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Afghanistan Click here for more Afghan News Obama ‘Withdrawal’ Plan Would Leave More Troops In Afghanistan Than When He Began His Presidency US-funded Afghan militias 'beat, rob and kill with impunity' Afghan Bank Commission Absolves Karzai Brother Mahmoud Karzai was among the bank’s politically connected shareholders and insiders who took out a total of $925 million in loans, often with no collateral or even documentation, the commission’s chairman, Azizullah Ludin, announced at a news conference here. Only $347 million of that amount is so far expected to be repaid, he said 90 Percent Of Petraeus's Captured 'Taliban' Were Civilians The claims of huge numbers of Taliban captured and killed continued through the rest of 2010. In December, Petraeus's command said a total of 4,100 Taliban rank and file had been captured in the previous six months and 2,000 had been killed. Those figures were critical to creating a new media narrative hailing the success of SOF operations as reversing what had been a losing U.S. strategy in Afghanistan. But it turns out that more than 80 percent of those called captured Taliban fighters were released within days of having been picked up, because they were found to have been innocent civilians, according to official U.S. military data. Sixth U.S. Soldier Implicated in Murder of Afghans Afghan Official: NATO Airstrike Kills 14 (All Women & Children) U.S. Has Held Meetings With Aide to Taliban Leader, Officials Say Iraq Click here for more Iraq News Missing Iraq money may have been stolen, auditors say Iraq criticized for oil metering delays Auditors cannot reconcile oil revenues and expenditures because Iraq cannot fully measure its flow of crude Pakistan Click here for more Pakistani News Pakistan denies army major's arrest for CIA links The Pakistani army denied Wednesday that one of its majors was among a group of Pakistanis who Western officials say were arrested for feeding the CIA information before the American raid that killed Osama bin Laden. The New York Times, which first reported the arrests of five Pakistani informants Tuesday, said an army major was detained who copied license plates of cars visiting the al-Qaida chief's compound in Pakistan in the weeks before the raid. Pakistan Arrests C.I.A. Informants in Bin Laden Raid Government unaware of US direct funding to military The government of Pakistan had complained to the United States that the military was not informing the government of direct US funding to the country’s armed forces and had requested the US inform them of funds being directed towards the military, revealed a recently released WikiLeaks cable. Pakistanis tip off militants again U.S. officials say Pakistan has apparently tipped off militants at two more bomb-building factories in its tribal areas, giving the terror suspects time to flee, after U.S. intelligence shared the locations with the Pakistani government. Pakistan officers taught anti-US courses: WikiLeaks Benazir Bhutto Sought U.S. Security But Was Denied: WikiLeaks Pakistan retakes naval base after just six militants lay seige Troops recaptured a Pakistani naval air force base on Monday after a 16-hour battle with as few as six Taliban gunmen. Cables show US special operations in Pakistan Leaked US diplomatic messages show Pakistani military requested more drone strikes and help from US special forces. The Americas Click here for more Colonel guilty of Ecuador military revolt Colonel guilty of Ecuador military revolt June 29 2011 at 09:52am A colonel was found guilty Tuesday of crimes against state security for his role in the shock September 30 revolt in which President Rafael Correa was forcibly detained for hours, court sources said Killings of Trade Union Activists Continue in Guatemala Manuel Zelaya Discusses the WikiLeaks Cables About the U.S. Ties to the Honduran Military Cable Depicts Faudulent Haiti Election ("U.S. Knowingly Supported Rigged Election") The United States, the European Union and the United Nations decided to support Haiti’s recent presidential and parliamentary elections despite believing that the country’s electoral body, “almost certainly in conjunction with President Preval,” had “emasculated the opposition” by unwisely and unjustly excluding the country’s largest party, according to a secret US Embassy cable Africa Click here for more News from Africa Tunisia’s Ben Ali sentenced in absentia to 35 years in jail The ex-leader was found guilty after just one day of deliberation of theft, illegally possessing jewelry and large sums of cash. Pfizer victims fear DNA testing Many victims of botched Nigerian trial abandon compensation claims because of it. Trovan, a Pfizer drug tested on 200 children and intended to treat a deadly regional outbreak of meningitis, killed 11 children and left several more permanently injured in 1996.In 2009, the US pharmaceutical company agreed to pay $75m to the claimants in compensation. However, Pfizer introduced DNA testing as part of the process to qualify for the payment. Many of the victims do not understand what DNA testing is and, fearing it is an attempt by the company to use them in another drug trial, have abandoned their compensation claims. Sudan's (disputed oil town on the North/South border) Abyei 'ablaze' after capture by north Rwanda army chief gets 30 years for aiding genocide International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda puts away major players in mid-90s genocide.	Middle East Click here for more Mid-East News ‘Mass surveillance’ against Arab world revealed "For at least two years, the U.S. has been conducting a secretive and immensely sophisticated campaign of mass surveillance and data mining against the Arab world, allowing the intelligence community to monitor the habits, conversations, and activity of millions of individuals at once," Brown wrote Brown's team made the discovery by analyzing 70,000 emails from data intelligence firm HBGary Federal. Anonymous stole the emails after HBGary CEO Aaron Barr told the Financial Times that his company had identified "core leaders" of the hacktivist group. U.S. To Resume Contacts With Muslim Brotherhood Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli forces in East Jerusalem as Nakba Day begins Israeli officials hopes ongoing demonstrations in East Jerusalem, which follow death of Palestinian protester over the weekend, will not spill into the West Bank.....Israeli left-wing leader: IDF used 'excessive force' in Naksa Day protests Former MK Uri Avneri says soldiers are 'trigger-happy' when it comes to Palestinians yet soft on 'violent' Jewish settlers Obama endorses Palestinian demand for state based on 1967 borders Israeli Opposition Leader Backs Obama On 1967 Borders, Says Netanyahu ‘Violated’ U.S.-Israel Relations ..Jewish Donors Warn Obama on Israel ...Bush called for pre-1967 Israeli borders...Obama: '67 Borders Reflect Long Standing Policy Hariri murder: UN tribunal issues arrest warrants Local reports say the warrants name senior members of the Shia militant and political group Hezbollah. Nasrallah implies Israel behind Hariri murder Hezbollah leader says UN tribunal investigating death of former Lebanese PM should be asking questions of Israel. UK training Saudi forces used to crush Arab spring - Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal said Sunday that he wants oil prices to drop so that the United States and Europe don't accelerate efforts to wean themselves off his country's supply. In an interview broadcast Sunday on "CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS," the grandson of the founding king of modern Saudi Arabia said the oil price should be somewhere between $70 and $80 a barrel, rather than the current level of over $100 a barrel. "We don't want the West to go and find alternatives, because, clearly, the higher the price of oil goes, the more they have incentives to go and find alternatives," said Talal, who is listed by Forbes as the 26th richest man in the world. Secret Desert Force Set Up by Blackwater’s Founder United Arab Emirates — Late one night last November, a plane carrying dozens of Colombian men touched down in this glittering seaside capital. Whisked through customs by an Emirati intelligence officer, the group boarded an unmarked bus and drove roughly 20 miles to a windswept military complex in the desert sand. Sheik Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan of Abu Dhabi hired Erik Prince to build a fighting force. The Colombians had entered the United Arab Emirates posing as construction workers. In fact, they were soldiers for a secret American-led mercenary army being built by Erik Prince, the billionaire founder of Blackwater Worldwide, with $529 million from the oil-soaked sheikdom. Nuclear Experts Killed In Russia Plane Crash Helped Design Iran Facility 900 Dead In Syria....100,000 throng to Syrian protesters’ funerals The country is nearing an "abyss," said a rights group. Europe Click here for more EU News Revealed: British government's plan to play down Fukushima British government officials approached nuclear companies to draw up a co-ordinated public relations strategy to play down the Fukushima nuclear accident just two days after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan 750,000 Britons strike over austerity plan Public workers take to the streets over huge pension cuts. Police uncover evidence of hundreds more hacked phones (by News of the World) Jude Law claims that 'very senior executive' knew of phone-hacking (by Rupert Murdoch's papers) Majority of 1,105 arrested during G20 released without charges....British police officer charged with manslaughter in G20 death 18-year-old star hacker arrested in Greece Police in Greece have arrested an 18-year-old star hacker suspected of