Requested Repost from OCT 2013 -‘More people should be asking why John Kerry installed two former aides, both with ZERO foreign policy experience, into top posts at State,’ he also wrote. Jofi Joseph is a director of non-proliferation section of… Read More ›
United Nations
Up to 100 children die from tainted measles vaccine – Syrian ambassador to UN ” the immunisation of children continues “
18 September 2014 UNITED NATIONS. KAZINFORM Some 100 children have died in the Syrian opposition-controlled areas of the north-western Idlib province where the UN measles vaccination campaign was held, Syrian Ambassador to the UN Bashar Jaafari said on Wednesday. Earlier… Read More ›
15 Syrian Children Die of UN Measles Vaccines
Thursday, 18 September 2014 The UN has halted a measles vaccination campaign in northern Syria after at least 15 children died after receiving shots, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed in a joint statement. “UNICEF… Read More ›
Official Kiev using UN marked Helicopters to attack militia
EEV: Needs 2nd source confirmation Wednesday, 14 May 2014 The UN has voiced concerns over the apparent use of UN-marked helicopters by Kiev troops in their military operation against Donetsk regional militia. A video of a white-painted Mil Mi-24 strike… Read More ›
North Korea may conduct nuclear test of ‘new type’
March 30, 11:51 UTC+4 TOKYO “It is not ruled out that a nuclear test of new type will be conducted to build up our defence potential,” KCNA reported EPA/YONHAP TOKYO, March 30, /ITAR-TASS/. North Korea may conduct a nuclear test of… Read More ›
USA gives up control of Internet
Friday, 14 March 2014 U.S. officials announced plans Friday to relinquish federal government control over the administration of the Internet, a move likely to please international critics but alarm some business leaders and others who rely on smooth functioning of… Read More ›
UN Declares Huge Part of Far Eastern Sea Russian Shelf
Sea of Okhotsk © RIA Novosti. 15:25 15/03/2014 MOSCOW, March 15 (RIA Novosti) – A United Nations commission has officially recognized the Sea of Okhotsk enclave, off Russia’s southeastern coast, as part of the country’s continental shelf, the Russian minister… Read More ›
Russia Sends 4 Strategic Bombers on 24-Hour Arctic Patrol
Russia Sends 4 Strategic Bombers on 24-Hour Arctic Patrol © RIA Novosti. Ramil Sitdikov Russia Sends 4 Strategic Bombers on 24-Hour Arctic Patrol 18:43 14/03/2014 KOTELNY ISLAND, March 14 (RIA Novosti) – Russia has dispatched four Tu-95MS strategic bombers… Read More ›
Report: NATO bombed Kosovo with 10 tons of Depleted Uranium.. poisoned SE Europe
– Yugoslavia has been contaminated with toxic substances among which the most dangerous is polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), highly cancerogenous and responsible for immunological diseases. The report stresses that one liter of PCB is enough to contaminate one billion gallons of… Read More ›
UN envoy cuts short Crimea mission after gunmen incident: aide
(AFP) – 5 minutes ago Simferopol — UN special envoy to Crimea Robert Serry cut short his mission to the region Wednesday after unidentified gunmen threatened him and ordered him to leave, an assistant travelling with him told AFP. Serry,… Read More ›
UN envoy in Crimea detained by gunmen: Ukraine ministry
UN envoy Robert Serry was detained by unidentified gunmen in Simferopol, the capital of Ukraine’s autonomous Crimea region, a spokesman for Ukraine’s foreign ministry told AFP Wednesday. Serry had been sent to the Black Sea peninsula — which has come… Read More ›
$130 billion a year wasted on poor quality education: UN
29 Jan 2014 Paris (AFP) A quarter of a billion children worldwide are failing to learn basic reading and maths skills in an education crisis that costs governments $129 billion annually, the UN’s cultural agency warned in a report Wednesday…. Read More ›
Who owns the Moon?
Friday, 10 January 2014 A planetary scientist has said there is a case for developing a United Nations treaty about the moon, which currently states it cannot be owned. No one legally owns the moon but there is a case… Read More ›
How GCHQ Monitors Germany, Israel and the EU
– suspicion arising from the documents that their organization engages in large-scale industrial espionage By Laura Poitras, Marcel Rosenbach and Holger Stark Documents from the archive of whistleblower and former NSA worker Edward Snowden show that Britain’s GCHQ signals intelligence… Read More ›
Truck carrying radioactive material stolen in Mexico
UN’s atomic watchdog says truck was taking cobalt-60 from a hospital to a radioactive waste storage centre when it was stolen Reuters in Vienna theguardian.com, Wednesday 4 December 2013 09.11 EST The IAEA has warned that the radioactive… Read More ›
China offers $100,000 aid to typhoon-ravaged Philippines
Tuesday, 12 November, 2013, 4:34am News›Asia DISASTER Staff reporters and agencies US and Japan send rescue teams China, the world’s second largest economy, has offered US$100,000 in aid to the Philippines in the wake of Super Typhoon Haiyan. It is the… Read More ›
Geoengineers are free to legally hack the climate / So is Geo-terrorism against the law ?
