Monday, July 12, 2010
Budget Panel: $14 Trillion Debt Destroying US Like 'Cancer From Within'
"This debt is like a cancer," Bowles said in a sober presentation nonetheless lightened by humorous asides between him and Simpson. "It is truly going to destroy the country from within."
Medvedev calls for alliances with U.S. and EU
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called on Monday for the formation of new alliances with the United States and the European Union to stimulate trade and investment.
Geo-Neutrinos: Discovery of Subatomic Particles Could Answer Deep Questions in Geology
The discovery could help geologists understand how reactions taking place in the planet's interior affect events on the surface such as earthquakes and volcanoes. Someday, scientists may know enough about the sources and flow of heat in Earth to predict events like the recent volcanic eruption in Iceland.
Netanyahu doubts Mideast peace deal possible by 2012
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that he did not envision a negotiated Middle East peace settlement within the next two years, despite his Palestinian counterpart's declared intentions to set up infrastructure for a state by 2011.
Police arrest Women of the Wall leader for praying with Torah scroll
Anat Hoffman, the women's prayer group leader, was arrested and taken in for questioning after she was caught holding a Torah scroll in violation of a High Court ruling prohibiting women from reading the Torah at the Western Wall.
Netanyahu: Jerusalem dispute should not delay direct talks
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened the forum of seven senior ministers on Sunday to discuss the possibility of launching direct talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
A Trojan horse in the GOP camp
a radical homosexual group is trying to infiltrate the Republican Party in order to render it less effective in standing up for policies like the ban on homosexuals from military service.
Christians' arrest: 1st step to placate Muslims
"The next step, in what I call the enforcement of sharia law in Dearborn, Michigan, is the arraignment that is going to take place in the Dearborn District Court," he explains.
IRS: We don’t have the resources to handle ObamaCare
the IRS’ independent watchdog says Republicans were right, and that Congressional Democrats and the White House seriously underestimated enforcement costs:
Karzai to ask UN to trim Taliban blacklist
Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to ask the United Nations to remove as many as 50 former Taliban members from a U.N. blacklist, The Washington Post reported on Monday. The request to remove about a quarter of the 137 names on the list is aimed at advancing reconciliation talks with insurgents, the report said, citing a senior Afghan official.
Christians' arrest: 1st step to placate Muslims
A state representative plans to support four missionaries who are facing an initial court hearing following their arrests at a recent Arab festival in Dearborn, Michigan. The four were passing out leaflets about Christianity in Dearborn, which has a large Muslim population. One of the missionaries was engaging in peaceful conversation with several Muslim youths, while the other three were videotaping the dialogue before they were all arrested on June 18.
JERUSALEM SITUATION A 'TIME BOMB'
A senior Palestinian figure yesterday said that rising tension with Israel over settlement building in the Jerusalem area was a "time bomb" that was eroding trust between the two sides. Ahmed Qurei, a former prime minister and negotiator, joined Tzipi Livni, a former Israeli foreign minister and now opposition leader in parliament, in calling on both sides to work harder to achieve a two-state solution.
EU misjudges pensions
The European Union faces the twin challenges of elderly populations and crippling public debt. One of the ways of meeting them is to cut the cost of pensions. Last week the Greek parliament approved a bill that will raise the retirement age to 65 for all its workers. Britain, Germany and Spain all intend to increase it still further. The one notable laggard is France, which plans a gradual rise from 60 to 62 by 2018.
Probation watchdog: serious crimes may be price to pay for cutting cost of justice
Andrew Bridges questioned whether it was worth keeping thousands of violent and dangerous offenders locked up for longer than the minimum jail term set by a court just to stop a few of them committing new crimes. Some reoffending — even if it involved “serious” new crimes — could be the price that society had to pay for trying to cut down on the huge cost of the country’s rising prison population, said Mr Bridges, the chief inspector of probation.
Report: US should better define, counter Islamic extremism
The Obama administration's recent move to drop references to Islamic radicalism is drawing fire in a new report warning the decision ignores the role religion can play in motivating terrorists. Several prominent counterterror experts are challenging the administration's shift in its recently unveiled National Security Strategy, saying the terror threat should be defined in order to fight it.
