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Tuesday, 4 March 2014

March 4, 2014: News Updates


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Russian troops ordered home from surprise war games

Published time: March 04, 2014 06:06
President Putin has ordered troops sent last week to a surprise military exercise in western and central Russia to return to their bases.
Putin ordered the return after a Defense Ministry report, which said the exercises have been conducted successfully, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the media.

http://rt.com/news/russia-military-drill-putin-734/


U.S. warships entered the Black Sea

March 3 2014- Google Translation
Motion vector indicates that they are moving to Ukraine, but there they are not welcome
In some media reported that two American warships - cruise missile destroyer Ramage and the flagship of the 6th Fleet U.S. Mount Whitney - crossed the Bosporus and the Dardanelles and entered the Black Sea. Speculated that they sent to the shores of Ukraine.

http://www.mk.ru/politics/article/2014/02/03/979190-amerikanskie-voennyie-korabli-voshli-v-chyornoe-more.html


NATO troops landed in Lviv region

march 4 2014- Google Translation
Hundreds of NATO troops located in western Ukraine
On Tuesday, the Public Chamber of Russia held a hearing on the situation in Ukraine. The event was attended by well-known Russian, Ukrainian experts, government representatives. Bombshell information caused people's deputy of Ukraine Oleg Tsarev. According to him, began to disembark in Lviv ... NATO soldiers. "In March, planned exercise line" Ukraine-Atlantic alliance. " Until the spring is still far, but hundreds of Western troops have already started landing in Lviv. They say you should prepare for the exercises. There is information that Ukraine moved to the shores of the U.S. Navy warships.

http://www.mk.ru/politics/sng/article/2014/02/04/979710-voyska-nato-vyisadilis-vo-lvovskoy-oblasti.html



Russia And China Stand In Agreement On Ukraine – And That Is Very Bad News For The United States

March 3rd, 2014
The Chinese government is publicly siding with Russia on the crisis in Ukraine, and that is very bad news for the United States.  Not only does it mean that the U.S. is essentially powerless to do anything about the situation in Ukraine, it also means that Russia and China are starting to understand how much economic leverage that they really have.

http://investmentwatchblog.com/russia-and-china-stand-in-agreement-on-ukraine-and-that-is-very-bad-news-for-the-united-states/#Iq0P9PldR16DX5YQ.99


From Kabul to Kiev, American meddling wreaking havoc

Published time: March 02, 2014 15:45

Although Obama’s talk tough was little more than tossing raw meat to the hawks in the Republican Party, diseased beyond recognition by Neo-Con ideology, his comments nevertheless betrayed a breathless amount of hypocrisy.

After all, Washington wrote the book on violating the territorial integrity of sovereign states with its 2003 invasion of Iraq, which was wrongly accused of harboring weapons of mass destruction. Urgent pleas on the part of UN weapons inspectors, not to mention worldwide anti-war protests, fell on deaf ears in Washington as intelligence-challenged leaders dropped smart bombs on Baghdad.

Blamed on a case of “bad intelligence” – oops! – hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have been killed over the past decade, while the country remains a basket case of ongoing sectarian violence and regular suicide bombings: a phenomenon completely unknown to Iraqis when the dictator Saddam Hussein was in charge.

http://rt.com/op-edge/ukraine-putin-obama-crimea-461/


Largest Oil Refinery in Europe is on Fire- march 3 2014

“Neftekamskneftehim” is the largest oil refinery in Europe. It is located in Tatarstan, Russia and today, at 7.00pm Moscow Time, dozens of firemen were urgently summoned as the oil giant started burning.
*note: upon searching for further information on this, ALL links were error 404.

http://www.disclose.tv/news/In_Russia_Largest_Oil_Refinery_in_Europe_is_on_Fire/100560



28 Year Old CEO Of Bitcoin Exchange Dead After Possible Suicide

Posted about 15 hours ago
(Benjamin Jones)  According to Tech in Asia, Singapore-based Bitcoin exchange platform First Meta’s 28 year old CEO Autumn Radtke committed suicide. Reasons are currently unknown.

http://newswatch.us/28-year-old-ceo-of-bitcoin-exchange-dead-after-possible-suicide/#sthash.mKlPGfTi.dpuf



Another Bitcoin Bank "Loses" Its Deposits

march 3 2014
Just six days after proudly proclaiming that it was unscathed by the Mt.Gox debacle, another Bitcoin bank - Flexcoin - has admitted that it will be forced to close after hackers stole 896 bitcoin, worth around $600,000, in an attack on Sunday. As The Guardian reports, the company shut its website and posted a statement on Tuesday morning detailing the loss..."as Flexcoin does not have the resources, assets, or otherwise to come back from this loss, we are closing our doors immediately."

