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Searching for Water under the Sands of Saudi Arabia

Posted by Matt in March 19th, 2010 | no comment 
Published in Water, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Water is scarce in arid Saudi Arabia. Now the king has hired a team of German scientists to search for groundwater trapped in aquifers beneath the massive kingdom’s sands. Their pioneering work could provide solutions for other desert countries.
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Are sovereign debt crises inevitable? – The Curious Capitalist – TIME.com

Posted by Matt in March 17th, 2010 | no comment 
Published in Financial Crisis, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Thanks to the ongoing debacle in Greece, we’ve become all too aware about the dangers of the rapid build-up of government debt throughout the developed world in the wake of the financial crisis. The potential consequences of that trend are made ever more frightening in a new study by economists Carmen Reinhart of the University [...]

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The Harvard Law Record – Noam Chomsky: Iran pursuing nuclear weapons out of fear

Posted by Matt in March 11th, 2010 | no comment 
Published in Iran, general, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

This is typical Leftist thinking. Troublemaker countries like Iran are truly victims. Who is the victimizer? Countries that are successful and powerful like America and Israel.
This is a sick and dangerous way of thinking that literally says bad is good and good is bad. This thinking is just as dangerous as Marxism/Communism.
His conclusion is [...]

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Four New Gay Rights Battlegrounds – By Peter Williams | Foreign Policy

Posted by Matt in March 9th, 2010 | no comment 
Published in general, , , , , , , , , ,

They’re here, they’re queer, and governments from Africa to Asia don’t quite know what to do about it. Four countries where gay rights movements face an upward battle for equality.
Four New Gay Rights Battlegrounds – By Peter Williams | Foreign Policy

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China eyeing perks of ice-free Arctic: study – Yahoo! News

Posted by Matt in March 2nd, 2010 | no comment 
Published in China, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

China has started exploring how to reap economic and strategic benefits from the ice melting at the Arctic with global warming, a Stockholm research institute said Monday.
Chinese officials have so far had been cautious in expressing interest in the region for fear of causing alarm among the five countries bordering the Arctic, the Stockholm International [...]

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Syria, Lebanon host Iranian troops, Qatar also willing

Posted by Matt in February 27th, 2010 | no comment 
Published in Iran, Syria, , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Iran further consolidated its anti-US coalition and honed its hard edge against Israel this week with two important defense treaties signed with Syria (covering Lebanon) and Qatar, home to the biggest US air base outside America. These treaties opened doors for Iranian troops to be stationed in all three countries. According to debkafile’s military sources, [...]

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‘It Will Be Terrible’: Economists in Davos Look with Concern to 2010 – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International

Posted by Matt in February 1st, 2010 | no comment 
Published in Economy, , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Many countries have started to see a rebound from last year’s economic recession. But will it last? Economists at the World Economic Forum in Davos warn that paying down massive public debt will be “very, very painful.” Deep spending cuts and significant tax hikes may be unavoidable.
‘It Will Be Terrible’: Economists in Davos Look with [...]

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Sarkozy seeks a new order and throws down gauntlet to China – Times Online

Posted by Matt in January 30th, 2010 | no comment 
Published in Trade, , , , , , , , , , ,

Yet it was Mr Sarkozy’s new promise to press countries with huge trade surpluses — such as China — to revalue their undervalued currencies that captured attention. It echoed similar comments by George Soros, the veteran investor, earlier in the day that China must let its currency appreciate.
“We cannot preach free trade and at the [...]

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World Economic Forum Davos – Others Will Follow Greek Debt Tragedy: Niall Ferguson – CNBC

Posted by Matt in January 29th, 2010 | no comment 
Published in Economy, Financial, , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The world debt overhang is threatening the world recovery, because markets will realize at some point how risky it is and the yields on bonds will increase, Niall Ferguson, professor of history at Harvard University, told CNBC Thursday.
“I think we have a situation where Greece is leading the pack but other countries will follow,” Ferguson [...]

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DEBKAfile – Rush of terror alerts on three continents plus Middle East

Posted by Matt in January 24th, 2010 | no comment 
Published in Terrorism, , , , , , , , ,

In the last three days, the governments of eleven countries have scrambled to elevate their preparedness levels for Islamist terror, or enforced extraordinarily stringent security measures. Another six governments have pursued these steps without fanfare.
DEBKAfile – Rush of terror alerts on three continents plus Middle East

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