Journal: US Corruption at the Border and at the Top

SecHLS must be happy,,,,, U.S. worker’s case reveals how drug cartels get help from this side of border The cartels have grown so sophisticated, law enforcement officials say, that they are employing Cold War-era spy tactics to recruit and corrupt U.S. officials. “In order to stay in business, the drug trafficking organizations have to look …

NIGHTWATCH Headlines: All About China

China-Taiwan: For the record. Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration (CGA) will conduct a maritime rescue drill the week of 13 September with China’s Maritime Search and Rescue Center, Taiwanese Central News Agency reported 10 September. The drill will be held in waters off southeastern China, between Taiwan’s Kinmen Island and Xiamen, China. Taiwan’s CGA will send …

Search: biomimicry refugee camp

Here are some outside hits brought into Phi Beta Iota as a result of your search. Natural answers: Stevensville scientist launches The Biomimicry Institute Janine Benyus – Biomimicry in the Built World: Consulting Nature as Model, Measure, and Mentor Biomimicry: beetle-based water harvesting Water bears Stabilizing loose sand: spiders The spicular skeleton of sponges provides …

Journal: Israel, Obama, Settlements–Cape Job

Obama makes Abbas & Bibi an offer they can’t refuse Planetary Movement Middle East Update 9/5/10 The terms of the rapidly developing agreement appear to be based on the long-established parameters predicated on the 1967 borders and the right of return for a still undisclosed number of Palestinian families displaced by the Arab-Israeli wars.  An …

NIGHTWATCH Extract: China-Iran Rail + China ReCap

China-Iran: China’s Railways Minister Liu Zhijun will visit Tehran on 12 September to sign a contract between Iran and a Chinese company to build a $2 billion rail link to Iran, according to Iranian Transport Minister Hamid Behbahani. Transport ministers from Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Iran are expected to gather in Dushanbe in October to firm …

NIGHTWATCH Extracts: China Rising, African Food Riots

India-China: India conveyed its concerns to China on 3 September about an increase in the Chinese troop presence and activities in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Embassy officials said Indian Ambassador to China S. Jaishankar met China’s Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Zhang Zhijun in Beijing to discuss India’s concerns.  India news papers quoted government sources that 11,000 …