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January 21, 2008

Oreo 01 21 08 Morning Edition

Filed under: news — jaspar @ 10:13 am
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OREO
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01 21 08 - Morning Edition
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Newsstories of interest:
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MH = Misleading Headline
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1  DISORDER
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EV'RYTHING'S OLRIGHT 'ERE, GOV
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Smith 'does not feel safe' in London
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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/epolitix/20080120/tpl-smith-does-not-feel-safe-in-london-0a1c1a1.html
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POOR LIL' PUPPY, AAW
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Firm denies conflict of interest
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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20080120/tuk-firm-denies-conflict-of-interest-6323e80_1.html
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"recruitment firm headed by the wife of Work and Pensions
Secretary"
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Man dies after stun gun incident
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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20080120/tuk-man-dies-after-stun-gun-incident-6323e80_1.html
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"injuries from the taser gun were 'minimum'"
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Heathrow plane removed from runway
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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/itn/20080120/tuk-heathrow-plane-removed-from-runway-dba1618_1.html
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GOOD MOVE
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Pentagon and Contractors One Happy Family?
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http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=40844
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"Cambone [now of QinetiQ North America]...helped create the
very  office [Counter-Intelligence Field Activity] that is-
sued the contract [to QNA]"
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"q" is pronouced "k"
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RCMP debunks claims Canada dumping 'extreme ecstasy' into
U.S. market
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http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080120/national/us_cda_ecstasy
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Black House Office of National Drug Control Policy news re-
lease "is 'cherry-picking data' to blame Canada."
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3  ASIA
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THE BU$H PLAN (AFGHANISTAN)
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1 NATO soldier killed, 5 wounded in southern Afghanistan blast
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http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080121/world/afghan_violence
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"one attack over the weekend struck a NATO patrol, killing
one soldier and wounding five others"
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THE BU$H PLAN (PAKISTAN)
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Pakistan militants blow up trucks carrying supplies for Afghan
coalition
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http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080121/world/pakistan
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"blew up three trucks carrying provisions for coalition forces
...in the latest of several attacks on a key supply line for
the troops"
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BHUTAN
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Four bombs shake Bhutan, ahead of vote

http://au.news.yahoo.com/080121/2/15l86.html
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In the early 1990s "More than 100,000 ethnic Nepalis - a
Hindu minority in Bhutan - fled or were forced to leave by
authorities who wanted to impose Buddhist culture across
the country."
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INDIA
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India launches Israeli satellite: report
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http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/080121/world/india_israel_space_satellite
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"launch...had been kept secret because of its 'geopolitical
sensitivity'"
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INDIA IS JOINING PUPPET-ISRAEL'S WAR
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just as it has joined The Superpower's war against Afghani-
stan: see "Indian road engineers," Oreo 01 03 08 Evening Edi-
tion)
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BJP mum as fringe Hindu group targets media
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http://in.news.yahoo.com/indiaabroad/20080121/r_t_ians_nl_politics/tnl-bjp-mum-as-fringe-hindu-group-target-a4b7bec.html
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"protesting against an...opinion poll...conducted by the TV
channel, asking its viewers to name their candidates  for
Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour.  The list
included painter M.F. Husain"
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FOLLOWING UP:
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1) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashtriya_Swayamsevak_Sangh
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"Organizations which are inspired by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak
Sangh's ideology refer themselves as the members of the Sangh
Parivar."
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2) Sangh Parivar:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangh_Parivar
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3) Community website for the well wishers of Sangh Parivar:
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at which,
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"My Bharat Ratna goes to the unsung jawan"
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http://www.sanghparivar.org/my-bharat-ratna-goes-to-the-unsung-jawan
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"The secularists are the most sadistic people on this earth.
In a poll on Bharat Ratna, they have included a Hindu hater
M F Hussain"
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so,
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5) M. F. Husain:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M_F_Husain
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"in 1998 Husain's house was attacked by Bajrang Dal" --which
is a member organization of Sangh Parivar
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PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA
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China vows to end violence by urban inspectors
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http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/080121/world/china_rights_inspectors_beating
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"Violently implementing the law...is in a way the same as
trampling on the spirit of the law."
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4 EUROPE
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SERBIA
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Nationalist wins first round of Serb president vote
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http://au.news.yahoo.com/080120/15/15l05.html
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"setting up a run-off with the pro-Western incumbent"
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UK
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Stolen UK tractors sold in Australia
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http://au.news.yahoo.com/080121/2/15l99.html
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"They have even stolen seized equipment back from the police"
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See "Timber Thieves Strike at Heart of Lands Held Dear," Oreo
01 20 08 Evening Edition.
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HOW TO GET AROUND THE CREDIT CRUNCH
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5  LATAM
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VENEZUELA
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Relatives of Farc hostages request President Chávez to keep
his mediator role
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http://www.abn.info.ve/go_news5.php?articulo=117192&lee=17
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"group of eight relatives of Farc hostages arrived Friday
in Venezuela"
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7  $$$$
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Stocks fall in Asia as Bush plan disappoints
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http://au.news.yahoo.com/080121/19/15l73.html
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"too little, too late or too predictable"
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Leaders head for Davos as chilly winds whip world economy
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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080120/tbs-davos-economy-5268574_1.html
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"begins Wednesday"
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