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Greek Protestors Clash With Riot Police Over Government’s Austerity Measures
Much of Greece has come to halt as the second 24-hour national strike in as many weeks gets underway. Police clashed with youths in the country’s capital as thousands of people took to the streets in protest over government cuts.

• A Third of All U.S. Casualties in Eight-Year Afghan War Have Occurred Since Obama Ordered Escalation

Racist Birth Control? Claims Israel Culling Ethiopian Jews

Russia Today

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

A feminist movement has accused the Israeli government of adopting a racist policy towards the country’s Ethiopian Jews. Activists believe black women are deliberately being given a controversial contraceptive, to bring about a drop in the population – a claim the government denies. Thousands of Ethiopians have immigrated to Israel since the 1980s, but their Jewish heritage has been questioned, while their social status continues to suffer.

FDIC Hits Record “Default” Level As Deposit Insurance Fund Plunges By $12.7 Billion To NEGATIVE 20.9 Billion
The U.S. banking industry continued to struggle in the fourth quarter, as the number of banks on the brink of failure continued to rise and the government’s fund to protect deposits fell sharply into the red.

‘Global warming’: time to get angry
Heroic, monotesticular UKIP MEP Nigel Farage was bumped off the BBC Question Time panel at the last minute last week.

• Sharp decline in public’s belief in climate threat, British poll reveals
• Bernie Sanders compares climate skeptics to Nazi deniers