The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Hot Topics AA: Instability in Iran negative for Azerbaijan, political scientist 12/29/09 AA: Lebanon’s Druze leader urges Israeli Druze not to serve in IDF 12/29/09 AA: National Intelligence Estimate Targets Organized Crime 12/28/09 AA: Switzerland spoiled Turkey’s EU dream 12/29/09 AM: Armenia – FY 2009 Results Summed Up by the Head of Government 12/28/09 AZ: …
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Hot Topics AA: Casino Gambling: Russia’s Export to Latin America 12/26/09 AA: Newsweek predicts death of Fidel Castro and coup in Venezuela 12/25/09 AA: Mexico’s civil war has killed more than 15,000 12/28/09 AA: World briefs (Morales Moves to Legalize Coca Plots) 12/27/09 BR: Brazil Aims to Prevent Land Grabs in Amazon 12/26/09 BR: Petrochina …
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UN-SPIDER (“United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response”) aims at providing universal access to all types of space-based information and services relevant to disaster management by: being a gateway to space information for disaster management support; serving as a bridge to connect the disaster management and space communities; and being …
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Hot Topics AA: Concerns Rise Over African Airport Security 12/27/09 AA: New chief hits snags in Algeria and Egypt 12/23/09 AA: Nigerian in aircraft attack linked to London mosque 12/28/09 AA: Somali Insurgent Group Denounces UN Sanctions on Eritrea 12/25/09 AO: Angola: Over 2000 explosive devices deactivated 12/23/09 GN: Guinea Marks First Anniversary of Military …
East View Cartographic has been and remains our preferred provider of emergency geospatial services, but we like what we see here at MapAction, which appears to be popular in meeting United Nation (UN) needs, so we show them today as Worth a Look. Sample Entry: MapAction has published the first edition of its Field Guide …
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Computational Mathematics is the heart of both Google, and Wolfram Alpha. We understand that there are competing initiatives in China that have impressed Jim Fallows, now stationed there for Atlantic Monthly and in Russia. We imagine that both India and Iran have their own approaches underway as well, all emphasizing mathematics applied to bits and …
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Roadside Bomb Hunting: Learned Skill or Intuition? With IED casualties since 2001 mounting (2,451 dead, 23,650 wounded, in Iraq and Afghanistan as of Dec. 5), the military is mounting a determined effort to find out whether spotting IEDs is an intuitive, innate skill, like the ability to quickly pick up a new language, or whether …
