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Taliban Overhaul Image to Win Allies The Taliban’s spiritual leader, Mullah Muhammad Omar, issued a lengthy directive late last spring outlining a new code of conduct for the Taliban. The dictates include bans on suicide bombings against civilians, burning down schools, or cutting off ears, lips and tongues. Survey: Afghans Paid $2.5B in Bribes in 12-Month Period BBC: Suddenly The Afghan Security Forces Realize What They're Looking At & Run Taliban Suicide Bombers, Gunmen Attack Kabul WATCH: Footage Of The Attacks Witnesses: NATO Troops Kill Afghan Protesters West put 'amateurs' in charge of Iraq occupation and risks same in Afghanistan, inquiry told New Wave of Warlords Bedevils U.S. A younger generation of commanders have helped transform the Taliban from a peasant army that harbored al Qaeda into a formidable guerrilla force. Hamid Karzai plans to woo Taliban with 'land, work and pensions' incentive Incentives to be offered to fighters to lay down arms Iraq Deadly bombings in Shiite shrine city Over a dozen dead, 25 wounded in three bomb attacks in Iraq's Najaf Violence Returns To Anbar As U.S. Steps Back...Bombings target Iraqi army commander, kill 7... Gunmen kill Iraqi militia guards at checkpointIraq excludes 500 candidates from parliamentary elections....Iraq PM Maliki denies Sunni purge ahead of election ...Barred Politicians Mostly Secular, Iraqi Says A commission’s decision to bar about 500 candidates from March’s parliamentary elections has angered Sunnis, who feel they are being excluded from Iraqi politics. Petraeus '90% certain' Peter Moore was held in Iran Former US commander in Iraq said hostages were almost certainly taken to Iran for some of their imprisonment The US former commander in Iraq said he was "90% certain" that the former hostage Peter Moore was held in Iran for some of his two and a half years in captivity, according to reports. The assertion by General David Petraeus appears to support the conclusions of a Guardian investigation which found the five British detainees were taken to Iran soon after their abduction in 2007.Timeline: Iraq hostages.....Bush threats and an $18bn secret: why Iran's kidnap squad decided to strike Iraq littered with high levels of nuclear and dioxin contamination, study finds Pakistan Detained Americans had nuclear power site map, say Pakistan police Police are trying to determine whether five Americans detained in Pakistan had planned to attack a complex that houses nuclear power facilities. The Americas Venezuela Chavez nationalizes French-owned retailer HAITI Latest Updates: Death Toll From Haiti Earthquake May Pass 100,000... WATCH: New Footage Of Aftermath.... MAP: Population Graphic Shows Impact Of Quake ....Red Cross Says Toll May Be 50,000 ...Staggering: Haiti death toll 200,000 1.5 million homeless in ravaged nation; 'Have we been abandoned?'...10,000 Bodies Buried Daily in Quake Aftermath....Group: 20,000 Dying Daily from Lack of Surgery....Haiti: 40,000 buried, another 100,000 dead 300,000 Haitians Displaced...No room in cemetery for Haiti dead ..Streets Full of Bodies in Haiti Video.....Haiti earthquake footage - mankind was warned....Haiti hospitals, schools in ruins Many thousands lost: PM; millions suffer; archbishop killed; UN staff missing.....Haiti's elite spared from much of the devastation Frantic Efforts To Deliver Relief Before Looters, Robbers Take Over...Disorder Adds to Misery in Reeling Haiti; Men Roaming Streets With Machetes...Gangs return to Haiti slum after quake prison break...BBC On Police Shooting Into Crowds & Why Relief Efforts Are Facing So Much....Looters Hit UN Food Warehouse.. Aristide Wants To Return.. Latest PHOTOS.. US Military Arrive sun says 6,000 pounds of food is to be distributed, and that earlier reports of looting at its warehouse were overblown Police kill man in Haiti over allegedly stolen rice.... Hunger, Trauma Could Spark Unrest...2 Dominican Aid Workers Shot In Haiti During Relief Efforts A Short History of Haiti Start with the French. They ran Haiti as a slave colony, driving hundreds of thousands of slaves to early deaths in order to supply Europeans with coffee, sugar and tobacco. In 1804, the slaves rebelled and after savage fighting defeated three foreign armies to win their independence. Their former white masters made matters worse by demanding reparations, (yea they seriously forced the slaves to pay their masters for the work that wouldn't be done because they were free.) True Story! Fighting over what little was left, Haitians turned on each other. Coup followed coup, faction fought faction, and in 1915, our American president Woodrow Wilson sent in the Marines. By the time they left almost 20 years later, American companies had secured favored status in Haiti. In 1957, the country was taken over by the brutal and despotic rule of Papa Doc. in 1991, when the popular former priest Jean-Bertrand Aristide won the presidency as a champion of the poor, he spooked Washington. Said senator Chris Dodd, Aristide "wasn't going to be beholden to the United States, and so he was going to be trouble. We had interests and ties with some of the very strong financial interests in the country and he was threatening them." Every president from Ronald Reagan forward has embraced the corporate search for cheap labor that has meant rewards for Haiti's upper class while ordinary people were pushed further and further into squalor. Haitian contractors producing Mickey Mouse and Pocahontas pajamas for American companies under license with the Walt Disney Company paid their sweat shop workers as little as one dollar a day, while women sewing dresses for K-Mart earned eleven cents an hour. The Bush/Cheney administration, in cahoots with Haiti's privileged, helped destabilize his government. (Even forced the President into exile in 2004) |
Middle East Profiling Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh Ali Abdullah Saleh is not an especially lovable ally. Once known as "Little Saddam"—whom he hero-worshiped back in the day—Saleh is the longest-serving ruler in the Middle East after Libya's Muammar Kaddafi. During interviews, the Yemeni president slouches in his chair like a bored schoolboy, anxiously knocking his knees together as a question is asked. If he thinks he has said something particularly witty, Saleh smirks and flashes a wink at his aides to make sure they have heard it. Otherwise Saleh, a self-styled field marshal, doesn't try very hard to please anyone, even visiting American officials, who control about $70 million in aid for Yemen's military. It's a budget that could soon be at least doubled, and he will continue to do as he pleases, whatever the U.S.'s advice happens to be. Saleh has a standard response when asked about cooperation with Washington. "We're not your employees!" he barks. Israel's assassination policy TRNN interviews relatives of recently assassinated men in Nablus, Occupied Palestinian Territories The US cash behind extremist settlers | Andrew Kadi and Aaron Levitt Last month, a Brooklyn-based non-profit organisation called the Hebron Fund, which supports Jewish settlers in the Israeli-occupied city of Hebron, held a fundraiser at the New York Mets' stadium, Citi Field. East Jerusalem should be Palestinian capital, says EU draft paper Israel accuses EU of destroying prospects of renewed peace talks with document seen as an effort to strengthen Abbas An EU document stressing that East Jerusalem should be the capital of a future Palestinian state brought a sharp response today from Israel, which claimed Brussels was damaging the prospects of peace talks restarting. Gaza sees more newborns of malformation He said the increase of fetal deformity cases is related to the radioactive and toxic materials resulting from Israel's use of prohibited weapons. U.S. suggestion of sanctions causes stir in Israel A U.S. peace envoy's suggestion that Washington could penalize Israel financially to force it into making concessions to the Palestinians drew Israeli ire on Sunday. Elite Iran force’s rise