'Revolution' warning over bailout
A revolution will erupt if billions of euro more in taxpayers' money is handed over to Anglo Irish Bank, Enda Kenny has warned.

Moscow to commemorate Stalin with posters on 65th anniversary of WWII
Posters of Joseph Stalin will be put up not only for this year's Victory Day parade in Moscow, but for other celebrations as well, the city's mayor, Yury Luzhkov, said on Tuesday.

Temple Mount tensions build
Tensions are high in Jerusalem after youth-fired incidents which took place around the Temple Mount on Monday.

Dubai police chief says to seek Netanyahu arrest
Dubai's police chief plans to seek the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the head of Israel's spy agency over the killing of a Hamas leader in the emirate, Al Jazeera television reported.

Ukraine's Yanukovich moves to tighten grip on power
Ukraine's government faces a vote of no-confidence on Wednesday as newly elected President Viktor Yanukovich moves to oust arch rival Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and consolidate power.

Iraqi voters showered with gifts as election nears
Many Iraqis say that for four years they have seen little of their elected representatives, but now that it's election time, they all turn up bearing gifts.

Kerry hints: We are here to keep Israel from attacking Iran
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will address the Israeli public directly next week during a speech he is scheduled to deliver at Tel Aviv University, focusing on American commitment to Israel's security, Iran's nuclear program and the peace process. Senator John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said yesterday in Jerusalem that Biden is seeking to ensure that Israel and the United States are in alignment on the issue of preventing the Iranian nuclear threat.

Chile troops battle to quell quake looting
Thousands more troops were deployed across quake-hit Chile Tuesday as residents took up arms to stop a wave of mass looting in the nation's second city, slapped with an 18-hour curfew.

Greece faces more strikes as PM plans more cuts
Greece's biggest public sector union called a strike for March 16 to protest new austerity measures expected within days as the price for securing support from European leaders for any debt rescue deal.

Iran: US war on terror, plot to train terrorists
Iran's foreign minister says former US President George W. Bush's so-called war on terror has actually served as a guise for training terrorists.

Radovan Karadzic denies Bosnian massacre UN genocide trial
The Srebrenica massacre of 8,000 Muslims was a “myth” designed to vilify Serbs, Radovan Karadzic said today in his war crimes trial.

Turkish general charged in anti-govt conspiracy case
Turkish prosecutors have charged the highest-ranking serving officer yet, a four-star general, in a widening circle of arrests of officers in a nation that has hitherto regarded its military as virtually untouchable.

With new fighter in hand, Putin wants modern bombers
Once it has completed work on its own fifth-generation fighter, Russia must proceed with designing a brand-new nuclear-capable strategic bomber, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Monday.

Dubai asks FBI to check credit cards in Hamas hit
Dubai has asked the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation to look into U.S.-issued pre-paid credit cards used by suspects in the killing of a Hamas commander, a UAE newspaper said on Tuesday.

Pakistani police submit charges against Americans
Pakistani police submitted on Tuesday charges of plotting terrorism against five young Americans detained last year, a lawyer said.

Chile curfew extended as troops fail to grasp control after quake
Chilean authorities today extended a night curfew to midday as thousands of troops struggled to contain worsening looting and crime in the wake of the devastating earthquake.

China sticks to diplomatic approach on Iran
China stood its ground that diplomacy was the best way to resolve the standoff over Iran's nuclear program, as U.S. diplomats arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for talks on Tehran and North Korea's atomic ambitions.

A closer look at child abuse networks in the Netherlands and Belgium
Apparent top level involvement in both countries

Iraqi PM accused of handing out guns in bid to buy tribal votes
A senior Iraqi spy has accused the prime minister, Nour al-Maliki, of handing out thousands of guns to tribal leaders in a bid to win votes.

Afghanistan bans coverage of Taliban attacks
Afghanistan on Monday announced a ban on news coverage showing Taliban attacks, saying such images embolden the Islamist militants, who have launched strikes around the country as NATO forces seize their southern strongholds.

'Mossad agents fled to US' after killing in Dubai of Hamas leader
At least two suspected Israeli agents behind the murder of a senior Hamas official fled to the US during their escape, Dubai police now believe.

Iran reminds IAEA of West's broken promises
Iran has called on the UN nuclear watchdog to bear in mind the West's past breaches of atomic fuel exchange deals with Tehran while reviewing Iran's nuclear program.