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-04/another-bitcoin-bank-loses-its-deposits


Jim Willie Bombshell: Saudi Royal Gold Ransacked in London to Prevent Default!

March 1st, 2014
“There will be no easy heads-up alert on the quick changes to the gold market. When the gold price starts rising, it will mean that China no longer has been given the big wide berth in high volume cheap gold purchases. A rising gold price will internally mean that the banks are breaking, at the same time the Chinese are to be frustrated. The Boyz are stealing all the Saudi gold now, left unprotected in London and Switzerland. The Saudis (and all Arabs) are the new targeted victims for stolen wealth in order to keep the system going. A massive disruption is coming.”
The rehypothecation of official gold accounts has entered a new phase. The gold owned by defenders of the Petro-Dollar is being seized, confiscated, pilfered, and stolen for the unspoken purpose of continuing the fiat paper currency regime with the tainted debauched USDollar at the center.

http://investmentwatchblog.com/jim-willie-bombshell-saudi-royal-gold-ransacked-in-london-to-prevent-default/#HTIgTKCkfkYVHI0h.99



One dies in stampede at detention center in Saudi Arabia: Report

Tue Mar 4, 2014 6:50AM GMT
A stampede at a Saudi detention center for migrant workers awaiting deportation has reportedly caused one death and injured another nine people.
The Saudi government, grappling with high unemployment, now wants those jobs for the kingdom’s citizens, the paper said.
Human Rights Watch has said that Saudi Arabia has deported more than 12,000 people to conflict-ridden Somalia since the beginning of 2014.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/03/04/353164/one-die-in-stampede-at-saudi-center/



Scotland to be left powerless within UK: Sturgeon

Tue Mar 4, 2014 7:11AM GMT
Scottish Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says Scotland will be left powerless and will face deep spending cuts if it stays in the United Kingdom.
Addressing business leaders in Glasgow on Monday, Sturgeon condemned mainstream parties in London, saying they were not willing to hand enough economic or political power to the Scottish parliament if they win the September 2014 referendum on independence.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/03/04/353168/scotland-to-be-powerless-within-uk/




Japan's Market Breaks

march 3 2014
Having ripped higher by over 200 points after the US close, Nikkei 225 futures have "glitched":

    *JPX SAYS NIKKEI 225 FUTURES STOPPED TRADING AFTER 11AM TOKYO
    *JAPAN EXCHANGE SAYS NIKKEI 225 FUTURES STOPPED ON SYSTEM ERROR
    *TRADING HALT MAY BE DUE TO SYSTEM PROBLEMS, TAKAHASHI SAYS

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-03/japans-market-breaks


Iran’s foreign minister leaves for Japan

Tue Mar 4, 2014 9:19AM GMT
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has left for Japan to discuss bilateral ties as well as regional and international issues with senior Japanese officials.
Zarif’s visit to Japan comes at the invitation of Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and is aimed at expanding the bilateral ties between Tehran and Tokyo.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/03/04/353180/irans-foreign-minister-leaves-for-japan/



No 10 aide arrested over child porn: Police quiz 62-year-old who advised Cameron on web filters and was tipped for peerage


    Patrick Rock was one of David Cameron's closest aides
    The 62-year-old was involved in drawing up policy on child porn
    But he quit after allegations against him were revealed
    Unmarried aristocrat was tipped for peerage only weeks ago
PUBLISHED: 22:46 GMT, 3 March 2014

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2572495/No-10-aide-arrested-child-porn-Police-quiz-man-advised-Cameron-web-filters.html



 US court rejects BP pay-out appeal

New Orleans court upholds ruling authorising businesses to seek compensation for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
 04 Mar 2014 07:22

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2014/03/us-court-rejects-bp-pay-out-appeal-20143455359868896.html



Cyprus MPs vote for privatization required by bailout

Tue Mar 4, 2014 4:14PM GMT
The parliament of Cyprus has voted for an amended privatization bill required by the country to keep its international bailout program on course.
The bill, which called for the privatization of the state-owned telecommunications company, the electricity company as well as the ports authority, was rejected by Cypriot lawmakers last week.
But, as a deadline for its approval on March 5 was looming to expire, lawmakers approved a guideline for asset sales to prevent the derailment of the bailout agreement with the European Union and International Monetary Fund in March 2013.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/03/04/353236/cyprus-mps-endorse-bailout-bill/



98-foot asteroid flashes between moon and Earth within 24 hours

Published time: March 04, 2014 16:08
An Apollo class asteroid is expected to whizz between the Earth and the moon on March 5. The 98-foot-wide space rock is expected to come within 218,000 miles of earth (0.9 lunar distances), creating quite the site for stargazers.

