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Becoming a TOTAL Earth Science Skeptic
POSTED 4 /18/12
As baby boomers bloomed from Child of the Fifties to Love Child of the Sixties the peer pressure motto of “Question Authority” took on a multi-level meaning.
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Did US Expect Taliban Attacks?
POSTED 4 /18/12
Australian troops to leave Afghanistan a year earlier than planned, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said ... Australia expects to pull most of its troops out of Afghanistan nearly a year earlier than planned, the prime minister announced Tuesday, saying Australian soldiers have nearly completed their mission to transfer security responsibilities to Afghan forces in the decade-long war.
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"Not if, but when" for Spanish bailout, experts believe
POSTED 4 /18/12
(Reuters) - Economic experts watching Spain don't know how much money will be needed or precisely when, but some are near certain that Madrid will eventually seek a multi-billion euro bailout for its banks, and perhaps even for the state itself..
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Euro zone tensions boost German debt, sterling jumps
POSTED 4 /18/12
(Reuters) - Fears of a resurgence in the euro zone debt crisis boosted demand for safe-haven German bonds on Wednesday, while the Bank of England and a European Central Bank official signaled more monetary policy easing to support growth was unlikely.
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Halliburton 1Q income rises 23 pct
POSTED 4 /18/12
NEW YORK (AP) -- Halliburton Co. says its first-quarter profit increased 22.7 percent as the oil industry aggressively searched for new oil fields in North America.
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US, NATO ready plan to hand off Afghanistan combat
POSTED 4 /18/12
BRUSSELS (AP) -- The United States and its NATO allies are readying plans to pull away from the front lines in Afghanistan next year as President Barack Obama and fellow leaders try to show that the unpopular war is ending.
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Swiss govt freezes more Iranian assets
POSTED 4 /18/12
GENEVA (AP) -- The Swiss government has extended its financial sanctions against Iran by freezing the assets of 11 more companies and people but decided not to take any action against Tehran's central bank, officials said Wednesday
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More photos of troops posing with corpses
POSTED 4 /18/12
In an embarrassment to the Pentagon, newly published photographs purport to show U.S. troops posing with the bodies of dead insurgents in Afghanistan.
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IMF to the rescue?
POSTED 4 /18/12
The International Monetary Fund appeared to be inching toward a deal on increasing its financial firepower on Tuesday, with Japan, Sweden and Denmark committing a total of $77 billion to help contain the euro zone's debt crisis.
The pledges were made ahead of meetings of global finance chiefs in Washington this week that will focus on additional funds for the IMF, an issue that has taken on fresh urgency, given a jump in borrowing costs in Spain and Italy this week.
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IRS Inforcer: We’ve been instructed to show no mercy
POSTED 4 /18/12
Life is unfair, as John F. Kennedy famously observed. That might not have been the most memorable thing he ever said, but it’s probably the most quoted, and when better to repeat it than on the last day for Americans to file their federal income tax returns.
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Tim Berners-Lee urges government to stop the snooping bill
POSTED 4 /18/12
The government's controversial plans to allow intelligence agencies to monitor the internet use and digital communications of every person in the UK suffered a fresh blow on Tuesday when the inventor of the world wide web warned that the measures were dangerous and should be dropped.
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