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Pakistan Click here for everything on Bin Laden Bin Laden WikiLeaks: Osama bin Laden 'protected' by Pakistani security US feared Pakistan might 'alert' Bin Laden about raid:CIA US troops were yards from Osama bin Laden house in 2008 – WikiLeaks files WikiLeaks: Bin Laden's courier (killed alongside bin Laden in raid) 'trained 9/11 hijack team' Cheering a Monster's Death Is Not the Same as Patriotism Follow The Woman - In 2008, Christiane Amanpour said Osama Bin Laden lives in a villa NYT: U.S. Revises Account of Pakistan Raid White House officials on Tuesday sought to correct the official account of the raid in Pakistan that ended in the killing of Osama bin Laden, saying that al Qaeda leader was not armed and that his wife was not killed Bin Laden unarmed when killed: White House Ben Laden Raid Yeilds Trove of Computer Data The Killing of Bin Laden: Justice or Vengeance? Bin Laden’s wife acted as human shield: US One of Osama bin Laden's wives acted as a human shield in an unsuccessful bid to save the Al-Qaeda leader's life. Waterboarding did not lead to bin Laden: Obama advisor Top Secret Stealth Helicopter Program Revealed in Osama Bin Laden Raid: Experts U.S. will stand by Pakistan, Clinton says Pakistan pays U.S. lobbyists to deny it helped bin Laden Cannabis found growing on side of Osama's compound Obama won't release bin Laden pics: ‘We don’t trot out this stuff out as trophies’ Bin Laden killing was U.S. self-defense: Attorney General Osama bin Laden's house, described by the US government as a $1m (£605,000) mansion, is in fact worth no more than $250,000 say property professionals in Abbottabad, the town where he was killed. Osama bin Laden hideout 'worth far less than US claimed' Haaretz WikiLeaks exclusive / Bin Laden's Guantanamo helpers Rumsfeld: Waterboarding Didn’t Reveal Bin Laden Location U.S. Official: "This Was a Kill Mission" CIA spied on bin Laden from safe house (over a period of months) The CIA maintained a safe house in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad for a small team of spies who conducted extensive surveillance over a period of months on the compound where Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. Special Operations forces this week, U.S. officials said. Dozens in Abbottabad Arrested Due to Suspected Connections to bin Laden Compound Probing Link to Bin Laden, U.S. Tells Pakistan to Name Agents Pakistani officials say the Obama administration has demanded the identities of some of their top intelligence operatives as the United States tries to determine whether any of them had contact with Osama bin Laden Lawyer: Man accused of being bin Laden’s London representative likely extradited to NYC soon Pakistan's Bin Laden Policy As the discovery of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, raises fresh questions about U.S.-Pakistan relations, newly released documents show that as early as 1998 U.S. officials concluded the Government of Pakistan "is not disposed to be especially helpful on the matter of terrorist Usama bin Ladin." According to previously secret U.S. documents, Pakistani officials repeatedly refused to act on the Bin Laden problem, despite mounting pressure from American authorities. Instead, in the words of a U.S. Embassy cable, Pakistani sources "all took the line that the issue of bin Ladin is a problem the U.S. has with the Taliban, not with Pakistan." Pakistan names general to probe bin Laden scandal Pakistan's prime minister on Monday dismissed as "absurd" allegations that the nation's powerful military was "complicit or incompetent" in the case of Osama bin Laden, the al Qaida leader who was killed a week ago by U.S. Navy SEALs inside a walled compound 35 air miles from Pakistan's capital. » read more U.S. And Pakistan Reportedly Made Secret Deal On Bin Laden Mission 10 Years Ago The deal was struck between the military leader General Pervez Musharraf and President George Bush after Bin Laden escaped US forces in the mountains of Tora Bora in late 2001, according to serving and retired Pakistani and US officials. Under its terms, Pakistan would allow US forces to conduct a unilateral raid inside Pakistan in search of Bin Laden, his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, and the al-Qaida No3. Afterwards, both sides agreed, Pakistan would vociferously protest the incursion. Pakistan's Bin Laden Policy Al-Qaida likely to elevate No. 2 _ or name no one A week after the death of Osama bin Laden, his longtime deputy is considered the front-runner to succeed the iconic al-Qaida founder. But uprisings in the Middle East and changing dynamics within the group could point to another scenario: a decision not to appoint anyone at all to replace the world's most-wanted terrorist. Replacing bin Laden, who founded al-Qaida more than two decades ago and masterminded 9/11, may be no easy task. Analysts say the choice will likely depend on how the terror organization views its goals and priorities in the post-bin Laden age. AP files FOIA request for access to photos of Osama bin Laden compound, raid Bin Laden Sons Say U.S. Violated International Law The adult sons of Osama bin Laden have lashed out at President Obama over their father’s death, accusing the United States of violating its basic legal principles by killing an unarmed man, shooting his family member CIA wanted to use Blackwater to kill bin Laden Bin Laden Raid: Pakistan Hints China Wants Look at U.S. Stealth Copter Remains Bush didn’t want to get bin Laden: Fmr. Powell chief Porn found in bin Laden hideout, officials say How bin Laden emailed without being detected by US SEAL helmet cams recorded entire bin Laden raid (updated)	Middle East Click here for more Mid-East News Click here for protests in Yemen, Syria, Bahrain and Libya, and Egypt.... Iraq Click here for more Iraq News "I Know Why Cheney Went Into Iraq!" Colonel Wilkerson ......Secret memos expose link between oil firms and invasion of IraqPlans to exploit Iraq's oil reserves were discussed by government ministers and the world's largest oil companies the year before Britain took a leading role in invading Iraq, government documents show. UN: 34 killed in Iraqi raid on Iranian exile camp Iraqi officials: 6 killed in bombings, assassinations in Baghdad CNN freelancer among 56 killed in Iraq At least 56 people died and 98 others were wounded when armed men assaulted and seized the building in Tikrit, the capital of Salaheddin Province in northern Iraq. Iraqi forces launched a raid to take back the building and free hostages, many of whom were killed by the attackers in the building, the officials said. Europe Click here for more EU News Europe Investigating Banks Over Derivatives The European officials are looking at whether banks, including Barclays and Goldman Sachs, have harmed rival organizations that could compete in markets for providing information and clearing a form of transaction that had become critical to the smooth functioning of the entire economy. Phone Hacking: Two News of the World Journalists Arrested (Murdoch Paper)....Lawyer claims up to 7,000 may have had phones hacked (by Rupert Murdoch's news company) Thousands in London march against spending cuts An estimated 200,000 people have turned out to the streets to protest dramatic spending cuts 200,000 Protest Nuclear Power In Germany Asia Click here for more News from Asia Japan Disasters Click here for info on Tsunami and Nuke reactors Arnie Gundersen: Fukushima - no water in Mox reactor, hyrogen explosion possible, criticality FDA Halts Imports Of Some Foods From Area Of Japan Affected By Radiation Leaked UN report urges Sri Lanka war crimes probe US uses India as electronics garbage dump Beijing police detain hundreds of Sunday worshippers China to cut tax for low earners to boost stability Sony Admits PlayStation Network Intruder Stole Users' Personal Data Apple workers treated 'inhumanely' Investigation finds evidence of draconian rules and excessive overtime to meet western demand for iPhones and iPads Bangladeshi force trained by UK police 'allowed to kill and torture' Google faces tax investigation by China The Americas Click here for more Al Qaeda Members Hide in Brazil, Raise Money: Report BRASILIA (Reuters) - Al Qaeda operatives are in Brazil planning attacks, raising money and recruiting followers, a leading news magazine reported Saturday, renewing concerns about the nation serving as a hide-out for Islamic militants. Venezuelan workers caught up in Conn. Ponzi scheme The fallout from the biggest white-collar federal prosecution in Connecticut is being felt a continent away in Venezuela, where hundreds of millions of dollars from a state oil workers' pension fund were invested with a now disgraced financier. Cocaine found on bus carrying Venezuelan militias 16 police officers arrested in connection with Mexico mass graves Drug gang blamed for mass killing of 116 in Mexico Africa Click here for more News from Africa More than 80 killed in Southern Sudan violence....31 Killed in South Sudan Fighting NATO left 61 Africans to die at sea Boat of migrants fled Libya but encountered trouble in the Mediterranean, ultimately being ignored by NATO troops. UN helicopters fire on Gbagbo forces in Abidjan Four missiles reported to have been fired as UN seeks to stop weapons being used to hit Ivorian civilians Cabinet: No more of this fracking business -- for nowCabinet has endorsed a moratorium on "fracking" in the Karoo, pending the results of a multidisciplinary probe into the implications of the process. At least 800 dead in western Ivorian town At least 800 people were killed in violence in the western Ivorian town of Duekoue this week, the International Committee of the Red Cross said. Afghanistan Click here for more Afghan News Taliban seize group (dozens) of would-be Afghan police recruits Afghan Mob Kills 10 United Nations Workers....Protesters angered by the burning of a Koran by a fringe American pastor in Florida mobbed offices of the United Nations in northern Afghanistan on Friday, killing ten Al Qaeda Makes Afghan Comeback...Petraeus denies comeback by al-Qaida in Afghanistan Army: Predator Crew Ignored Evidence That Afghan Civilians Were Not Hostile Before Deadly Strike Taliban stages mass jail-break in Kandahar Karzai says no to US Permanent military bases Taliban strikes Kandahar with deadly wave of attacks
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High Incidence of Death For Babies at Fort Bragg Emails: Insiders worried over political ‘meddling’ DHS insiders worried that Obama administration officials were delaying the release of public documents, according to emails. "Safety" Bonuses for Deepwater Horizon Rig Owner?..."It seems like it should be hard to qualify for a safety-related bonus in a year in which one of your rigs blows Transocean executives donate safety bonuses to rig victims' families NOAA: Gulf seafood safe to eat A NOAA Fisheries chief told reporters today that “not one piece of tainted seafood has entered the market” related to the BP oil spill, starting within days of the well blow out. » read more Inhofe Claims Fracking Has ‘Never’ Contaminated Water Supply One Day After Spill Contaminates Strea Toxic Chemicals Injected Into Wells, Report Says Oil and gas companies injected hundreds of millions of gallons of hazardous or carcinogenic chemicals into wells in more than 13 states Death Row Inmate Fights For Right To Donate Organs After Execution More Black Men in Prison Today than Enslaved in 1850 Secret Experimental Prisons Subject Inmates to Drastic Isolation Ex-NY mob boss: FBI agent tipped us about arrests Corporate farms charged with human trafficking Wind and waves growing across globe: study Oceanic wind speeds and wave heights have increased significantly over the last quarter of a century according to a major new study undertaken by ANU Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Young. Extreme Warming Forces Climate Scientists To Add Hot Pink To Temperature Map As global warming from unlimited fossil fuel burning accelerates, the Arctic is being radically transformed. This winter saw large regions of Canada and Greenland about 10°C (about 15-20°F) above the historical average. Temperatures in eastern Canada in the dead of winter were a staggering 21°C (37.8°F) above average. The extreme Arctic warming is wreaking havoc with the polar ecosystems and is linked to the catastrophic snowstorms that pummeled the United States. In a summary of how global climate change is becoming observable to people in their daily lives, NASA scientist James Hansen was forced to redraw his global map with hot pink: BP hits Halliburton in latest oil spill claim BP Sues Maker of Blowout Preventer Documents Obtained by EFF Reveal FBI Patriot Act Abuses... 