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Tuesday, 24 March 2015

Ice age on the way: Gulf Stream is slowing down faster than ever, scientists say

Gulf Stream stops Britain from freezing over in Winter The Gulf Stream that helps to keep Britain from freezing over in winter is slowing down faster now than at any time in the past millennium according to a study suggesting that major changes are taking place to the ocean currents of the North Atlantic.Scientists believe that the huge volumes of freshwater flowing into the North Atlantic from the rapidly melting ice cap of Greenland have slowed...

80 percent of your food contains carcinogens

© seattleorganicrestaurants.com Two days ago, an agency of the World Health Organization issued a report concluding that glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup, likely causes cancer in humans.If you eat foods that contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs), you are consuming glyphosate—because the U.S. EPA not only allows glyphosate residue on your food, the agency actually raised the allowed limits in 2013. How do you know you're...

"The Day After Tomorrow" just got one step closer to reality!

© Joe Raedle/Getty Images In the 2004 blockbuster The Day After Tomorrow, abrupt climate change plunges the world into chaos. According to new research published Monday, the idea that underpins the film's plot—that rapid Arctic ice melt could cause dramatic changes to the global climate system—just got one step closer to reality.Of particular concern are the profound changes happening in the Greenland ice sheet: It appears that the massive amount...

BEST OF THE WEB: Extreme weather, meteor fireballs, and Earth Changes in March 2015 (VIDEO)

© HawkkeyDavisChannel Earth changes have taken place the past few weeks or so. Animals are listed among the dead.I've been working 50+ hours a week, sorry if there's any mistakes. Thanks for watching and stay safe..This series does not mean the world is ending! These are documentaries of series of extreme weather events which are leading to bigger earth changes. If you're following the series, then you're seeing the signs. It's much more than one...

Second mahout to be killed by elephant within 5 days in Kerala, India

© Yathin S KrishnappaAsian elephant. }The district authorities have resolved to strictly enforce the prescribed norms for management of captive elephants in the wake of second incident within five days in which a man was killed by an elephant in Karuvatta, near Haripad.In the latest-such case, a 52-year-old mahout was crushed to death by an elephant, named Chirakkadavu Thiruneelakandan, which was brought from Ponkunnam during a procession that was...

Vatican Radio: UNICEF and WHO are sterilizing girls through vaccines

© patheos.comKenya Catholic Bishops Vatican Radio last week charged that United Nations organizations promoting population control are using vaccines to surreptitiously sterilize women in Third World countries. Kenya's Ministry of Health, along with the UN organizations — World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF — deny the charges, which carry the full weight of the Vatican. Vatican Radio is the official "voice of the Pope and the Church in dialogue...

Massive landslide buries parts of Peruvian town amid heavy rains

© REUTERS/ Mariana BazoA woman carries a baby as she walks past debris of houses after a massive landslide in Chosica, March 24, 2015. Seven people were killed and more were feared dead in Peru after a massive landslide buried parts of a town amid heavy rains, authorities said on Tuesday.Six were missing and 25 injured in the disaster in Chosica, some 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) east of Lima, said Alfredo Murgueytio, the head of the National Civil...

The art of developing patience

Many of us have a problem with patience. That is, we lack it. We might be impatient in all areas of our lives. Or we might get impatient in certain situations.We might get impatient while waiting in line at the store, or sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic. Or waiting for an email to arrive in our inbox. Or hearing back from a potential employer.Of course, the pace of our world doesn't help with cultivating patience. Our society's tempo is rapid-fire....

10 shocking facts about sunscreen

After reading study after study reporting the alarming increase in skin cancer cases over the last several years, I've started to wonder what sunscreen might have to do with it. I recently came across the research of Dr. Elizabeth Plourde, the author of Sunscreens Biohazard - Treat as Hazardous Waste. Dr. Plourde is a hormone specialist with 25 years of extensive medical research and writing to her credit who has recently focused her attention...

Massive wildfires threaten ancient forests in Chile

Aerial view of smoke columns are seen over mountains on the Conguillo National Park in Chile on March 22, 2015 Chile has declared a red alert for three national parks and reserves where massive wildfires are threatening forests that are thousands of years old, officials said Tuesday.The fires have been raging for more than a week in the southern region of La Araucania, which has been hit by a severe drought.The National Emergency Office (ONEMI)...

Assange: U.S. responsible for ISIS, Israel supported Hamas to divide and conquer

© Reuters / John StillwellWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Julian Assange has given an interview to an Argentinian paper from his Ecuadorian embassy asylum where he spent more than 1,000 days. He spoke about why US meddling in Ukraine led to civil war, how the West helped ISIS and Israel supported Hamas.US has long wanted to bring Ukraine to West The United States has spent "a lot of time trying to bring Ukraine to the West," the WikiLeaks founder...

Head of Kiev Rada's committee on culture and spirituality wanted by Interpol for rape

Cambodia issued an Interpol Red Notice A-1857/3-2015 for the prosecution of Mykola Kniazhytskyi, Ukrainian MP, journalist and head of TVi editorial board. According to the letter he received from the Ukrainian bureau of Interpol, he is wanted for rape under Article 239 of Cambodian Penal Code. According to the Red Notice, the alleged rape took place in on September 9, 2011 in Phnom Penh (Cambodia).Mr. Kniazhytskyi was an author of a recently adopted...