And last week, a 400 kg meteor slammed into the moon at a speed of 36,600 mph, leaving behind a 40-meter-wide crater.

http://rt.com/news/asteroid-flyby-earth-moon-783/




 24 February 2014 Last updated at 13:55

    'Biggest observed meteorite impact' hits Moon

      By Rebecca Morelle Science reporter, BBC World Service
    The impact appeared as a bright white flash on 11 September 2013
    Scientists say they have observed a record-breaking impact on the Moon.
 The explosive strike was spotted by the Moon Impacts Detection and Analysis System (Midas) of telescopes in southern Spain on 11 September at 20:07 GMT.
"Usually lunar impacts have a very short duration - just a fraction of a second. But the impact we detected lasted over eight seconds. It was almost as bright as the Pole Star, which makes it the brightest impact event that we have recorded from Earth," said Prof Madiedo.
The researchers say a lump of rock weighing about 400kg (900lb) and travelling at 61,000km/h (38,000mph) slammed into the surface of the Moon.

http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.ca/2014/02/giant-meteor-hit-moon-6-months-ago.html

video on RT here:  http://rt.com/news/biggest-meteor-impact-moon-549/


Sotheby's forced to buy back $83m diamond after buyer defaults

The Pink Star was discovered in a diamond mine in Africa by mining company De Beers in 1999 Photo: Reuters
4:10PM GMT 04 Mar 2014
Auction house Sotheby's has been forced to buy back a flawless, near-60 carat pink diamond it sold last November after the buyer defaulted on the record $83m payment.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/mining/10676026/Sothebys-forced-to-buy-back-83m-diamond-after-buyer-defaults.html

The $83 Million Pink Diamond Default

Wolf in a YouTube video explaining the purchase said he was representing a group of investors and considered the diamond to be worth about $150 million, based on current prices for fancy vivid pink diamonds of similar quality.

“It’s not that I’m buying this with the money that I have in my piggy bank,” Wolf said. “It’s basically a group of investors—financial people—that are backing me on this and they are doing this as an investment, and hopefully to make a big profit.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonydemarco/2014/03/01/the-83-million-pink-diamond-default/

You tube video here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFEy3HPiz8s


Norwegian youth group YMCA-YWCA boycotts Israel

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March 3, 2014: News Updates


March snowstorm pummels East Coast, shuts down federal government (PHOTOS)

Published time: March 03, 2014

In DC, as much as 10 inches of snow is expected to drop in some areas, causing the federal government to close its doors for the day alongside schools. According to Reuters, Congress delayed votes as a result of the weather, though the Supreme Court was still expected to hear its scheduled arguments.

http://rt.com/usa/spring-snowstorm-pummels-east-coast-629/


* Unelected power: Democracy on the retreat in Europe- March 3 2014

Genuine people’s power is on the retreat in Europe, and it's under attack from those who most loudly claim to be “democrats.”

Last week we saw the unelected EU foreign policy chief, Baroness Ashton, meeting the new unelected Ukrainian “president,” Aleksandr Turchynov, who came to power following a violent overthrow of that country's democratically elected president – with the rebellion backed by the EU.

http://rt.com/op-edge/democracy-on-retreat-europe-ukraine-608/


Meanwhile, China Quietly Takes Over Zimbabwe

march 2 2014
While the developed world is focusing on the rapidly deteriorating developments in the Crimean, China, which has kept a very low profile on the Ukraine situation aside from the token diplomatic statement, is taking advantage of this latest distraction to do what it does best: quietly take over the global periphery while nobody is looking.
...In other words, while nobody was looking, China just took over one more nation without spilling a drop of blood.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-02/meanwhile-china-quietly-takes-over-zimbabwe


China plans airbase in Zimbabwe

China is planning to set up a modern high-tech military base in the diamond-rich Marange fields, says a German-based website, Telescope News.

http://www.thezimbabwean.co/news/zimbabwe/70687/china-plans-airbase-in-zim.html


 Fed Lifts Veil Slowly on Bank Oversight in Era of Transparency

By Craig Torres Mar 3, 2014 6:00 AM GMT+0100
The Federal Reserve this month will take a step toward revealing more about its oversight of the financial system, an area where the central bank has yet to match the strides it has taken toward transparency in monetary policy.
With the scheduled publication of annual stress-test findings in March, the Fed will for the first time describe how rising interest rates could affect the health of the nation’s biggest banks.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-03/fed-lifts-veil-slowly-on-bank-oversight-in-era-of-transparency.html



 Gilead CEO Becomes Billionaire on $84,000 Hepatitis Drug

By Robert Langreth Mar 3, 2014 5:18 PM

John C. Martin, the chief executive officer of Gilead Sciences Inc. (GILD), has become a billionaire on the prospects of a powerful new hepatitis C drug that’s attracting scrutiny from payers and activists over its $1,000 per pill price tag.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-03/gilead-ceo-becomes-billionaire-on-84-000-hepatitis-drug.html


Former central banker: “[Bankers] are making it up as they go along.”

