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Daily Archives: October 31st, 2008

Sergei MARKEDONOV: Abkhazia as the Theatre of Georgia’s Terrorist Activities and Sabotage

31-Oct-08

The renewed attempts to destabilise the situation in Abkhazia against the background of the unquiet life in South Ossetia and Georgia’s territory adjacent to it, need consideration and assessment of these new threats to the security of South Caucasian states recognised by Russia and to Russia itself as a guarantor of their statehood and the right of self-determination.

Igor TOMBERG: Under Sign of Cartels

31-Oct-08

Now that the credit market has thinned, leaving few chances for speculations, Moscow begins to play a more adequate role in fuel price formation. Having carrying out some calculations, Russian experts concluded that the lack of liquidity would make the law of supply and demand more influential.

Max Kantar: A Case Study Of Power And Media: The Washington Post

31-Oct-08

31 October, 2008
Last week’s unilateral attack on Syria and the subsequent coverage of the events by the mainstream US media give us an impeccable illustration of the prevailing ideologies that dictate how news is received, composed, and understood by respectable journalists and reporters.
In fact, considering all of the variables surrounding the recent US attack, this [...]

Michel Chossudovsky: “A Second 9/11": An Integral Part of US Military Doctrine

31-Oct-08

31 October, 2008, Global Research
For several years now, senior officials of the Bush administration including the President and the Vice President have intimated, in no certain terms, that there will be “a Second 9/11″.
Quotations from presidential speeches and official documents abound. America is threatened:
“The near-term attacks … will either rival or exceed the 9/11 attacks… [...]

Kawther Salam – Jewish Terrorist attacks Church of the Holy Sepulcher

31-Oct-08

In the night of Wednesday, October 29, an extremist orthodox Jew – chosen by God, invaded the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in the old city of Jerusalem. The Jewish terrorist tried to harm three monks who were worshiping God in the church. The monks saw the terrorist Jew and escaped from his attack, but [...]

GazaFriends: 31 October, 2008 Palestinian Fishing Boats Attacked by Israeli gunboats

31-Oct-08

For Immediate Release
For More Information, Please Contact:
Greta Berlin (Cyprus) +357 99 081 767 / iristulip@gmail.com
Osama Qashoo (Cyprus) +44 (0)78 3338 1660 / osamaqashoo@gmail.com
Angela Godfrey Goldstein (Jerusalem)  +972 (0)54 736 6393 / angela@icahd.org
At 10:00 am Cyprus time, three Israeli gunboats attacked Palestinian fishing boats in the territorial waters of Gaza. Eleven internationals have accompanied the fishermen [...]

John Bellamy Foster, “Capitalism and Climate Change “

31-Oct-08

I think there is no other choice — any other choice is absolutely irrational. We’re living in an irrational system — we can’t let that level of irrationality dictate our action. So, we need to do that, but climate change isn’t the whole environmental problem. There’s species extinction, there’s deforestation, desertification, there are a water crisis and the attempt of capital to privatize water, there are umpteen numbers of problems.

Desmond Tutu – Q&A: “We Must Rethink the International Economic System”

31-Oct-08

A very disturbing thing has been the gap between the rich and the poor widening. And I have said that people are going to be resentful and say ‘where is this peace dividend?’ If you go to South Africa one of the first things that strikes you — when you are flying to Cape Town — you see the shacks.