9/11 Responders To Be Warned They Will Be Screened By FBI's Terrorism Watch List PATRIOT Act abuses uncovered by rights group China steals sensitive US Data Supreme Court decision could end all class-action lawsuits Warrantless wiretapping to face new legal challenge Workers’ Complaints Need Not Be Written to Earn Protection, Supreme Court Says Workers who complain to their employers about wage violations are protected from retaliation whether the complaints are oral or written, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday in a 6-to-2 decision. Obama administration sides with Uribe on subpoena The Obama administration urged a federal judge to move cautiously rather than order former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe to undergo questioning now about any knowledge of right-wing death squads. In a court filing Thursday night, the Justice Department said federal courts should respect concerns expressed by the government of Colombia over a subpoena for Uribe to testify in a lawsuit by families of death squad victims. Supreme Court Allows Tax Credit for Religious Tuition If Charter Schools Are So Great, Why Are They Riddled With Fraud? Why Don't They Produce Better Results? How a big US bank laundered billions from Mexico's murderous drug gangs NBC Terrorism Analyst Roger Cressey Defends Yemen Dictatorship, Fails To Disclose Conflicts Of Interest What is not disclosed about Cressey in this segment where he scaremongers about a post-Saleh Yemen is that he has multiple conflicts of interest with the current regime there. Cressey founded and was president of Good Harbor Consulting, a leading cybersecurity firm. Among the clients of Good Harbor Consulting is none other than the Yemeni government itself. Fox exec. admits he lied in linking Obama, socialism WikiLeaks Click here for Wikileaks News WikiLeaks: Just 8 at Gitmo gave evidence against 255 othersU.S. military intelligence assessing the threat of nearly 800 men held at Guantanamo in many cases used information from a small group of captives whose accounts now appear to be questionable, according to a McClatchy analysis of a trove of secret documents from the facility. » read more WikiLeaks: 9/11 Mastermind Says He Killed Daniel Pearl Against al ...A senior al-Qaida military commander instructed Khalid Sheikh Mohammed not to kill Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002 and said that Pearl should "be returned back to one of the previous groups who held him, or freed." Al-Qaida assassin 'worked for MI6' WikiLeaks: U.S. saw Israeli firm's rise in Latin America as a threat A security company led by the former head of operations for the Israeli military made such inroads into Latin America a few years ago that U.S. diplomats saw it as a security risk and moved to thwart the company's expansion, U.S. diplomatic cables show. The diplomats' efforts were made easier when an interpreter for the Israeli firm, Global CST, was caught peddling classified Colombian Defense Ministry documents to Marxist guerrillas seeking to topple the state, one cable said. WIKILEAKS: 7 SHOCKING GITMO REVELATIONS While some "high risk" prisoners have returned to terrorism, still others have become U.S. allies. A former Gitmo detainee whose files identify him as "a probable member of al-Qaeda," Abu Sufian Ibrahim Ahmed Hamuda bin Qumu, is now a key figure on the rebel side of the Libyan revolution, a leader of a rebel brigade in the northern part of the country. When Qumu was captured in Pakistan shortly after 9/11, he was considered an enemy of the United States. Now, he and the U.S. have a goal in common: unseat Gaddafi. Suspects were nabbed and shipped to Gitmo because they wore cheap watches. A specific model of watch — a Casio style released in the 1980s — was suspected to be used as a timer by al-Qaeda operatives. People in Afghanistan were seized and sent to the detention facility because they were wearing the watches, but most have been quietly released because of a lack of evidence. Leaked cables: US helped Israel contain UN Gaza war probe The United States worked behind the scenes to help Israel contain UN probes into possible war crimes. The United States worked behind the scenes to help Israel contain UN probes into possible war crimes committed during the 2008-2009 Gaza war, Foreign Policy reported Tuesday. The online foreign affairs magazine cited exclusive WikiLeaks cables detailing moves by the US ambassador to the UN Susan Rice to prevent a more thorough UN investigation of alleged abuses during the conflict. Some 1,400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed during the three-week-long Israeli offensive in December 2008 and January 2009, which was aimed at halting Palestinian rocket attacks. US nuclear regulator a policeman or salesman? The Nuclear Regulatory Commission exists to police, not promote, the domestic nuclear industry--but diplomatic cables show that it is sometimes used as a sales tool to help push American technology to foreign government Wikileaks Release Shows US Secretly Backed Syrian Opposition‎ Army: Manning Snuck 'Data-Mining' Software Onto Secret Network WikiLeaks files detail U.S. unease over Turks and charter schools ...Classified documents recently released by WikiLeaks recount U.S. officials' growing concern over large numbers of Turkish men seeking visas to work at American charter schools founded by followers of Fethullah Gulen, a powerful Turkish Muslim political figure who lives in the Poconos. Haaretz WikiLeaks exclusive / Chinese company selling nuclear equipment to Iran	Franken wants pay-as-you-go plan for U.S. military action Sen. Al Franken will unveil legislation later this week to ensure future U.S. military interventions are paid for, rather than simply being added to the national debt as they are now. “It’s basically saying if we go to war, it shouldn’t contribute to our debt,” Franken said of his coming bill. “We’ve spent over a trillion dollars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that’s part of why we’re where we are with this deficit.” U.S. Ahead Of China, Britain, France And Russia Combined.. U.S. Spending Up 81% In Past Decade, Increased In 2010 While Europe Decreased U.S. Military Spending Has Almost Doubled Since 2001 The manipulative pro-war argument in Libya Accusing war opponents of indifference to suffering is a common, and ironic, tactic used to justify wars Study links soaring oil and gas profits to lobbying, political expenditures Medicare for Beginners US Treasury grants exemption for forex swaps Banks win argument to block application of new derivatives rules WaMu Boosted Bad Loans Despite Knowledge Of Bubble, Report Finds Teens Now View Torture Favorably So, who are the biggest supporters of torture? "A surprising majority -- almost 60 percent -- of American teenagers thought things like water-boarding or sleep deprivation are sometimes acceptable," the study found. Overall, teens are "significantly more in favor of torture than older adults." The only thing I'd add to this is that the Red Cross' study also found that a similar majority of young people deemed it unacceptable for "American troops to be tortured overseas." In that contrast, there's another factor worth considering: The youth of America seem to be following along with the way the media treats torture. Obama curtails Miranda rights for U.S. terror suspects The Obama administration has created a new policy that allows investigators to waive Miranda warnings for domestic-terror suspects, even when there is not an "immediate threat," a report said Thursday. The rule was revealed by an FBI memorandum obtained by The Wall Street Journal. It says that in "exceptional cases," investigators can hold suspects without informing them of their rights.The policy applies where investigators "conclude that continued unwarned interrogation is necessary to collect valuable and timely intelligence not related to any immediate threat." White House Reverses Course, 9/11 Mastermind Will Face Military Tribunal Economy Click here for more Economy News Gas is outrageous but Oil's not high; what gives? Rising Gas Prices Expected To Increase Exxon’s Earnings By More Than 50% The Two-Track Recovery (or 'Depression'?) Most Americans think the economy is still in recession or depression, though the higher the income, the rosier the assessment. S&P Downgrades U.S. Credit Outlook Over Mounting Deficit .....Why Did S&P Issue Warning on US Bond Rating? Gold hits record near $1,500 after S&P cut Politics Click here for more Political News Ron Paul: I Would NOT Have Voted For The 1964 Civil Rights Act : Property rights more important than civil rights Forgetting Budget Rhetoric, WI Senate GOP Leader Brags: We’ve Busted Unions ‘Once And For All’ .....Scott Walker Admits Union-Busting Provision ‘Doesn’t Save Any’ Money For The State Of Wisconsin In 12 Years, Income For Richest 400 Americans Quadruples, Tax Rate Nearly Halved Ronald Reagan Raised Corporate Taxes To Force Tax Dodgers To ‘Pay Their Fair Share’ Rep. Chris Gibson Says ‘Illegal’ Immigrants Not Paying Taxes, Town Hall Attendee Asks: ‘You Mean Like GE?!’ Offshore Banking and Tax Havens Have Become Heart of Global Economy Offshore tax havens: the way Wall Street rulez the world! Super rich see federal taxes drop dramatically Taxes and Spending for Beginners How 12 Multinational Corporations Avoid Paying Taxes Tax Day Is Less Than a Week Away. How Much Will You Pay for War This Year? Corporate tax cuts fail to help economy: study How Big Business Gets a Free Ride by Lobbying to Raise Your Taxes As Services For Main Street Are Gutted, Richest Pay Lowest Taxes In A Generation Why we must raise taxes on the rich For 70 years, the wealthy have grown wealthier -- but the burden on the middle class keeps worsening Three States Propose Massive Tax Cuts For Millionaires, Tax Hikes for Middle Class How G.E. made $5.1 billion in the U.S. tax-free...Sen. Johnson’s Reaction To General Electric Paying No Taxes: Cut The Corporate Tax Rate ....Jon Stewart ‘gives up’ on GE tax shenanigans..Whirlpool Paid No Taxes Over The Past Three Years, Got A $64 Million Tax Refund In 2010 Bank of America posts loss, gets tax benefit After another money-losing year, Bank of America Corp. got the upper hand with Uncle Sam in 2010. The Charlotte-based bank had no federal income tax expense for a second straight year and actually reported a tax "benefit" of nearly $1 billion. Ron Paul: If elected, I'd kill Medicare and Soc. Security Rep. Graves Calls GOP’s Billions In Oil Subsidies ‘Market Manipulation;’ Forgets That He Voted To Extend Them In February and again in March, Republicans in the House of Representatives, on a largely party-line roll call, voted to extend tens of billions in taxpayer subsidies to big oil companies. At the sparsely attended “Continuing Revolution” Tea Party rally on Thursday calling for more budget cuts, we talked to a number of attendees about their thoughts on Republicans giving so much taxpayer money away to already ultra-profitable oil companies. Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA) was among the many lawmakers to vote twice to extend over $50 billion in taxpayer subsidies to the oil companie UBS bank admits cheating U.S. municipalities out of millions Jon Stewart really struck a chord last night, didn't he?Jon Stewart pointed out that despite Obama promising to have the most transparent government in history during his last campaign once Obama got in to office he prosecuted more whistle blowers than any administration in the past 40 years. He pointed out that when Obama's administration officials meet with lobbyists they do so across the street from the white house so they don't have to disclose the meetings. And he pointed out how absurd it is that the Obama administration censored over 200 emails that have to do with their efforts to make their administration more transparent (seriously). Dr. Cornel West: "Obama becoming puppet of Wall St Oligarchs" Obama admin. claims right to censor ‘unclassified’ materials Science Click here for more Science News Brain regions can take short naps during wakefulness, leading to errors Theoretical physicists offer explanation of how bacteria might generate radio waves What Africa's Click Tongues Tell of Our Origins Some southern Africans use 150 different sounds -- compared with 44 in English. Warm water causes extra-cold winters in northeastern North America and northeastern Asia First federal agency to acknowledge medical marijuana removes anti-tumor information from database New entropy battery pulls energy from difference in salinity between fresh water and seawater Researchers create functioning synapse using carbon nanotubes
