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Digital Archives: Tiananmen Square Massacre, 1989 1989 - The
footage is unforgettable at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, as the
People's Liberation Army puts on "a vicious show of brute force
Waterboarding Brings Doubts About Daniel Pearl's Killer
Debate is raging over whether an al Qaeda big shot who admitted
to killing Daniel Pearl did the deed.
Number of roadside bombs surge in Afghanistan Insurgent use
of roadside bombs in Afghanistan has surged 80 percent this
year, remaining the No. 1 killer of foreign troops, a NATO
official said Thursday.
Crude leads rally with charge towards $70 Crude oil prices
charged towards $70 a barrel on Thursday, recouping the previous
session's losses and leading a broad commodities rally
Obama Intel Nominee Drops Out Over Ties To CIA Torture
(Former State Dept official Richard) Haass: Cheney Bugged My
Calls Because I Wasn't a Hawk What was it about former State
Department official Richard Haass that bugged former Vice
President Dick Cheney?
Haass, out with a new book, War of Necessity, War of Choice,
says he was shocked to read in Angler, a book about
Cheney, that the former veep ordered his phone calls tapped
Most Personal Bankruptcies Caused By Medical
Bills, Illness
Sotomayor's Media Rulings: Freelancers Need Not Be Compensated
For Online Use Of Their Work
Top-secret clearances given despite risky pasts As many as
one in four applicants who had "significant derogatory
information" in their backgrounds may have received top-secret
security clearance last year, The Washington Times reported.
Walmart workers, community and labor supporters
demand right to union representation
GAO finds U.S. military hardware easy to buy, ship U.S.
military hardware that can be used in nuclear devices and ground
fighting can be easily purchased at home and shipped overseas,
an undercover government investigation revealed Thursday.
Abortion Clinic Manager Reveals He Warned FBI of
Suspect in Murder of Dr. George Tiller, Says Killing Could Have
Been Avoided
Fight against foreign nuke waste in Utah
continues An eight-state
radioactive-waste-management entity plans to appeal a federal
court ruling that said a company can dispose of foreign nuclear
waste at its facility in the western Utah desert.
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"THE PEOPLE OF
THE WORLD CAN LIVE TOGETHER IN PEACE"
WATCH:
Obama Quotes Quran... Uses The Term "Palestine"... Condemns "Crude
Stereotypes" Of US, Israel... Admits US Role In 1953 Iran Coup...
Cairo Speech:
Video, Transcript...
Middle East
Buzzing: "Transformational," People "Simply Had Their Mouths Open"
Obama: first president to admit role in 1953 Iran
coup President Obama Thursday became the
first president to acknowledge responsibility for the 1953 CIA-led
coup that overthrew the elected prime minister of Iran, Mohammed
Mossadegh.
Judge Tosses Telecom Spy Suits
A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed lawsuits targeting the
nation’s telecommunication companies for their participation in
President George W. Bush’s once-secret electronic eavesdropping
program.
Judge Revisits Warrantless Eavesdropping Instead, the judge
directed attorneys for the administration and for a now-defunct
Oregon charity to prepare court filings this summer about the
legality of the government's warrantless eavesdropping program and
the scope of the executive branch's authority.
GOP Ignites Firestorm By Revealing Classified Info From Closed-Door
Intel Briefings GOP members on the Intelligence Committee on
Thursday told The Hill in on-the-record interviews that they were
informed that the controversial methods have led to information that
prevented terrorist attacks.
Ruling allowing Taser use to get DNA may be nation’s first It is
legally permissible for police to zap a suspect with a Taser to
obtain a DNA
New Hampshire Becomes Sixth State To Legalize Gay Marriage
Bush FBI sent 18
armored agents to wiretap whistleblower's home
Wake Up America, the Media Treat Far-Right Views as Mainstream
This dynamic produces "a deep and largely unconscious conservative
bias in the media's discussion of policy."
