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Monday, October 06, 2008

Bid to ban smoking in cars
Category: News and Politics

ITN News

Anti-smoking lobbyists have said the Government should consider banning smoking in cars.

Action on Smoking and Health (Ash) claims the pollution caused by one cigarette in a car is as bad as a pub filled with smoke.

In its report, Beyond Smoking Kills, it states that stopping smoking in cars is "vital in cutting the exposure of children and young people to the toxins in second-hand tobacco smoke".

Ash's director Deborah Arnott said: "It's a serious health issue. Research from Canada shows if you smoke once in a car you get the same pollution as you used to get at the end of an evening in a pub.

"The level of exposure you get in an enclosed vehicle is extremely high and it's not at all good for your health."

She added that Ash was not calling for an immediate ban, but wanted an investigation into whether legislation should be introduced.

"We want a proper debate, not a knee-jerk reaction," she said.

"What we need to do is engage people as to why smoking in cars is dangerous. It's not just dangerous for children, it's dangerous for adults as well.

"We do not call for a legislative ban on smoking in cars. Give smokers access to alternatives. What we'd like to see is if smokers are in the car and desperate, they chew some gum. We need education."

The Beyond Smoking Kills report found that the annual cost to the NHS of smoking had risen from £1.7 billion in 1998 to £2.7 billion this year.

Among its recommendations are the introduction of plain packaging and a ban on shop displays of all tobacco products in a bid to encourage 4.5 million smokers to quit by 2015.

Simon Clark, director of pro-tobacco group Forest, said smokers were facing a "war" and wanted an end to Government interference.

Mr Clark said: "We're strongly against any further legislation on smoking in cars.

"We think parents should err on the side of caution when it comes to smoking around children, but to ban it would be a gross overreaction.

"There's simply no evidence that smoking in cars is a serious distraction and causes accidents. I think this is part of the war on tobacco and I think it would be difficult to enforce.

"A car is a private space and if people choose to smoke in their car, that is a matter for them."

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Saturday, October 04, 2008

A View From Space - 4th October 2008
Category: News and Politics

-Extreme Radio for Extreme Times-

A View from Space w/ Gary Bell aka The Spaceman

Gary Bell has been kicked off radio stations for airing the information on his show. The Spaceman or Space, talks mostly about history, but woven with a Biblical and a conspiratorial view, he involves his audience in the show to depths others only aspire to.

www.640toronto.com/station/station_schedule.cfm

PART ONE

This week Spaceman talks about: biblical Garden of Eden story, Illuminati plan for a one world government and currency, history of American banking and the Fed., The Great Depression, assassinated presidents, Pearl Harbor, gold, Joe Biden

Enjoy!

Contact the Spaceman:
spaceman@640toronto.com

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Friday, October 03, 2008

Stressed people ’are more likely to be superstitious’
Category: News and Politics

The Daily Mail

People lacking control in their lives are more likely to believe in conspiracy theories and superstitions, a study has found.

Wearing 'lucky socks', counting magpies or insisting that the moon landings were faked all reflect a search for order in the world, say psychologists.

Through a series of experiments, the US scientists showed that individuals suffering a loss of control tended to see non-existent images, perceive conspiracies, or become superstitious.

Professor Adam Galinsky, from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, who led the research, said: 'The less control people have over their lives, the more likely they are to try and regain control through mental gymnastics.

'Feelings of control are so important to people that a lack of control is inherently threatening. While some misperceptions can be led or lead one astray, they're extremely common and most likely satisfy a deep and enduring psychological need.'

In situations of little control, individuals may think that mysterious, unseen forces are secretly at work, said the researchers writing in the journal Science.

One experiment involved asking volunteers to look at a collection of 'snowy' pictures.

Half were meaningless grainy patterns of random dots, while the other half also contained faintly visible images such as a chair, a boat or the planet Saturn.

All the participants correctly identified 95 per cent of the hidden images. But some also thought they saw pictures in 43 per cent of the pictures that were just random scatterings of dots.

In an earlier part of the experiment, these individuals had been made to feel a loss of control.

Volunteers taking part in another test were asked to recall and write about events over which they had control, while others wrote about out-of-control situations like a car accident or illness striking friends or relatives.

Afterwards, all those taking part read short stories in which significant outcomes were preceded by irrational actions, such as stamping one's feet three times before entering a meeting.

Volunteers who had earlier recalled an uncontrolled event in their lives expressed a greater belief in superstitious actions like foot stamping.

