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“Let the Headlines Speak”
by From the Internet
November 20th, 2012

Politics stymie UN Security Council on Gaza
Russia’s UN ambassador on Monday expressed frustration that the Security Council has remained silent about the escalating violence in Gaza between Israel and Hamas as the United States has blocked any action. Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said Morocco had circulated a proposed press statement as early as last Thursday but foot-dragging by one council member meant it “is still bogged down.”

Chile Earthquake Today 2012 Erupts West of Santiago
Local news reports that a 5.2 magnitude Chile terremoto hoy erupted shortly after 1:45 PM local time. The quake however began with virtually no depth. Officials tell news that the Chile temblor started only six miles below sea level. The quake was situated off the coast of Chile, near Libertador O’Higgins.

Train of Storms Barreling Through Northwest
The series of storm systems will likely continue well past Thanksgiving and into the following weekend. These storms will bring rain, mountain snow and damaging coastal winds.

Hamas leader on truce prospects: "Maybe never"
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Cairo Monday to join Egypt-brokered talks between Hamas and Israel with a goal of agreeing on a cease-fire. There's a real sense that with all the instability in the region - the civil war in Syria, protests in Jordan, militants in Libya - that an escalation in hostilities would have disastrous effects.

Tremors jolt parts of Balochistan
According to preliminary reports, the quake was felt in Quetta, Ziarat, Harnai, Chaman, Pasheen, Khanoi, Qallat, Mastaung, Qilla Saifullah and others parts of Balochistan.

As Europe plots closer ties, Britain mulls split
For the European Union, a once-unthinkable question is looking more like a real possibility with each new grinding week of economic crisis. The reason is that bad times are forcing the 17 EU nations that use the euro currency to move ever closer toward some kind of United States of Europe — one that could make decisions about how much member countries spend and how much tax they collect. If ever Britain had a nightmare, that's it.

Kyle Bass: “We Believe War Is Inevitable”
Kyle Bass states that quantitative easing will not lead to prosperity and will result in leading the American sheep to slaughter, exposes the fallacy of the European bank bailouts, and states that the Western debt crisis is likely to lead to all-out war. How convenient for our bankster friends! Blame the Western financial collapse on WWIII, when in reality, it is the collapse of the Keynesian fraudulent Western fiat system that will likely instigate WWIII.

Iranian Arms Ship Bound for Gaza Reportedly Carrying Long-Range Rockets Able to Reach Tel Aviv, Jerusalem
Another disturbing development is being reported in the current Gaza offensive against Israel which will raise the stakes for Israel even more. A 150-ton freighter bound for Gaza left Iran’s Bandar Abbas port Sunday with a cargo of 220 short-range missiles and 50 improved long-range Fajr-5 rockets, according to DEBKAfile intelligence sources. Fajr (sometimes spelled Fajer or Fajar) rockets are the types of rockets that have reached Tel Aviv.

Solar "Tsunami": Giant Double Sun Eruption Caught on Video
NASA's space-based Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) recorded the images over a four-hour period. The giant loops, called solar prominences, occurred between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. ET on Friday. Many times larger than the entire Earth, the prominences were so large that they expanded beyond the high-definition camera view of the SDO.

Fire exchanges on Syrian border; IDF jeep damaged
Stray Syrian fire hit an IDF patrol in the Golan Heights on Saturday night. No injuries were reported but an IDF jeep was damaged. This is the fourth such incident recorded in the past week. The incident began when an IDF patrol was hit by Syrian fire in the Tel Hezeka area. The IDF fired artillery at the Syrian post in response.

Park caldera could dwarf ’59 earthquake
Ah, yes, the ol’ Yellowstone bulge. How many Cody people have been asked by distant family and friends, “Aren’t you afraid of living so close to Yellowstone? What happens if that bulge busts?”

IDF checking if rockets that hit Eshkol area fired from Sinai
The IDF is looking into the possibility that rockets which exploded in the Eshkol Regional Council Friday evening were fired from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, army official said. If the suspicions prove true, the attack would mark the second time in two days that rockets were fired toward Israel from Sinai.