March 3, 2014
A few weeks ago, William White (former economist at the Bank of England, the Bank of Canada, and Bank of International Settlements) made a frank admission.
And while we search for assets whose prices are less obviously distorted by malign government intervention, it’s refreshing to hear a mea culpa from a member of the economics “profession”.

http://www.sovereignman.com/finance/former-central-banker-bankers-are-making-it-up-as-they-go-along-13710/



GOLD & SILVER COT REPORT: COMMERCIALS POSITIONED TO SMASH METALS TO OBLIVION!

Posted on March 3, 2014 by The Doc   

The real story is in gold this past reporting period as the commercials added a MAMMOTH 21,432 short contracts to their overwhelming “ILLEGAL CORRUPT” short position and are now positioned to smash this market to oblivion.
In silver, we see the combined commercials approaching 200 MILLION short ounces now.  It would be nothing for them to start the high frequency trading casino wheels rolling and pound silver to below $18.
Again, in silver, we see an almost perfectly even distribution in the dis-aggregated numbers.  COLLUSION my friends, COLLUSION at its finest.

http://www.maxkeiser.com/tag/gold-manipulation/#LgXXAfQ7xE8BFwmV.99



ALASDAIR MACLEOD: GOLD CARTEL CAN NO LONGER MANAGE THEIR RETREAT!

Posted on February 22, 2014 by The Doc   
    True Chinese gold demand in 2013 was a minimum of 2,800 tons- falsely reported by the bullion bank apologists at under 2,000 tons
    Why a sudden shortage of physical gold in March-April of 2013 forced essentially a gold default by 2 Dutch banks
    Bullion & Western Central banks are out of gold & near the end of the line- Macleod explains why the cartel can no longer manage their retreat: We’ve got a situation where the central bankers don’t have any idea how to get out of the situation they’ve created for themselves

http://www.maxkeiser.com/tag/gold-manipulation/#LgXXAfQ7xE8BFwmV.99


US-led Afghan war for 'Western interests' - Karzai

Published time: March 03, 2014 13:41
Expressing “extreme anger” with the US, outgoing Afghan President Hamid Karzai says the US-led 12-year military operation in Afghanistan was never designed with the interests of his country in mind.
In an interview described as “unusually emotional,” the Afghan leader didn’t pull any punches in assessing US behavior in the course of the protracted Afghan war, begun by then-US President George W. Bush following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, according to an interview Karzai gave to The Washington Post.
“Afghans died in a war that’s not ours,” Karzai told the Post in a candid interview.

http://rt.com/news/afghanistan-us-karzai-interview-548/


 2 March 2014 Last updated at 23:47 GMT

New head of Ukraine's navy defects in Crimea

The newly appointed head of Ukraine's navy has sworn allegiance to the Crimea region, in the presence of its unrecognised pro-Russian leader.
Rear Admiral Denys Berezovsky was only made head of the navy on Saturday, as the government in Kiev reacted to the threat of Russian invasion.
Ukraine's interim leaders have put him under investigation for treason.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26410431



 2 March 2014 Last updated at 16:06 GMT

Ukraine has ordered a full military mobilisation in response to Russia's build-up of its forces in Crimea.

Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Ukraine was "on the brink of disaster".
In Crimea, Ukrainian soldiers faced off with Russian soldiers surrounding their bases while the Russian army is said to be digging trenches on the border with mainland Ukraine.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26405635


Why is China entering a nuclear security pact with Ukraine?

    2013-12-15
Xinhua News Agency on Dec. 10 reported that China and Ukraine on Dec. 5 signed a cooperative agreement which included this article: China, according to the UN Security Council Resolution 984 and the Chinese government statement on providing security guarantees to Ukraine on Dec. 4, 1994, promises unconditionally not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear Ukraine, and to provide security guarantees to Ukraine if Ukraine is attacked by nuclear weapons or threatened by such aggression.
Clearly, this is a guarantee for strategic alliance and an unusual nuclear protection umbrella. Ukraine is far from China and in no way affects the latter's national security. What ,then, is the need for such an agreement?

http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-print-cnt.aspx?id=20131215000030&cid=1703



Ukraine Capital Control Crunch: Largest Bank Limits Cash Withdrawals To $100 Daily

mar 02/2014
As we warned on Friday, the military escalation in Ukraine has had dire consequences for the financial state of the country, its banks, and ultimately its people. The central bank promised to rescue domestic banks so long as they agreed to its complete control and it appears the first consequences of that "we are here to help you" promise is coming true:

    UKRAINE'S PRIVATBANK LIMITS ATM WITHDRAWALS TO UAH1,000/DAY ($103/day)

Privatbank is Ukraine's largest bank and while claiming this move is temporary (just like Cyprus' capital controls), the bank has also ceased new loans amid what it calls "geopolitical instability". In summary, you can't have your money back! Expect long angry lines at Ukrainian banks on Monday morning (and at the pace of collapse in the Hyrvnia, hyperinflation next).

