The world in turmoil: A days news, no wonder we are on overload

A Dutch mayor says the death toll in the shopping mall shooting outside Amsterdam has increased to six, including the gunman who opened fire with an automatic weapon.

A last-minute budget deal forged amid bluster and tough bargaining averted an embarrassing federal shutdown, cut billions in spending and provided the first major test of the divided government that voters ushered in five months ago.

Thousands of protesters turned their anger on the army on Saturday demanding that Egypt's ruling military council hand power to civilians and pressing for former President Hosni Mubarak to be put on trial.

Forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo, besieged in Ivory Coast's main city, have retaken ground and are edging closer to where rival presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara is holed up, the United Nations said.

Fighting erupted on the eastern front in Libya's civil war on Saturday as a Red Cross ship brought medical supplies to the besieged western city of Misrata, scene of bitter street battles.

A Japanese power company executive apologized on Saturday for spreading radiation into the air and sea as regulators said the pumping of radioactive water into waters off Japan from a crippled nuclear plant would end one day later than planned. The apology from Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) came a ...

About 230,000 Icelandic voters went to the polls Saturday to approve or reject a renegotiated deal to compensate Britain and The Netherlands over the 2008 collapse of Icesave bank. The latest opinion polls put the "no" vote on the 3.9 billion euro ($5.6 billion) deal slightly in ...

500lb Newry bomb 'sophisticated' Police say that a van left under the main Belfast to Dublin road in Northern Ireland contained a "very substantial" bomb.

- Joint U.S.-Pakistan intelligence operations have been halted since late January, a senior Pakistani intelligence officer said, reflecting strain in a relationship seen as crucial to combating militants and the war in Afghanistan.

EU finance ministers Saturday urged Portugal to commit to structural reform and defended the region's austerity steps, as thousands of European workers gathered in Budapest to protest against spending cuts.

Fresh violence feared as residents in Daraa prepare to bury those killed in Friday's firing by security forces.

JEWISH settlers go on a rampage in the West Bank hurling stones at houses and torching a car, witnesses say.

MORE than 60 people evacuated from an oil platform off Norway's west coast after operator Statoil received reports of a gas leak.

Death toll rises as the Israeli Government says airstrikes on Hamas targets in Gaza will continue. Eighteen people, mainly civilians but also some militants, have been…

Brazil mourns murdered Rio pupils as the first funerals have been held in Brazil for the 12 children killed by a gunman in a Rio de Janeiro school on Thursday.

China' Poland and Russia were also part of this mess and numerous stories covering every aspect of our growing mess with not one positive story. This is our future and it will get worse sadly enough. Relax and have a nice day!


James Joiner
Gardner, Ma
http://anaverageamericanpatriot.blogspot.com

Libya rebels slam NATO for abandoning them as they attack the Ivory Coast: They pledge to save Libyan's

Live feed: Ivory Coast crisis

Ivory Coast: United Nations launch air strikes on Laurent Gbagbo I was wondering when they were going to get around to this. I guess this answers the rebels question of What happened to the UN?

NATO, accused of mission failure by Libya's rebels, vowed Wednesday to do all to protect civilians in Misrata as France pledged to open a sea corridor to the besieged Mediterranean city.

UN action in Ivory Coast an 'assassination bid'

Forces loyal to Ivory Coast's elected President Alassane Ouattara stormed the residence of his rival Laurent Gbagbo Wednesday, an Ouattara spokeswoman said, potentially heralding the end of a bloody conflict in the West African country.

World must stay the course in Libya: Rudd Not the one they are currently on!

Libya rebels slam NATO, regime wants talks

US Defense Chief in Saudi Arabia to Discuss Mideast Unrest

I understand the Middle East and Africa is exploding but firmly believe our interference over the course of over a century is why. We are responsible for all this and at this point I really do not understand what NATO and the US is doing. They are panicking , floundering, misdirected, and trying to take on more than they can handle. This has all taken on a life of its own and is beyond our control. This entire breakdown is still barely beginning.

What's new as Trafigura fined €1m for illegally exporting hazardous waste to Africa, remember our Somali pirates?

It is about time as London based oil-trading company Trafigura was ordered to pay a fine of 1 million Euros ($1.3 million) for illegally dumping chemical waste in the Ivory Coast in 2006.You may remember the United Nations says the dumping killed 15 people and sickened about 100,000 others.The fine was issued by a Dutch court because the ship carrying the waste belonging to Trafigura departed from the Port of Amsterdam otherwise they would have continued to get away with it.

Trafigura lied about what they were dumping and had wrongly described the waste as routine slops from ordinary tank-cleaning. Residents complained about the foul smell, and 30,000 Africans were made ill when the toxic waste was dumped and who needed medical treatment. the export of waste and toxic waste dumping to the third world and harming the environment has been regulated as this has been going on for years.

A multimillion-dollar settlement was reached in September last year between Trafigura and the law firm representing people who claimed they had become sick from the toxic waste. Of course despite the settlement, Trafigura denies any responsibility for the actions of the contractor that dumped the waste. No one is responsible, what's new? Trafigura fined €1m for illegally exporting hazardous waste to Africa

I have yet to find out exactly what they were dumping but do you remember our conversations about our Somali pirates and how we created them by killing their livelihood with the illegal dumping of hazardous waste? I hope you read it at his link but I knew the fishing industry died however I did not know we killed it by dumping nuclear and other industrial waste there.

Somali war lords were bought off to dump hazardous waste in their waters. A Swiss firm called Achair Partners, and an Italian waste company called Progresso, made a deal with Ali Mahdi, that they could dump containers of waste material in Somali waters. These European companies were said to be paying Warlords about $3 a ton, where as to properly dispose of waste in Europe costs about $1000 a ton. Why we don't condemn our Somali pirates

I heard the fish were dead there and the fishermen took to pirating but it figures someone has been dumping nuclear and other toxic waste there. I do not blame them for pirating but stealing stuff is one thing. Ransoming for millions and disrupting the world is another but we disrupted them. They are supporting whole villages. I don't know what the answer is. They even take ships that are feeding their people. What do you do avoid the area and let them starve? I don't know!

It really bothers me that it seems whenever I delve into something it is always capitalism behind the problem. We keep hearing the virtues of Capitalism but our own problems and I am seeing around the world are caused by Capitalism run Amok. The great system of Capitalism is destroying our world. We have got to reign it in and control it. I was concerned with Bush's warmongering and the world marshaling forces to take him on. I was concerned about Israel instigating war too thinking they were the worlds primary problem. I thought they were controlling the US and we were going to end up destroying the world at their bid.

* We are so brain washed we never hear or see the truth. I noticed behind every frigging conflict including Gaza and Georgia and Afghanistan was oil and other energy sources so I jus took the normal course of blaming all our problems on oil and other energy sources as the world postured to move into the future. Stupid me! In regard to our problems here I keep saying we see the enemy and he is us but son of a gun it is! We are the problem of the entire world. Capitalism! It is out of control and will destroy the world unless we reign it in. What say you!

James Joiner
Gardner, Ma
http://anaverageamericanpatriot.blogspot.com