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Why Is the Weather So Crazy?

Submitted by radioecoshock on Thu, 19/12/2013 - 10:19am

It takes a lot of nerve to talk about global warming just after a blast of Arctic weather in the Northern Hemisphere. Of course Australia is into another hot one. But all our furnaces, air-conditioners, cars, and factories churn out even more warming gases day in and day out. It's going to catch up to us. Scientists report big changes are already occurring, well ahead of previous predictions.

We're back with one of our go-to guys on the cutting edge. Paul Beckwith has two Masters Degrees and is working on his Doctorate in climate science at the University of Ottawa.

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"I spy with my little eye" [ audio ]

Submitted by huxwell on Wed, 18/12/2013 - 9:36am

The era of Snowdon chronicled with sources from news media, movie excerpts, related songs and parodies

http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/73276/81026/93154/?url=h...

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"The Abbotts" from 98.9 FM Indigenous Radio Brisbane -

Most non-news clips can be found uncut on youtube - keywords:
espionage, espionage history, secrecy, NSA songs, NSA parody, I spy with my little eye

Movie excerpts: Cypher, The Company, The spy who came in from the cold, Marvel's SHIELD agents, The spying game, Rise of the machines

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Predatory Hedge Funds and Argentina Face Supreme Court Showdown in Landmark Global Poverty Case

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 18/12/2013 - 4:31am

Argentina is expected to appeal to the US Supreme Court by mid-February in response to a US 2nd Circuit Court ruling ordering the country to pay $1.33 billion to predatory hedge funds. The precedent the case sets will hurt poor countries in financial distress and could allow a small group of hedge funds to target assets that benefit vulnerable populations. At the same time, debt holders who restructured their debt with Argentina have hired lawyers to help negotiate the dispute between holdout hedge funds and Argentina.

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human rights

solidarity

International news and opinion

Global trend to end death penalty is accelerating dramatically.

Submitted by ACADP on Tue, 17/12/2013 - 9:05pm

China, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and the USA are among the world's most prolific executioners. There have been recent executions or resumptions of death sentences after de facto moratoriums in countries such as India, Indonesia, Kuwait and Nigeria.

Which country will be the last to abolish the death penalty?

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WGAR News: French Government presents human rights award to Indigenous Social Justice Association

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 16/12/2013 - 3:22pm

Newsletter date: 17 December 2013

Contents:

* Indigenous Social Justice Association (ISJA) open letter: Tenth anniversary of TJ Hickey death
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: French Government presents human rights laureate to the Indigenous Social Justice Association
* YouTube: French government recognises Indigenous human rights - NITV SBS

* Deaths In Custody Watch Commitee WA: Build Communities Not Prisons Campaign

* Aboriginal Legal Service of WA: ALSWA hopes report will lead to Aboriginal people being In Safe Custody

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First Country on earth to fully legalise Marijuana

Submitted by 2060 on Sat, 14/12/2013 - 5:23pm

Uruguay: Lawmakers Authorize Marijuana Production And Sales.

Cannabis will be sold in stores for $1 per gram.

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Sydney

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marijuana

The Shortwave Report 12/13/13 Listen Globally!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 13/12/2013 - 11:46am

Dear Radio Friend,
The latest Shortwave Report (December 13) is up at the website http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (128kb)(27MB), broadcast quality (16MB), and quickdownload or streaming form (6MB) (28:59) Links at page bottom
(If you have access to Audioport there is a highest quality version posted up there {35MB} http://www.audioport.org/index.php?op=producer-info&uid=904&nav=&)

NEW PODCAST!!!- feed://www.outfarpress.com/podcast.xml (128kb Highest Quality)

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International news and opinion

shortwave

China Radio International

Radio Havana Cuba

Voice of Russia

Spanish National Radio

Radio Deutsche-Welle

NHK Japan National Radio

De Pod 2013-12-07 [ audio ]

Submitted by huxwell on Thu, 12/12/2013 - 3:28pm

https://archive.org/download/Depod20131207/depod20131207.mp3

Nachrichten Kommentar von Australien

Australien, Asien, Europa, US und die Massenmedien unter der Lupe

21:09 min 128 kbps stereo 19.3 MB

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Australia

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german language news commentary

The WTO pushes through bad deal; Developed countries and TNCs are the big winners

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 11/12/2013 - 9:55pm

Bali, Indonesia - The 9th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) pushed through a Bali Package in the final hours, extending the Conference to December 7, but at the cost of the developing countries, the poor and the hungry.

Facilitating Trade for TNCs

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International news and opinion

Major uranium leak endangers Kakadu - but played down

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 09/12/2013 - 7:11am

Gerry Georgatos - courtesy of The Stringer - http://thestringer.com.au/ - A million litres of radioactive slurry has contaminated Kakadu National Park from a burst tank at Ranger uranium mine. It is a significant toxic accident but it has surprisingly generated relatively minimal news coverage. It took the local Traditional Owners to break the news to Australia.

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