END OF WARS (Part 20)

The following is excerpted from Chapter 1 of SIMPLE SOLUTIONS for Humanity:

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For completeness, the following terrorist organization can also be mentioned:

○ Japanese Red Army: formed in 1970, they were known to operate in Israel and the U.S., and are dedicated to fomenting world revolution. There are only six hard-core members. Their leader, Fusako Shigenobu, co-founder, was captured in 2000.

○ Earth Liberation Front: is the collective name for individuals and small groups in the U.S. and U.K. dedicated to ecotage: damaging property to save the environment. Originally founded in 1992 in the U.K., by 2001, the FBI classified ELF as the top domestic terror threat in the U.S. An earlier ELF, the Environmental Life Force, had similar strategies. However, today, the current ELF web site merely states that this underground movement has no leadership, membership nor official spokesperson. Participation is anonymous. There is no known leader, because, if known, would be arrested, convicted and placed in jail.

○ United States and Australia: labeled by some, if not many, as eco-terrorists for not signing the Kyoto Protocol (global climate warming). Kevin Rudd replaced John Howard as Prime Minister of Australia, and was reported to be more supportive of the agreement, but the day following the Bali talks at the end of 2007, appeared to be unhappy with such deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
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The Dow Jones Industrials enjoyed a holiday today, but world markets all dropped.

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There has been a significant difference between the New York Mercantile (NYMEX) Future and Dated Brent Spot (DBS) price of oil recently. Today, for example, the NYMEX was reported to be $34.00/barrel, while the DBS indicated $42.91/bbl. You can click on the Energy Information Agency definition to gain a sense what they are. In short, the NYMEX is a future price while the Brent is closer to being the curent price. There are 161 different crude oil prices generally reported. The NYMEX is the version usually mentioned in newspapers.

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