breaking into the website of crimefighting agency Interpol and a number of US state agencies, a senior officer said on Wednesday. UK restricts UPS air-cargo screening Netherlands: Pot shops to be off limits to foreign tourists Raging Greeks Stage Biggest Anti-Austerity Protest Barack Obama agrees to form joint national security body with UK Asia Click here for more News from Asia Where coal mining is child's work In northeast India, the mine conditions are extremely dangerous, and the miners are often just children. Three nuclear reactors in meltdown status, TEPCO admits The operator of Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant believes fuel has partially melted inside three reactors.Two Other Reactors Suffer Serious Damage (Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex)....Fukushima nuclear plant may have suffered 'melt-through', Japan admits The nuclear fuel in three of the reactors at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant has melted through the base of the pressure vessels and is pooling in the outer containment vessels, according to a report by the Japanese government Japanese green tea radioactive intercepted at the airport of Roissy Hawaii Monitoring Stations Detect Spike in Fukushima Radiation No. 1 plant's air radiation highest measured so far Radioactive materials found off Miyagi and Ibaraki Japan's science ministry has detected extraordinarily high levels of radioactive cesium in seafloor samples collected off Miyagi and Ibaraki Prefectures. Japan nuclear: Radiation halts water clean-up Excessive levels of strontium detected in seawater Radioactive strontium that exceeds the government-set safety level was detected for the first time in sea water in the inlet next to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Japan Disasters Click here for info on Tsunami and Nuke reactors
US Headlines Click here for more US News
The Supreme Court's Video Game Ruling: Yes to Violence, No to Sex The unspoken answer that runs through Scalia’s opinion, and that of the Court down though the ages, is that violence is normal, while sex is obscene. Supreme Court Limits Wal-Mart Sex Bias Case....Lawmakers Re-Introduce The Equal Rights Amendment In Response To Wal-Mart Ruling \| This week, the Supreme Court dealt a blow to 1.5 million women by throwing out their charges of comprehensive gender discrimination by retail behemoth Walmart in a 5-4 decision. In response to the ruling, Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) re-introduced the Equal Rights Amendment, a bill that affirms the equal application of the U.S. Constitution to both women and men by declaring “equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” Although the ERA applies to government action and not discrimination by Walmart, ratifying the ERA would serve an important reminder that gender discrimination has no place in American society. Maloney said, “The Equal Rights Amendment is still needed because the only way for women to achieve permanent equality in the U.S. is to write it into the Constitution,” albeit “more than 200 years late.” Ex-NSA Worker to Plead to Lesser Charge in Leak Case (Tom Drake; Misdemeanor Instead of 10 Felonies) Between February 2006 and November 2007, Gorman wrote dozens of articles involving the NSA, including about its secret surveillance programs, the spy agency's efforts to bolster cybersecurity and attempts to stop leaks.Drake has publicly denied providing her any classified information. During Interview With Saudi Crown Prince, Fox Fails To Disclose That He’s Second-Largest Shareholder Meet The ‘Friendly Fracosaurus’: Natural Gas Industry Produces Propaganda For Children Climate sceptic Willie Soon received $1m from oil companies, papers show (funded by ExxonMobil) Church Report Cites Social Tumult in Priest Scandals A study commissioned by American Roman Catholic bishops says abuse occurred because priests who were poorly prepared landed in the midst of the turmoil of the 1960s and 1970s. Is American law enforcement colluding with Cisco? A top Canadian court slams the U.S. for trying to crush a corporate whistle-blower Black Former NFL Player Pulled Over For Looking Like Someone ‘Transporting Drugs And Guns’ Watch: D.C. cops take down man in wheelchair Oil spills into Yellowstone River after pipeline ruptures Al Qaeda Eying America's Gun Show Loophole....NRA Refuses To Comment On Al Qaeda Video Urging Supporters To Exploit Lax U.S. Gun Laws US allies are among the leading funders of international terrorism. The most disturbing, though not surprising, reports show that the Saudis, our supposed allies, are among the leading funders of international terrorism. It appears Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been financing jihadist groups in Pakistan for years. A cable written in 2008 by Bryan Hunt of the U.S. consulate in Lahore, Pakistan, reads: “financial support estimated at nearly 100 million USD annually was making its way to Deobandi and Ahl-i-Hadith clerics in south Punjab from organisations in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates ostensibly with the direct support of those governments.” Seventy Percent Of Guns Seized in Mexico Originate In U.S. Emergency Room Doctors Say They Order Tests Out Of Fear Weltge is not alone. According to a recent survey of more than 1,700 emergency room doctors conducted by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), 53 percent of respondents said the main reason they conduct the number of tests they do is fear of lawsuits. Another 44 percent said that very fear was the biggest hindrance to cutting emergency department costs. Science Click here for more Science News Los Alamitos class must present both views of global warming Researchers can predict future actions from human brain activity Over the course of the one-year study, human subjects had their brain activity scanned using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) while they performed one of three hand movements: grasping the top of an object, grasping the bottom of the object, or simply reaching out and touching the object. The team found that by using the signals from many brain regions, they could predict, better than chance, which of the actions the volunteer was merely intending to do, seconds later. Study finds single photons cannot exceed the speed of light Human retina protein can function as magnetic sensor Cell phone radiation officially named a cancer risk....Cell phones ‘don’t cause cancer’: study WikiLeaks Click here for Wikileaks News Updated 5 WikiLeaks Revelations Exposing the Rapidly Growing Corporatism Dominating American Diplomacy Abroad S officials work as salespeople for Boeing. The merger of state and corporate power is striking in a slew of cables detailing US State Department officials acting as marketing agents on behalf of one lucky corporation. Earlier this year the New York Times revealed details about how US diplomats have actively promoted the sale of commercial jets built by the US company Boeing. Haiti earthquake sparked US Gold Rush‎ ...Wikileaks exposes US profiteering after Haiti earthquake‎ U.S. Fought To Lower Minimum Wage In Haiti So Hanes And Levis Would Stay Cheap Wikileaks Haiti: US pushed to lower minimum wage However, the Columbia Journalism Review has written up a summary of the Nation piece, recounting how American clothing makers with factories in Haiti were displeased after the government raised the minimum wage more than two and a half times the previous minimum 24 cents an hour. The U.S. State Department subsequently brought pressure to bear on Haiti's president, "who duly carved out a $3 a day minimum wage for textile companies." But the US Embassy still wasn't pleased. According to the Wikileaks report excerpted by the CJr: "A deputy chief of mission, David E. Lindwall, said the $5 per day minimum "did not take economic reality into account" but was a populist measure aimed at appealing to "the unemployed and underpaid masses. WikiLeaks Haiti: The PetroCaribe Files How the US tried—and failed—to scuttle a Venezuelan oil deal even though it would bring huge benefits to Haiti's impoverished people WikiLeaks: Saudis often warned U.S. about oil speculators	Economy Click here for more Economy News CFTC charges 3 firms with oil price manipulation MAJOR MORTGAGE FIRMS ACCUSED OF FRAUD Stimulus contractors owe millions in back taxes Target hired union actors for anti-union video NY Target store workers reject unionization....Much of that unrest has been focused on Target's competitor, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Over the past decade, the UFCW has failed several times to unionize Wal-Mart stores. In 2004, the company shuttered a Canadian store after it became the first in North America to win union certification. In 2000, 11 workers in the meatpacking department at a store in Jacksonville, Tex., voted to join the UFCW. Soon after, Wal-Mart began stocking only pre-wrapped meats, effectively eliminating the positions.Watch: Target’s internal anti-union propaganda video.... Union-Busting Tactics More Pervasive Than Thought: Study Citigroup ex-VP arrested in NYC on fraud charges Start-up That Monitors Employees’ Internet and Social Media Footprints Gets Gov Approval New study: You can't live on minimum wage Moody's warns U.S. on debt ceiling Moody's put Congress on notice Thursday, warning that it will review the United States for a downgrade if it doesn't see progress on raising the debt ceiling. One percent holds 39 percent of global wealth Key regulator: Speculators swamping oil, grain markets In the sharpest criticism yet of excessive speculation in oil markets, the head of a key regulatory agency presented data Thursday showing that almost nine in 10 traders betting that oil prices would rise were financial speculators, not actual