Connecticut
Conn. legislative panel OKs bill limiting death-row appeals Connecticut Says Bus Firm Uninsured Buses The state Department of Motor Vehicles says its inspectors visited Affordable Bus Charter Inc. in Northford Man shot to death inside Middletown home A 41-year old man has died after being shot in the chest inside a Middletown home. Bill allowing tolls on Conn. highway clears panel A legislative committee has approved a bill that would resurrect highway tolls in Connecticut, but only to complete Route 11 in southeastern Connecticut. Man dies in Connecticut after being shot with stun gun	Cops: North Branford man threatens to blow up Mass. college (document) Low-level radiation found in Bay State rainwater [Massachusetts] This just in to the City Desk … the state Department of Public Health announced today they have detected low levels of radiation in Massachusetts rainwater, likely from the nuclear fallout from Japan’s crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. Search for missing Conn. girl cost $25,000 The Orange police department spent more than $25,000 in police overtime costs in a four-day search for a 13-year-old girl who ran away from home. Gov. Malloy reaches deal to combine CSUS and community colleges New Haven native killed in Afghanistan
United States
WikiLeaks Click here for Wikileaks News Prosecutor general refused to investigate corruption: WikiLeaks Osorio agreed with a U.S. demand to polygraph officials from his unit but refused to create an anti-corruption unit on the grounds that he could not assign this important jurisdiction to an entirely new unit. The role therefore, he suggested, would have to come from an ad-hoc unit. Osorio also adamantly denied having any personal contact with illegal groups though the then-U.S. Ambassador William B. Wood expressed his reservation over the handling of some cases, with those who zealously pursued the conviction of drug traffickers or former paramilitary soldiers ultimately being dismissed before the investigation produced results. RIOT POLICE AT BRADLEY MANNING RALLY; ELLSBERG SAYS OF QUANTICO Police BRUTALITY Against Col. Ann Wright and Daniel Ellsberg at FREE BRADLEY MANNING Protest WikiLeaks Cables Cause Uproar In India Over Nuke Deal With U.S. Indian politicians are in a stew over cables released by WikiLeaks suggesting that Indian lawmakers were paid millions of dollars to vote in favor of a civil nuclear deal with the U.S. New round of Wikileaks cables on Romania: energy sector, political US sought foreign treatment for Guantanamo detainees, cable shows WikiLeaks cables seek to tear Australia's 'race' mask In the cables, US embassy officials quote Australian high commissioner to India Peter Varghese, an ethnic Malayali, and Bob Birrell, Australia’s preeminent scholar on population and migration studies. “... the Australian high commissioner in Delhi did acknowledge race has likely played a role in some of the attacks,” notes Dan Clune, deputy chief of mission of the US embassy in Canberra, in a cable dated January 2009. Bradley Manning Threatened Stepmother With Knife, 911 Call ... Nepal: WikiLeaks reveals US intervention against peace process ‎WikiLeaks secret about Hariri plan to overthrow Assad: never a secret WikiLeaks cables describe H-1B fraud attempts A cable sent from the U.S. embassy in Mexico City, written two years ago this month, said that Mexico presents "persistent fraud problems" for the H-1B and L-1 visa programs as applicants "overstate experience, education, or future job responsibilities in efforts to bolster their applications." WikiLeaks Suspect Being Moved Out of Quantico Leavenworth gets WikiLeaks suspect WikiLeaks files prove I was tortured: Habib The WikiLeaks website has released what it says are secret US intelligence files on Guantanamo inmates, including Mr Habib and Australian David Hicks. Mr Habib's file says he spent six months being questioned by Egyptian interrogators before being sent to Guantanamo. The document states Mr Habib later retracted all these statements, but nevertheless they are cited as reasons for continuing his detention.Mr Habib, who was released from Guantanamo Bay without charge in 2005, has strongly denied making any of the alleged admissions. cable address the formation of a North American union w/ single currency, government. Dim view of Panama president Obama will meet The cables aren't kind to Martinelli. They describe him as a man of "limited attention span" who "makes strong impulsive decisions with minimal information." They cast him as vindictive, authoritarian, fixated on spying on his political foes and contemptuous of checks on what one cable calls his "hyper-presidency." Drug gangs help themselves to Central American military arsenals cables bare secrets of U.S.-Laotian relations WikiLeaks: US drove copyright ‘reform’ in Canada BREAKING: Anonymous Hits Chamber As we speak I'm sitting on a mile high pile of, I guess, unauthorized data released about the US Chamber of Commerce Bradley Manning case: William Hague accused of 'playing avoidance game' The former human rights envoy to Iraq has also accused the Foreign Office of "continued stonewalling" of Manning's mother, Susan. Case Against WikiLeaks Part Of Broader Campaign (Fed Grand Jury Against WikiLeaks Begins Tomorrow) WikiLeaks: Don't leak our leaked documents WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange requires WikiLeaks staff to sign a confidentiality agreement that claims the organization's collection of leaked documents is "solely the property of WikiLeaks," according to a published report. The confidentiality agreement says that unpublished documents leaked to the organization are "valuable proprietary commercial information, the misuse or unauthorized disclosure of which would be likely to cause us considerable damage." The legal agreement was leaked to the New Statesman and published Wednesday [PDF]. Clause 5 of the confidentiality agreement imposes a penalty of 12 million British pounds, nearly $20 million, on anyone who breaches this legal gag, claiming the extraordinary penalty is based on "a typical open market valuation." New Statesman's David Allen Green said the confidentiality agreement was a sign that WikiLeaks perceived itself as a commercial organization that intends to make a profit off the materials others leak to it. "One suspects that the various brave and well-intentioned people who have provided the leaked information would be quite unaware of – and perhaps horrified by – the express commercial intentions of WikiLeaks, as evidenced by this document," he noted Security Issues Army device can pinpoint location of gunshots Bomb Sat Three Weeks in Detroit Federal Building GOP Guts Regulation Requiring Adequate Rest For Pilots Rep. Marino Ditches Homeland Security Meeting To Speak To 12 Tea Party Protesters Man Charged With Trying To Sell U.S. Military Spy Plane On EBay $24 Billion Remains Untouched In U.S. Nuclear Waste Fund Intelligence and the Decline of U.S. Manufacturing “Our growing reliance on imports and lack of industrial infrastructure has become a national security concern,” said Rep. Schakowsky. She spoke at a March 16 news conference (at 28:10) in opposition to the pending U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement. Oil Spill Mystery illnesses plague Louisiana oil spill crews Source Of New Gulf Oil Spill Found Report Says Coast Guard Was Unprepared for Spill Fishermen and women hit by the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster denied entry to BP's London Meeting BP says it's not responsible for paying to reseed oyster beds Environment AP IMPACT: 3,200 Gulf wells unplugged, unprotected More than 3,200 oil and gas wells classified as active lie abandoned beneath the Gulf of Mexico, with no cement plugging to help prevent leaks that could threaten the same waters fouled by last year's BP spill, The Associated Press has learned. These wells likely pose an even greater environmental threat than the 27,000 wells in the Gulf that have been plugged and classified officially as "permanently abandoned" or "temporarily abandoned." Those sealed wells were first tallied and reported as a major leaking threat in an investigative report by the AP in July. Rubbertown residents told to stay indoors after chemical plant fire Water Utilities Knew Of Likely Carcinogen In Water For Years Arctic coast eroding up to 8 metres a year: study Concrete crumbling at nuclear storage site (Idaho, from 3 Mile Island)... Anti-EPA House Votes To Let Agribusiness Dump Pesticides In Our Water Sea lions' appetite for salmon has lawmakers out for blood The California sea lions were unwelcome visitors from the very beginning, greeted with yells, rubber bullets and firecrackers when they swam up the Columbia River to gobble up thousands of endangered salmon at the Bonneville Dam. This spring, the sea lions have found safe harbor at the dam, about 50 miles east of Portland, Ore., after an appellate court in San Francisco ruled that states and the National Marine Fisheries Service had to stop the killings. But the reprieve could be short-lived » read more Studies Say Natural Gas Has Its Own Environmental Problems House vote to ease pesticide use near waters Oil spill is killing island penguins Island officials and resident volunteers are struggling to save tens of thousands of penguins threatened by an oil spill in the remote stretches of the south Atlantic, local authorities say . FULL STORY Police/Prison NYPD arrests two Queens terror suspects, charged with plot to hit NYC synagogues with grenandes Justice Department investigates Newark Police FBI using online spyware to track suspects Under hypnosis, RFK assassin says girl manipulated him Shock: Cop punches woman in face at IHOP Bomb, propane tanks found at Colorado mall Investigators want to question a person of interest about a pipe bomb and propane tanks found after a fire at a Littleton mall, a discovery that raised the possibility of a connection to the Columbine massacre anniversary. Firefighters found two propane tanks and the bomb near the Southwest Plaza Mall's food court after a small fire broke out Wednesday that was quickly squelched. The mall was evacuated around noon. No one was injured and the bombs didn't explode. Kingsford Man Accused of Plotting to Blow Up McNamara (Federal) Building Michigan cops stealing drivers' phone datav The Michigan State Police have started using handheld machines called "extraction devices" to download personal information from motorists they pull over, even if they're not suspected of any crime. FBI files on Tupac Shakur murder show he received death threats from Jewish gang Files state that Jewish Defense League had extorted money from 'various rap music stars' by making 'death threats' and then offering protection for a fee. US ‘high on prisons, low on pensions’ "Dr. Death" Agrees to Stop Evaluating Mentally Disabled Texas Death Row Prisoners Last Friday, Texas reprimanded a psychologist who used what critics say were unscientific methods to examine at least 25 Texas death row prisoners for intellectual disabilities, two of whom were later executed. Dr. George Denkowski was the go-to psychologist for prosecutors who wanted to prove defendants were not mentally handicapped—and therefore eligible for the death penalty. Democracy Now! first covered Dr. Denkowski in January 2010 in a video report by Renée Feltz that accompanied her story for The Texas Observer magazine. For an update, we’re joined by Texas Defender Service attorney, Kathryn Kase, and by Dr. Jerome Brown, the psychologist filed the complaint that ultimately resulted in Denkowski’s agreement to stop evaluating people in criminal cases. [includes rush transcript] Three largest online poker sites indicted and shut down by FBI Suspect Arrested in Synagogue Bombing US releases evidence against 9/11 plotters Video catches Birmingham police beating black man Police Use Pepper Spray On 2nd Grader Multiple shooting victims at Chester party (PA) Cops: Woman poured boiling water over elderly neighbor Video: Non-compliant Mich. man jumps from car, gets shot Race Issues Rise for Miami Police Miami police officer shot and killed a black man during a traffic stop at North Miami Avenue and 75th Street in the Little Haiti neighborhood. The man, Travis McNeil, 28, was unarmed and never left the driver’s seat of his rental car when he was shot once in the chest, members of his family said. DOJ: NOLA police unfairly targeting LGBT people Multiple Pipe Bombs Found In Vacaville Young gay man Damian Furtch brutally beaten at McDonalds; NYPD investigating as hate crime. 