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Afghanistan
Top Taliban Taken Out of Play: Mullah Baradar is Biggest Captured Yet...Secret Joint Raid Captures Taliban’s Top Commander ....Updates: Taliban denies leader captured; Pakistan official calls reports 'propaganda'...CIA is said to seek custody of a seized Taliban chief Afghan Taliban military commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was captured in Pakistan last month. U.S. officials say he is not revealing useful information and want him transferred to Bagram air base. Dutch Troops To Pull Out Of Afghanistan..Some troops say strict rules of engagement slow their advance on Taliban stronghold US support for Afghan warlord is key test of new policy The United States is helping an Afghan warlord and former enemy to take control of a district bordering Pakistan, military officers and independent experts say. US cautiously supports Karzai on new election law US officials voiced support here for Afghan President Hamid Karzai's move to take control of an election watchdog in an apparent break with key allies fighting in the war-torn country.Karzai Brother: Drug Lord, CIA Darling? "I personally have been shown Western intelligence reports that would appear to indicate that he is indeed deeply involved in drugs," said Gretchen Peters, the author of a book on the Afghan drug trade. "He is the one that will make sure the customs and border police don't search the trucks that are full of drugs." Iraq Iraq to Reinstate 20,000 Officers from Saddam's Army KBR Tells Court It Was Following Military Orders When Employees Burned Toxic Waste in Open Pits The military's largest contractor is trying to avoid liability for health risks associated with burn pits on bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, but the truth is emerging.
Iraqi PM accused of 'guns for votes' A senior Iraqi spy has
accused Nour al-Maliki of buying votes by handing out guns to
tribal leaders
Silencer Guns Kill 67 in One Day in Baghdad Last Sunday 67 corpses were brought to Baghdad morgue all shot with silencer guns, medical sources said. U.S.: Court-Martial for Soldier Who Wrote Angry Song about Stop-Loss Army Specialist and Iraq war veteran Marc Hall was incarcerated by the U.S. Army in Georgia for recording a song that expresses his anger over the Army's stop-loss policy. Now he waits to be shipped to Iraq to face a court martial. Pakistan C.I.A. and Pakistan Work Together, but Do So WarilyDespite a tormented relationship, the U.S. and Pakistani intelligence agencies are working together on tactical operations, as the C.I.A. extends its secret war deep into Pakistan’s cities. Pakistan militant group attacked by suicide bomber At least 15 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a suicide bomb attack on a militant gathering in north-western Pakistan, officials say. Europe Goldman behind Greek crisis Goldman Sachs helped hide mounting debt now threatening EU stability....Greece Hires Former Goldman Banker as Debt Chief Allied bid for Obama to remove US European nuclear stockpile European NATO allies are to urge President Barack Obama to remove all remaining US nuclear weapons from European soil, as domestic pressure grows to rid its soil of outdated Cold War-era aerial bombs. 3 Google execs convicted of privacy violations Vatican Official Refuses To Resign After Defending Abortion Russia's Billionaires Are (Almost) Back A new report says the number of Russian billionaires jumped from 49 to 77 in the last year. Asia Suspected Maoists kill 14 Indian police: officialsIndia restaurant bomb blast kills eight in Pune....India detains four over restaurant bombing: police |
Middle East PHOTOS: European Hit Squad Behind Killing Of Hamas Commander, Dubai Police Say...Video Of Alleged Assassination Team In Hamas Chief Killing Released...Mystery over Dubai killing deepens Fifteen new suspects and six more UK passports faked, with Britons stunned at stolen identities WATCH: CCTV Footage Of New Dubai Hit Squad Suspects... Dubai killers stole identities of UK citizens.....At least some Dubai photos of Hamas 'assassins' appear fake....'3 Dubai suspects fled through Iran' Israel denies assassin rumor: ‘You watch too much Bond’ Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Monday made light of accusations that the Jewish state was involved in the murder of a top Hamas official in Dubai, likening the assassination to a James Bond movie plot. Officers planned false flag op 52 Turkish military leaders planned to blow up mosques, airliners US to expand Yemen's air forces to counter Qaeda Ultraconservative jihadists challenge Hamas rule in Gaza Jihadi Salafis preach global jihad, or holy war, adhere to an ultraconservative form of Islam and are becoming a headache even for Hamas, the Islamic militant group that rules Gaza Israel plans more homes for East Jerusalem Israel has plans to build another 600 homes in occupied land it considers part of East Jerusalem, the Haaretz daily newspaper reported on Friday Two-Thirds of Americans Think Iran Already Has the Bomb Remember Saddam Hussein’s dreaded weapons of mass destruction, the ones we could never quite manage to find? Well it looks like they have finally shown up — in Iran. Most Americans were convinced that Saddam had the bomb, despite the lack of any evidence. Iran is bluffing on nuclear enrichment: experts Seized Iran militant 'confesses' to US help offer Captured Iranian Sunni militant Abdolmalek Rigi said in a "confession" aired on state television Friday that the United States offered to provide him with military aid to battle the Islamic regime. The Americas
Chiquita finding bittersweet for families Tania Julin remembers the deep gut pain she felt when she found out nearly three years ago that Chiquita Brands International had paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to a Marxist rebel group in Colombia that had abducted and killed her missionary husband.
