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(7.17.09) — New research shows that unborn babies can begin to utilize short-term memory in as little as 30 weeks.

CALGARY — Mocking RCMP efforts, a chilling new letter from the EnCana pipelines bomber warns the Calgary energy giant to start shutting down northeastern B.C. operations within three months or face ramped-up attacks.

The acts of sabotage will “get a lot worse,” says the angry screed sent Wednesday to a Dawson Creek newspaper.

The second letter linked to the past few months’ six bombings of EnCana wellheads and pipelines, its author taunts Mounties over an investigation that stalled earlier this year after several potential suspects were crossed off the list.

“We can all have a summer vacation, including your security personnel and the RCMP, who have not helped you to date anyway,” says the letter after declaring a moratorium on the bombings until the deadline expires.

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Swine flu is spreading across the world, with the total number of confirmed cases now over 100,000. Some experts claim the virus is man-made. Nicolle Kardell, a legal analyst elaborates.

Congressman Ron Paul and 263 other members of Congress are demanding an investigation into the U.S. Federal Reserve system, igniting a battle between members of Congress and the American financial elite, who say auditing the Fed would result in ‘grave consequences’. The Federal Reserve is one of the most powerful financial institutions in the world, and many experts say, one of the most secretive. Ron Paul and other lawmakers say they won’t give up until they know for sure what the Fed is doing behind closed doors.

The new Edition in The Loose Change Series is Coming Out in Sept. 09

Sex Offenders Living Under Bridge In Miami Beach

An American race-hate watchdog claims there’s growing neo-Nazi activity within the country’s armed forces.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) — Explosions tore through two luxury hotels Friday morning in south Jakarta, Indonesia.

Antara News, a state-run agency, said at least six people were killed and a number of others were wounded.

“Up to now, six people were killed, and tens of others were injured, but the number of the victims might change as identification process is still going on,” Senior Commissioner Chysnanda, a spokesman of the Jakarta police, said, according to Antara.

It quotes a witness as saying he saw four foreigners among the wounded.

The Ritz-Carlton hotel was to have accommodated soccer players from Manchester United of Britain, who are expected to arrive Saturday in Jakarta on Saturday.

The victims were taken to nearby MMC Hospital and Jakarta Hospital, the agency reported.

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Hassan Qashqavi condemns the Israeli plan to change the Arabic names of the Palestinian cities.

Iran’s objection comes after the Israeli Ministry of Transport and Road Safety decided to change all Arab names of Palestinian towns and cities, including Al-Quds, into Hebrew names.

Qashqavi referred to Israel’s decision as “a symbol of the racism practiced by Tel Aviv,” saying “This policy is taking place in line with Israel’s Judaization plan and aims at wiping out the historical and cultural identity of al-Quds.”

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OTTAWA – Canada’s privacy watchdog says Internet phenomenon Facebook breaches the law by keeping users’ personal information indefinitely – even after members close their accounts.

Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart says the popular social networking site should hang on to the data only for as long as truly necessary.

In a report Thursday, Stoddart urged Facebook to remedy the problem, one of several serious privacy shortfalls she discovered.

Facebook, which has nearly 12 million Canadian users, allows people to keep in touch with friends and family by updating their personal pages with fresh messages and photos.

Stoddart said although Facebook provides information about its privacy practices, it is often confusing or incomplete.

“It’s clear that privacy issues are top of mind for Facebook, and yet we found serious privacy gaps in the way the site operates,” Stoddart said in a statement.

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(CNSNews.com) - There is a knock at the front door. Peeking through the window, a mother sees a man and a woman, both in uniform. They are agents of health-care reform.

“Excuse me, ma’am,” says the man. “Our records show that your eleven-year-old daughter has not been immunized for genital warts.”

“And your four-year-old still needs the chicken-pox vaccine,” says the woman.

“He will not be allowed to start kindergarten unless he gets that shot, you know,” says the man—smiling from ear to ear.

“So, can we please come in?” asks the woman. “We have the vaccines right here,” she says, lifting up a black medical bag. “We can give your kids the shots right now.”

“We are from the government,” says the man, “and we’re here to help.”

Is this a scene from the over-heated imagination of an addlepated conspiracy theorist? Or is it something akin to what is actually envisioned by the health-care reform bill approved this week by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee.

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JERUSALEM (CNN) — A report from an Israeli advocacy group based on what it says is the testimony of several unnamed Israeli soldiers accuses the Israeli military of intentionally putting Palestinian civilians at risk during its recent operation in Gaza.

The report, released Wednesday from a group called “Breaking the Silence” — which includes former Israeli soldiers — has been dismissed by the Israeli military as slanderous.

In the 110-page report, the group said some of the 26 soldiers interviewed said they used Palestinians as human shields during the military’s more than two-week long ground operation in Gaza earlier this year.

“In some cases a civilian would be forced to walk in front of soldier while the soldier places his gun barrel on the civilian’s shoulder,” the report states.

Other soldiers talk about destroying buildings even though the structures posed no direct threat. They also said that white phosphorus was used in densely populated areas and describe the rules of engagement as “permissive.”

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Canada’s spy agency ignored human rights principles when questioning a teenage Canadian suspect held at the US military prison on Guantanamo Bay, a Canadian review panel has said.

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) also failed to give full consideration to possible mistreatment of Omar Khadr by US officers at the prison, the report said.

“Security Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC) believes that CSIS failed to take into account that, while in US custody, Khadr had been denied certain basic rights which would have been afforded to him as a youth,” the report, released on Wednesday, said.

The report emerged on the same day that Khadr and three other detainees faced military commission hearings at Guantanamo Bay.

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