Updated 18:09 31 October 2013 by Michael Marshall Magazine issue 2941. For similar stories, visit the Climate Change Topic Guide Editorial: “Should we give the green light to geoengineers?” THE idea of artificially cooling the climate may have come… Read More ›
MIT Scientist: UN Global Waming report is hilarious
Monday, 30 September 2013 Not all scientists are panicking about global warming — one of them finds the alarmism “hilarious.” A top climate scientist from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology lambasted a new report by the UN’s climate bureaucracy… Read More ›
Foreign diplomats gathered for UN General Assembly ‘pack Manhattan strip club’
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 10:56 EST, 29 September 2013 | UPDATED: 11:02 EST, 29 September 2013 After a long day of international peace-keeping, it’s important to let off some steam. According to a report in the New York… Read More ›
Special report: The punishment was death by stoning. The crime? Having a mobile phone
This barbaric form of execution is on the rise, and campaigners are calling on the UN to act Emma Batha Sunday, 29 September 2013 Two months ago, a young mother of two was stoned to death by her relatives on… Read More ›
World’s top climate scientists told to ‘cover up’ the fact that the Earth’s temperature hasn’t risen for the last 15 years
Leaked United Nations report reveals the world’s temperature hasn’t risen for the last 15 years Politicians have raised concerns about the final draft Fears that the findings will encourage deniers of man-made climate change By Tamara Cohen, Political Correspondent PUBLISHED:… 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 ›
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 ›
U.N. stops short of demanding Syria chemical attack probe
Source: Reuters – Wed, 21 Aug 2013 10:02 PM Author: Reuters UNITED NATIONS, Aug 21 (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council said it was necessary to clarify an alleged chemical weapons attack in Damascus suburbs on Wednesday but stopped short… Read More ›
Syria’s military command denies chemical weapon use
Photo EPA/ITAR-TASS KUWAIT CITY, August 21 (Itar-Tass) – Syria’s military command denied the opposition’s claims that the government troops had used chemical weapons on the outskirts of Damascus. Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi said such claims on the part of the… Read More ›
Gibraltar: Spain considers joint diplomatic offensive with Argentina over Falkland Islands
Spain is considering forging an anti-British alliance with Argentina, adopting its strategy over the Falklands Islands, as the diplomatic row over Gibraltar intensifies. Drivers wait in line along the road of the Gibraltar International airport to enter to Spain at… Read More ›
UN Counters Misinformation by Media: Syrian ‘Rebels’ used Chemical Weapons, not Govt
Monday, 06 May 2013 UN human rights investigators have spoken to the victims of Syria’s civil war and gathered medical testimonies which point to the Syrian terrorists having used sarin nerve gas, while any allegations of its use by… Read More ›
Israeli strike killed 300 Syrian soldiers – news portal
The Sea of Galilee is seen in the background as an Iron Dome, a short-range missile defence system, is positioned on a hill in northern Israel, on May 5, 2013. Photo: AFP The damaspost.com news portal has quoted Syrian sources… Read More ›
Probiotics found to reduce hepatic encephalopathy
Contact: Dimple Natali easlpressoffice@cohnwolfe.com 44-790-013-8904 European Association for the Study of the Liver Amsterdam, The Netherlands,Thursday 25 April 2013: Probiotics could emerge as a treatment plan to manage hepatic encephalopathy (HE) therapy after a new study announced at the International… Read More ›
Millionaire businessman James McCormick guilty of selling fake bomb detectors
Shenai Raif Tuesday, 23 April 2013 A millionaire businessman is facing jail today after being convicted of selling fake bomb detectors. James McCormick, 56, was found guilty at the Old Bailey of three counts of fraud after jurors heard… Read More ›
N. Korea Says Nukes Are Not A Bargaining Chip For Aid
Mar. 17, 2013 – 12:58PM | By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE | SEOUL — North Korea said Sunday it would never trade its nuclear weapons program for aid and stressed its “unshakeable” stance to retain the deterrent, following a third atomic test… Read More ›
N. Korea shows some signs of preparing for war
Kyodo — Mar 07 Some indications of North Korea preparing for a war were observable in the capital Pyongyang on Wednesday, a day after the North threatened to scrap the cease-fire that ended the 1950-1953 Korean War. Some… Read More ›
Syrian rebels say seize UN convoy
EEV: Video Recently Added Mar 6, 2013 20:51 Moscow Time Photo: EPA Syrian rebels say they have seized a convoy of United Nations observers near the Golan Heights, according to a video posted on the Internet site YouTube… Read More ›
N. Korea threatens to scrap armistice accord
AFP Tuesday, Mar 05, 2013 SEOUL – North Korea threatened Tuesday to scrap the armistice which ended the Korean War in 1953, citing US moves to impose sanctions for its nuclear test and tensions over South Korean-US exercises. The threat… Read More ›
US calls on UN to bar drunken diplomats from budget negotiations