Hezbollah says has list of targets in Israel
A senior official with the Hezbollah group says they have a list of military targets inside Israel to hit in any future war. Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon, Sheikh Nabil Kaouk, made his comments Sunday in response to this week's release by Israel's military of maps and aerial photographs of what it described as a network of Hezbollah weapons depots and command centers in southern Lebanon.
Crisis Awaits World’s Banks as Trillions Come Due
The sovereign debt crisis would seem to create worry enough for European banks, but there is another gathering threat that has not garnered as much notice: the trillions of dollars in short-term borrowing that institutions around the world must repay or roll over in the next two years. The European Central Bank, the Bank of England and the International Monetary Fund have all recently warned of a looming crunch, especially in Europe, where banks have enough trouble raising money as it is.
North Korean officials to hold warship talks with US
Officials from North Korea and the US-led UN Command are to meet for talks about the sinking of a South Korean warship, the UN Command has said. The meeting on Tuesday in the truce village of Panmunjom is aimed at paving the way for future higher-level discussions. It comes days after the UN Security Council condemned the sinking but fell short of blaming North Korea.
Total solar eclipse crosses South Pacific
A total solar eclipse has crossed the South Pacific, with thousands of tourists and scientists gathered on Chile's Easter Island to witness it. The eclipse, which was only visible from small sections of land, ended over southern parts of Chile and Argentina. The eclipse started at 1815 GMT about 700km (440 miles) south-east of Tonga, and reached Easter Island by 2011 GMT.
Ireland objects to EU-Israel data deal
Irish minister for justice Dermott Ahern has confirmed that Dublin is seeking to block a new European Commission initiative that would allow the free transfer of personal data on EU citizens to Israel. The minister's statement over the weekend, reported in Israeli daily Haaretz on Monday (12 July), follows recent media reports that Ireland is concerned the data could be misused after eight fake Irish passports were allegedly used by Israel's intelligence agency Mossad in the assassination of Hamas operative Mahmoud al-Mabhouh earlier this year.
"This debt is like a cancer," Bowles said in a sober presentation nonetheless lightened by humorous asides between him and Simpson. "It is truly going to destroy the country from within."
Medvedev calls for alliances with U.S. and EU
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called on Monday for the formation of new alliances with the United States and the European Union to stimulate trade and investment.
Geo-Neutrinos: Discovery of Subatomic Particles Could Answer Deep Questions in Geology
The discovery could help geologists understand how reactions taking place in the planet's interior affect events on the surface such as earthquakes and volcanoes. Someday, scientists may know enough about the sources and flow of heat in Earth to predict events like the recent volcanic eruption in Iceland.
Netanyahu doubts Mideast peace deal possible by 2012
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that he did not envision a negotiated Middle East peace settlement within the next two years, despite his Palestinian counterpart's declared intentions to set up infrastructure for a state by 2011.
Police arrest Women of the Wall leader for praying with Torah scroll
Anat Hoffman, the women's prayer group leader, was arrested and taken in for questioning after she was caught holding a Torah scroll in violation of a High Court ruling prohibiting women from reading the Torah at the Western Wall.
Netanyahu: Jerusalem dispute should not delay direct talks
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened the forum of seven senior ministers on Sunday to discuss the possibility of launching direct talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
A Trojan horse in the GOP camp
a radical homosexual group is trying to infiltrate the Republican Party in order to render it less effective in standing up for policies like the ban on homosexuals from military service.
Christians' arrest: 1st step to placate Muslims
"The next step, in what I call the enforcement of sharia law in Dearborn, Michigan, is the arraignment that is going to take place in the Dearborn District Court," he explains.
IRS: We don’t have the resources to handle ObamaCare
the IRS’ independent watchdog says Republicans were right, and that Congressional Democrats and the White House seriously underestimated enforcement costs:
Karzai to ask UN to trim Taliban blacklist
Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to ask the United Nations to remove as many as 50 former Taliban members from a U.N. blacklist, The Washington Post reported on Monday. The request to remove about a quarter of the 137 names on the list is aimed at advancing reconciliation talks with insurgents, the report said, citing a senior Afghan official.
