The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Hot Topics AA: SA slips in governance ratings 10/01/09 GN: Thousands of people have gathered at a mosque in Guinea’s capital … 10/02/09 MG: Madagascar says consensus government not viable 10/04/09 NG: Nigeria rebel disarms under amnesty 10/04/09 SO: Somali gunmen release 3 foreign aid workers 10/03/09 SO: Somalia: Harakat Al-Shabab Mujahideen Forces Closes Down …
Hot Topics AA: China, India lock horns over Kashmir 10/02/09 AU: O’Connor faces crime cash showdown 10/01/09 CN: China maps an end to the Afghan war10/01/09 CN: SCENARIOS: Key forces shaping China’s long-term future 10/01/09 KP: NKorea looks to unconventional warfare: US general 09/29/09 LK: Defending the defenders of Sri Lanka 09/29/09 LK: UN Urges …
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Earth is at a tipping point. Changes to the planet that used to take 10,000 years now take three. This means that both real-time science and real-time policy and decision-making will be the non-negotiable essence of success in the 21st Century. Near-Earth Objects (NEO) are a more immediate threat than climate change; energy from geothermal, …
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Hot Topics AA: Fighting for a common cause 09/28/09 AA: Israel to Free 20 For Video of Soldier 10/01/09 AF: Afghanistan’s people have advice for U.S. 10/01/09 IQ: U.S. Drone Strikes Office of Sunni Party in Iraq’s North 09/26/09 IR: US officials: Digging, clues revealed Iranian site 09/28/09 KG: Kyrgyz Activists Alarmed By Call For …
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Parag Khanna, author of The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order has been honored with an invitation to TED 2009 and here is the 18 minute presentation that he gave on “Invisible Maps,” along with our notes. Core point, very much simplified: most borders are artificial and underlying realities such as …
Hot Topics AA: Can China help to defuse the nuclear threat from Iran? 09/27/09 AU: Australia how-to jihadist jailed 09/24/09 AU: Australia’s military objects to China investment 09/23/09 CN: Could “Tibet independence” and “Xinjiang independence” forces be … 09/24/09 CN: Mao’s Grandson Rises in Chinese Military 09/24/09 IN: Indian state terrorism 09/27/09 JP: Japan launches …
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SNAP ANALYSIS: New world economic order takes shape at G20 By Lesley Wroughton Fri Sep 25, 2009 PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – The Group of 20 is set to become the premier coordinating body on global economic issues, reflecting a new world economic order in which emerging market countries like China are much more relevant, according to …
