RSS Builder by B!Soft The Daily Irritant from Holology.com http://www.holology.com/news.html World news headlines Categories: Comment, Conflict, Culture, Economy, Environment, Health, Politics, Science, Security, Tech, Various en-us Freydis@holology.com Freydis@holology.com Freydis, 2008 The Daily Irritant from Holology.com http://www.holology.com/news.html http://www.holology.com/holo_logo.gif 'Komodo dragon disappearing from natural habitat' Fri, 5 Sep 2008 15:51:24 -0500 http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/komodo-dragon-disappearing-from-natural-habitat-919125.html Environment 'Distant object found orbiting Sun backwards' Fri, 5 Sep 2008 15:46:28 -0500 http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14669-distant-object-found-orbiting-sun-backwards-.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=specrt14_head_Backwards orbit Science 'How the Taliban gave a French lesson' Fri, 5 Sep 2008 15:45:48 -0500 http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JI04Df05.html Conflict Georgia electronically integrated into NATO Fri, 5 Sep 2008 15:43:34 -0500 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4678456.ece Conflict 'Soldiers' Suicide Rate On Pace to Set Record' Fri, 5 Sep 2008 13:27:16 -0500 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/04/AR2008090403333.html Health Israel haven for slave trade Thu, 4 Sep 2008 16:36:48 -0500 http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JI05Ak01.html Security 'Elephants show flair for arithmetic' Thu, 4 Sep 2008 16:35:35 -0500 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4660924.ece Science Cheney on bear-baiting tour, promises Georgia in NATO Thu, 4 Sep 2008 16:34:43 -0500 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080904/ap_on_go_pr_wh/georgia_us;_ylt=A9G_R3A0U8BIXWIB1AVvaA8F Conflict 'False notes for the Grand Old Party' Thu, 4 Sep 2008 16:30:27 -0500 http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/JI03Aa01.html Comment U$/NATO sponsored mercenaries return to Fiji, stir unrest Thu, 4 Sep 2008 16:28:49 -0500 http://www.japanfocus.org/_Andre_Vltchek-Fiji___s_Mercenary_Military__the_US_and_the_Politics_of_Coup_D___tat Culture Ecuador rejects U$ military presence and base Thu, 4 Sep 2008 16:26:27 -0500 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/03/AR2008090303289.html Politics New! Nihilism the book, by Freydis, now available Wed, 3 Sep 2008 20:07:14 -0500 http://www.lulu.com/content/3425986 Various 'Galactic supercrash proves rarity of antimatter' Wed, 3 Sep 2008 16:39:11 -0500 http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14650-galactic-supercrash-proves-rarity-of-antimatter.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news9_head_dn14650 Science U$/NATO ground war bleeds into Pakistan Wed, 3 Sep 2008 16:37:24 -0500 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/03/pakistan.afghanistan1 Conflict 'Sun's face virtually spot-free for months' Wed, 3 Sep 2008 16:34:53 -0500 http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14652-suns-face-virtually-spotfree-for-months.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news8_head_dn14652 Science Former AG Gonzales violated rulse for secret documents Wed, 3 Sep 2008 16:31:26 -0500 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/washington/03justice.html?hp Politics 'Border drug wars threaten U.S.' Wed, 3 Sep 2008 16:29:58 -0500 http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/sep/03/mexican-drug-wars-threaten-us/ Conflict 'Extraordinary rendition, extraordinary mistake' Wed, 3 Sep 2008 16:27:07 -0500 http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JI04Df01.html Security 'Seawater greenhouses to bring life to the desert' Tue, 2 Sep 2008 16:27:15 -0500 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/sep/02/alternativeenergy.solarpower Tech Mammoth skull discovered in France Tue, 2 Sep 2008 16:25:42 -0500 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7592317.stm Science 'Danger grows of NATO-Russian clash in Black Sea' Tue, 2 Sep 2008 16:22:44 -0500 http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/sep2008/bsea-s01.shtml Conflict 'Nearby star may be swarming with comets' Mon, 1 Sep 2008 15:55:47 -0500 http://space.newscientist.com/article/mg19926714.500-nearby-star-may-be-swarming-with-comets.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news6_head_mg19926714.500 Science Georgia used cluster bombs during assault on South Ossetia Mon, 1 Sep 2008 15:51:56 -0500 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/01/georgia.russia Security NATO attack kills children in Afghanistan, anger mounts Mon, 1 Sep 2008 15:51:26 -0500 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080901/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan;_ylt=A9G_RzrQVLxIPgYB9gdvaA8F Conflict 'Scientists fear impact of Asian pollutants on U.S.' Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:16:06 -0500 http://www.mcclatchydc.com/226/story/51148.html Environment 'Christians hide in forests as Hindu mobs ransack villages' Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:14:59 -0500 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/31/india.religion Culture Pakistan: Five women buried alive for wanting to choose own husbands Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:12:26 -0500 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26469519/ Culture Iraq in ruins, controlled by religious militias Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:12:08 -0500 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26466157/ Conflict 'Israel tightens grip on West Bank's Jordan Valley' Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:11:48 -0500 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080830/ap_on_re_mi_ea/mideast_valley_of_strife;_ylt=A9G_RnqPCLtIaLkApQpvaA8F Various Another U.S. bank collapses Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:41:23 -0500 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082903262.html Economy 'Why is the FDA looking the other way on Chinese food imports?' Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:52:51 -0500 http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2008/09/exit-strategy-the-chinavores-dilemma.html Health Military gov't attacks protesting workers in Bangladesh Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:44:40 -0500 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080830/wl_sthasia_afp/bangladeshgarmentsprotest;_ylt=A9G_R3X0rLlISl4ADAZvaA8F Conflict Public outcry forces China to reverse harsh sentence on two protestors Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:42:37 -0500 http://breaking.tcm.ie/world/mhqlojeysnsn/ Security Italy to give Gadhafi's Libya $5 Billion for 30 years of colonial rule Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:39:55 -0500 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080830/ap_on_re_mi_ea/libya_italy_compensation;_ylt=A9G_R3X0rLlISl4A5QVvaA8F Politics 'Why I'm helping Hugo [Chávez]' Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:45:58 -0500 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/29/venezuela.livingstone Comment 'Giant clams may have fed early humans' Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:44:04 -0500 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26442828/ Science 'Ancient gold treasure puzzles archaeologists' Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:15:24 -0500 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26455572/ Science Western rulers provoking Russia into confrontation Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:13:21 -0500 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article4622004.ece Comment NATO rulers livid over defeat delivered to them by Russia Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:30:06 -0500 http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/JH30Ag02.html Politics 'Cosmic particle accelerator pinpointed in Crab Nebula' Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:36:39 -0500 http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14622-cosmic-particle-accelerator-pinpointed-in-crab-nebula.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news1_head_dn14622 Science 'Scientists close in on mass killer of life on earth Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:34:20 -0500 http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/50899.html Science 'How the Amazon’s lost cities worked' Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:23:01 -0500 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26440219/ Science U.S. military secretly sending captives to other nations Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:21:07 -0500 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/washington/28detain.html?hp Security 'Former students allege abuse at Australian Catholic school' Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:19:06 -0500 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080827/wl_asia_afp/australiapaedophilasexcrimeschool;_ylt=A9G_R3KKyLVIjkcA4wZvaA8F#1169 Security Bush-Cheney gov't militarizes humanitarian aid program Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:18:34 -0500 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/world/bal-te.georgia28aug28,0,2484702.story Conflict New dinosaur species found in Spain? Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:30:05 -0500 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/dinosaur-remains-may-be-new-species-910357.html Science Witness' blame U.S. soldiers for revenge-murder of Iraqi captives Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:27:19 -0500 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/world/middleeast/27abuse.html?em Security Gamma-ray telescope makes first map of sky Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:25:19 -0500 http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14610-new-fermi-gammaray-telescope-makes-first-sky-map.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news10_head_dn14610 Science 'Taliban Gain New Foothold in Afghan City' Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:23:16 -0500 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/world/asia/27kandahar.html?em Conflict FDIC bank insurance needs more money Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:21:04 -0500 http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/080827/fdic_treasury.html Economy 'Officials: Marines sold drugs on base' Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:17:59 -0500 http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20080826-9999-1m26marines.html Security 'Tech-savvy Neanderthals couldn't blame their tools' Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:37:06 -0500 http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14604-techsavvy-neanderthals-couldnt-blame-their-tools.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news3_head_dn14604 Science Report finds Israel doubling construction of illegal settlements in West Bank Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:34:38 -0500 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/26/israelandthepalestinians Various Afghan gov't fights back against NATO's civilian killing Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:32:44 -0500 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/26/afghanistan.nato Conflict 'Russia recognizes independence of Georgian regions' Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:30:25 -0500 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080826/ap_on_re_eu/georgia;_ylt=A9G_Rma2dLRIFX0AtxVvaA8F Politics 'Military offensive displaces 300,000 in north-west Pakistan' Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:28:04 -0500 http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/aug2008/paki-a23.shtml Conflict 'Huge statue of Roman ruler found' Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:22:25 -0500 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7580745.stm Science Secret CIA airbase in Laos revealed Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:19:41 -0500 http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/JH26Ae01.html Conflict Three years after hurricane New Orleans remains in ruins Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:17:58 -0500 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/us/25land.html?ref=us Various 'Mexican Citizens Groups Pressure Government to Act on Crime' Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:21:56 -0500 http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200808/200808220029.html Security Afghan gov't claims 76 killed in sloppy NATO airstrike Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:18:05 -0500 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/22/afghanistan.usa Conflict Laws and new technology makes surveillance easy for gov't Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:12:24 -0500 http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14591-surveillance-made-easy.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news1_head_dn14591 Tech