They were also more likely to perceive sinister conspiracies lurking beneath the surface of innocuous situations.

When reading about an employee who was passed over for promotion, powerless participants tended to believe that private conversations between co-workers and the boss were to blame.

Co-author Jennifer Whitson, from the University of Texas at Austin, said: 'People see false patterns in all types of data, imagining trends in stock markets, seeing faces in static, and detecting conspiracies between acquaintances. This suggests that lacking control leads to a visceral need for order - even imaginary order.'

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Mandelson in shock Cabinet return
Category: News and Politics

Comment: Perhaps it's not such a shock afterall if you read the previous article I posted. He's one of the boys!

The Press Association

Peter Mandelson is to make a shock return to the Government, it emerged as Gordon Brown carried out his first Cabinet reshuffle.

Mr Mandelson, who is currently Britain's European Commissioner, has twice resigned as a Cabinet minister under a cloud. It was reported that he will return to one of his old jobs at the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.

That would mean taking over from John Hutton who was said to be heading for Defence where he will be replacing Des Browne, who is expected to leave the Government.

In other moves, Chief Whip Geoff Hoon was said to be going to Transport, taking over from Ruth Kelly who is standing down to spend more time with her young family. He is likely to be replaced by Deputy Chief Whip Nick Brown, one of the Prime Minister's closest political allies.

Ms Kelly earlier said she will step down from her Bolton West constituency at the next General Election. She said it had been an "honour and a privilege" to serve the constituency since she was elected in 1997.

The Leader of the Lords, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, is to replace Mr Mandelson in Brussels. As a peer, her appointment would avoid the need for a potentially difficult by-election if a sitting MP had been chosen for the post.

Former foreign secretary Margaret Beckett was also said to be making an unexpected return to the Government, although it was not immediately clear in what capacity.

However, the big surprise is the return of Mr Mandelson. It would also mark the end of a feud with Mr Brown dating back more than a decade to when Mr Mandelson supported Tony Blair to become Labour leader following the death of John Smith.

Having given up his parliamentary seat in 2004 in order to take up the post of Trade Commissioner, he would have to be given a peerage and a seat in the House of Lords if he returns to Government.

His appointment would be seen as a major olive branch to Blairites in the Government still smarting after Mr Brown's perceived put-down of their favourite - Foreign Secretary David Miliband - as a "novice".

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In defence of globalisation
Category: News and Politics

We need another Bretton Woods to lessen the risks but keep the benefits of world financial markets

The Guardian

We will look back on the banking crisis of September 2008 as a defining moment for economic globalisation. It may have started in the US mortgage market and on Wall Street, but through an integrated global economy it has become an international problem. Whatever our response, we should be guided by two principles. First, we should not jettison our commitment to globalisation. Second, a global economy needs global governance.

Globalisation works by widening economic networks. It multiplies the sizes of markets, increases the economies of scale that push down prices, and allows countries to tap into sources of productive investment from around the world. Those networks have created a global economic engine that is the biggest eliminator of poverty and creator of opportunity the world has ever seen. But globalisation transmits risk and volatility as well as benefits.

Sustaining the huge benefits of economic globalisation relies on preserving these fundamental networks of interdependence, not rolling them back. Changes to financial regulatory frameworks must tackle excessive risk while defending open trade and foreign investment as vital to development.

Beyond ending the liquidity crisis, our first response should be to fix the source of the shock. We need to inject confidence by regulating to control excessive risk-taking and heavy leveraging, and to improve the way ratings agencies work. The European commission is right to now come forward with new European rules on these questions. Certain financial products have become so complex that they are not understood by the very institutions that buy and trade them. This is a regulatory and professional failure of the first order.

Politicians need to recognise that national solutions are only half the solution. For years, financial markets have been global more than national, yet they operate with limited multilateral coordination or governance. Asset bubbles in one market can have serious consequences in another. The effects of monetary or currency policy are easily exported. Yet the machinery of global economic governance barely exists.

Mechanisms for cross-border cooperation in Europe exist but they are incomplete. The rescue package for Dutch financial group Fortis showed European governments can act quickly to limit damage. But the Benelux states that stepped in to help the group have close ties and habits of cooperation. Guarantees for Irish banks have proved more politically complex. The general mechanisms of European coordination must be strengthened so governments and regulators act effectively to address the fact that many financial institutions operate across borders.