Iraqi commander: Tapped ISIS communications confirm US aid of arms and food

Weapons "intended" for Kurdish fighters dropped at ISIS-held location. A commander of Iraq's popular forces disclosed that wiretapping of ISIL's communications has confirmed the reports that the US planes have been airdropping food and arms supplies for the Takfiri terrorists."The wiretapped ISIL communications by Iraqi popular forces have revealed that the US planes have been dropping weapons and foodstuff for the Takfiri terrorist group," Commander...

Ignoring 1.8 million Gazans struggling with 97% water contamination, the world celebrates World Water Day

As the world marks the World Water Day, Gaza's 1.8 million-population is struggling to cope with lack of clean water.The coastal aquifer, Gaza's main water source, is heavily contaminated with various pollutants including high levels of nitrates.Dumping of untreated sewage into the sea has been a major cause for the pollution. The reason: lack of electricity to operate treatment plants.Water contamination levels are three times higher than the...

Iran response to Netanyahu victory: No difference to Israeli political parties

© Reuters / Nir Elias Following the surprise win of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party, a spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry said that there is no difference between the Israeli political parties."For us there is no difference between the Zionist regime's political parties. They are all aggressors in nature," Marizeh Afkham, a spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry, told reporters at a weekly news conference in Tehran, the semi-official...

Russia agrees to give 10% gas discount to Turkey

© Reuters / Ahmed SaadTurkey's Energy Minister Taner Yildiz Russia's Gazprom and Turkish pipeline company Botas have agreed a 10.25 percent discount on Russian gas supplied to Turkey, said Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yildiz."The documents on the discount haven't yet been signed, but that's a technical detail. The main thing is that we have agreed, and the signatures are on their way," said Yildiz Wednesday at a news conference,...

An occupation that never ends - U.S. to keep troops in Afghanistan through 2015

© Reuters/Mohammad Ismail Obama will keep 9,800 U.S. troops In Afghanistan through 2015, after Afghan President Ghani requested flexibility in drawdown plan."We are bound by common interests and will act together to ensure both the safety of United States and the safety of Afghanistan. That is the important consideration. Numbers are a means; they are not an end in themselves," Ghani said.President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, in office since September...

Egypt signs natural gas deal with Gazprom

© Reuters / Desmond Boylan Russia's Gazprom Global LNG has signed a deal with Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) to supply 35 shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by 2020, according to the company and Egypt's Ministry of Petroleum.Gazprom Global LNG and EGAS have agreed on LNG sales, the company confirmed on its website Tuesday, adding that both parties were in the final stages of a long term commercial arrangement.35 LNG shipments...

Will Democrats back Obama's UN push for a two-state Israel-Palestine solution?

© jewishexponent.comJ Street was founded to promote meaningful American leadership to end the Arab-Israeli and Palestinian-Israel conflicts peacefully and diplomatically. The Obama Administration has broadcast that since Benjamin Netanyahu announced that there will never be a Palestinian state so long as Netanyahu remains Prime Minister of Israel, the US may end its policy of blocking consideration of the Israel-Palestine conflict at the United...

Massive sinkhole appears on N3 highway in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

© Jonathan Burton A massive sinkhole over two metres deep and three metres wide appeared on the N3 highway in Pietermaritzburg on Thursday, leading to the closure of one of the busy freeway's lanes.The Durban-bound portion of the road near the Peter Brown offramp has been repaired numerous times, but it collapsed when a bus travelling over the sunken area collided with a truck in the early hours of Thursday.Easter weekend WBHO engineer Jacques...

U.S. takeover of Ukraine wipes out 25% of country's economy

© RIA Novosti / Vitaliy Ankov Ukraine's economy has contracted by a quarter due to the conflict in the south east of the country as hundreds of facilities are closed, said Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk."We've lost a quarter of the Ukrainian economy. Hundreds of facilities were closed because of war..."Yatsenyuk said on Tuesday in a conference call to regional governors over budget fulfillment. At the same time the government managed to collect...

Fire Rescue officials pull man out of sinkhole in Dania Beach, Florida

© NBC Fire Rescue officials have pulled a man out of a sinkhole at a boat yard in Dania Beach.Sky 10 was above the scene about 4:30 p.m. as firefighters could be seen helping a man, as his legs appeared to still be stuck in the sinkhole in the area of Northeast 7th Avenue off S. Federal Highway.Firefighters were eventually able to pull the man onto a stretcher just before 4:45 p.m.He was then rushed to a nearby hospital by ambulance.No other details...

No tornadoes reported anywhere in the U.S. in March

© Justin HobsonAn F5 tornado. With only about two-dozen twisters recorded so far this year during a period when 100 or more are typical, the U.S. appears to be in a tornado drought as cool, stable air prevents the ingredients of the violent storms from coming together, meteorologists said Friday.No tornadoes have been reported so far in March, when tornado season often begins ramping up for parts of the country. The last time the U.S. had no twisters...

The Saker interviews Paul Craig Roberts on the state of U.S. Empire and its plans for global control

I had been wanting to interview Paul Craig Roberts for a long time already. For many years I have been following his writings and interviews and every time I read what he had to say I was hoping that one day I would have the privilege do interview him about the nature of the US deep state and the Empire. Recently, I emailed him and asked for such an interview, and he very kindly agreed. I am very grateful to him for this opportunity.The Saker——-The...
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