Saturday, October 29, 2011

Qantas grounds global fleet over labour dispute

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Egyptian Corporate Lawyer: Lawyers continue strike to protest judiciary bill

Egyptian Corporate Lawyer: Lawyers continue strike to protest judiciary bill: Lawyers continue strike to protest judiciary bill

Lawyers continue strike to protest judiciary bill

Lawyers continue strike to protest judiciary bill

Hundreds protest military rule in Tahrir Square | Al-Masry Al-Youm: Today's News from Egypt

Hundreds protest military rule in Tahrir Square | Al-Masry Al-Youm: Today's News from Egypt

Thursday's papers: Anxiety over parliamentary elections continues | Al-Masry Al-Youm: Today's News from Egypt

Thursday's papers: Anxiety over parliamentary elections continues | Al-Masry Al-Youm: Today's News from Egypt

Egyptian Corporate Lawyer: CNN - U.S. Army sergeant to be tried for murder

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Egyptian Corporate Lawyer: BBC E-mail: Gaddafi son says he is innocent

Egyptian Corporate Lawyer: BBC E-mail: Gaddafi son says he is innocent: I saw this story on the BBC News iPhone App and thought you should see it. ** Gaddafi son says he is innocent ** Slain Libya leader Muammar ...

Egyptian Corporate Lawyer: BBC E-mail: Freed Ilan Grapel lands in Israel

Egyptian Corporate Lawyer: BBC E-mail: Freed Ilan Grapel lands in Israel: I saw this story on the BBC News iPhone App and thought you should see it. ** Freed Ilan Grapel lands in Israel ** US-Israeli citizen Ilan G...

BBC E-mail: Freed Ilan Grapel lands in Israel

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** Freed Ilan Grapel lands in Israel **
US-Israeli citizen Ilan Grapel, who was detained by Egypt on spying charges, arrives in Israel after being freed as part of a prisoner exchange.
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BBC E-mail: Iranian actress 'now released'

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** Iranian actress 'now released' **
An Iranian actress who was sentenced to a year in prison and 90 lashes has been released after three months in custody, according to Amnesty International.
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BBC E-mail: Gaddafi son says he is innocent

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** Gaddafi son says he is innocent **
Slain Libya leader Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam, says he is innocent of crimes against humanity, an international prosecutor says.
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CNN - U.S. Army sergeant to be tried for murder

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CNN - Moroccan court sentences Marrakech attacker

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CNN - Assange extradition rulling due soon

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Friday, October 28, 2011

London cleric quits over cathedral protest camp

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Serial killer guilty of fourth child murder

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CNN - Sentences condemn 'Dirty War' officers

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France 24 : Ex-Goldman Sachs chief surrenders to face trial

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BBC E-mail: Yemen women burn veils in protest

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** Yemen women burn veils in protest **
Hundreds of Yemeni women have set fire to their traditional veils in Sanaa in protest at the violence used against anti-government demonstrators.
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BBC E-mail: Government grapples with sentencing laws

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** Government grapples with sentencing laws **
The story of indeterminate sentences of Imprisonment for Public Protection, aimed to protect the public from prisoners close to release but still deemed as dangerous.
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BBC E-mail: RIM facing lawsuits over outage

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** RIM facing lawsuits over outage **
US and Canadian Blackberry customers are suing RIM, demanding compensation for a recent system crash.
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BBC E-mail: Amazon's patent troubles spiral

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** Amazon's patent troubles spiral **
Eleven companies have filed patent lawsuits against Amazon since the start of 2011 - more than three times as many as in all of 2010, the firm reveals.
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BBC E-mail: Jackson doctor in tears at trial

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Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray weeps in court as former patients testified in his defence during his involuntary manslaughter trial.
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Sunday, October 23, 2011

France 24 : Fernandez poised for victory in presidential poll

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France 24 : Libya to declare official 'liberation' from Gaddafi rule

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France 24 : Libya to declare official 'liberation' from Gaddafi rule

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BBC E-mail: NY bus accused of discrimination