end-users of oil. » read more Politics Click here for more Political News Judge Rules Corporations Can Give Directly To Candidates Meet The Billionaires Who Are Trying To Privatize Our Schools And Kill Public Education Study: Students who resist change see teachers as biased Despite what conservatives like Michele Bachmann think, student perceptions of teacher bias mainly have to do with the student's own inability to handle new ideas. Lobbyist faces criminal charges linked to Senate sex scandal A key figure in the sex scandal that led to U.S. Sen. John Ensign's resignation has been indicted on federal felony charges stemming from his lobbying of Ensign on behalf of Allegiant Air. » read more Republican ‘doctrine’ on suppressing black vote is key to Md. case, and maybe to 2012 Now, the document in the hands of the Office of the Maryland State Prosecutor. It constitutes the centerpiece of indictments issued this week that that accuse one of Ehrlich’s most trusted aides, as well as a campaign consultant, of conspiring to suppress the black vote last year. Obama: 'It's Only Fair' to Ask Rich to Give Up Tax Breaks Obama's obsession with secrecy In a must-read article, The New Yorker documents Obama's war on whistleblowers, and growing legacy Eric Holder drops broader CIA torture probe While Fighting To Block SEC Investigation Of Goldman Sachs, Rep. Darrell Issa Bought Goldman Sachs B While Fighting To Block SEC Investigation Of Goldman Sachs, Rep. Darrell Issa Bought Goldman Sachs Bonds McConnell: GOP Outspoken On Libya Because There’s A Democrat In The White House Here's an impressive package of candor from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who spoke to reporters Wednesday at a breakfast roundtable hosted by the Christan Science Monitor. NY Prosecutors Subpoena Goldman Sachs (Global Financial Crisis Role) Treasury To Punish Three Banks For Poor Mortgage Servicing But the punishment that has been so long in coming may prove to be short-lived: Treasury will return the money they're withholding from the three banks once they make the needed improvements. Why did Bank of America escape prosecution? An $8.5 billion settlement suggests they did something wrong, but the feds never went after them Historic 'Spending Cut' Bill Increased Spending By $3 Billion A few weeks after they cut the deal, we have an answer. It turns out the six-month spending bill Congress passed in April increased discretionary outlays through the remainder of the fiscal year by a bit over $3 billion. In other words, total direct spending will be higher by the end of September than if Congress had just set spending on autopilot for the remainder of the fiscal year back in April. 9 Countries That Do It Better: Why Does Europe Take Better Care of Its People Than America? Defense Secretary Nominee Leon Panetta Says The Huge Defense Budget Isn’t Causing Our Deficits Mysterious fund allows Congress to spend freely, despite earmark ban (DoD pork)The defense bill that just passed the House of Representatives (CNN can't say "Republican lead House" I guess) includes a back-door fund that lets individual members of Congress funnel millions of dollars into projectsRepublicans Packed Defense Spending Bill With Earmarks 8 Weird Defense Budget Add-Ons....Sunken treasure, 200-year-old corpses, and a battle over military bands: A rundown of the odd stuff members of Congress snuck into the 2012 defense bill. The GOP's CIA Playbook: Destabilize Country to Sweep Back Into Power Margaret Thatcher Refuses to Meet with Sarah Palin Because She’s “Nuts” All the crimes Nixon committed are now legal "Richard Nixon, if he were alive today, might take bittersweet satisfaction to know that he was not the last smart president to prolong unjustifiably a senseless, unwinnable war, at great cost in human life," Ellsberg told CNN. "And his aide Henry Kissinger was not the last American official to win an undeserved Nobel Peace Prize.""He would probably also feel vindicated (and envious) that ALL the crimes he committed against me -- which forced his resignation facing impeachment -- are now legal," he continued."That includes burglarizing my former psychoanalyst's office (for material to blackmail me into silence), warrantless wiretapping, using the CIA against an American citizen in the US, and authorizing a White House hit squad to 'incapacitate me totally' (on the steps of the Capitol on May 3, 1971)... But under George W. Bush and Barack Obama, with the PATRIOT Act, the FISA Amendment Act, and (for the hit squad) President Obama's executive orders. [T]hey have all become legal." Newt Gingrich Charity Paid Cash To Gingrich For-Profit Business
Connecticut
CT Drug War Latest New Haven shooting victim was wanted by police on drug charges NEW HAVEN - A convicted felon on parole who is wanted police for selling drugs is now in the hands of law enforcers, but not in the way police had planned; Albert C. Jenkins, 40, has become the city’s latest gunshot victim. Read Story Conn. House votes to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana; Gov. Malloy says he will sign bill Owner of 88 Conn. gas stations sued over prices One of the largest gasoline distributors in the Northeast is being sued by Connecticut gas station operators, who allege the company is forcing them and many others to pay unreasonable prices for gas and is playing a major role in the state having some of the highest gas prices in the country. Union Deal Goes Down; Malloy Pledges To Cut Close To 7,500 State Workers AP Enterprise: Pharmacy robberies sweeping US A wave of pharmacy robberies is sweeping the United States as desperate addicts and ruthless dealers turn to violence to feed the nation's growing hunger for narcotic painkillers. Analysis Finds States That Cut The Most Funding Lost The Most Jobs	Private Company to Run Public School Claims of inappropriate punishment at New Haven school spur DCF investigation; 2 teachers placed on leave after pupils allegedly forced to lift weights Store clerk shot in New Haven, in second shooting today in the city New Deal Closes State $400M Budget Gap State Senate passes bill to decriminalize marijuana Joe Lieberman to attend Beck rally Last-day talker: House approves bill banning BPA in receipts Vincent Candelora, R-North Branford. Reed said the date for the ban was pushed far into the future so businesses would have time to develop alternatives. Connecticut launches summer tourism campaign Gov. Dannel P. Malloy kicked off a $2.6 million summer tourism campaign Monday, announcing a public-private partnership that will target high-income women who make their families' vacation decisions. Key Conn. union votes down Gov. Malloy's concessions package FBI stays quiet about recent Conn. hacker attack Days after hackers claimed to compromise more than 1,000 accounts of an FBI affiliate in Connecticut, authorities have yet to release any details about the extent of damage to the organization, which counts large businesses and state agencies among its members.
United States
WikiLeaks Click here for Wikileaks News UPDATED JULY 3 Salon's Glenn Greenwald reported that activist David House, one of the founders of the Bradley Manning Support Network, has been subpoenaed to appear before the Grand Jury next Wednesday. Manning's ex-boyfriend Tyler Watkins and cryptography expert Nadia Heninger have also been subpoenaed. Last month, House filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government over the seizure of his laptop and other electronic equipment by federal agents. He was returning to the U.S. on Nov. 23, 2010, after a vacation to Mexico, when all of his electronics were seized by agents acting without a warrant. WikiLeaks Witness Declines to Answer Questions From Grand Jury Assange being spied on with CCTV cameras‎ National Archives (NARA) Releases Pentagon Papers! 40 Years Later—Full Declassification of "One of the Worst-Kept Secrets in History Hackers unearth FBI intelligence report on ‘KopBusters’ filmmaker Barry Cooper... Security Issues Law Enforcement Monitored Twitter Activity Of Wisconsin Protesters TSA asked 95-year-old woman to remove adult diaper Cyber Attack on Gannett Targets U.S. Soldiers Hackers broke into a Gannett Co database containing personal information about subscribers to publications read by U.S. government officials, military leaders and rank-and-file soldiers, U.S. extends National Guard stay on Mexico border United Airlines: Computers coming back online Facebook, Paypal accounts released by hackers Company feels strain after data breach A hacker attack on computers at the RSA Security division of Hopkinton’s EMC Corp. — and the use of the stolen information to break into computers at one of the nation’s biggest defense contractors — has blossomed into a crisis for the company. (By Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff) Shadow Internet: Secret U.S. Effort Reportedly Aims To Help Dissidents Hackers Say Attacked CIA Site, Service Disrupted Obama mimics Bush on the border fence Construction of a wall was completed under Obama, and he's poised to spend millions more on sensors and cameras Canadians secretly added to U.S. security list: ‘Worrying gap between US army, civilians’ Russia, U.S. Get to Keep Smallpox Stocks The debate over when to destroy the stocks, seen as the last stage in ridding the planet of the smallpox disease, has rumbled on for 25 years. US to store passenger data for years Draft of Washington-EU deal leaked to Guardian shows US would retain personal information for 15 years Hackers breached U.S. defense contractors The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has begun field testing new technology designed to identify people who intend to commit a terrorist act.Nature reported that the DHS has been conducting tests of Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST) in