Internationally, the problem is even more acute. There is no institution with a mandate or real capacity to assess systemic risk in financial markets. There is no institution empowered to speak from the perspective of global economic interdependence and to counsel states on the global picture. Coordination mechanisms among central bankers and regulators exist, but they are weak.

They are also skewed towards an economic order that is increasingly outdated. The large emerging economies - especially China - are growing sources of capital and economic demand. They are tightly knit into the global economy. Bodies like the G8 simply do not reflect this changing economic architecture. Effective multilateral governance of the global economy will require institutions that do. It is 64 years since the Bretton Woods conference put in place the basic machinery of modern global economic coordination. It is time for a Bretton Woods for this century.

It has always been a mistake to believe that globalisation was putting governments out of business. States and effective governance are what makes globalisation possible: they preserve open markets, enforce rules and responsibilities, and manage the risks for individuals and society. We have been reminded over the past two weeks that the state underpins the market as lender of last resort. But it has a legitimate claim to a wider role. Its role is to ensure that the conduct of individuals or businesses does not put at risk the stability of the system or the foundations of our economies.

We have nothing to gain by shutting down financial globalisation. But the networks that make up globalisation will keep transmitting the shocks along with the benefits unless we take a tougher line with excessive risk, and strengthen the multilateral instruments that govern the global financial system.

If there is anything cathartic in this crisis it will be a healthy new scepticism for financial products we don't understand, a heightened intolerance for excessive risk-taking, and a new conviction that a global economy needs global economic governance.

• Peter Mandelson is EU trade commissioner
peter.mandelson@ec.europa.eu

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Thursday, October 02, 2008

University renames ’gents’ as ’toilets with urinals’ - to avoid upsetting transgender students
Category: News and Politics

The Daily Mail

Anyone caught short at Manchester University will have to decide whether to use the 'toilets' or the 'toilets with urinals' after the women's and men's were re-named to avoided offending transgender students.

The change was made in the university's Students' Union after a number of transgender women claimed they were uncomfortable using men's loos.

A sign reading 'Toilets with urinals' was duly placed over the traditional 'stick man' symbol while a 'Toilets' sign replaced the women's graphic.

The gents sign on the toilets in Manchester University's Students Union building (below) has been plastered with a temporary sign to make it 'gender-neutral'

The university's women's officer Jennie Killip told the student newspaper, Student Direct: 'Toilets are very much, you know, for boys and for girls, so we've taken away that overtly gendered aspect.

'A trans-student who does not identify themselves as a man would have to face abuse and violence if they used the "other" toilet.'

Speaking to the BBC, she said: 'If you were born female, still present quite feminine, but define as a man you should be able to go into the men's toilets - if that's how you define.

'You don't necessarily have had to have gender reassignment surgery, but you could just define yourself as a man, feel very masculine in yourself, feel that in fact being a woman is not who you are.'

But some female students said they were unhappy with the decision.

One said: 'Girls might not want to use the same toilets as boys, so then you just end up with people complaining about that - so you can't really win.'

Another said: 'I personally wouldn't want to be in the same toilet as a man."

The university's newspaper last week criticised the new 'gender-neutral' facilities.

Almost 60 people, including Ms Killip, have signed a letter to the student newspaper criticising the editorial. .. --> E BO -->

Newspaper spokeswoman Susannah Birkwood said: 'The toilets have been provided for men who don't self identify as men and women who don't think of themselves as women.

'Whether or not this is political correctness gone mad… it certainly seems that way to some members of our student community.'

Writing on the paper's website one angry student said:

'I agree that this is a complete waste of time and money. I am sure the Union will now be flooded with complains from its female students about the state the toilets are left in by the men.'

It is unknown how many transgender or transexual students attend the university, nor how many had complained.

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Cartoon ’Villains’ Should Be Banned
Category: News and Politics

Sky News

Comment: I know this sounds incredibly stupid and so you're probably wondering why i'm posting this article. I have posted it BECAUSE of how stupid it is and how crazy society now is.

The Honey Monster, Tony The Tiger, and Snap, Crackle and Pop have been branded 'cartoon villains' by consumer watchdog Which? for failing to promote healthy eating in children.

Other well-loved characters under fire include Moo the Dairylea cow, Coco the Coco Pops monkey and Quicky the Nesquik Bunny.

The characters were named in a Which? report for not helping in the fight against childhood obesity and poor diet.