may limit U.S. options An expansion in the role played by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps gives the elite force new economic and political clout, but it could also complicate efforts to pressure the regime. Iran says several foreigners arrested during unrest Sources: Iran ordered attack on Israeli convoy in Jordan An attack last week on an Israeli diplomatic convoy in Jordan was apparently carried out on instructions from Iran, the Jerusalem Post reported on Tuesday, citing sources close to Jordan’s General Intelligence Department The sources told the daily that the Jordanian agency was investigating the possibility that the explosives used in last week’s failed attempt were smuggled into Jordan by Iranian diplomats. Europe U.S. Patriot missiles to be deployed near Russian border: Polish DM....Russia's Navy to build up Baltic Fleet over Polish missile plans African Immigrants In Italy: Slave Labor For The Mafia....Southern Italian town world's 'only white town' after ethnic cleansing Authorities remove all remaining immigrants out of Rosarno for own protection after locals unleash bloody ethnic cleansing Italy: a country united by racism Oil Feud Reflects Growing Rift Between Russia and Belarus, Once Close Allies The quarrel, over an oil subsidy that has helped prop up Belarus’s leader, appears to be an attempt by Russia’s prime minister, Vladimir V. Putin, to settle a political score. Russia-Belarus Oil Dispute Threatens Europe’s Supply Asia Software Makers See a Market in Censorship While China's censorship policies are prompting Google to consider quitting its operations in the country, some technology companies see the restrictions as an golden business opportunity. Uncovering Sri Lanka's war crimes Despite verbal acrobatics reminiscent of George Orwell's 1984, Sri Lankan officials have been unable to dismiss a shocking mobile phone video from last January purportedly showing Sri Lankan soldiers summarily executing Internet pirates find 'bulletproof' havens for illegal file sharing Internet pirates are moving away from safe havens such as Sweden to new territories that include China and Ukraine, as they try to avoid prosecution for illegal file sharing, according to experts. Yahoo pulled into Google fracas, Alibaba reacts Yahoo got pulled into a growing row between China and Google on Saturday, as its Chinese partner slammed Yahoo's statements supporting Google while a source revealed the search giant had stayed silent about cyber-attacks. Google 'may end China operations over e-mail breaches' Internet search company Google says it may end operations in China over alleged breaches of the e-mail accounts of Chinese human rights activists Africa Upside to Piracy: More Fish in the Seas Kenya fishermen catching more fish, credit pirates for scaring off trawlers. More than 450 dead in Nigeria violence...Dozens dead in new Nigeria clashes Religious clashes between Christians, Muslims; city under 24-hour curfew Nigeria religious riots 'kill scores' in Jos |
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FBI, Telecoms Teamed to Breach Wiretap Laws The FBI and telecom
companies collaborated to routinely violate federal wiretapping laws
for four years, as agents got access to reporters’ and citizens’
phone records using fake emergency declarations or simply asking for
them. Army charges mom who refused to deploy The Army said Wednesday it has filed criminal charges against a single-mom soldier who refused to deploy to Afghanistan last year, arguing she had no family able to care for her infant son. Report: Texas still executing mentally retarded prisoners...Supreme Court upholds execution of US man with child's IQ Iraq veteran held over 'violent' rap Soldier says hip-hop lyrics were protest against 'unending war' and US military's extended service policy An Iraq war veteran has been arrested and charged with threatening to kill his officers after recording a violent rap protest song and sending it to the Pentagon. Marc Hall, a junior member of an infantry unit, wrote the song in protest at the US army's unpopular policy of involuntarily extending soldiers' service and forcing them to return to Iraq or Afghanistan. Hall completed a 14-month spell in Iraq last year, expecting to be discharged next month, but was told he would have to go back to Iraq under the policy known as stop-loss. 22 Indicted in FBI Sting on Paying Foreign Bribes Matt Taibbi Blasts David Brooks For Haiti Column: 'Wait Until After The Bodies Were Cold' A friend of mine sent a link to Sunday’s David Brooks column on Haiti, TRANSLATION: Although it is true that Haiti was just like five minutes ago a victim of a random earthquake that killed tens of thousands of people, I’m going to skip right past the fake mourning period and point out that Haitians are a bunch of lazy niggers who can’t keep their dongs in their pants and probably wouldn’t be pancaked under fifty tons of rubble if they had spent a little more time over the years listening to the clarion call of white progress, and learning to use a freaking T-square, instead of singing and dancing and dabbling in not-entirely-Christian religions and making babies all the fucking time. Saudi billionaire eyes new links with News Corp. The Saudi billionaire whose investment firm is one of the biggest stakeholders in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. (FOX NEWS) said he is looking to expand his alliances with the media giant Big Tobacco Makes Secret Plea To Avoid Payout Tobacco industry lawyers met secretly with Solicitor General Elena Kagan in an effort to avoid the government's last-ditch attempt to extract billions from companies that illegally concealed the dangers of cigarette smoking, The Associated Press has learned. Johnson & Johnson Accused of Drug Kickbacks The company is accused paying tens of millions of dollars to Omnicare in order put more patients on its blockbuster schizophrenia drug. Lawyers for Iranian Group Challenge 'Terrorist' Designation The People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran is not a foreign terrorist organization and should not be labeled as such by the State Department, according to a Mayer Brown lawyer who is planning to argue the group's case Most in US 'would trim liberties to be safer' Per poll; security debate hinges on balance between personal liberty, safety. Muslim profiling is a recipe for insecurity | Ed Husain The profiling of ordinary Muslims loses the support of the very people we need to contain al-Qaeda Report Calls Military Intelligence Ignorant and Oblivious An intelligence review sends waves through the Pentagon as it critiques strategy in Afghanistan. Gun laws loosening across much of U.S. Gen Re Paying $92.2M to Settle Charges The insurer General Re Corp. has agreed to pay $92.2 million to settle charges by federal authorities' and shareholder claims over its alleged role in accounting misconduct schemes by American International Group and Prudential Financial. US Fines Buffett’s General Re for Helping AIG Fraud US officials Wednesday announced a 92 million dollar settlement with insurance firm General Re, controlled by investor Warren Buffett, for its role in fraudulent accounting practices, including a scheme to help AIG Webster Bank subpoenaed on mortgage lending Webster Bank is one of 15 financial institutions nationwide that have received federal subpoenas asking for information on their mortgage lending, particularly as it relates to claims against Federal Housing Administration-backed loans. The Waterbury-based bank was selected for the review because it has “significant” claim rates against the FHA’s mortgage insurance program, Kenneth Donohue, inspector general with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, said today. The review is a joint effort between Donhue’s office and the FHA and was triggered, in part, by the concerns of David Stevens, who is the FHA’s commissioner. SEC expands charges against BofA Federal regulators have expanded their charges against Bank of America Corp. over billions in bonuses paid at Merrill