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Carina Nebula Panorama from HubbleIn one of the brightest parts of Milky Way lies a nebula where some of the oddest things occur. NGC 3372, known as the Great Nebula in Carina, is home to massive stars and changing nebula. Eta Carinae, the most energetic star in the nebula, was one of the brightest stars in the sky in the 1830s, but then faded dramatically. The Keyhole Nebula, visible left the center, houses several of the most massive stars known and has also changed its appearance. The entire Carina Nebula spans over 300 light years and lies about 7,500 light-years away in the constellation of Carina. Pictured above is the most detailed image of the Carina Nebula ever taken. The controlled color image is a composite of 48 high-resolution frames taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and released to honor its 17th anniversary. Wide-field annotated and zoomable image versions are also available. Turks protest Islamic-rooted government
Like the protesters — who gathered for the second large anti-government demonstration in two weeks — Turkey's powerful secular military has accused Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of tolerating radical Islamic circles BENJAMIN HARVEY, Associated Press Writer |
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The “Chinese miracle” has been a leading economic story for several years now. The headlines are familiar: “China’s GDP Growth Fastest in Asia.” “China Overtakes United Kingdom as Fourth-Largest Economy.” “China Becomes World’s Second-Largest Energy Consumer.” “China Revises GDP Growth Rates Upward — Again.” Everywhere, one can find news articles about China, rising like a phoenix from the economic debris of its Maoist system to change and challenge the world in every way imaginable.
Two headline-grabbing signals came from Europe this week, one from Chancellor Angela Merkel in Germany, and the other from Nicolas Sarkozy, the presidential front-runner in France. Both show a new desire to heal the Atlantic alliance, which has been badly strained in the last several years. 
India and the United States are building a new alliance based on trade and common self-defense. 
Ahmadinejad: Joyful when West cringes.April 6, 2007
Pakistan has come to be a failing state in the rapid process of being Talibanised. Its internal situation as it stands today, does not offer any hope that could dispel grave apprehensions about its future. Not very long ago General Pervez Musharraf (GPM) had confessed that Quaid’s Pakistan today faces a definite demise. Indeed, no person other than him is responsible for leading the country to an imminent denouement. After all he is one of the authors of the agenda for the country’s ideological disaster.
ARLINGTON, VA (ANS) -- On Friday, the United Nations passed a seemingly innocuous resolution combating the “defamation of religions.” Further investigation reveals that this motion has erroneously equated legitimate discussion of religious beliefs with the incitement of religious intolerance. Under this resolution, when an individual’s religious sensitivities are offended – no matter the intent or consequences of the opinions expressed – the state must protect the religion from being defamed, or blasphemed. 
Two recent items reveal Moscow’s intentions. First, President Vladimir Putin has announced that he is suspending Russia’s commitment to follow the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty (CFE). This means that Russia can move tank and motorized infantry divisions to NATO’s doorstep. Second, Russian radio news broadcasters have been ordered to make 50 percent of their reporting on Russia “positive,” and that the United States is – from now on – to be described as Russia’s enemy. 
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Some 700,000 Turks waving the red national flag flooded central Istanbul on Sunday to demand the resignation of the government, saying the Islamic roots of Turkey's leaders threatened to destroy the country's modern foundations. 
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Religion gets an 'A' at U.S. colleges
Peter Gomes has been at Harvard University for 37 years and says he remembers when religious people on campus felt under siege. To be seen as religious often meant being dismissed as not very bright, he said.
No longer. At Harvard these days, said Gomes, the university preacher, "There is probably more active religious life now than there has been in 100 years."
By Alan Finder
Published: May 2, 2007
International Herald Tribune
Health Alert
Virulent New Strain of TB Raising Fears of Pandemic
Bug Is Resistant to Most Available Drugs
MOSCOW -- A virulent strain of tuberculosis resistant to most available drugs is surfacing around the globe, raising fears of a pandemic that could devastate efforts to contain TB and prove deadly to people with immune-deficiency diseases such as HIV-AIDS.
Known formally as extensively drug-resistant TB, or XDR-TB, the strain has been detected in 37 countries. It arises when the bacterium that causes TB mutates because antibiotics used to combat it are carelessly administered by poorly trained doctors or patients don't take their full course of medication. Rather than being killed by the drugs, the microbe builds up resistance to them.
By Peter Finn
Washington Post Foreign Service
Thursday, May 3, 2007
U.S. immigrants pose TB threat
Ultra-violent M13 gang found in 42 states
Central American members move to Los Angeles, then branch out
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – Cliques of the ultra-violent Latin American MS-13 gang have been identified in 42 U.S. states, according to the director of an FBI task force, speaking at a conference here.
Another violent group, the 18th Street Gang, is in 37 states, said Brian Truchon, director of the FBI MS-13 National Gang Task Force, or NGTF.
By Jerome R. Corsi
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Now the Saudis tool up for war
The White House line that Iraq’s extremists are all backed by Iran is a myth, writes robert fox
This weekend, buyers from across the Gulf states and the Middle East will descend on a huge arms fair in Dubai. Sheikhs, emirs, princes and kings will be buying anything from specialised sniper ammunition by the ton, to the highest-tech surveillance gear and even the odd British Aerospace gunboat or Eurofighter.