Out of 19 children's food company cartoon favourites, not one was found to promote healthier products, researchers for the consumer campaign group found.

The Cartoon League Table was compiled by Which? after a survey found that two-thirds of people believe food companies should not be allowed to use popular characters to advertise unhealthy food.

Among the "cartoon baddies" highlighted by researchers was Moo the Dairylea cow. Which? said manufacturer Kraft's cartoon creation was present across much of Dairylea packaging. But they pointed out that the cheese products are often high in saturated fat and salt.

Dairylea Lunchables chicken 'n' cheese wraps contain more than a third of the maximum amount of salt a seven to 10-year old should consume, Which? said.

Tony the Tiger, famed for his 'gr-r-reat!' catchphrase, was also ticked off by the watchdog. The long-serving tiger's product Frosties contain over a third sugar, Which? noted.

Campaigners called for the advertising industry to amend the existing self-regulatory CAP and BCAP codes to encourage firms to use popular characters to help in the fight against childhood obesity and diet-related disease.

Clare Corbett, food campaigner at Which?, said: "Cartoons are great fun for kids. We definitely don't want to see the end of popular characters like Tony the Tiger and the Honey Monster, but we do want to see them promoting healthier products.

"If the industry fails to act, the Government must step in."

Julian Hunt, director of communications at the Food and Drink Federation, said: "We are baffled as to why Which? wants to take all the fun out of food by banning popular brand characters, many of whom have been adding colour to our supermarket shelves for more than 80 years."

A spokesman for Dairylea said: "Parents need products that children like to eat and Dairylea is designed for - but not marketed to - children. We comply fully with UK marketing regulations, which are among the toughest anywhere in the world."

A spokesman for Kelloggs said: "Tony the Tiger first appeared on our cereals in the 1950s; Snap, Crackle & Pop appeared in the '30s and Coco the Monkey has been on our packaging for more than 20 years. These characters pre-date the childhood obesity problem we face. Banning characters such as Tony from advertising is not the magic bullet we all seek.

She added: "Over the past couple of years, we have fundamentally changed the way we market our products to engage families with promotions around healthy activities and family fun."

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Suicide teenager urged to jump by baying crowd
Category: News and Politics

A teenager jumped to his death after being egged on by a group of onlookers who were taking photographs and filming the tragedy on their mobile phones.

Shaun Dykes, 17, plunged from the top of a city centre car park after police negotiators spent three hours trying to talk him down.

A 300-strong crowd of had gathered underneath, with a few shouting abuse at him and urging him to jump. One teenager even yelled: "How far can you bounce?"

Eventually Shaun leapt 60 feet onto the pavement below, dying instantly.

Police said none of those who were shouting at him were actually committing an offence.

But Supt Andy Hough, of Derbyshire police, said it was a "disturbing and shocking reflection on society when people feel inclined to do that".

Police were called after Shaun, of Kilburn, Derbyshire, was stopped teetering on the edge of the roof of the Westfield shopping centre in Derby city centre on Saturday afternoon.

Friends said he had become depressed after a recent relationship break-up.

Witnesses said as police tried to talk him to safety, he kept looking down at those below who were taunting him.

Paul Kennedy, 36, a security guard who helped with crowd control during the incident, added: "There were horrible scenes that afternoon, with the crowd shouting some awful things at the poor young lad.

"The police did a fantastic job at the incident and were not helped by a baying crowd, some with children, calling for the lad to jump."

The incident has shocked the city's community leaders, who condemned those shouting.

The Mayor of Derby, Barbara Jackson, said: "The people who goaded that desperate man to do something so tragic should learn to show some respect."

The Bishop of Derby, the Rt Rev Dr Alastair Redfern, added: "I'm horrified by the actions of these people

"I hope they feel deeply ashamed. Here was a very troubled person crying out for help. What he needed was attention, not abuse."

Mike Shewan, chief executive of Derbyshire Mental Health Services NHS Trust, said: "We can't condemn this sort of behaviour strongly enough. No-one knows what was going on in his head, but encouraging him to jump is so wrong."

Shaun's parents were too upset to talk, but flowers and tributes were left at the scene by friends of the former John Flamsteed School pupil, who was studying at the Heanor Gate Science College.

Lindsey Reid, 17, Shaun's best friend since he was four, said: "He was the joker and smiled all the time.

"He was so funny and everyone knew him because he was so popular. Everyone's got memories of him and they're happy ones. He's not the sort of person you'd expect to do this."

