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| Inside Story - Is Mubarak's rule threatened? | |
| From: AlJazeeraEnglish | 27 January 2011 After a day of mass protests in Egypt, the government has banned any futher demonstrations. It's also warning protesters they will be prosecuted if rallies continue. The clamp-down comes after a wave of protests swept through Egypt leaving at least four dead. Protesters are demanding an end to president Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. But how different are these demonstrations from previous ones? How worried should Mubarak be? And is it that easy to unsettle him? ... (more info) | |
| Date: 27 January 2011 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Anti-government protests erupt in Yemen | |
| From: AlJazeeraEnglish | 27 January 2011 Protestors are putting pressure on governments across the Arab world - demanding changes in leadership and policies. In Yemen, tens of thousands of people marched in the capital, Sanaa. Opposition groups are calling for the president to stand down, after more than three decades in power. Al Jazeera's Caroline Malone reports on the developments in Yemen. | |
| Date: 27 January 2011 - Added by: KMC | |
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| BP Gulf Oil 'Spill': Toxic Seafood-- Disturbing Test Results | |
| Part I here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azzV_H... Oil Spill Health Issues, KLFY, January 27, 2011: http://www.klfy.com/Global/story.asp?... [A] new report just out has revealed some very disturbing findings. ... A blood study that was conducted on four males ages 3 to 43 and one female age 38 in December of last year. Subra says the results of those tests have revealed elevated levels of six toxic and potentially life threatening chemicals associated with crude oil, most notably Ethylbenzene which has been linked to kidney damage and cancer. ... UL Lafayette Professor Paul Klerks is an expert in the environmental toxicology and he says the high levels of ethyl benzene found in human patients is alarming but he doesn't believe its reason to panic just yet. | |
| Date: 27 January 2011 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Climate Conundrum: Planet Vs Economic Growth | |
| AssociatedPress | 27 January 2011 | As leaders prepare to discuss climate change at the World Economic Forum in Davos, some emerging nations say economic growth is a higher priority than emissions targets. (Jan. 27) | |
| Date: 27 January 2011 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Guardian Reporter Jack Shenker on Egypt Protests: The Fear Barrier Seems to Have Been Broken | |
| Democracy Now!' 27 January 2011 Unprecedented protests in Egypt continue for a second day. On Wednesday, demonstrators defied a government ban on gatherings and took to streets in the biggest popular protests against President Hosni Mubarak in three decades. Democracy Now! interviews Guardian reporter Jack Shenker live on the phone from Cairo. (quote)That fear barrier seems to have been broken, Shenker says. (quote)These are sort of middle-class people who are generally enjoying quite a comfortable standard of living... They've got a lot to lose, and yet they're still being motivated to come out, to be beaten, to be hit by water cannons, to be carried off into the desert,(end quote) he says. (quote)There's so much energy and so much momentum behind what's going on ... I think we'll still see a lot of people on the streets tomorrow.(end quote) | |
| Date: 27 January 2011 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Activist: Tear Gas, Tanks, Concussion Grenades Used on Egyptian Protesters Are Made in the U.S. | |
| Democracy Now!' 27 January 2011 In Egypt, protesters faced tear gas, water cannon and beatings from security forces on the streets of Cairo on Wednesday. Up to 1,200 people were arrested, including a number of journalists. Six people have reportedly been killed since Tuesday. Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did not criticize the Egyptian government, saying only that the country was stable and Egyptians had the right to protest, while urging all parties to avoid violence. Democracy Now! interviews Mostafa Omar, an Egyptian American activist and writer based in New York City. | |
| Date: 27 January 2011 - Added by: KMC | |
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| The Noble Lie (Snarkipedia #2) | |
| Snarkipedia | 17 January 2011 | |
| Date: 27 January 2011 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Joy Behar On Michele Bachmann's State Of The Union Rebuttal | |
| Joy and her panel John Fugelsang, Chuck Nice & Rebecca Dana have a few laughs over Bachmann's SOTU rebuttal! | |
| Date: 27 January 2011 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Climate Change - the Video Game | |
| From: linktv | 29 November 2010 Fate of the World, a new video game produced by UK based Red Redemption, a company specializing in social action games, enables you to use real climate models to either save or destroy the world. Video game creator Gobion Rowlands explains why this game will have an impact. | |
| Date: 27 January 2011 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Fracking Hell: The Untold Story | |
| From: linktv | 11 January 2011 An original investigative report by Earth Focus and UK's Ecologist Film Unit looks at the risks of natural gas development in the Marcellus Shale. From toxic chemicals in drinking water to unregulated interstate dumping of potentially radioactive waste that experts fear can contaminate water supplies in major population centers including New York City, are the health consequences worth the economic gains? Marcellus Shale contains enough natural gas to supply all US gas needs for 14 years. But as gas drilling takes place, using a process called hydraulic fracturing or | |
| Date: 27 January 2011 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 773 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 5 | |