Dubai says hit team had 27th member, slams "insult"
Israel's intelligence agency Mossad has insulted Dubai and countries whose forged passports were used by its agents in the assassination of a Hamas military commander last month, Dubai's police chief said on Monday.

Congressman Ron Paul returns a whopping $100,000 of his office budget to the US Treasury
Like him or hate him, Dr. Ron Paul doesn't just talk a big game about fiscal conservatism, he lives it.

Fuel Taxes Must Rise, Harvard Researchers Say
To meet the Obama administration’s targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, some researchers say, Americans may have to experience a sobering reality: gas at $7 a gallon.

Former governor Jerry Brown aims to replace Schwarzenegger
California's former governor Jerry Brown announced Tuesday that he wants his old job back when Schwarzenegger steps down at the end of his term in November.

Dodd Proposes Giving Fed the Task of Consumer Protection
In an effort to secure Republican support for an overhaul of financial regulations, the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee on Monday proposed giving the Federal Reserve responsibility for protecting consumers from abusive and deceptive financial products.

Insurer launches medical marijuana coverage
A Rancho Cordova-based insurer Monday launched what it calls the first nationally available insurance coverage designed specifically for the medical marijuana industry.

Bunning Blocks Jobless Benefits AGAIN
Sen. Jim Bunning has again blocked the Senate from extending unemployment benefits and health insurance subsidies for the jobless.

Internet overtakes print in news consumption among Americans
The Internet has surpassed newspapers as a primary way for Americans to get news, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project.

ACORN cleared over giving illegal advice on how to hide money from prostitution
Brooklyn prosecutors on Monday cleared ACORN of criminal wrongdoing after a four-month probe that began when undercover conservative activists filmed workers giving what appeared to be illegal advice on how to hide money.

US Postal Service delivers bad news: No Saturday mail delivery?
The US postmaster general seeks big changes to the way the US Postal Service operates, including ending Saturday mail delivery. The USPS, grappling with the effects of the recession and the rise of e-mail and online bill paying, could lose up to $7 billion in 2010.

In Texas governor showdown, nice doesn't cut it
Tuesday's primary election to decide which Republican will run for Texas governor has put a spotlight on the party's national identity crisis after it lost the White House to Democrats in 2008.

Farrakhan: ‘White Right is Trying to Set Barack Up to Be Assassinated’
The Chicago Sun-Times reports the Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan says the “white right” is conspiring to make Barack Obama a one-term president, adding that they’re “trying to set Barack up to be assassinated.” Farrakhan addressed about 20,000 followers Sunday in Chicago.

Official: Substance at IRS building not a hazard
FBI says those with medical emergencies were unrelated to the incident

FBI Anthrax Report Isn't Definitive
The cumulative weight of the evidence seems persuasive. But the F.B.I. has a troubling history of building a circumstantial case against suspects who are later exonerated.

American reliance on government at all-time high
The so-called "Great Recession" has left Americans depending on the government dole like never before.

Herbicide Chemical in Drinking Water Could Pose Much Greater Danger to Health Than Previously Thought
Contamination of drinking water by a common herbicide poses a greater health threat than previously believed, according to a report issued by the nonprofit environmental organization Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

Why pharmaceuticals might be called Weapons of Mass Prescription
What if a nation wanted to reduce its own civilian population but do it covertly?

Chilean Quake Likely Shifted Earth’s Axis, NASA Scientist Says
The earthquake that killed more than 700 people in Chile on Feb. 27 probably shifted the Earth’s axis and shortened the day, a National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientist said.

Common weedkiller turns male frogs into females
Atrazine, one of the most commonly used and controversial weedkillers, can turn male frogs into females, researchers reported on Monday.

Canada On The Verge Of Approving Enviropigs - Millions Of Canadians Will Soon Be Eating Mouse/Pig Hybrids
The Canadian government is on the verge of approving the introduction of extremely bizarre genetically modified pigs into the Canadian food supply.

Climategate: ‘a lot of common data’ – Phil Jones exposes AGW dominoes to Commons committee
The appearance of Phil Jones, sometime head honcho of the CRU at the “University” of East Anglia, hero of the Climategate e-mails scandal, before the Commons Science and Technology Committee yesterday was an interesting occasion.

