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PURPORTED TALIBAN COMMANDER WARNS CIVILIAN ATTACKS WILL TARGET U.K., EUROPE 
Sky News broadcast a report from the Pakistani border region on October 23 in which a Taliban commander identified as Mullah Mohammed Amin suggested that militants will target “ordinary people” in Europe and said that suicide bombings and remote-controlled explosives “are our best tactic.” Sky News reported that he vowed militants are “for the first time plotting to attack Westerners in Britain

Silicon scarcity cools solar industry 
The shortage of silicon is a big topic among advocates for solar power these days. Silicon is the key raw material used to manufacture the photovoltaic panels that most existing solar systems use to convert sunlight into electricity.

The Next Step: Conversion to the Solar Hydrogen Economy - Part II 
Do you feel that the debate over global warming will jump start the Solar-Hydrogen Economy? What are the factors causing the transition from the Petroleum Economy to the Solar-Hydrogen Economy?

Trade surplus triples for China (and more…) 
January 13, 2006 Trade surplus triples for China - by Nerys Avery, Bloomberg News (read this story) US envoy in China as rumours on N.Korea’s Kim swirl - by Chris Buckley and Jon Herskovitz (read this story) CHALLENGES 2005-2006: Nuclear Clouds Gather Over Asia - Analysis by Praful Bidwai With comment by Michael C. Ruppert (read this story)

Canada approves GM yeast that combats cancer compound 
10/6/2006 - Environment Canada has approved the import and manufacture of a genetically modified yeast variety that is designed to reduce the levels of the carcinogen ethyl carbamate, a compound that can naturally occur in fermented foods and beverages, such as wine, beer and bread.