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EU leaders set to make decision on EU presidency

European Union leaders will gather in Brussels later to select their first full-time... more

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The Decade, in 7 Minutes

Newsweek has boiled down the the first decade of this millennium into a seven minute... more

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Specsray

Specsray shows what can happen when a consultant evaluates a new mobile telephone... more

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Million Hit By 'Plague Worse Than Swine Flu'

A DEADLY plague could sweep across Europe, doctors fear, after an outbreak of a virus... more

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Muslim Revolution: Christopher Caldwell On Colbert With New Book (VIDEO)

Christopher Caldwell spoke to Stephen Colbert last night about his new book,... more

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Obama Says Russia ‘Reset Button’ Has Worked

SINGAPORE — President Obama and President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia expressed dissatisfaction Sunday with Iran’s response to a nuclear offer made by world powers, raising the prospect that sanctions may be the next step in the West’s ongoing efforts to rein in Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.

The two men, meeting during an Asia-Pacific summit conference in Singapore before Mr. Obama traveled to Shanghai, also made progress in efforts to negotiate a replacement for a key arms control treaty between the United States and Russia that is set to expire in December, American administration officials said.

While White House officials acknowledged on Sunday that a new pact to replace the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or START, will not be ratified soon, they said they expect to reach a “bridge” agreement that will preserve the status quo until a new treaty is approved.

The Sunday afternoon discussion with Mr. Medvedev was the fifth such meeting for Mr. Obama since he took office vowing to repair America’s relationship with Russia, and American officials expressed satisfaction Sunday with their progress so far. “I have found, as always, President Medvedev frank, constructive and thoughtful,” Mr. Obama said after the meeting. “The reset button has worked,” he added, alluding to the administration’s early promise to “reset” the bilateral relationship after several years of bickering over a variety of issues from missile defense to Kosovo.

With the START treaty set to expire soon, the Obama administration is searching for ways to have weapons inspectors remain in Russia to keep American eyes on the world’s second most formidable nuclear arsenal. In the absence of a treaty or a legally binding “bridge” authority, American inspectors would be forced to leave Russia when the treaty expires. Likewise, Russian inspectors would have to leave the United States.

Under START provisions, both nations are allowed a maximum of 30 inspectors to monitor each other’s compliance with the treaty.

On Iran, administration officials said, Mr. Obama and Mr. Medvedev discussed a timetable for imposing sanctions if Tehran and the West do not soon agree on a proposal in which Iran would send its enriched uranium out of the country, either for either temporary safekeeping or reprocessing into fuel rods.

“Unfortunately, so far at least, Iran appears to have been unable to say yes to what everyone acknowledges is a creative and constructive approach,” said Mr. Obama, sitting next to Mr. Medvedev. “We are running out of time with respect to that approach.” Mr. Medvedev also alluded to running out of patience. He said that while a dialogue with Iran was continuing, “we are not completely happy about its pace. If something does not work there are other means to move the process further.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/16/world/asia/16prexy.htmlSINGAPORE — President Obama and President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia expressed... more

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Stop to Rototom Sunsplash Festival

It has been the biggest reggae festival in Europe, but now the Rototom Sunsplash will... more

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C-PROJECTS : Bon Dye Jere Hood La : New Video Coming Soon : 2009 : 2010 :2010 : 2012 : Trailer

C-PROJECTS : Bon Dye Jere Hood La : New Video Coming Soon : New Album Coming Soon,... more

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Berlin, twenty years after the fall of the Wall

Twenty years ago the Berlin Wall fell and the world seemed to change. Today, Germany... more

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Marijuana Use in Europe

which European countries are most likely to have tried pot?

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Honoring Veterans Past, Present, and Future

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You Thougth The Swine Was Bad, Get Ready For The Pneumatic Plague

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http://preventdisease.com/news/09/110409_ukraine_plague_flu_strain_more_lethal_H1N1.shtml

There is a very organized and structured system among us to coordinate the release of a weaponized flu with the goal of killing people at unprecedented rates. The pneumonic plague now being witnessed
in the Ukraine may be just the beginning of this global effort.

SARS, Avian Flu, and Swine flu appear to have been just trials for deadlier killers such as the current pneumonic plague which is likely another weaponized strain similar to H1N1. Perhaps the pneumonic plague itself is another trial for something more lethal.

There are many questions that have yet to be addressed. How did this virus spread so quickly? Why are the actual numbers not being reported? What has changed in the H1N1 virus to cause this plague or is it a completely new virus? Who is benefiting from the hype or reality of the situation?

The statistics being reported by the Ukrainian government are very misleading. The reported cases have doubled in two days. According to the latest updates, there are 478,456 Influenza/ARI cases, 24,003 have been hospitalized, 60 on ventilators and 81 deaths, although the actual figures may be exponentially higher.

With the so-called Mexican Swine Flu, we saw the gross ineffectiveness of national governments and the World Health Organization in preventing the spread of A/H1N1, which is a mild virus. This new lab produced virus is a certainly a killer and we can likely expect it to spread throughout the world in the next few weeks or months. The mainstream media seems to be collectively timing the release of this information for some opportune moment.

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently confirmed that the A/H1N1 virus showed no signs of mutating, or becoming more virulent. Which leaves little alternative but to conclude that the virus is either a random mutation, proving the WHO wrong, or that it has been a newly released bio-weapon possibly courtesy of Baxter International.This link below is the real link, the one on the top leads back to current. There is a... more