Lynch, accusing the bank of failing to disclose mounting losses at Merrill before a shareholder vote approving the combination of the two firms. Scott Brown wins Massachusetts Senate special election race Brown will give Republicans a 41st seat in the Senate, robbing Democrats of the filibuster-proof majority the party had used to pass President Obama's health care plan late last year. SUPREME COURT HELPS DOOM US ALL!Supreme Court eases federal ban on corporate campaign donations The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday opened the door to federal corporate political donations. "Indeed, to exclude or impede corporate speech is to muzzle the principal agents of the modern free economy. We should celebrate rather than condemn the addition of this speech to the public debate," said the majority in the opinion.Read the entire Supreme Court decision here (.pdf) In the context of election to public office, the distinction between corporate and human speakers is significant. Although they make enormous contributions to our society, corporations are not actually members of it. They cannot vote or run for office. Because they may be managed and controlled by nonresidents, their interests may conflict in fundamental respects with the interests of eligible voters. The Court’s ruling threatens to undermine the integrity of elected institutions across the Nation. The path it has taken to reach its outcome will, Essentially, five Justices were unhappy with the limited nature of the case before us, so they changed the case to give themselves an opportunity to change the law. The fact that a Court can hypothesize situations in which a statute might, at some point down the line, pose some unforeseen as-applied problems, does not come close to meeting the standard for a facial challenge. Rep. Grayson has introduced a package of 5 pieces of legislation entitled: Save Our Democracy."The Supreme Court has decided to protect the rights of GE, Volkswagen, Lukoil and Aramco, at the expense of our right to good government," The court decision completely ignores the likelihood that corporations will spend money to elect officials who will do their bidding, and punish those who won't. It allows unlimited election spending by all corporations, even foreign ones.Olbermann SCOTUS SPECIAL COMMENT PT. 1: 'After Today, Who's Going To Stop Them?'...Olbermann SCOTUS SPECIAL COMMENT PT. 2: 'After Today, Who's Going To Stop Them?' CEOs to Congress: Use taxpayer money for campaigns As business leaders, we believe the current political fundraising system is already broken. The Supreme Court decision further exacerbates this problem. Members of Congress already spend too much time raising money from large contributors. And often, many of us individually are on the receiving end of solicitation phone calls from members of Congress. With additional money flowing into the system due to the Court's decision, the fundraising pressure on Congress will only increase.
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Court Rules That Mass Surveillance of Americans is Immune From Judicial Review In the ruling, issued late Thursday, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Vaughn Walker held that the privacy harm to millions of Americans from the illegal spying dragnet was not a "particularized injury" but instead a "generalized grievance" because almost everyone in the United States has a phone and Internet service. Supreme Court hears arguments on detaining sex offenders Despite concerns, most justices seem inclined to uphold a federal law permitting authorities to confine 'sexually dangerous' people after their prison terms have been completed Scalia (yes, Scalia) invokes foreign law in court Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia practically hisses when his colleagues consult foreign law to help interpret the U.S. Constitution. But on Tuesday, Scalia found himself looking approvingly to other countries in a case over an international custody dispute. MIT-Trained Scientist Shot At FBI, Has Al-Qaida Ties U.S. Military Weapons Inscribed With Secret 'Jesus' Bible Codes Pentagon Supplier for Rifle Sights Says It Has 'Always' Added New Testament References Coded references to New Testament Bible passages about Jesus Christ are inscribed on high-powered rifle sights provided to the United States military US firm to remove Biblical references on gunsights Politics Congress Moves Forward on Media Shield Law The law would prevent journalists from having to reveal confidential sources in federal court trials.Congress Spends $97 Million on Printing Documents Many Hill offices are urging a shift to online. Stimulus cash doesn't create local jobs A federal spending surge of more than $20 billion for roads and bridges in President Obama's first stimulus has had no effect on local unemployment rates, raising questions about his argument for billions more to address an "urgent need to accelerate job growth." An Associated Press analysis of stimulus spending found that it didn't matter if a lot of money was spent on highways or none at all: Local unemployment rates rose and fell regardless. And the stimulus spending only barely helped the beleaguered construction industry, the analysis showed. With the nation's unemployment rate at 10 percent and expected to Stimulus impact will fade in 6 months Loan program may have made things worse The administration’s $75 billion program to protect homeowners from foreclosure is widely seen as a disappointment, and some experts say it has done more harm than good. McCain Investigating Defense Earmarks Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who led the Senate's investigation of disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, is gearing up to tackle defense earmarks next — with a particular focus on the PMA Group, the now-defunct lobbying powerhouse. War? There's an iPhone app for that The first application in its plans, called One Force Tracker, uses satellite positioning and mobile networks to give soldiers constantly updating field maps that track the position of friendly troops and enemy fighters in real time. WHISTLEBLOWER REVEALS HOW INSURERS CAN GAME NEW HEALTH CARE BILL Massachusetts: Obama's health warning One of the ironies of the political blow that Massachusetts has delivered both to a Democratic president and his prime piece of legislation, healthcare reform, is that the state already has a mandatory health insurance programme of its own. When it was passed in 2006, Health insurers secretly funded $10-$20 million in attack ads Obama to Propose New Rules on Proprietary Trading to Reduce Risk Taking President Barack Obama tomorrow will offer proposals to limit the size and complexity of financial institutions’ proprietary trading as a way to reduce risk- taking, an administration official said. Never Again Will The American Taxpayer Be Held Hostage By A Bank That Is Too Big To Fail' New Rules Will Restrain Size And Complexity Of Financial Institutions... The Optics Of Obama's Speech... Antitrust Probe Into Big Banks Also Needed Elizabeth Warren Fights To Save Consumer Protection Agency From Banks ....Dodd May Gut Agency... Warren: Agency Is 'Centerpiece Of Meaningful Reform' In crisis, Federal Reserve records $45 billion profit Central bank will return the money to the Treasury; bank's unconventional efforts to prop up the economy created windfall for the government. Federal Reserve Seeks to Protect U.S. Bailout Secrets The Federal Reserve asked a U.S. appeals court to block a ruling that for the first time would force the central bank to reveal secret identities of financial firms that might have collapsed without the largest government bailout in U.S. history. The U.S. Court of Appeals in Manhattan will decide whether the Fed must release records of the unprecedented $2 trillion U.S. loan program Justice task force recommends about 50 Guantanamo detainees be held indefinitely Casting Doubt on US Claims of Suicide, Attorney Scott Horton Reveals 3 Gitmo Prisoners Died After Torture at Secret Site...Four US soldiers cast doubt