#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode232 - Greece Fire, Stop-and-Seize, Texas Gold

NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode232 -
Greece Fire, Stop-and-Seize, Texas #Gold

#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode201 - IMF'ed, Losing Libya, Foley Follies

NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode201 - IMF'ed, Losing Libya, Foley Follies
Welcome to New World Next Week - the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week:

Story #1: Another IMF Chief Takedown As Lagarde Under Investigation In France
IMF Chief Charged With 'Negligence' Over Graft Case
Lagarde, The Emperor Has No Clothes
Lagarde and the "Magic Number Seven"
Meet Nicolas Sarkozy: The American Candidate
NWNW Flashback: Wrath of Kahn (May 2011)

Story #2: US Furious After Source Of “Mystery” Libya Bombing Raids Revealed
Nice Job, NATO: Libya a “Quagmire That Looks Like Somalia” As “Operation Dawn” Captures Airport
NWNW Flashback: US Position On Syria Directly Endorses Terrorism (July 2012)

Story #3: Video of James Foley Beheading 'May Have Been Staged'
American Fighting for ISIS Killed In Syria
@NileBowie: If #Russia's aid convoys are a violation of #Ukraine's #sovereignty, what about US not coordinating with #Syria as it launches airstrikes?

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Previous: Ferguson Violence, More Water Wars, Portland Portfolio

#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode194 - Belgium Buyer, Royal Nazi, GMO Ban

NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode194 - Belgium Buyer, Royal Nazi, GMO Ban
Welcome to New World Next Week - the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week:

Story #1: Did the Fed Launder $141B Through Belgium to Hide Massive Increase In QE?
Russia Dumps 20% Of Its Treasury Holdings As Mystery "Belgium" Buyer Adds Another Whopping $40 Billion
Euroclear Likely Cause of Belgium's Big Rise in Treasuries
Euroclear's Global "Collateral Highway" To Boost Collateral Flows
Who Is The New Secret Buyer Of U.S. Debt?
George Soros Sells All Shares of Citigroup, Bank of America & JP Morgan
NWNW Flashback: Staking $1 Billion That Herbalife Will Fail, Then Lobbying to Bring It Down
A New Global Financial Order Emerging: Putin and the "De-Dollarization" of Russia-China Trade

#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode192 - India Elections, Superbugs Spreading, Operation Choke Point

NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode192 -
India Elections, Superbugs Spreading, Operation Choke Point
Welcome to New World Next Week - the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week:

Story #1: India's Election Is Biggest Voting Event In the World
A Bigger-Than-Ever Reason to Watch India's Elections
John Oliver Brilliantly Takes Down Media for Ignoring World's Biggest Election
US Comedy Show Clip on Indian Elections Goes Viral
Dynasty Vs Personality Cult: Gandhi Faces Off Against Modi
Why Did Modi Choose an "Inauspicious Day" to File His Nomination?
Raghuram Rajan's Job Safe If Narendra Modi Wins Election: BJP Treasurer
India Turns to Russia to Help Supply Arms to Afghan Forces
Flashback: India On the Brink
Iraq's Election: Votes Amid Violence
Flashback: As Paul Bremer Wanted Them To Be
IMF Board Approves 2-Year, $17 Billion Loan Package for Ukraine

Story #2: Superbugs That Overpower Antibiotics Spreading
WHO's First Global Report on Antibiotic Resistance Reveals Serious, Worldwide Threat to Public Health
Flashback: Antibiotic Resistant Gonorrhea Found In Japan
Flashback: Report Condemns Swine Flu Experts' Ties to Big Pharma

Story #3: Is Porn Really So 'High Risk' That Porn Stars Shouldn't Have Bank Accounts?
DOJ's 'Operation Choke Point' May Be Root of Porn Star Bank Account Closings

#NewWorldNextWeek Updates:
Suspicious Deaths of Bankers Are Now Classified as "Trade Secrets" By Federal Regulator
Dead Bankers Updates: Numbers 29 & 30
Cryptographers Lose Confidence in NIST Over Close Relationship With NSA
Obama Admin Argues In Favor of Right to Fire Public Employees Who Testify at Corruption Trials
1,240 Scientists Demand Seralini GMO Study be Republished
Assad Guilty? Syria Chemical Weapons: How the Telegraph Uncovered Their Findings
Former Head of BIS Worried About Cost of QE
UN Promotes WHO App to Track Kids' Vaccine Schedules