2 Former Officers Sentenced in Post-Katrina Killing Civil Rights Mozilla Resists Homeland Security Mozilla, the non-profit developer of the Firefox Web browser, is holding off on complying with a government request to remove a software tool meant to circumvent federal efforts at curbing Internet piracy. Quran-Burning Pastor's Jailing Raises First Amendment Questions S. Dakota forces three day wait before abortions Maine GOP Looking To Loosen Child Labor Laws U.S. stops taking same-sex green card apps Why did Obama check only 'black' on his census form? The world's most famous mixed-race person could have voiced a more nuanced racial vision for the increasingly diverse country he heads. Poll: 46% of Mississippi Republicans think interracial marriage should be illegal Gay Man Claims He Was Wrongfully Terminated By Rev. Jesse Jackson Atheists Seek Chaplain Role in the Military Wisc. GOP plans to severely restrict voting rights Voting legislation proposed by Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin would disenfranchise the state's most vulnerable citizens and its young people, according to the Wisconsin Democratic Party. Assembly Bill 7, drafted by Rep. Jeff Stone, would require voters to show a Wisconsin driver's license, a state-issued ID card, a military ID, a passport or a naturalization certificate. They would also have to provide both their current address and their previous address, and sign a poll book when they voted. "The Republican voter suppression bill is an affront to democracy in Wisconsin," said Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate. "It is morally repugnant." In addition, the bill would restrict many voters from using absentee ballots and end straight-ticket voting for anyone not in the military or overseas. Republicans claimed the bill is needed to help prevent voter fraud. How Many Gays Must God Create Before We Accept That He Wants Them Around?	What Barbie Would Look Like If She Were A Real Person Catholic group calls raped kids participants, not victims City sends ‘tax’ bills to major nonprofits For the first time, Boston’s major tax-exempt institutions — its premier hospitals, universities, and cultural centers — are being asked to make regular voluntary payments to the city based on the value of their property to help offset the rising cost of city services and cuts in state financial aid. State payouts sealed with a promise of silence Despite questions about free speech and possible coverups, Massachusetts government agencies often build gag orders into settlements and severance deals. Mine Disaster Rescuer: Massey Execs 'Could've Killed Every One Of Us' 'Catastrophic' tornadoes kill 270 in South Protesters drive Koran-burning pastor out of Michigan May Day Rallies Celebrate Unity; Labor Unions and Immigrants Plan to March Side by Side "Medical research misconduct" on brain injured soldiers Greed Young Turks: Shocking Graph - U.S. Income Inequality Banks Illegally Foreclosed On Dozens Of Military Borrowers 'Am I Going to Have to Kill You?': The Horrific Ways Abusive Debt Collectors Threaten and Harass Their Victims Abstinence foundation paid Bristol Palin $262K, spent little on prevention programs Rolling Stone magazine writer Matt Taibbi unveils unfair investment practices by wives business bigs CHART: Taxing Millionaires Would Save Billions More Than Cutting Education And Programs For Main Street GOP Rep.: ‘I struggle’ to live on a $174,000 salary Florida Governor Wants Poor to Pay $35 for Drug Test Before Receiving Welfare Rich Get Targeted in IRS Audit Offensive The Internal Revenue Service is stepping up audits of wealthier taxpayers as part of a multiyear effort to crack down on tax avoidance. Largest Village In New York Closes Chase Account To Protest Foreclosures The Village of Hempstead, a relatively low-income, minority-heavy municipality on Long Island, pulled its money out of JP Morgan Chase bank on Tuesday as part of a statewide campaign protesting the bank's dismal mortgage modification record. Koch Operative May Have Deceived Officials To Take $2.7M In Taxpayer Money For Governor’s UAW forces Bank of America to close temporarily over taking government money (Detroit branch) King criticized the bank for not paying taxes in 2009, overpaying its executives and opposing legislation such as credit card reform and the Foreclosure Prevention Act. Feds indict 8 on allegations involving fraudulent billing for hemophilia medication Lawyer unraveling Ponzi scheme seeks extension The attorney assigned to unravel a Connecticut-based investment pyramid scheme says it will take longer than expected to account for the money, including hundreds of millions of dollars invested on behalf of a pension fund for Venezuelan state oil workers Media After approving NBC buyout, FCC Commish becomes Comcast lobbyist Facebook in PR plot against Google Firm hired to generate critical stories Facebook caught exposing millions of user credentials Anti-corporate activists say Facebook is purging their accounts Ko ch Industries buying ads to refute news stories Hu ffington Post is not ‘lefty’ anymore HGTV: Most Diverse Network Latino, Asian and African-American people, as well as gays and lesbians, appear in significantly larger numbers than on other broadcast and cable channels. Blogger who beat the NYT sues Huffington, alleging the ‘Wal-Martization’ of journalism Arianna Huffington has long been criticized for the unpaid work of the thousands of bloggers whose content made her site a must-click, and valuable enough to be acquired by AOL for $315 million in February. Now, the complaints are being taken from the blogosphere to the courtroom. Jonathan Tasini is the lead plaintiff in the case against Huffington and AOL. Tasini is a journalist who contributed blog entries to Huffington Post from December 2005 until February 10, 2011, just three days before the site's sale. Tasini calls his group the Huffington Post Justice Campaign, and officially filed the suit April 12 in new York. He said he plans to involve the Newspaper Guild, which has called for a boycott of the Huffington Post, as well as the National Writers Union and individual bloggers in the lawsuit. The suit calls for about $105 million in damages. Right-wing publisher: We run "some misinformation" WorldNetDaily's Joseph Farah explains the journalistic standards at his Birther news website Rand Paul: Fox unsure if they love war or hate Obama CNN Foreign Corespondent Calls Out Fox News: ‘Outrageous’ ‘Lies And Deceit’ This afternoon, Fox News reported that the Qadaffi regime used foreign journalists, including teams from CNN and Reuters, as a “human shield” to thwart an attack on Qadaffi’s compound last night. The compound had already been hit by allied missiles, but in its exclusive report — which is FoxNews.com’s most read and commented story — Fox alleges that “British sources” told them that allied forces were planning a second attack, which was called off due to the journalists’ presence. Drug War Two lbs. of weed earns NOLA man a life sentence Celebrity Drug Case Prosecutor Charged With Buying Crack Cocaine Las Vegas prosecutor brought drug charges against Paris Hilton and Bruno Mars Supplier of toxic drug held in teen's death 676 arrested, tons of drugs seized in U.S. bust of Mexican cartels At Least 15 Shot As Weather Warms Up In Chicago Obama admin. threatens to prosecute state employees who license medical marijuana dispensaries Pot-bashing RI Republican charged with pot possession Authorities Raiding South Perry Medical Marijuana Dispensary (Seattle) Cops Take Down Massive Pizza Delivery Drug Ring Education Nearly Half Of Detroit Is Functionally Illiterate, Report Finds Colo. Principal Nixes Student Newspaper for Knowing Too Much Rutgers Pays Snooki More Than Toni Morrison Teacher Layoffs Deter Students From Education Field Liberty University blocks newspaper website Jerry Falwell Jr. doesn't want his students or staff learning how much government cash his school receives State may study how N.H. cut dropouts As Massachusetts considers raising its dropout age to 18, a similar measure enacted in New Hampshire has cut that state’s dropout rate nearly in half in its first year Students 'fight back,' shut down Ariz. school board Professor allegedly terminated for being transgender TX Teacher Suspended After Telling Muslim Student 'I Bet You're Grieving after bin ladens death Feds: All kids, legal or not, entitled to K-12 ed Courts Appellate Court Rules Poor VA Mental-Health Care for Vets Is Unconstitutional Galleon’s Rajaratnam Found Guilty the billionaire investor who once ran one of the world’s largest hedge funds, was found guilty of fraud US judge in Chevron-Ecuador case won't recuse self Kaplan on March 7 issued a preliminary injunction to stop the Ecuadorean plaintiffs from enforcing the judgment, and set a Nov. 14 trial date to decide whether to make the injunction permanent. An Ecuadorean court had on Feb. 14 imposed the $18 billion judgment as a result of environmental contamination from 1964 to 1992 by Texaco, which Chevron bought in 2001. Defense: Federal agent coerced teen to violence Defense lawyers for a Somali-American teen charged with trying to detonate a bomb at a holiday tree-lighting ceremony say a federal agent tried to coerce ACLU Asks Federal Judge To Immediately Block Enforcement Of South Carolina Jail Policy Banning Books And Newspapers ACLU Sues For Records About FBI Collection Of Racial And Ethnic Data In New Jersey BP to pay out $25m for 200,000-gallon Alaska oil spill in 2006 U.S. sues Deutsche Bank in mortgage fraud case Court Rules Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Death Sentence is Unconstitutional, Grants New Sentencing Hearing US court backs funding for embryonic stem cells Homeless Woman Faces 20 Years for Enrolling Son in Wrong District The city of Norwalk, Conn., has charged Tanya McDowell with grand larceny. US Supreme Court Blocks Class Action Against AT&T Unit A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that AT&T Mobility can enforce a cellphone contract provision that requires customers to arbitrate their disputes individually instead of filing class-action lawsuits. The 5-4 ruling, which fell along the court's ideological divide, blocked a class-action lawsuit alleging the AT&T Inc. (T) wireless subsidiary acted fraudulently by charging sales tax on cellphones that it advertised as free. Court: Pot odor not 'reasonable suspicion' for cops Michigan prosecutor files to stop Koran-burning pastor Judge throws out conviction of white supremacist Lawsuit questioning Taco Bell's beef is dropped National Day of Prayer ruled constitutional Unilever and Procter & Gamble fined £280m for price fixing Jurors acquit Cuban militant Posada after 3 hours Hollywood studios sue online film service Zediva Studios went to court to derail a startup that sidesteps paying film licensing fees by streaming movies online. Second border activist sentenced to death in Arivaca double-killing case Trial starts for mom accused of keeping cancer medicine from son Devastating Look At Forged Foreclosure Documents\ Judge Denies DNA Testing For Condemned Ohio Inmate Feds Send 4-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Back To Guatemala What's At Stake In The Supreme Court's Huge Anti-Discrimination Case In 2001, more than 100 female employees accused Walmart, which pulled in $14.1 billion in profits last year despite lagging U.S. sales, of paying its female employees less than men in equivalent positions and favoring men in promotions at 3,400 U.S. stores since late 1998. Walmart has denied any wrongdoing and emphasizes that its corporate policy forbids discrimination, encourages diversity and ensures fair treatment. Judge on child murder case assassinated Mets’ Owners Say Madoff Trustee Concocted Allegations to Force Settlement Rape case: (Supreme) Court tosses 9th Circuit racism ruling Leaders in Ala. town sorry for mishandling 1944 case of black woman raped by gang of white men The U.S. Supreme Court reinstated a Sacramento man's conviction and life sentence Monday for the rape of a 72-year-old woman in her apartment, dismissing an appellate court's decision that the prosecutor may have had racial reasons for removing two African Americans from the jury. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco had granted a new trial to Steven Frank Jackson in July. The court said the prosecutor at Jackson's 2004 trial had used pretexts to justify his challenges to the two African American jurors, because the reasons he gave could have applied to jurors he left on the panel. A.I.G. (bailed out) to Sue 2 Firms to Recover Some Losses Benching Minority Judges The motion to vacate a gay judge's ruling in the Proposition 8 case isn't just homophobic. It could open minority judges up to challenges in all kinds of cases.

