Wearing t-shirts proclaiming “Thank you, Lord” in Spanish and English, the miners gradually surfaced one by one as their rescue from the collapsed mine was completed.
Oct 15, 2010
Court rejects plea seeking Musharraf's trial on treason charge
Obama vows to end US policy on gays in military
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama has vowed to end the military's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy that bars gays and lesbians from serving openly even as the US Justice Department has requested an emergency stay on federal judge's injunction stopping enforcement of the policy.
Australian gets life term for murdering sons
MELBOURNE: An Australian man was sentenced on Friday to life in prison for murdering his three young sons by driving them into a reservoir on Father's Day to spite their mother.
US military says 77,000 Iraqis killed over 5 years, Oct 15, 2010
BAGHDAD: A new US military tally puts the death toll of Iraqi civilians and security forces in the bloodiest years of the war thousands below Iraqi government figures.
At Lebanon border, Ahmadinejad predicts Israel's demise
BINT JBEIL, LEBANON: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad predicted the demise of arch-foe Israel on Thursday from inside a Hezbollah stronghold in south Lebanon, just miles from the border of the Jewish state.
Harvard gets biggest international donation in 102 yrs, from Tata Group
BOSTON: India's Tata Group has given a whopping $50 million to the prestigious Harvard Business School here to fund a new academic and residential building on its campus, the largest gift received by the institute from an international donor in its 102-year-old history.
CWG: Glasgow steals the show at closing gala
Scottish dancers assemble a replica of Glasgow's Clyde Auditorium, familiarly known as 'The Armadillo', at the XIX Commonwealth Games closing ceremony in New Delhi. Glasgow, Scotland's biggest city, will host the 2014 event. (AFP Photo)
NEW DELHI: After the spellbinding opening ceremony and a stirring surge in the medals tally, the mood in the Capital was expectedly upbeat: tonight's-gonna-..
Cricket loss makes Oz athletes take it out on washing machine
Enraged by the humiliating loss, some athletes, according to highly-placed sources in Delhi Police, went berserk, destroying electrical fittings and furniture in their tower in the Games Village on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Pelosi Is To Blame For Screwing 58 Million of Us
What did happen on October 11, 2010 was the fact that the COLA freeze for 58 million people was announced. And because of how the congress has chosen to measure the supposed cost of living: they found that for the last two years there has been NO INCREASE in those costs. However despite this, the congress did vote themselves a COLA in the senate of $5,300 and in the House it was $ 4,700. Clearly Congress felt they owed themselves a cost of living increase while the 58 million Social Security recipients were denied any increase at all.
White House in Crisis
...the recent involuntary sudden departures of the White House chief of staff and national security adviser, along with what WMR can confirm from multiple sources is a president who is suffering from Nixonian levels of paranoia, depression, and schizophrenia, has some top-level administration officials considering the first-ever invocation of Section 4 of the 25th Amendment — the involuntary removal of the president from office. The White House meltdown has the Washington political circuit buzzing under the surface.
Cancer 'is purely man-made' say scientists after finding almost no trace of disease in Egyptian mummies
Cancer is a man-made disease fuelled by the excesses of modern life, a study of ancient remains has found. Tumours were rare until recent times when pollution and poor diet became issues, the review of mummies, fossils and classical literature found.
Rule of Law Prospers Most in Sweden, Least in Pakistan
The rule of law - a critical element of good governance – thrives best in Sweden, the Netherlands and in several other wealthy nations but is sorely lacking in Pakistan, Kenya, and Liberia, among other poor countries, according to a major new index released here Thursday by the World Justice Project (WPJ).
Bernanke Ponders the "Nuclear" Option
Ben Bernanke's speech on Friday in Boston could turn out to be a real barnburner. In fact, there's a good chance the Fed chairman will announce changes in policy that will stun Wall Street and send tremors through Capital Hill. Along with another trillion or so in quantitative easing, Bernanke is likely to appeal to congress for a second round of fiscal stimulus, this time in the form of a two-year suspension of the payroll tax. That's what he figures it will take to jump-start spending and rev-up the flagging economy. It could be an extraordinary intervention.