#GoodNewsNextWeek Updates:
Google Halts Student Gmail Advertisement Scans
Florida Bans Biometrics in Schools
Congressional Candidate's 2-State Solution: A 'New Israel' in Texas
Alfredo Moser: Bottle Light Inventor Proud to Be Poor

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Previous: Drones Justified, Net Neutrality, #MyNYPD

sexual assault charges against ex-imf chief dismissed

dominique strauss-kahn walks free from new york court
from guardian: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, one of France's leading politicians, has walked free from a New York courtroom after a judge ordered the dropping of sexual assault charges against him for allegedly attacking a hotel maid. The move could resurrect his seemingly dead political career in France, and almost brings an end to a dramatic legal tussle that has gripped both sides of the Atlantic. The judge, Michael Obus, told the packed court he would comply with a request from the prosecution to throw the case out. "The indictment is dismissed," he said.

flashback video from 'new world next week':
markets go wild after imf head kahn arrested for sexual assault

greek pm papandreou says 'austerity is patriotic duty'

from kurt nimmo: Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has told his fellow countrymen it is their patriotic duty to accept the austerity plan cooked up by the IMF and the EU. If not accepted, Greece will not get the fifth installment of an international bailout, he warned. “I’m not asking you to listen to outside pressures, I ask that you listen to your soul and your internal patriotic conscience,” Papandreou said. Greek opposition parties have rejected demands by EU leaders for national unity on the prospect of unemployment, a lower standard of living, and a massive giveaway of national resources.

updates from greece, thanks to 'one archangel'
Today they voted the midterm package-austerity bailout package and there is chaos on the streets. unlike yesterday where agent provocateurs was the flavor of the day (a fake cat and mouse fight between cops and anarchists) today we have the average folk taking on the cops in a dramatic fashion. Since pictures say a thousand words, the following link has a bunch of great pics that should give you an idea: http://www.zougla.gr/page.ashx?pid=2&aid=339969&cid=4

Also, there is a link that should allow you to see what is going on live on the streets:
http://www.zougla.gr/page.ashx?pid=85&playerType=flash

In addition, here is a little youtube video that shows 100% proof of agent provocateurs working with Greek Riot cops. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNfnUSWaLnc

related econocrash/geopolitiks\warwhores updates:
greece approve austerity measures as protesters, police clash*
video: protests build in greece as parliament passes austerity measures*
greece explodes as global capitalists force austerity: police violence greets the crowds*
video shows shocking police abuse amid greek protests*
750,000 could strike thursday in uk*
1000s strike in britain as eu debt crisis festers*
video: 750,000 britons strike over austerity proposals*
1000s of protesters in violent clashes with egyptian police*
video: journalist will defy israel's warnings, cover freedom flotilla anyway*
4 former khmer rouge leaders go on trial in cambodia*
cfr celeb angelina jolie visits syrian refugees*
obama awards defense chief gates medal of freedom*
video: military sources reveal ground force invasion of libya‬‏*
audio: webster tarpley on 'guns & butter' on libya*
video: ron paul says obama violated war powers resolution & constitution*
US air force advised to conduct simulations for strike against nuclear iran*
war #6: US extends drone strikes to somalia*
iraq combat deaths at 3yr high for US*
US to expand relations with muslim brotherhood*
US probing deaths of two terrorism detainees*
if US troops are leaving afghanistan, why are new barracks being built?*
afghan central banker resigns, fears for life*
strauss-kahn case is 'close to collapse', say reports*
threat of $100b hit if US top rating lost*
report: treasury sec geithner considering stepping down*
fmr executives claim marsh 'colluded' with spitzer*
more than 2,000 companies hide assets using one address in wyoming*
video: home depot faces lawsuit for allegedly violating 'buy american act'*

new world next week - jun23

new world next week: episode077 -
whole foods prisoners, greek canary, media silence


Welcome back to New World Next Week - the video series from Corbett Report & Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in alternative news & open source intelligence. This week:

Story #1: Lawsuit Says Whole Foods 'Organic' China Veggies from Polluted Prisons
Flashback: Organic Giants Whole Foods, Organic Valley and Stonyfield Accused of Compromising on GMOs
Related: Justices Rule for Wal-Mart in Class-Action Bias Case

Story #2: Financial Collapse of Greece -
Canary in the Coalmine for Global Economy?
Update: Greece's Papandreou Survives Confidence Vote

Story #3: 12 Things That The Mainstream Media Is Being Strangely Quiet About Right Now
Related: As Nuclear Plants Face Floods, Are We Inches Away From 'Fukushima USA'?

