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By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: March 16, 2010
Canada The Canadian government Monday formally adopted a federal emergency response plan covering natural disasters to terror attacks. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews made the announcement in Ottawa, saying his department will coordinate large-scale emergencies among other federal departments, provincial and local authorities. The plan outlines responses to manmade and natural disasters, including floods, forest fires, pandemics, power [...]
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US presses Israel on settler row

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: March 16, 2010
BBC The US has said it is awaiting a “formal” response from Israel amid a row over its decision to build 1,600 new homes in occupied East Jerusalem. Israel angered the US by announcing the move during a visit by Vice-President Joe Biden aimed at backing peace talks.
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Spy Takes US/Israeli Secrets to Grave

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: March 15, 2010
Published on The Smirking Chimp (http://www.smirkingchimp.com) By Robert Parry Last week’s death of Israeli spymaster David Kimche – and the omissions in his obituaries about his most sensitive operations, especially those regarding the United States – are a reminder of how much crucial history is being lost as key figures from this era take [...]
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By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: March 14, 2010
US: Katrina The second guilty plea in the Danziger Bridge case today revealed additional details about the conduct of New Orleans police after Hurricane Katrina and suggested more prosecutions of higher-ranking officers are yet to come. Former police detective Jeffrey Lehrmann pleaded guilty to failing to report a felony in connection to a [...]
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Middle East Quartet condemns Israeli settlement plan

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: March 13, 2010
AFP UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – The Middle East diplomatic Quartet condemned Israel’s plans to build new settler homes and said unilateral actions would not be recognized by the international community. The group — the European Union, the United States, Russia and the United Nations — “condemns Israel’s decision to advance planning for new housing units in East [...]
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By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: March 13, 2010
Iran Saudi Arabia has dismissed US claims that Riyadh would use its leverage to pressure China to approve new sanctions against Iran. According to the Saudi official news agency, SPA, an official in Riadh rejected a claim by US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on the issue of pressuring China to support fresh sanctions against Iran, IRNA reported [...]
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By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: March 12, 2010
Russia Russia’s envoy to NATO has sharply criticized the alliance’s shift away from fighting drug trafficking in Afghanistan, saying the resulting surge in heroin smuggling is endangering Russia’s national security. In an interview late Thursday, Dmitry Rogozin also highlighted the lack of cohesion within NATO, saying Moscow is worried about declining public support in Europe for the [...]
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Arab MK: U.S. beginning to question Israeli policy on Palestinians

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: March 12, 2010
Haaretz Knesset Member Ahmed Tibi has lashed out over the treatment of American lawmakers brought to Israel by the J Street organization, warning that unconditional U.S. support for Israel is on the wane
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By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: March 12, 2010
Israel and Palestine Israeli army prosecutors on Thursday charged two soldiers for using a young Palestinian boy to check for booby-traps during last year’s fighting in Gaza, a military spokeswoman told AFP. She said the two soldiers, both staff sergeants, were charged of acting “in breach of military norms” for forcing the boy to open bags they [...]
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By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: March 10, 2010
Dubai Interpol joined an international task force investigating the Dubai assassination of Hamas official Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. The international policing organization also said it was convinced of the broad, international scope of the crime. The notices, short of international arrest warrants but a request to Interpol members to detain the named people for extradition, bring to 27 the [...]
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