U.S. Troops Being Trained on How to Handle Rioting Americans
In something of a post-democratic, "Mad Max" scenario, United States troops are being trained on how to handle rioting Americans in case the nation collapses into anarchy. This change in troop protocol is being brought out in response to riots and civil unrest that are happening in Europe. It isn't too far off to think the United States will soon become an iron fist, martial law police state catering to the elite. As for those who are being policed and bossed around, well, that's their problem.
Israel 'declares war on its people' - pictures
You could easily miss the thin, gravel road that leads to Al Arakib, a Bedouin village in the north Negev. It is a bit ironic, given the enormity of the struggle there and its deep implications for the Jewish state. Israeli forces have razed the village five times since late July, sparking cries of ethnic cleansing and leaving more than 300 Bedouin homeless. But the equally determined residents, along with a handful of Jewish activists, continue to rebuild. The government claims that Al Arakib was abandoned and, as such, belongs to the state. Israel calls the Bedouin squatters who "infiltrate" the area and settle it illegally. According to the state, these people must be removed to make way for a forest to be planted by the Jewish National Fund.
Green Party Candidate Excluded from California Governor’s Debate
While governor hopefuls Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman debated on Tuesday night in San Rafael, the Green Party candidate for governor was being arrested outside the hall. Police charged Laura Wells with trespassing after she tried to get into the debate that she was not allowed to participate in.
Israeli authorities bulldoze Palestinian village for the sixth time
A large force of Israeli police and special forces supported by armoured bulldozers, machinery and trucks have demolished a Palestinian village for the sixth time. The Israelis entered Al-Arakib in the Negev region (part of Palestine occupied in 1948), on the morning of 13 October. Local sources said that the occupation forces imposed a tight cordon around the village, setting up checkpoints at its entrances; people, including media representatives, were prevented from entering or leaving the village. The same sources said that clashes took place between the Israel occupation authority's forces and the villagers. Israeli police arrested a number of residents along with activists who were trying to stop the demolitions.
Then They Came for Me
Speaking out a year ago against the idea of holding civilian trials for terrorism suspects, Liz Cheney captured the paranoid arrogance of the past decade with stunning efficiency: “This demonstrates conclusively that we are going back to a pre-9/11 mentality,” she said. Oh the horror! Fair trials, rule of law, habeas corpus, Miranda rights, blah, blah, blah — remember what a nuisance our justice system used to be before Liz’s father and the rest of the neocon High Nooniacs made us safe by hustling us off to a police state and perpetual war? I can’t help but think about the younger Cheney’s comment — and the fear it implies, not of terrorists but of liberals
Invasion of the Robot Home Snatchers
The Titanic that is the U.S. housing market has just sprung its biggest leak, and even some of the largest banks responsible for this mess, like Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase, are now imposing a temporary moratorium on foreclosures. They have done so very reluctantly and only after courts throughout the nation, and the attorneys general of 40 states, questioned the legality of a securitized system of homeownership that has impoverished tens of millions.
Wolfowitz Directive Gave Legal Cover to Detainee Experimentation Program
In 2002, as the Bush administration was turning to torture and other brutal techniques for interrogating "war on terror" detainees, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz loosened rules against human experimentation, an apparent recognition of legal problems regarding the novel strategies for extracting and evaluating information from the prisoners.
DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN: The Choice To Be Drowned or Hanged
The opportunity to choose is utterly meaningless and irrelevant when the supposed choices that are offered are fundamentally the same ones with different packaging. In the 21st Century, different packaging is in this instance essentially what is known as corporate branding, which means that messages, images, and imagery target a mass (and often undiscerning) audience. These messages, images, and imagery rarely have anything whatsoever to do with reality. The objective of corporate branding is of course massive manipulation, not the dissemination of truth or the positing of reality.
Common Ground With A War Criminal: Stryker Brigade Commander Harry D. Tunnell IV Sneered At COIN Doctrine, And So Do I
Winter PatriotOctober 14, 2010 - The Stryker Combat Brigade in Afghanistan, some of whose members stand accused of killing civilians for sport, was led by a man who openly sneered at the U.S. military's counterinsurgency strategy, according to Craig Whitlock of the Washington Post....I cannot speak for Tunnell, but my understanding begins with the fact that the words 'insurgent' and 'insurgency' are entirely inappropriate in this context. In dictionary-English, as opposed to the political double-talk that goes on in America, an 'insurgent' is someone who rebels against a legitimately established government. Both Iraq and Afghanistan were bombed, invaded, demolished and occupied, based on transparently obvious lies.
