World-News: 13 Juli 2011

Mike Ludwig, Truthout: 'Skimming the Agricultural Development section of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation web site is a feel-good experience: African farmers smile in a bright slide show of images amid descriptions of the foundation s fight against poverty and hunger. But biosafety activists in South Africa are calling a program funded by the Gates Foundation a 'Trojan horse' to open the door for private agribusiness and genetically engineered (GE) seeds, including a drought-resistant corn that Monsanto hopes to have approved in the United States and abroad.'

http://www.truth-out.org/second-green-revolutionaries-gates-foundation-and-monsanto-push-ge-crops-africa/1310411034

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Starmail - 13. Jul, 11:15

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Obama Bush-League World: Making Earth a Global Free-Fire Zone

Starmail - 13. Jul, 11:06

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As Troop Numbers Wane, The Drones Will Rise

Starmail - 13. Jul, 10:55

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The CIAs Secret Sites in Somalia

Starmail - 13. Jul, 09:44

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US forces 'still attacking Iraq Shiite insurgents'

US forces are carrying out operations against Shiite insurgents, almost a year after the military announced a formal end to its combat operations in Iraq, US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said on Monday.

http://www.france24.com/en/20110711-us-forces-still-attacking-iraq-shiite-insurgents

From Information Clearing House

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Panetta's Iraq Invasion Gaffe
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/07/14

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Starmail - 13. Jul, 09:32

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US Kills 45 People In Pakistan

US attacks over the past 24 hours in Pakistan have killed at least 45 militants, local officials said on Tuesday.

http://www.tolonews.com/en/world/3331-45-militants-killed-in-us-drone-attacks-in-pakistan

US Kills 58 People In Pakistan

At least eight people were killed in a 3rd U.S. drone strike launched on Tuesday in Pakistan' s northwest tribal area bordering Afghanistan, bringing to 58 the total number of people killed in four strikes launched in the last 24 hours.

http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/7438111.html

US has killed at least 2,587 people in Pakistan in last 9 years

Pakistan's army chief, General Ashfaq Kiani, recently rejected US claims that there existed some private agreements between the two countries on drone hits and American intelligence activities in Pakistan.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/MG13Df02.html

US kills four people in north-west Pakistan:

At least four people were killed Monday and two more injured in a suspected US drone strike in Pakistan s restive north-western area along the Afghan border, intelligence officials said, dpa reported. 'The identities of those killed were still unknown.'

http://en.trend.az/regions/world/ocountries/1912749.html

Gunboats and Gurkhas in the American Imperium

By Muhammad Idrees Ahmad

A complicit government in Pakistan, enabled by US interlocutors, continues to support US drone strikes.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28581.htm

Imran Khan- led PTI calls for military action against drone attacks

The Pakistan Tehrik-e- Insaf (PTI) has said the United States-led drone attacks in the tribal areas were unacceptable and tantamount to state terrorism against Pakistani citizens and added that it was time for the government to order military action against such strikes.

http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-27539.html

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Pakistan: 52 killed in back-to-back US drone strikes

The Nation [Pakistan]

07/13/11

As many as 52 suspected militants were killed and several others sustained injuries in four back-to-back US drone attacks in South and North Waziristan, officials said on Tuesday. The latest strikes by the unmanned US drones targeting different localities in both the tribal agencies were carried out in less than 24 hours...

http://tinyurl.com/6hc8hsh

Pakistan threatens to withdraw troops from Afghan border

MSNBC

07/12/11

Pakistan could pull back troops fighting Islamist militants near the Afghan border if the United States cuts off aid, the defense minister said on Tuesday in an interview with Pakistani media. The United States Monday said it would hold back $800 million - a third of nearly $2 billion in security aid to Pakistan - in a show of displeasure over Pakistan s removal of U.S. military trainers, limits on visas for U.S. personnel and other bilateral irritants...

http://tinyurl.com/5wrsd6q

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Starmail - 13. Jul, 09:25

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Obama must firmly fulfill his obligation to take care of the least of our fellow Americans

Starmail - 13. Jul, 09:19

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Why is the Pentagon Not Part of the Deficit Discussion?

Starmail - 13. Jul, 09:15

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Murdoch News Corp Generated $10.4 Billion Profits And Received $4.8 Billion In 'Taxes' From The IRS

By Tyler Durden

News Corp, which after generating $10.4 billion in profits over the past 4 years, and which would have been expected to pay the IRS $3.6 billion at the statutory corporate tax rate, instead received $4.6 billion back from Uncle Sam.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28552.htm

Rupert Murdoch is effectively a member of Blairs cabinet

Only a spin doctor would deny that the media baron has a say in all major decisions taken in Downing Street.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2006/jul/01/comment.rupertmurdoch

From Information Clearing House

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Gordon Brown Alleges Shuttered Murdoch Paper Hired 'Known Criminals'

John F. Burns, Jo Becker and Alan Cowell, The New York Times News Service: 'Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown brought new and alarming charges on Tuesday to the broadening scandal enveloping Rupert Murdoch s media empire in Britain, accusing one of the most prestigious newspapers in the group of employing 'known criminals' to gather personal information on Mr. Brown s bank account, legal files and tax affairs. The claims came a day after reports that two Murdoch newspapers may have bribed police officers or used other potentially illegal methods to obtain information about Queen Elizabeth II as well as Mr. Brown.'

http://www.truth-out.org/gordon-brown-alleges-murdoch-paper-hired-known-criminals/1310494718

Murdoch Gets Rich Off High-Profile Evangelicals

Frank Schaeffer, AlterNet: 'Here s what you might not know about Rupert Murdoch: he s one of the leading religion publishers in the world. Rupert Murdoch is one of America s number one publishers of evangelical and other religious books, including the 33-million seller Purpose Driven Life by mega pastor and anti-gay activist Rick Warren. Murdoch is also publisher of 'progressive' Rob Bell's Love Wins.'

http://www.truth-out.org/how-rupert-murdoch-woos-christian-right/1310479644

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Starmail - 13. Jul, 09:10

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