Archive for the ‘International’ Category
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 |
Steven W. Mosher, renowned China expert and president of the Population Research Institute (PRI), has criticized President Bush for agreeing to attend the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. As the only Western eyewitness to the brutality of China’s one-child policy in 1979, Mosher insists that Bush’s presence represents a moral victory for a corrupt and brutal government.
“President Bush’s presence at the Beijing Olympics is a propaganda coup for the Communist regime,” says Mosher. “His smiling face will be all over the state-run press, used to convince the Chinese people that the U.S. cares more about ping pong matches and gymnastic competitions than about
religious freedom or human rights.”
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 |
Three people were killed and over 50 wounded in a terror attack in Jerusalem shortly before noon. Driving a bulldozer on Jaffa Road between the Central Bus Station and the Mahane Yehuda market, a terrorist plowed into cars and pedestrians as well as two public buses (Egged buslines 13 and 60) carrying some 50 passengers. Police shot and killed the terrorist.
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 |
Israel should use force to stop Iran from from obtaining nuclear weapons, Meir Amit, a former director of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, advocated in an exclusive interview with WorldNetDaily. The comments from Amit, one of the most esteemed figures in the Israeli intelligence establishment, are particularly strong since until now he has refused to support an attack against Iran.
“I am in favor of using the power of force against Iran because if we let things go as they are we will find ourselves in a very dangerous situation,” Amit said. “We have good intelligence and we shall decide what is the right timing for any attack.”
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Friday, June 27th, 2008 |
From 30 June, international graduates who have studied in the UK will be free to seek employment for up to two years under Tier 1 of the Points Based System (PBS). This is twice the length of stay permitted under the old International Graduate Scheme (IGS) rules and allows the most able international graduates to find work in the UK without the need for a sponsor or work permit. The government is committed to facilitating the entry of skilled migrants and encouraging inward investment, both of which will benefit the UK economy. With effect from 30 June, Tier 1 of the PBS is also being extended to include Entrepreneurs and Investors.
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Friday, June 27th, 2008 |
Congress is sending legislation to President Bush that will finally erase a government-imposed stigma against association with the African National Congress of South Africa. Last night the House and
Senate came to agreement on legislation by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard L. Berman (D-CA) that will remove from U.S. databases any notation characterizing the ANC and its leaders — including Nobel Laureate and former South African President Nelson Mandela — as terrorists.
“Congress finally stands ready to rid U.S. immigration law of this anachronistic blight,” Berman noted. “The Senate and House have now both affirmed that America’s place is on the side of those who fought against Apartheid, and there should be no discrimination in our legal code based on their ANC association alone.”
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Friday, June 27th, 2008 |
In a letter to Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, the Chairman Howard L. Berman (D-CA), four key members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee wrote “convey our deep concern about new information that has surfaced regarding the nuclear proliferation activities of the A.Q. Khan network. Recent reports indicate that the Khan network may have transferred designs for smaller, more sophisticated nuclear warheads than were previously known publicly. These designs could allow states like Iran to more easily produce smaller nuclear warheads for its ballistic missiles, significantly increasing the potential nuclear threat from Iran to Israel and our European allies.”
Ever since his network was publicly revealed in 2003, Congress has been very concerned about the lack of access that the Government of Pakistan has given the United States to interview A.Q. Khan about the extent of his activities. A full investigation on the actions and activities of Dr. Khan has therefore not been possible.
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 |
U.S. Government Accountability office (GAO) reported that as of May 2008, Defense paid over $2 billion in Pakistani reimbursement claims for military activities covering January 2004 through June 2007 without obtaining sufficient information that would enable a third party to recalculate these costs. Furthermore, Defense may have reimbursed costs that were not incremental, were not based on actual activity, or were potentially duplicative.
GAO also found that additional oversight controls were needed. For example, there is no guidance for Defense to verify currency conversion rates used by Pakistan, which if performed would enhance Defense’s ability to monitor for potential overbillings.
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 |
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard L. Berman (D-CA), together with Ranking Member Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), today introduced a joint resolution of disapproval to fulfill a statutory requirement for consideration of the proposed U.S.-Russia civilian nuclear cooperation agreement that the Administration has submitted to Congress.
The Atomic Energy Act of 1954 requires the introduction of a resolution of approval or disapproval at the start of the 60-day congressional review period for such an agreement, which begins today.
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 |
The majority of the Internet’s malware-infected websites are located on Chinese networks, finds a new report released today by StopBadware.org, the university-based research initiative aimed at protecting users from dangerous software. The report also identifies the 10 network blocks that contain the largest number of badware sites. Six of the 10 are located in China.
“Sites that infect visiting PCs represent some of the worst of digital pollution,” said Jonathan Zittrain, StopBadware.org co-director and Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. “Malware is a global problem that requires cooperation across industries and across national borders.”
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Friday, June 20th, 2008 |
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today sent a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asking that an Indian official accused of complicity in the massacre of Muslim civilians in that nation again be denied a visa to travel to the U.S. Recent news reports indicate that supporters of Narendra Modi, chief minister of India’s state of Gujarat, hope to have him attend the upcoming second World Gujarati Conference in Edison, N.J., on August 29-31, 2008.
In 2005, CAIR partnered with the Indian Muslim Council-USA and the Coalition Against Genocide (CAG) to oppose Modi’s visa request to travel to the U.S. to speak at a convention in Florida. His request for a visa was denied.
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Thursday, June 19th, 2008 |
Researchers describe the first successful use of a human patient’s cloned infection-fighting T cells as
the sole therapy to put an advanced solid-tumor cancer into long-term remission. A team led by Cassian Yee, M.D., an associate member of the Clinical Research Division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, reports these findings in the June 19 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Yee and colleagues removed CD4+ T cells, a type of white blood cell, from a 52-year-old man whose Stage 4 melanoma had spread to a groin lymph node and to a lung. T cells specific to targeting the melanoma were then expanded vastly in the laboratory using modifications to existing methods. The lab-grown cells were then infused into the patient with no additional pre- or post-conditioning therapies, such as growth-factor or cytokine treatment. Two months later, PET and CT scans revealed no tumors. The patient remained disease free two years later, when he was last checked.
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