Rebekah Minkley, 16, another friend, added: "Shaun didn't realise how many people loved him and are going to miss him."

Rob Howard, head of Heanor Gate, said: "He was a nice lad who clearly had personal issues outside school. At least one of them witnessed the shocking encouragement of Shaun to jump and were both horrified and angry."

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Monday, September 29, 2008

A View From Space - 27th September 2008 *FIXED*
Category: News and Politics

-Extreme Radio for Extreme Times-

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Sunday, September 28, 2008

One baby in 30 left alive after medical termination
Category: News and Politics

Daily Mail Online

One in 30 babies aborted for medical reasons is born alive, a study has found.

They lived for an average of 80 minutes - although in some cases foetuses survived for over six hours.

Most of the babies were born between 20 and 24 weeks of pregnancy, but some had been in the womb for as little as 17 weeks.

The figures, based on a study of West Midlands hospitals, has reignited the abortion debate, with pro-life campaigners demanding the time limit for terminations be cut.

Researchers looked at the outcome of 3,189 abortions performed on seriously handicapped foetuses at 20 hospitals between 1995 and 2004.

It showed that 102 - or around one in 30 - aborted for reasons such as Down's Syndrome and heart defects, were born alive.

Abortions are allowed to be carried out if the pregnancy is shown to have an adverse effect on the mental health and wellbeing of the mother up until the 24th week of pregnancy.

Beyond this point, the procedure is only sanctioned if the baby has a severe disability or if the mother's life is at risk.

The latest study, carried out by experts from the West Midlands Perinatal Institute and published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, showed that three per cent of aborted disabled babies were born alive.

Most of the abortions studied were medical abortions. These involve a women being given a series of pills, taken in two doses two days apart.

The first dose, a single tablet of mifepristone, blocks the pregnancy hormones that normally ensure the womb's lining holds on to the fertilised egg. The second dose, of four tablets containing hormone-like prostaglandins, triggers contractions and a miscarriage.

The death of the baby is a result of the trauma of the early birth, rather than the tablets itself, meaning, in rare occasions, some babies may survive the process.

From 22 weeks, the tablets should be preceded by a lethal injection into the baby's heart to ensure the baby is dead before the procedure goes any further.

If these babies are born alive, it suggests they weren't given the heart-stopping injection - perhaps because the doctor thought it would have been too traumatic for the mother. The figures follow several studies which show that babies born at 23 and 24 weeks are capable of surviving.

While there is no suggestion that any of the babies documented in the West Midlands study lived for more than a few hours, doctors in Norwich are currently treating a toddler born at 24 weeks after three botched terminations.

He was born three years ago and is still alive.

Campaigners said it was likely the Midlands figures were just the tip of the iceberg as the region only accounts for around a tenth of the babies born in the country each year.

In addition, the study only looked at babies whose lives were ended because of disability.

However, most abortions are carried out on 'healthy' babies for social reasons. Julia Millington of the pro-life group Alive and Kicking said: "This can't just be happening in the West Midlands.

"It begs the question of how many healthy babies must be surviving? It would suggest the true figure must be much higher.

"With live births after abortion occurring in 18 out of the 20 maternity units in the West Midlands alone, it is difficult to comprehend the numbers of babies around the country left fighting for their lives."

Babies born alive after abortion are entitled to medical care. However, anti-abortion campaigners claim that some are so unwanted, they are simply left to die.

The Department of Health said that key medical associations agreed that the time limit for abortion did not need to be changed.

• Thirty years ago, Gianna Jessen's mother had an abortion when seven-and-a-half months pregnant.

The abortion failed and, 18 hours later, Gianna (pictured) was born alive.

She suffered cerebral palsy as a result of the botched abortion, yet has defied doctors' predictions that she would never walk.

In fact she has run a marathon, is an accomplished singer and writer and travels the world to campaign against abortion.

Her mother was 17 when she decided to have the abortion. Weighing 2lbs when she was born, she spent several months in hospital fighting for her life, before being placed in a foster home.

Her cerebral palsy, which was caused by her brain being starved of oxygen during the abortion, was diagnosed at 17 months old. Doctors said she would never be able to crawl or even sit-up unaided, much less stand or walk.

Now, after several operations and years of physiotherapy she has proved them wrong. Gianna does not know why her natural mother chose to abort her.

She said: "If abortion is about women's rights, then what were my rights?