Science	History
Ticks linked to deadly virus discovered in China Doctors have been aware for years that ticks can spread the bacteria responsible for Lyme disease, but scientists in China have discovered a new deadly virus that is also carried by ticks ... Sugar-grain sized meteorites rocked the climates of early Earth and Mars Bombardments of 'micro-meteorites' on Earth and Mars four billion years ago may have caused the planets' climates to cool dramatically, hampering their ability to support life, according to research published today in the New Alzheimer's genes found Cosmic burst in distant galaxy puzzles NASA Cursing makes you feel better when hurt: study Harp seals from Canada take a liking to US waters- Harp seals from Canada are showing up in U.S. waters in greater numbers and farther south than usual, and biologists want to know why. Dry ice lake suggests Mars once had a 'Dust Bowl' (Update) Happiest places have highest suicide rates says new research New Taser can strike suspect 100 feet away Slide Show: The First Close-Ups of Mercury 'Solarball' uses sun to clean water Huge pool of fresh water in Arctic could disturb Europe's climate, oceanographers say Mutant mouse reveals new wrinkle in genetic code Call it a mystery with a stubby tail: an odd-looking mouse discovered through a U.S. government breeding program in the 1940s that had a short, kinky tail and an extra set of ribs in its neck – and nobody knew why. Man goes without pulse for 96 minutes, lives Researchers Confirm Link between Hydraulic Fracking and Flammable Water Dwarf Planet’ Is Covered in Crystal Ice A bizarre mini-planet that orbits the Sun in deep space is covered with crystallised water, European astronomers reported on Thursday...	"Learn from History", 31st Anniversary of the Assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero Maine Gov. Paul LePage Orders Labor History Mural Removed From State Offices 100 Years After Triangle Fire, Tragedy in Bangladesh and Anti-Union Bill in Wisconsin Highlight Workers’ Enduring Struggles May 1933: Hitler Abolishes Unions The 50th Anniversary of Patrice Lumumba's Assassination by Carlos Martinez Happy Tax Day, Alexander Hamilton He's revered for putting America on sound financial footing, but he couldn't have done it without federal taxation Feeney implicated in vote fraud - Seminole Chronicle Republican Congressman Tom Feeney of Oviedo asked a computer programmer in September 2000, prior to that year's contested presidential vote in Florida, to write software that could alter vote totals on touch-screen voting machines, the programmer said. Former computer programmer Clint Curtis made the claim Monday in sworn testimony to Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee investigating allegations of voter fraud in the 2004 presidential election involving touch-screen voting in Ohio. Programmer under oath admits computers rig elections CIA declassifies WWI-era secret documents The Chiquita Papers Banana Giant's Paramilitary Payoffs Detailed in Trove of Declassified Legal, Financial Documents How the "Lost Cause" poisoned our history books Ulysses S. Grant championed civil rights in the South during Reconstruction -- and he's still paying dearly for it
Politics
Racial remarks spark reprimand of Nevada official More Republican Congressmen Face Town Hall Backlash Over Tax Breaks For Wealthy And Medicare Privatization Trump said he'd commit war crimes if elected Democrats and Republicans increasingly divided over global warming Despite the growing scientific consensus that global warming is real, Americans have become increasingly polarized on the environmental problem, according to a first-of-its-kind study led by a Michigan State University researcher. Minnesota Republican: ‘I watched Minneapolis get destroyed’ by integration Despite Earlier Claims, Steve King Admits That None Of His Constituents Died After Reintroduction Of Estate Tax Aide to top Republican arrested A staffer for former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty's presidential exploratory committee in Iowa was suspended Wednesday after being arrested on charges of public intoxication and trespassing. Drunk Pawlenty aide caught on teen's porch Former aide rips Palin in leaked book manuscript: Former governor broke election law, Bailey alleges Gov. Rick Scott to rescind order to cut payments for disability services LA GOP State Rep. Who Proposed $1K Reward To Sterilize Poor Women Now Proposes Criminalizing All Abortions Mass. Dems vote to strip unions of bargaining rights House votes to restrict unions House lawmakers voted overwhelmingly last night to strip Massachusetts police officers, teachers, and other municipal employees of most of their rights to bargain over health care, saying the change would save millions of dollars for financially strapped cities and towns. Missouri House Speaker: Flood Poor Black Town To Save Farmland Oklahoma GOP Lawmaker Sally Kern: ‘Blacks’ Don’t Work As Hard As White People (Updated) Bachmann claims NATO killed 30,000 civilians in Libya Romney says he’ll “hang” Obama at GOP group dinner John Ashcroft Joins Company Once Known as Blackwater Ron Paul ‘money bomb’ rakes in over $700K in one day Money poured into a "money bomb" fundraiser for Texas Rep. Ron Paul (R) on Thursday ahead of a Fox News presidential debate. Liberals In Southern Arizona Seek To Form New State Texas Funds Formula One Race, May Fire Teachers · Texas, which may balance its budget by firing thousands of teachers, plans to commit $25 million in state funds to Formula One auto racing each year for a decade. F Budget and Taxes Californians back raising taxes on state's wealthy Out Of Service: Budget Cuts Hit Public Transit, Keep Residents From Jobs Republicans Threaten Shutdown Over Planned Parenthood....Senate Defeats Resolutions To Defund Healthcare And Planned Parenthood Democrats Have Met Republicans More Than Halfway On Spending Cuts ... Plan Will Look At Medicare, Medicaid.. Higher Taxes For The Rich....CBO says budget 'deal' only cuts $352 million Budget tricks helped Obama save programs from cuts The historic $38 billion in budget cuts resulting from at-times hostile bargaining between Congress and the Obama White House were accomplished in large part by pruning money left over from previous years, using accounting sleight of hand and going after programs President Barack Obama had targeted anyway. Such moves permitted Obama to save favorite programs - Pell grants for college students, health research and "Race to the Top" aid for public schools, among others - from Republican knives, according to new details of the legislation released Tuesday morning. "Patriotic Millionaires": Raise our taxes, please! Republicans insist that raising taxes on anyone would be catastrophic. But some of the most affluent disagree 'I Refuse To Renew' Bush Tax Cuts Again.. 'We Can't Afford It' How Top Tax Breaks Help The Wealthy The Most	Wisconsin Indiana prosecutor resigns over Walker email (encouraging Gov to fake an attack against himself) Union-Busting: Six Fired After Demanding Sick Days for Fast-Food Workers Wisconsin union law published despite court order Prosecutor told Gov. Walker to stage ‘false flag’ operation Wisconsin Judge Halts Further Implementation Of Anti-Union Law Wisconsin Professors Unionize, Defy Walker’s Law on Collective Bargaining Spending in Wis. Supreme Court race reaches $1.7M Telecom-Funded North Carolina House Votes To Gut Cheap And Fast Public Broadband Walker gives lobbyist's college dropout son an $81,000-a-year job....Walker demotes son of campaign contributor Wisconsin Republican County Clerk Claims She Misplaced 7,500 Votes For Justice Prosser, Her Former Boss Right-Wing Koch Brothers Caught Telling Thousands of Employees How to Vote Kloppenburg campaign to file recount papers Wisconsin GOP allegedly forged recall signatures Walker signs law pre-empting sick day ordinance Feds turn Walker (WI) down on passenger rail funding request Treasury/Federal Reserve/Bailouts/SEC/IRS Federal Reserve Is Selling Put Options On Treasury Bonds To Drive Down Yields (key, key info) U.S. Hurries to Sell GM Stake (double-digit multi billion dollar haircut as GM drops to post IPO low Health Care Medicare isn't the problem -- it's the solution When Obama addresses the nation today, he will either move toward or hold firm against the Republican agenda Report: Up to 44M more uninsured under GOP budget Single-Payer-Medicare-for-All Legislation Introduced in Senate & House: Bernie Sanders/Jim McDermott Lobbying AIPAC Fundraises Off Of Jerusalem Bus Attack Defense Defense Spending Poised To Increase At Expense Of Social Programs.. Dem Governors Launch Preemptive Strike No plans to suspend military aid to Yemen The Pentagon said Tuesday there were no plans to suspend US military assistance to Yemen but urged a swift transition of power. Global Military Spending Hits High But Growth Slows (Still rising in U.S., Dropping in Europe) Laser gun fired from US navy ship Military training facility on Indian reservation is revealed Miles deep into the largest Indian reservation in San Diego County, a company with ties to at least one former Blackwater Worldwide executive is building a training facility Senators: US military plans to reorganize forces in Japan are unworkable, unaffordable
Congress
Top 6 things more important to Republicans than jobs... Wisconsin GOP Leaders Knew Using State Troopers Broke the Law Paul Ryan already benefited from the Social Security Ryan received Social Security payments for years after his father died. But now he wants to gut the program. Senate Nevada Senator At Heart Of Sex Scandal Announces He Will Step Down	House Texas GOP Rams Koch-Backed ‘Loser Pays’ Bill Through House, Making It Harder To Sue Corporations GOP House Blocks Bid To Name Elizabeth Warren Head Of The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau House Votes Against ‘Net Neutrality’ Bachmann: Ban judges from ruling on equality Kucinich: We could impeach Obama over Libya GOP Rep. Duffy Voted Against Defunding NPR Because He Refused To ‘Pull The Rug Out’ Under Local Radio While Duffy says he’s against cutting off funding, that isn’t to mean he’s against budget cuts. “The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is no sacred cow, but for rural communities – such as those in Wisconsin, and my district in particular – public broadcasting plays a critical role.”As Duffy’s Wisconsin colleague Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D) noted, 27 million Americans listen to NPR each week and nearly 450,000 Wisconsinites listen to Wisconsin Public Radio weekly. Ron Paul calls Libya no-fly zone 'unconstitutional' Buried Provision In House GOP Bill Would Cut Off Food Stamps To Entire Families If One Member Strike House Votes To Terminate Obama Administration's Anti-Foreclosure Program Issa Secured Nearly $1 Million In Earmarks Potentially Benefiting Real Estate That He Own Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) has a history of blending his personal business interests with his work as a member of Congress. Companies owned by the Issa family, including a firm called DEI (an acronym for Issa’s initials), set up websites to channel users to Issa’s official congressional campaign website New York Court to Hear Case Against Psychologist Accused of Torture in Guantánamo Interrogations
White House
Obama 'Obama's grandmother receives death threats from al-Qaida' Al-Shabaab, al-Qaida's African affiliate, threatens U.S. President's step-grandmother, prompting heightened security and 24-hour surveillance of her Kenya home, ABC News reports. Obama's Fraud Squad Targets Record Oil Price Plunge Fox News: White House Releases ‘What It Says’ Is The President’s Birth Certificate Bush declines Obama invitation to go to ground zero Obama Makes High-Level Reshuffle Of National Security Team In a high-level reshuffle of his national security team, President Barack Obama intends to move CIA Director Leon Panetta to the Pentagon July 1 to replace retiring Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, while Gen. David Petraeus, the top commander in Afghanistan, will leave the Army to lead the CIA by Sept. 1. Obama uses signing statement to keep his 'czars' Will keep White House advisers defunded in budget bill, citing president prerogative to obtain advice. Biden staff sorry for keeping reporter in closet White House bars gay groups from military families event Obama receives openness award in private Potential Rollbacks to Government Transparency The US House of Representatives has proposed slashing the FY11 budget for open data from $34 million to $2 million, effectively shutting down sites like Data.gov and USASpending.gov. Open government data is crucial to our work at National Priorities Project, and we’re in a position to give these numbers some context. Although ...US President Barack Obama discusses his administration's approach to ... Obama behind closed doors this week in order to salute his support for openness Obamas paid $453,770 taxes on $1.7M income, due refund of $12,334 Obama to Congress: End Big Oil's tax breaks... NOW	GITMO/Bahgram/CIA-Blacksites WikiLeaks cable casts doubt on Guantanamo medical care The Bush administration was so intent on keeping Guantanamo detainees off U.S. soil and away from U.S. courts that it secretly tried to negotiate deals with Latin American countries to provide "life-saving" medical procedures rather than fly ill terrorist suspects to the U.S. for treatment, a recently released State Department cable shows. usa-v-mohammed.htm USA v. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Indictment US court rejects Uighurs' Guantanamo appeal Lawyers allege prosecution pressure at Omar Khadr’s trial Wikileaks: Gang Member Ordered to Attack Chicago New information from Wikileaks revealed the man behind the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks set his sights on Chicago.A 2006 Defense Department memo leaked by Wikileaks unveiled that the terrorist made contact with Chicago gang member Jose Padilla in 2002 to discuss future plans, the Sun-Times reports. British Informant Was Al-Qaeda Double Agent: Wikileak Abdullah Khadr extradition ruling upheld The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a decision to stay extradition proceedings against admitted al-Qaeda collaborator Abdullah Khadr. The court dismissed an appeal filed by the Attorney General of Canada on behalf of the United States Dick Cheney: Reinstate the torture program Intelligence derived from the Bush-era enhanced interrogation program "probably" contributed to the death of Osama bin Laden, Cheney told Fox News' Chris Wallace. Fox News host: Why is killing bin Laden OK but torture isn’t?
