The Daily World Affairs Report: The Daily WAR (13-03)

In what appears to be a calculated leak by the German government to demonstrate its opposition to increased deficit spending, Der Spiegel magazine published excerpts this weekend of a draft final communiqué proposed by Britain for the G-20 summit of leading economies to be held in London April 2.

Der Spiegel confirmed that the draft document came from the German government, with other press accounts identifying the conservative Christian Social Union, the ruling party in Bavaria and a coalition partner of Chancellor Merkel, as the source.

...Merkel ready to resist Obama

...Merkel: G-20 summit will not solve crisis

...EU aims to present united front

Great expectations ahead of G-20 summit

...G20 communiqué steers clear of protectionism

Religious leaders call on G-20 to consider morals

...The Last Supper of the G-20 (cartoon)

5 arrested in G-20 "bomb plot"

Medvedev backs "super currency"

Foreclosure crisis hits warp speed

...Banks starting to walk away on foreclosures

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Tonight's sky...

Spot the Pleiades near the crescent Moon

Many early myths speak of 7 visible stars in the Pleiades. They are famously called the Seven Sisters, for example.

There's evidence in astronomical history that the star really did vanish. That is, some early astronomers noted its disappearance.

The disappearance might have been due to stellar debris moving in front of the star, obscuring it. Or there might have been another reason.

Can you imagine being a priest or priestess looking at the Pleiades and noticing that a star disappeared?

[WAR: "In his right hand he held 7 stars ... 'The 7 stars are the angels of the 7 churches' ... 'To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of him who holds the 7 spirits of God and the 7 stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead." (Rev 1:16,20 / 3:1)

"He is the maker of the Pleiades ... the beautiful Pleiades" (Job 9:9 / 38:31)]

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* "If people intend to be informed, they must turn to foreign news broadcasts, to Internet sites, (or) to foreign newspapers available on the Internet. People ask me where they can get reliable information. I tell them that their goal cannot be reached without their commitment of time."

* "Here I have to reveal a trade secret, which punctures the mystique of intelligence analysis. Generally speaking, 80% of the information one needs to form judgments on key intelligence targets or issues is available in open media."

* "Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter told a packed crowd to stop whining about corporate media and become their own intelligence operatives. 'We the people have the same resources and tools that intelligence networks rely heavily on; it's called Google. As our own intelligence operatives we can't allow CNN, FOX, NBC, and ABC to edit and cherry pick information, but ask questions and find the answers ourselves.'"

* "Many apparently separate developing daily events don't make the slightest sense, if you don't look at them in their strategic context. In the face of Orwellian control of the media, it is even more necessary, to judge contemporary developments with the eye of an historian, who has not forgotten the lessons of [history]."

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The Daily WAR (13-03)