Al Qaeda eyes bio attack from Mexico Seeks white militias as
allies U.S. counterterrorism officials have authenticated a video by
an al Qaeda recruiter threatening to smuggle a biological weapon
into the United States via tunnels
Trial
Of Former Boeing Engineer Begins Allegedly Sold Space Program
Secrets To China
The government says he stole
secrets on the U.S. space shuttle and the Delta IV rocket. U.S.
District Judge Cormac Carney dismissed charges last week relating to
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Don’t Eat the Bluefish or Striped Bass If you planned on having bluefish or
striped bass for dinner, think again. State health officials are warning women
who are pregnant and children under 6 not to feast on the sea creatures because
of chemicals in the fish. Everyone else should avoid eating the fish more than
once per month. This only applies to bluefish that are longer than 25
inches
Lyme Disease-Treatment Bill Heads To Rell Wading into the
controversy over the treatment of Lyme disease, state legislators
have endorsed a bill that would prohibit state health officials from
disciplining doctors for prescribing long-term antibiotic treatment
to patients with the disease.
Swine Flu Closes Hamden Elementary School Three confirmed cases
of swine flu and other suspected cases are behind the closing of the
Helen Street Elementary School in Hamden Friday and Monday.
Rell Issues First Veto Connecticut Gov. M Jodi Rell has issued
her first veto from this year's legislative session, nixing a bill
that Democrats say is needed to ultimately help reach an agreement
on a new budget.
Connecticut apologizes for legacy of slavery
Connecticut became the second northern state to apologize for
slavery, segregation and other racist policies its lawmakers once
condoned after an unanimous vote late Wednesday by the state Senate. |
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U.S. Gov't Scraps Plan To Seize Flight 93 Memorial Land
Security Issues
ECONOMIC ESPIONAGE:
Trial Of Former Boeing
Engineer Begins Allegedly Sold Space Program Secrets To China
The government says he stole
secrets on the U.S. space shuttle and the Delta IV rocket. U.S.
District Judge Cormac Carney dismissed charges last week relating to
the C-17 military transport at the government's request.
Abortion Clinic Manager Reveals He Warned FBI of Suspect in Murder
of Dr. George Tiller, Says Killing Could Have Been Avoided We
speak to the manager of a Kansas City abortion clinic who says he
twice told the FBI last week about the suspect in the murder of
abortion provider Dr. George Tiller, including the day before the
killing. The suspect, Scott Roeder, vandalized the Aid for Women
clinic by locking its doors shut. Using the pseudonym “Jeff
Pederson” to protect his identity, the clinic manager says Tiller’s
death could have been avoided had the FBI acted on his warnings.
GAO finds U.S. military hardware easy to buy, ship U.S. military
hardware that can be used in nuclear devices and ground fighting can
be easily purchased at home and shipped overseas, an undercover
government investigation revealed Thursday.
Al Qaeda eyes bio attack from Mexico Seeks white militias as
allies U.S. counterterrorism officials have authenticated a video by
an al Qaeda recruiter threatening to smuggle a biological weapon
into the United States via tunnels
Marine recruiter charged with pimping teen A U.S. Marine Corps
recruiter in Riverside County, Calif., has been accused of pimping a
14-year-old girl. Police were also looking into whether he used the
girl to entice possible Marine recruits.
Tiller Murder Suspect Repeatedly Attacked Clinic And FBI Ignored Rachel Maddow reported on MSNBC
Wednesday night that Roeder targeted a clinic in Kansas City, gluing
the doors shut at least four times. One such act occurred the day
before Dr. Tiller's murder.
This kind of vandalism
is a federal crime under the Freedom of Access to Clinics Entrances
(FACE) Act, Maddow said, but when the FBI was notified, they did
nothing.
Feds Probe Alleged Shooter's Ties to Ohio Mosque
Top-secret clearances given despite risky pasts As many as one
in four applicants who had "significant derogatory information" in
their backgrounds may have received top-secret security clearance
last year, The Washington Times reported.