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-02/ukraine-capital-control-crunch-largest-bank-limits-cash-withdrawals-100-daily



Rule by oligarchs: Kiev appoints billionaires to govern east

Published time: March 03, 2014 07:08
The self-proclaimed government in Kiev has appointed two of Ukraine’s richest men to govern large industrial regions in the defiant east. One of the reasons for the Maidan protest was the influence the rich have on politics in the country.
The appointments of new governors of Donetsk and Dnepropetrovsk Regions are among 18 made on Sunday by Kiev, which is struggling to consolidate power after the coup which ousted President Yanukovich last month.

http://rt.com/news/ukraine-oligarch-rule-governors-512/



Any government willing to cooperate with the IMF will be heralded as legitimate’

Published time: March 02, 2014 07:31
The West's proposed financial aid will not solve Ukraine’s economic problems, but increase austerity, professor of political economy Jeffrey Sommers told RT.
If the self-proclaimed government in Kiev cooperates with the IMF, it will be regarded as legitimate in the West, even if its decisions are unpopular in Ukraine itself, Sommers says.

http://rt.com/op-edge/ukraine-budget-west-aid-419/


BofA Warns Russian Ruble Weakness Is Here To Stay

march 02/2014
Since the start of 2014 the Russian Ruble has been for sale, and BofA's Macneil Curry warns, that trend will persist. With desk chatter that Russia's 2nd largest state owned bank VTB setting USDRUB exchange rate to 39.45 (a huge shift relative to Friday's close on MICEX was 36.05), trendlines are in peril.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-02/bofa-warns-russian-ruble-weakness-here-stay


The Greatest Propaganda Coup Of Our Time?


There’s good propaganda and bad propaganda. Bad propaganda is generally crude, amateurish Judy Miller “mobile weapons lab-type” nonsense that figures that people are so stupid they’ll believe anything that appears in “the paper of record.” Good propaganda, on the other hand, uses factual, sometimes documented material in a coordinated campaign with the other major media to cobble-together a narrative that is credible, but false.
The so called Fed’s transcripts, which were released last week, fall into the latter category.

http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/02/27/the-greatest-propaganda-coup-of-our-time/



North Korea fires two missiles into waters off Korean peninsula

March 3/2014
North Korea fired two short-range missiles off the east coast of the Korean peninsula on Mar. 3, reports the Seoul-based Yonhap News Agency, citing a retired South Korean official.
The Korean People's Army test-fired similar rockets last week on Feb. 27, firing four short-range Scud-B missiles into the sea, according to South Korea's defense ministry.

http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20140303000040&cid=1101


Ultra-Orthodox Jews mass-protest in Jerusalem over army-service draft law

Published time: March 02, 2014 21:3
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews have paralyzed most of Jerusalem as men, women and children took to the streets to protest an army service bill that would require many of them to serve in the military.
Local media called the protest “a million man march” and put a number of participants between 250,000 to 400,000 people, while organizers said nearly 500,000 Haredi - ultra-Orthodox men as they are called in Israel – attended the rally.

http://rt.com/news/orthodox-jews-protest-military-draft-491/


No money, no jobs: Europe’s growing desperation


Patrick L Young is expert in global financial markets working in multiple disciplines, ranging from trading independently to running exchanges.
Published time: March 03, 2014 08:24

​The EU’s inability to deliver repeated promises of prosperity continue to ring hollow. After five bitter years of recession, now the bloc can barely register anemic growth.

http://rt.com/op-edge/jobs-europe-desperation-crisis-521/


 IBM Starts Cutting U.S. Jobs in $1 Billion Restructuring

By Alex Barinka Feb 28, 2014 6:00 AM

International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) began dismissing U.S. workers yesterday, part of a $1 billion restructuring to help the company meet profit goals as it adapts to shifts in the technology industry.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-27/ibm-begins-cutting-u-s-jobs-in-1-billion-restructuring-plan.html