World in grave danger of financial collapse, says Ken Clarke
Justice secretary warns that western nations are 'not out of the woods yet' Ken Clarke warned today that the world economy was "in grave danger of financial collapse". Speaking at the Prison Governors' Association's annual conference, the justice secretary said western nations are "not out of the woods yet". Clarke said: "We have rescued ourselves for the moment from being bracketed with the weaker brethren with doubts about our credit rating and the costs of our borrowing, but if we fail to deliver the kind of programme we have set out we will be back there all too soon if we are not too careful."
GOP Tea Party frontrunner: ‘Abolish’ public schools
A Tea Party-backed Republican congressional nominee has championed abolishing public schools in California, and is currently the favorite to win his November election.
WikiLeaks accuses US of ‘financial warfare’
The founder of whistleblower Web site WikiLeaks says the US government is involved in a campaign of "financial warfare" against the group.
Phoenix police officer tased and then shot victim
Defense lawyer says Phoenix police officer indicted on murder charge in on-duty shooting. A Phoenix police officer has been indicted on a second-degree murder charge for the on-duty shooting of a suspect, his lawyer said Thursday. Officer Richard Chrisman was served a summons on the indictment, attorney Craig Mehrens said. The indictment also charged him with aggravated assault and misdemeanor cruelty to animals.
Mamoon Alabbasi: London's Jazza sings in tune with Palestine
Artists from across cultural and music genre divides unite in festival for Palestinians. London's 'Jazza Music Festival' kicked off Tuesday with a number of artists performing free of charge to help raise aid for the occupied Palestinian territories and highlight their plight. The event offered a mix of music genres that crossed both cultural as well as generational divides, where a diverse audience enjoyed tunes from classic Arabic oud to a touch of contemporary Palestinian hip-hop passing through styles of jazz and into a melodic portrait of England's north east.
Details emerge of Chile miners' ordeal
The dramatic rescue of the Chilean miners can be a lesson for businesses in how to deal with high risk situations.
As the world celebrates the rescue of Chile's 33 trapped miners, details of the men's harrowing 69-day ordeal have begun to emerge that belie the upbeat official picture.
Survivor Richard Villaroel on Thursday told Chilean public broadcaster TVN: "When one of us found it tough, the comrade at his side helped him.
"We all supported each other," he said from the hospital in the nearest main town of Copiapo, where the 33 survivors were receiving check-ups.
Survivor Richard Villaroel on Thursday told Chilean public broadcaster TVN: "When one of us found it tough, the comrade at his side helped him.
"We all supported each other," he said from the hospital in the nearest main town of Copiapo, where the 33 survivors were receiving check-ups.
Three rescued miners released from hospital in Chile
By DPA,
Copiapo (Chile) : The first three of the rescued San Jose miners were released late Thursday from hospital after routine tests, Chilean media reported.
The three -- Florencio Avalos, Juan Illanes and the Bolivian Carlos Mamani -- were released just 24 hours after the final miner was hoisted above earth's crust in the dramatic rescue action.
Chile miners: San Jose mine and Camp Hope could be turned into museum attraction
Oct 14, 2010
They're all out: 33 miners raised safely in Chile - Yahoo! News
SAN JOSE MINE, Chile – The longest underground nightmare in history ended safely — and faster than anyone expected.
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MER Update 093010 - Spirit Snoozes, Opportunity Bolts Past Halfway Mark to Endeavour Crater
Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Maas Digital
As Opportunity picked up the pace to Endeavour Crater this month and crossed the halfway point on the long journey from Victoria Crater and Spirit continued sleeping in hibernation mode, the Mars Exploration Rovers chalked up their 81st month of what was supposed to have been just a three-month tour of the Red Planet.“There’s been no word from Spirit,” ....
NASA - NASA's Hubble Captures First Images of Aftermath of Possible Asteroid Collision
These four Hubble Space Telescope images, taken over a five-month period, from January to May 2010 with Wide Field Camera 3, show the odd-shaped debris that likely came from a collision between two asteroids. Illustration Credit: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI) Science Credit: NASA, ESA, and D. Jewitt (UCLA) WASHINGTON -- NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured the first snapshots of a suspected asteroid collision. The images show a bizarre X-shaped object at the head of a comet-like trail of material.