Bush
FBI sent 18 armored agents to wiretap whistleblower's home
FBI ARRESTS STATE DEPT. OFFICIAL AND WIFE,
ACCUSED OF SPYING ON U.S. FOR 30 YEARS
Police
Texas cop tasers 72-year old great-grandmother
The 17-year-old boy made his case
for the legalization of marijuana and then went for a big finish. “At the end of his speech, he pulled out a marijuana joint, lit
it and began to smoke it,” Bouck said.
Rail Cop Admits Oakland Man Posed No Threat Before He was Shot Commanding officer at BART platform where Oscar Grant III was
shot admits Grant posed no threat before being shot by Officer
Johannes Mehserle...
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Corporate Greed
Countrywide CEO accused of fraud
Civil fraud charges filed for allegedly misleading investors on
risks.
Environment
Fight against foreign nuke waste in Utah continues An
eight-state radioactive-waste-management entity plans to
appeal a federal court ruling that said a company can
dispose of foreign nuclear waste at its facility in the
western Utah desert.
Official: Mattel fined $2.3 million for toy
hazard Toy maker Mattel Inc. and
its Fisher-Price subsidiary have agreed to pay a $2.3
million civil penalty for importing and selling toys with
excessive levels of lead.
Millions of tons of TVA coal ash coming to Ala. The
nation's largest public utility plans to dispose of millions
of tons of coal ash from a massive spill in Tennessee into a
giant landfill in one of Alabama's poorest counties, state
environmental officials said Friday.
Media
Print-your-own news experiment underway
Why is Scarborough
ignoring Tiller murder?
1994 flashback: Scarborough associated with different abortion doc
killer
US shuts down 'criminal' internet provider The US Federal Trade
Commission for the first time has sued and immediately shut down an
internet service provider it accused of being a haven for a wide
range of criminal activity, including child pornography...
Hannity Edits Clip To Suggest Obama Honored 9/11 Sympathizers
Wake Up America, the Media Treat Far-Right Views as
Mainstream This dynamic produces "a deep
and largely unconscious conservative bias in the media's discussion
of policy."
Unions (or lack there of)
Walmart workers, community and labor supporters demand right to
union representation
US Starbucks wins right to make junior staff share their tips with
supervisors Starbucks is told it does not need to repay millions
of dollars to junior staff who had to share their tips with
supervisors.
Gay Marriage
Alberta passes law allowing parents to pull kids out of class
Alberta legislators passed legislation early Tuesday that will give
parents the option of pulling their children out of class when
lessons on sex, religion or sexual orientation are being taught
Sacramento Radio Hosts Encourage Violence Against Transgender
Children
New Hampshire Becomes Sixth State To Legalize Gay Marriage
On Gay Issues, Obama Says "Don't Ask" Four-and-a-half months
into his presidency, President Obama has not acted on his campaign
promises on gay issues, writes Brian Montopoli, likely out of fear
that doing so could hamper his ambitious agenda.
Abortion
Black Silence and the Abortion Debate The brutal murder of Dr. George Tiller is a tragic reminder that
the abortion wars are back. But where are the NAACP and other civil
rights organizations in the fight to save a woman’s right to choose?
FEMA
FEMA May Put Storm Victims In Foreclosed Homes
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Revealed: Mitsubishi's Bid To Corner World's Bluefin Tuna Market As
Extinction Nears Japan's sprawling Mitsubishi conglomerate has
cornered a 40 per cent share of the world market in bluefin tuna,
one of the world's most endangered fish. A corporation within the
£170bn Mitsubishi empire is importing thousands of tonnes of the
fish from Europe into Tokyo's premium fish markets, despite stocks
plummeting towards extinction in the Mediterranean. Bluefin tuna
frozen at -60C now could be sold in several years' time for
astronomical sums if Atlantic bluefin becomes commercially extinct
as forecast, a result of the near free-for-all enjoyed by the tuna
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Zoo: Two Gay Penguins Raising Chick
As swine flu wanes, U.S. preparing for second wave The outbreak
of the new H1N1 flu virus has begun to wane with the start of summer
in North America, and U.S. health officials said on Thursday they
are looking to lessons learned as they prepare for its return in the
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Senate
2 former drug dealers tied to Murtha-backed firm Rep. John
Murtha steered millions of dollars in defense work to a campaign
donor and the Pentagon went along with it, even though two convicted
drug dealers had been deeply involved with the company
House
House GOP Sides With Stoners: Cut Down Drug War
Rep. Harman Introduces Bill To Restrain Domestic Deployment Of Spy
Satellites (Representative
Jane Harman (D-CA) introduced two bills last night to stop the
Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) use of satellite imagery
from intelligence agencies for homeland security and law enforcement
purposes. The legislation, H.R. 2703 and 2704, will prohibit funding
for and close the DHS’ National Application Office (NAO). This
troubled office is responsible for a domestic surveillance program
that the American Civil Liberties Union had long opposed in
testimony and letters to Congress over the past two years.
