched with amazement as hundreds of thousands of Arabs charged into the streets of their cities demanding reform. The uprisings led to the departure of several [...]
Tags: 2007–present blockade of the Gaza Strip, Free Gaza Movement, Gaza flotilla raid, Gaza Strip, Israel, Palestinian people, United States, Yousef Munayyer
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July 5, 2011
Corporate Power? No Thanks Posted: 04 Jul 2011 11:38 AM PDT The machinations of the industry shouldn’t be allowed to spoil the case for nuclear power. By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 5th July 2011 Power corrupts; nuclear power corrupts absolutely. The industry developed as a by-product of nuclear weapons research. Its deployment was [...]
Tags: Centre for Alternative Technology, Committee on Climate Change, George Monbiot, Germany, Government of the United Kingdom, Guardian, Hindenburg disaster, International Atomic Energy Agency, nuclearpower, Tokyo Electric Power Company
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July 5, 2011
Corporate Power? No Thanks Posted: 04 Jul 2011 11:38 AM PDT The machinations of the industry shouldn’t be allowed to spoil the case for nuclear power. By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 5th July 2011 Power corrupts; nuclear power corrupts absolutely. The industry developed as a by-product of nuclear weapons research. Its deployment was [...]
Tags: Centre for Alternative Technology, Committee on Climate Change, George Monbiot, Germany, Government of the United Kingdom, Guardian, International Atomic Energy Agency, nuclearpower
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July 5, 2011
The blockade is the problem The economic pressure of the blockade has not brought about moderation in Hamas‘ positions, and stopping protesters en route to Gaza will not change the military balance. Haaretz Editorial All signs indicate that the government of Israel has taken steps to receive the present Gaza flotilla in a manner much [...]
Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, Gaza flotilla raid, Gaza Strip, Green Line, Hamas, Israel, Oslo Accords, Palestinian people
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July 5, 2011
Israeli DM Withholds Palestinian Corpses Says Move Aimed at Keeping ‘Bargaining Chips’ by Jason Ditz, July 04, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Shortly after the Israeli military confirmed the plans, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak announced he is ordering a halt of the transfers of some 84 Palestinian corpsesto the Palestinian Authority. [...]
Tags: Cadaver, Ehud Barak, Gilad Shalit, Hamas, Israel, Israel Defense Forces, NATO, Palestinian people
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July 5, 2011
US Eyes ‘Mini-Surge’ in Afghanistan Despite Talks of Drawdowns, Military Eyes More Special Forces Deployments by Jason Ditz, July 04, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum President Obama’s announcement of a “drawdown” in Afghanistan was treated as a major watershed. Despite the ultimately trivial size of the move, it has sparked a [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Drawdown (hydrology), Libya, NATO, President Obama, United State, United States Armed Forces
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July 5, 2011
Editor’s Note: Australian participant on the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza Michael Coleman has been arrested by Greek Police for attempting to block their pursuit of the Canadian boat the “Tahrir” as it left port. Michael and Soha, another Canadian Flotilla team member, were in two kayaks beside the “Tahrir”. As soon as the boat’s [...]
Tags: Australia, Brisbane, Gaza flotilla raid, Greek Police, Hizb ut-Tahrir, Kevin Rudd, Melbourne, Politics of Greece
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July 4, 2011
Geneva Conventions From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Geneva Convention: The signature-and-seals page of the First Geneva Convention (1864), establishing humane rules of war. The Geneva Conventions comprise four treaties, and three additional protocols, that establish the standards of international law for the humanitarian treatment of the victims of war. The singular term Geneva Convention denotes the agreements of 1949, negotiated in the [...]
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July 4, 2011
The Use of Torture in the War on Terror Reflections on the Afghanistan (2002) and Abu Ghraib (2004) experiences. Australian Defence Force perspectives. Conducted at CDSS in April 2005. This entry comes from the following front page of this document About Mission and Function Course Development Case Studies Research Article Reviews [...]
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July 4, 2011
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Broadcast: 04/07/2011 Reporter: Geoff Thompson Recently uncovered documents have linked an Australian soldier with the abuse of prisoners in Iraq‘s notorious Abu Ghraib jail. The ABC’s Geoff Thompson investigates. Transcript LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: These notorious pictures helped change the course of the Iraq War. The graphic photos of Iraqi detainees being mistreated [...]
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July 4, 2011
ADF knew of abuses at Abu Ghraib Anne Davies, Deborah Snow, Debra Jopson July 5, 2011 Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/adf-knew-of-abuses-at-abu-ghraib-20110704-1gz95.html#ixzz1R9uMIOrL Related articles Because we killed the bad guy, I guess that’s what makes it alright. Words, lyrics and dance routines by various US, Allied and Australian psychopaths (ikners.com) From Abu Ghraib to the [...]