the past few months at an undisclosed location in the northeast. The technology uses remote sensors to measure physiological properties, such as heart rate and eye movement, which can be used to infer a person's current mindset. Cyber Combat: Act of War-Pentagon Sets Stage for U.S. to Respond to Computer Sabotage With Military U.S. Running Out Of Crucial Gas For Detecting Smuggled Nuclear Weapons Google Earth Tool Shows Alarming Proximity of Nuclear Power Plants to Populated Areas Google Discloses China-Based 'Hijacking' of Gmail Accounts F.B.I. Agents Get Leeway to Push Privacy Bounds The F.B.I. plans to issue a new edition of its manual giving agents more leeway to search databases, go through household trash or use surveillance teams to scrutinize people. Hackers claim breach of US Senate website NATO Says One of Its Websites Probably Hacked Oil Spill Senate panel opens door for BP rig workers' families to sue Oil Spill Reported Off Louisiana Coast Transocean: BP decisions led to Gulf disaster Environment Arctic-crossing algae, whale show threat to Atlantic The Pacific algae, absent from the North Atlantic for 800,000 years according to fossil records, apparently returned after climate change thawed sea ice and currents carried the microscopic plants across the Arctic Ocean, they said. U.S. Declines to Grant Endangered Status to Bluefin Tuna Obama Administration Backs Away From Wilderness Protection Plan Greenpeace activists force Arctic oil rig to stop drilling Greenland ice melts most in half-century: US New study indicates carbon release to atmosphere ten times faster than in the past State seeks amends at Nevada Test Site The Nevada Legislature wants the U.S. government to contain and mitigate about 300 million curies of radioactive contamination left in the soil and water of the former nuclear weapons testing site. Fastest Sea-Level Rise in Two Millennia Linked to Increasing Global Temperatures GAO: leaks at aging nuke sites difficult to detect US judge backs polar-bear ruling US judge has backed a finding by government scientists that global warming is threatening the survival of the polar bear. Police/Prison Police Mace JPMorgan Chase Protesters U.S. imams, kin arrested Two South Florida imams and a third family member were arrested Saturday on charges of providing support to the Pakistani Taliban, the Justice Department said. In addition, three others in Pakistan were also indicted on the same charges. FBI agents arrested Hafiz Khan and his son Izhar Khan in South Florida, the department said. They are expected to make their initial court appearance in federal court Monday. Hayward woman charged in mass thefts of IDs A Hayward woman has been charged with numerous felony counts for allegedly running an identity-theft operation that created fake Social Security and California identification card Sheriff’s Office failed to look into 400 sex-crimes Steady Decline in Major Crime Baffles Experts One-Legged Homeless Man Discharged From Jail Without Wheelchair Miscommunication blamed for man having to scoot home using hands. Jared Lee Loughner ruled unfit to stand trial for shooting Rep. Giffords Anger, but Little Surprise at Police Rape Case The acquittal of Franklin L. Mata and Kenneth Morena, two police officers charged with sexual assault, elicited a range of emotions from New Yorkers. Police Arrest 5 People At Jefferson Memorial -- For Dancing Two Iraqis in Western Kentucky indicted on federal terror charges Hackers attack another Sony network, post data Three arrested, accused of illegally feeding homeless SWAT team breaks into house over student loan default Miami police filmed shooting man in middle of street....Eyewitness to Miami Beach shooting alleges police misconduct Oakland woman videos rape suspect with her phone N.C. Man Allegedly Robs Bank for $1 to Get Health Care in Jail A 59-year-old man has been jailed in Gastonia, N.C., on charges of larceny after allegedly robbing an RBC Bank for $1 so he could get health care in prison. Richard James Verone handed a female teller a note demanding the money and claiming that he had a gun, according to the police report. He then sat down and waited for police to arrive. "… I say, 'I'll be sitting right over here, on the chair, waiting for the police,'" Feds nab 2,400 in illegal immigrant sting Federal officials announced Tuesday the arrests of more than 2,400 illegal immigrants in a seven-day crackdown targeting those who are convicted criminals. 7-Year-Old Steals Car, Drives 20 Miles To See His Dad Woman Arrested After Videotaping Police From Her Own Front Yard Two arrested in alleged Seattle terror plot 6 NYC teens charged with murder as hate crime Authorities say six New York City teenagers have been charged with murder as a hate crime in the beating and stomping of an 18-year-old perceived to be gay. Police beat, taser handicapped Ohio teen Bulger offers new details to authorities A chatty James “Whitey’’ Bulger provided FBI agents with intriguing details about his life on the run after his arrest last week, boasting that he routinely slipped into Mexico to buy medicine for a heart condition, according to a law enforcement official. 3 Marines face charges of adultery, marrying for financial gain	Mine Owner’s Negligence Led to Blast, Study Finds(Massey) Buried in FBI laboratory reports about the anthrax mail attacks that killed five people in 2001 is data suggesting that a chemical may have been added to try to heighten the powder's potency, a move that some experts say exceeded the expertise of the presumed killer. Unintended Pregnancies Cost Taxpayers $11 Billion A Year: Report Targeted Peace Activist distrupt AG Eric Holder's visit to U of MN: Dissent is not a Crime! 4 in US now linked to German E. coli outbreak Local couple foreclosing on Bank of America strikes chord worldwide Apple store employee seeks to plant union seed Stand Up Chicago: Thousands Rally Against Corporate Greed, 24 People Arrested Greed Wall St. Has No Incentive Not To Commit Crimes Bikers shut down Westboro Baptists in Joplin (troops die cause of gays church) Delta charges troops $2,800 in excess baggage fees Hacked Sega finds unlikely friend in Sony hacker LulzSec‎ Media FEC Rules Congressmen Can't Solicit Unlimited Money For Super PACs Responding to PolitiFact, Stewart reads list of Fox lies Google Ideas think tank gathering former extremists to battle radicalization Fox News Ticker Gets Hacked in New York AlterNet.flv Soldier Porn: Why Do Reporters Act Like Giddy Schoolgirls Around the Military? Secret Service Blasts Fox News In Rogue Tweet Not even the Secret Service is immune to Twitter overshares. The Secret Service Twitter account, which launched May 9, posted a tweet, since deleted, blasting Fox News. According to retweets by other users and screenshots of the tweet posted to Twitter, the Secret Service tweeted on Wednesday afternoon, "Had to monitor Fox for a story. Can't. Deal. With. The. Blathering." (See screenshot below) The rogue tweet disappeared almost immediately--and suggests that the Secret Service has at least one iPad on hand. Was the Secret Service's account hacked? Or did someone post to the wrong account? And does this land the Secret Service a spot on the list of worst Twitter PR fails? FCC chairman agrees to strike Fairness Doctrine from rulebooks Newspaper can legally fire reporter for morbid tweets Study: Climate regulation opponents dominate TV ‘Predatory’ cigarette marketing to U.S. black youth: study A new study finds cigarettes are marketed to African-American youths in a "predatory" manner through more ads and lower prices. Feds Halt Bush-Era Rule Allowing Private Industry To Fund Pipeline Safety Studies Drug War Six indicted in record marijuana farm bust Six men were indicted in what local authorities called the largest cannabis farm ever found in Oregon New bill ending federal ban on marijuana to be introduced in Congress 12,000 Prisoners To Be Released To Rectify ‘Fundamental Unfairness’ Of Past Drug Policy Drug cartel leader arrested Warrants served at Fresno Co. pot dispensaries Major Panel: Drug War Failed; Legalize Marijuana The global war on drugs has failed and governments should explore legalizing marijuana and other controlled substances, according to a commission that includes former heads of state, a former U.N. secretary-general and a business mogul. A new report by the Global Commission on Drug Policy argues that the decades-old "global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies Dozens of Central Valley gang leaders arrested in one-day sweep Court uses broad 'cocaine base' definition The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday unanimously adopted a broad definition for "cocaine base," meaning more defendants are eligible for longer terms. Fighting marijuana use: White House official offers detailed plans Employers Now Legally Able to Fire Medical Marijuana Users 'The Wire' creator: End the drug war for more episodes Quipped Ray Gustini of The Atlantic Wire: "The exchange has at least clarified one thing: the chances of another season of The Wire are now exactly the same as America having a rational dialogue about drug law reform." Education Chris Christie Announces Plan To Privatize New Jersey Public Schools U.S. Students Remain Poor at History, Tests Show Courts Blagojevich guilty of trying to sell Obama’s Senate seat Mortgage exec gets 30 years for $3 billion fraud NYT reporter subpoenaed in CIA case · Federal prosecutors issued a subpoena for a New York Times reporter to testify about classified documents he allegedly received from a former CIA operative who is charged with illegally leaking the information. Supreme Court upholds warrantless search of apartment based on marijuana smell Judge keeps imams in jail until trial · A federal magistrate Monday ordered