Issues
GAO: U.S. aid programs overpay for food, delivery The
government's food aid programs are spending more and delivering less
to hungry people than they could, according to a Government
Accountability Office report released Thursday.
Banks paid millions lobbying to gut
fair-value rule, WSJ Says A coalition of 31 U.S. banks and financial industry trade
groups spent $27.6 million in the first quarter lobbying Congress to
pressure Robert Herz, chairman of the Norwalk-based Financial
Accounting
Federal Reserve/Bailouts/Treasury
Taxes
Falwell university’s tax-exempt status questioned after banning
Democratic club
Kerry says $819,848 tax lien is clerical error The Internal
Revenue Service has filed a $819,848 tax lien against Sen. John
Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign, but Kerry on Wednesday blamed
IRS clerical error for the claim
IRS considers regulating tax preparers IRS Commissioner Douglas
Shulman announced Thursday that he is considering requiring
income-tax preparers to be licensed in order to increase compliance
with the law and to ensure high ethical standards of conduct.
Abramoff's $500,000 tax refund disputed
GM
Hummer's Chinese buyer a newcomer to auto industry Hummer owners
are an unusual breed, but a little-known Chinese company's surprise
purchase of the American maker of gas-guzzling, military-style SUVs
is audacious even by their standards.
Tennessee's Sen. Alexander wants to give taxpayers GM, Chrysler
stock
Crooks
Abramoff, gov't disputing $500,000 tax refund Former lobbyist
Jack Abramoff and the Justice Department are disputing a tax refund
he recently received worth more than $500,000 and whether it should
be used to pay court-ordered restitution or his family's massive
debts....
Jailed Commissioner ran GOP campaign against FL supreme court According to her
testimony before the Federal Election Commission, on Nov. 8, 2000
McCarty was recruited by Roger Stone, Jr., a GOP operative perhaps
best known for leading a mob of Republicans into a Miami-Dade County
ballot recount, forcing it to stop.
Justice Department Admits New Prosecution Mistakes, Seeks Release Of
2 Alaska Officials The move is the second embarrassing retreat
for Justice Department prosecutors since the conviction of former
Alaska Sen.
Ted Stevens was tossed out of court in April. Justice Department
U.S. probes Google, Apple on
hiring
The U.S. Justice
Department is investigating the hiring
practices of some major players in the tech
industry in the latest sign that the Obama
administration is getting serious about its
antitrust crackdown promises.
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Supreme
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Gingrich Retracts Sotomayor "Racism" Comment
Sotomayor's Defense Of White Racist Speech Looms Large In
Confirmation Battle Sotomayor's opinion in the 2002 case of Pappas
v. Giuliani does not seem like a judicial cause célèbre for
progressives. But in the days since she was named Obama Supreme
Court nominee, it has emerged as an effective counterweight to
charges that she is a judicial activist bent on helping minorities
like herself.
Wyden: Sotomayor says Roe v. Wade established law
Sen. Ron Wyden says he is "pleased" that Sotomayor has "great
respect" for precedent.