on Gitmo 'suicides' US magazine (Harpers) claims Guantánamo inmates were killed during questioning Obama to raise $90B with bank fee GOP opposes bank fee, risks populist anger from base Prominent Republicans are coming out in opposition to President Barack Obama's proposal for a $90-billion fee on large banks that took bailout money, a move that political observers say could force the GOP to choose between their traditional anti-tax position and populist anger over the bailout Fox News inflates Obama bank fee by factor of 100 If you're disillusioned with Obama, you don't understand how he won | Gary Younge You've got to feel sorry for the Democratic Senate leader, Harry Reid. In 1995, when it seemed Colin Powell might run for president, Powell explained his appeal to white voters thus: "I speak reasonably well, like a white person", and, visually, "I ain't that black. More than a decade later, Reid said almost the same thing about Barack Obama, arguing that the presidential candidate owed his success in part to his "light-skinned" appearance and the fact that he spoke "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one". Exclusive: Obama received $20 million from health care industry in 2008 Economy We're More Strict With Our Poor Than With Our Banks' George Soros on Housing Prices June 2006 Must Watch...this man predicted a crash In reversal, federal regulators now propose to limit oil and gas commodities With the price of gas at the pump at its highest point in well over a year, federal regulators moved Thursday to prevent excessive speculation by financial traders from driving the cost of oil even higher. The effort to adopt new limits on the trading of oil and other energy commodities is a sharp reversal after years when regulators left those markets alone. |
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Conn. receives $3 million for green job training Conn. Humane Society under investigation
Ribbons to Support Troops Banned In Connecticut Town Yellow
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Group rips proposed DEP regulations on water use A broad coalition of business groups and community leaders is opposing regulations proposed by the state Department of Environmental Protection that would govern how much water could be drawn from the state’s rivers and streams, as well as associated watersheds. SCOTUS rejects flight paths appeal The
U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear
an appeal over new flight paths that
Connecticut officials say would route
more large planes over the southwestern
part of the state and harm the
environment. 'English only' policy at eatery A popular eatery in New Haven has issued a new memo to their workers that says they must speak English in front of their customers AT&T plans to cut more jobs Union officials are saying tonight that telecommunications giant AT&T plans to cut 160 jobs in the state. However, word of more layoffs has the union claiming customers will see a decline in service.
Four shot in
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New Haven
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investigating
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overnight
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including a
teenage girl
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Yale: Peru lawsuit should be dismissed Yale University says a lawsuit by Peru seeking the return of thousands of Inca artifacts removed from the famed Machu Picchu citadel should be dismissed because the 90-year-old claims are time-barred under the law. 12 high school swimmers hospitalized after bus catches fire The bus driver, working for ABC Affordable Bus Charters of Northford, pulled to the side of the road when some students smelled smoke and used a fire |
N. Branford redirects funds to park project
Madison police investigating several burglaries Sorry Murph, You're On the Terrorist Watch List A 75-year-old man from Cheshire is fighting to get his name off the government's terror watchlist State Approves $26 Million for High-Speed Rail Callers Inundate Fuel Assistance Programs The cost of oil is rising as the temperatures drop and that combination has caused energy assistance programs in Connecticut to be inundated with requests for help. Medical Charity Money Paid for Spa, Trips: AG Vacations, clothes and cash are not how someone running a nonprofit is supposed to be using donations. Conn. officer shoots man wielding hammer Mom arrested for injecting drug in school bathroom NORTH BRANFORD — A mother dropping off her child at an elementary school kindergarten Friday morning was arrested for injecting a narcotic into her foot in the school’s bathroom, police said. And It’s Dodd Who Was In Bed With AIG? Easily the most curious aspect of the AIG bonus scandal that captivated the country last March was that Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), who’d proposed to stop payment of those bonuses, took the fall when Treasury officials, behind Secretary Tim Geithner, swept onto the scene and altered Dodd’s proposal to allow the bonuses to proceed. (Geithner admitted as much a few weeks later.) Guards say prisons not safe for them
Correction
officers in
Connecticut say
their jobs are
too dangerous
and that no one
is doing
anything to help
them. Review: US agency must revamp fish law enforcement A nationwide review of how the nation's fisheries are policed found Northeast fishermen were given double the fines of other regions and urged reforms to make the penalty process appear "less arbitrary and unfair." |
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Security Issues ATF stings put 250M illegal cigarettes on streets Undercover ATF agents in Virginia have funneled more than 250 million cigarettes onto the nation's streets in the past three years through black market sales targeting smugglers U.S. struggles to recruit computer security experts Countries re-think swine flu vaccine orders The United States said on Monday it had cut in half its order for H1N1 flu vaccine from Australia's CSL Ltd, but said it is not certain how far orders from other suppliers will be trimmed. While U.S. officials are still calculating how much swine flu vaccine they will need, it is becoming increasingly clear that the United States will not need all 251 million doses it ordered from five companies.Up to 80 million Americans infected with H1N1: CDC Toxic metal in kids' jewelry from China Fort Hood Shooting Was Terrorism, U.S. Says Reversing itself, FDA expresses concerns over health risks from BPA The Food and Drug Administration has reversed its position on the safety of Bisphenol A, a chemical found in plastic bottles, soda cans, food containers and thousands of consumer good 'The Man Who Conned The Pentagon' One man's claims about secret al-Qaida messages sent via television led American officials to raise terror-alert levels and cancel a number of flights. But those claims turned out to be bogus. Guy Raz talks with journalist Aram Roston about his article in Playboy magazine about Dennis Montgomery, "The Man Who Conned the Pentagon." Give Homeland Security role in U.S. visas: Senator The Homeland Security Department rather than the State Department should handle U.S. visas overseas to meet security threats, the chairman of the Senate homeland security committee said on Sunday. Courts Ex-Pentagon official jailed for spying for China Threats against federal judges, prosecutors are up A government review has found threats to federal judges and prosecutors have increased dramatically in the past six years. Judges skeptical over Bagram detainees' request A federal appeals court panel expressed deep skepticism Thursday about giving three detainees at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan the same right to challenge their indefinite detention as prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Federal Court Limits the Use of Tasers A court in California ruled that a police officer could be held liable for using the device against an unarmed man during a traffic stop.
