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Since the dramatic release of a US military film of a US airborne shooting of unarmed journalists in Iraq, Wiki-Leaks has gained global notoreity and credibility as a daring website that releases sensitive material to the public from whistleblowers within various governments. Their latest “coup” involved alleged leak of thousands of pages of supposedly sensitive documents regarding US informers within the Taliban in Afghanistan and their ties to senior people linked to Pakistan’s ISI military intelligence. The evidence suggests however that far from an honest leak, it is a calculated disinformation to the gain of the US and perhaps Israeli and Indian intelligence and a coverup of the US and Western role in drug trafficking out of Afghanistan.

As the threat of climate change increases, nuclear power is once again in fashion. But given high costs, long construction periods and lack of tangible incentives to build nuclear capacity, can the technology help cap emissions and avert climate disaster?

Today, results of the financial ‘stress test’ performed on 91 banks across Europe will be made public.

The post-Soviet citizenry has grown tired of empty promises, and if Washington is to fulfill its self-proclaimed destiny to lead them towards a democratic, capitalist future, it must seriously ponder its policies.

July 8th (BBC News) - Euro MPs have approved a new deal to allow US anti-terror investigators to access Europeans' bank data.

June 28, 2010 (Al Jazeera) - Reflecting contrasting national priorities and differing views, world leaders at the G20 summit have pledged to halve budget deficits by 2013 – but agreed to take different paths towards lasting growth.

June 18th (Bloomberg) - The U.S. State Department has issued a travel alert to Americans planning to go to Toronto next week, warning of potential demonstrations and increased security during the Group of 20 summit.

June 1, 2010 (The Corbett Report) - Veteran Bilderberg researcher and bestselling author Daniel Estulin has once again acquired a copy of the agenda for the annual meeting of the world's power elite.

May 26th (BBC News) - A network of national funds should be introduced so the cost of bank failures are not met by the taxpayer, the EU internal market commissioner has said.

May 11th (BBC News) - Stock markets have fallen back after shares across the world surged on Monday in the wake of a deal to tackle Europe's debt crisis.