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previous episode: jun16 -
daily dosimeters, solar storms, hack attacks

new world next week - may19

new world next week: episode074 -
wrath of kahn, exploding watermelons, veitch v. canada


Welcome back to the New World Next Week - the video series from Corbett Report & Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in alternative news & open source intelligence. This week:

Story #1: IMF head Kahn Arrested for Sexual Assault
Related: Do International Bodies Look the Other Way?
Background Video: Confessions of an Economic Hitman - John Perkins

Story #2: China's Latest Food Scandal - Exploding Watermelons!
Related: Central China Hit By Drought, As Reservoirs Become 'Dead Water'

Story #3: Filmmaker Suing Province, Police Over G20 Arrest
Related: Charlie Veitch Arrested In Pre-Crime Raid For "Conspiracy To Cause Public Nuisance" at Royal Wedding
Background Video: Into the Fire

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previous episode: may12 -
skype sellout, alert plan, nle '11

markets go wild after imf head kahn arrested for sexual assault

from washington post: A New York criminal court judge denied bail to Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the International Monetary Fund, after he was charged with attempting to rape a housekeeper at a hotel in Midtown Manhattan. Strauss-Kahn, also charged with a criminal sex act and unlawful imprisonment, made his first courtroom appearance after being pulled off a Paris-bound plane minutes before takeoff Saturday afternoon. Prosecutors had planned to bring him before a judge Sunday before deciding to delay a day so they could search him for physical evidence. Authorities allege that Strauss-Kahn, 62, attempted to rape a housekeeper at the Sofitel in Midtown Manhattan, where he was staying; police said she later picked him out of a lineup. He planned to plead not guilty, according to his attorney, Benjamin Brafman, who has defended a number of high-profile clients...

s&p cuts US outlook from stable to negative

US seeks to reassure markets on debt after s&p warning
from dow jones: The Obama administration on Monday sought to reassure U.S. Treasurys investors, saying Standard & Poor's threat to downgrade America's top-notch debt rating underestimates the country's ability to face fiscal challenges.

S&P affirmed the U.S. federal government's "AAA" rating but, for the first time, changed its long-term outlook to negative from stable, signaling there's at least a 33% chance that it will downgrade the country's debt rating within two years.

The outlook revision comes as the White House and Congress are mired in a debate about how to contain the country's rapidly rising public debt. The International Monetary Fund last week pointed the finger at the world's largest economy, warning that a delay in slashing the budget deficit might cause the bond market to lose faith in the U.S.'s ability to do so, with ripple effects across the U.S. and global economy.

"We believe there is a material risk that U.S. policymakers might not reach an agreement on how to address medium- and long-term budgetary challenges by 2013," S&P said. Because of the U.S. budget process, this would mean agreeing on a broad deficit-cutting plan before the 2012 presidential elections, which many analysts view as a challenge.

S&P noted the gap between Republicans and Democrats about how to cut the deficit "remains wide." Even if an agreement is made, "there is a reasonable chance that it would still take a number of years before the government reaches a fiscal position that stabilizes its debt burden," S&P said.

related econocrash updates:
workforce in US drops to 27yr low;
as big US corporations moving jobs out of US*
for richest 400, income quadruples while tax rate plunges*
morgan stanley fails $3.3b debt payment, hands central tokyo office to blackstone*
even ben stein is warning an economic collapse is coming*
$50 silver - the price point of liberty*

davos elite say china the model for new economic world order

from afp: Power in the global economy is shifting from the advanced world to Asia as recovery takes hold, Davos analysts said Wednesday, as political and business elites began their annual meeting. “What is really happening is a slowdown of the western world and the growth of the emerging markets. This is a complete shift in the balance of power,” Azim Premji, chairman of Indian software major Wipro, told the opening panel. “In 10 years, the economy of the emerging world will be … equal or slightly larger than the US economy,” added the billionaire at the World Economic Forum. China’s highest ranking official at the International Monetary Fund, Zhu Min, said that global recovery was still being driven predominantly by Asian giants India and China.

