Saudi Arabia: Group Condemns Sentence of 40 Lashes
New York Times - Mon Dec 14, 9:19 pm ETAmnesty International called on Saudi Arabia on Monday to stay a sentence of 40 lashes against a 75-year-old woman for breaching a sex segregation law.
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Worthwhile Canadian Initiative--Really
The Weekly Standard via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 14, 1:19 pm ETFt. McMurray, AlbertaCanada feels unappreciated. Recall the winner of the New Republic's contest for the world's most boring headline.
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Gulf leaders gather to discuss monetary pact
Long Beach Press-Telegram - Mon Dec 14, 1:12 pm ETKUWAIT CITY - Leaders of the six Gulf Arab states were to move ahead with plans to set up a common currency and launch a new $1.6 billion regional electricity grid Monday, the latest bids for regional integration at a summit where Iran's nuclear program was also on the agenda.
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Baghdad bomber called Syria before August attack: minister
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 14, 1:06 pm ETIraqi Interior Minister Jawad Bolani told parliament on Monday that a suicide bomber who attacked the foreign ministry in August made a phone call to Syria before detonating his payload, an MP said.
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Stalagmites indicate climate trouble ahead, Cornell professor says
The Gazette - Mon Dec 14, 12:54 pm ETRhawn Denniston’s perspective on climate change comes from studying stalagmites, some 25,000 years old. Based on the data he gleans from these mineral deposits in caves, the Cornell College paleoclimatologist says the outlook is not good unless humans make big changes. Soon. The data, when applied to general circulation models, suggests that unless heat-trapping carbon dioxide emissions [...]
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Nigerian Rebels Say Delta Cease-Fire in Jeopardy (Update1)
Bloomberg - Mon Dec 14, 12:48 pm ETDec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua’s absence for health reasons is putting the cease-fire in the oil- rich Niger River delta in “jeopardy,” the main rebel group in the region said.
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Gulf Cooperation Council opens 30th summit in Kuwait - Summary
EARTHtimes.org - Mon Dec 14, 12:46 pm ETCairo - The Gulf Cooperation Council's 30th summit opened Monday in Kuwait, with the global economic downturn, the Dubai debt crisis and political instability in Yemen high on the agenda, alongside efforts to create a joint power grid and launch a si...
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The November Cattle on Feed Report
AG Weekly - Mon Dec 14, 12:38 pm ETOn Friday, November 20, the USDA released the November Cattle on Feed report. The report is actually a little friendly with placements nearly 2% below average trade guess and on feed supplies slightly below the trade guess.
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How To Exit Trades
AG Weekly - Mon Dec 14, 12:37 pm ETMost of the work done in technical analysis is concerned with how to find new trades and how to get on board once a trade setup has been identified. Considerably less literature is devoted to the topic of getting out of trades.
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Iran to put three US hikers on trial
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 14, 12:20 pm ETIran is to put on trial three US hikers arrested after they "illegally" entered the country four months ago, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Monday.
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Online-Only Q&A: Chris Wyatt on ComStar Media's Strategy
MultiChannel News - Mon Dec 14, 12:18 pm ETComStar Media Fund CEO Chris Wyatt spoke with Multichannel News executive editor Kent Gibbons last week after ComStar bought its second cable network this year, FamilyNet, after earlier buying AmericanLife Television Network.
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Saturday Soapbox, December 12, 2009
Skagit Valley Herald - Mon Dec 14, 11:44 am ETFooled again? I stayed in the military and stood nuclear alert for many years because I believed my commander in chief when he stated that our way of life was threatened by the USSR…
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Greenpeace pressures Beirut on climate
UPI - Mon Dec 14, 11:28 am ETBEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Environmental activists donned blindfolds in Beirut to raise awareness of global warming as the prime minister heads to the Danish capital for climate talks.
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Saudi Arabia Running out of Sand?
Environmental News Network - Mon Dec 14, 10:57 am ETThis is something that would make Lawrence of Arabia turn in his grave: Recent studies are now showing that sand, once Saudi Arabia’s most common commodity (outside of oil) is now becoming almost as scarce as water. For those who are still fascinated with the 1962 Hollywood extravaganza starring Peter O’Toole and Omar Sharif, there seemed to be an endless amount of the yellowish grainy stuff ...
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Coral Gables Trust Appoints Three Influential Leaders in the Community to Its Board of Directors
dBusinessNews.com - Mon Dec 14, 10:47 am ETCORAL GABLES, Fla -- Coral Gables Trust Company ("CGTC") announced today the appointment of three of South Florida's most influential and highly respected business and community leaders to its Board of Directors: Mr. Alberto R. Cardenas, Mr. Carlos Palomares and Mr. William T. Pruitt.
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Bill McKibben: Reason And Faith In Copenhagen
The Huffington Post - Mon Dec 14, 10:28 am ETI cried all the harder a few minutes later when the great cathedral bell began slowly tolling 350 times. At the same moment, thousands of churches across Europe began ringing their bells the same 350 times. And in other parts of the world--from the bottom of New Zealand to the top of Greenland, Christendom sounded the alarm. And not just Christendom.
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