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3M CEO blasts Obama as anti-business

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3M's CEO George Buckley. The chief executive of diversified manufacturer 3M Co called US President Barack Obama anti-business in an interview with the Financial Times, arguing that manufacturers could move to Canada or Mexico as a result. “We know what his instincts are – they are Robin Hood-esque,” 3M CEO George Buckley told the paper. “He... 

U.S. experimented on disabled citizens and prison inmates

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Prison 'volunteers': In this 1966 picture, medical administrator Solomon McBride questions a clearly marked subject at Holmesburg Prison, Philadelphia. Questions have been rasied about whether inmates were coerced. Pictures have emerged providing the shocking proof that U.S. government doctors once experimented on disabled American citizens and prison inmates. Such... 

Japan child porn cases surge to record high child

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A road sign in Tokyo. Japan's number of known child pornography victims surged by half last year, data showed Thursday, a new record in a country where it is legal to possess sexually explicit images of children. Japan’s number of known child pornography victims surged by half last year, data showed Thursday, a new record in a country where it is legal to possess... 

US citizen recalls ‘humiliating’ post-9/11 arrest

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Abdullah al-Kidd, right, and his attorney, American Civil Liberties Union Deputy Director of the Immigrants' Rights Project, Lee Gelernt, talk about a Supreme Court lawsuit against former Attorney General John Ashcroft. Al-Kidd was handcuffed and marched through Washington's Dulles International Airport in his Muslim clothing after 9/11. "I could only assume... 

Russia, Ukraine plan military drills

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The improvement in relations between Russia and Ukraine will soon result in joint military drills in a variety of formats, officials said Sunday. Relations between the two countries have improved significantly since Viktor Yanukovych was elected president last year, RIA Novosti reported. “The Russian side is prepared to hold drills with Ukraine not only at sea... 

NATO Meets for Talks about Possible Military Intervention in Libya

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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, is holding an extraordinary session on Friday to discuss the situation in Libya, amid reports of a possible military intervention in the Arab country. The Secretary General of NATO, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, made the announcement yesterday in Budapest, where he was meeting with the ministers of defense of the European Union. Normally,... 

North Korea threatens to attack South Korea, US

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South Korean marines on an inflatable boat aim their machine guns during a military exercise to prepare for a possible North Korea's surprise attack on the Han River in Gimpo, South Korea. North Korea's military threatened Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011 to fire at South Korea, as Seoul prepared to start annual joint drills with U.S. troops, maneuvers Pyongyang says are... 

Alex Jones on Europeans in America

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Alex Jones, an American dissident talks about the situation of European people in the US and how their culture is regarded by others. The show has been aired on PrisonPlanet TV, on January 17, 2011. VN:F [1.9.13_1145]please wait...Rating: 4.8/5 (4 votes cast) Read More →

New Zealand death toll climbs to 147

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Joanne Fagan-Oslawskyj weeps as she attends a church service at St. Barnabas with her son eight-year-old Jamie in Christchurch, New Zealand, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011. Parishioners came together Sunday in parks and on the lawns of churches broken in New Zealand’s earthquake to pray for the dead and missing. They sought togetherness and an answer to the question on everyone’s... 

Singer Shakira: Latinos in US will have ‘justice’

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Shakira, Colombian born Grammy-winning singer and songwriter, holds the plaque naming her the Harvard Foundation Artist of the Year, which was presented to her by Harvard Foundation Director Allen Counter, left, at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Colombian singer Shakira was honored Saturday by Harvard University for her artistic and humanitarian work. She later... 

US Will Be the World’s Third Largest Economy

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The world is going to become richer and richer as developing economies play catch up over the coming years, according to Willem Buiter, chief economist at Citigroup. “We expect strong growth in the world economy until 2050, with average real GDP growth rates of 4.6 percent per annum until 2030 and 3.8 percent per annum between 2030 and 2050,” Buiter wrote... 

Nicolas Sarkozy: Turkey is best matched with Middle East, not with EU

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Nicolas Sarkozy of France pays five-six-hour short visit to Turkey as a President of G-20. Turkish “CnnTurk” news service informs that Sarkozy gave interview to a famous Turkish journalist and columnist Mehmet Ali Birand before his visit to Turkey. Turkish journalist was granted a unique chance to address written questions to the French President, who answered them... 

U.S. imposes sanctions on Libyan government, UN may follow

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Protesters shout slogans against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi during a demonstartion at court square, in Benghazi, Libya, on Friday. After days of prevarication through the peak of the Libyan crisis, the United States government finally moved on Friday evening to impose unilateral sanctions against the regime of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The Obama administration’s... 

Merkel slams Netanyahu for stalled peace talks

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel reportedly berated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for failing to advance peace talks during a “tense” phone call. Citing German sources, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported on Friday that Merkel responded furiously when Netanyahu criticised Germany for supporting a Palestinian-drafted United Nations Security Council... 

1000s die in Libya, reports of poison gas

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Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi. Libya’s deputy ambassador to the UN says thousands of people have been killed during protests, as unconfirmed reports have come in claiming the regime has used poison gas on demonstrators. Ibrahim Dabbashi, who has turned against the Gaddafi regime, said the death toll is expected to rise as Muammar Gaddafi continues his bloody crackdown... 
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