related econocrash updates:
bilderberg-owned 'the economist' says:
powerful elites run things in secret, but there's no conspiracy!*
here comes $4 gas, $5 cups of coffee*
washington state joins movement for public banking*
postal service eyes closing thousands of post offices*
mapping foreclosures for sale; google maps shows epidemic*
is this what the country's going to look like after the economy collapses?*

corbett report: episode169 - argentina & the imf

from corbett report: This week we cast our eye to South America to focus on Argentina, a country that has found itself in the grip of the banksters for decades. We talk to Argentinian writer and researcher Adrian Salbuchi and Canadian economist Michel Chossudovsky as we interrogate the Argentinian dilemma.

download episode169/subscribe

the latest corbett report videos:
sunday update - jan16: tunisian uprising, homeland stupidity

promo: 2009 video archive dvd available now

previous: episode167/168 - social engineering & you/video archive

govt paid off $62m in student loans for federal employees

or more specifically: doj, dod, sec & state dept employees
from allgov: Wouldn’t it be nice if your employer paid your student loans for you? That’s what the federal government has been doing the past eight years for a select group of government employees. A report from the Office of Personnel Management shows 36 agencies helped out more than 8,400 workers last year, paying $61.8 million in student loan bills. Most of those receiving this assistance were lawyers, criminal investigators, administrative personnel, intelligence analysts and contract specialists. The Department of Justice allocated the most money ($19.3 million), followed by the Department of Defense ($14.1 million), State Department ($7.2 million), the Securities and Exchange Commission ($3.2 million) and the Government Accountability Office ($2.8 million). Begun in 2002, the federal government’s loan repayment program was established to help agencies compete with the private sector for new workers. The maximum an agency can repay annually is $10,000, with a cap of $60,000 per employee. Workers enrolling in the program must sign an agreement to remain at their job for at least three years.

related econocrash updates:
imf report proposes global currency called 'bancor'*
'enron accounting' has bankrupt US: deficit really $202t*
home sales drop 27% in july & only getting worse*
new home sales hit 40yr low*
even tony robbins warns economic collapse is coming*
krugman: banksters 'acting like the priests of some ancient cult'*
video: economy caught in depression, not recession*
'plunder, the crime of our time' doc on dvd/stream*
US movie tickets get biggest price hike in history*
nearly 50% leave obama mortgage-aid program*
video: china buys euros as fear of world depression grows*

where elites meet: cfr, trilateral, bilderberg, g20 & more

geithner briefs super power elite
from economic policy journal: The heavyweights want a report from the Treasury Secretary, including David Rockefeller and Lynn Forester de Rothschild (Forester was introduced to soon to be husband, Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, by Henry Kissinger at the 1998 Bilderberg Group conference in Scotland. They spent their honeymoon at the White House.)  In addition to Rockefeller and Lady de Rothschild, on Friday afternoon, Treasury Secretary Geithner will also meet with the other members of the Board of Directors of the Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics to discuss the Administration’s agenda for economic growth and strengthening the global financial system. Here's the hefty list of the Institute's Board of Directors...

brzezinski decries 'global political awakening' during cfr speech

econocrash: fortune, fail & the fed + geopolitiks update

chris ware's rejected fortune cover paints honest,
dismal picture of american capitalism
from huffpo: When Fortune magazine asked comic book artist and Oak Park resident Chris Ware to design the cover of their "Fortune 500" issue, they were probably not expecting his "beautiful and Marxist" interpretation of modern capitalism. Chicagoist reported Friday that Ware was asked to design the May cover of the magazine, but his final product, which featured "Guantanamo Bay prisoners, Mexican factory workers, and a few potshots at business execs and money-grubbing politicians" was apparently not what Fortune had in mind--they killed the cover. Still, a high-resolution version of the Ware cover is making its rounds on the Internet - and fans are delighted.

