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Overlooked: Sonar and Navy

Dakota — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:07:35 EDT

Last week, the Supreme Court agreed to review the case of Winter v. NRDC, a case ostensibly about the Navy's use of sonar during military training exercises, but in reality about the extent of President Bush's power in influencing court decisions.

Channel: News Tags: sonar navy

Climate Change and Genocide

_kam0_ — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:35:14 EDT

The world will experience a growing risk of conflicts over food, energy and water in coming years. The population rises each year by about 80 million people, with most of the increase in impoverished regions already facing environmental stress. Climate change, water scarcity and tighter oil supplies will add to the stresses.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: climate change water war refugees population

Experts Say China's Wind Energy Could Grow 1667% by 2020

_kam0_ — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:25:57 EDT

At present, China produces just over 6 gigawatts (GW) of wind energy, making it 5th in the world for total wind energy. (Germany leads with 22.2 GW.) However, with China's massive push for 21st Century renewable technologies, we shouldn't be surprised if China achieves 100 GW by 2020 say energy experts.

Channel: Science Tags: China energy wind energy Propeller Eco News

Jaeger says she threw '83 Wimbledon final

_kam0_ — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:55:58 EDT

"During the match I missed balls on purpose. I hit right to Martina and when I was getting whipped in the first set 6-0, I tried to look upset about it," said Jaeger, who lost 6-0, 6-3.

Channel: Sports Tags: Wimbledon tennis Navratilova

Think Before You Voicemail

_kam0_ — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:43:22 EDT

Voicemail is dead. Please tell everyone so they'll stop using it.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: voicemail communication phones business work

In London we already walk by on the other side

_kam0_ — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:53:37 EDT

Like the Prisoner's Dilemma, the Samaritan's Dilemma is not knowing what the other guy will do. Stop to help and you may give others the courage to join you; but stop on your own and you're a goner. The more people turn away, the more people have to turn away.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: London UK street violence Good Samaritan teenagers stabbing

Iran remains a threat to Israel's very existence

_kam0_ — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:36:26 EDT

Amid the winks and nudges about a reduction of tension between America and Iran, it should not be forgotten that Tehran's policy, enunciated most forcefully by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is the destruction of Israel. That is already apparent in Iranian support for Hamas and Hizbollah. Possession of nuclear weapons would give it a further edge.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Iran Israel Islamophobia war politics

The century of cheap energy is behind us

_kam0_ — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:33:16 EDT

The century of cheap energy is behind us - in the future we are all going to have to work longer and harder to pay for it.

Channel: Money Tags: energy oil economy

The issue of bankers' pay cannot be ignored

_kam0_ — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:33:10 EDT

Such are the miseries galloping through western economies at the moment that talk of regulatory reform of the global financial sector inevitably sounds like stable doors slamming. And it is true that no reform our political leaders push through now can change where we are. The credit crunch cannot be reversed.

Channel: Money Tags: credit crunch CEO pay banks financial regulation

It's always the poor who suffer from sanctions

_kam0_ — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:30:31 EDT

Sanctions are pretty blunt instruments, rarely effective and having many unintended effects, some of them wickedly cruel. We should ponder that as Britain, the U.S. and the EU muse on the next stage in isolating Robert Mugabe, or indeed Iran. Borders are always porous; dictatorships can insulate themselves from hardship; the poor can't.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Mugabe sanctions poverty politics

The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order

_kam0_ — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:27:20 EDT

Are empires as dominant today as they have ever been? It's an ambitious claim, but it's easy to quibble with this work's conclusions, says Niall Ferguson

Channel: Books Tags: Imperialism politics history

Online Piracy : Public Service Announcement

ind06 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:48:22 EDT

It Was Self Defense.

Greenpeace Releases Dolphins Into Forest

ind06 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:53:07 EDT

THE ONION RADIO NEWS With Doyle Redland reporting: In a move intended to rescue dolphins from accidental death at the hands of tuna fishermen, Greenpeace announced the release of over 40 dolphins into Mt. Rainier National Park.

Channel: Humor Tags: SATIRE Fishermen Are Now Flocking To Mount Rainier

12-year old boy in Orissa pushed out of Train for Rs. 50 (US$1.2), loses limbs

bizexpert — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:19:31 EDT

In a bizarre incident that sent shock wave across India, a 12-year old boy in Orissa's Rourkela was pushed out of a moving train for not paying Rs. 50 ($1.2) to a Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE). The victim Shankar Singh has been admitted to a hospital. He is in a critical condition and already lost his leg and hand.

Channel: News Tags: Weird News India Orissa Boy Train Money

U.S. Pushes U.N. Sanctions on Zimbabwe and Mugabe

Artofid — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:14:41 EDT

eeking to force President Robert Mugabe into negotiations with the opposition, the United States on Thursday formally proposed United Nations Security Council sanctions on Zimbabwe.

Channel: News Tags: Zimbabwe U.S. Mugabe president Security