The Arab world will use the International Defence Exhibition (IDEX), to tool up for a coming confrontation with Iran, and to arm Sunni insurgents to fight Iran's allies in Iraq, the Shia militias.
Even the Bush administration will now admit, under its collective breath of course, that Iraq is in the throes of a full-blown civil war between armed groups of its Sunni and Shia Arab communities, triggered a year ago by the destruction of the al-Laskar mosque in Samara, a revered Shia shrine.
http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk
Fiery crash collapses Bay Area freeway
OAKLAND, Calif. --A gasoline tanker crashed and burst into flames near the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on Sunday, creating such intense heat that a stretch of highway melted and collapsed. Officials predicted a traffic nightmare for Bay Area commuters for weeks or months to come.
Flames shot 200 feet in the air, but the truck's driver walked away from the scene with second-degree burns. No other injuries were reported in the 3:45 a.m. crash, which officials said could have been deadly had it occurred at a busier time.
By Marcus Wohlsen, Associated Press Writer
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Turkey faces military crisis
EU warns generals as army threatens to step in if Islamist minister wins presidential election
Turkey came under mounting pressure from the European Union last night to rein in the influence of its generals, after the country's powerful pro-secular military threatened to intervene in the Islamic-oriented government amid growing turmoil over the election of a new President.
Olli Rehn, the European Union enlargement commissioner, who has been a keen supporter of Ankara's eventual accession to the bloc, warned the military to stay out of politics, saying the election was a 'test case' for the Turkish military's respect for democracy.
Helena Smith and Ned Temko
The Observer
Can Antidepressants Turn You Into A Demon Possessed Killer?
Virginia Tech Shooter Took Antidepressants For His Mental Disorders
I find it very disturbing that amidst all of the news about the terrible Virginia Tech shooting tragedy, the one thing I keep hearing is that the killer was on “antidepressants.” Why is it that every time someone flips out and goes over the edge on a killing spree that we discover they were on antidepressants? In the end they almost always commit suicide as well.
While I don’t think that antidepressants were the sole reason this troubled young man did what he did, they certainly had to play a part in causing him to act out his fantasies. If you have some extra time on your hands, make a list of antidepressants and go to a Borders or Barnes and Nobles book store. In there you can reference all of these drugs in a pharmaceutical drug guide and see for yourself what the adverse reactions and side effects are that are associated with the use of the drug. You will be amazed to see that suicidal tendencies, anxiety, exacerbation of psychotic symptoms, hallucinations, and other mind-altering symptoms can manifest. The other shocking thing you will discover is that there are contraindications if they are mixed with other drugs. Nobody knows what happens when you take a cocktail mix of different mind-altering drugs. It truly is a high stakes game of Roulette. Yet, you will rarely find a person prescribed only one drug. It’s almost always a mixture of drugs that they’re put on.
By: Greg Ciola
healthtruthrevealed.com
Biblical Perspective
The Middle East in Prophecy
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The Astounding Background to the Crisis in the Middle EAst - and how it will be resolved!
THE MIDDLE EAST is seething with crisis after crisis. Few people realize the true significance of this turmoil. They seem to have no conception of the danger it threatens-eventual danger to the whole world.
It's time we woke up to the facts! It's time we knew what prophecy reveals. It's time we knew the background-the vital factors that have led up to this world danger-the significance of this series of crises!
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Editorial
Too much like 1929
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As US real estate prices fall and depress US economic growth, private foreign investors begin to withdraw their capital from the US financial markets. This capital flow would by itself act to elevate the currency value of the country that it is returning to. However, the governments of developing foreign countries have policies in place to fix the exchange rate of their currencies. In order to maintain this fixed exchange rate, foreign central banks will print their own currency and exchange it for US dollars (which are then invested into US government debt). The amount of money printed and exchanged into US dollars by the foreign central bank will necessarily equate to the amount of private capital returning to the country. These central bank policies will act to artificially keep the value of the US dollar elevated and artificially keep US interest rates low.
The fixed exchange rate regime is put under great stress when private investment capital begins to leave the US, because it necessitates that the foreign central bank print much greater amounts of their own currency. This will act to boost their domestic money supply and cause their own economy and stock market to “overheat”. Additionally, in the process of exchanging increasing amounts of their own currency for US dollars, the foreign central bank rapidly builds up the amount of foreign exchange reserves that they own. The increasingly large holdings of foreign exchange reserves represent a corresponding increasingly large risk of foreign exchange losses to the central bank (should the US dollar fall in value in the future).
Guest Commentary, by Bernard Ber
http://www.prudentbear.com
Health Alert
Meat can be murder on long-term health
Cutting back on saturated fats can lower your disease risk
If you've dabbled with the idea of becoming a vegetarian, the thought of never eating a cheeseburger again may have seemed daunting.
But if it's the potential health benefits — such as a lower risk of heart disease and certain cancers — you're after, doctors and health experts say you don't necessarily have to become a vegetarian to experience them.
By Allison Van Dusen
http://www.msnbc.msn.com
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