Archive for August, 2011

Calls for more equitable school funding system

EVERY child would receive the same base level of funding whether attending a public or private school, with extra allocated to disadvantaged students, in a proposed overhaul of schools funding. Under the plan, developed for the federal review of school funding, students would receive extra funding if, for example, they were poor, came from a […]

Assange accuses Government of ‘ratting out’ Australians

Print Email Australian Broadcasting Corporation Broadcast: 31/08/2011 Reporter: John Stewart WikiLeaks has released a classified US embassy cable containing an ASIO list of Australians linked to a radical Yemeni cleric. Transcript TONY JONES, PRESENTER: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has accused the Federal Government of ratting out Australians named in a classified US embassy cable. Intelligence […]

A dangerous game-changer

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Picture: The Times Source: The Times ACCORDING to Attorney-General Robert McClelland, Australia is a more dangerous place because of the decision by WikiLeaks to release a US document naming 23 Australians with alleged links to al-Qa’ida on the Arabian Peninsula. The confidential diplomatic cable was only one of hundreds that relate […]

Some Christmas cheer among asylum-seekers desperation

Men at the high-security detention centre on Christmas Island spray hoses to celebrate the High Court’s decision yesterday  Picture: Colin Murty Source: The Australian People cheered inside Christmas Island’s detention camps after learning they had been spared deportation. “They’re whooping it up and very happy, dancing and partying,” a person who witnessed the celebrations said. […]

ABC newsroom stalwart dies suddenly

Updated September 01, 2011 00:21:39 ABC News has suffered another loss with the sudden death of long-serving Sydney chief of staff Bernie Keenan. Keenan, 66, began his career as a camera man in commercial television. He went on to become the chief of staff for the Seven Network, but spent most of the past decade […]

Nearly half of children living in Fukushima region have radioactive iodine in their thyroid glands

Jonathan BensonNature News Wednesday, August 31, 2011 (NaturalNews) An anonymous official from the Japanese government recently came forward with the startling results of radiation tests conducted on children shortly after the disastrous earthquake and tsunami struck the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility. According to www.dawn.com the official revealed that 45 percent of children tested had radioactive […]

Why Gaddafi Got a Red Card

Pepe EscobarAsia Times Wednesday, August 31, 2011 (…………) Sarko had a bag full of motives to exact revenge on The Big G. French banks had told him that Gaddafi was about to transfer his billions of euros to Chinese banks. Thus Gaddafi could not by any means become an example to other Arab nations or […]

US forces suffer their deadliest month yet in Afghan campaign

David UsborneLondon Independent Wednesday, August 31, 2011 The cost of war is coming into painful focus for Americans as the month of August closes as the deadliest so far in the decade-long war in Afghanistan, and as a Congressional watchdog releases research showing that tens of billions of dollars meant for contractors in both the […]

New fighting in Libya as Gaddafi loyalists refuse to surrender

By Mohammed Abbas and Robert BirselLondon Independent Wednesday, August 31, 2011 Loyal followers of Muammar Gaddafi are refusing to surrender to those who have forced him into hiding, raising the prospect of new fighting in Libya when an ultimatum expires after this week’s Eid holiday. The new ruling council, keen to consolidate its grip and […]

America’s Secret Libya War

John BarryThe Daily Beast Wednesday, August 31, 2011 The U.S. military has spent about $1 billion so far and played a far larger role in Libya than it has acknowledged, quietly implementing an emerging “covert intervention” strategy that the Obama administration hopes will let America fight small wars with a barely detectable footprint. Officially, President […]

UK: Nine out of ten jobs created last year went to foreign nationals

Jason GrovesDaily Mail Wednesday, August 31, 2011 Nine out of ten people who joined the workforce last year were foreign nationals, official figures revealed yesterday. The number is far higher than had been previously thought. British nationals accounted for only a tiny fraction of the rise in employment among working age people with most new […]

Anarchy in Libya: ‘Gaddafi to launch guerilla war’

Russia Today Wednesday, August 31, 2011 Tripoli remains under rebel control, but Stephen Brown of FrontPage magazine believes the fighting will go on even if colonel Gaddafi is captured. Print this page. Comment Rules 3 Responses to “Anarchy in Libya: ‘Gaddafi to launch guerilla war’” Could explain his recent actions. Would be a good plan. […]

‘Rebels, NATO want Gaddafi at large – only reason to stick together’

Russia Today Wednesday, August 31, 2011 NATO says it’s close to success in Libya as the Gaddafi regime has fallen. The alliance vowed to continue its presence in the region to secure the UN mandate. Meanwhile no one still knows the whereabouts of the fugutive Colonel and fighting between rebels and government loyalists continues near […]

Classmates Encouraged to Report Each Other to New Jersey Police

WINNIE HUNew York Times Wednesday, August 31, 2011 Under a new state law in New Jersey, lunch-line bullies in the East Hanover schools can be reported to the police by their classmates this fall through anonymous tips to the Crimestoppers hot line. In Elizabeth, children, including kindergartners, will spend six class periods learning, among other […]

Annual Inflation Hits 4%

Zero Hedge Wednesday, August 31, 2011 There is the CPI… and then there is the MIT’s billion price project which, as the name implies, tracks the prices of a billion products in real time. And according to the latter, annual inflation has hit a multi year high of about 4%. Perhaps someone can advise the talented […]

WikiLeaks says website was target of cyber attack

Reuters Wednesday, August 31, 2011 WASHINGTON – WikiLeaks said its website had been the target of a cyber attack late on Tuesday as it proceeded with the release of thousands of previously unpublished US diplomatic cables, some still classified. “WikiLeaks.org is presently under attack,” said a message on WikiLeaks’ Twitter page, which is believed to […]

Israel sees Palestinian statehood bid a ‘greater threat’ than Hamas

AFP Wednesday, August 31, 2011 The Palestinian campaign to secure full UN membership presents a greater threat to Israel than that posed by Hamas, the Israeli finance minister said on Wednesday. “This Palestinian initiative represents a more serious threat than that posed by Hamas,” Yuval Steinitz told Israel’s public radio, referring to Gaza’s Islamist rulers […]

Silver Ready to Breakout – Technicals and Fundamentals Suggest $50/oz in Early Autumn

Gold Core Wednesday, August 31, 2011 Gold and silver have fallen after yesterday’s gains due to the very poor consumer confidence data and Federal Reserve murmurings of further monetary easing. Gold is trading at USD 1,792.50, EUR 1,245.10, GBP 1,098.30, CHF 1,471.50 and JPY 137,624 per ounce. While silver is trading at USD 41.21, EUR […]

Anderson Cooper, Ron Paul Spar About FEMA (VIDEO)

Huffington Post Wednesday, August 31, 2011 Anderson Cooper sparred with Congressman Ron Paul about the role of the federal government in disaster relief. Paul caused a stir last week when he dismissed FEMA as an unnecessary agency that was not needed to help citizens in the wake of natural disasters like Hurricane Irene. On Tuesday, […]

Car bomb targets Libyan fighters

Al Jazeera Wednesday, August 31, 2011 Suspected loyalists of toppled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi have attacked the rebel fighters with a car bomb in the capital, Tripoli, killing four people. “At 5:30am local time [03:30GMT] exactly, I heard an explosion,” Omar Mahmoud, a resident whose windows were shattered at his home in the Al-Andaluss neighbourhood, […]

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