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A history of the world, BRIC by BRIC A history of the world, BRIC by BRIC Sat 5 May 2012
Goldman Sachs - via economist Jim O'Neill in 2001 - invented the concept of a rising new bloc: BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and, later, South Africa). Some... (photo: UN / Devra Berkowitz) Al Jazeera
Brazil   Economist   History   Photos   Wikipedia: BRICS   World
people wait to fill containers with fuel at a petrol station OIL IS A STRATEGIC PRODUCT, NOT A COMMODITY: Argentina and the International Oil Picture Fri 4 May 2012
Oil is not a commodity, oil is not a raw product either. Just look at the complexity of the techniques for its efficient extraction. Oil is a strategic product that... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) GlobalResearch
Argentina   Commodity   Oil   Photos   Wikipedia: Oil
US military planes , are seen at Manas US military base in Bishkek airport Kyrgyzstan on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev last week announced the closure of the base, which is a crucial staging post for coalition operations in Afghanistan. The U.S. began using the Manas base in December 200 Map: US bases encircle Iran Tue 1 May 2012
US military bases continue to form a strategic envelope around Iran, although the American withdrawal from Iraq at the end of 2011 may have changed the regional balance... (photo: AP / Igor Kovalenko) Al Jazeera
Iran   Iraq   Military   Photos   Wikipedia: Iran–United States relations after 1979
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev looks up during a press conference after his meeting with his Hungarian counterpart Laszlo Solyom, not seen, in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, Nov. 23, 2007. Nazarbayev arrived to Hungary Friday for a two-day long official visit to meet top Hungarian politicans. Kazakh president decries foreign influences Wed 25 Apr 2012
ALMATY, Kazakhstan — The president of the oil-rich former Soviet nation of Kazakhstan has criticized the West for what he said was its attempt to impose its values... (photo: AP Photo / Bela Szandelszky) Austin American Statesman
Business   Kazakhstan   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Nursultan Nazarbayev
Oleg Deripaska Oligarch Oleg Deripaska reveals he paid armed gangs to protect his business empire Sat 21 Apr 2012
Oleg Deripaska, the oligarch and a close associate of Lord Mandelson, has disclosed how he was forced to pay protection money to the Russian underworld as he built his... (photo: Creative Commons / ZajicZ) The Daily Telegraph
Business   Photos   Politics   Weapons   Wikipedia: Oleg Deripaska
Kosovo's "Mafia State" and Camp Bondsteel: Towards a Permanent US Military Presence in Southeast Europe Kosovo's "Mafia State" and Camp Bondsteel: Towards a Permanent US Military Presence in Southeast Europe Thu 12 Apr 2012
Washington’s Bizarre Kosovo Strategy could destroy NATO In one of the more bizarre foreign policy announcements of a bizarre Obama Administration, US... (photo: EC / EU) GlobalResearch
Europe   Kosovo   Military   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Kosovo
45 Signs That America Will Soon Be A Nation With A Very Tiny Elite And The Rest Of Us Will Be Poor 45 Signs That America Will Soon Be A Nation With A Very Tiny Elite And The Rest Of Us Will Be Poor Wed 4 Apr 2012
Share The middle class is being systematically wiped out of existence in the United States today. America is a nation with a very tiny elite that is rapidly becoming... (photo: UN / UN) Pakalert Press
Human   Photos   Poverty   Slavery   Trade   Wikipedia: Slavery
Will U.S. Troops Fire On American Citizens? Will U.S. Troops Fire On American Citizens? Mon 2 Apr 2012
Share By Avalon & Shepard Ambellas The Intel Hub Who would believe that in the year 2012, one would have to ask if the U.S. Military would fire on American Citizen’s?... (photo: US DoD / Sun L. Vega) Pakalert Press
Military   Pentagon   Photos   Troops   US   Wikipedia: Pentagon
Sean Parnell Alaska, oil giants end lease spat to target LNG exports Sat 31 Mar 2012
Alaska and three oil giants on Friday ended a long-running spat over North Slope energy leases that could open the way for building a trans-Alaska gas pipeline and lead... (photo: Public Domain / Joshua Garcia) Turkish Press
Alaska   Business   Energy   Photos   Wikipedia: Sean Parnell
Coins and banknotes of the Chinese yuan are set up together with a U.S. dollar during a photo illustration opportunity taken in Fuyang, central China's Anhui province, in this November 27, 2006, file photo. 10 Reasons Why The Reign Of The Dollar As The World Reserve Currency Is About To Come To An End Wed 28 Mar 2012
Share The U.S. dollar has probably been the closest thing to a true global currency that the world has ever seen. For decades, the use of the U.S. dollar has been... (photo: AP / EyePress, FILE) Pakalert Press
About   Currency   Photos   US Dollar   Wikipedia: Reserve currency
Feeding The Homeless BANNED In Major Cities All Over America Feeding The Homeless BANNED In Major Cities All Over America Fri 23 Mar 2012
Share What would you do if you came across someone on the street that had not had anything to eat for several days? Would you give that person some food? Well, the next... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub) Pakalert Press
America   Food   Homeless   Jobless   Photos   Wikipedia: Homelessness
A worker filling petrol in a car at an oil station, India A Tough-Oil World Tue 13 Mar 2012