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July 4, 2011
ADF knew of abuses at Abu Ghraib Anne Davies, Deborah Snow, Debra Jopson July 5, 2011 Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/adf-knew-of-abuses-at-abu-ghraib-20110704-1gz95.html#ixzz1R9p7NE8U Related articles (There are many more at ikners.com) Because we killed the bad guy, I guess that’s what makes it alright. Words, lyrics and dance routines by various US, Allied and Australian psychopaths (ikners.com) They must [...]
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July 4, 2011
Greece says its ban on all Gaza-bound ships leaving port was to protect pro-Palestinian activists [Reuters] Most of the nine vessels that pro-Palestinian activists planned to sail on as part of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in defiance of an Israeli blockade remain stranded in Greece ports, after Greek authorities forbade them from embarking on the journey. Two [...]
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July 4, 2011
Years of violence in Iraq has left a severe shortage of doctors, nurses and the most basic medicines. Areas outside Baghdad particularly suffer from the frail state of the country’s healthcare system. And, as Al Jazeera’s Jane Arraf reports, children are often the most vulnerable There is a video available at the [...]
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July 4, 2011
Even the Clintons can tell the truth….but not often. apparently Hillary told our esteemed and boy wonder Foreign Affairs Supremo that it was hard to argue with your banker. Probably that means that sooner or later she would /might need to know the answer. But in true Clinton style what don’t go ’round don’t go ’round. China [...]
Tags: Al Jazeera, Asia, China, egypt, European Union, Government, Government of the People's Republic of China, Hillary, Hillary Rodham Clinton, middle east, Premier of the People's Republic of China, President, Saudi Arabia, United State, Wen Jiabao
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July 4, 2011
When you are down and out or that’s what the elites are telling you , what you need is a good friend. But beware the fangs of the viper. It was only a day ago I posted an article and asked if Greece had started paying the interest yet on the loans. It [...]
Tags: Athens, Gaza, Gaza flotilla raid, Greece, Israel, Mike Hanna, Politics of Greece, Turkey, United States
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July 3, 2011
Prince Charles has held private meetings with several coalition ministers, including George Osborne, Michael Gove and Caroline Spelman. Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP Following the revelation that Tony Blair believed the Prince of Wales meddled in sensitive policy areas during the last Labour government, it has emerged that the prince has had private meetings with at least seven [...]
Tags: Caroline Spelman, Clarence House, Crispin Blunt, George Osborne, Iain Duncan Smith, Michael Gove, Prince Charles of Wales, Tony Blair
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July 3, 2011
A sense of excitement emerged as a result of the Flotilla. (Noor Harazeen) Only the most heartless of supporters of the Jewish State of Israel could even begin to think of Palestinians especially the children being deprived of some of the most basic of human rights as the Jewish State of Israel [...]
Tags: Ban Ki-moon, Gaza, Gaza flotilla raid, Hellenic Coast Guard, Israel, Israel Defense Forces, Jews, middle east, Palestinian people, Politics of Greece, United States, Warfare and Conflict
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July 3, 2011
Graveyard of Empires by Eric Margolis Recently by Eric Margolis: Turkey: The Mother of Revolutions In his majestic poem “Recessional,” Rudyard Kipling was writing of the fading British Empire, but his words are as vivid and pertinent today as a century ago: Far-called our navies melt away – On dune and headland sinks the fire – Lo, [...]
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July 3, 2011
LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) – Britain will announce this week that it is to withdraw up to 800 troops by the end of next year, according to a report in the Sunday Times newspaper. The move comes after last month’s announcement that thousands of U.S. troops would start being withdrawn later this year as part [...]
Tags: Afghan National Army, Afghanistan, Australia, Barack Obama, David Cameron, Julia Gillard, United States, United States Armed Forces
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July 3, 2011
U.S. turns to other routes to supply Afghan war as relations with Pakistan fray By Craig Whitlock, Sunday, July 3, 9:54 AM The U.S. military is rapidly expanding its aerial and Central Asian supply routes to the war in Afghanistan, fearing that Pakistan could cut off the main means of providing American and NATO forces with fuel, food and equipment. Although Pakistan [...]
Tags: Craig Whitlock, Northern Distribution Network, Osama BinLaden, Pakistan, Pakistan – United States relations, Pentagon, United State, War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
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July 3, 2011
KABUL, Afghanistan – Despite U.S. reports of progress on the battlefield, American troops were killed in the first half of this year at the same pace as in 2010 — an indication that the war’s toll on U.S. forces has not eased as the Obama administration moves to shift the burden to the Afghans. While [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, Associated Press, Barack Obama, Hamid Karzai, Helmand Province, Taliban, United State, United States Armed Forces
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July 1, 2011
Preface: Despite the present Australian unelected Government’s completely undying love and support for Zionism there are some who think first and pledge their allegiance later. As a convict country Australian politicians have grown up on diet rich in a homily on obedience trotted out at all available times to support the lies, deceit and [...]