Police confiscate narcotics, arms in UK parliament

Sat Mar 1, 2014 7:18PM GMT
British police have revealed they arrested more than 40 members of parliament (MPs) since May 2010 for offences including the possession of narcotics and firearms or breaching police bail.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/03/01/352830/british-mps-interest-in-drugs-unveiled/


Protesters raid Libya parliament  demand its dissolution- March 2 2014

Dozens of protesters have stormed Libya's interim parliament building in Tripoli, with some of them rampaging through the building, witnesses have said.
According to the witnesses, the demonstrators entered the General National Congress (GNC) on Sunday and called for its dissolution, AFP reported.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/03/02/352975/protesters-storm-libyas-parliament/


Obama Skips National Security Team Meeting on Russia, Ukraine

3:47 PM, Mar 1, 2014 • By DANIEL HALPER
A White House official emailed some reporters to say that President Obama's team met today to discuss the ongoing situation on Ukraine. It appears President Obama did not attend.
"The President's national security team met today to receive an update on the situation in Ukraine and discuss potential policy options. We will provide further updates later this afternoon," reads the full statement.


Health chief slams statins: Millions face terrible side effects as prescription escalates-

march 2 2014
LEADING doctors are demanding an end to the widespread prescription of statins, warning that one in four Britons will soon be at risk of terrible side effects from the controversial heart drugs.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/health/462607/Health-chief-slams-statins-Millions-face-terrible-side-effects-as-prescription-escalates?fb_action_ids=10152257528912456&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=[1396356420631215]&action_type_map=[%22og.likes%22]&action_ref_map=



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Saturday, 1 March 2014

March 1, 2014: News Updates


Switzerland Freezes Assets, Launches Inquiry into Yanukovych

20:05 28/02/2014

KIEV, February 28 (RIA Novosti) – Switzerland launched a money-laundering investigation into ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and his son on Friday after freezing bank accounts belonging to the deposed leader and over a dozen other top Ukrainian officials.
Swiss financial regulator FINMA said it had frozen the assets of Yanukovych, his son Alexander, and 18 other Ukrainians including ex-prime minister Mykola Azarov and former senior officials.

http://en.ria.ru/world/20140228/187970897/Switzerland-Freezes-Assets-Launches-Inquiry-into-Yanukovych.html


Ukrainian Court Drops Criminal Charges Against Ex-PM Tymoshenko


KIEV, February 28 (RAPSI) – A court in Ukraine has dropped criminal charges against former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko over alleged financial abuse at United Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU), her party announced Friday.

The Kievsky District Court in Kharkiv also removed a seizure order on property belonging to Tymoshenko, the Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) party reported.



http://en.ria.ru/world/20140228/187969180/Ukrainian-Court-Drops-Criminal-Charges-Against-Ex-PM-Tymoshenko.html


Russia approves use of military in Ukraine

By DAVID McHUGH and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
— Mar. 1, 2014 12:06 PM EST

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia executed a de facto military takeover of a strategic region in Ukraine as the parliament in Moscow gave President Vladimir Putin a green light Saturday to proceed to protect Russian interests. The newly installed government in Kiev was powerless to react to the swift takeover of Crimea by Russian troops already in Ukraine and more flown in, aided by pro-Russian Ukrainian groups.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/crimean-leader-claims-control-military-police



Russian Parliamentarians Call on Putin to Act in Crimea- March 1, 2014

...The State Duma, Russia’s lower house, released a similar statement Saturday that said must Putin bring the situation in Ukraine under control.
“All available means” should be deployed to protect Russian citizens, said Sergei Naryshkin, a former head of the presidential administration and the current parliamentery speaker in the Duma.

http://en.ria.ru/russia/20140301/187997353/Russian-Parliamentarians-Call-on-Putin-to-Act-in-Crimea.html




 Iceland Seen Threatened by Capital Flight From Its Own Citizens

By Omar R. Valdimarsson Feb 28, 2014 7:01 AM GMT+0100
U.S. hedge funds aren’t the only ones trying to exit Iceland.
Its own citizens may follow if the government doesn’t show it can lift capital controls in place since 2008 without triggering a currency sell-off, according to Iceland’s biggest insurance firm.
...Iceland has yet to test the staying power of its economic recovery. Capital controls, imposed at the end of 2008 after the island’s three biggest banks defaulted on $85 billion, have so far stopped offshore investors selling $7.2 billion in assets, equivalent to half the nation’s gross domestic product.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-28/iceland-seen-threatened-by-capital-flight-from-its-own-citizens.html



