Turkey withdraws ambassador to Israel and calls for U.N. Security Council emergency session over deaths

See also: Israeli soldiers murder at least 10 civilians on boat carrying aid to GazaANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s deputy prime minister says Turkey is withdrawing its ambassador to Israel, canceling three joint military drills and calling on the U.N. Security Council to convene in an emergency session about Israel.The moves come after 10 pro-Palestinian [...] continue reading the breaking news

China: Three Gorges Dam causes quakes and landslides

Roads are cracked in the Huang Gu Po district of Badong on the lower reaches of the Three Gorges Dam The Three Gorges dam was so vast and sweeping a vision that nothing could stand in its way. Not the old cities of the Yangtze valley, storehouses of human toil and treasure for more than [...] continue reading the breaking news

Canada plans to spend $885 million on security for the G-8 and G-20 summits!

TORONTO (AP) – Canada’s Conservative government says the nearly $1 billion it plans to spend on security at the G-8 and G-20 summits next month is worth it.Canada has budgeted up to $930 Canadian (US$885 million) for the summits. By comparison, the stated amount spent by Pittsburgh on security for last September’s G-20 summit was [...] continue reading the breaking news

North Korea says it will meet war with ‘all-out war’

Recommended reading:- Nuclear War Between Koreas: Brought To You By The US GovernmentSouth Korean patrol vessels stage an anti-submarine exercise Thursday off the western coastal town of Taean.Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — North Korea reacted to a South Korean anti-submarine exercise early Thursday by saying it would meet “confrontation with confrontation” and war with “all-out [...] continue reading the breaking news

US: 100,000 Teachers Nationwide Face Layoffs

“Higher-needs schools are hit inequitably” by the cuts, says Jennifer Moless, a kindergarten teacher in San Francisco. Moless has been pink-slipped but has also been told she’s likely to get a reprieve. (Randi Lynn Beach For The Washington Post)Senior congressional Democrats and the Obama administration scrambled Wednesday to line up support for $23 billion in [...] continue reading the breaking news

Renaissance 2.0: Lesson 1 - Revisiting American History - Financial Empire

- Renaissance 2.0: Lesson 2 - Revisiting Economics 101 - Debt- Renaissance 2.0: Lesson 3 - Revisiting Civics 101 - Ownership- Renaissance 2.0: Lesson 4 - The Culture of Empire- Renaissance 2.0: Lesson 5 - The Emerging Global Empire - The New World OrderAdded: 21. March 2010Lesson 1 - Revisiting American History, documents the [...] continue reading the breaking news

US drops criminal probe of AIG executives

Totally absurd!The logo of American International Group Inc. (AIG) on the outside of their corporate headquarters in New York (Reuters)NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has dropped a probe of American International Group Inc executives involving the credit default swaps that sent the insurer to the brink of bankruptcy and forced a huge [...] continue reading the breaking news