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** NY bus accused of discrimination **
New York City officials say they could shut a bus service running through an Orthodox Jewish area that has been accused of asking women to sit at the back.
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BBC E-mail: Landmark Tunisia vote under way

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** Landmark Tunisia vote under way **
Polls open in Tunisia in the first free election of the Arab Spring, nine months after the fall of former President Zinedine el Abidine Ben Ali.
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BBC E-mail: Abducted stepdad jailed for death

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A French father's 29-year fight for justice after the death of his daughter ends with her kidnapped stepfather being jailed for killing her.
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Youm7 English Edition | Delegation of lawyers meet with SCAF to make demands

Youm7 English Edition Delegation of lawyers meet with SCAF to make demands

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Fwd: 33 Conspiracy Theories That Turned Out To Be True



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From: "Centre of Research & Studies." <research.studies.centre@gmail.com>
Date: 30 June 2011 20:56:02 EET
To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>
Subject: 33 Conspiracy Theories That Turned Out To Be True

By Jonathan Elinoff, 

Most people can't resist getting the details on the latest conspiracy theories, no matter how far-fetched they may seem. At the same time, many people quickly denounce any conspiracy theory as untrue ... and sometimes as unpatriotic or just plain ridiculous.   Lets not forget all of the thousands of conspiracies out of Wall Street like Bernie Madoff and many others to commit fraud and extortion, among many crimes of conspiracy.  USA Today reports that over 75% of personal ads in the paper and on craigslist are married couples posing as single for a one night affair.  When someone knocks on your door to sell you a set of knives or phone cards, anything for that matter, do they have a profit motive?  What is conspiracy other than just a scary way of saying "alternative agenda"?  When 2 friends go to a bar and begin to plan their wingman approach on 2 girls they see at the bar, how often are they planning on lying to those girls?  "I own a small business and am in town for a short while.  Oh yeah, you look beautiful."

Conspiracy theory is a term that originally was a neutral descriptor for any claim of civil, criminal or political conspiracy. However, it has come almost exclusively to refer to any fringe theory which explains a historical or current event as the result of a secret plot by conspirators of almost superhuman power and cunning.  To conspire means "to join in a secret agreement to do an unlawful or wrongful act or to use such means to accomplish a lawful end."  The term "conspiracy theory" is frequently used by scholars and in popular culture to identify secret military, banking, or political actions aimed at stealing power, money, or freedom, from "the people".

To many, conspiracy theories are just human nature.  Not all people in this world are honest, hard working and forthcoming about their intentions.  Certainly we can all agree on this.  So how did the term "conspiracy theory" get grouped in with fiction, fantasy and folklore?  Maybe that's a conspiracy, just kidding.  Or am I?

Skeptics are important in achieving an objective view of reality, however, skeptism is not the same as reinforcing the official storyline.  In fact, a conspiracy theory can be argued as an alternative to the official or "mainstream" story of events.  Therefore, when skeptics attempt to ridicule a conspiracy theory by using the official story as a means of proving the conspiracy wrong, in effect, they are just reinforcing the original "mainstream" view of history, and actually not being skeptical.  This is not skeptism, it is just a convenient way for the establishment view of things to be seen as the correct version, all the time, every time.  In fact, it is common for "hit pieces" or "debunking articles" to pick extremely fringe and not very populated conspiracy theories.  This in turn makes all conspiracies on a subject matter look crazy.  Skeptics magazine and Popular Mechanics, among many others, did this with 9/11.  They referred to less than 10% of the many different conspiracy theories about 9/11 and picked the less popular ones, in fact, they picked the fringe, highly improbable points that only a few people make.  This was used as the "final investigation" for looking into the conspiracy theories.  Convenient, huh?

In fact, if one were to look into conspiracy theories, they will largely find that thinking about a conspiracy is associated with lunacy and paranoia.  Some websites suggest it as an illness.  It is also not surprising to see so many people on the internet writing about conspiracy theories in a condescending tone, usually with the words "kool-aid," "crack pot," or "nut job" in their articulation.  This must be obvious to anyone that emotionally writing about such serious matter insults the reader more than the conspiracy theorist because there is no need to resort to this kind of behavior.  It is employed often with an "expert" who will say something along the lines of, "for these conspiracies to be true, you would need hundreds if not thousands of people to be involved.  It's just not conceivable."