Tags: Audacity of Hope, Australia, Boat, Gaza, Gaza flotilla raid, Gaza Strip, Government, Israel, Palestinian people, United States, Zionism
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July 1, 2011
Well the British are now taking part in what should end up being a major and world wide awakening at least by some as to how the elites are killing them and their children with boundless avarice. Here in Australia revelations that a walking talking capital crisis like Clive Palmer can reap the rewards of [...]
Tags: Australia, Australian dollar, Barnaby Joyce, BHP Billiton, Clive Palmer, Oceania, Rio Tinto Group, Wilgie Mia
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July 1, 2011
Preface: It would be far too much for the popularity starved failure of unelected leader of this country to make a statement but has she ever considered what the effect of the loss will be? Not just death and collateral damage to the ignorant savages called Afghans but future voters will have marched off to [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Justin Raimondo, NATO, Obama administration, Politics of Afghanistan, Taliban, War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
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June 30, 2011
It was mildly interesting to read a report in the SMH today concerning Gillard being a chorus of one as far as Afghanistan is concerned. Why it has taken so long for such material to reach the hallowed halls of the fourth estate is a mystery. The local population expressed views on Iraq and Afghanistan [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, ALP, Australia, Australian Labor Party, Canberra, Iraq, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd
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June 30, 2011
US: Press Allies to End Use of Child Soldiers Report Lists Repeat Offenders, but Military Aid Continues JUNE 27, 2011 Preface: Australians should remember that in this country we had a system once that was called “Boy Conscription” a brief description of which is as follows,” Boyhood conscription The government of prime minister Alfred Deakin and other [...]
Tags: Alfred Deakin, Barack Obama, Chad, Child Soldiers, Children Youth and Family, Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights Watch, Jo Becker, Military use of children, United Nations, United States
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June 30, 2011
King George III Won: Happy Fourth of July! By David Swanson http://warisacrime.org/node/58333 Preface: It has always been a matter of concern that the US has for so long lived in an deluded state that it had gained its independence from the harsh and odious British rule to replace that with a Grand Dream of Republicanism. In this way the future [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, Daniel Ellsberg, David Swanson, George III of the United Kingdom, George W. Bush, History, Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, Pentagon Papers, Richard Nixon, United State, United States Congress, United States Declaration of Independence, War Powers Resolution
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June 30, 2011
The Politics of Militarization and Corporatization in Higher Education War Colleges By HENRY GIROUX While there is an ongoing discussion about the increasing corporatization of higher education—extending from the attempted buying of faculty positions by right-wing billionaires such as the Koch brothers to the increasing casualization of faculty labor and the commodification of knowledge, what [...]
Tags: Higher education, History, NBC Nightly News, Northeastern Pennsylvania, Pentagon, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, United State, USA, War in Afghanistan (2001–present), World War II
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June 28, 2011
Politics can be amusing and still be serious. On some occasions you can get some insight into the nature of the beast from the beastly parts- like the politicians and the media who make up the travelling zoo that comes in the package you vote for. Here in Australia we have a completely unelected Prime Minister [...]
Tags: Australia, Australian Labor Party, Barack Obama, Election, Government, Happy Days, middle east, Oceania, Politics, United State, War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
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June 28, 2011
Abdul Qadir Fitrat said he had exposed some people who were responsible for the crisis in Kabul Bank [Reuters] Adbul Qadir Fitrat, the governor of the central bank in Afghanistan, has said that he has resigned from his position due to concerns for his life after leading an investigation into a scandal surrounding Kabul bank. “The reason [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, International Monetary Fund, Kabul, Kabul Bank, Mahmood Karzai, Omar Zakhilwal, Sherkhan Farnood
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June 27, 2011
Arab activists say liberalisation of trade, investment and deregulation advocated by the US and the EU as part of their aid packages had contributed to the unrest in the first place. Photograph: KeystoneUSA-Zuma/Rex Features Arab activists warned on Monday that conditions attached to western aidthreatened to undercut the goals of economic and social justice at the [...]
Tags: African Development Bank, egypt, European Investment Bank, Hosni Mubarak, International Monetary Fund, Non-governmental organization, United States, World Bank
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June 27, 2011
Google reveals US government leads way in private data requests Google has received a record number of requests from 26 developed countries to reveal private information about internet users Share99 reddit this Josh Halliday guardian.co.uk, Monday 27 June 2011 19.16 BST Article history Google has released figures showing the number of requests for private [...]
Tags: Bhumibol Adulyadej, Brazil, France, Google, India, Kazakhstan, Search, search engine, Search Engines, Searching, Spain, United States, YouTube
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A Gaza message to others
Editor’s Note: Australian participant on the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza Michael Coleman has been arrested by Greek Police for attempting to block their pursuit of the Canadian boat the “Tahrir” as it left port. Michael and Soha, another Canadian Flotilla team member, were in two kayaks beside the “Tahrir”. As soon as the boat’s [...]
Tags: Australia, Brisbane, Gaza flotilla raid, Greek Police, Hizb ut-Tahrir, Kevin Rudd, Melbourne, Politics of Greece
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