two South Florida Muslim clerics be held in jail while they await trial with other family members on charges of conspiring to send thousands of dollars to Pakistani terrorists for arms and other militant resources Cisco Helped Chinese Government Suppress Falun Gong, Lawsuit Claims Long Path to Courtroom for War Contractor Accused of Bribery Supreme Court Revives Suit Against Halliburton NJ court: No shield law for message boards posters the New Jersey Supreme Court says people posting in online message boards don't have the same protections for sources as mainstream journalists. The court ruled Tuesday that New Jersey's shield law for journalists does not apply to such message boards. Woman Could Get 15 Years for Recording Cops After One Of Them Allegedly Assaulted Her 2 Punished After Disabled Gays Told to Leave Pool Tyell Morton: High School Student Facing 8 Years in Prison for Prank The 18-year-old put a blow-up doll in the girls' bathroom at his high school in Rushville, Ind. Microsoft Loses Appeal in Patent Case Using a car to flee police can count as 'violent felony,' Supreme Court rules Chicago Man Guilty Of Aiding Mumbai Attack Group Wal-Mart loses $187.6M worker break case Bin Laden charges formally dropped In federal court in Manhattan on Friday, prosecutors disposed of a 1998 indictment that charged bin Laden with murder and conspiracy to kill Americans for his role in attacking U.S. embassies in East Africa in 1998. The indictment also alleged that bin Laden tried to attack U.S. defense assets. Justices reject multistate lawsuit over global warming Trafficking victim testifies, vanishes Outcry in America as pregnant women who lose babies face murder charges Gibbs became pregnant aged 15, but lost the baby in December 2006 in a stillbirth when she was 36 weeks into the pregnancy. When prosecutors discovered that she had a cocaine habit – though there is no evidence that drug abuse had anything to do with the baby's death – they charged her with the "depraved-heart murder" of her child, which carries a mandatory life sentence. Conrad Black going back to prison BART settles with (Oscar) Grant's mother for $1.3 million Civil Rights Warrants Let Agents Enter Homes Without Owner Knowing Labor dept. develops app to help workers in wage disputes Study: Whites say they face more racism than blacks Jilted ex-boyfriend puts up abortion billboard A New Mexico man's decision to lash out with a billboard ad saying his ex-girlfriend had an abortion against his wishes has touched off a legal debate over free speech and privacy rights. Florida sold driver’s license info for $62 million NY becomes largest state to approve gay marriage Rhode Island governor signs civil union bill into law

Science	History
Immunity Gene Cures Man Of AIDS Autism changes molecular structure of the brain, study finds For decades, autism researchers have faced a baffling riddle: how to unravel a disorder that leaves no known physical trace as it develops in the brain. Electron is surprisingly round, say scientists following 10 year study (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Imperial College London have made the most accurate measurement yet of the shape of the humble electron, finding that it is almost a perfect sphere, in a study published in the ... Moon may have more water than believed: study Ancient hominid males stayed home while females roamed CERN physicists trap antihydrogen atoms for more than 16 minutes Can evolution outpace climate change? Animals and plants may not be able to evolve their way out of the threat posed by climate change, according to a UC Davis study of a tiny seashore animal. Two New Elements Added to Periodic Table New class of stellar explosions discovered They're bright and blue-and a bit strange. They're a new type of stellar explosion that was recently discovered by a team of astronomers led by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Among the most A big surprise from the edge of the solar system: magnetic bubbles (w/ video) Fermilab experiment fails to confirm new particle claim Brain scan identifies patterns of plaques and tangles in adults with Down syndrome Magic mushroom’s positive effects lasting over a year, say researchers Breeding with Neanderthals helped humans go global E. coli 'passed from human to human' The E. coli bug responsible for a deadly recent outbreak in Germany has been passed from human to human for the first time. 13,000-Year-Old Discovery May Be First In North America Scientists Say World's Top-Selling Weedkiller Causes Birth Defects Strongest evidence yet indicates Enceladus hiding saltwater ocean Samples of icy spray shooting from Saturn's moon Enceladus collected during Cassini spacecraft flybys show the strongest evidence yet for the existence of a large-scale, subterranean saltwater ... New fossils demonstrate that powerful eyes evolved in a twinkling (w/ video) Palaeontologists have uncovered half-a-billion-year-old fossils demonstrating that primitive animals had excellent vision. At small scales, tug-of-war between electrons can lead to magnetism under surprising circumstances At the smallest scales, magnetism may not work quite the way scientists expected, according to a recent paper in Physical Review Letters by Rafal Oszwaldowski and Igor Zutic of the Univer ... The Brightest Object Ever Discovered Light from this brilliant, starlike object took nearly 13 billion years to reach Earth, meaning the quasar existed when the universe was only 770 million years old – a kid by cosmic standards. The discovery ranks as the brightest object ever found. To scientists' surprise, the black hole powering this quasar was 2 billion times more massive than the sun. How it grew so bulky so early in the universe's history is a mystery. Fungus farming ant genome reveals insight into adaptation of social behavior The Panamanian leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior farms fungus on leaf fragments for food. Minor workers tend the fungus garden and nurse the brood, major workers defend the colony and bring in new leaf fragments. Animals Get High Too, New Book Says 'Invisibility Cloak' Shields Objects From Sound Plastic container chem makes male mice act female Arctic-crossing algae, whale show threat to Atlantic The Pacific algae, absent from the North Atlantic for 800,000 years according to fossil records, apparently returned after climate change thawed sea ice and currents carried the microscopic plants across the Arctic Ocean, they said.	Egyptian princess was first to have heart disease 29 minutes ago · LONDON (AP) -- An Egyptian princess who lived more than 3,500 years ago is the oldest known person to have had clogged arteries, dispelling the myth that heart disease is a product of modern society The French Bomb, with Secret U.S. Help Documents from Nixon and Ford Administrations Show U.S. Assistance for French Nuclear Forces Earlier Than Previously Reported The 18½-minute gap in Watergate tape remains lost to history after high-tech detective work Woman sterilized after state deemed her ‘promiscuous’
Politics
Dems question Colombia trade pact after shooting of activist labor lawyer Anthony Weiner Resigns, Prostitute Enthusiast David Vitter Continues To Be Embraced By GOP Leadership Tim Pawlenty's Birther Ally Calls Obama A "Jungle Alien" in NH House Party Wearing FBI Wire, AL GOPer Called Black Gamblers ‘Aborigines’ Bachmann clinic got $137,000 in Medicaid funds The GOP presidential candidate's claims that her family received no federal support are unraveling Vide Patriot Act Extension Agreement Reached By Congressional Leaders Pawlenty wiped child molester’s record clean in 2008 New Polling Says Overwhelming Majority Wants Social Security Left Alone Unions soften tone on health Massachusetts labor leaders have given up their full-throated battle to protect certain collective bargaining rights amid an increasing likelihood that the Legislature will empower local governments to raise the health insurance costs of teachers, firefighters, and other municipal employees. Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin MAKES HISTORY By Signing Into Law SINGLE PAYER Health Care Conservative lawmaker, Iraq veteran !!!CRUSHES!!! GOP gay bashing Montana KKK candidate running for Congress; says backlash against Obama will fuel campaign Palin Falsely Claims Debt Has Grown More Under Obama Than ‘All Other Presidents Combined’ Palin badly mangles story of Paul Revere's ride Romney reaffirms stance that global warming is real Mitt Romney yesterday reaffirmed his view that global warming is occurring and that humans are contributing to it, a position that has been rejected in recent years by many Republicans as the issue has taken on a greater partisan tinge. Edwards emails acknowledge payments Alaska releases thousands of Sarah Palin emails When liberal groups promote corporate mergers GLAAD, the NAACP and others have taken big money from AT&T. Is it OK for them to endorse the AT&T-T-Mobile merger? Ex-Spy Alleges Effort to Discredit Bush Critic Obama impersonator cut off at Republican conference GOP Blocks Jobs Bill That Included Repeal Of Ethanol Tax Credit, Dozens Of Other Amendments	Judge strikes down Walker's collective bargaining law Defense Spending The Cost Of War: $20 Billion On Air Conditioning (Robert) Gates Warns Against Big Cuts in Military Spending US Military Warned of S.Korea, Japan Cost Overruns A US government report warned Wednesday that the Pentagon was likely underestimating billions of dollars in costs for a controversial restructuring of bases in South Korea and Japan... House approves $690 billion defense budget Lockheed Martin space unit to cut about 1,200 jobs Navy Finds ‘Aggressive’ Corrosion on New Ship White House Criticizes House Defense Spending Bill The Obama administration sharply criticized a $649 