Chevron agrees to $45 million
settlement Chevron Corp. will
pay $45.5 million to resolve claims
that it underpaid natural gas
royalties to the government and
Native Americans, the Justice
Department announced Wednesday.
Judge Blocks Furloughs in California Justice Department Intervenes In Gay Rights Suit (first time in a decade) Justice Department Intervenes In Gay Rights Suit by Ari Shapiro January 15, 2010 For the first time in a decade, Justice Department lawyers have moved to intervene in a lawsuit on behalf of a gay high school student who was beaten up for being effeminate. The case marks a novel interpretation of the Title IX statute, which prohibits discrimination against students on the basis of gender Judge rejects suit over Oakland police shooting A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit filed by the family of an unarmed man who was shot and killed by two Oakland police officers on New Year's Eve 2007. Study: Campaign donations to judges distort justice system Federal Judge Orders Release of Sealed Court Papers in Blackwater Case Prop. 8 backer questioned about child sex comment A proponent of California's same-sex marriage ban warned voters in a letter during the 2008 campaign that gay rights activists would try to legalize sex with children if same-sex couples had the right to wed, Judge Rules NY Fire Department Intentionally Discriminated Against Black Applicants
Calif AG Sues E-Cigarette Maker, Says Cigs Unsafe
Judge Orders F.D.A. to Stop Blocking Imports of E-Cigarettes From China A judge said the Food and Drug Administration’s new tobacco division would be able to regulate e-cigarettes just as it does real cigarettes. U.S. court OKs Internet music sales lawsuit A federal appeals court revived an antitrust lawsuit Wednesday that accuses major record labels controlling 80 percent of U.S. digital music sales of scheming together to charge high prices. Study finds differing policies on sealing federal court cases Federal judges often seal cases that come before them for questionable reasons and allow case files to remain secret from public scrutiny long after the reasons for secrecy have lapsed, a year-long study by the federal court system's research agency has found. The study noted, for example, for civil cases were sealed to protect the reputation of doctors and one criminal was sealed because the defendant "had a high profile."
U.S. Supreme Court Says Jury
Selection Should Be Open To
Public
The Man Who Took Down Campaign Finance Reform Meet the conservative lawyer behind the Supreme Court case that opens the floodgates to unprecedented corporate election spending.Tiller Stalker: Ex-AG's Crusade Against Kansas Abortion Doctor Revealed In New Complaint Education Texas education board changes history — for schools, anyway Texas won't seek federal education funding Texas won't compete for up to $700 million in federal stimulus money for education because the program "smacks of a federal takeover of our public schools," Republican Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday. 4-Year-Old Boy Suspended From School for Months Because His Hair Is 'Too Long' |
NY cabbie returns lost $21,000Mohammad
Asadujjaman turns down reward after driving over 50
miles in search of Italian tourist He also declined
the reward the Lettieri family offered him, saying
that as an observant Muslim he could not accept it.
In Vermont, Effort to Secede From U.S. Military divorces edge up again in ninth year of war Spanish politician may sue over bin Laden photo Spanish politician said on Saturday that he was "stupefied" by the FBI's decision to use his photograph to compose its latest image of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and is considering taking legal action Mailman to deliver aid in case of anthrax attack If the nation ever faces a large-scale attack by a biological weapon like anthrax, the U.S. Postal Service will be in charge of delivering whatever drugs and other medical aid Americans would need to survive. Media Sarah Palin takes Fox News commentator job Rush Limbaugh Says Ted Kennedy Had 'Negroes' Serve Him 'Booze' T.S.A. Drops Bloggers’ Subpoenas An investigation by the Transportation Security Administration into who leaked an airline security directive issued after the failed explosion on a Detroit-bound plane is nearing its end. Justice Department urges FCC to free spectrum The government agency that supervises the communications industry should free up unused airwaves to make the high-speed Internet access market more competitive, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday.
"Avatar" Is a White Savior Movie If
director James Cameron was looking
to tell a story from the point of
view of people of color, as he said
he was, then he fell woefully short
in “Avatar.” Whatever his
intentions, the movie is actually a
study of the white savior complex.
