Monthly Archives: September 2011

Once prosperous New Yorkers forced to live under canvas in New Jersey woods

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Jack

The white picket fence and manicured flowerbeds outside 1 Paradise Lane are straight from a picture postcard of idyllic suburban American life in the 1950s. But its walls are no more than canvas. Its porch overlooks smouldering bonfires and scrawny … Continue reading →

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Cancer Drug Is ‘Holy Grail’ (1)

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Jack

SCIENTISTS will today reveal the “holy grail” of cancer treatment, a smart drug that destroys the disease without unpleasant side effects. The new treatment, dubbed the “stealth bomber”, has already increased survival rates among patients with advanced breast cancer and … Continue reading →

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Dumped in the desert … Gaddafi’s yellowcake stockpile

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Jack

Sitting in row after row, each 15 long by four high, the blue barrels are as frightening as any remnant of the Gaddafi regime. Some are marked radioactive, as were the open plastic bags alongside. The powder they contain appears … Continue reading →

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Pollsters question influence of polls on elections, lambaste media coverage

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Jack

OTTAWA – What if there had been no public opinion polls published during last spring’s federal election campaign? Would the NDP’s orange wave have swept across the country if no one realized there was a wave to catch? Would support … Continue reading →

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The North’s top cops meet in Iqaluit in search of solutions

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Jack

More than half of all Alaskan women have been sexually assaulted. Greenlanders may use the same currency as Denmark, but they sometimes experience murder rates that are 100 times higher. Canada’s Northern territories have fewer residents than a mid-sized Toronto … Continue reading →

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Lewis: Obama Is Dangerous for Peace

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Jack

The president of the United States has just destroyed the longest-lasting peace treaty in the Middle East.  That Nobel Prize-winning treaty between Egypt and Israel was destroyed by Obama in broad daylight, right in front of God and everybody, with stunning audacity. … Continue reading →

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Freeland: Get ready for the global brain

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Jack

Get ready for the global brain. That was the grand finale of a presentation on the next generation of the Internet I heard last week from Yuri Milner. G-8 leaders had a preview of Milner’s predictions a few months earlier, … Continue reading →

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Morning Update September 26th, 2011 (10)

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Jack

CANADA #1 — CNews | Pipeline protest planned  OTTAWA – They want to make it clear: No pipeline. Protesters are planning a Parliament Hill sit-in Monday, urging the federal government to cancel plans for a massive pipeline that will pump raw … Continue reading →

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In Scramble for Land, Group Says, Company Pushed Ugandans Out

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Jack

KICUCULA, Uganda — According to the company’s proposal to join a United Nations clean-air program, the settlers living in this area left in a “peaceful” and “voluntary” manner. People here remember it quite differently. “I heard people being beaten, so … Continue reading →

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Afternoon Update September 25th, 2011 (10)

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Jack

CANADA #1 — CS | Safety from sickos Putting more people on the sex offender registry means better monitoring and enhanced public protection, should any criminals return to their old ways, say officials. [...] #2 — Globe | Police would have power … Continue reading →

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Meltdown fears for euro as G20 makes plans for Athens to default on debt (7)

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Jack

The world’s leading economic powers are moving towards an acceptance that Greece will default on up to half of its €350bn sovereign debts, according to reports from meetings in Washington yesterday. They are believed to be working on concrete plans … Continue reading →

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A Brutal Afghan Clan Bedevils the U.S.

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Jack

WASHINGTON — They are the Sopranos of the Afghanistan war, a ruthless crime family that built an empire out of kidnapping, extortion, smuggling, even trucking. They have trafficked in precious gems, stolen lumber and demanded protection money from businesses building roads and … Continue reading →

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