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Venezuela Will Nationalize 11 US Owned Oil Rigs

Company has not resolved business matters with the wary Venezuelan government.

(CARACAS venezuelanalysis.com) - The head of the Venezuelan state oil company PdVSA declared yesterday that the government is to nationalise 11 oilrigs previously operated by a US petroleum firm after the company closed down production and refused to negotiate a new services agreement.

PdVSA President Rafael Ramirez said that the nationalisation would “boost domestic production of hydrocarbons and strengthen the policy of full oil sovereignty.”

Reyes and Zagdanski Denounce the Racism of Circumcision

The revelation of the automatic induction of an artificial racism provoked by circumcision into the mind of a child is an awesome psychological finding.

(PARIS, France) - Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings truth comes forth.

Shanghai: the Paris of the East
In The People`s Republic of China

Salem-News.com Writer Lands in a clean and vibrant city; and if one can tolerate the summer humidity, a great vacation spot.

(SHANGHAI, China) - Shanghai is a modern Asian metropolis of about 20 million people, bustling with activity. The arriving visitor notices numerous banks, tall offices, apartment buildings and small businesses. I arrived the afternoon of June 24th, amid incredible humidity.

A woman by the name of Yi Bao, whom I met on the internet, was kind enough to meet me at Pudong Airport, and we lugged my baggage to a modern air-conditioned bus for a trip through the new Pudon section to the older part.

The A-Team`s Message of Non-Violent Resistance

Oddly enough, this mix of fantasy violence and subversive anti-military themes is being actively marketed by Fox to the evangelical Christian right.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - A movie like the A-Team raises some interesting questions and is ultimately a fascinating snapshot of a certain segment of American culture.

The most obvious question that movies like the A-Team raise regards the taste and propriety of creating fantasy depictions of war, targeted and marketed to children, that are set in current war zones where they may soon find themselves.

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia to Try Gaza Flotilla Passengers

Islamic areas of the globe might meanwhile do well to adopt the Israeli model of immediate citizenship eligibility such that Muslims desiring to engage in jihad abroad might be relieved of the “foreign” denomination.

(ISTANBUL) - A June 13 exclusive on Intelwire.com purports to reveal the history of Osman Atalay, executive board member of İHH, the Turkish NGO instrumental in organizing the aid flotilla to Gaza intercepted on May 31 by Israeli commandos.

Collateral damage from the interception included 9 Turkish humanitarian activists.

The Golden Rings of Betrayal

Report Coincides With New Effort to Break Gaza Siege.

(BEIRUT) - On the 21st of June Haaretz published an article, “Lebanon allows Gaza-bound ship to sail to Cyprus.” Two ships may be involved, one with a contingent of Americans, approximately 10, another with a group of women including Nuns, the Miriam.

This new effort at breaking the Israeli siege of Gaza follows the attack on the boats that sailed from Turkey where 9 people were killed by Israeli naval forces.

Schneiders Guilty!!!

"Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom -- Justice is what comes out of a courtroom" (Clarence Darrow, Lawyer and Writer)

(WICHITA, Kansas) - A federal jury today found a Kansas former doctor and his nurse wife guilty of conspiring to profit from illegally prescribing painkillers to dozens of patients who later died.

Petraeous: The Man Who Paid Enemies and Then Cut Them Off

There is very little reason to believe that a war can be won in Afghanistan. There is no history of these people ever being defeated in the end.

(SALEM, Ore.) - People associate the name of Gen. David Petraeus with success in Iraq. That in and of itself, is one of the American society's single biggest mistakes.

It is a factual error to refer to "the surge" as some type of positive element in the war, without the stipulation; 'very temporary'.

Connecting the Zionist Dots

If we care about peace and about our future generations, we must be brave enough to connect the dots.

(LONDON) - A few weeks ago the Jewish Chronicle published a list of Jewish MPs in the UK parliament. It named 24 in total, encompassing 12 Conservatives, 10 Labour, and two Liberal Democrats.

Author and peace activist Stuart Littlewood elaborated on these figures and presented the following analysis.

Tibetan Gets 15 Years

A Chinese court convicts a prominent environmentalist and activist, who vows to appeal.

(HONG KONG) - A court in China’s troubled northwestern region of Xinjiang sentenced a prominent Tibetan businessman-turned-activist to 15 years in jail and a heavy fine on Thursday on theft-related charges that were initially dropped in 1998, his wife and lawyer told Radio Free Asia (RFA).

Karma Samdrup, 42, denied the charges and will appeal, his lawyer, Pu Zhiqiang, said in an interview with RFA’s Tibetan service.