billion defense spending bill in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Thursday because of proposed spending cuts and limits on the handling of Guantanamo detainees. Budget and Taxes The Bush Tax Cuts: 10 Years Later, Still Expensive And Ineffective GOP Blew Up Debt Negotiations To Protect Tax Breaks For People Making $500,000 Or More Investors may fund social programs Massachusetts could be among the first states in the country to raise money for social services by offering investors the chance to earn profits on programs they establish. Nearly Half of Americans Exempt From Federal Income Tax Treasury/Federal Reserve/Bailouts/SEC/IRS DoJ Settles with Bank of America and Saxon Mortgage for Illegally Foreclosing on Servicemembers Gov’t. to lose $14 billion of auto bailout funds The Obama administration said Wednesday that the government will lose about $14 billion in taxpayer funds from the bailout of the U.S. auto industry, a third of the loss officials had initially estimated Bank Of America Raided By Deputies To Seize Homeowners Property Bank Of America Facing New Investigation Fed Balance Sheet Hits Another Record Size The Federal Reserve’s balance sheet expanded to a record size in the latest week, as the central bank bought more bonds in an effort to support the economy, Fed data released on Thursday showed. FTC moving on broad Google antitrust probe: report Billionaire said to be under U.S. investigation in dealings with Jordan Harry Sargeant III, a well-connected energy magnate, was once the finance chairman of the Florida Republican Party and a principal supplier of fuel to U.S. forces in Iraq. In April, msnbc.com reported that his Florida-based oil trading business, International Oil Trading Co., may have secured an exclusive license to ship the fuel through Jordan — as defense contracts required — by paying off the country's government. SEC Enforcers Said to Weigh Release of Report on Lehman Abuses U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigators may issue a public rebuke of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and its former executives instead of suing them for actions that led to the firm’s 2008 failure, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said
Congress
Senate Senate extends provisions of the PATRIOT Act Oregon Senator Wyden freezes second Internet censorship billSystems like these invite misuse: criminal appropriation, government abuse and stretching by everyone possible to apply to situations that are applicable only by the most tortuous logic. The FBI illegally wiretapped the phones of Americans, often falsely invoking terrorism emergencies, 3,500 times between 2002 and 2006 without a warrant. Internet surveillance and control will be no different.In order to comply with government search warrants on user data, Google created a backdoor access system into Gmail accounts. This feature is what the Chinese hackers exploited to gain access.	Congress gave staff $6.1M in bonuses Delta Rolls Out Platinum Upgrades For Top Republicans Fight over Canadian oil pipeline moves to Congress The dispute is over a plan to send oil from western Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast House Rand Paul, Supposed Defender Of Civil Liberties, Calls For Jailing People Who Attend ‘Radical Political Speeches’ Bachmann Fails Economics 101: ‘A Dollar In 2011 Should Be The Same As A Dollar In 1911′
White House
Obama Limousine Liberals: Why Has the Number of Government-Owned Limos Jumped 73 Percent in 2 Years of Obama? President Obama calls for more domestic oil drilling Congress nixes chance of Obama recess appointments Republicans forced the Senate to stay in session over its week-long Memorial Day break in a bid to prevent President Barack Obama from nominating Elizabeth Warren. US to boycott world racism conference at UN He added that in 2009 the U.S. withdrew from the planning of the conference because it reaffirmed the 2001 Durban Declaration, "which unfairly singled out Israel and included language inconsistent with U.S. traditions of robust free speech." War Powers Act Does Not Apply to Libya, Obama Argues Olbermann: Petraeus ‘unfit’ to lead CIA Current TV host Keith Olbermann believes that General David Patraeus has disqualified himself from heading the CIA by the answer he gave to a question about enhanced interrogation methods during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday. As reported by CBS news, Petraeus initially “reiterated his support for adhering to the interrogation methods listed in the U.S. Army Field Manual. Mr. Obama in 2009 signed an executive order banning the use of any interrogation method, such as waterboarding, not listed in the field manual.”	GITMO/Bahgram/CIA-Blacksites 9/11 Suspects to Be Charged Again at Gitmo The Pentagon will announce today that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his four alleged 9/11 co-conspirators are being charged for a second time through the military commissions at Guantanamo, High-Value Detainee’s Eye Surgically Removed While He Was In CIA Custody » This report was written by Jason Leopold and originally published at Truthout.org. Click here to listen to Jason Leopold discuss this Abu Ghraib Inmates Lose U.S. High Court Bid to Sue Contractors
Economy	Click for Economic Statistics	Financial Crisis for Beginners
Speculation explains more about oil prices than anything else Feel like you're being robbed every time you fill the gas tank? Not sure who to blame? Try Wall Street. That's not the conventional explanation, but it's the one the facts point to. » read more UN report calls for regulation to curb speculators pushing up food prices Saudis raise oil production to curb prices Output lifted above 9m b/d for the first time since mid-2008 Stocks Plunge Amid Fears That Global Economy Is Slowing China ratings house says US defaulting: report	Argentina accuses world's largest grain traders of huge tax evasion The world's four largest grain traders, responsible for the vast majority of global corn, soya and wheat trading and processing, have been accused of large-scale tax evasion in a landmark series of cases being brought against them by the Argentinian government. Bloomberg: Comcast is already violating conditions of NBCU merger FTC probes possible oil market manipulation Surprise oil release targets speculators

Iraq	Map of Iraq
Iraqi parliament: US military presence not allowed after 2011 - 'Military leader' of Qaeda in Iraq arrested: ministry Two U.S. Troops Killed as Baghdad Hit by Bombs Deaths as multiple blasts rock western Iraq Wheelchair suicide bomber kills two in Iraq A suicide bomber in a wheelchair attacked a police station north of Baghdad on Sunday, killing two people.	Oil workers face resistance, crackdown Iraqi officials are pressing for legal action against workers protesting at Basra oil fields and South Oil Company offices. Two U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq U.S. State Dept. asks for $6.2 billion Iraq budget U.S. troop attacks in Iraq linked to Iran
Middle East	Map of the Middle East
Egypt Click here for everything related to the Protests in Egypt Mubarak to be tried for deaths of protesters Egyptian Family: The Man Identified by U.S. Intelligence as 'Saif Al-'Adl' is Our Son, But He's No Longer Alive – And In Any Event It's Inconceivable That He Would Be Al-Qaeda Leader Egypt Permanently Opens Crossing With Gaza Strip Egypt to put 48 on trial for church clash Egypt's public prosecutor referred 48 Muslims and Christians to criminal court on Saturday for their roles in sectarian violence that led to the burning of a Cairo church in May. Cairo street clashes leave more than 1,000 injured Israel Jewish court sentences dog to death by stoning A Jerusalem rabbinical court condemned to death by stoning a dog it suspects is the reincarnation of a secular lawyer Israeli Prime Minister's Son Disparages Muslims In Facebook Posts Israel's chief clergy decries arrest of top rabbi who called for killing gentiles Hundreds try to storm Supreme Court after police detain right-wing rabbi Israel refuses citizenship for gay man married to Jewish immigrant The Law of Return is being put to the test by couple from United States. Israeli army uses dogs against Palestinian workers Palestinians desperate for work in Israel now they face a new hurdle: army attack dogs. Two trucks plow through vehicles, pedestrians in suspected Tel Aviv terror attack The drivers then sped off, leaving behind at least 10 casualties, one of them in critical condition; one driver arrested. Nearly 200 arrested, more than 350 injured in protest at Israeli Embassy Israel and US Strategic Interests Lawrence Wilkerson: Egypt, Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia are far more important than Israel to US strategic interests from view of US military Israeli Ex-Spymaster Takes Swipe At Netanyahu He suggested that Israel accept a nine-year-old peace initiative proposed by Saudi Arabia, offering peace with the Arab world in return for a full withdrawal from all territories captured by Israel in the 1967 war. n a speech at Tel Aviv University on Wednesday, Dagan issued a stern warning against attacking Iran, saying a strike would risk unleashing a region-wide war and only encourage Tehran to push forward with a nuclear program that is widely believed to be aimed at developing weapons. Iran denies that.. 6 dead as Israeli troops fire along Syrian border Soldiers fire on pro-Palestinian protesters trying to infiltrate Golan Heights Netanyahu condemns West Bank mosque attack as 'criminal act' Mosque in village near Ramallah torched and sprayed with graffiti; Defense Minister Barak echoes PM's condemnation and says IDF will take steps to catch the perpetrators. 