End of US military occupation of Iraq. Vacate 250 military bases, 80 000 soldiers, 55 000 civilian contractors, 100 000 vehicles.

The military is closing the main north-south highway to civilian traffic every night for the next year so that an uninterrupted column of vehicles can move to a logistics base in Kuwait.

A total of 31 million pieces of kit will be transported in this way, including everything from ammunition cases to tables from the mess halls..... The military has budgeted at least $12 billion (£7.5 billion) for repairs. .... The economic impact of the military’s departure on Iraq will be substantial. The US has been spending billions of dollars every year, benefiting everyone from Iraqi construction companies to owners of properties used by the Americans. Military spending has become a mainstay of the Iraqi economy

"The economic impact of the military’s departure on Iraq will be substantial. The US has been spending billions of dollars every year, benefiting everyone from Iraqi construction companies to owners of properties used by the Americans. Military spending has become a mainstay of the Iraqi economy"

US embarks on mission to bring soldiers and equipment home from Iraq - Times Online

Cellphones Cause Brain Tumors, Says New Report By International EMF Collaborative. The public must be informed.

"Exposure to cellphone radiation is the largest human health experiment ever undertaken, without informed consent, and has some 4 billion participants enrolled.

Science has shown increased risk of brain tumors from use of cellphones, as well as increased risk of eye cancer, salivary gland tumors, testicular cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and leukemia.

Cellphones Cause Brain Tumors, Says New Report By International EMF Collaborative:

Stop Toxin-Laden Wastewater Dump in Our Streams! - ThePetitionSite.com

In 2002, Bush administration issued a rulemaking that effectively removed Clean Water Act protection, permitting mining companies to fill our nation's waterways with the toxin-laden waste material.

Congress enacted the Clean Water Act in 1972, which allowed the filling of waterways for constructive purposes, such as dams or levees. But protected waterways from being used as waste disposal sites.

On June 22, 2009, the Supreme Court ruled that the Clean Water Act permits a mining company to pump hundreds of thousands of gallons per day of toxic wastewater slurry into an Alaskan lake, killing its fish and aquatic life.

The passage of Clean Water Protection Act, H.R. 1310 will ensure lakes, rivers, streams and wetlands are not destroyed by industrial waste dumping by passing. We must ensure that we won't have another catastrophe like the one occurring right now in Alaska.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/831747533?z00m=19785353

Stop Toxin-Laden Wastewater Dump in Our Streams! - The Petition Site

Stag parties leave Prague, more cultured, family tourism will continue big growth of Eastern Europe as destination

Ryanair is expanding from 134 aircraft carrying 42.5 million passengers last year to a projected 251 planes taking 84 million in 2012

Wizz Air, based in Budapest, plans to increase its fleet of Airbus A320s from 9 to 53 by 2012

This year 09 easyJet expects 38 million passengers on its fleet of 124 planes and it has 100 aircraft on order for 2010

Propelled by cheap flights and attracted by cheap booze, clubs and strippers, the geographic reach of these parties now extends to the furthest corners of Eastern Europe.

Stag parties leave Prague -Times Online:

End of the menopause? Scientists make breakthrough in egg production. Konec menopausy? Zarodecne bunky vytvori vajicko.

A lot of work remains to be done for this to work in humans..The Chinese scientists removed stem cells from the ovaries of mice, grew them in the laboratory and injected them into female mice with sterile ovaries, where they turned into eggs.
After the mice mated, healthy babies were born, the journal Nature Cell Biology reported.

Cinsti vedci vypestovali zarodecne bunky, voperovali je do sterilni mysi, a v te se posleze vytvorila vajicka.

Zbyva jeste mnoho prace, aby se toto overilo pro lidi. Vedci se na takovyto vyzkum prave chystaji.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1169427/Stem-cell-fertility-hope-Scientists-make-breakthrough-egg-production-end-menopause.html?ITO=1490

Czech opponents of the stationing of a U.S. missile defence radar base on Czech soil have ended their 10 month chain hunger strike.

The chain hunger strike of 300 people was a continuation of a protest staged by Jan Tamas and Jan Bednar from No Violence - www.Nenasili.cz, who kept a 21-day hunger strike against the radar last year 2008.

Polls show 65-70% of Czechs opposed the radar base.

http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-opponents-to-u-s-radar-end-chain-hunger-strike/368416
http://www.friedensnews.at/?p=5577

Czech industrial output fell 17.4% in November 2008

Czech industrial output fell by 17.4 %(adjusted 16.1%) year-on-year in November 2008, and seasonally adjusted industrial output was 13 % lower, the Czech Statistical Office (CSU) said .

The drop was mainly due to a decline in production of transport vehicles and equipment which reached 30.3 %.

Month-on-month, seasonally adjusted industrial output was down 9.2 percent.

"The domestic industry is going down the hill and this fall is unprecedented in the modern history of the Czech Republic," chairman of the Czech Economic Chamber Petr Kuzel said.

Worse than expected
The data markedly surpassed even the most pessimistic market expectations.

Wages
The average nominal monthly wage in the industry grew by 2.4 percent year-on-year to Kc 24,843 in November 2008. (about $1200).

Eurostat
According to data released by Eurostat, the EU's statistical office, adjusted industrial output in the EU-27 dropped by 5 percent on the year in October 2008.

Among EU member states whose data were available, Spain registered the biggest fall in industrial output of 12.8 percent, followed by Estonia with a 11 percent fall and Ireland with a drop of 3.9 percent.

In Germany, industrial output fell by 3.8 percent.
Production in the industry increased only in Slovakia and Poland where it added only 0.1 percent.

http://praguemonitor.com/2009/01/15/czech-industrial-output-drops-174-november