Economy	Click for Economic Statistics	Financial Crisis for Beginners
Oil Trades Near One-Week High on Libyan Airstrikes, Turmoil in Middle East Black Unemployment Rises Even As Overall Jobless Rate Drops CEO pay soars while workers' pay stalls US recovery is just an economic 'sugar rush' Markets risk being rocked by rising Treasury yields when QE2 ends. Retailers push for e-commerce sales tax The days of tax-free shopping at Amazon could be coming to an end — at least if merchants in Massachusetts and other states have their way. Citi puts $12.7bn portfolio up for sale Ronald Reagan's Trickle-Down Economics Failures 10-year high for Nasdaq as stocks rise on Fed news After remarks by the Fed chief, the Dow closed at its highest level since May 2008, while the Nasdaq hit its highest point since December 2000, CNNMoney reports. FULL STORY Exxon profit jumps 69% as oil prices rise, makes 11 billion in 3 months The Return of Big Bell AT&T wants to convince us that the merger with T-Mobile is inevitable. We shouldn't let it.	Fannie Report Warned of Foreclosure Problems: Report Fannie Mae was warned in a 2006 internal report of abuses in the way lenders and their law firms handled foreclosures, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. McDonald's Plans To Hire 50,000 Workers -- In A Single Day 23 Things They Don't Tell you About Capitalism Recession No Match For China's Soaring GDP Growth US jobless claims jump to January high New claims for US unemployment insurance benefits surged more than expected last week to the highest level since January. What Really Caused Oil's Record Drop? Stunningly large jolts from so-called stop-loss trading amazed market traders. The automated sell orders were generated as oil crashed through price points that traders had programed in advance into their supercomputers. In many cases, computer algorithms sold for technical reasons, as oil dropped through levels that, once breached, could trigger ever larger waves of selling yet to come. The machine trading, based on subtly different but fundamentally similar, algorithmic models, eliminates the white-knuckles and potential human error involved in actively trading a volatile market, and increases anonymity. Instead of breeding hesitation, abrupt price drops can quickly prompt these machines to unload a bullish long position in oil, and build up a bearish short one instead.

Iraq	Map of Iraq
Resistance will resume if US forces stay in Iraq: Sadr Halliburton Wins Iraq Drill Contract From ExxonMobil Many killed in Iraq attacks (At least 19) Over 800 bodies found in Saddam era grave 10 Killed in Iraq Mosque Suicide Attack Iraqi lawmakers approve $400M payment to Americans Iraqi lawmakers approved a controversial $400 million settlement Saturday for Americans who claim they were abused by Saddam Hussein's regime during the 1990 invasion of Kuwait. Officers and Inmates Are Killed in Iraq Jail Revolt	Closing Iraq ‘torture prison’ not enough: HRW Kurdish protest turns violent in Iraq Al-Qaeda branch claims Iraq suicide attack: monitor Blackwater Iraq shooting case reinstated Maliki Says Troops Ready in Talks With US’s Mullen The Iraqi army can maintain security, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said Suicide bomber kills 8, wounds 19 in Northern Iraq Six dead in attack on Iraq foreign exchange shops
Middle East	Map of the Middle East
Libya France and US agree over Nato role in Libya WikiLeaks: Gaddafi Regime Fed Names of Jihadists to CIA and Britain Libya crisis: Gaddafi using schoolboy conscripts on front line US pressures allies to command Libya mission Anxious to reduce its front-line air combat role in Libya, the Obama administration pressed Thursday for the allies who first pushed for the campaign to come up with a workable alternative. U.S. officials said the leadership handoff would come within a few days - with President Barack Obama facing growing congressional misgivings - and fellow NATO countries held crisis talks about the military operation.NATO Will Only Partially Take Over Libya Mission, U.S. To Bear Brunt Of Combat Al-Qaida among Libya rebels, NATO chief fears....No Al Qaeda In Libya - U.S. Intelligence Community ...Stavridis: Signs of Al-Qaida in Libyan RebelsAs the United States and other nations build ties with rebels and political opponents trying to oust Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi, intelligence suggests al-Qaida and other terrorists have a small presence within the opposition group, a top military commander said Tuesday. U.S. finds no organized Al Qaeda presence in Libya opposition, officials say" (LA Times, 3/23/11) A U.S. intelligence-gathering effort that began shortly after anti-Kadafi forces started seizing towns in eastern Libya last month has not uncovered a significant presence of Islamic militants among the insurgents. NATO may request troops occupy Libya: U.S. admiral Woman gang-raped in Libya hit with 'slander' for telling Libyan rebels receiving anti-tank weapons from Qatar Gaddafi troops force rebels to retreat Pro-Gaddafi forces retake Bin Jawad, as opposition fighters retreat in the face of renewed counter-offensive Al-Qaida leader calls on Muslim nations to fight Western coalition in Libya Libyan crisis: Kenneth Clarke warns UK at risk of new Lockerbie GADDAFI PUSHED BACK Gadhafi's military: Trained and armed by Uncle Sam Millions of dollars in American arms sales have been approved for Libya in recent years Gates: Intel shows Qaddafi planting bodies at attack sites What the no-fly zone in Iraq reveals about the challenges in Libya The 2003 invasion of Iraq and the debacle that followed make this interwar period seem a distant curiosity. But it was the frustrations and failures of ... Turkey blocks no-fly zone role for NATO France calls for non-NATO body to lead mission as Erdogan says Turkey will "never point a gun at the Libyan people US troops open fire on villagers as fighter jet crashes: report US troops opened fire on villagers in an operation to rescue two jet fighter crew after their plane crashed in eastern Libya, according to a British report. Gaddafi sitting on 143 tonnes of gold in Libya: report Libyan Citizen Journalist Mohammed Nabbous Killed in Benghazi; Hear His Interview with Democracy Now! (Audio) Arrests After Benghazi Woman's Rape Claim (Including Son Of High-ranking Libyan Police Officer) Parents of Libyan woman who claimed rape tell TV she’s held hostage at Gadhafi’s compound OBAMA AUTHORIZES SECRET SUPPORT FOR LIBYAN REBELS Order Reportedly Authorizes Covert CIA Operations In Libya.. U.S. wants others to arm, train Libyan rebels Gaddafi envoy in Britain for secret talks Gates: U.S. participation in Libya operation being scaled back The United States is scaling back its role in the international military operation against Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi and will not be sending U.S. troops into the war-stricken North African nation “as long as I’m in this job,” Defense Secretary Robert Gates asserted Thursday. » read more Top Khadafy aide helped craft deal with local firm Moammar Khadafy’s brother-in-law and most trusted aide arranged the services of the Monitor Group, a noted Cambridge consulting firm, to revamp Libya’s reputation. (By Farah Stockman, Globe Staff) Gaddafi's forces recapture Ras Lanuf Libya's foreign minister defects Senior official arrives in the UK as Britain gives marching orders to five Libyan diplomats citing national security. More disciplined Libyan opposition force emerging Something new has appeared at the Libyan front: a semblance of order among rebel forces. Rebels without training - sometimes even without weapons - have rushed in and out of fighting in a free-for-all for weeks, repeatedly getting trounced by Moammar Gadhafi's more heavily armed forces. U.S. wants others to arm, train Libyan rebels U.S. Treasury exempts Libyan-owned bank from sanctions Although Libya's government and state oil sector are the targets of global sanctions, the U.S. Treasury Department has exempted from them a financial institution that's almost 60 percent owned by the Libyan Central Bank. » read more Another Gadhafi Insider Bails / Anxiety Roils Libyan Capital Amid Top-Level Defections Al Qaeda being helped and possibly armed by the US in Libya Michael Scheuer Libyan rebels 'receive foreign training' Rebel source tells Al Jazeera about training offered by US and Egyptian special forces in eastern Libya. Gates: US should not train rebels Alleged Libyan rape victim still missing No Place For An Islamic State In Libya,' Say Rebels Gadhafi finds that money can't buy friends in Africa For decades, Col. Moammar Gadhafi splashed his oil wealth around sub-Saharan Africa with pompous abandon, building cellphone networks and luxury hotels, cozying up to kings and guerrillas, hosting peace summits and loudly proclaiming his dream to lead a "United States of Africa." Now, just when Gadhafi could use a few friends, his African beneficiaries haven't exactly rushed to his side. After a Grumble, NATO Apologizes for Airstrike on Rebels The alliance had not been forewarned that the rebels were using tanks, an official said on Friday. Nato must send in troops say rebels Khadafy using heavy weapons on civilians Snipers, cluster bombs panic Libya’s Misrata UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for a ceasefire, fearing that the refugees would try and escape via the sea. Misurata says it has asked for foreign ground troopsThe top governing committee in the besieged western city of Misurata said Tuesday it has made an official request for foreign troops on the ground here to stop the killing of civilians by Gaddafi forces. Two Western photojournalists killed in Libya Libya: Col Gaddafi 'has spent £2.1m ($3.5m) on mercenaries' Why is Qatar So Active in Libya US to use Predator drones in Libya Wars Should Be Declared by Congress, Not Merely Launched by Presidents Even if a war is considered "just," even if it is launched under the auspices of the UN, US military interventions should be debated and approved by Congress before they are launched. Military action in Libya continues into a third night. No 10 slaps down military chief for saying Gaddafi not target. Cost of Libya on Day One? Well over $100 million dollars Don't bet on a brief war in Libya Nato strike 'kills rebels' in Misrata U.S. still not ready to recognize Libyan opposition NATO halts Gaddafi boats laying mines outside Misurata Gaddafi’s youngest son, grandsons killed in NATO airstrike NATO confirms strike but not Gadhafi's son's death NATO says it struck a government building in Tripoli but can't confirm that one of Moammar Gadhafi's sons was killed. Sunday's statement comes hours after an airstrike that the Libya regime said killed Gadhafi's youngest son Seif al-Arab and three of the Libyan leader's grandchildren. Gadhafi escaped unharmed. Libya 'scatters mines' in Misrata Italy to supply Libyan rebels with weapons - spokesman Killings and Rumors Unsettle a Libyan City The deaths of former government officials in Benghazi, the center of the Libyan resistance, appear to be rooted in vengeance and have raised the specter of a death squad. YEMEN Yemeni man yelled "God is Greatest" on flight: prosecutor Rageh Al-Murisi, 28, has been charged with interfering with a flight crew for the incident on Sunday aboard American Airlines flight 1561, which was bound for San Francisco from Chicago with 162 people on board. About 20 minutes before the plane landed, Al-Musiri allegedly tried to open the cockpit door, ramming his shoulder into it until a flight attendant and passengers subdued him, according to a criminal complaint issued on Monday. 