China sends large coastguard flotilla to mark Japan’s purchase of disputed islands last year Wednesday, 11 September, 2013 [Updated: 10:00AM] Teddy Ng teddy.ng@scmp.com Vessels from the China Maritime Surveillance and the Japan Coast Guard near the disputed Diaoyu Islands…. Read More ›
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Turkey risks war with Assad, peace with Kurds
Erdogan deploys troops on the border, 72% Turks against attack 10 September, 12:24 (by Francesco Cerri) (ANSAmed) – ANKARA, SEPTEMBER 10 – Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan has just been through the negative outcome of Istanbul’s competition to… Read More ›
China warns Japan against stationing workers on disputed isles ” would not tolerate provocation “
National Sep. 11, 2013 – 06:55AM JST ( 45 ) TOKYO/BEIJING — China on Tuesday said it would not tolerate provocation after Japan’s top government spokesman said the country might station government workers on disputed islands in the East China… Read More ›
Top one percent took record 19.3percent of US income last year – the LARGEST share of pre-tax income since 1927
Last year the top 1 per cent of earners in the U.S. accounted for 19.3 per cent of pre-tax income That’s the largest per cent since 1927 The economic disparity between the 1 per cent and everyone else in the… Read More ›
Japan could anger China by putting government workers on isles
A Japan Coast Guard boat (front) and vessel sail as Uotsuri island, one of the disputed islands, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, is pictured in the background, in the East China Sea August 18, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Ruairidh… Read More ›
Japan scrambles jets in response to drone
reason.com — Sep 10 Japan scrambled fighter jets Monday after an unidentified drone flew near Tokyo-controlled islands at the centre of a bitter dispute with China, a defence ministry spokesman said. It was the first reported incident of its kind.Japan’s… Read More ›
Chinese bombers prompt Japanese jet scramble
Kyodo News InternationalSeptember 8, 2013 12:18 Japan’s Defense Ministry said Sunday two Chinese H-6 bombers flew round trip from the East China Sea to the Pacific Ocean without violating Japanese airspace the same day after overflying waters between Okinawa… Read More ›
7 Chinese coast guard ships sail into disputed waters
National Sep. 10, 2013 – 01:42PM JST ( 0 ) TOKYO — Seven Chinese ships sailed into waters around islands at the center of a bitter dispute with Japan on Tuesday, the day before the anniversary of Tokyo’s nationalisation of… Read More ›
Official: US Could Increase Scale of Syria Strikes / Longer engagement, and use of Air Force Bombers
Sep. 8, 2013 – 11:49AM | By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE | A BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile is launched from its Mark 41 vertical launch system aboard the Destroyer USS FIFE (DD-991) during Operation Desert Storm. War planners aim to unleash a… Read More ›
Syria: US-Russia military escalation in eastern Med
Another 10 warships joining those already deployed near Syria 06 September, 20:03 (ANSAmed) – NICOSIA, SEPTEMBER 6 – As diplomatic tensions over the Syrian crisis rise between the US and Russia, the escalation between the two superpowers is… Read More ›
A war the Pentagon doesn’t want
EEV: This is from the July 18th meeting. As you can easily see, Sen. McCain was already determined to go to war. By Robert H. Scales, Published: September 5 Robert H. Scales, a retired Army major general, is a former commandant… Read More ›
A New Revolt of the Generals? – “embarrassed” to be associated with the White House’s bumbling of the situation
Sep 6, 2013By Paul McLearyin Secretary of State John Kerry confers with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel as they testify with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the “The Authorization… Read More ›
Size doesn’t matter: the top ten ways in which little Britain is vastly superior to big fat Russia
By Tim Stanley World Last updated: September 6th, 2013 Vulgarity with a gun. Vladimir Putin says that Britain is just a small island. Well, someone should remind him that size isn’t important: it’s what you do with it… Read More ›