Colombia election open as court blocks Uribe run -The
hugely popular Uribe, one of the strongest US allies in
South America
Venezuela violates human rights, OAS commission reports Venezuela routinely violates human rights, often intimidating or punishing citizens based on their political beliefs, an Organization of American States commission said in a report released Wednesday. Adviser to Americans in Haiti Wanted in U.S. Ex-adviser to Americans detained in Haiti being pursued by U.S. authorities.
CATASTROPHE IN
CHILE Mexico Deputy Police Chief Shot Dead At Son's Elementary School....Mexicans march against drug war as officials call for legal pot A 'US-free' Americas bloc US, Canada excluded from new regional body; Cuba will be member. Latin American and Caribbean nations have agreed to set up a new regional body without the US and Canada, Mexican President Felipe Calderon has said. Africa Coup under way in Niger...Niger junta names squadron chief as its leader US Freezes Spending on Free AIDS Drugs Plan in Africa Former Liberian dictator, on trial for war crimes, implicates U.S. con man Pat Robertson. Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, testifying in his own war crimes trial today, said that the American conservative evangelist Pat Robertson was awarded a Liberian gold-mining concession in 1999 and subsequently offered to lobby the Bush administration to support his government. |
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Study Finds Plastic Trash Collection in Atlantic
US to commit $78.5M to try to halt Asian carp Navigational locks and gates in Chicago-area waterways crucial for shipping may be opened less frequently than usual under a $78.5 million campaign to prevent Asian carp from overrunning the Great Lakes, Danger of Marines’ water removed from report An environmental contractor dramatically underreported the level of a cancer-causing chemical found in tap water at Camp Lejeune, then omitted it altogether as the Marine base prepared for a federal health review, an Associated Press review has found. Cheney endorses effort to repeal DADT: ‘It strikes me that it’s time to reconsider the policy.’ Cop charged in Katrina killings Lieutenant accused of covering up shooting of 6 people on NOLA bridge. Are Checkpoints Police Profit Centers? A boom in roadside car seizures raises legal questions. Wireless Carriers Tell FCC They Disclose Fees The nation’s biggest wireless carriers are telling federal regulators that they give consumers adequate notice about early termination fees that apply when a service contract is broken before it expires. Jon Stewart Rips Banks For Credit Card Fees Correspondent Wyatt Cenac met with a former mafia loan shark who complained that Bank of America is giving lenders like him a bad name. No hidden fees, it is what it is ... Our word was our word in the mob. No fine print, no bullshit. Conservatives suggest cutting Utah’s budget deficit by eliminating mandatory 12th grade. School used laptops to spy on kids at home Students in a Philadelphia-area school district have launched a lawsuit accusing their schools of spying on them at home through webcams installed in laptop computers the district gave them. 4th Amendment is 'gone': Judge Whatever may have been left of the 4th Amendment ... is now gone.' U.S.: Gov't Sued Over Cell Phone Tracking If you are a U.S. resident who owns a cell phone, you should care about the outcome of a court case that "could well decide whether the government can use your cell phone to track you - even if it hasn't shown probable cause to believe it will turn up evidence of a crime." During the Olympics, the Feds Will Be Reading Your Tweets – and the Blotter DHS is monitoring social media and Web sites for Olympic security. Man Crashes Plane Into Austin IRS Office .. Angry Suicide Note Posted Online Secret Service uses 1980s mainframe A classified review of the United States Secret Service's computer technology found that the agency's computers were fully operational only 60 percent of the time because of outdated systems and a reliance on a computer mainframe that dates to the 1980s, according to Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn. Video catches Defense spy in the act FBI footage shows Pentagon employee selling secrets to Chinese spy. The Tea Party's Military Wing Private 1st Class Lee Pray and