Health Insurance
Most Personal Bankruptcies Caused By Medical Bills, Illness
Kennedy bill would make employers provide care
GITMO/Abu Ghraib /Bahgram
Powell aide: CIA
used bottled water on suspects
A leading Bush administration official, retired Col. Lawrence
Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell,
says that the numbers associated with CIA water boarding
sessions—such as 183 times for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh
Mohammed and 83 times for al Qaeda training camp commander Abu
Zubaydah—may even reflect the number of water bottles expended."
Water bottle...they were counting the water bottles,” Wilkerson told
me. “Four or five bottles were used each time. That’s the agency.
They had to keep a record." Wilkerson says he learned of the use of
water bottles from agency officials and from the report on detainee
abuse by the International Red Cross Committee.
Chomsky: Torture routine in USA history
Former detainee
says torture still going on at Gitmo: Rather
Guantanamo Breakthrough: Europe Expects To Take 'Several Dozen'
Detainees
Gitmo closure blocked in House, again.
GOP Ignites Firestorm By Revealing Classified Info From Closed-Door
Intel Briefings
GOP members on the Intelligence
Committee on Thursday told The Hill in on-the-record interviews that
they were informed that the controversial methods have led to
information that prevented terrorist attacks.
Gitmo detainee escape video game scrapped
Dick
Cheney Blames 9/11 On Richard Clarke: "He Obviously Missed It"
Cheney Led Briefings Of Members Of Congress To Defend Interrogation
Techniques
Cheney: Bush Copped Out On GM Bankruptcy
(Former State Dept official Richard) Haass: Cheney Bugged My Calls
Because I Wasn't a Hawk What was it about former State
Department official Richard Haass that bugged
former Vice President Dick Cheney? Haass, out with
a new book, War of Necessity, War of Choice, says he was
shocked to read in Angler, a book about Cheney, that the
former veep ordered his phone calls tapped
Stimulus
Sanford Loses
Court Forces
South Carolina Gov. To Takes Stimulus Money
Courts
Judge Tosses Telecom Spy Suits A federal
judge on Wednesday dismissed lawsuits
targeting the nation’s telecommunication
companies for their participation in
President George W. Bush’s once-secret
electronic eavesdropping program.
Judge Revisits Warrantless Eavesdropping
Instead, the judge directed attorneys for
the administration and for a now-defunct
Oregon charity to prepare court filings this
summer about the legality of the
government's warrantless eavesdropping
program and the scope of the executive
branch's authority.
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"THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD CAN LIVE TOGETHER IN PEACE"
WATCH: Obama Quotes Quran... Uses The Term "Palestine"... Condemns "Crude
Stereotypes" Of US, Israel... Admits US Role In 1953 Iran Coup...
Cairo Speech: Video, Transcript...
Middle East Buzzing:
"Transformational," People "Simply Had Their Mouths Open"
Obama: first president to admit role in 1953 Iran coup President
Obama Thursday became the first president to acknowledge
responsibility for the 1953 CIA-led coup that overthrew the elected
prime minister of Iran, Mohammed Mossadegh.
Looking back at 1953:
Mohammad Mosaddeq and the 1953 Coup in Iran On
the morning of August 19, 1953, a crowd of demonstrators operating
at the direction of pro-Shah organizers with ties to the CIA made
its way from the bazaars of southern Tehran to the center of the
city. Joined by military and police forces equipped with tanks, they
sacked offices and newspapers aligned with Prime Minister Mohammad
Mosaddeq and his advisers, as well as the communist Tudeh Party and
others opposed to the monarch. By early afternoon, clashes with
Mosaddeq supporters were taking place, the fiercest occurring in
front of the prime minister's home. Reportedly 200 people were
killed in that battle before Mosaddeq escaped over his own roof,
only to surrender the following day. At 5:25 p.m., retired General
Fazlollah Zahedi, arriving at the radio station on a tank, declared
to the nation that with the Shah's blessing he was now the legal
prime minister and that his forces were largely in control of the
city.