Why Twenty-First Century Oil Will Break the Bank -- and the Planet Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com Oil prices are now higher than they have ever been -- except for a... (photo: WN / Geeta) Huffington Post
Economy   Environment   Photos   Wikipedia: Petroleum industry   World
In this photo released on Thursday Jan. 12, 2012 by Cuba's presidency via Cubadebate, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, meets Cuban leader Fidel Castro in Havana Wednesday Jan. 11, 2012. Iran sure no attack will go through Azerbaijan Mon 12 Mar 2012
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran is confident that neighboring Azerbaijan would not allow attacking forces to pass through its territory, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad... (photo: AP / Cubadebate, Cuba Presidency) The Guardian
Azerbaijan   Iran   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Azerbaijan–Iran relations
An Iranian security guard walks past a gate of the Bushehr nuclear power plant as its reactor  building is seen in background, just outside the city of Bushehr 750 miles (1,245 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. Israel Won’t Warn U.S. Before Strike On Iran Wed 29 Feb 2012
Share Israeli officials say they won’t warn the U.S. if they decide to launch a pre-emptive strike against Iranian nuclear facilities, according to one U.S.... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi) Pakalert Press
Iran   Israel   Nuclear   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia :iran nuclear
Flickr - Israel Defense Forces - 188th Brigade Training Day, March 2008-cropped US armed Israel for Iran attack Tue 28 Feb 2012
Share Press TV The United States has provided Israel with the military technology and arms to aid Tel Aviv in a possible attack against Iran nuclear facilities, a... (photo: Creative Commons / MathKnight) Pakalert Press
Iran   Israel   Mideast   Photos   Wikipedia: Nuclear weapons and Israel
 Turkish soldiers ride in a military truck in the province of Sirnak, on the Turkish-Iraqi border, southeastern Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2007. Separatist Kurdish rebels attacked a military unit near Turkey´s border with Iraq and Iran on Sunday, Oc 5 Reasons Iran is NOT a Threat to the U.S. Tue 28 Feb 2012
Share Activist Post The Obama Administration, by Executive Order, has moved another step closer to preemptive war with Iran by declaring a National Emergency to deal with... (photo: AP Photo/Kadir Konuksever) Pakalert Press
Arab   Iran   Military   Photos   Wikipedia: Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran
The World War Three files: For 30 years the papers have been kept secret The World War Three files: For 30 years the papers have been kept secret Sat 25 Feb 2012
Share The World War Three files: For 30 years the papers have been kept secret. Now, the extraordinary story of how Whitehall drew up terrifyingly detailed plans for... (photo: DOD / Public Domain) Pakalert Press
Defence   Military   Photos   Troops   War   Wikipedia: War
 Russian President Vladimir Putin with the President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. On the right, the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliev, during the second Caspian Summit, in Tehran, Iran, October 16, 2007. cg1 Report: Iran summons Azerbaijan envoy over alleged Mossad activity Sun 12 Feb 2012
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's state-run news agency says the country's foreign ministry has summoned Azerbaijan's ambassador to protest alleged Israeli intelligence... (photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office ) Daily Press
Azerbaijan   Iran   Israel   Oil   Photos   Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran
Iranian woman Marzieh Masaebi watches a TV video showing US President Barack Obama's new video message addressed to the Iranian people, and broadcast from the Tapesh Farsi-language satellite TV beamed in from the United States, at her home in Tehran, Iran, Friday, March 20, 2009. Obama released the video to coincide with the major Iranian festival of Nowruz, a 12-day holiday that marks the arrival of spring and the beginning of the new year in Iran. Iran authorities played down Obama's video message saying it welcomed the overtures while warning that decades of mistrust can't easily be erased. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Obama Signed Executive Order Declaring War On Iran Sun 12 Feb 2012
Share Collapse Network On February 5, 2012, President Obama invoked the NDAA, which authorizes the use of military force, and issues an executive order declaring the... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi) Pakalert Press
Iran   Photos   Politics   United States   Wikipedia: U.S. sanctions against Iran
FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012 file photo, a mother and calf common dolphin are transported to the beach by a team from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and the New England Aquarium before being released back into Cape Cod Bay at Scusset Beach, in Sagamore Beach, Mass. Mystery: Mass Dolphin Deaths By Beaching Thu 9 Feb 2012
Share Heather Callaghan Activist Post Around 129 dolphins mysteriously beached themselves upon Cape Cod in the last few weeks. The death toll is now up to 92, a bleak... (photo: AP / Julia Cumes) Pakalert Press
Deaths   Dolphins   Photos   Wikipedia: Cape Cod Bay   Wildlife