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non-crimes Federal Prisoners Kept Beyond Their Sentences If deemed "sexually dangerous," federal prisoners can be kept behind bars indefinitely. This practice, which has been called unconstitutional, is being considered Tuesday by the U.S. Supreme Court. Protest Against America's Toughest Sheriff Turns Violent In Arizona Authorities raid American Samoa immigration office enforcement agents in American Samoa have raided the U.S. territory's Office of Immigration seeking evidence of human trafficking in a case that could involve victims from China, the Philippines and South Korea, authorities said Multiple Fatalities In Virginia Shooting; Cops Shot At, Helicopter Damaged NYC cops punching handcuffed man in head Civil Rights Teen Takes D-Bag Fight to Appeals Court More than two years have passed since Avery Doninger of Burlington typed the words in her online journal that sparked a statewide debate over whether students have the right to call school administrators... Black Job-Seekers Hide Race For Corporate America A 2004 study showed that resumes with recognizably African-American names were twice as likely to be ignored as other resumes. Black job seekers with advanced degrees have reported removing any indication of race from their resume just to get a shot at job. Host Liane Hansen talks to diversity columnist Michelle T. Johnson of the Kansas City Star about the difficulties. Arctic methane leak- ing at 'record levels'Powerful greenhouse gas emissions rise by almost a third in 5 years: experts. Cindy McCain NOH8 PHOTO: McCain Joins Project Protesting Prop 8 Paralyzed Man Accuses Ohio Hotel of Discrimination A man paralyzed from the waist down is accusing a hotel of discrimination, alleging management refused to give him a room because he can’t control his bowels and soiled linens during a previous visit. Environment
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Court won't close shipping locks to keep out carp The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to order the immediate closure of shipping structures near Chicago to contain the ravenous Asian carp, before authorities said DNA from the invaders had been found in Lake Michigan for the first time. Using poison to save Great Lakes Amid fears invasive Asian carp are drawing close to Lake Michigan, scientists try a massive fish kill. The Push for 350: Contradictions and Carbon Levels Some scientists believe 350 parts per million of CO2 in our atmosphere is all the planet can handle.
JPMorgan
Chase
Cashes
in on
Destroying
the
Appalachian
Mountains
Wells
Fargo
and Bank
of
America
have
severed
ties
with
Massey
Energy,
the
leading
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removal
mining
corporation.
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Chase? Drug War U.S. Charges 3 Malians in Drug Plot Federal prosecutors unsealed narcotics and terrorism charges Friday against three West Africans identified as associates of Al Qaeda and a related group. Rep. Steve Cohen Headlines Pot Conference Tennessee Democrat Speaks at Pro-Legalization Marijuana Policy Project's Gala Drug abuse in US prisons is tough to stamp out Richard Pillajo, a wellness education officer at a Florida state prison, strayed beyond his job description, according to investigators who arrested him last year. He allegedly planned to smuggle cocaine, marijuana and hydrocodone pills to inmates for a payoff of $2,500. |
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PHOTO: Trees On Mars? Are Men More Evolved Than Women? Women may think of men as primitive, but new research indicates that the Y chromosome – the thing that makes a man male – is evolving far faster than the rest of the human genetic code. Mutant HIV Wave Threatens Decades of Drug Progress, Study Finds Scientists Grow Pork From Stem Cells Neptune And Uranus May Have Diamond Oceans, Scientists Say Filchner ice shelf 'disintegrates' Chunk of ice the size of Rhode Island broke away over just 24 hours. Geothermal Drilling Safeguards Imposed Gravel beaches trapping oil from 1989 Exxon spill-- An engineering professor has figured out why oil remains trapped along miles of gravel beaches more than 20 years after the Exxon Valdez tanker disaster in Prince William Sound |
UN scientists admit glaciers mistake Members of UN
climate science body admit claim Himalayan glaciers
could melt away by 2035 unfounded
New Mammogram Guidelines Contradict Controversial Task Force Recommendations Just when you thought breast cancer screening couldn’t get any more confusing, two national medical groups issued new mammogram guidelines Monday recommending that women begin routine screenings at age 40. Issued by the Society of Breast Imaging and the American College of Radiology, the guidelines contradict controversial recommendations released in November by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which suggested that routine screenings shouldn’t begin until age 50. NASA: Past decade 'warmest ever'2009 2nd-warmest year on record; 'global warming continuing unabated.' Why Antarctica Isn't Melting Much -- Yet Climate scientists explain an oddity in global warming projections. |
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Mass. secretary of state says Senate voting irregularity reports explainable, not wide Report also indicates the undercover filmmakers may have violated state law in their filming operation. Coakley: Ballots pre-marked for Brown...Diebold declares Republican the winner in Massachusetts Senate election In Massachusetts over 90% of the ballots are counted by two voting machine companies, Diebold and Sequoia, and no human eyes watch the count POLL:
MASS. VOTERS PROTESTED AGAINST WEAK WALL STREET, HEALTH
CARE POLICIES
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Voters Were No-Shows in Massachusetts
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Kennedy legacy losing to 'naked guy who owns truck'Treasury/Federal Reserve/Bailouts/SEC/IRS US makes $4B off bank warrants Goldman Sachs CEO Admits: Government Will Save Us If We Fail...Goldman admits 'improper' actions in sales of securities JPMorgan's Dimon Says U.S. Shouldn't Use Taxes to `Punish' Financial Firms JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon said tax policy shouldn’t be used to “punish” companies as the Obama administration considers charging financial firms as much as $120 billion to recoup costs of the taxpayer bailout Paulson Asked to Join Geithner in Testifying on AIG Bailout Before House Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has been asked to join his successor Timothy Geithner in testifying before a House panel examining bailout payments to American International Group Inc.’s trading partners. New emails show AIG mulled bank payment disclosures IRS to regulate paid tax preparation The Internal Revenue Service plans to test, register and screen people who get paid to prepare tax returns, stepping into a virtually unregulated business on which millions of Americans depend for crucial financial services. Obama's 'Volcker Rule' shifts power away from Geithner Thursday morning at the White House, it seemed as if the two men had swapped places. A beaming Volcker stood at Obama's right as the president endorsed his proposal and branded it the "Volcker Rule." Geithner stood farther away, compelled to accommodate a stance he once considered less effective than his own. The moment was the product of Volcker's persistence and a desire by the White House to impose sharper checks on the financial industry than Geithner had been advocating, according to some government sources and political analysts. It was Obama's most visible break yet from the reform philosophy that Geithner and his allies had been promoting earlier. Rule Reversal Candidate Barack Obama promised to patch up the regulatory state. Twelve months into his presidency, he's lived up to his promise at some agencies and not made much progress at others. A look at the enforcers of environmental, securities, food and drug, employment, antitrust and telecom rules.LobbyingNavy Suspends Contractor With Ties to Rep. Defense Contractor Suspended for Paying Kickbacks to Contractor-Turned-Gov't Witness; Firm Has Ties to Penn. Rep. John Murtha
Largest U.S. farm group rallies
against climate bill The
largest U.S. farm group will
oppose aggressively "misguided"
climate legislation pending in
Congress and fight animal rights
activists, said American Farm
Bureau Federation president Bob
Stallman on Sunday |
Lawmakers want faster tax breaks for Haiti gifts
Americans who make donations for Haitian earthquake victims
would be able to write off charitable deductions from their
2009 taxes under a bill unveiled Friday by a bipartisan
