Thu. September 02, 2010
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by Daniel Tencer peak oil has happened or will happen some time around this year, and
its consequences could threaten the continued survival of democratic
governments, says a secret Germany military report that was leaked
online. According to Der Spiegel,
the report from a think-tank inside the German military warns that
shrinking global oil supplies will threaten the world's economic
foundations and possibly lead to mass-scale upheaval within the next 15
to 30 years. read more
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:00:26 -0400
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:41:42 -0400
by Bob Warren UPDATED... New Orleans -- A shallow-water production rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded this morning, causing the thirteen crew members aboard to abandon the structure.
Coast Guard rescuers are en route to the scene of the fire, 90 miles
south of Vermilion Bay, Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Colclough said.
Twelve of the workers are in immersion suits, designed to protect them
from hypothermia. One is reported injured.
Once plucked from the gulf, the injured will be taken Terrebone General Medical Center in Houma, Colclough said. read more
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:52:29 -0400
Hours before peace talks were set to begin in Washington, Jewish settlers defiantly announced plans on Thursday to launch new construction in their West Bank enclaves in a test of strength with Palestinian Islamists. Naftali Bennett, director of the settlers' Yesha council, said settlers would begin building homes and public structures in at least 80 settlements, breaking a partial government freeze on building that ends on September 26. read more
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:32:22 -0400
by Aprille Muscara United Nations - The number of women raped by rebel groups during last month's raid of more than a dozen villages centred around Walikale, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has risen to over 240, U.N. officials told reporters here today. Following the Jul. 30 to Aug. 3 raid, rebels are now believed to have continued pillaging in and around neighbouring areas of Mubi and Pinga: In addition to those previously reported, an additional 75 rape victims have been identified. read more
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:56:29 -0400
by Harry R. Weber
New Orleans -- The cap that ended BP's three-month oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico
was set to come off Thursday as a prelude to raising a massive, failed
piece of equipment and preparing for a final seal on the broken seafloor
well.
engineers and the government were not expecting crude to break out
again when the cap is lifted, but the government wasn't offering any
guarantees and oil collection vessels were set to be on standby on the
surface just in case. read more
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:24:42 -0400
by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica The federal government is warning residents in a small Wyoming town with extensive natural gas development not to drink their water, and to use fans and ventilation when showering or washing clothes in order to avoid the risk of an explosion. read more
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:52:47 -0400
Kunduz, Afghanistan - An Afghan official said Thursday that 10 election campaigners had been killed in an airstrike by international forces in the relatively peaceful north of the country. Two other people, including a candidate in the September 18 parliamentary elections, were injured in the alleged air raid in Rustaq district, in Takhar province, provincial government spokesman Faiz Mohammad Tawhedi told AFP. The men were travelling in a "caravan" of vehicles when raided by "aircraft and helicopter gunships," he said. read more
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:37:25 -0400
by Severin Carrell, Scotland correspondent Four Greenpeace activists UK/environment/2010/aug/31/ Greenland-greenpeace-arctic-oil-rig" title="who halted drilling by a British-owned oil exploration rig off Greenland">who halted drilling by a British-owned oil exploration rig off Greenland have been arrested after they abandoned their occupation because of severe weather. Greenlandic police arrested the four after high winds buffeted the Stena Don drilling rig overnight, forcing them to abandon mountaineering-style platforms they had suspended by ropes underneath the platform less than 48 hours earlier read more
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:42:46 -0400
by Akito Yoshikane As Labor Day approaches, many Americans are breathing a sigh of relief for the extra day off. On a day that celebrates unions and the eight-hour work day, many workers are feeling like their hard work isn’t exactly paying off the way it used to.
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:23:06 -0400
Houston - A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the U.S. government's request to dismiss an industry lawsuit challenging its deepwater oil and gas drilling moratorium, dealing another blow to the Obama administration. Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc and other drilling companies sued the administration on June 7 after it first ordered a halt to deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico following BP Plc's well rupture that killed 11 workers and caused the world's worst offshore oil spill. read more
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:20:30 -0400
by Dylan Welch THE war in Afghanistan is an unwinnable quagmire and poor US intelligence is leading to the deaths of Australian soldiers, a visiting former CIA officer says. Robert Baer, a decorated CIA field officer of two decades experience who had spent years in the Middle East, said any chances the US and its allies had of defeating the Taliban in Afghanistan had already been squandered. The Coalition was fighting an unwinnable war, he said, and this was the case because victory required reliable intelligence. read more
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:26:03 -0400
by Andrew Kreighbaum This has not been a kind year for campaign finance reformers.
Setting aside the now-famous Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling from the Supreme Court, which allowed corporations and unions to spend freely on campaign advertisements, there has been a flurry of challenges to other campaign finance laws in the courts. read more
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:23:44 -0400
STOCKHOLM -- A senior Swedish prosecutor reopened a rape investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday, the latest twist to a puzzling case in which prosecutors of different ranks have overruled each other. Assange has denied the allegations and suggested they are part of a smear campaign by opponents of WikiLeaks - an online whistle-blower that has angered Washington by publishing thousands of leaked documents about U.S. military activities in Iraq and Afghanistan. read more
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