a small group of fellow soldiers at the Fort Drum Army base in upstate New York are angry about the recent direction of the federal government. In the belief that it is already starting to turn on its citizens, they are preparing for the day the feds will find some pretext to declare martial law. Their conspiracy-minded rhetoric mirrors that of a recently established group called Oath Keepers. (See next slide.) While not official, card-carrying members—indeed, the group encourages active duty soldiers to stay anonymous—they identify themselves as Oath Keepers and subscribe to the group's tenets. But Pray and his pals take the rhetoric a step further: They are actively stockpiling weapons, running drills, and outlining a plan of action Toyota withholding documents? Rep. Towns says Toyota shows 'a systematic disregard for the law.'34 deaths alleged in Toyotas Cluster Bomb Ban to Become Law – Without U.S. Just over a year after it was opened for signature, an international treaty banning cluster bombs received the final two ratifications it needed to become international law Tuesday
The War Criminal Next Door Virginia resident Mohamed Ali
Samantar oversaw a reign of terror in Somalia. Will the Supreme
Court grant him immunity?
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Economy The Richest 1% Have Captured America's Wealth -- What's It Going to Take to Get It Back?...Top US Earners Paid Record-Low Tax Rate As Incomes Soared In 2007 America's Only 'Socialist' Bank Is Thriving During Downturn Apple Admits Using Child Labor Long-Term Joblessness 'Off The Charts' Foreigners dumping US debt Foreign owners of US debt reduced holdings in Dec. by largest amount ever. Foreign demand for US debt drops by record amount Banks Are Pocketing Our Cash And Setting Us Up For Another Crash Wall St. Helped to Mask Debts Shaking Europe Wall Street tactics akin to the ones that fostered subprime mortgages in America have worsened the financial crisis shaking Greece and undermining the euro by enabling European governments to hide their mounting debts. Politics Torture teachers wanted to use 'mock burials' Two psychologists working on the Bush administration's enhanced interrogation techniques pushed for the use of "mock burials" on terror suspects, according to documents released by the Department of Justice. U.S.: CIA Briefed Congress on Renditions...CIA briefed 68 lawmakers on interrogation program
Declassified
report: CIA inspector general Jim Bunning Offers Middle Finger to Reporter....JIM BUNNING: As Pitcher and Senator, a Heartless SOB....GOP senator's hold puts 2,000 out of work....TOUGH S***': One Sen Blocks Jobless Benefits Extension For 1.2 Million Americans Democrats retreat on new privacy protections Democrats have retreated from adding new privacy protections to the nation's primary counterterrorism law, stymied by Senate Republicans who argued the changes would weaken terror investigations....Senate Dems look to one-year extension of key provisions in the Patriot Act How Conservative And Progressive State Governments Are Dealing With Their Budget Crises Republicans Across The Country Using Stimulus Funds They Trashed Last Year America’s Global Weapons Monopoly Blackwater reportedly used shell company to defraud US U.S. Building $1 Billion Embassy In London SPECTER SIGNS PUBLIC OPTION LETTER.. Reid Offers Support For Public Option Through Reconciliation Healthcare Summit Ends in Deadlock; Single-Payer Advocates Excluded After nearly seven hours of televised debate, President Obama’s so-called bipartisan healthcare summit ended Thursday without any substantive agreement between Republicans and Democrats. Republican lawmakers remained staunchly opposed to using the federal government to regulate health insurance. We speak to Columbia Journalism Review contributing editor Trudy Lieberman and pediatrician Dr. Margaret Flowers of Physicians for a National Health Program. White House Deal w/ Hospitals Killed Public Option Kansas lawmaker compares rape to auto theft. The bill would require a police report to be filed if the woman wants an abortion to be covered by her insurance under the incest or rape exemptions. “You’d have to have a report that someone stole your car,” said Rep. Steve Brunk, a Bel Aire Republican. “This is kind of the same thing. |
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