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2010 French Regional Elections

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On March 14 and 21, French voters go to the polls to elect 1,880 regional representatives. The Socialist Party currently holds all but two of the 22 regions in Metropolitan France and is campaigning to extend its domination, while President Nicolas Sarkozy’s UMP aims to regain ground.

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Press abuzz about Sarkozy’s ‘humiliating defeat’ in regional elections

Newspaper headlines in France and abroad were abuzz about French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s setback in regional elections on Sunday, as his centre-right party trails opposition Socialists after the first round of ballots.

 

Cost of Living in Cities Trop cher?

 

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INTERVIEW-US graft report angers Haiti amid quake recovery

 
Tiger confirms his return at Masters

 

Haiti’s Do-It-Yourself Recovery

In poverty and disaster, Haitians left on their own are doing what needs to be done.

 

Two Drug Slayings in Mexico Rock U.S. Consulate

The White House responded angrily to deadly attacks that appeared to be the first on U.S. officials and their families by Mexico’s drug cartels.

Vatican officials defend pope on abuse

 

EU facing biggest crisis in history - Czech president Klaus

 

By Madelyn Hoffman
Questions about U.S. military presence in Haiti. Is it what the Haitians really need?

 

India signs weapons deals worth $4bn with Russia.

 

Ex-Vienna Choir Boys Say They Were Abused.

 

 
 
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 CANADA
A CAN Canada spokesman says of the Harper government, “they’re putting climate deniers in key oversight positions over research, and they’re reducing funding in key areas.… It’s almost as though they’re making a conscious attempt to bury the truth”.

 

 
  MARKETS/ECONOMICS

Origin of Wealth 

We desperately need to start telling ourselves a new story, one that at least fits the known data, and we need to be far more urgent in our preparations for a future that is now upon us. This is not a US or a UK story, but one that applies equally to us all, no matter where we live. It is a global story.
 
Without a functioning economy, all of our technological dreams, hopes, and desires will not come to pass. We will not fetch the last oil from 35,000 feet under the ground, we will not have ceramic batteries in every garage, and we will not seamlessly transition to a new economy. We will have none of that. Instead, we’ll most likely have a steadily worsening economy that sometimes slumps frighteningly, paralyzing our minds and sapping our will. ~ Carolyn Baker
 
 
 
 
Chamber, Wall Street lobby seek to alter Dodd bill.
Financial institutions and their allies mobilized lobbyists and fueled their media campaigns Tuesday in a swift response to a Democratic plan to rein in Wall Street and protect consumers in their banking and borrowing transactions.

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U.S.

 

Sexual assault reports surge in US military

 

 

Storm leaves Northeast soggy, windblown and dark

 

By Rick Rozoff

U.S., NATO Intensify War Games Around Russia's Perimeter

U.S., NATO Intensify War Games Around Russia's Perimeter

AFRICA

In case anyone needed further evidence that President Paul Kagame's Rwanda is the Pentagon's proxy, 140 Rwandan police are about to undertake special training before heading to Haiti, as reported in the Rwanda New Times.

 

ASIA/MIDDLE EAST

 

 

 

 

 

At least 25 miners were killed in a coal mine fire in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou. Police have arrested at least 3 mine managers and frozen the facility's assets pending investigation of the accident.

 

 AMERICAS

 

EVA GOLINGER: PERMANENT AGGRESSION AND WAR IN LATIN AMERICA

 
Two Americans Dead in Mexico Drug Shooting

Americans Among 3 Killed in Drive-By Shooting in Drug-Plagued Mexican City; Obama "Outraged"

 

SCIENCE/ENVIRONMENT

 

MONSANTO ADMITS THEIR TECHNOLOGY DOESN’T WORK
 
MUST READ FROM CATHY MCMAHON: THE SURVIVAL MINDSET
What are the best mental patterns of thinking for surviving tough times? There are a variety of ways to look at this issue, and one is looking at who survives when bad things happen in the wilderness, or in dangerous recreational pursuits and why
 
IF YOU WANT TO MOVE OUT OF THE U.S., WHICH IS THE BEST COUNTRY TO MOVE TO?
 
The Biggest Dump in the World
 

With Medicaid Cuts, Doctors and Patients Drop Out

As states cut Medicaid, doctors find payments insufficient. Poor areas like Flint, Mich., face particular hardship.

 

 

 

ICE-COLD GAS 'KILLS' BREAST CANCER

 

Vitamin D better than vaccines at preventing flu, report claims

 

Antibiotics in agribusiness under the microscope 

The use of antibiotics in agribusiness is a hot topic at present, as are safety concerns over the preparation of beef in school lunch programs, some treated with ammonia to kill E.coli bacteria and reduced to "pink slime."

 

The Green They Steal, The Greed They Wear ...a St. Patrick's Day lament by Michael Moore

 

Many veterans with PTSD cannot accept love for they feel they do not deserve love and they continually sabotage their joy for the same reason ~ their hearts have closed and they live in the Gray Zone where no light can penetrate and no one dare enter.

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Jason Miller: I want to announce the formation of our new radical collective,  which encompasses both Internet and on-the-street activism. Please take a look at the essay I penned to kick things off for RAGE and at the links to our various blogs and social networking groups
 
George Albayan sent a message to the members of Bite Club of KC.
Please sign this Petition IMMEDIATELY.....The animal torturers at UCLA are glueing metal rods onto animals eyeballs, and they are using OUR tax dollars to pay for it. Please sign Camille Marinos Petition IMMEDIATELY. This torturing of animals has GOT to STOP.

 

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