group of House and Senate leaders. Filipino WWII veterans still waiting for payments Gaudencio Sotio injured his left leg fighting to expel the Japanese military from the Philippines during World War II. Though Filipino, he was fighting under the command of the United States, which had colonized his homeland in the early 1900s. CRS report: ACORN didn't break law Health Insurance Obama: Don't 'jam through' health care reform without Brown White House, unions reach deal on taxing insurance coverage Rep. John Shadegg (R-AZ3): America’s health insurance industry has wanted this bill AP sources: Health tax on high-earners may be out White House Signals Allegiance With Centrists on Key Health Points Drug Companies Threatening to Oppose Health Bill Loophole’ in health bill under attack Advocacy groups lobbied President Barack Obama and Congress on Thursday, trying to eliminate what they called a “loophole” in Senate health care legislation they said could allow insurers to raise rates based on consumers’ weight or blood sugar levels Pelosi says House cannot pass Senate's health-care bill without changes (Everything Is On The Table) Defense Spending More funding needed for war, Obama says...Obama will seek additional $33 billion for wars Army terminates robotics programs Robotic vehicles, aircraft abandoned in favor of practicality. Army testing new camouflage Soldiers heading to Afghanistan could soon be issued new combat uniforms that would offer better camouflage based on their operating environments. Soldiers who have served in Afghanistan had identified the need for camouflage uniforms that better conceal troops operating there. Stimulus STIMULUS WATCH: White House changes job-count rule Stimulus impact will fade in 6 months The $787 billion stimulus package enacted by Congress in February will continue to bolster the U.S. economy over the next several years but its impact will begin to diminish in about six months, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Thursday. The CBO report also found that after mid-2010, the package of government spending and tax cuts will continue to help support the economic demand but will have a negative impact on future growth. The report said that roughly one-fifth of the money and cuts in President Obama's $787 billion stimulus program had been spent through September 2009 |
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Million In Polluter Campaign Cash Republican Senator: 'I Believe In Racial And Ethnic Profiling' Ron Paul: After ‘CIA coup,’ agency ‘runs everything’ There's been a coup, have you heard? It's the CIA coup. The CIA runs everything, they run the military. They're the ones who are over there lobbing missiles and bombs on countries. ... And of course the CIA is every bit as secretive as the Federal Reserve. ... And yet think of the harm they have done since they were established [after] World War II. They are a government unto themselves. They're in businesses, in drug businesses, they take out dictators ... We need to take out the CIA. |
Schakowsky Prepares Legislation to Ban Blackwater As
multiple scandals involving Blackwater continue to emerge
almost daily,
Rep.
Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a member of the House Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence is preparing to introduce
legislation aimed at ending the US government’s relationship
with Blackwater and other armed contracting companies. Himes bucks party's leadership and opposes job bill Rep. Jim Himes, one of 38 Democrats who opposed a $154 billion jobs bill that narrowly passed without a single Republican vote, is defending his decision to break with the majority of his party.The Jobs for Main Street Act dedicates $48.3 billion for shovel-ready infrastructure projects in the areas of highway construction, mass transit projects, Amtrak improvements, airport grants and rehabilitation of wastewater treatment facilities. |
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Obama Actions of TSA nominee questioned The White House nominee to lead the Transportation Security Administration gave Congress misleading info about incidents in which he inappropriately accessed a federal database, records show. Warren Buffett Blasts Obama's Plan To Tax Banks Obama Beats Bush On Cutting Spending Obama names conservatives to Legal Services board Sacramento-based attorney Sharon L. Browne is a Republican and a principal attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation, which promotes limited government. But she also voices support for the Legal Services Corp.'s goal of providing legal services to low-income Americans. Report: Obama team has too many vacancies President Barack Obama has filled key government jobs about as fast as the Bush administration, but too many top positions - about 40 percent - remain vacant nearly one year after Obama took office, says a report being released Wednesday. Gun control group gives Obama failing grade; says it's been disappointing year Exclusive: President Obama: We Lost Touch With American People Last Year Obama says policymaking focus distracted WH from speaking directly to Americans. |
GITMO/Bahgram/CIA-Blacksites U.S. lawyers say Gitmo detainee denied speedy trial Spain willing to receive two Guantanamo prisoners Swiss parliamentarians against accepting more Guantanamo inmates Arrests at U.S. Capitol 'Close Gitmo' Protest US returns two former detainees to Algeria DOJ Justice Department eyes possible fraud on Wall Street US Justice Dept confirms antitrust seed probe The Justice Department has opened a formal antitrust investigation of the seed industry Justice rebuffs Panthers subpoena The Justice Department refused Tuesday to turn over most of the information and documents sought by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights explaining why a civil complaint was dismissed against members of the New Black Panther Party who disrupted a Philadelphia polling place in the November 2008 elections. In a 38-page response, the department objected — except for a few court records, letters and procedural documents |
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Russia decides to ban U.S. poultry imports Oil Tumbles as Stock Market Stumbles Oil prices dropped Thursday to the lowest level in a month after a government report showed the country continues to use less energy than last year, raising doubts about the strength of the fragile economic recovery. |
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exporter Afr.-Amer. jobless rate at new high Projected to reach 25-year high this year: study; national rate soars to 17 Trade Gap Widens As Imports, Exports Grow The U.S. trade deficit jumped nearly 10 percent in November to the highest level in 10 months as an improving U.S. economy pushed up demand for imports. However, exports rose as well, boosted by a weaker dollar, supporting the view that American manufacturers will be helped by a rebounding global economy. Living on Nothing but Food Stamps The number of Americans reporting food stamps as their only income soared 50 percent over the past two years eSolar strikes deal to build power plants in China
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legally dubious Iraq's 'Chemical Ali' gets 4th death sentence 'Sycophant' Tony Blair used deceit to justify Iraq war, says former director of public prosecutions Iraq war was illegal, Dutch panel rules Crackdown on alcohol seen as part of conservative moment in Iraq Iraq instructs lawyers to take on Blackwater cases Terrorist PKK experiencing intra-group fight, sources say Iraq captures terrorist group’s senior leader |
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Iraqis
sentenced
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summer
bombings Bush threats and an $18bn secret: why Iran's kidnap squad decided to strike Abu Kuther sits in the candlelight, casually flicking his left wrist and sending a long string of prayer beads arching into the air. "There is a famous Arabic saying," he says. "There are many ways to die but death is always the same."Kuther, interviewed in a secret location in Baghdad for the Guardian, said he was one of the kidnappers of five Britons taken from a government ministry building in the Baghdad in May 2007.He has told the Guardian that he was a member of militia group called the "Righteous League" – what he doesn't admit is that the league is a front for the Iranian Quds force created, trained and funded by Iran, and that the kidnapping of the five Britons was led by al-Quds force commandos. And the Iranian regime's motives for the abduction can be confirmed: retaliation for the arrest of key Iranians in Iraq by the United States; anger at the direct threats against Iran by President George W Bush and the desire to prevent Moore, the computer expert among the five kidnap victims, from installing a sophisticated tracking system that would show how billions of pounds in international aid money from Iraqi institutions was diverted to Iran's militia groups in Iraq. |
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Iran Plans to Knock Three Zeros off Currency:
Report
Iran plans to knock three zeros from its national currency, the rial, so it can recover value it has lost in recent years, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying on Wednesday. Iran Approves Bill to Cut Fuel Subsidies Iran's constitutional watchdog approved a contentious law that would sharply slash energy and food subsidies, in a move that could provoke more unrest in the country.