Russia mocked Britain today as “a small island no one listens to”, sparking a diplomatic spat with David Cameron
EEV: The words are flying, and verification of statement are getting more and more difficult. Still though loads of Drama 😉 Russia mocks Britain, the little island . The Russian official is also said to have joked about Russian “oligarchs”… Read More ›
Vladimir Putin: “Russia will help Syria in case of strike”
[ 06 September 2013 19:46 ] “We are currently delivering weapons to Syria and having economic cooperation” Baku – APA. “Russia will further continue giving aid to Syria through delivery of weapons and economic cooperation,” said President of Russia Vladimir… Read More ›
Brazilian president fuming after finding out NSA read her emails
Thursday, 05 September 2013 Revelations of a U.S. spy program that allegedly allows digital surveillance of the presidents of Brazil and Mexico have drawn cries of indignation and anger in both nations, but the fallout may be strongest for U.S.-Brazil… Read More ›
Turkey: ‘Erdogan not a man of his word’, PKK halts retreat
Turkish government did not respect September 1 deadline 05 September, 18:52 (ANSAmed) – ANKARA, SEPTEMBER 5 – Accusing Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan of not honoring his agreements, Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Cemil Bayik announced Thursday that Kurdish rebels… Read More ›
‘Wendi Deng was a Chinese spy’: Eccentric Australian mogul makes bizarre claim on TV about Rupert Murdoch’s wife
Multi-millionaire Clive Palmer, 59, made the claims on a television show ‘She’s been spying on Rupert for years,’ Mr Palmer claimed Palmer is renowned for his plans to construct a replica of the Titanic He is planning to sue Murdoch… Read More ›
Syria Nuclear Milestones and what ia a Miniature Neutron Source Reactor
Research Reactor Section IAEA Support of Research Reactor HEU to LEU Fuel Conversion Miniature Neutron Source Reactors The Chinese-built Miniature Neutron Source Reactors (MNSR, 27 kW) reactors (two in China, five abroad) are low-power, neutron source RRs used primarily for… Read More ›
Say fromage! Agency denies censorship after withdrawing ‘gormless’ picture of Francois Hollande
Agence France Presse transmitted the unflattering picture to clients on Tuesday, then quickly issued a ‘Mandatory Kill’ order Rob Williams Thursday, 5 September 2013 Agence France Presse (AFP), the French press agency, has been forced to deny charges of self-censorship… Read More ›
Federal court order prohibits Brown from talking to the media in what critics say is latest in crackdown on investigative journalism
US stops jailed activist Barrett Brown from discussing leaks prosecution Ed Pilkington in New York theguardian.com, Wednesday 4 September 2013 17.50 EDT Brown’s lawyer says the gagging order is a breach of Brown’s first amendment rights. Photograph: Nikki Loehr A… Read More ›
Couple had two children taken away from them for A YEAR because military vet dad was taking medical marijuana prescribed to him by a doctor to treat his PTSD
Michael Lewis and his partner Lauren Taylor had their two young son taken from them by local welfare officials The official had determined that Lewis’ medical marijuana was a hazard A Gulf War vet he had been prescribed the drug… Read More ›
Destruction of Christianity as the result of the Arab Spring
© Collage: The Voice of Russia The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime would mark the end of the Christian civilization not only in Syria, but also in the entire Middle East, experts are afraid. Already today in the region… Read More ›
U.S. intelligence agencies spend millions to hunt for insider threats, document shows
By Carol D. Leonnig, Julie Tate and Barton Gellman, Published: September 1 The U.S. government suspects that individuals with connections to al-Qaeda and other hostile groups have repeatedly sought to obtain jobs in the intelligence community, and it reinvestigates thousands of… Read More ›
Security Clearance Denials and Constitutional Rights
September 3, 2013 Steven Aftergood It is generally understood that there is no legally enforceable “right” to be granted a security clearance for access to classified information. And a landmark 1988 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Department of the… Read More ›
