Canada’s new citizenship bill a Trojan horse
"... it would also give Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government unprecedented authority to strip Canadians — including thousands born in this country — of their citizenship."
Russian Ships & Planes Carrying Soldiers Said To Be En Route To Sevastopol
"Those tracking the developments in the Ukraine, and specifically the Russian response to this weekend's coup, will be interested to note that according to the Russian flot.com website, the large landing ship Nikolai Filchenkov, previously known for its participation in the Syrian naval arms build up, is expected to arrive in the Crimean port of Sevastopol carrying 200 armed soldiers, sent from the nearby Black Sea town of Temryuk."
Website of Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox offline
"The website of major bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox is offline Tuesday amid reports it suffered a debilitating theft, a new setback for efforts to gain legitimacy for the virtual currency.
The URL of Tokyo-based Mt. Gox was returning a blank page. The disappearance of the site follows the resignation Sunday of Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles from the board of the Bitcoin Foundation, a group seeking legitimacy for the currency."
The URL of Tokyo-based Mt. Gox was returning a blank page. The disappearance of the site follows the resignation Sunday of Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles from the board of the Bitcoin Foundation, a group seeking legitimacy for the currency."
Brazil, Europe plan undersea cable to skirt U.S. spying
"Brazil and the European Union agreed on Monday to lay an undersea communications cable from Lisbon to Fortaleza to reduce Brazil's reliance on the United States after Washington spied on Brasilia.
At a summit in Brussels, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said the $185 million cable project was central to "guarantee the neutrality" of the Internet, signaling her desire to shield Brazil's Internet traffic from U.S. surveillance."
At a summit in Brussels, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said the $185 million cable project was central to "guarantee the neutrality" of the Internet, signaling her desire to shield Brazil's Internet traffic from U.S. surveillance."
'I'm dying': Volunteer medic, 21, posts desperate message on Twitter after she was shot in the throat, as Kiev plunges into new savagery with bodies littering the streets
"Olesia Zhukovska, 21, was able to send the message just moments before she lost consciousness and was rushed to hospital for an emergency lifesaving operation.
A shocking photograph of Ms Zhukovska being led from the protests on Independence Square with blood seeping from a neck wound has since gone viral, being shared thousands of times."
A shocking photograph of Ms Zhukovska being led from the protests on Independence Square with blood seeping from a neck wound has since gone viral, being shared thousands of times."
SHE'S OK NOW.
HOPE THE VIOLENCE HAS STOPPED FOR GOOD.
German Gold Manipulation Blowback Escalates: Deutsche Bank Exits Gold Price Fixing
"Germany's blowback against gold manipulation is accelerating.... possible manipulation of precious metals "is worse than the Libor-rigging scandal", today the response has trickled down to Germany and Europe's largest bank, Deutsche Bank, which announced that it would withdraw from the appropriately named gold and silver price "fixing", as European regulators investigate suspected manipulation of precious metals prices by banks. As a reminder, Deutsche is one of five banks involved in the twice-daily gold fix for global price setting and said it was quitting the process after withdrawing from the bulk of its commodities business."
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