14 Palestinians killed in Syria camp Fourteen Palestinian refugees were reported killed and another 43 injured on Monday, a report from the Palestinian government's WAFA news said. Lebanon Hezbollah alleges CIA infiltration Iran <Click for video and history> Anonymous claims control of Iranian gov’t servers Iranian security forces attack silent rally in Tehran Yemen Yemeni VP: Control lost in 5 provinces, security worsening France Admits to Arming Libyan Rebels C.I.A. Building Base for Strikes in Yemen CIA Building Mideast Base to Launch Drone Attacks in Yemen - Democracy NOW! U.S. Is Intensifying a Secret Campaign of Yemen Airstrikes Wounded Yemeni president in Saudi Arabia Ali Abdullah Saleh is in Riyadh for treatment amid speculation over his rule, two days after he was injured in attack. Yemen's Vice President Reportedly Takes Over As Acting President US, UK and European envoys trapped in Yemen siege The American, British and European Union ambassadors to Yemen are trapped in an embassy surrounded by gunmen angry about efforts by Arab mediators to ease President Ali Abdullah Saleh out of power, Chaos swirls in Yemen's capital as government buildings burn Yemen's capital city sank toward anarchy Tuesday as rival armies fought pitched battles in a neighborhood of middle-class homes and government offices in the worst violence to sweep Sanaa since anti-government protests began nearly four months ago. What touched off the fighting remained unclear. » read more US Orders Some Diplomats, Family to Leave Yemen The United States has ordered all non-essential diplomats and embassy family members to leave Yemen amid mounting violence between loyalists and opponents of President Ali Abdullah Islamic militants seize Yemeni city Tribesmen seize government buildings in Sanaa Street battles rage in the Yemeni capital while conditions in Taiz and Zinjibar remain tense. Battle rages in Yemeni capital Heavy fighting continues across Sanaa, with witnesses saying security forces have fired live bullets at protesters. Al-Qaida militants hold 10 soldiers hostage during fight in south Yemen: official	Syria Monitor Group rebuked on Syria Cambridge-based Monitor Group is facing criticism from those who say the consulting firm's assistance indirectly improved the image of a brutal government. U.S. considers charging Syria with war crimes Frustrated by regime's intransigence, Obama administration considers bringing pressure with oil and gas sanctions or war crimes charges. Syria says 120 forces killed in northern 'massacre' Syrian crowds chant slain boy's name Hamza Ali al-Khateeb got separated from his dad in a Syrian protest. The family received his body a month later, and a video purports to show horrible injuries. His face is now the symbol of an uprising. (Graphic content) FULL STORY Syria gives 'amnesty' to arrested protesters Syria fires into Lebanon U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Syrian Leader and 6 Aides The move by President Obama increased pressure on Syria in the wake of its crackdown on protests. Syria mourners 'attacked by security forces' At least 11 dead and 27 injured in Homs, activists say, as thousands attend funerals for those killed on Friday. Activists say 34 people killed in the city of Hama during one of the largest anti-government protest Syria cracks down on protesters, killing 34 As crowds take to the streets following Friday prayers and renew calls for Assad to resign, security forces and snipers open fire. Video shows mangled bodies of Syrians Syrian troops accused of firing on locals trying to flee Jisr al-Shughour Senior Israeli source: Iran actively helping Syria squash demonstrations Turkey tells Bashar al-Assad to cease Syria repression Libya Turkey denies supplying Gaddafi troop rations 'NATO strike hurts 16 Libya opposition' We'll turn our guns on Libyan rebels if they attack civilians, Nato threatens Blast rocks hotel in Libya's Benghazi A car bomb has exploded near a hotel used by foreign diplomats in Libya's rebel-held city of Benghazi. Three Libyan military officers defect to Tunisia NATO says explosives and dummies found on Libya boat Rebel in Libya inspired by Che "I invite them to look a little more closely at the situation, who is here fighting and why is he fighting," Piaggesi said as he took a break to prepare for the next round of clashes. "He is going to say that it is for liberty -- not for NATO or for anybody, simply for liberty." Alleged rape victim sent back to Libya The Libyan woman whose alleged rape by security forces received worldwide attention has been forcibly deported from Qatar back to Benghazi in Libya, according to multiple sources. FULL STORY A Libyan Oil Official's Ulterior Motive Top Libyan oil official Shokri Ghanem has not defected, contrary to widespread reports, and is secretly working for Muammar Gaddafi to maintain ties with big oil companies, sources at western firms said. Libyan rebels accused of arbitrary arrests Libyan rebels are arbitrarily detaining dozens of civilians suspected of being loyal to ruler Moammar Gadhafi and are holding them without trial or due process, Human Rights Watch charged Sunday. FULL STORY Pentagon Sees Libya Military Costs Soar NATO admits mistakenly striking Libyan opposition forces Libyan rebels in Misrata take tough line on foreign media Sarkozy Lashes Out At U.S. Over Libya Mission French President Nicolas Sarkozy lashed out Friday at America’s commitment to the NATO effort in Libya, saying that Europe was bearing the main burden of the effort, despite American complaints to the contrary. Libyan soccer players join rebel side NATO strikes kill 15 civilians, Libyan official says Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, UAE funded jihadi networks in Pakistan Saudi Arabia Earned $214 Billion From Oil in 2010, Jadwa Says Saudi king mediates fresh Yemeni cease fire 'START YOUR ENGINES!': Saudi Women Protest Driving Ban Indonesian ban on workers to Saudi Arabia Indonesia has barred its citizens from travelling to Saudi Arabia to work, amid a spat with Riyadh over the beheading of an Indonesian maid in the kingdom Other Two Bahraini protesters killed Turkey will not 'close its doors' to Syrian refugees DC firm defends Bahrain on human rights crackdown A top law firm will be paid $550 per hour to help Bahrain respond to allegations it fired trade unionists en masse
Afghanistan	Map of Afghanistan
Afghan police sometimes high on drugs, British commander tells inquest 11 die in protests over NATO killings Eleven people killed, over 50 injured in Afghanistan on Wednesday. Suicide Bomber Strikes At Top NATO, Afghan Leaders Astonishing survival of soldier with unexploded bomb wedged INSIDE his stomach after Afghanistan amb Afghan President Says He Will No Longer Allow NATO Airstrikes On Houses Taliban Emergency Sanctions Removed Afghan Hospital Bomb Kills Dozens Karzai: Pakistan Firing Missiles Into Afghanistan Taliban use girl, 8, as bomb mule in attack on Afghanistan police post Afghan civilians dying in record numbersMay was the deadliest month for noncombatants since the U.N. began keeping track five years ago and buried IEDs are taking the highest toll.	4 US Service Members Killed In Afghanistan Suicide bomber kills 6 in Afghanistan hospital explosion A midday explosion Saturday caused by a suicide bomber inside the Kabul's main military hospital killed six and injured dozens of others, officials said. Taliban militants claimed credit for the attack shortly after noon, saying two of their suicide bombers entered the hospital. » read more Afghan soldier kills NATO soldier Aid workers in Afghanistan attacked U.S. Sending Training Agents to Afghanistan to Stem Infiltration of Local Forces 8 NATO Troopers Killed in 1 Day in Afghanistan Obama Opts for Faster Afghan Pullout Petraeus' Counterinsurgency Strategy Deemed A Failure Half Of World’s Refugees Are Running From U.S. Wars Grenade wounds 17 Afghan schoolchildren

Pakistan	Map of Pakistan
U.S. contradicts Taliban leader on bin Laden visits Visits by outsiders to the Osama bin Laden compound were "few and far between," a U.S. official said. The official, who was not authorized to speak on the record, disputed comments Al-Qaida hoped to blow up oil tankers, Bin Laden documents reveal 3 explosions rock Pakistani air base Terror Trial Witness Ties Pakistan to 2008 Attacks (Mumbai) ‎Bomber kills 24 in Pakistan; U.S. military mission trimmed Pakistan border clashes claim 63 lives Islamist militants who flowed out of Afghanistan fought a second day of fierce battles with Pakistani security forces Thursday in one of the deadliest clashes on the Pakistan side of the frontier in months. Authorities said 63 people were dead. Read Story Key al Qaeda operative (Ilyas Kashmiri) killed in U.S. drone strike in Pakistan Guardian journalist badly beaten for the second time in Pakistan Pakistani police station under attack Pakistan expels British trainers of anti-Taliban soldiers	US drone attacks kill nine in Pakistan: officials Pentagon To Bin Laden Raid Leakers: Shut Up Gates Says No Sign That Top Pakistanis Knew of Bin Laden Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said he thought “somebody” inside Pakistan knew of Osama bin Laden’s presence, but not the country’s leaders. CIA Flew Stealth Drones Into Pakistan To Monitor Bin Laden House U.S. official: Bin Laden communicated with Yemen-based terror group (AQAP) Osama bin Laden tried to establish 'grand coalition' of militant groups Osama bin Laden spent much of his last weeks alive planning a new attempt to bring the disparate factions among insurgents and militants fighting in Pakistan and Afghanistan together under the umbrella of al-Qaida. Blast at Pakistan restaurant wounds 11 Osama Bin Laden Raid Secretly Avenged CIA Deaths Tom Shah and Molly Huckaby Hardy were among the 44 U.S. Embassy employees killed when a truck bomb exploded outside the embassy compound in Kenya in 1998.
