Burma junta kicks out aid foreign workers
Fuel shortage forces UN to halt Gaza food aid
The UN is to halt food handouts for up to 800,000 Palestinians from tomorrow because of a severe fuel shortage in Gaza brought on by an Israeli economic blockade.
Chinese nuclear submarine base
'The world is sending us their junk'
According to Food and Drug Administration records examined by the Post-Dispatch, inspectors turned away nearly 400 shipments of tainted seafood in a year's time from China... "When you look at less than 1 percent of shipments, and sample and test maybe one-fifth of those, there's no way you can protect the American food supply,"
Iraq mulls reintroducing the draft
Famine fears for North Korea
Pakistani Coalition nears collapse
United States is drawing up plans to strike on Iranian insurgency camp
Second carrier group deployed to Gulf as U.S. approves plans for Iran counterstrike
Russia new missile base response to US
Hospitals struck by new killer bug
A new hospital superbug resistant to all antibiotics could be killing hundreds of patients, experts have warned.
The infection, known as 'Steno', is on the increase and could be harder to tackle than MRSA and C.difficile.
Egypt's tax, prices hikes stun the nation, fuel concern of more discontent
Survey: 36% of bee hives lost in U.S.
Autism Risk Linked To Distance From Power Plants, Other Mercury-releasing Sources
Exclusive report: [UK] Soldiers need loans to eat, report reveals
U.S. Army's 'stop-loss' orders up dramatically over last year
Pols fail to comprehend breadth of [US] infrastructure crisis
Congress to Saudis: Give Us Oil or No Guns
A group of Democratic senators wants to make a massive arms sale to Saudi Arabia contingent on getting cheaper oil
US foreclosure filings surge 65 percent in April
More U.S. homeowners fell behind on mortgage payments last month, driving the number of homes facing foreclosure up 65 percent versus the same month last year and contributing to a deepening slide in home values, a research company said Tuesday.
The global slump of 2008-09 has begun as poison spreads
"Companies are heading into this recession with a much more toxic mix. Their margin for error is razor-thin,"
...Two-thirds have a "speculative" rating, compared to 50pc before the dotcom bust, and 40pc in the early 1990s.
Queensland mine flooding spurs huge coal price rises
Price of fertiliser soars with food crisis
The general manager of distributor AG Plus, Matt Henry, said its two main fertilisers, MAP or monammonium phosphate and DAP or diammonium phosphate, were worth between $420 and $450 a tonne two years ago.
...The price is now above $1400 a tonne.
UN alert: One-fourth of world's wheat at risk from new fungus
[UK] Bank bail-outs to be kept secret
Ferocious and unprecedented secrecy means taxpayers will never know the names of the banks that have been supported through the special liquidity scheme, which was unveiled by Bank Governor Mervyn King last week.
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