econocrash updates: fed, failure, welfare & the new ghost towns

massive bank failures due, says oversight panel*
obama appoints cfr/trilateral/fed operative to debt panel created by another executive order*
imf chief pushes for more power, new global currency*
dodd proposes giving fed the task of consumer protection*
exposing the great american bubble barons*
ibm layoffs blamed on offshoring*
american reliance on govt at all-time high*
whistleblower: pursuit of madoff was a 'death sentence'*
harry markopolos: don't trust your government*
new ghost towns in west virginia: industrial communities teeter on the edge*
rat-out a tax-cheat, collect a reward*
officials puzzle over millions leaving afghanistan by plane for dubai*
forbes.com: new world order is moving in*
nobel prize-winning economist: federal reserve is corrupt & undermines democracy*
webster tarpley - financial warfare exposed:
soros/sachs hedge funds attack greece to smash euro*

previous econocrash update:
fdic, doomsday, farmland & bulldozers

econocrash: goldrush, glitches & the recipe for disaster

obama's feeble dollar sparks a new goldrush*
fed sets attack dogs on ron paul after audit amendment passes*
end the fed rallies across america*
fury as credit crunch civil servant lands rothschild job*
canadian bankruptcies soar 43%*
'glitch' could cost a million jobless*
student protests continue at california universities*
wave of debt payments facing US govt*
fed under fire as public anger mounts*
jpmorgan chase bankster dimon mentioned for treasury post*
imf warns second bailout would 'threaten democracy'*
the recipe for disaster:
historically 25-30% unemployment is when things start to get real ugly*
gold hits record high against dollar*
state unemployment rates rise*
watch an animated map of the decline:
the geography of a recession*

previous econocrash post:
another day, another dollar

corbett report: episode109 - the crisis of sovereignty

from corbett report: The EU, the AU, the IMF, the WTO, the UNFCCC: our world is increasingly dominated by Orwellian, unaccountable bureaucracies. But how to understand this threat, and how best to fight back? Help us explore the crisis of sovereignty this week on The Corbett Report.

download episode109 [54.5mb mp3]


video update: climate change bombshell:
dr. tim ball on the hacked cru emails
from corbett report: Retired climatologist Dr. Tim Ball joins us to discuss the significance of the recently leaked emails and documents from the Climate Research Unit at East Anglia University which expose deceit, duplicity and collusion between climate researchers to maintain the fraud of the manmade global warming theory. These emails reveal stunning behind-the-scenes details about how this fraud has been developed and perpetuated, and Dr. Ball shares his insights on what they show.


the latest corbett report audio interviews:
#113 - bob chapman & #114 - steve lendman

previous episode: 108 - peace prizes for warmongers

econocrash: another day, another dollar

US national debt now tops $12 trillion
from afp: The US public debt topped 12 trillion dollars for the first time in history, Treasury officials disclosed Tuesday, moving past a key barrier that raised hackles in Congress. Treasury data showed Monday's outstanding debt at 12.031 trillion dollars, up from 11.999 trillion on Friday. The ballooning debt reflects the massive deficit spending by the government in an effort to revive an ailing economy over more than one year. The public debt topped 10 trillion dollars in September 2008. The debt is quickly approaching the statutory limit of 12.104 trillion dollars, meaning Congress would have to raise the ceiling to prevent a shutdown of government operations.

trade deficit in US increases by most since 1999*
commodity rally drives mining stocks higher as dollar drops*

oregon's defazio says fire geithner & summers
from raw story: President Barack Obama "is being failed by his economic team" and should replace Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and White House economic policy director Larry Summers, says US House Rep. Peter DeFazio... "I think there is a growing consensus in the [Democratic] caucus [that] we need a new economic team that cares more about jobs, Main Street and the American people than it does about Wall Street and huge bonuses ... reclaim the unspent funds ... reclaim some of the funds that are being paid back, which will not be paid back in full, and we use it to put people back to work rebuilding America's infrastructure... We may have to sacrifice just two more jobs to get millions back for Americans," DeFazio said.