Exploding Clays Drive Geminids Sky Show? - Breaking Orbit
A Geminid meteor cuts across star trails over Georgia in 1985.
—Image courtesy Jimmy Westlake via NASA
(See "Intense Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight" [2009].)
Instead, scientists have traced the Geminids to an object called 3200 Phaethon. This bizarre body has all the mineral makings of an asteroid, but, like a comet, it left behind a stream of dust that follows along in its orbit.
Thanks to gravitational interactions, this dusty trail regularly crosses Earth's orbit. The particles then burn up in our atmosphere, creating the Geminids meteor shower.
Until recently, the favored view of Phaethon was that it's a dead comet—the rocky core of ..
Bombing Earth-bound Asteroids a Viable Option, Experts Say
Sensor data courtesy JAXA, processed by National Geographic News
Saturn's Largest Moon Has Ingredients for Life?
Picture courtesy NASA/JPL/University of Arizona/DLR
Published October 8, 2010
The chemical "letters" used to write the basic code for life on Earth might exist on Saturn's largest moon, according to new research presented Thursday.
Last Chilean rescuer back to surface
SAN JOSE MINE, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- The last Chilean rescuer was brought back to surface early Thursday, completing the rescue operation for the 33 trapped miners who had been staying underground for more than 2 months.
Dozens of Los Angeles residents charged in crackdown on medical fraud
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Dozens of Los Angeles residents were charged on Wednesday for their roles in a Medical fraud that fleeced Medicare out of millions of dollars, authorities said.
9 killed in U.S. drone attack in NW Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- The death toll has risen to nine following a U.S. drone strike launched late Wednesday night in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of North Waziristan, reported local media.
Obama stresses benefits of college tax credit to U.S. families
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday highlighted the benefits of an initiative to make college education more affordable, according to a statement from the White House.
Iranian president slams reports over Hezbollah's involvement in Hariri's murder
BEIRUT, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday slammed the "fabricated" claims that Hezbollah was involved in the assassination of Lebanese former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri.
Is Netanyahu trying to shift the focus with new offer?
JERUSALEM Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- The aftermath to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech on Monday, offering a possible extension on settlement construction freeze if the Palestinians recognize Israel as a Jewish state, has questions arisen regarding the timing and reason for the offer.
Acropolis hill blocked by Greek protestors over austerity measures
ATHENS, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Acropolis hill, the most famous archaeological site of Greece, was blocked on Tuesday by Greek employees of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in protest of austerity measures.
Landmarks of Berlin to be illuminated during Festival of Lights
The Brandenburg Gate is illuminated during the Festival of Lights in Berlin October 13, 2010. Several landmarks of the German capital, including boulevards, squares, towers, historical and modern buildings, will be illuminated during the festival. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
Last trapped Chilean miner rescued, historic rescue completed
This video grab shows the last miner Luis Urzua is rescued back to the ground at the collapsed San Jose mine, 800 km north of the Chilean capital Santiago, on Oct. 13, 2010. The operation to lift out the 33 miners trapped for over two months in northern Chile has been successfully completed by Wednesday. (Xinhua)
Oct 13, 2010
Chile mine rescue underway; two-thirds hoisted to safety
SAN JOSE MINE, CHILE - One by one, the miners who have been trapped under 2,000 feet of rock in northern Chile for more than two months were being pulled to the surface Wednesday in a special capsule, then embraced by emotional family members as the end of their saga was beamed live around the world.
Michelle Obama's plea to America
Plea for more time ... Michelle Obama. Photo: Reuters
US First Lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday poignantly said she felt the economic anxiety of hurting Americans, but pleaded with them to give her husband more time to forge the change he promised.
Last of 33 miners likely to be saved Wednesday
The last of 33 miners trapped in a Chile mine could be saved by the end of the day, officials said Wednesday, as a complex, fast-moving rescue operation went without hitch, triggering global rejoicing.
Question of the Week: Investors Seek Metals To Soften Blow of Global Currency War
The housing market remains in the dumper. U.S. stocks - despite a rally - are still 22% below their record highs of two years ago. And the "official" unemployment rate remains at a heart-stopping 9.6%.
