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MEND NigerDelta News : Yields of Amnesty-Shell Reopens Niger Delta 115,000 BPD Oilfield
Source: MEND Niger Delta News

This oilfield was shut down in 2006 following a series of attacks on the facility and abduction of oil workers.

MEND NigerDelta News : 'Niger Delta Militants Will Take Up Arms Again'
Source: MenD Niger Delta News

Henry Okah, the group's leader, told Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege that the government has not stuck to its part of the deal and that "there will be a resumption of violence very soon".

Spain boycotts İsraeli college on occupied territory
Source: http://www.worldbulletin.net

..."The "University Center of Ariel in Samaria" (AUCS) has been excluded from a prestigious university competition about sustainable architecture in Spain.

U.S. agrees to Iran, North Korea talks
Source: The Washington Times

The Obama administration, carrying out its campaign pledge to engage difficult regimes, agreed Friday to hold direct talks with Iran and North Korea, even though both countries have so far refused to address Washington's main concerns related to nuclear weapons and Iran is in int …

US says 16 guards removed in Afghan embassy scandal
Source: Reuters

... "Sixteen private guards have been removed from the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan in a scandal over sexual hazing and lewd behavior, the State Department said on Thursday.

Hittites and Persians and Romans, oh my ! By Dennis McCann
Source: http://paperdragonstudios.com/

While some of us have been worried about Dennis, He's been busy travelling and seeing incredible historical locations in Turkey. I'm so glad he's sharing it with the rest of us. He has another one coming up soon .

German school system discriminates against immigrant kids
Source: http://www.todayszaman.com/

...."According to the study, one out of every three children who go to school in Germany is misplaced.

Ramadan iftar unites Christian, Jewish , Muslim in Turkey (GNW)
Source: http://www.worldbulletin.net

... "13th "Love and Peace Iftar" again gathered various religious delagates.

Turkish researchers make therapeutic protein in transgenic rat milk ( GNW)
Source: http://www.worldbulletin.net

..."Turkish researchers have succeeded in producing a protein which prevents uncontrolled division of cells (cancer) in transgenic rats' milk. "...

Israel's Netanyahu protested in Britian, at least 3 arrested / PHOTO
Source: http://www.worldbulletin.net

..."Hundreds of peace and solidarity campaigners have gathered at Downing Street to protest at Prime Minister Gordon Brown's meeting with far-right Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu. "...

Israel's internet war
Source: http://www.worldbulletin.net

... "To all intents and purposes the internet is a theatre in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and we must be active in that theatre, otherwise we will lose," said Ilan Shturman, who is responsible for the project.

Two skulls from Hittite period unearthed in Turkey
Source: http://www.worldbulletin.net

.... "Archeologists unearthed two skulls belonging to Hittite period in Yumuktepe tumulus in the southern province of Mersin. "....

THE FORGOTTEN WOMEN OF THE GULAG, impriosoned wives of soviet state traitors W/Video
Source: http://www.eurasianet.org

.."The women's faces gaze down from the walls, young and old, dark and fair, blue-eyed and brown-eyed. Some look sad, some stoical, some bitter, and some simply confused.

I can see clearly now the leech has gone
Source: abc.net.au

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine has reported the first case of a leech being safely removed from a human eye.

'I Take Responsibility': Obama's G-20 Confession
Source: SPIEGEL ONLINE

At the G-20 in London, world leaders tried their hand at global governance. The minutes of their final, decisive session reveal how hard it is to reach a worldwide consensus.

US, Afghan troops kill 11 militants in south
Source: Yahoo! News

KABUL – International and Afghan troops killed 11 militants when a raid in Afghanistan's volatile south turned into a gunbattle with Taliban fighters, U.S. forces said Friday.

Who is in charge of Canada?

Canada has someone the US isn't telling us about.

Is Burma Stumbling Towards Another Disaster?
Source: irrawaddy.org

A recent report titled "After the Storm: Voices from the Delta"—a joint project of aid workers from the Thai-Burma border and US-based Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health—accuses the regime of numerous abuses, including interference in assistance, confiscation …

Good News Wednesday Maldives vows to be first carbon-neutral nation
Source: http://www.globalgoodnews.com

.."The Maldives will shift entirely to renewable energy over the next decade to become the first carbon-neutral nation and fight climate change that threatens the low-lying archipelago's existence, the president said on Sunday. "...

Fritzl pleads guilty to 'house of horror' rapes

Josef Fritzl used his daughter as a "toy", an Austrian court heard on Monday after the 73-year-old admitted imprisoning her in an underground bunker for 24 years and forcing her to bear seven children. But the Austrian engineer, who set up a house of horror with electrically  …

Afghanistan: What's Needed Is A Political & Economic Surge, Not More Foreign Troops
Source: http://www.eurasianet.org

..."The US plan to carry out a troop surge in Afghanistan is proving a deeply divisive issue inside the country. While most Afghans are supportive of any move that could end the Taliban insurgency, many already view the presence of foreign troops as a mixed blessing.

Turkish scientists identify chemical leading to schizophrenia
Source: http://www.todayszaman.com

..."Turkish scientists have discovered in animal testing that a compound named agmatine released by the brain in excessive amount leads to schizophrenia, a psychological disorder seen in one out of every 100 people with no known cure. "...

Greenpeace calls for release of Japanese activists
Source: http://www.todayszaman.com

...A group of Greenpeace activists yesterday demonstrated outside the Japanese Embassy in Ankara, demanding that charges be dropped against two of their organization's members arrested in Japan.

Exposed: Tel Aviv man has 32 women and 89 children
Source: http://www.haaretz.com

.."A Tel Aviv man in his late fifties is living with 32 women with whom he has fathered 89 children, an Israeli television station revealed last week.

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