I find it extremely odd that the assumption is on thousands of participants in a conspiracy.  I, for one, find it hard to believe any conspiracy involving more than a handful of people but the fact remains that there have been conspiracies in our world, proven and not made up, that involved many hundreds of people.  It's not a matter of opinion, it's a matter of fact.

One more thing to consider, have you noticed that if the conspiracy is involving powerful interests with the ability to bribe, threaten or manipulate major institutions (like the mafia, big corporations or government) then don't you find it odd when people use one of those as the "credible" counter-argument?  What I mean is, if you are discussing a conspiracy about the mafia, and someone hands you a debunking article that was written by the mafia, it doesn't seem like it would take rocket science to look at that with serious criticism and credibility.  This is the case with many conspiracies.  In fact, I am handed debunking pieces all the time written in many cases by the conspirators in question.  Doesn't this seem odd to anybody else but me?

While intelligent cynicism certainly can be healthy, though, some of the greatest discoveries of all time were initially received (often with great vitriol) as blasphemous conspiracy theories -- think of the revelation that the earth was not the center of the universe, or that the world was not flat but actually round.

What follows are some of these most shocking modern conspiracy theories that turned out true after thorough investigation by our society.  Some through congressional hearings, others through investigative journalism.  Many of these, however, were just admitted to by those involved.  These are just 33 of them, and I still had a long list of others to add.  There are a total of 33 in this article.  Many of these are listed with original and credible news clips on the matter, as well as documentaries.


Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Fwd: Forexpros Weekly Economic Calendar



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Date: 9 October 2011 17:42:41 EET
Subject: Forexpros Weekly Economic Calendar

Sunday, October 09, 2011
 
Forexpros Weekly Economic Calendar

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Monday, October 10
Holiday Japan - Health-Sports Day
19:01 GBP RICS House Price Balance -24% -23%  
20:30 AUD NAB Business Confidence   -8  
Tuesday, October 11
01:00 JPY BoJ Monthly Report      
03:30 EUR ECB President Trichet Speaks      
04:30 GBP Industrial Production (MoM) -0.2% -0.2%  
04:30 GBP Manufacturing Production (MoM) -0.1% 0.1%  
08:15 CAD Housing Starts 187K 185K  
10:00 GBP NIESR GDP Estimate   0.2%  
19:30 AUD Westpac Consumer Sentiment   8.10%  
20:30 AUD Home Loans (MoM) 1.1% 1.0%  
Wednesday, October 12
01:30 EUR French CPI (MoM) 0.3% 0.5%  
04:30 GBP Average Earnings Index +Bonus 2.7% 2.8%  
04:30 GBP Claimant Count Change 24.0K 20.3K  
05:00 EUR Industrial Production (MoM) -0.8% 0.9% R
14:00 USD FOMC Meeting Minutes      
14:30 EUR ECB President Trichet Speaks      
19:50 JPY Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes      
19:50 JPY Tertiary Industry Activity Index (MoM) -0.3% -0.1%  
20:30 AUD Employment Change 10.0K -9.7K  
20:30 AUD Unemployment Rate 5.3% 5.3%  
Thursday, October 13
02:00 EUR German CPI (MoM) 0.1% 0.1%  
03:15 CHF PPI (MoM) -0.1% -1.2%  
04:00 EUR ECB Monthly Report      
04:30 GBP Trade Balance -8.8B -8.9B  
08:30 CAD Trade Balance -0.9B -0.8B  
08:30 USD Trade Balance -46.1B -44.8B  
08:30 USD Initial Jobless Claims 406K 401K  
08:30 USD Continuing Jobless Claims 3700K 3700K  
14:00 USD Federal Budget Balance -65.0B -134.2B  
Friday, October 14
05:00 EUR CPI (YoY) 3.0% 3.0%  
05:00 EUR Core CPI (YoY) 1.5% 1.2%  
08:30 USD Core Retail Sales (MoM) 0.2% 0.1%  
08:30 USD Import Price Index (MoM) -0.4% -0.4%  
08:30 CAD Manufacturing Sales (MoM) 0.50% 2.70%  
08:30 USD Retail Sales (MoM) 0.5% 0.0%  
09:55 USD Michigan Consumer Sentiment IndexP 60.0 59.4  
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Fwd: Trust 4 Trust - Newsletter 10.2011