Facial recognition phone application described as a 'stalker's dream'
A prototype camera phone application that enables the user to find names and numbers of complete strangers has been labelled a 'stalker's dream'.

China holds more U.S. debt than indicated
Despite recent government reports that China's holdings of U.S. Treasury debt declined during the second half of last year, the Asian economic giant almost certainly owns far more Treasury securities than official statistics indicate.

US economy may take another hit; California faces bankruptcy questions.
Amid mounting concerns that
the debt crisis in Greece could end up impacting the United States, some are saying bigger economic risks actually lie within the country.

The Chair Of The European Commission Calls For A European Economic Government
The recent economic collapse in Greece has caused a significant weakening of the Euro and has created a measure of financial panic all over Europe. So what solutions are being put forward by the governments of Europe? More centralization, more globalization and more power for the EU.

Foreclosures now are just ‘tip of the iceberg’
Despite some reports that suggest the housing crisis may be hitting bottom, foreclosures so far represent the “tip of the iceberg,” real estate analyst, investor and lender Bruce Norris says.

Fed Vacancies Clear Path for Obama
Vice Chairman Kohn to Depart in June, Increasing Openings on Board to Three

FDIC to grease mortgage market with $1.8 bln deal
The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp is planning to sell $1.8 billion of guaranteed asset-backed debt, according to IFR, in what may be a step toward restoring confidence in securities closely tied to the financial meltdown.

Larry Fink’s $12 Trillion Shadow
Though few Americans know his name, Larry Fink may be the most powerful man in the post-bailout economy. His giant BlackRock money-management firm controls or monitors more than $12 trillion worldwide—including the balance sheets of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the toxic A.I.G. and Bear Stearns assets taken over by the U.S. government last year.

Fannie, Freddie and FHA REO Inventory
Uncle Sam’s housing stock keeps growing!

Remarks by John C. Dugan Comptroller of the Currency before the Institute of International Bankers March 1, 2010

Australia Raises Key Interest Rate to 4% on Recovery
Australia’s central bank resumed raising interest rates after a one-meeting pause, judging that faster-than-anticipated economic growth will allay concerns that European deficits may roil global confidence.

US monitoring banks' sovereign risk exposures-Dugan
U.S. regulators are closely monitoring banks' exposures to sovereign debt risk, Comptroller of the Currency John Dugan said on Monday.

German ProSieben TV Channel Finds 500 Gram Tungsten Bar At W.C.Heraeus Gold Foundry With Bank Origin
German TV station ProSieben finds what appears to be some evocative proof of gold counterfeiting, in the form of tungsten gold substitutes coming to the W.C.Heraeus foundry, which is the world's largest privately-owned precious metals refiner and fabricator, located in Hanau, Germany.

15 Years Ago, the Combined Assets of the 6 Biggest Banks Totaled 17% of GDP… By 2006, 55% … Now, 63%
You know the big banks have gotten bigger.

Bring Back Glass-Steagall Curbs for Banks: Bogle
The government should restrict bank actitivities far more than proposed under the so-called Volcker plan, which would prevent banks from investing for their own accounts, John Bogle, founder of mutual fund giant Vanguard Group, told CNBC on Tuesday.

Faber: The Euro Has More To Fall, S&P Could Fall 20%
Marc Faber appeared on Bloomberg today to talk stocks and currencies. Not surprisingly, he’s negative on US equities, and though he thinks the euro could rebound in the short-term (because it’s so oversold) he says there’s nothing good about the currency and that it could fall a lot further.

The Moneytrain Of War
By Gordon Duff
Kabul is run by a Mafia, an international criminal element that ties American funding to criminal gangs who, using “government influence” peddle “development contracts” like selling crack or meth on a street corner.

The Black Hole of Guantánamo
By Andy Worthington
When it comes to dealing with the thorny question of how to close Guantánamo, the remaining prisoners have been caught between two competing systems since President Obama took office last January, and the result, to put it mildly, has been confusing.

Ron Paul's Conservative Foreign Policy (Video)
Southern Avenger: Virtually alone, Congressman Ron Paul offers an unabashed conservative foreign policy.

U.S Started A War Of Aggression Against Afghanistan Over 30 Years Ago
By James A. Lucas
Interference by the U.S. in the internal affairs of Afghanistan has been a tragic chapter in our nation's history.