1 killed, 7 wounded in latest Yemen protest Yemen president warns of civil war Yemen's president warned on Tuesday that his country would descend into civil war if he is forced to quit. Yemen general is feared player: WikiLeaks Jeremy Scahill: US wages covert war in Yemen 13:01 Resignations of Bahrain Shia MPs accepted Parliament accepts resignations of 11 opposition lawmakers over the deadly crackdown on anti-government protesters. Death toll from Yemen explosion rises to 150 The death toll from an explosion Monday at an ammunition factory in southern Yemen has risen to 150, a government official and medical source said Tuesday. Yemenis hold largest protest yet against leader Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis packed a square in the capital and marched in villages and cities across the nation on Friday in what appeared to be the largest demonstrations in more than a month of demands the country's longtime ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh step down.... More troops join anti-government protests in Yemen More soldiers have been joining anti-government protests on the streets of the capital Sana'a. Other UAE blogger who called for reform taken from apartment, says wife Doha Debates: This House Believes that Arab Revolutions Will Just Produce Different Dictators WikiLeaks cable links defecting Yemeni general to smuggling rackets Jordan US oilman accused of bribing Jordan official to win contract Jordan protests turn violent Police separate protesters in Jordan Police in Jordan's capital worked to separate pro- and anti-government demonstrators on Friday and avert the violence that erupted there last week. Lebanon Washington Quietly Halts Arms Delivery to Lebanon Prisoners Riot in Lebanon’s Main Jail Prisoners demanding an amnesty and better conditions rioted and set fire to bedding in Lebanon’s notorious main prison of Rumieh on Saturday, the interior ministry said in a statement. Bahrain Bahrain doctors to be tried for helping protesters Ex-chief of Bahrain 'torture service' at royal wedding Bahrain workers fired for supporting protests 14 Bahraini Police shoot scared man then leave Added to queue EVIDENCE poisonous gas being used on Bahrain Added to queue Bahraini police used shotguns 15-03-2011 BREAKING Video of Saudi troops attacking Bahrain protesters The US, Gulf Kings and Brutal Repression in Bahrain Bahrain Military Court Convicts 4 Anti-Gov't Protesters, Sentences to Death	Egypt Click here for an archive of everything related to the Protests in Egypt Muslim Brotherhood to expel presidential candidates in Egypt A senior official of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood said on Thursday that the group would expel any member who runs for president. At Least A Dozen Dead, Hundreds Injured In Clashes Between Muslims And Christians In Cairo Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Sticks With Bin Laden But in its first public statement on the killing of bin Laden, Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood used the honorific term "sheikh" to refer to the al-Qaeda leader. ..Egypt's influential Muslim Brotherhood condemned the "assassination" of Osama bin Laden, claiming anyone accused of a crime should be put on trial. However, the conservative group – the inspiration for mainstream political Islamists across the Arab world – said Bin Laden did not represent Islam. Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood says Bin Laden should have been tried Yet the Muslim Brotherhood's promise that its "moderation" means rejecting violence includes a gaping exception: the organization endorses violence against military occupations, which its leaders have told me include Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Bosnia, and Palestine -- in other words, nearly every major conflict on the Eurasian continent The group said in a statement: "The Muslim Brotherhood calls for the world in general and the western world's people and governments in particular to stop linking Islam with terrorism and to correct the erroneous image deliberately promoted for a number of years Egyptians protest violence against Coptic Christians ‎ Thousands of Egyptians protest against Israel Muslim-Christian clashes kill 5 in Egypt WikiLeaks cable shows US unhappy with ElBaradei on Middle East issues Sources: Mubarak has left Egypt Sources tell Al Jazeera that former president has departed for Germany, but military council denies the report. Egypt Military Beats Protesters, Fires Shots Anwar Sadat's relative kidnapped Bomb injures 3 in explosion near Egypt pyramids Egypt court dissolves (Hosni Mubarak's) former ruling party (& orders liquidation of their assets) Egypt to open Gaza border crossing Egypt is to permanently open the Rafah border crossing to ease the Israeli blockade on Gaza, Nabil al-Arabi, the country's foreign minister, has said. Arabi said Egypt would take "important steps to help ease the blockade on Gaza Muslim Brotherhood will run for half of Egypt's parliament Israel Hamas accepts 1967 borders, but will never recognize Israel, top official says Netanyahu: With bin Laden dead, Iran Supreme Leader is world's greatest threat Netanyahu: World must stop those wishing to destroy the Jewish people Speaking at Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in Jerusalem's Yad Vashem memorial, Prime Minister says Israel must be prepared to defend itself modern enemies, such as Iran and its proxies Hezbollah and Hamas. Palestinian PM must go, Hamas says Islamist faction makes demand as part of Palestine unity pact with Fatah, set to be signed next week Rival Palestinian Factions Agree To Form Interim Government Israeli killed, 2 wounded in West Bank New Gaza flotilla has ties to Hamas, terrorist organizations Israel's ambassador to UN warns the organization not to allow new flotilla, planned for May, to launch; U.S., Germany also call on flotilla organizers to find other ways to deliver aid to Gaza. Turkey to Israel: We won't stop upcoming Gaza flotilla Israel expedites vote on hundreds of new homes beyond Green Line Proposal to construct 942 housing units in Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo was approved Monday by the building and planning committee; according to standard procedure, the district committee would have waited months before bringing the matter to its own agenda. Israel in New Settler Move Before Peres, Obama Meet Jerusalem city council on Monday approved the construction of 942 new homes in Gilo, a settlement neighbourhood in the city’s mostly Arab eastern sector, officials said.... Eight killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza Civilians among victims, including four from the same family as Israel shells Gaza City suburb Bomb rocks Jerusalem bus stop, killing woman A bomb struck a crowded bus stop in central Jerusalem Wednesday, killing one woman and wounding more than 20 other people in what authorities said was the first major Palestinian militant attack in the city in several years. The bombing brought back memories of the second Palestinian uprising last decade, a period in which hundreds of Israelis were killed by suicide bombings in Jerusalem and other major cities. Gaza militants fire rockets deep into Israel Palestinian militants in Gaza fired a new wave of rockets that landed deep inside Israel Thursday, defying Israeli retaliatory attacks and threats. As the violence threatened to escalate the day after a deadly Jerusalem bombing, Israel got a boost from the visiting U.S. defense chief, who said no country could tolerate the "repugnant" attacks on its soil. Pro-intifada Facebook page pulled A controversial Facebook page calling for another Palestinian intifada has been pulled off the social media website, following complaints from the Israeli government that it incited violence against Jews. A statement from Facebook said the group page entitled the "Third Palestinian Intifada" -- which had garnered more than 350,000 "likes" over the course of the past month -- was removed from the website because it contained direct calls for violence. "The page... began as a call for peaceful protest, even though it used a term that has been associated with violence in the past. In addition, the administrators initially removed comments that promoted violence," the company statement said. "However, after the publicity of the page, more comments deteriorated to direct calls for violence. Eventually, the administrators also participated in these calls. After administrators of the page received repeated warnings about posts that violated our policies, we removed the page. IDF planes strike Gaza militants 'planning to kidnap Israelis' Those killed were intending to launch an assault on Israelis during the upcoming Passover holidays, says IDF Spokesperson. Israeli lawmakers to study U.S. Jewish community Likud, Kadima and Labor MKs to attend six-day Ruderman Fellows Program to gain insight into American Jewish community. Author of U.N. report accusing Israel backtracks The chairman of a U.N. mission whose report accused Israel of "actions amounting to war crimes" during its fight against Hamas says he would have reached different conclusions "if I had known then what I know now." FULL STORY Leading Palestinian Peace Activist & Theater Director, Juliano Mer-Khamis, Killed in Jenin Palestinians, artists and peace activists worldwide are mourning the loss of a leading figure in Palestinian creative nonviolent resistance. Juliano Mer-Khamis, the founder of a theater for Palestinian children, was killed Monday by masked assailants in the West Bank town of Jenin. He had received a number of death threats from extremist Palestinians for his work with the Jenin Freedom Theatre. Syria Syrian security forces kill 18 in new (tank) assaults Syria sent detained Northwest reporter to Tehran Syria: More than 250 reportedly arrested in port city of Banias Syrians defy crackdown, stage widespread protests Syrian Forces Step Up Raids in Damascus Suburbs IAEA Chief: Syria Tried To Build Nuclear Reactor Syria: Hundreds quit ruling party in protest over crackdown ("We denounce and condemn everything") Wave of enforced disappearances in Syria (At least 221 Syrians have gone missing in past three days) Hundreds of Syrian Troops Backed by Armoured Vehicles Move Into Deraa, Heavy Shooting Reported Syria deploys troops and tanks in brutal crackdown McCain says no to US or NATO military intervention in Syria Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Monday that he doesn't think it would be appropriate for the U.S. or NATO to intervene militarily in Syria the way they had in Libya. 120 dead after 2 days of unrest in Syria Syrian security forces fired on funeral processions that drew tens of thousands Saturday, one day after the bloodiest crackdown so far in the uprising against President Bashar Assad. The shootings pushed the two-day death toll to more than 120 and two lawmakers and a religious leader resigned in disgust over the killings.... Dozens killed in bloodiest day of Syria uprising Syrian security forces fired bullets and tear gas Friday at tens of thousands of protesters across the country, killing at least 75 people in the bloodiest day of the monthlong uprising and signaling that the authoritarian regime was prepared to turn more ruthless to put down the revolt against President Bashar Assad. Among the dead were a 70-year-old man and two boys ages 7 and 10, Amnesty International said. In the southern town of Izraa, a man ran carrying the body of a young boy, whose hair was matted with blood from a gaping wound on his head, as another child wept and shouted, "My brother!" Footage of the scene was posted on the protest movement's main Facebook pace. U.S. officials: Iran aiding Syria in crackdown on anti-Assad protests Syria to lift emergency law President Assad expects legislation to be enacted "by next week" and pledges further reforms. Syria vows to suppress 'armed revolt' Telegraph U.K. - Amateur video of Syrian security abuses (Hundreds of) Syrian women march to demand release of men held in security swoop Syrian soldiers shot for refusing to fire on protesters Many arrested in Syria after protests Rights group says 21 people rounded up by security forces day after witnesses say several protesters killed. Deadly Violence in Syrian Protests Gunfire erupted after prayers in the city of Dara’a on Friday as security forces across Syria moved to counter protests. Syria death toll growing, human rights groups warn (Estimate 200+ protesters killed since March 18) Syria uprising: Dissidents seized from their homes (+Wounded & killed protesters are being vanished) RAW, Syria, MAYHEM! Innocent Syrian Citizens Running From A Heavy Hail Of Live Syrian forces kill 6 in mosque attack: residents Gunfire Heard Around Protest Site in Syrian City 15 dead in new clashes in southern Syria city Syrian police launched a relentless assault Wednesday on a neighborhood sheltering anti-government protesters, fatally shooting at least 15 in an operation that began before dawn, witnesses said. Syrian Troops Open Fire on Protesters in Several Cities Tens of thousands of demonstrators in the southern city of Dara’a, and in some other cities around the nation, took to the streets on Friday US will not intervene in Syria as it has in Libya, says Hillary Clinton 2 Reuters journalists missing in Syria Syria's Cabinet Resigns; Concessions Expected Syrian troops fire during protest in Latakia after Assad's speech Syrian security forces 'fire on funeral' Hundreds of tortured detainees released, says Syria rights group Iran <Click for video and history> Second computer worm 'hits Iran' Ahmadinejad allies charged with sorcery Iran's president may resign after key allies arrested Iran's supreme leader tells Ahmadinejad: accept minister or quit Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia arrests 100 Shia protesters No votes for women in Saudi municipal elections Claim: US made deal with Saudis on trading Bahrain for Libya Analyst says Hillary Clinton gave Saudis go-ahead on invading Bahrain in return for support on Libya. Saudis 'offer to widen huge U.S. arms buy' Saudi women hold protests, try to vote