North&South Asia	Map of Asia
China's hackers subverted the access system Google put in place to comply with U.S. intercept orders. Why does anyone think criminals won't be able to use the same system to steal bank account and credit card information, use it to launch other attacks or turn it into a massive spam-sending network? Why does anyone think that only authorized law enforcement can mine collected Internet data or eavesdrop on phone and IM conversations 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests A Chinese man stands alone to block a line of tanks heading east on Beijing's Cangan Blvd. in Tiananmen Square on June 5,Tiananmen protesters still jailed in China, 22 years on Shizuoka tells tea retailer to conceal radiation info Tepco to build sarcophagus over Fukushima reactor The operator of the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant has announced plans to construct a shroud over one of the reactor buildings, a stop-gap measure until a more permanent solution can be found, such as entombing the facility in concrete.	Cooling facility stops at Fukushima No. 5 nuclear reactor Woman cuts off attacker’s penis and gives it to police 40-year-old Bangladeshi woman cut off a man's penis during an alleged attempted rape and took it to a police station as evidence. Over 600 Sickened By Mass Lead Poisoning In China U.S. issues terror-related travel warning for Philippines Riots rock China's image of growth A Chinese manufacturing town exploded in riots, with thousands of enraged workers fighting police. The violence took many by surprise and has tarnished China's image as a bustling economy enriching the lives of millions. FULL STORY U.S. Said to Turn Back North Korea Missile Shipment Strong earthquake strikes off Papua New Guinea (6.6)
Europe	Map of Europe
Russia opens trial into ‘US spy ring traitor’ A Russian court on Monday began hearing the case of a former top secret service agent accused who blew the cover on a sleeper spy ring in the United States last year. Spaniards defy ban to demonstrate in Madrid Hundreds of Spaniards huddled in a makeshift protest camp in the heart of Madrid for a fourth straight day Thursday, denouncing the country's two main political parties as selfish and useless in dealing with the country's economic crisis. Serbia arrests ‘Butcher of Bosnia’ Mladic Serbia said on Thursday it had arrested Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic after years on the run. Barcelona police beat protesters in streets Top seismologist to be tried for manslaughter for failing to predict Italian earthquake that killed Accusations of manslaughter against Italy's top seismologist for failing to predict a devastating natural disaster have been likened to a 'witch hunt' by leading geologists. Enzo Boschi, president of Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), is now facing a trial - along with six others - for failing to predict an earthquake that killed 308 people in 2009. France Bans News Anchors From Saying “Twitter” and “Facebook” Hacking Suspect Diagnosed with Autism, Refused Bail ‎ Six Moldovan 'uranium smugglers' arrested Czechs out of US missile shield plan Public sector retirement age 'will rise to 66' (In the United Kingdom, up from 60) Putin Warns of Dirty Presidential Election Scientology Literature Declared Extremist British Government outed Denis Donaldson as IRA spy to ...	: Bulgaria's Ataka Party Becoming Increasingly Anti-American Putin Decides To Retake Presidency Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has decided to run for the presidency next year, raising the possibility of a power struggle with his protege Dmitry Medvedev, the incumbent Kremlin leader, say highly placed sources Spain's Ruling Socialists Crushed in Polls Spain's ruling Socialists suffered a crushing defeat to conservatives in municipal and regional elections Sunday, losing even historic strongholds against a backdrop of economic crisis and unprecedented street sit-ins by Spaniards Dan Choi Beaten, Arrested At Moscow Gay Pride Parade There's video. It's horrific. You'll see Dan Choi, to the left, in a white shirt, dark hair (from behind), standing next to Chicago activist Andy Thayer (blond), walking peacefully. Then the Russian police violently swarm them out of nowhere. Oh my God. Alarm Clocks Blow up at Ikea Stores in Belgium, France and Netherlands Spain orders trial for priest killings in El Salvador WHO warns E-coli outbreak is new toxic strain Algerian-born man living in France is refused French nationality (over attitude towards women)An Algerian-born man living in France has been refused French nationality because of his "degrading attitude" towards women. The man, who has not been named, is married to a Frenchwoman, but does not allow her to leave the family home Spain nabs 3 suspected of global cyberattacks Top Modeling Agent: Milan & Paris 'Absolutely Don't Want Black Girls' Greece general strike prompts violent clashes in Athens British teachers announce mass strike over pensions Sunday: Spanish protesters rally against politicians and banks Madrid today: Tens of thousands protest Greece arrests captain of U.S. ship in Gaza flotilla 60-year-old captain of 'Audacity of Hope' ship being detained until court hearing on Tuesday; Israel rejects allegations it sabotaged flotilla ships.
Africa	Map of Africa
Sudan war crimes suspect re-elected Ahmed Haroun, who is facing ICC charges of murder and rape in Darfur, re-elected governor of South Kordofan state. North Sudan army takes control of Abyei 'suicide bomber' hits Nigeria police headquarters Nigerian city rocked by new blasts Officials say the Boko Haram sect is behind a fresh attack in Maiduguri, killing at least five, including two children.	Moroccans vote 'yes' to revised constitution Interior minister says 98 per cent of those who took part in referendum voted "yes" to King devolving some powers. China bolsters economic ties with Sudan Red-carpet welcome for Sudanese president in Beijing as countries consolidate close relationship with oil agreement. Tunisia Eleven killed in Tunisia tribal clashes Days of fierce tribal fighting in the mining town of Metlaoui leaves several killed and almost 100 injured. Tunisia Postpones Election, Possibly Aiding New Parties
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Mexico Kindergarten Teacher In Mexico Keeps Her Students Under Control During Cartel Gunfights Outside. Arrest of Tijuana ex-mayor sparks political firestorm Soldiers in Tijuana arrested one of Mexico's most colorful and wealthiest politicians Saturday, claiming they had found 88 weapons on his property near the border city's racetrack. » US citizen among Mexico grave victims An American man reported missing in March has been identified among 183 corpses in Mexico. 29 dead, 700 flee as gang battles hit west Mexico Venezuela Chávez in Critical Condition In Cuban Hospital, report Venezuela says it seized 5.5 tons of cocaine Noam Chomsky denounces old friend Hugo Chávez for 'assault' on democracy	Other Anti-logging activist murdered in Amazon Brazilian police say Jose Ribeiro was likely killed in retaliation for speaking out against illegal forest loggers. Secret military report on Allende’s death raises doubts about suicide Colombia's intelligence agency allied with death squads in unionist murder: Court Colombia's coca crop-spraying caused genetic damage to 10% Ecuador border citizens: Study Another Amazon activist killed in logging conflict Vancouver kiss couple 'were knocked down by riot police' Brazil’s elite police force protecting families of targeted small farmers in Amazon forest Toronto police swear off G20 kettling tactic Army official sentenced for 'false positive' killings Army official sentenced for 'false positive' killings Friday, 24 June 2011 11:30 Jim Glade A former army official was sentenced on Friday to 20 years in prison for the "false positive" killing of three civilians in northern Colombia

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