A little before noon on July 7, 2008, activists with Earth First!, an international environmental movement, occupied AMP-Coal headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. Protesters congregated outside by the flagpoles and inside the main lobby.

China's coming collapse: corruption, finance, trade, outsourcing, politics, law, society

Has China's ongoing reform altered the nation's political-economic landscape as far as government corruption is concerned? What is the next if this corruption goes deeper?

An impressive medley of military officers join Captain Eric H. May in alerting the public to the danger of Bush administration foul play in the upcoming terror drills Noble Resolve and Diablo Bravo.

timely and powerful new book: China and the New World Order:

How Entrepreneurship, Globalization, and Borderless Business are Reshaping China and the World (Book Excerpts)

by George Zhibin Gu
Foreword by William Ratliff
Publisher: Fultus; October 2006; 248 pages

taken from; http://www.financialsense.com

Chapter 6. China's Competitiveness vs. a Rising Yuan

Amnesty International highlights Venezuela for its policies in favor of women
ABN 17/07/2008
Caracas, Distrito Capital
Caracas, Jul 17. ABN.- An Amnesty International delegation visiting Venezuela highlighted that Venezuela has made significant steps and progresses to finish the violence against women.

War and mass media in Colombia
ABN 10/07/2008

Caracas, Jul, 10 ABN (Jesus Inojosa).- The former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, who was captive by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) during more than six years, was 'rescued' through an operation carried out by the Colombian Army, led by its commander-in-chief, Alvaro Uribe Velez.

Inclusion on education, Venezuelans attend classes now as never before
ABN 11/07/2008

Caracas, Jul 11 ABN.- More citizens in Venezuela are taking some kind of public education today as never before, as a result of the inclusive policies advanced by the Bolivarian Government in every stage of education.

* During mid-June 2008 the Iberian counter-information collective A Las Barricadas www.alasbarricadas.org posed several questions to the MLC www.mlc.acultura.org.ve, an affinity group of Cuban anarchism abroad. The complete text of this interview follows.

BBC NEWS
Italy officials convicted over G8

An Italian court has found 15 officials guilty of mistreating protesters following violent protests at the G8 meeting in the city of Genoa in 2001.

A judge handed down prison sentences ranging from five months to five years to the accused - who include police, prison officials and two doctors.

THE END OF THE DINOSAUR CIVILIZATION (FOSSIL FUELS, NUCLEAR) AND THE EMERGING CONFLATION OF GLOBAL WARMING, GLOBAL CIVIL WAR, WORLD ECONOMIC DEPRESSION AND THE EXTINCTION OF THE HUMAN SPECIES...

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