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UN Vote Clears Way For US-NATO Attack On Libya
By Bill Van Auken

http://www.countercurrents.org/auken180311.htm

The resolution, sponsored by the US, France, Britain and Lebanon, goes far beyond earlier proposals for a no-fly zone, authorizing the use of military force including "all necessary measures … to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack."


Japan Contemplates 'Chernobyl Solution'
For Nuclear Disaster
By The Journal

http://www.countercurrents.org/journal180311.htm

That solution would involve effectively burying the plant with sand and concrete to seal it off from the outside world – a tactic which, as the name suggests, was used at the Chernobyl power plant in the Ukraine after its explosion in 1986


A Nuclear Warning From Japan We Cannot Ignore
By Christian Parenti

http://www.countercurrents.org/parenti180311.htm

Only governments in places like China and India—unconcerned about making a profit on investments—build new nuclear plants


Learning From Disaster After Sendai
By Richard Falk

http://www.countercurrents.org/falk180311.htm

Is it possible that the nuclear meltdown in Japan is linked to a Faustian bargain with the West?


Torturing Bradley Manning
By Stephen Lendman

http://www.countercurrents.org/lendman180311A.htm

Manning is being emotionally destroyed, assuring his inability to defend himself properly at trial. The Pentagon plans it, besides extracting vengeance and warning other whistleblowers what they'll face if they dare emulate him. Obama very much concurs, showing he's as lawless as Bush


Aristide Is Back In #Haiti
By Sharif Kouddous

http://www.countercurrents.org/kouddous180311.htm

This post is collated from the tweets of Democracy Now's Sharif Kouddous @sharifkouddous, who was at the reception


Aristide Heading Home
By Stephen Lendman

http://www.countercurrents.org/lendman180311.htm

For millions of Haitians who love him, they've awaited this moment for over seven years. A joyous welcome is planned


Nukes, Wikileaks And Corruption :
PM Must Reveal Truth To Nation
By NAPM

http://www.countercurrents.org/napm180311.htm

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement after the nuclear disaster in Japan that there is no need to be panicky as India will take all safety measures is not only amateurish but also lacks wisdom


Google Takes On Climate Change Skeptics
With New Technology Effort
By Maria Gallucci

http://www.countercurrents.org/Gallucci180311.htm

Google has brought together a team of 21 climate researchers to improve the way the science of global warming is communicated using new media


Fukushima: The Nuclear Martingale
By Ugo Bardi

http://www.countercurrents.org/bardi180311.htm

Maybe this is exactly what we are doing with civilisation: playing the martingale. We are hedging small risks by developing technologies, regulations, laws, and controls, all in order to keep society together. But the risk is the improbable, but eventually unavoidable, total collapse. The biggest black swan of all


Earth's Limits: Why Growth Won't Return -
Climate Change, Pollution, Accidents,
Environmental Decline, And Natural Disasters
By Richard Heinberg

http://www.countercurrents.org/heinberg180311.htm

The current tragic events in Japan bring an extra poignancy to this, the final excerpt from Chapter 3 of Richard Heinberg's new book 'The End of Growth'. In this section Richard discusses the role of Climate Change, Pollution, Accidents, Environmental Decline, and Natural Disasters as a limitation to economic growth


American And British Arms Used To Kill
Peaceful Bahrainis
By Bahrain Freedom Movement

http://www.countercurrents.org/bfm180311.htm

The use of the American-made and supplied Apache helicopter gunships, the British-made and supplied tear gas canisters and guns and various other weapons has exposed the catastrophic moral and ethical downfall of all involved in the attack on the unarmed civilians of Bahrain


U.S. Love Affair with Murderous Dictators
And Hate For Democracy
By Ghali Hassan

http://www.countercurrents.org/hassan180311.htm

Millions of people around the world are overwhelmed and encouraged by the popular uprisings against U.S.-imposed dictatorship regimes in the Arab world. Yet what is lacking is any serious examination of the complicity of the U.S. government and its allies in supporting murderous regimes. Far from promoting stability and democracy, the U.S. is the source of instability and an enemy of democracy


Dear Yanni, Please Write A New Earth Ethic
By Mary Hamer, M.D.

http://www.countercurrents.org/hamer180311.htm

I appeal to you & your wisdom to write a New Earth Ethic. Please compose a collection of songs in a concert format with a full orchestra, written in a grand epic style -- dedicated to the planet Earth


"One Blue Sky Above Us"
By Kathy Kelly

http://www.countercurrents.org/kelly180311.htm

A movement for peace in Afghanistan


Pursuing Peace In Afghanistan
By Pat Kennelly

http://www.countercurrents.org/kennelly180311.htm

Last week, General Petraeus testified before Congress that the war in Afghanistan is making progress. While Petraeus may believe his comments, the situation on the ground contradicts his statements


An Uncomfortable Read: The Story of
Dr Binayak Sen
By Diana Mavroleon & Agrotosh Mookerjee

http://www.countercurrents.org/mookerjee180311.htm

The plight of Dr Binayak Sen is of such an extreme nature that even the most abstract and vivid of imaginations is stretched to its absolute limit


Human Security And Protection Of Rights Of Kashmiri People Under Pakistani Administration
By Dr Shabir Choudhry

http://www.countercurrents.org/choudhry180311.htm

Speech of Dr Shabir Choudhry in Geneva on 17th March 2011, in a Seminar arranged by Interfaith International


Is Bhoomi Puja By State A Secular Act?
By Ram Puniyani

http://www.countercurrents.org/puniyani180311.htm

Last few decades identification of Hindu religious practices has been accepted as the state norms and this needs to be given a rethinking


Indian Muslim Middle-Class Must Play
A More Active Leadership Role: Asghar Ali Engineer
By Yoginder Sikand

http://www.countercurrents.org/sikand180311.htm

Noted Islamic scholar and social activist Asghar Ali Engineer heads the Mumbai-based Institute of Islamic Studies and the Centre for the Study of Secularism and Society. In this interview with Yoginder Sikand, he reflects on various aspects of the Indian Muslim leadership


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