The CIA history of operation TPAJAX excerpted below was first
disclosed in April 16 and June 18, 2000 The
CIA history of operation TPAJAX excerpted below was first disclosed
by James Risen of The New York Times in its editions of April
16 and June 18, 2000
AP report: Source claims Obama intel pick tied to CIA torture
program An
AP article claims that a congressional aide “who spoke on
condition of anonymity,” and wasn’t “authorized to discuss the
matter publicly,” has “confirmed that [Philip] Mudd, who was deputy
director of the Office of Terrorism Analysis at the CIA during the
Bush administration, had direct knowledge of the agency’s harsh
interrogation program.” Update: In 2006, FBI agents feared Mudd
wanted them to engage in ‘ethnic targeting’ and mocked him as
‘Rasputin’; Once allegedly ordered FBI agents to search falafel
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Obama IAEA nuclear sites declaration for the United States, draft,
267 pages, 5 May 2009 States that are signatories to the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty are required to confidentially provide the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) with a description of the
location and purpose of each of their nuclear sites. The document
presents a sensitive 5 May, 2009 draft of all US nuclear sites for
Congressional review together with a covering note from President
Barack Obama giving more detail on the restrictions. It seems that
by mistake, the entire document, including the sensitive portions,
labled as such on every page, was printed by the US Government
Printing Office. The document is likely to be of substantial
interest to environmental activists.
Obama said to be open to taxing health benefits
Millions Of Homeowners Find They Don't Qualify For Obama's Mortgage
Assistance Program
Pat Tillman's Mother: Obama Nominee Lied At Hearing
Debunking the Carter Ruck defence of British-Iraqi billionaire
Nadhmi Auchi“A
British-Iraqi billionaire lent millions of dollars to Barack Obama's
fundraiser (dual US-Syrian citizen Tony Rezko) just weeks before an
imprudent land deal that has returned to haunt the presidential
contender, an investigation by The Times discloses. The money
transfer raises the question of whether funds from Nadhmi Auchi, one
of Britain’s wealthiest men, helped Mr. Obama buy his mock Georgian
mansion in Chicago.” --
The Times of London February 26, 2008
Liddy: From Nixon conspirator to Obama conspiracy theorist
Obama Intel Nominee Drops Out Over Ties To CIA Torture
Chomsky: What Obama Didn't Say in His Cairo Address Speaks Volumes
About His Mideast Policy The U.S. has played a decisive role in
sustaining the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Obama gave no
indication that its role should change.
Conservatives Falsely Claim Obama Avoided Terror In Speech
EXCLUSIVE: OBAMA'S EGYPT VISIT CATERS TO RULERS, NOT PEOPLE
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Recession May Be Increasing Suicide Rates, But We Won't Know For
Years
U.S. Private Sector Axes 532,000 Jobs In May
One in nine Americans on food stamps, USDA says
Firms
store oil anticipating price increases
The giant US bank JPMorgan Chase has
reportedly hired a newly-built supertanker to store heating oil
off the Mediterranean island of Malta. Other companies, including BP
and a unit of Citigroup, have also hired ships to store either crude
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Israel/Palestine
Israel Won't Bomb Iran, Top Diplomat Says
Israel: Bush Officials Agreed To Settlement Building
Clinton: No proof Bush administration approved settlement growth U.S.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton dismissed on Friday reports that
administration of former U.S. President George W. Bush had an
understanding under whic
Hawks Push ‘Three-State Solution’ for Palestine As U.S.
President Barack Obama prepares to deliver a major foreign policy
speech in Cairo and his administration pushes aggressively for a
two-state solution in Israel-Palestine, neoconservatives and other
foreign policy hawks back home are calling on him to scrap the
two-state solution altogether and consider alternatives to
Palestinianh Israel could keep expanding settlements on the West
Bank
Hamas says prisoner swap talks have resumed
IDF stops settlement building project Army says structures
planned in secular community would have threatened route of security
barrier.
Iran
Ahmadinejad calls Holocaust a "great deception" Iranian
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called the Holocaust a great deception
on Wednesday, reiterating a view that has been denounced by moderate
rivals in this month's election.
