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Sudan police use teargas to stop Darfur protests

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Reuters
KHARTOUM | Wed Aug 1, 2012 10:41am EDT

(Reporting by Khalid Abdelaziz and Ulf Laessing, editing by Tim Pearce)

Crowds at protests against high transport prices in Nyala, the capital of eastern Sudanese state of of South Darfur, on 31 July 2012

(Reuters) - Sudanese police used tear gas and batons on Wednesday to stop protests in Darfur's biggest city Nyala against the government and its austerity program, a day after eight protesters were killed in the worst violence since June, witnesses said.

Sudan has avoided "Arab spring" uprisings like those in Egypt and Syria, but tough austerity measures, including cuts in fuel subsidies, have provoked small protests against the 23-year rule of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir.

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LIBOR: How big banks conspired to cheat the people

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Workers World
By on August 1, 2012


Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney went to London to attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games. But that wasn’t his real reason for the visit.

That same July 26 evening, he picked up as much as $1.1 million in campaign contributions from high-level officers of Barclays, a huge British bank.

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UFO reports on rise: researcher

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30th July 2012 5:26 AM

UFO researcher Mary Rodwell says the Bundaberg region is following a global trend of increased sightings of the mysterious objects.

Ms Rodwell, who lives at Agnes Water, said she was receiving a lot of reports of sightings.

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Little green men? This group keeps its antennae up

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Cincinnati.com
August 3, 2012

Jim Strausbaugh of Dayton, Oh., checks out a forward looking infrared camera, during field investigators training in which Modlin was advising on an array of equipment to have in investigators' bags. / The Enquirer/Carrie Cochran

The truth is out there. And by out there, we mean the Northern Kentucky Convention Center.

MUFON, the Mutual UFO Network, is holding its 42nd International Symposium at the convention center in Covington. The conference promised a “major UFO discovery” – more on that later. An estimated 400 people will be attending.

US seeks perpetual wars for dominion

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PressTV
Thu Aug 2, 2012 9:57AM GMT

Since WW II, America lost every war it waged. Its only success was destroying nations and murdering millions.

Syrian insurgents clash with the Syrian army forces in the restive northern city of Aleppo on July 25, 2012.

Syrian insurgents clash with the Syrian army forces in the restive northern city of Aleppo on July 25, 2012.
Imagine that legacy for current and future historians to address. Imagine how few will do it accurately and honorably.
Imagine a nation glorifying wars in the name of peace. Historians Charles Beard and Gore Vidal called them "perpetual war(s) for perpetual peace."
 

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Crop Circles Appear In Washington Wheat Field (VIDEO)

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By DOUG ESSER 07/31/12 09:25 PM ET AP

Crop Circles

Mysterious crop circles have appeared in an eastern Washington wheat field – not far from the nation's largest hydropower producer – but area farmers preparing for the summer's harvest find the distraction more amusing than alarming.

SEATTLE -- Mysterious crop circles have appeared in an eastern Washington wheat field – not far from the nation's largest hydropower producer – but area farmers preparing for the summer's harvest find the distraction more amusing than alarming.

President told aliens are on earth

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GFP Note: This story was published in 2010 but we are posting it today because it is noteworthy.
 

EX US President Eisenhower was briefed about the presence of extraterrestrial intelligent beings on Earth and was invited to meet alien visitors.

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General Dwight D Eisenhower in uniform infront of a USA flag. Pic. Ap Source: The Daily Telegraph

Henry W. McElroy, Jr, retiring State Representative to New Hampshire, declared this week that former US President Eisenhower was briefed about the presence of extraterrestrial intelligent beings on Earth.

Police arrest 3,400 in 'Olympic Security Marathon'

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Colombia Reports
Friday, 03 August 2012 08:12 Victoria Rossi

Colombian police arrested nearly 3,400 people across the country as part of their "Olympic Security Marathon" week.

The 8-day security spree, called the Olympic Security Marathon for reasons police did not explain, took place across 24 Colombian cities and towns, and resulted in the recovery of 380 firearms, 200 stolen vehicles, and nearly five tons of cocaine and and marijuana, according to a press report from the national police office released on Friday.

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