Guard at US Embassy in Tel Aviv attacked with knife, axe
A security guard at the US Embassy in Tel Aviv sustained light wounds to his leg on Tuesday after being assaulted with a knife and an axe. Security guards fired warning shots and then arrested the assailant. The circumstances of the incident are being investigated. Police said the suspect is a 41-year-old man from central Israel.

Barack Obama praises 'constructive' US-China relationship
President Barack Obama called the relationship between the US and China "cooperative and constructive" as he met outgoing premier Wen Jiabao in Cambodia. Mr Obama also said it was important for the two nations set "clear rules of the road" for trade and investment, before meeting with Mr Wen alone on the sidelines of a summit of Asian countries taking place in Phnom Penh.

Barack Obama sends Hillary Clinton to Israel as Gaza ceasefire hopes rise
Her visit was announced as an Israeli official said that plans for a ground invasion of Gaza had been put "on hold". The decision was made after a cabinet meeting that lasted most of the night, which decided to give Egyptian-led truce efforts a chance to work.

Turkish Prime Minister: ‘Israel Is A Terrorist State’
A top Turkish official has claimed that Israel is committing acts of terrorism by bombing Hamas targets in Gaza... “Those who associate Islam with terrorism close their eyes in the face of mass killing of Muslims, turn their heads from the massacre of children in Gaza,” Erdogan said, according to Reuters. “For this reason, I say that Israel is a terrorist state, and its acts are terrorist acts.”

U.S. sends warships near Israel in case evacuation needed
Three U.S. Navy amphibious warships are returning to the eastern Mediterranean to remain on standby in the event they are needed to assist Americans leaving Israel in the coming days, according to two U.S. officials. The officials stressed an evacuation remains an extremely remote possibility and the Obama administration is not currently planning for one. Americans who wish to leave the region now are able to do so using commercial airlines.

Hamas Leader Dares Israel to Invade Amid Gaza Airstrikes
The top leader of Hamas dared Israel on Monday to launch a ground invasion of Gaza and dismissed diplomatic efforts to broker a cease-fire in the six-day-old conflict, as the Israeli military conducted a new wave of deadly airstrikes...Hamas leader, Khaled Meshal, suggested that the Israeli infantry mobilization on the border with Gaza was a bluff on the part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.

Syria Islamist fighters in Aleppo reject new opposition
Islamist rebel groups in the Syrian city of Aleppo say they reject the new Western-backed opposition coalition. In an internet video, they denounced what they called "the conspiratorial project" and said they intend to establish an "Islamist state" in Syria. The EU recognised the new coalition on Monday as "legitimate representatives" of the Syrian people, but did not grant it full recognition.

Gaza crisis: Israel ground invasion plan 'on hold'
Israel has put plans for a ground operation in Gaza "on hold" to give talks to secure a truce with Hamas militants a chance, officials say. It is understood Israel has set a Thursday deadline for the Egypt-brokered talks to succeed. The current conflict began last Wednesday when Israel killed Hamas's military commander, saying it wanted to end rocket attacks on its soil.

Mali Islamists claim Menaka victory against rebels
Militant Islamists in northern Mali say they have driven Tuareg-led rebels out of the desert town of Menaka. But the rebels denied the claim, insisting that fighting in the area was still going on. Regional leaders from the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) agreed last week to send 3,000 troops to reclaim northern Mali.

France stripped of another top rating
Moody's on Monday (19 November) became the second ratings agency to strip France of its top rating, citing continued economic woes and lack of competitiveness, a blow to President Francois Hollande who tried to fix the problem with higher taxes. ...Moody's said the move was due to France's "sustained loss of competitiveness" and "long-standing rigidities of its labour, goods and service markets."

NATO okays Turkey missile defense against Syria
NATO member states have agreed to supply Turkey with an advanced Patriot missile system to defend against Syrian attacks and talks on its deployment are in the final stage, Turkey's foreign minister said on Tuesday. Turkey has been talking to NATO allies about how to shore up security on its 900-km (560-mile) frontier with Syria after mortar rounds landed inside its territory, increasing concerns about the civil war spilling into neighboring states.

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