Daily Archives: 21. November 2012


21.11.2012 - 23:12 [ Xinhuanet ]

Military plane crashes in Yemeni capital, killing 10

On Oct. 15, a military helicopter crashed due to a technical failure near the Anad air base in the southern province of Lahj and the pilot died later from serious injuries.

On Oct. 25, 2011, another Russian-made Antonov military cargo plane crashed while landing at the Anad military air base, killing nine people, including eight Syrian engineers and a Yemeni army officer.

The Anad military air base is used by the U.S. army to train Yemeni counter-terrorism forces in combating al-Qaida militants in the country‘s restive south.

21.11.2012 - 23:06 [ RIA Novosti ]

Obama verspricht Netanjahu mehr Geld für israelische Raketenabwehr

US-Präsident Barack Obama hat dem israelischen Regierungschef Benjamin Netanjahu versprochen, im Kongress mehr Geld für die zusätzliche Finanzierung des Raketenabwehrsystems „Eiserne Kuppel“ durchzusetzen.

Das teilte das Weiße Haus am Mittwoch mit. „Präsident Obama telefonierte heute mit Premier Netanjahu und bekräftigte sein Streben, die Sicherheit Israels zu gewährleisten. Der Präsident gab unmissverständlich zu verstehen, dass kein einziges Land Angriffe auf friedliche Bürger dulden wird“, hieß es.

21.11.2012 - 22:56 [ Organic Consumers Association ]

Organic Farmers Slam Genetically Modified Crop-Friendly USDA Report

The goal of the USDA-appointed committee, the Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21), was to address contamination by genetically modified (also known as genetically engineered, or GE) crops to organic and non-GE crops, and to look at compensation mechanisms for that contamination.

21.11.2012 - 22:52 [ Russia Today ]

Americans to pay for Thanksgiving dinner with food stamps in record numbers

About 42.2 million Americans will eat on a budget of $1 to $1.25 per meal this Thanksgiving as the number of people enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program remains high, found a new report by The Sunlight Foundation, a nonprofit government watchdog group. The number of Americans relying on food stamps this Thanksgiving is equal to the populations of California and Connecticut combined.

21.11.2012 - 22:48 [ AltHealthWorks ]

Amazon Indian Tribes Must Rediscover Native Food, Medicine to Avert Cultural Disaster

‘International Micronutritionist’ Dan Sienkewicz knows that as well as anyone, but on a recent trip to visit native tribes of the area, he discovered that the Rain Forest’s healing secrets had been all but lost on the natives, who now prefer starchy cereals, Coca Cola, and yes, Kraft Mac and Cheese, to their traditional diets, as well as government-provided “modern medicine” to their traditional herbs.

21.11.2012 - 20:01 [ Global Voices ]

Confessions of Paid Political Trolls in South Korea

The reason why I am posting this is to let you know that you are being manipulated […] The first three months is the probation period. Our hourly rate starts at 2,500 Korean Won (USD 2.3). They (the party) would pay for (computer and Internet use at) the PC room [note: Korean gaming cafe], but since we spend our money on buying meals and cigarettes, even after working a full-day, we barely covered our commuter expense…

21.11.2012 - 18:53 [ RFI ]

Paris‘s oldest bakery to close

The area has changed partly due to gentrification, it is near the famous Opéra Garnier and the Louvre museum, but is also close to several streets that are now full of sushi restaurants and shops catering for Japanese tourists.

21.11.2012 - 18:52 [ InDepthNews ]

NATO Pushing Europe into New Nuclear Arms Race

The German campaign, as discreet as it was, was a timely reaction to the historic speech the U.S. president Barack Obama made in the Czech capital Prague in April 2009, where he called the nuclear weapons spread across the world „the most dangerous legacy of the Cold War“.

But soon, the German campaign for the denuclearisation of Europe, very much like Obama’s speech in Prague, turned out to be no more than pious words.

21.11.2012 - 18:27 [ wired ]

Pentagon Wants to Keep Running Its Afghan Drug War From Blackwater’s HQ

CNTPO has a longstanding relationship with Blackwater, the infamous security firm that is now known as Academi. In 2009, it gave Blackwater a contract to train Afghan police, and company employees used that contract to requisition guns from the U.S. military for their private use. Although that contract was ultimately taken out of CNTPO’s hands, the office’s relationship with Academi/Blackwater endures.

21.11.2012 - 18:04 [ Asia Times ]

Obama the Pivot

Pivoting? Don‘t believe the hype. It‘s just business.

21.11.2012 - 17:27 [ cbs42.com ]

Ayalon: Israel happy to work with President Obama

(12.11.) Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon visited the Magic City, speaking to a crowd at The Club Monday afternoon. He spoke about the future of U.S.-Israel relations, and said party lines do not matter. „We do not distinguish between republicans and democrats. For us, you are all Americans,“ he said.

21.11.2012 - 17:25 [ Aniaetleprogrammeur - New Releases ]

Pale Music Int.

„Aniaetleprogrammeur filled our bodies with thumping beats, thrilling synths,
and guitars that wailed so hard they raised goosebumps on the back of our necks-
all with just two members! They credit their Parisian beginnings for the hints
of ambience and nuanced melodies imbued throughout their Berlin Wall of
Sound.“*Los Angeles Weekly (US)***