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A Call for a Moratorium on Open-Pit Mining
Anne Orlando
Hundreds of open-pit mines are operating in Armenia. Mining activity, such as blasting or carving the mountain slopes, also dumping the wastes generated from mining, rock processing and ore-extraction activities, into gorges (into riverbeds and/or on riverbanks), are all unregulated activities in Armenia. Open-pit mining has a very high waste-to-product ratio (roughly 99 tons of waste to each ton of copper, and even far more waste in gold mining), making waste the major product of the mining industry.
A recent article - http://www.armenian
reporteronline.am/go/article/2011-01
-25-mining-industry-causes-lasting-
damage-to-syunik-environment - describes in detail the destruction inflicted upon agricultural land, the damage caused to human health, to forests, to precious water resources and to entire village communities as a result of mining activity and the large volumes of generated toxic slurry - the mine tailings.
Let Them Worry About Us
By Timothy V. Gatto
I’ve been silent as these Occupy protests have been taking place, not only at Wall Street (the root of it all), but around the country including Greenville, SC, my adopted hometown. The reason I’ve been silent is because everything I’ve heard people say is what I have been writing about for the last seven years. I really don’t have much to add. I was planning to go to DC but my family was dead set against it. I take over 12 medications a day and can’t afford a hotel room at this time. They were afraid I’d get too caught up in what was happening there and forget to take my medicine and end up as a casualty. Probably in my heart of hearts I believe they were right. Knowing myself, I probably would have left in a stretcher. 60 isn’t that old, but with a heart bypass and being a recovering Cancer patient, maybe I erred on the right side for once.
Hillary Clinton in Tripoli
by Stephen Lendman
Obama is an unindicted war criminal. So is Clinton. More on her staged photo-op theater below.
On October 18, NATO deputy spokesperson Carmen Romero said:
"We are very close to (ending the Libya operation), but there are still threats to the civilian population and as long as these threats persist we will continue" the campaign.
Fact check
Libya's only threat is NATO's presence with its army of paid mercenaries. The country was mostly calm and peaceful until terror bombing began on March 19. It's been ongoing daily for seven months.
Widespread areas have been ravaged. Tens of thousands have been killed, many more injured and displaced.
About 100,000 residents once called Sirte home. Under intense daily bombardment and shelling, it's in ruins. Remaining inhabitants are now homeless refugees.
Unfolding a plot: Mossad at work
By Dr. Ismail Salami
Despite its evidently make-believe facade, the cooked-up story of the Saudi envoy assassination plot does not seem to be something which can be easily banished from the minds of the American powers that be.
The heat over Iran in the US government is growing rapidly. Some Republican congressmen have expressed their interest in waging an all-out war against Iran, a threat they keep refreshing every time they have an excuse. They have clearly stated that Washington should not dismiss the idea of resorting to military force against Iran, an idea which is being strengthened in Congress.
Britain, France , US: ‘And the winner is ...’
Eric Walberg
In the lifestyle sweepstakes, the answer is “none of the above”.
The economic and social experiments in the past three decades by British governments from left to right have left the plucky Brits reeling, as this summer's unprecedented bread and ipod riots showed all too conclusively. For a year now, fiscal austerity and financial chaos have sent Britain’s economy into a nasty cycle of low growth and rising unemployment.
But unlike Greece, which was forced into recession by misguided EU taskmasters, Britain has inflicted this on itself. Austerity was a deliberate choice by Prime Minister David Cameron’s ruling coalition of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. Britain’s jobless numbers are the highest in more than 15 years, with unemployment 8.1 per cent, as the government continues to slash public-sector jobs -- more than 100,000 have been lost in recent months.
Hank Skinner: Unjustly Sentenced to Death
by Stephen Lendman
On December 31, 1993, (New Year's eve) Skinner's live-in girlfriend Twila and her two adult sons were stabbed to death in Pampa, TX. On March 18, 1995, he was convicted and sentenced to death.
On November 9, he'll be executed, despite convincing evidence he's innocent. Justice will be denied. As America's death penalty capital, Texas rarely grants it.
Since presidential aspirant Rick Perry took office in December 2000, 234 executions occurred, more than under any other modern governor. At the same time, he refuses to admit erroneously putting anyone innocent to death, despite over 130 exonerated inmates nationwide since 1973.
In fact, 12 were in Texas, besides known and unknown others unjustly facing execution. Unless Skinner's spared at the 11th hour, he'll be number 13.
Occupy Wall Street Visited
Joel S. Hirschhorn
Last Saturday while in New York City I went downtown to visit the Occupy Wall Street group and also ended up walking in their protest march around big bank buildings. A terrific experience with a huge group chanting things like “Banks got bailed out, we got sold out!”
My first impression was absolute amazement at how many police surrounded Zuccotti Park, as massive a police presence as any I had ever seen in countless news accounts of protests in other countries, including those trying to overturn awful regimes. No wonder that New York City has spent over $3 million so far on policing the Occupy events.
Obama's Imperial Arrogance
by Stephen Lendman
Candidate Obama promised peace. As president, he double downed Bush and then some, waging multiple direct and proxy wars.
The business of America is war. Washington has a permanent war policy. Republicans and Democrats perpetuate it.
Obama's latest mission adds another to dozens of similar ones ongoing globally. On October 14, New York Times writers Thom Shanker and Rick Gladstone headlined, "Armed US Advisors to Help Fight African Renegade Group," saying:
Obama ordered "100 armed military advisers to central Africa to help regional forces combat the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a notorious renegade group that has terrorized villagers in at least four countries with marauding bands that kill, rape, maim and kidnap with impunity."
Independent journalist, war correspondent, African expert, and human rights investigator Keith Harmon Snow challenges major media distortions and lies.
Major Media Liars Never Quit
by Stephen Lendman
Whenever major media Libya reports appear, truth is distorted, manipulated and falsified. For seven months, despite daily terror bombing and ground attacks, courageous loyalists bested the ferocity of NATO and its rebel army.
As a result, they control most of Tripoli, Benghazi and other cities across the country. Fighting, however, still rages. Loyalists are holding their own. They're determined to liberate Libya, live free and rebuild.
Economic Tremors
by Stephen Lendman
Sovereign default threatens Greece. Progressive Radio News Hour contributor Bob Chapman warns when it goes, all troubled Eurozone countries will follow.
Is it imminent? Likely not. More likely is winter or next spring. But given its troubled state, it's just a matter of time.
Most disturbing, says Chapman, is that central banks, "governments and financial communities have no idea how to end the ongoing" crisis. "All they can come up with is to throw more money at" it.
Nothing tried so far worked. Hoping later resolution will solve things made conditions worse. Demonstrations in Greece and across the continent express public rage. Strikes compound street protests. Anger portends much greater amounts because policy measures exacerbates conditions instead of alleviating them.
Chapman expects eventual Eurozone dissolution. He estimates troubled economies need up to $6 trillion infused. About one-fourth of that at best may be forthcoming, he believes.
"The bottom line is anything above $1.5 trillion can't be done. Thus collapse for six (troubled) countries has to come." It's just a matter of when.
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