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Halliburton Knew Cement for BP Well Was Unstable (Jeff Plungis)
Oct. 28, 2010 (Bloomberg) -- The cement Halliburton Co. recommended to seal BP Plc’s Macondo well was unstable in tests and may have contributed to the April 20 blowout, the staff of a national ...
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Planet Hoover (David Glenn Cox)
Victorian London workhouse David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust Oct. 26, 2010 -- It is a dangerous time to be alive, it makes the zoo keepers nervous when they enter the cage to feed you one more ...
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange slams Wired magazine on Twitter (Josh Halliday)
Editor-in-chief of controversial whistleblowing website says US technology magazine 'has an agenda and is not to be trusted' Oct. 19, 29010 (guardian.co.uk) -- The founder of WikiLeaks, Julian ...
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Every Email and Website to be Stored (Tom Whitehead)
Oct. 20, 2010 (The Telegraph) -- Every email, phone call and website visit is to be recorded and stored after the Coalition Government revived controversial Big Brother snooping plans. It will allow ...
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Algorithms And Red Wine: Is The 'Digital Hive' A Soft Totalitarian State? | Joe Bageant
Joe Bageant at Innie's Cafe in Belize Joe Bageant -- World News Trust Oct. 24, 2010 -- Ferrara, Italy -- Sitting in a bottliberia, one of those wine bars that brings out food to match your ...
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Global Systemic Crisis: LEAP/E2020’s analysis of 39 countries’ risks 2010-2014
Global systemic crisis - LEAP/E2020’s analysis of 39 countries’ risks 2010-2014: A collective but contrasting dive into the phase of world geopolitical dislocation Oct. 16, 2010 (LEAP/E2020) -- ...
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Cancer 'Is Purely Man-Made' Say Scientists After Finding Almost No Trace Of Disease In Egyptian Mummies -- Fiona Macrae, Daily Mail
Oct. 15, 2010 (Daily Mail) -- Cancer is a man-made disease fuelled by the excesses of modern life, a study of ancient remains has found. Tumors were rare until recent times when pollution and poor ...
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Epidemic? Half of US Teens ‘Meet Criteria for Mental Disorder’ (Agence France-Presse)
Oct. 16, 2010 -- WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Around half of U.S. teens meet the criteria for a mental disorder and nearly one in four report having a mood, behavior or anxiety disorder that interferes with ...
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Why the U.S. has Launched a New Financial World War, And How the the Rest of the World Will Fight Back (Michael Hudson)
“Coming events cast their shadows forward.” – Goethe Oct. 12, 2010 (Counterpunch) -- What is to stop U.S. banks and their customers from creating $1 trillion, $10 trillion or even $50 trillion on ...
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Currency wars are necessary if all else fails (Ambrose Evans-Pritchard)
The overwhelming fact of the global currency system is that America needs a much weaker dollar to bring its economy back into kilter and avoid slow ruin, yet the rest of the world cannot easily ...
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US Healthcare 'to Blame' for Poor Life Expectancy Rates (BBC)
Oct. 10, 2010 (BBC) -- The U.S. healthcare system is to blame for declines in the country's life expectancy ranking, a study suggests. The Columbia University report rejects claims that factors such ...
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