Christians' arrest: 1st step to placate Muslims
A state representative plans to support four missionaries who are facing an initial court hearing following their arrests at a recent Arab festival in Dearborn, Michigan. The four were passing out leaflets about Christianity in Dearborn, which has a large Muslim population. One of the missionaries was engaging in peaceful conversation with several Muslim youths, while the other three were videotaping the dialogue before they were all arrested on June 18.
JERUSALEM SITUATION A 'TIME BOMB'
A senior Palestinian figure yesterday said that rising tension with Israel over settlement building in the Jerusalem area was a "time bomb" that was eroding trust between the two sides. Ahmed Qurei, a former prime minister and negotiator, joined Tzipi Livni, a former Israeli foreign minister and now opposition leader in parliament, in calling on both sides to work harder to achieve a two-state solution.
EU misjudges pensions
The European Union faces the twin challenges of elderly populations and crippling public debt. One of the ways of meeting them is to cut the cost of pensions. Last week the Greek parliament approved a bill that will raise the retirement age to 65 for all its workers. Britain, Germany and Spain all intend to increase it still further. The one notable laggard is France, which plans a gradual rise from 60 to 62 by 2018.
Probation watchdog: serious crimes may be price to pay for cutting cost of justice
Andrew Bridges questioned whether it was worth keeping thousands of violent and dangerous offenders locked up for longer than the minimum jail term set by a court just to stop a few of them committing new crimes. Some reoffending — even if it involved “serious” new crimes — could be the price that society had to pay for trying to cut down on the huge cost of the country’s rising prison population, said Mr Bridges, the chief inspector of probation.
Report: US should better define, counter Islamic extremism
The Obama administration's recent move to drop references to Islamic radicalism is drawing fire in a new report warning the decision ignores the role religion can play in motivating terrorists. Several prominent counterterror experts are challenging the administration's shift in its recently unveiled National Security Strategy, saying the terror threat should be defined in order to fight it.
Hezbollah says has list of targets in Israel
A senior official with the Hezbollah group says they have a list of military targets inside Israel to hit in any future war. Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon, Sheikh Nabil Kaouk, made his comments Sunday in response to this week's release by Israel's military of maps and aerial photographs of what it described as a network of Hezbollah weapons depots and command centers in southern Lebanon.
Crisis Awaits World’s Banks as Trillions Come Due
The sovereign debt crisis would seem to create worry enough for European banks, but there is another gathering threat that has not garnered as much notice: the trillions of dollars in short-term borrowing that institutions around the world must repay or roll over in the next two years. The European Central Bank, the Bank of England and the International Monetary Fund have all recently warned of a looming crunch, especially in Europe, where banks have enough trouble raising money as it is.
North Korean officials to hold warship talks with US
Officials from North Korea and the US-led UN Command are to meet for talks about the sinking of a South Korean warship, the UN Command has said. The meeting on Tuesday in the truce village of Panmunjom is aimed at paving the way for future higher-level discussions. It comes days after the UN Security Council condemned the sinking but fell short of blaming North Korea.
Total solar eclipse crosses South Pacific
A total solar eclipse has crossed the South Pacific, with thousands of tourists and scientists gathered on Chile's Easter Island to witness it. The eclipse, which was only visible from small sections of land, ended over southern parts of Chile and Argentina. The eclipse started at 1815 GMT about 700km (440 miles) south-east of Tonga, and reached Easter Island by 2011 GMT.
Ireland objects to EU-Israel data deal
Irish minister for justice Dermott Ahern has confirmed that Dublin is seeking to block a new European Commission initiative that would allow the free transfer of personal data on EU citizens to Israel. The minister's statement over the weekend, reported in Israeli daily Haaretz on Monday (12 July), follows recent media reports that Ireland is concerned the data could be misused after eight fake Irish passports were allegedly used by Israel's intelligence agency Mossad in the assassination of Hamas operative Mahmoud al-Mabhouh earlier this year.
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