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Mossad hacked Syrian laptop to steal nuke plant secrets • The RegisterMossad reportedly used a Trojan to hack into a Syrian official's laptop while he stayed in a London hotel. The information extracted was used to plan a bombing raid at a suspected nuclear reactor facility in Syria, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports. The air raid on the partly-constructed ...
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Secret IP Treaty Proposal Rubs Tech WrongThe negotiations over the International Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement that concluded another round this week in Seoul, South Korea, prompts watchdog groups to complain to President Obama about Hollywood's influence over the talks and the lack of transparency surrounding the entire negotiations....
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BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Where countries stand on CopenhagenThere are just over four weeks to go before the Copenhagen conference intended to agree a new international framework for controlling greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The final round of preparatory talks in Barcelona has revealed deep divisions between some of the key participants. Use this table ...
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U.S. spends most, but health quality lags - Yahoo! NewsAmericans are more likely than people in 10 other countries to have trouble getting medical treatment because of insurance restrictions or cost, an international survey of primary care doctors released on Wednesday found. While the United States spends more than twice as much as other developed ...
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Bluefin tuna on edge of extinction, environmentalists warn - Yahoo! NewsAn international fisheries group set up to protect Atlantic tuna has done the opposite and driven one species of the fish, the bluefin, to the edge of extinction, environmentalists said Thursday. On the eve of a 10-day meeting in Brazil of the International Commission for the Conservation of ...
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2U.S. spends most, but health quality lags - Yahoo! NewsHey tea-bagged-dummies! That great private (monopolized) health care system you are defending is responsible for "rationing care" (including with "death panels" who decide which patients with cancer will DIE before they can fight though the insurance bureaucracy for the care they need!), AND ...JDP added 2 days ago
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2NYT: Battle disaster review sways war strategy - The New York Times- msnbc.comDare one say that even the US military is now concluding "it takes a [trusting] village" as well "nation building" via civilian engagement and protection. Once again, previous the glib and rancorous objects by "conservatives" and Republicans in this regard are being proven wrong and rejected ...JDP added 5 weeks ago
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2Japan's victorious Democrats start forming government - Yahoo! NewsThink that even the ultra-traditionalist / ultra-conservative Japanese peoples' rejection of their "business friendly" former government might say something others should listen to (no to mention the "results" that business friendly party produced that led to this turn-around!)?JDP added 2 months ago
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2Mexico Decriminalizes Small-Scale Drug PossessionOn the other hand, here in the USA, casual users with even small amounts may get long, mandatory prison sentences. After all, there's jobs and money to be made on that in law enforcement and in prisons (especially when we are "privatizing" some of those). Next, the new Pickerton's will ...JDP added 2 months ago
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