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Fwd: Market overview for Friday 7th October 2011



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Date: 10 October 2011 09:28:05 EET
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Market overview for Friday 7th October2011.
Currencies

 

Ratings downgrades for Italy and Spain knocked the wind out of the euro on Friday, and traders said anxiety about Europe's economy and fragile banks will likely continue to hobble it in the weeks ahead.

 

The debt crisis continued to hurt the euro, which slipped 0.4 percent to $1.3373, off a $1.3524 session high.

 

The euro relinquished earlier gains after Fitch cut the credit ratings of Italy and Spain -- the third and fourth largest euro zone economies -- citing a worsening euro zone debt crisis and fiscal situation in both countries.

 

In addition, Moody's Investor Service, another ratings agency, put Belgium's ratings on review for a possible downgrade, citing long-term funding risks and high public debt.

 

The dollar rose against the yen and the Swiss franc, up 0.2 percent to 76.85 yen and up 0.8 percent to 0.9280 francs.

 

Sterling may struggle as well, though it rose 0.7 percent to $1.5545 on Friday, it remained near Thursday's 14-1/2-month low beneath $1.53, hit after the Bank of England said it would pump another 75 billion pounds into the economy.
Energy
 
Oil prices edged higher in volatile trading on Friday and posted a weekly gain as supportive U.S. jobs data and ratings downgrades of Spain and Italy buffeted markets.

 

Both Brent and U.S. crude futures recovered late after retreating when Fitch cut Spain's credit ratings minutes after downgrading Italy, saying the intensification of the euro zone debt crisis has hurt the entire region.

 

Brent crude for November edged up 15 cents to settle at $105.88 a barrel, trading from $104.37 to $106.64.

 

U.S. November crude rose 39 cents to settle at $82.98 a barrel, having traded between $81.36 and $84.

 

U.S. crude jumped 4.7 percent for the week, the best weekly percentage rise since the week to March 4.

 
Precious metals
 
Gold fell around 1 percent on Friday, as bullion investors raised cash to cover margin calls amid losses in the equity markets after Fitch downgraded the credit ratings of Spain and Italy.

 

Gold fell 0.9 percent to $1,633.69 an ounce. During the session, it traded as high as $1,665.99.

 

U.S. December gold futures settled down $17.40 at $1,635.80. Trading volume was thin for a third consecutive session, suggesting recent gains could be short-lived.

 

Silver was down by 2.3 percent at $31.17 an ounce.

 

Platinum has dropped more than 16 percent over the last month, tumbling to its lowest in nearly two years. Signs of a slowing global economy and weakening industrial demand have pressured platinum, used as an auto catalyst.
Stock indices

 

After nearly falling into bear-market territory, U.S. stocks on Friday finished the week higher, building gains on encouraging jobs data and hopes that Europe is dealing with its debt crisis.

 

Downgrades of Spain's and Italy's credit ratings on Friday brought in sellers, causing stocks to close lower and highlighting how markets are pushed and pulled by headlines from Europe.

 

The Dow Jones industrial average was down 20.21 points, or 0.18 percent, at 11,103.12.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 9.51 points, or 0.82 percent, at 1,155.46.
The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 27.47 points, or 1.10 percent, at 2,479.35.

 

Helping the U.S. jobs picture Friday, the U.S. Labor Department said on Friday employers last month added more jobs than analysts had expected. While the U.S. unemployment rate held steady at 9.1 percent, nonfarm payrolls data for July and August also were revised upward.


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