March 27, 2012, Sardinian workers are protesting the planned closing of Alcoa’s Portovesme aluminum smelter on the island of Sardinia. The move could cost Italy the loss of at least 1,500 jobs.
U.S. media last reported that U.S. based Alcoa was making a deal with union workers to keep the factory open, however, European media says […] Continue Reading…
On March 26, 2012, U.S. President Barack Obama declared a trade war with Argentina. This comes two days after Argentina sponsored a mission to increase trade relations with the U.S.
Obama says Argentine companies own two U.S. companies, Azurix and Blue Ridge, $300 million USD. Obama dropped Argentina from “trade preferences”, which essentially put the South […] Continue Reading…
U.S./NATO/ISAF officials said that on the morning of March 27, a NATO soldier was killed after stepping on a mine (aka roadside bomb, IED) in southern Afghanistan. They did not give the exact location or what country the NATO soldier was from.
ISAF and Afghan government forces claim to have killed and captured more allies […] Continue Reading…
On March 21, 2012, a candidate running for the office of President of France, told interviewers that: “No, not all her fortune. There are many other sources, but it’s a series of trafficking operations within which, yes, there were drugs.”-Jacques Cheminade
Now, March 26, 2012, the U.K.’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) is backing up Cheminade’s […] Continue Reading…
“There is a ‘sudden and sharp’ rise in the transmissibility of the swine flu virus this month. Usually, the virus transmission is not more than 1 or 2% during March. It is something unusual.”-A C Mishra, India’s National Institute of Virology
Indian health officials now reporting 211 cases from 5 states, and 16 deaths so […] Continue Reading…
March 27, 2012, Tokyo Electric officials say strontium 90 is pouring into the Pacific Ocean, from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant!
The latest leak was discovered March 26. It’s coming from above ground tanks, which are holding radioactive water. They also admit leaks are coming from pipes connecting the water tanks.
On March 26, TEPCo […] Continue Reading…
“There were 60-70 people in the park and no one had a gun. Everyone was just out there to hang out, that’s it!”-Leo Coleman, witness
On March 21, 2012, an off duty Chicago cop shot a 22 year old black woman. She died the next day.
To make things worse, the off duty cop was actually […] Continue Reading…
“…she was hit with some kind of a tool about eight times in the head. She was knocked on the floor and was found in a pool of blood.”-Hanif Mohebi, San Diego chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations
A 32 year old woman, and mother of five children was beaten, stabbed and left to […] Continue Reading…
“There are just too many parties who have real interests that Gaddafi doesn’t talk, that he should be silenced forever.”-Mahmoud Jibril, former Interim Prime Minister Libyan NTC
In an exclusive interview with Russia Today, Jibril said Gaddafi was not killed under NTC orders, they wanted him alive. He says it was Western Powers (United States […] Continue Reading…
March, 26, 2012, several U.S./NATO/ISAF troops being killed by Afghan government forces, or police officers!
British media reporting at least two British troops killed by a man who “tricked” his way onto a British base in Helmand Province. He was killed by U.K. troops.
Afghan officials say the man traveled from Nangarhar Province, and had been […] Continue Reading…