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Report: Israel planning to attack Hezbollah arms depots in Syria

30/08/2010
Report: Israel planning to attack Hezbollah arms depots in Syria

Israel is planning to attack Hezbollah arms depots and weapons manufacturing plants in Syria, the Kuwaiti newspaper Al Rai reported on Saturday. The report is based on Western sources who asserted that Israel has increased its military force level along the northern border in the Golan Heights and Mount Dov areas.
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EU Popularity Plunges Right Across the Bloc

30/08/2010
EU Popularity Plunges Right Across the Bloc

People's confidence in the the European Union has dropped to record lows in most countries amid a placid response to the rising unemployment and the troubles of the eurozone, a Eurobarometer published on Thursday shows.
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Bundesbank Executive Attacks Jews, Turks, Africans et al in Xenophobic Seizure

30/08/2010
Bundesbank Executive Attacks Jews, Turks, Africans et al in Xenophobic Seizure

German Bundesbank executive Thilo Sarrazin has sparked a new uproar by saying that "all Jews share a common gene" and also attacked the Basques in Spain the same way in a newspaper interview.
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Gates Foundation ties with Monsanto under fire from activists

30/08/2010
Gates Foundation ties with Monsanto under fire from activists

For two years, local activists on a shoestring budget have been trying to document connections between the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Monsanto, the company vilified by some for its heavy involvement in genetic engineering of crops.
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Confirmed: Corexit Still Being Sprayed in the Gulf

29/08/2010

Veteran chemist Bob Naman says that Corexit is still being sprayed in the Gulf, and that he found 13.3 parts per million in Cotton Bayou, Alabama.
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Seven US troops, politician killed in Afghan attacks

29/08/2010
Seven US troops, politician killed in Afghan attacks

Seven US soldiers and an Afghan man running for the nation's parliament have been killed in a wave of attacks this weekend in some of Afghanistan's most volatile regions, authorities said Sunday.
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Fidel Castro Claims Osama bin Laden is a US Spy

28/08/2010
Fidel Castro Claims Osama bin Laden is a US Spy

Fidel Castro has more reason than most to believe conspiracy theories involving dark forces in Washington. After all, the CIA tried to blow his head off with an exploding cigar. But the ageing Cuban revolutionary may have gone too far for all but the most ardent believer in the reach and competence of America's...
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Mexican Massacre Investigator Found Dead

28/08/2010
Mexican Massacre Investigator Found Dead

The body of an official investigating the massacre of 72 Central and South American migrants killed in a ranch in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas was found today dumped beside a nearby road alongside another unidentified victim, according to local media.
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Russian subs stalk Trident in echo of Cold War

28/08/2010
Russian subs stalk Trident in echo of Cold War

A specially upgraded Russian Akula class submarine has been caught trying to record the acoustic signature made by the Vanguard submarines that carry Trident nuclear missiles, according to senior Navy officers.
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Two car bombs explode in northern Mexico; no casualties

28/08/2010
Two car bombs explode in northern Mexico; no casualties

Two car bombs exploded in northern Mexico early on Friday, days after marines found the bodies of 72 people gunned down in the country's escalating war with powerful drug cartels.
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