Iran not interested in Bolivian uranium: Teheran envoy Iran is
not interested in mining Bolivia's uranium, and Israel talks about
this only because it wants to thwart closer ties between Iran and
Latin America, Teheran's envoy to La Paz said Wednesday.
Report Ties Dubious Iran Nuclear Docs to Israe
IAEA: New uranium traces found in Syria
Says Iran expanding enrichment; Teheran up to 5,000 centrifuges,
another 2,000 ready for operation.
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Egypt
Muslim Brotherhood among invitees to Obama
speech Among those to receive invites
are 10 of the 88 lawmakers associated with
the Muslim Brotherhood and Ayman Nour, the
Egyptian politician who spent more than
three years in prison after challenging
Hosni Mubarak for president in 2005.
Cairo Under Siege Ahead Of Obama's Speech
The capital is under occupation. Security
troops are deployed in the
main public squares and metro stations.
Citizens were
detained en masse and shops were told to
close down in Bein el-Sarayat area,
neighboring Cairo University, where Obama
will be speaking. In Al-Azhar University,
the co-host of the "historical speech,"
State Security police raided and detained at
least 200 foreign students, held them
without charges in unknown locations. Exams
were postponed in the major universities
fearing demonstrations, and students were
told to stay at home. And in several areas
in Cairo and Giza, there will be in effect a
curfew, where shops won't be allowed to
open, citizens instructed not to open their
windows. Almost everyone I know will be
staying home tomorrow watching Obama's
speech, not necessarily because they are
keen on knowing what the freshly-elected US
leader has to say to the Muslim world, but
because they know it will be virtually
impossible to move anywhere in the city on
Thursday thanks to Obama's
force-for-stability host.
Turkey
PKK established subgroup to
divert blame for terror attacks
The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
established a subgroup whose members claimed
to be acting alone when carrying out
terrorist attacks in order to divert blame
from the terrorist group, an indictment
against dozens of individuals detained in a
massive operation in April has suggested
Ergenekon lawyer threatens prosecutors, judges The lawyer of a
former rector who is standing trial in the case of Ergenekon, a
clandestine group which allegedly attempted to overthrow the
government, has threatened the prosecutors on the case as well as
the individuals on the panel of judges hearing the trial.
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Afghan Bombs Kills 10 Security Contractors A police official
says 10 private security guards traveling in a convoy have been
killed in two roadside bomb blasts in eastern Afghanistan.
Suicide bomber blasts himself on a border passage between
Afghanistan and Pakistan
A suicide bomber blasted himself south of Afghanistan near guards
affiliated to a private Afghan Security company who were
accompanying the International Security Forces killing 6 guards in
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China
With the help of U.S. defense contractors, China is building the
prototype for a high-tech police state. It is ready for export.
The closed-circuit TV cameras will soon be connected to a single, nationwide network, an all-seeing system that will be capable of tracking and identifying anyone who comes within its range — a project driven in part by U.S. technology and investment. Over the next three years, Chinese security executives predict they will install as many as 2 million CCTVs in Shenzhen, which would make it the most watched city in the world. (Security-crazy London boasts only half a million surveillance cameras.) The security cameras are just one part of a much broader high-tech surveillance and censorship program known in China as "Golden Shield." The end goal is to use the latest people-tracking technology — thoughtfully supplied by American giants like IBM, Honeywell and General Electric
REMEMBERING TIANANMEN Twenty years after the Chinese army killed untold numbers of unarmed civilians in Beijing and other cities on and around June 3-4, 1989, the Chinese government continues to victimize survivors, victims' families, and others who challenge the official version of events. And inside China, the concerns raised by the protesters in 1989 -- corruption, workers' rights, press freedom and the need for democratic reform -- are still the great unresolved challenges in the country today.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, 1989.
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Al Qaeda Executes British Hostage
Britain's atomic test veterans win right to sue for compensation
Britain's atomic test veterans, involved in nuclear tests in the
1950s, have won their High Court bid for the right to sue the
Government for compensation.
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