Flu Shots May Reduce Heart Attack Risk
Sept. 21, 2010 -- Yearly flu shots may do more than stave off the seasonal flu -- they may also prevent heart attacks, according to a new study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. And the earlier you get the flu shot, the greater this protection, the study shows.
You Heard it Here First: China's Plan to Dethrone the Dollar Continues to Unfold
The U.S. dollar is on the way out as the world's top reserve currency. And as Money Morning Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald predicted more than a year and a half ago, the yuan could be set to replace it.
Chile miners: Rescue workers expect to begin lifting trapped miners Tuesday | La Plaza | Los Angeles Times
Officials said that Tuesday, the 69th day underground for 33 miners trapped 2,300 feet down in a northern Chile mine, will see at least the first rescue via metal capsule, with the rest to be lifted to freedom over the next two days.
Indian athlete Rani Yadav fails dope test at Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games Federation says Yadav, who was sixth in the women's 20-kilometer walk on Saturday, has been provisionally suspended from the event.
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World Financial System Not Sustainable
The financial system the world has evolved on the Bank of England model is not sustainable. It creates nearly all money as debt. Such money only exists as long as someone is willing and able to pay interest on it. It disappears, wholly or partially, in recurring financial crises. Such a system requires that new debt must be created faster than principal and interest payments fall due on old debt.
Beck Aides Try To Debunk Diet Coke Dangers
It's hard to believe after three decades of controversy on aspartame, NutraSweet, Equal, AminoSweet, E951, Benevia, Canderel, Spoonful, etc. that anyone would even question the fact that aspartame is a chemical poison. In reality, it is an addictive, excitoneurotoxic, carcinogenic, genetically-engineered drug and adjuvant that damages the mitochondria and interacts with drugs and vaccines.
The Foreclosure Game Tricks and Traps in the Fine Print By RALPH NADER
This time the big banks and mortgage servicing companies, with their long, one-sided fine print contracts, may have outsmarted themselves. The newspaper headlines and the network television news are blazing news of the erupting fraudulent foreclosure process. This long-overdue coverage is generating public visibility and suddenly hundreds of thousands of foreclosures may be questioned due to what one commentator delicately called “flawed paperwork.”
Spying and lying about the left
A company hired by the state of Pennsylvania has spied on left-wing, antiwar and student groups. The US peace group "Peace of the Action" has discovered documents showing that it and many other organisations have been under surveillance for many months by a private agency called the Institute of Terrorism Research and Response (ITRR).
California to decide on cannabis
Those backing legalised marijuana sale enjoy narrow lead ahead of November vote. This November, California voters will decide whether they would legalise the sale of marijuana. A measure on the statewide ballot called Proposition 19 would fully legalise, regulate and tax marijuana sales, which would be restricted to adults over age 21. Most of California's elected officials and candidates for governor oppose legalisation, but the latest polls show voters who are in favour of Proposition 19 have a narrow lead.
US lifts deep oil drilling freeze
Six-month moratorium on deep water drilling lifted after implementation of new stringent safety measures. The administration of Barack Obama, the US president, has lifted the moratorium on deep water drilling that it imposed in the wake of the disastrous BP oil spill, that dumped millions of litres of oil in the Gulf of Mexico.
MEET THE SUPREMACIST JEWISH REBBE MEACHEM MENDEL SCHNEERSON
By Nahida Izzat (Uprooted Palestinians) – Some still insist that Chabad is a “fringe group”, that “has no influence” and that exposing their supremacist ideology, their level of influence and the harm they do is a “distraction” ! Watch Benjamin Netanyahu Ordered by Chabad Rebbe to Hasten Jewish Messiah’s Coming YouTube – Veterans Today Netanyahu [...]
Taliban capture US base in Afghanistan
Taliban militants have claimed that they have driven US troops out of a military outpost in Afghanistan's northeastern Kunar Province. They also said that the Americans fled the military outpost in Kunar's Marawara district in helicopters on Monday.
Fourth of 33 men rescued from Chilean mine - Yahoo! News
SAN JOSE MINE, Chile – To hugs, cheers and tears, rescuers using a missile-like escape capsule began pulling 33 men one by one to fresh air and freedom at last early Wednesday, 69 days ..
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