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From the page: The Osama Scandel Has Us Looking One Way. Could Obama is Moving to Take Private Pension Funds?
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Exposing Pakistan Navy’s link to the Al Qaeda cost journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad his life. But sources say there’s more to it than what meet the eye. Shahzad next expose was on ISI men who were linked the Osama bin Laden, which left the spy agency with no choice but the eliminate him, says senior analyst B Raman.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/149065.html
From the page: ” 
Fighter jets taking off from the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrierFrench aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle, which was meant to be defending Britain “for the next decade,” has broken down prior to its deployment to Afghanistan.
The breakdown comes as President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to announce at a London summit the use of the carrier by the Royal Air Force (RAF) jet.
“This is a carrier which is meant to be defending not only France but also Britain over the next decade. As far as the London summit is concerned, her breaking down could not come at a worse time,” The Telegraph quoted a French navy source as saying.
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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20020817-503544.html
From the page: A series of computer errors at an Air Force base in Wyoming Saturday took 50 nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles — one-ninth of the U.S. missile stockpile — offline for about an hour, CBS News chief political consultant Marc Ambinder reports.
Engineers believe that the outage at F.E. Warren Air Force Base was caused by a hardware failure in a launch control computer rather than a power failure as had been previously reported, according to a defense official with knowledge of the situation.
http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20110531/164329503.html
From the page: “Russia’s MiG aircraft maker delivered a new batch of five MiG-29K/KUB carrier-based fighters to the Indian navy in May, the company said.
“A flight training simulator and other technical equipment has also been delivered,” MiG said in a statement on Monday.
The two countries signed a contract stipulating the supply of 12 single-seat MiG-29Ks and four two-seat MiG-29KUBs to India in January 2004. The contract is part of a $1.5-billion deal to deliver the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier, currently being retrofitted in Russia for the Indian Navy.
India’s first four MiG-29Ks and MiG-29KUBs officially entered service in February 2010.”
http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20110531/164328150.html
From the page: “A Russian Black Sea Fleet task force led by a submarine is taking part in NATO naval drills off the coast of Spain, the Russian Defense Ministry said, the first time a Russian submarine has participated in any NATO exercise..
Bold Monarch is the world’s largest submarine rescue exercise held every three years. This year’s exercise, conducted on May 30-June 10 near the Spanish port of Cartagena, involves submarines, ships and aircraft from both NATO and non-NATO countries, including Russia.
“The Russian task force comprises the diesel submarine Alrosa, salvage tug Shakhtyor, auxiliary vessel KIL-158, and rescue vessel Epron,” a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said on Monday.”
http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20110527/164274183.html
From the page: “The U.S. Army Forces Command and Russian state-controlled arms exporter Rosoboronexport have sealed a contract for the supply of 21 Mi-17V5 multipurpose helicopters to Afghanistan, a spokesman for the Russian Federal Service of Military-Technical Cooperation said on Friday.
The United States and Russia have been in talks for more than a year on the deal to provide the much needed vehicles for the NATO mission in Afghanistan.
General Abdul Wahab Wardak, Chief of Staff of the Air Force in Afghanistan, earlier said the cost of one helicopter had been agreed at $17.5 million.
“Apart from the helicopters, the contract stipulates the procurement of reserve units, ground support equipment, and maintenance support,” the spokesman said.
The first helicopters will be sent to Afghanistan in October 2011.”
From the page: ” The More Americans That Go On Food Stamps The More Money JP Morgan Makes
JP Morgan is the largest processor of food stamp benefits in the United States. JP Morgan has contracted to provide food stamp debit cards in 26 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. JP Morgan is paid for each case that it handles, so that means that the more Americans that go on food stamps, the more profits JP Morgan makes. Yes, you read that correctly. When the number of Americans on food stamps goes up, JP Morgan makes more money “
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Chart of the Day: Has Hiring Really Recovered? – Daniel Indiviglio – Business – The Atlantic
From the page: ” You’ve probably read recently that businesses have begun hiring again. That isn’t quite right: firms had been hiring throughout the recession. Unfortunately, their firings outnumbered their hires so unemployment climbed. Their hiring did slow down, however, a lot. In 2006, over 5 million workers were hired per month, on average. In 2009, that number shrunk to average less than 3.5 million. But the labor market recovery began in 2010. How does the picture look now?
Here’s the chart for private sector hiring updated through March, based on a report released today from the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
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