6 congressmen demand complete audit of fed over aig fiasco*

merciless ikea memoir packs a punch
from independent: The wholesome Scandinavian image of furniture and lifestyle giant Ikea has been rudely shaken by a new book which claims the company is hostile to foreign employees and uses Stasi-style secret police methods to spy on its thousands of staff worldwide. The explosive charges are made by a former senior Ikea executive Johan Stenebo, a Swede who started working for the company at one of its German outlets outside Hamburg over 20 years ago and rose to a senior management position. He resigned last year. His book, entitled Sanningen om Ikea (The Truth about Ikea), contains wide-ranging allegations about a company which has become a global household name. Justifying the book to Gemany's Der Spiegel magazine, he said: "I did not want to go along with it any more, but I could not stay silent."

wal-mart takes steps to prevent more black friday chaos & tragedy*

senate health bill said to cost $849b over 10yrs
from nytimes: The Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, put forward his version of sweeping health care legislation on Wednesday, which a Senate aide said would cost $849 billion over 10 years. Mr. Reid promised that it would reduce the federal budget deficit while covering most of the uninsured and adding new benefits to Medicare. The senior Senate Democratic leadership aide said the bill’s costs would be more than offset by new taxes and reductions in government spending, particularly on Medicare, so that the legislation would reduce future federal deficits by $127 billion. The official cost analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office was not immediately available, but if the cost projection holds up, it would meet President Obama’s requirement that the bill’s costs be held to about $900 billion. Mr. Reid presented the bill at a meeting with his fellow Democrats. The measure includes a so-called public option allowing people to buy into a new government health insurance plan, but states could opt out of that.

derivatives legislation 'probably written by jpmorgan & goldman'

bank of america, ubs, jpmorgan sued over derivatives
from bloomberg: Bank of America Corp., UBS AG and JPMorgan Chase & Co. were sued by a California public utility over claims they rigged sales of municipal derivatives and shared illegal profits through kickbacks. The lawsuit, filed by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, is based on federal and state antitrust claims. It alleges Charlotte, North Carolina-based Bank of America and more than a dozen other banks conspired to pre-select winners of municipal derivative auctions, coordinated their pricing, and accepted kickbacks disguised as fees from co-conspirators... The banks engaged in “allocating customers and markets for municipal derivatives, rigging the bidding process by which municipal bond issuers acquire municipal derivatives, and conspiring to manipulate the terms that issuers received,” according to the lawsuit.

lehman sues barclays for $5b plus damages*
money stunt causes chaos in paris*
at least one central bank held fake gold*
mauritius buys two metric tons of gold from imf*
video: celente says US losing everything to fascist oligarchs*


11/19 updates:
wal-mart's black friday plan:
cheap tv's & ipod touch with $50 gift card*
jobs saved or created in congressional districts that don't exist*
new tale of detroit’s woe: pontiac silverdome sold for $583,000*
video: 32% inflation in ucla tuition causes near riots*
ron paul's amendment to audit the federal reserve approved*
geithner savaged on unemployment during fiery capitol hill hearing*

geopolitiks: rendition, selections, false flags & wargames

video: italian court convicts 23 americans in cia rendition case*
video: webster tarpley says italy has turned the table on the cia*
US & india: bonding over war games*
privatized foreign policy: the india lobby*
india buys 200 tons gold from imf*
karzai declared 'winner' of afghan election*
afghan president appears to win by default*
americans dressed as afghans caught with illegal weapons & explosives*
the kim jong-il that clinton met was a fake, says academic*
dyncorp sub-contractor inter-risk was behind oct10 suicide bombing of pakistan's army hq*
peres discusses terror with 'juniper cobra' soldiers*
US drops demand for israeli settlement freeze*
who controls congress – who controls the US president - who controls the un? no prizes for guessing!*
eu reform treaty passes last test*
former spy killed outside putin's office*
german high court outlaws electronic voting*
house resolution designates venezuela a state sponsor of terrorism*

11/5 update ... you can't make this stuff up:
israel proposes work camps for illegal migrants
from haaretz: The government is considering establishing work camps in the south of the country, where illegal migrant workers will receive shelter, food and medical care, Army Radio reported Wednesday. In exchange, illegal migrants would perform manual labor outside the camps, but would not earn a salary... "I fear how far we have fallen," said MK Dov Khenin (Hadash) in reaction to the work camp proposal, adding that he thinks the plan would encourage many more asylum seekers to try to enter Israel.