Distinguished historian, scholar and activist Gabriel Kolko studied "the nature and purpose of (American) power (since) the 1870s," calling it "violen(t), racis(t), repressi(ve) at home and abroad (and) cultural(ly) mendaci(ous)." It's been the same since inception, historian Howard Zinn calling colonial America:

Andrew Glikson
Earth and paleoclimate scientist, Australian National University

The release of more than 370 billion tons of carbon (GtC) from buried early biospheres, adding more than one half of the original carbon inventory of the atmosphere (~590 GtC), as well as the depletion of vegetation, have triggered a fundamental shift in the state of the atmosphere [1]. Raising atmospheric CO2 level at a rate of 2 ppm/year, a pace unprecedented in the geological record, with the exception of the effects of CO2 released from craters excavated by large asteroid impacts, the deleterious effects of pollution and deforestation have reached a geological dimension, tracking toward conditions which existed on Earth in the mid-Pliocene, about 2.8 million years ago [2].

Jenin Jenin depicts the true story of Israeli colossal barbarism. There is no doubt left, the Jewish State is the ultimate enemy of humanity and humanism.  It also presents the Palestinian ordeal facing the Zionist evil. Clearly, surviving the Israeli occupation is nothing but heroism.

Well may Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warn students in Qatar that “Iran is moving toward a military dictatorship.” She is, after all, an authority on the subject, representing a country where the Pentagon has long been ascendant. Her comment was followed up by Robert Gibbs, President Obama’s press secretary, who, at a February 16th news conference refused to deny the possibility of the U.S. taking military action against Iran, stating, “I wouldn’t rule out anything.” As anti-war activist David Swanson of AfterDowningStreet points out, this is “a public threat to engage in aggressive war…” The Charter of the United Nations forbids such threats, of course.

Libyan police have surrounded the Swiss embassy in Tripoli after issuing a deadline for Switzerland to hand over two nationals sheltering in the building.

Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's president, has arrived in Qatar to conclude a peace agreement that could see an end to the war in Darfur.

Haiti's president has warned that the number of people killed in last month's devastating earthquake could jump to 300,000 as rubble is cleared and more bodies are uncovered.

The space shuttle Endeavour has landed safely back in Florida ending a 14-day mission that included installation of the last major additions to the International Space Station.

Japan will defend its right to carry on whaling despite a threat of possible legal action led by Australia, a top government official has said.

A report compiled by the United Nations has warned of the growing threat posed by discarded electronics such as computers and mobile phones as experts kicked-off a meeting on the issue in Indonesia.

The general overseeing the US military campaign in Afghanistan has warned that the offensive against the Taliban in southern Helmand province's Marjah town is just the start of an operation that could last 18 months.

At least 15 people have died after a suicide bomber blew himself up among a tribal leaders and government officials meeting recently returned Afghan refugees in eastern Nangarhar province.

At least six people have been killed in an car bomb attack on a security forces convoy in northwest Pakistan.

More than 40 people have been arrested in Turkey in connection with an alleged military plot to undermine the government and trigger a coup, the prime minister has said.

Ireland's foreign minister has criticised his Israeli counterpart for giving no "assurances" that the Jewish state was not behind the assassination of a Hamas chief in Dubai.

Israeli soldiers have used tear gas and stun grenades against stone-throwing Palestinian protesters in the West bank town of Hebron.

A suicide car bombing has killed at least three people and wounded four others, including two policemen, at an interior ministry detention centre, police have said.

Saudi Arabia could soon allow women lawyers to appear in court to argue cases for the first time.

Carmaker Toyota has received a subpoena ordering it to provide documents to a US federal grand jury investigating safety concerns that have led to the recall of more than eight million vehicles.

More than 4,000 pilots at Lufthansa airlines have launched a four-day strike over pay and job security that could ground two-thirds of the German carrier's flights and cost it $135m.

The US has defeated gold medal favourites Canada 5-3 in men's ice hockey to record their first win over their neighbours in an Olympic clash in 50 years.