"No decision is solely yours to make. All decisions affect another human being - whether it is for good or for ill.

"If people are going to talk about abortion, then it's important for them to know that these babies can be born alive and survive."

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Metairie legislator proposes sterilization for poor women
Category: News and Politics

Associated Press

State Representative John LaBruzzo of Metairie said many of his constituents are tired of paying for children from poor families and that is why he is considering proposing legislation that would pay women on government assistance $1,000 if they choose to be sterilized.

"You have these people who are just fed up with working their buns off to try to provide for their own family and being forced by the government o provide for others' families who just want to have unlimited kids," he said.

LaBruzzo said he is studying voluntary sterilization for women whose sole financial support comes from the government in the form of welfare or other public assistance. His idea would be to give the women $1,000 if they had their tubes tied.

His proposal has come under harsh criticism by some civil rights groups.

The ACLU called it a misguided and mean-spirited attempt to eliminate poverty by eliminating the poor.

LaBruzzo said his office has been flooded by emails, many supporting his position.

"We have more in favor, saying, 'good job, keep it going.'" he said. "Of course we have a lot saying you're going in the wrong direction."

LaBruzzo said that in addition to the sterilization of women, he would consider vasectomies for welfare dads and tax incentives for higher income families with children in private schools.

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Saturday, September 27, 2008

Brown wants new global financial order
Category: News and Politics

UNITED NATIONS: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called Friday for "a new global financial order" to resolve the financial crisis currently roiling world markets.

In his address before the U.N. General Assembly, Brown said the world was facing the "first real financial crisis" of the global era and that it required an international solution.

"The international institutions created in the aftermath of World War II have not kept pace with the changing global economy. We need national regulators to be cooperative, rules and principles to be consistent and international movements of capital to be transparent," Brown said.

He said the immediate priority was to stabilize financial markets and then work to rebuild the world financial system around clear principles, including increased transparency, regulation, responsibility and global oversight of international capital flows.

"For we must build a new global financial order founded on transparency, not opacity, rewarding success not excess, responsibility, not impunity, and which is global not national," Brown said. "We must clearly state that the age of irresponsibility must be end."

Britain is dealing with the current credit crunch by making over 100 billion pounds (US$184 billion) available and extending a special liquidity scheme until the end of Jan. 2009, Brown said.

The country has also placed a temporary ban on short-selling.

Brown bemoaned wildly fluctuating oil prices and called for a restart of the stalled Doha round of World Trade Organization talks.

The Doha talks broke down earlier this year after rich nations were unable to reach agreement with developing nations over these agricultural tariffs and subsidies.

On Friday, Brown called for the removal of protectionist trade barriers and subsidies, which he acknowledged denied developing countries some US$15 billion in agricultural income each year.

At end of the year, Brown said he would host a global energy summit in London.

Finally, he warned against a tendency toward isolationism in the face of the current crises involving food, fuels and world finance.

"Some say in a time of difficulty we should look inwards and cut aid. That we have excuse for tolerating famine, or for walking by on the other side," Brown said. "Now is not the time to pull up the drawbridge. To seek solace in isolation or revert to an outdated and futile protectionism."

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Sunday, September 21, 2008

A View From Space - 20th September 2008
Category: News and Politics

-Extreme Radio for Extreme Times-

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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

A View From Space - 13th September 2008
Category: News and Politics

-Extreme Radio for Extreme Times-

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Sunday, September 07, 2008

A View From Space - 6th September 2008
Category: News and Politics

-Extreme Radio for Extreme Times-

A View from Space w/ Gary Bell aka The Spaceman

Gary Bell has been kicked off radio stations for airing the information on his show. The Spaceman or Space, talks mostly about history, but woven with a Biblical and a conspiratorial view, he involves his audience in the show to depths others only aspire to.

www.640toronto.com/station/station_schedule.cfm

PART ONE

This week Spaceman talks about: Poseidon/Neptune/Apollo, TSMS Lakonia, Oracle of Delphi, JFK and the mainstream media's control of info, Apollo mission, Kennedy family, celebrity deaths, MS Oranje/Angelina Lauro (ship), Achille Lauro, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Zapruder film and the Warren Commission, Roger Mudd of CBS and NBC, the Antichrist, Left-handedness, Obama, Venus astrological events, religion, computers, cellphones, microwave radiation, Swiss atomic particle collider, Bistea Neptunis

Enjoy!

Contact the Spaceman:
spaceman@640toronto.com

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