NSA threatened Qwest CEO with repercussions if he didn’t cut a surveillance deal
By Wayne Madsen
WMR has learned from sources who worked in senior positions for the telecommunications company Qwest that its former chairman and CEO, Joseph Nacchio, was threatened with retaliation after he refused to participate in an unconstitutional and illegal National Security Agency (NSA) wiretapping program after he met with NSA officials on February 27, 2001, some six months before the 9/11 attacks.

Muslims Are Their Own Worst Enemy
By Paul Craig Roberts
What fool believes that the U.S. government, which is totally indifferent to the fate of its own citizens, cares so much about Afghanistan that it will spend blood and treasure to bring "progress" and "women's rights" to a country half a world away, while it drives its own citizens into the ground?

Wall Street rules the American people
Who really governs America?
The United States government or the banks? Most believe the government but some say all you have to do is follow the money and you will see that Wall Street is behind it all.

IMF-Style Austerity Comes to America: What “Fiscal Responsibility” Means To You
By Ellen Brown
In addition to mandatory private health insurance premiums, we may soon be hit with a “mandatory savings” tax and other belt-tightening measures urged by the President’s new budget task force.

CrossTalk: Soviet Amerika
On Peter Lavelle's CrossTalk his guests are asked whether the US is following the historic path that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union.

The Road to Dictatorship
Next stop: martial law?
By Justin Raimondo
That 56 percent of all Americans "think the federal government's become so large and powerful that it poses an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens" isn't really all that surprising.

Bizarre Spending Habits
By Ron Paul
Perhaps most sinister are the revelations in Robert Auerbach’s book “Deception and Abuse at the Fed” that $5.5 billion was sent to Saddam Hussein in the 80’s

Don't Bet on a Recovery
By Peter Schiff
It is astounding how many economists, government officials, and Wall Street strategists construe the current economic conditions as evidence of a bona fide recovery.

A Quick Tour of Hyperinflation and the Possible Consequences for America
By John Silveira
There are a lot of reasons to believe we are in danger of entering a period of hyperinflation of the dollar."

Big Players Get Out Of Risk And In To Gold
By Bob Chapman
We ask, who on earth will now buy our bonds as our multi-trillion dollar Obama-ordained deficits run America into a state of bankruptcy?

The Case against Greenspan and Bernanke
By Mike Whitney
Is there enough evidence to indict Ben Bernanke and Alan Greenspan on charges that they aided and abetted the banks and other financial institutions in the sale of fraudulent loans to investors?

Broken Us Government with Ron Paul
Ron Paul on Cafferty, CNN this weekend giving his opinions on the state of the economy.

Limbaugh, Hannity, Levin vs. Ron Paul
Brian Wilson on neocon talk-show hosts.
(Just like the rest of the corporate owned press, neocons on talk radio main function is to minipulate public opinion, in order to maintain the status quo.)

Left and Right Against War
By Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
The so-called mainstream is where the real extremists are to be found. Libertarians understand that. Once the progressives do, we’ll be getting somewhere.

Ron Paul vs. Big Government Conservatives
By Jacob G. Hornberger
An op-ed entitled “Conservatives’ Isolationist Dalliance” in the Washington Times today by Jeffrey T. Kuhner, president of the conservative Edmund Burke Institute, is an excellent example of the difficult task that Ron Paul has in convincing conservatives to abandon their devotion to Big Government in foreign affairs.

A gas tax to cure global warming? Compromise looks to revive stalled plan
A group of senators are trying to resuscitate global warming legislation, but the potential inclusion of a new gas tax threatens to keep action on one of President Obama’s signature initiatives stalled.

New psychiatric disorders flag normal human behaviors as “diseases”
The Disease Mongering Engine, which I invented a couple of years ago and posted on NaturalNews, was initially created as a joke to demonstrate the ridiculousness of the fictitious diseases that are constantly created by the psychiatric industry.

European Court set to give public figures chance to gag press on damaging stories
It could spell the end of the kiss and tell: public figures might, within 18 months, have the power to stifle bad news stories before they are published, a senior lawyer has warned.

Critics take dim view of Logan body scanners
Full-body scanners that perform what critics call a “virtual strip search” of airplane passengers are being unveiled at Logan International Airport next week, federal authorities said.