05 Mar 2013 UNITED NATIONS (AFP) The United States called for drunk diplomats to be barred from United Nations’ budget negotiations. Annual talks on how much the global body spends have become increasingly tense as western nations call for spending cuts…. Read More ›
Man-made chemicals cited in health scourges -UN report : “a global threat that needs to be resolved,”
Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:59 GMT Reuters * Childhood cancers, male sperm count cited * Action said needed to avert global threat * Product labels may not identify components By Robert Evans GENEVA, Feb 19 (Reuters) – Man-made chemicals in… Read More ›
North Korea carries out third atomic test
AP Tuesday, 12 February 2013 North Korea said today it had tested a “miniaturised” nuclear device, defying the United Nations’ orders to stop building atomic weapons. The underground explosion could take North Korea a big step closer to its… Read More ›
‘Food waste is probably one of the worst things for global warming’ – expert: “almost half of the world’s food production is thrown away”
Eva Bertrand Feb 1, 2013 16:00 Moscow Time © Photo: ru.wikipedia.org/ Pittaya Sroilong/cc-by More than a third of the world’s entire food production is lost or wasted annually. Both the European Union and the United Nations have, separately and unanimously… Read More ›
World jobless number seen rising to record high: ILO
22 Jan 2013 GENEVA (AFP) Five years after the global financial crisis hit, unemployment numbers continue to soar, with a record 202 million people worldwide expected to be officially jobless this year, the International Labour Organization said Tuesday. Last year saw… Read More ›
Groundbreaking mercury treaty adopted by 140 countries: Exempted Vaccines and Dental Fillings
19 Jan 2013 GENEVA (AFP) More than 140 countries agreed Saturday on a ground-breaking treaty to rein in the use and emission of health-hazardous mercury, the UN said, but environmental activists lamented it did not go far enough. The world’s… Read More ›
Syria must be defenseless for America to illegaly invade, Rated:XXX ” Russian troops are on the ground”
John Robles Jan 9, 2013 20:31 Moscow Time Photo: EPA Poised and ready to invade Syria and continue its plans for complete global military and political domination at any cost, the US is faltering and has yet to invade Syria…. Read More ›
Full AR5 draft leaked here, contains game-changing admission of enhanced solar forcing (( Please Review, In case it gets Censored ))
* EEV: I saved the whole Adobe file, if any links become broken please inform me. I will then gladly publish the whole file online, as a backup. Posted by Alec Rawls, 12/13/12 I participated in “expert review” of the… Read More ›
Landmark climate change report leaked online
Draft of IPCC’s fifth assessment, due to be published in September 2013, leaked online by climate sceptic Alex Rawls Leo Hickman guardian.co.uk, Friday 14 December 2012 09.07 EST The BoA coal-burning power plant, which went into operation in August 2012… Read More ›
Rice says Benghazi comments based on preliminary intelligence (Statements are in direct conflict with Petraeus)
Posted 2012/11/21 at 7:29 pm EST UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 21, 2012 (Reuters) — U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, broke her silence on Wednesday and defended her remarks on a September attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four… Read More ›
National security for beginners
EEV: requested post. Posted By Thaddeus G. McCotter On 2:21 PM 10/24/2012 @ 2:21 PM In Opinion | Amidst our nation’s rightful focus on our struggling economy, Monday night’s foreign policy debate’s stirring exchanges droned home the point that these… Read More ›
Foreign air power is crucial to Mali battle plan: sources
By Tiemoko DialloPosted 2012/11/09 at 7:10 am EST BAMAKO, Nov. 9, 2012 (Reuters) — Malian troops backed by foreign air power will lead the assault to recapture Timbuktu and other northern cities from al Qaeda-linked militants, under a battle plan… Read More ›
Military planners prepare for war in Mali
Tue, 6 Nov 2012 15:10 GMT Source: reuters By Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO, Nov 6 (Reuters) – Military experts from Africa, the United Nations and Europe have drawn up preliminary plans to recapture northern Mali from al Qaeda-linked rebels, African… Read More ›
Three Syrian tanks enter Golan Heights buffer zone – Israeli military
Israel complained to the UN peacekeeping force after three Syrian tanks entered the demilitarized zone in the Golan Heights, a military official told the AP on conditions of anonymity. The tanks crossed the border Saturday. According to the Israeli news… Read More ›
Turkey using anti-terrorism law to quash debate -UN : ” has jailed more reporters than Iran, China or Eritrea “
Thu, 1 Nov 2012 15:43 GMT Source: reuters * UN experts review Turkey’s rights record, anti-terror law * Decry high number of prosecutions of activists, journalists * Govt says right to lawyer guaranteed, torture not tolerated By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA,… Read More ›
Europeans (U.N.) to monitor US Elections
Saturday, 20 October 2012 United Nations-affiliated election monitors from Europe and central Asia will be at polling places around the U.S. looking for voter suppression activities by conservative groups, a concern raised by civil rights groups during a meeting this… Read More ›