College enrolment down by a half million students in 2012 with older students the most turned off further studies
Half a million fewer students enrolled in colleges in 2012 than 2011 Biggest drop is in mature students ages 25 and older However, there has been an increase in the number of Hispanics enrolling Hispanics account for 17 percent of… Read More ›
GSK China bribery co-ordinated at company level, says Xinhua
GSK investigation shows alleged bribery of doctors in China co-ordinated by British company, says Xinhua Tuesday, 03 September, 2013, 4:45pm Reuters in Shanghai GSK has said some of its senior Chinese executives appear to have broken the law, and that… Read More ›
Flashback: Terrorists Arrested on Turkish/Syrian border with Sarin Gas
Monday, 02 September 2013 June 6th, 2013 Russia called on Turkey to share its findings in the case of Syrian rebels who were seized on the Turkish-Syrian border with a 2kg cylinder full of nerve gas sarin. Russia’s top… Read More ›
Top-secret U.S. intelligence files show new levels of distrust of Pakistan
By Greg Miller, Craig Whitlock and Barton Gellman, Monday, September 2, 6:04 PM The $52.6 billion U.S. intelligence arsenal is aimed mainly at unambiguous adversaries, including al-Qaeda, North Korea and Iran. But top-secret budget documents reveal an equally intense focus on one… Read More ›
The spy device that really is ‘undercover’: Vest scans nearby mobiles to track them and steal an owner’s personal details
Images from surveillance brochures have been leaked online The instruments are thought to be next-generation spy gadgets Vest can capture a phone’s unique identifier number and track its location Memory stick can steal network username and password By Victoria Woollaston… Read More ›
REVEALED: Secret program gives federal agents nearly instant access to BILLIONS of AT&T phone records without a court order
Hemisphere program allows federal agents to access details on rolling database of 4billion calls a day that are process through AT&T switches Secret program in place since 2007 includes records dating back to 1987 Federal agents can issue ‘administrative subpoena’… Read More ›
Syria: intervention could unleash global war, Vatican warns
Striking Syria would extend the violence, Monsignor Toso says 02 September, 15:50 (ANSAmed) – ROME, SEPTEMBER 2 – ”The way to solve Syria’s problems cannot be an armed intervention. It would not decrease the violence, but rather risks exploding it… Read More ›
US activist group challanges NSA surveillance by tracking Obama’s location
EEV: Crowdsourcing the Presidents location, appears to be a valid new security risk. We do not however support the apparent risk this may bring. Screenshot: whereisobama.at In response to what some consider over-reaching surveillance programs conducted by US intelligence agencies, which have… Read More ›
NSA spied on Brazilian and Mexican presidents – media
©Photo: Flickr.com/Rev. Xanatos Satanicos Bombasticos (ClintJCL)/cc-by-nc-sa 3.0 US National Security Agency spied on the communications of the Brazilian and Mexican presidents, accessing the Mexico leader’s emails even before he was elected, Brazil’s Globo television reported. Glenn Greenwald, a Rio de… Read More ›
Russian citizens who might be of interest to U.S. security agencies should avoid travel
Photo EPA/ITAR-TASS MOSCOW, September 2. (Itar-Tass) – “Russia’s Foreign Ministry recommends Russian citizens to refrain from international trips, especially to countries with extradition treaties with the US, if said citizens have grounded suspicions that American law enforcements are interested in… Read More ›
NSA Targeted French Foreign Ministry
‘Success Story’ Espionage by the US on France has already strained relations between the two countries, threatening a trans-Atlantic trade agreement. Now a document seen by SPIEGEL reveals that the NSA also spied on the French Foreign Ministry. America’s National… Read More ›
China confirms plans for first Moon visit later this year / First a rover, next a taikonaut, then a colony
By Iain Thomson, 31st August 2013 China has confirmed it is on track to land a rover on the Moon later this year to scoot across the surface analyzing dust and rock samples. “Chang’e-3 has officially entered its launch stage, following its… Read More ›