Iran Frees ‘Mournful Mothers’, Opposition
Figures: Website Cherie Blair | Faith, life and death in Iran Once again, followers of the Bahá'í faith within the country are in the firing line. Fresh arrests and harassment of Bahá'ís in recent days have been accompanied by increasingly extreme proclamations in the state-run media against this gentle and unifying religion. Bahá'ís find themselves once more accused of co-operating with Israel to undermine their own country. Ahmadinejad sees "Zionist style" in Iran bombing This week's assassination of an Iranian scientist was carried out in a "Zionist style," President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday, in his first direct comment on the bombing attack in Tehran. Yemen/Oman Bin Laden’s ex-guard among Yemen’s ‘heroes’ Osama bin Laden's ex-bodyguard, now a business consultant based in Yemen, says "America is a legitimate target." Yemen's President Open To Dialogue With Al-Qaida Yemen says may harbor up to 300 Qaeda suspects Houthi Claims Saudi Apache Shot Down The Houthi rebels in northern Yemen claimed on Saturday they had shot down a Saudi helicopter at a warfront on the Yemeni-Saudi borderYemen Warplanes Pound Qaeda Chief’s Home: Military Yemen Shi'ite rebel leader seriously wounded-agency Yemen jets 'strike al-Qaeda cell killing six' Lebanon Egypt |
Israel Rockets hit U.S. consulate site in Herat Three rockets are fired at a building in the western Afghan city of Herat that has been leased as the site of a future U.S. consulate, police say. Radical Jewish sect spends Sabbath in Gaza Several members of an anti-Zionist Jewish sect have spent the Jewish Sabbath in Gaza with some of Israel's most bitter enemies, the militant Islamic group Hamas. Israeli Soldier Discharged Over Protest Sign The Israeli military has discharged a soldier for waving a banner at a ceremony protesting the army’s demolition of a West Bank settler outpost. UN to accept $10m in compensation from Israel for Gaza war damage “This is a special agreement, reached on this particular issue, it carries no legal ramifications,” said an Israeli defence official, describing the payment as a “goodwill gesture”. Netanyahu Demands Israeli Presence in West Bank Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel must have a presence in the West Bank even after a peace agreement is achieved, the first time he has spelled out such a demand. Gaza blockade threatens health of 1.4 million, aid agencies warn Iran vows revenge on Israel for professor's death Work Begins on First Planned Palestinian City Work begins on first planned Palestinian city, but Israel yet to OK access road. Israel Stops Issuing Work Visas to Aid Agencies Jordan Syria Syria's Mufti: Islam commands us to protect Judaism Emirates Pentagon says UAE seeks guided bombs, C-130 support UAE Royal Acquitted in Torture Trial Two American businessmen found guilty in brutal attack instead. Turkey |
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kills 2 U.S. soldiers...Rocket
strikes diplomatic area in Afghan capital...Bomber
kills 20 at Afghan market Civilian Casualties Soar In Afghanistan Taliban causes civilian deaths to soar U.S. Releases Names Of 645 Bagram Detainees
US congressmen press
Afghanistan to delay
election U.S.
Congressmen said Tuesday
they are urging Afghan
President Hamid Karzai
to delay the next
parliamentary ballot
until electoral reforms
are in place or risk
American financial
support for his
government. Afghan Taliban Seek Ransom for Two Kidnapped Chinese
Do the Taliban represent the Pashtuns
Muhammad Junaid: Pashtun traditional
code conflicts with Taliban law, but US
attacks creating support Loyalties of Those Killed in Afghan Raid Remain Unclear In a scene repeated often in night raids in Afghanistan, one side cried murder and the other side claimed success. Afghanistan Bans Chemical Used to Make Bombs Afghanistan bans fertilizer chemical commonly used to make bombs. |
Watchdog Calls Afghan Energy Effort
Disappointing
The U.S. has spent $732
million since 2002 to more than double
Afghanistan’s energy capacity, but 85 percent of
urban households remain without electricity, a
watchdog said in a report released Saturday.
US supports Afghan plan to reintegrate Taliban Poll: 7 in 10 Afghans support US forces Japan ends refueling mission that aided war effort in Afghanistan Japan ended a refueling mission in the Indian Ocean on Friday that provided support to the international war effort in Afghanistan since 2001. Sixteen Afghan police killed in assaults on checkpoints Afghan troops should start taking over from Nato in 2010, says GordonBrown Women Are Setting Themselves On Fire In Afghanistan According to a new report, "self-immolation is being used by increasing numbers of Afghan women to escape their dire circumstances." |
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