 N.Y. Barclays Libor Traders Said to Face U.K. Charges

By Suzi Ring Feb 28, 2014 4:17 PM GMT+0100
Three Barclays Plc (BARC) Libor traders in New York were notified by U.K. prosecutors that they may be charged for allegedly manipulating the interest-rate benchmark, according to four people with knowledge of the situation.
Ryan Reich, Alex Pabon and Jay Merchant are under investigation by the SFO and may be prosecuted in connection with suspected rigging of the dollar London interbank offered rate, or Libor, said two of the people, who asked not to be named because the investigation is private. All were derivatives traders who have left Barclays.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-27/n-y-barclays-libor-traders-said-to-face-u-k-charges.html



Citi Paid $400 Million in Fake Invoices

35 Feb 28, 2014 1:17 PM ET
By Matt Levine

As far as I can understand it from Citigroup's press release, which is not very far, here's how Oceanografia S.A. de C.V. took Citi's Mexican subsidiary, Banamex, for $400 million:
This went on for years? That to me is the oddest part. Oceanografia is -- somewhat obviously -- not a public company, but a random assortment of pseudo-comps suggest that typical accounts receivable turnover in the oil-services industry averages around three months.1 One imagines that Pemex gets more breathing room than the average customer, but still, at some point, wouldn't Banamex call Oceanografia after not getting paid for a year or two? Did Oceanografia just say "yeah, I know, what jerks, they're really slow, keep trying"?2 And Banamex kept extending more credit on more fake receivables, to a total amount of $585 million? And never called Pemex?

Eventually they called Pemex, after "Oceanografia was banned on Feb. 11 by Mexico’s anti-corruption agency from bidding on government contracts for 21 months because it violated agreements with Petroleos Mexicanos,"

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-02-28/citi-paid-400-million-in-fake-invoices



Questioning if Sweden's gold reserve exist's...

01/03/2014
Questions about Sweden's gold reserve exists
Expert requires that the Central Bank may control whether the gold with their own eyes

The Central Bank revealed last week where the Swedish gold reserve is located.
Now  experts demands that the gold should be audited physically.

– How can we be sure that the gold exists in the described scope if we've never seen the gold,   CEO of Liberty Silver AB, Mikael From is asking.

http://www.i-uvsweden.com/2/post/2014/03/questioning-if-swedens-gold-reserve-exists.html


 Socialist Venezuela: World's top stock market

Despite poor economic news and ongoing protests, Caracas' stock exchange grew 452 percent in 2013.
28 Feb 2014 15:45
Caracas, Venezuela - Despite sky-high inflation, rigid currency controls and socialist expropriations targeting private firms, Venezuela boasted the world's best performing stock market over the past fiscal year.
The Caracas Stock Exchange rose a surprising 452 percent in 2013, according to data from financial services firm Morningstar, making it the world's highest growth index. Other firms confirmed the counter-intuitive trend, but local economists cautioned against believing "lies, damned lies or statistics".

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/02/socialist-venezuela-world-top-stock-market-20142278426379258.html


Largest single personal data hack ever? 360mn stolen account credentials found online

Published time: March 01, 2014 01:31
A cyber security firm has reported a “mind boggling” cache of stolen credentials which has been put up for sale on online black markets. A total of 360 million accounts were affected in a series of hacks, one of which seems to be the biggest in history.
Alex Holden, chief information security officer of Hold Security LLC, said that the firm had uncovered the data over the past three weeks.

http://rt.com/news/largest-hack-stolen-credentials-287/



26 top American corporations paid no federal income tax from ’08 to ’12 – report

Published time: February 28, 2014 22:55
Twenty-six of the most powerful American corporations – such as Boeing, General Electric, and Verizon – paid no federal income tax from 2008 to 2012, according to a new report detailing how Fortune 500 companies exploit tax breaks and loopholes.


Friday, February 28, 2014, 14:17 • Tatiana Vovkanich

All Navy Command wrote a report on the sacking (entire Ukraine Navy Command resigns)

Google Translate:
KIEV. February 28. UNN. All command of the Naval Forces of Ukraine wrote a report on the dismissal. This UNN said one of the agency staff.
Today, from its own sources UNN became known that the Navy Command wrote a report on the dismissal.
At the same time on the official website of the Ministry of Defense is no entry for chapter Navy.
The press service of the Defense Ministry, said that they know nothing about it.
"We did this have not heard," - said the press service of the Defense Ministry.
Now UNN is trying to communicate with the press service of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and take their comments on this occasion.

http://www.unn.com.ua/ru/news/1310733-use-komanduvannya-vms-napisalo-raporti-na-zvilnennya


Russia sent 'several hundred' troops into Ukraine: US official

AFP
9 hours ago
Washington (AFP) - Russia has sent "several hundred" troops into Ukraine's Crimea region, US defense officials said Friday, after Kiev called on Moscow to withdraw its forces from the peninsula.

