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OREO 05 11 08
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Newsstories of interest:
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** = Important [in this edition: 2 ]
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MH = Misleading Headline [in this edition: ]
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1 DISORDER
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__MAJOR EXPOSE__
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** Growing Deficits Threaten Pensions | Accounting Tactics
Conceal a Crisis For Public Workers
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/10/AR200805\
1002883_pf.html
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/10/AR20080\
51002883_pf.html>
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"MASSIVE BREACH OF FAITH WITH A
GENERATION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES"
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"State governments...have reported they are already con-
fronting a deficit of at least $750 billion to cover the
cost of the retirement benefits they have promised. But
that figure likely underestimates the actual shortfall
because of the range of methods they use to make their
calculations, including practices that have been barred
in the private sector for decades."
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"Local governments use these same techniques for their
pension funds"
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___| MAJOR EXPOSE |___
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System of Neglect | As Tighter Immigration Policies Strain
Federal Agencies, The Detainees in Their Care Often Pay a
Heavy Cost | Day 1: Overview
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/specials/immigration/cwc_d1p\
1.html
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/specials/immigration/cwc_d1\
p1.html>
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and
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/specials/immigration/cwc_d1p\
2.html
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/specials/immigration/cwc_d1\
p2.html>
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and
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/specials/immigration/cwc_d1p\
3.html
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/specials/immigration/cwc_d1\
p3.html>
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ALSO
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Glossary | Key Terms in the Careless Detention Series
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/specials/immigration/glossar\
y.html
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/specials/immigration/glossa\
ry.html>
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and
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Documents | Day One [of the series]
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and
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Map | A Closer Look At 83 Deaths
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List of Questionable Deaths in Detention March 2003 to
March 2008
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/specials/immigration/map.htm\
l
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/specials/immigration/map.ht\
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__REVIEW__
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Behind the food riots: a [>] debate on how best to farm
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080511/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/fixing_food
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080511/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/fixing_food>
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"Around the world, governments are trying every play in
their books to stave off food riots" "many experts call
these Band-Aid solutions, saying what's needed is a radi-
cal rethink of how the world gets its food."
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2 AFRICA
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Sudan cuts Chad diplomatic ties after Darfur attack
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080511/wl_afp/sudandarfurconflictchad
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080511/wl_afp/sudandarfurconflictchad>
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"The attempt by (Chadian) President Idriss Deby to desta-
bilise Sudan has failed"
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Attempt by Deby? Please recall that (1) Chad is an Xcolony
of France (2) France supplies "half of the full contingent"
of troops under United Nations Mission in the Central Afri-
can Republic and Chad...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Mission_in_the_Central_Afric\
an_Republic_and_Chad
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Mission_in_the_Central_Afri\
can_Republic_and_Chad>
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...precisely: "2000 troops, 10 helicopters, 500 person lo-
gistical support" under European Union Force Chad/CAR:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EUFOR_Chad/CAR
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EUFOR_Chad/CAR>
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NOTE HOW THE SUPERPOWER USES ITS UNO TOOL
TO GET THE EU TO SHOOT ITSELF IN THE FOOT
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Image:Darfur map.png:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Darfur_map.png
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Darfur_map.png>
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3 ASIA
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THE BU$H PLAN (IRAQ)
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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Friday, 9 May 2008
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http://www.albasrah.net/en_articles_2008/0508/iraqiresistancereport_0905\
08.htm
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http://www.albasrah.net/en_articles_2008/0508/iraqiresistancereport_090\
508.htm>
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Last item: Fighting resumes in al-Basrah between Iraqi
[puppet] regime and anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi mi-
litia
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5 LATAM
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VENEZUELA
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__DIRTY WAR__
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George Ciccariello-Maher | ** The Yumare Massacre, 22
Years On | The Very Model of "Murderous" Democracy
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http://www.counterpunch.org/maher05102008.html
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http://www.counterpunch.org/maher05102008.html>
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"both of these bloodbaths [Cantaura Massacre and Yumare
Massacre] represented a...prelude to the 1989 Caracazo
riots, after which government troops would be sent to
the poor barrios to slaughter thousands."
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Caracazo:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caracazo
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caracazo>
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6 SUPERPOWER
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Losing a Home, Then Losing All Out of Storage
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/business/11storage.html?ref=business&p\
agewanted=all
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/business/11storage.html?ref=business&\
pagewanted=all>
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7 $$$$
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A Peek Behind the Price at the Pump
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/business/11maker.html
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/business/11maker.html>
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"In the first quarter of 2008...commodity assets under
management rose...to $225 billion" 5 years ago 'twas
"just $20 billion"
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Chilean Drought, Power Shortages Drive Up World Metal
Prices
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/10/AR200805\
1000151_pf.html
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/10/AR20080\
51000151_pf.html>
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"Metals are headed for a seventh straight year of price
increases"
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