David Cameron vows to continue to defend Gibraltar in the ongoing diplomatic row with Spain over the tiny territory as chief minister warns of “huge escalation” in the standoff
David Cameron vows to defend Gibraltar . Mr Cameron met Fabian Picardo, Gibraltar’s chief minister, in Downing Street on Friday. Photo: LEWIS WHYLD/AFP By Fiona Govan, Madrid 3:21PM BST 30 Aug 2013 Gibraltar’s chief minister has warned that Spain’s bid… Read More ›
It’s personal: Obamas carried $120,000 student loan debt for decades
10:53 PM 08/27/2013 Robby Soave Reporter, The Daily Caller For President Obama, the student loan crisis is personal. The Obamas had not repaid all of their $120,000 student loan debts until his election to the Senate in… Read More ›
Syria: US calls on UN to withdraw experts, mission senseless
Wsj, there was already definitive proof of chemical weapons use 28 August, 10:09 (ANSAmed) – NEW YORK, AUGUST 28 – The UN mission in Syria is meaningless, as there was already definitive proof of chemical weapons use, US… Read More ›
Saudi takes keys away from more rogue women drivers
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation – Tue, 27 Aug 2013 07:15 AM Author: Lisa AndersonMore news from our correspondents Female driver Azza Al Shmasani displays a note that she says was placed on her car by an unknown person in Saudi… Read More ›
China rules out talks with Japan on disputed Diaoyus
Wednesday, 28 August, 2013 [Updated: 5:28AM] A Japan Coast Guard vessel patrols off the disputed Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea. Photo: Reuters China sees no reason to hold talks with Japan over their dispute about ownership of… Read More ›
Aso compares Senkakus dispute to Falklands
Politics Aug. 28, 2013 – 06:45AM JST ( 27 ) TOKYO/BEIJING — Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso, who doubles as deputy prime minister, said Tuesday that the government must make clear its intent to defend the Senkaku islands or risk… Read More ›
Russian-Ukrainian volunteer corps going to Syria to fight (“Window to Russia”, Russia)
Sergey Razumovsky © Screenshot: YouTube Plans are in the works to send a Russian-Ukrainian volunteer corps to Syria to help its leadership with the struggle against the rebels. Several thousand people have already signed up. This came in a statement… Read More ›
Painting of Vladimir Putin in women’s underwear seized by Russian police for breaking unspecified laws
Picture displayed in St Petersburg gallery portrayed president in tight-fitting slip brushing Dmitry Medvedev’s hair Reuters in St Petersburg theguardian.com, Tuesday 27 August 2013 14.26 EDT Vladimir Putin in his work attire. Photograph: Itar-Tass/Barcroft Media Russian police seized a… Read More ›
China orders all the nation’s journalists to take Marxism classes
Tuesday, 27 August, 2013, 6:05pm News›China Insider Class struggle Patrick Boehler patrick.boehler@scmp.com China has ordered its entire press corps back to school in an effort to shore up ideological unity. The nation’s 307,000 reporters, producers and editors will soon have… Read More ›
Guards have to escort Chicago kids to new schools as they cross gang boundaries
Safe Passage program hires protection hires for Chicago Public Schools as students cross gang boundaries No incidents of trouble reported on its first day today Parents are skeptic over whether the program will continue to protect kids By Associated Press… Read More ›
Kurdish leader – It’s not Assad, West tries to Frame Him
EEV: Still no proof of who launched the chemical attack. If anybody has any direct links to evidence of whom is at fault, please link. Monday, 26 August 2013 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would not be “so stupid” as to… Read More ›
Japan could be ‘main player’ if Asia conflicts break out: defense minister
By Harumi Ozawa Politics Aug. 27, 2013 – 02:01PM JST ( 6 ) TOKYO — Japan could be a key participant if conflict breaks out in Asia, the defense minister said Monday, warning China is seeking to exploit difficulties… Read More ›
U.S. Army sergeant receives Medal of Honor at White House ceremony
EEV: Deserves acknowledgement Source: Reuters – Mon, 26 Aug 2013 08:42 PM Author: Reuters By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama presented the Medal of Honor on Monday to Army Staff Sergeant Ty Carter,… Read More ›
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