http://news.yahoo.com/russia-sent-several-hundred-troops-ukraine-us-official-225850494.html;_ylt=AwrBJR8dFxFT8n0AdAfQtDMD


Gunmen from Kiev attempted to seize Crimea's Interior Ministry - Russia

Published time: March 01, 2014 09:13
Unknown armed men from Kiev have tried to seize the Crimean Interior Ministry overnight, and there were several injuries in that attack, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
“Thanks to the decisive action of self-defense squads, the attempt to seize the building of the Interior Ministry was derailed. This attempt confirms the intention of prominent political circles in Kiev to destabilize the situation on the peninsula,” the statement added.

http://rt.com/news/russia-crimea-sieze-gunmen-344/


 Wall Street Hates JPMorgan Fee for $1 Trillion Junk Loans

By Lisa Abramowicz Feb 28, 2014 6:01 AM GMT+0100
On Wall Street, $3,500 goes further than anyone dared imagine in the 1980s when the predecessor to JPMorgan Chase & Co. charged the fee to trade each non-investment grade loan it sold.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-28/wall-street-hates-jpmorgan-fee-for-1-trillion-junk-loans.html


Kenya: Banker Peter Njuguna Mukuria Shot Dead

The Family Bank Director Was Murdered in Suspected Love Triangle Crime
 February 27, 2014 14:52 PM
A senior African banker has been gunned down outside a Kenya school in a suspected love triangle murder, according to African news website the Kenya Star. 

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/kenya-banker-peter-njuguna-mukuria-shot-dead-1438199



Court puts Navalny under house arrest

Published time: February 28, 2014 10:13
A district court in Moscow has ordered anti-corruption blogger-turned-opposition politician Aleksey Navalny be placed under house arrest for repeated violations of his travel ban.

http://rt.com/politics/moscow-navalny-house-arrest-155/



Egypt forces kill four anti-government protesters

Peru police, protesters clash in Cuzco

Crandall police officer, wife found dead in Dallas

Thursday, Feb 27 at 6:03 PM
DALLAS — Dallas police are investigating the deaths of a man and a woman who were found in a residence near police headquarters on Wednesday afternoon.
The Crandall Police Department identified the man as 47-year-old Patrol Sgt. Nick Pitofsky and the woman as his wife Vanessa, 42. ...
...News 8 was contacted by several of Vanessa Pitoksky's friends through e-mail. Many of them knew her through her work as an executive assistant for Wachovia and Wells Fargo bank for 18 years. She had recently started working for Sun Trust bank in a similar capacity.

http://www.wfaa.com/news/crime/Dallas-police-investigate-deaths-of-man-and-woman-247333781.html



Secrets of the Vatican- PBS special

Doctors warn new FDA-approved painkiller is deadly dangerous

Published time: February 28, 2014 20:22
A new painkiller set to hit the market in March is coming under heavy fire from doctors and lawmakers warning of its powerful ability to kill.
Although the opiate Zohydro was ultimately approved by the US Food and Drug administration, that endorsement went against the recommendation given by the agency’s own advisory panel. The panel voted 11 – 2 against approving the drug, but the FDA argued its availability is necessary to help patients unfazed by current medication.

http://rt.com/usa/new-painkiller-deadly-dangerous-260/


 Fordham University mumps outbreak affecting only vaccinated students; school bans unvaccinated students anyway-Thursday, February 27, 2014

One of New York's lesser-known institutions of higher learning is making headlines after 13 confirmed cases, and counting, of mumps emerged on two of its campuses, prompting school officials to impetuously ban all unvaccinated students from attending classes. But these same reports clearly indicate that all affected students had already been vaccinated for mumps, proving once again the utter uselessness of vaccines and the imbecilic tendencies of organizations chained to the vaccine status quo.
http://www.naturalnews.com/044087_vaccinated_students_mumps_outbreaks_Fordham_University.html#ixzz2uhis6vq5


How a Chemical Used in Rubber Found Its Way Into 500 Food Products

By Venessa Wong February 27, 2014
A chemical commonly found in rubber will soon be removed from Subway’s sandwich bread and baked goods sold at Publix supermarkets. But a report released today identifies almost 500 other foods—from bagels and breads to pizza crusts and danishes—sold under 130 brand names that still contain the food additive azodicarbonamide, including Pillsbury and Sara Lee.
Environmental Working Group, the nonprofit that released the report, is trying to persuade food manufacturers to stop using azodicarbonamide, or ADA, which acts as a kind of baking powder in the making of rubber, plastics, and ceramics, making them lighter and more elastic. Food producers took to using the same chemical to soften the texture of baked goods.

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-02-27/how-a-rubber-chemical-found-its-way-into-500-food-products#r=rss
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