Afghanistan	Map of Afghanistan
Militants In Waziristan Preparing For Summer Fight In Afghanistan 6 U.S. Soldiers Die in Afghanistan 2 NATO Soldiers Shot By Afghan Policeman As Quran Burning Protests Continue U.S. Servicemen Killed by Drone Strike in Afghanistan Suicide bomber kills nine soldiers at Afghan base Gunman kills two inside Afghan defence ministry The attack was aimed at France's visiting defence minister, and was the third major Afghan security assault in four days. (12 Year-old) Child suicide bomber kills four in Afghanistan Ron Paul's Afghanistan Withdrawal Comments Draw Cheers At GOP Debate Forces Halt 'Most Ambitious' Taliban Attack Since Offensive Declared US plans initial Afghan force reduction of 5,000 in July	Afghan Taliban threat shuts Helmand mobile network All mobile telephone networks have been switched off in the Afghan province of Helmand after a Taliban threat. Correspondents say that the decision of mobile companies to obey the order reflects the militants' power 592 American Soldiers Have Died In Afghanistan Since President Obama Announced The Surge Students chant ‘death to America’ during fifth day of Koran burning protests in Kabul Taliban Seen Stirring Mob to Violence in Afghanistan War in Afghanistan is destabilising Pakistan, says president Afghan footage showing attack on US convoy where 40 American troops were killed

Pakistan	Map of Pakistan
hoax phone call brought India and Pakistan to brink of war ‎Shrine bombing kills 41 in Pakistan 15 people have been killed and nearly 35 others injured in a grenade explosion at a gambling club in Ghas Mandi near Liyari in Karachi. US interrogation guidelines from Guantanamo list Pakistan’s spy agency as terror organization US fails to kill al-Awlaki with drone strike US missile strikes a car carrying two mid-level al-Qaeda members but comes nowhere near their leader.Attack Kills 15 in Pakistan Tribal Area...First suspected drone strike in Pakistan since bin Laden raid 18 injured in blast near mosque in Karachi, Pakistan Drone Strike Said to Kill at Least 8 in PakistanBy PIR ZUBAIR SHAH	Karachi blast kills 13, injures 35 U.S. to supply Pakistan with 85 mini-drones Car Bomb In Pakistan Kills 4 Pakistan Media Tries To Out CIA Chief Pakistani media have reported what they say is the name of the CIA station chief in Islamabad - the second such potential outing of a sensitive covert operative in six months, and one that comes with tensions running high over the U.S. raid in Pakistan that killed al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden. U.S. doesn't count civilians killed by dronesWhile Obama talks of saving civilians in Libya, information about innocents killed by U.S. drones is kept secret
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Japan Frantically Tries To Trace Radioactive Water In Pacific Ocean Japan Says It May Take Months to End Radiation Leaks Japan warned on Sunday it could take months to stop radiation leaking from a nuclear plant crippled by a huge earthquake and tsunami three weeks ago, while voters said a coalition would better handle the crisis and post-quake recovery effort. Screening the Day’s Catch for Radiation Despite assurances by health officials, worries about radiation-tainted foods are growing among consumers, businesses and governments across the globe. Japan stops radioactive leaks into sea from reactor Massive islands of floating earthquake debris heading across the Pacific to North America Japan: 27,437 people died or reported missing after national calamity elevated(full mid-range)radiation soon arriving US west coast,Fuku 1-rad levels 100 FULL 15-meter waves hit Fukushima (The company originally estimated height @ 5.7 meters - Includes Video) Japan bans rice planting in contaminated soil Safes, Cash Wash Up On Japan Shores After Tsunami Japan Set to Extend Nuclear Evacuation Zone Attempt To Pour Concrete On Fukushima Crack Generating 1 Sievert/Hour Fails-New Unmanned Drone Pics April 6 Fukushima forecast shows Northwest US under threat (Norwegian Institute for Air RADIOACTIVE WATER SPILLING INTO OCEAN Chemical, sawdust used to plug leak Attempt to plug leak in nuke plant fails Radioactive water dumped into Pacific Japan began dumping thousands of tons of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean on Monday, an emergency move officials said was needed to curtail a worse leak from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. In all, about 11,500 tons of radioactive water that has collected at the nuclear facility will be dumped into the sea, officials said Monday, as workers also try to deal with a crack that has been a conduit for contamination. Fukushima Severity Level Raised to 7 - Gundersen Discusses Lack of US Radiation Monitoring Data Radiation from Japan Nuclear Crisis “Could Eventually Exceed Chernobyl” Groundwater radiation level at nuke plant rises: TEPCO + Japan may move capital from Tokyo Dr. Michio Kaku, Theoretical Physicist: Fukishima Daiichi Nuclear Facility is a "Ticking Time Bomb" TEPCO confirms damage to part of No. 4 unit's spent nuke fuel Radioactivity Spikes Sharply In Sea Off Crippled Japan Nuke Plant Most Japan voters want new PM, approve quake tax Nuclear Expert Says 9 Months To Stop Japan Radiation Leak Is Very Optimistic Arnie Gundersen: Radioactive Steam in Air & Waste in Ocean - Democracy NOW! + VT YANKEE Fuel of the Fukushima plant's No. 1 reactor could be melting Small amounts of radioactive iodine found in breast milk U.S. to supply Pakistan with 85 mini-drones Nuclear dilemma: Adequate insurance too expensive From the U.S. to Japan, it's illegal to drive a car without sufficient insurance, yet governments have chosen to run the world's 443 nuclear power plants with hardly any insurance coverage whatsoever Japan to launch massive search for quake bodies japan plans to send more than 20,000 soldiers into its northern disaster zone Monday in an intensive mission to recover the bodies of those killed in last month's earthquake and tsunami.... 'Can't seal Fukushima like Chernobyl - it all goes into sea' Government Adviser Quits Post to Protest Japan's Policy on Radiation Exposure for Fukushima Schools A prominent Japanese radiation safety specialist has resigned his governmental advisory post in protest over what he calls "inexcusable" standards for school children in Fukushima Prefecture. The Yomiuri Online news web site reported in Japanese this evening that Toshiso Kosako, a radiation safety expert at the University of Tokyo, feels the standards are too lenient and that his advice has been ignored. Radioactive Materials from Fukushima to Reach U.S. Within Few Years: IAEA	Smoke spews from two reactors $500,000 gone from tsunami-cracked bank vault Radiation level 1,600 times above norm in Fukushima nuke zone Radioactive substances in seawater near Japan nuke plant Abnormally high levels of radioactive substances have been detected in seawater near a quake-crippled nuclear power plant in Japan, its operator said early Tuesday. Extremely high radiation found in soil [NHK] Fukushima Engineer Says He Covered Up Flaw at Shut Reactor Reactor core may be leaking \| Photos GE defends reactors in Japan nuclear crisis Emissions from Japan plant approach Chernobyl levels Tiny amounts of radiation from Japan reach Nev. RENO, Nev. (AP) - Minuscule amounts of radiation from Japan's damaged nuclear plant have reached Las Vegas, but scientists say it poses no health risk. Extremely small amounts of the radioactive isotopes iodine-131 and xenon-133 reached a monitoring station by the city's Atomic Testing Museum this week, said Ted Hartwell, manager of the Desert Research Institute's Community Environmental Monitoring Program. Huge jump in radiation inside Japan nuclear plant The radioactivity in water in one unit of a hobbled nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan has tested 10 million times higher than normal, the plant's operator said Sunday. Leaked water in Unit 2 of the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant measured 10 million times higher than usual radioactivity levels when the reactor is operating normally, Tokyo Electric Power Co. spokesman Takashi Kurita told reporters in Tokyo. New leak fears in Japan reactor zone Residents within 30km advised to leave Japan's government criticizes nuke plant operator (corrected with link) Plutonium detected in soil at Fukushima nuke plant: TEPCO Radiation Level Outside Damaged Japan Reactor May Cause Death Within Hours (over one full sievert) Highly radioactive water spreads at Japan plant Highly radioactive water has leaked from a reactor turbine building. Japanese companies voluntarily give up tax breaks Huge Radiation Spike At Japan Nuclear Plant An Error Japan may have lost race to save nuclear reactor Japan shipper mulls future of vessel with "abnormal" radiation(China refused to unload ship's cargo) Full meltdown in full swing? Japan maximum nuclear alert Radioactive substance 10,000 times the limit detected from groundwater at troubled plant Govt may spray resin on N-plant / Sticky material should keep down radiation Japan Government To Reportedly Take Partial Control Of Nuclear Plant Owner Concrete pump to help in Japan nuclear crisis (like the one used at Chernobyl) Arnie Gundersen U.S. Government Blocking And With Holding Information. April 13 2011 Japanese nuclear firm asks for gov't bailout to pay disaster victims TEPCO files an official request for government aid to help compensate victims and refugees of nuclear disaster. Radiation Alert: Black smoke at Fukushima, contamination fears in Tokyo Earthquake Shifted Japan, Towns Now Flood At High Tide Fukushima Reactor Has a Hole, Leading to Leakage ("Disaster Worse Than Previously Disclosed") Nuclear meltdown at Fukushima plant One of the reactors at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant did suffer a nuclear meltdown, Japanese officials admitted for the first time today Radiation in soil near troubled Japan nuclear plant exceeds Chernobyl evacuation level Japan abandons nuclear power plan, vows to go green Fukushima Groundwater Contamination Worst in Nuclear History Arnie Gundersen confirms massive explosion at Unit No. 3 was in spent fuel pool
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UK energy 'stranglehold' Britain's biggest energy firms are not "playing it straight" with consumers. . Chernobyl Remains 'Not Good For Life' 25 Years Later Northern Ireland rocked as car bomb kills policeman Terrorism returns to Omagh in Co Tyrone as blast kills officer preparing to drive to work Medvedev Signs Bill Granting Officials, Rights Groups Access to Prisons U.K. Bribery Act Raises More Questions Than It Answers The U.K. Bribery Act should be a concern for the nearly half a dozen Russian companies entering or preparing to enter the British stock market, experts said. Punishment for breaking the law includes jail time of up to 10 years and unlimited fines. Man carrying machine gun opens fire at Dutch shopping mall, 5 reported dead Thieves stole enough military equipment from Britain's armed forces last year to "launch a small coup", according to an MP. Irish police arrest 2 over killing of British spy Man Tries To Hijack Paris-Rome Flight, Is Overpowered By Crew Over 40 billion euro in 28167 claims made aganst the Kaupthing Bank, 23 Jan 2010 Facebook bullying of heads on rise Survey finds that burden of monitoring online threats from pupils and parents is putting schools under strain Russian search-engine Yandex passed information to FSB Russia's largest search engine, Yandex, has confirmed that it passed confidential data to the country's state security service, FSB. Yandex's online payment service gave the FSB personal information about users who donated money Fury erupts outside U.S. Embassy in London as hundreds stage mock funeral for Osama Bin Laden U.S. government opposes public defender in Nazi case	Google Fined Record $142,000 by France for Street View Privacy Violations United Russia Think Tank Urges Democratization, Pluralism After President Dmitry Medvedev's think tank released a report criticizing Putin-era reforms, a think tank close to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has issued a copycat report that sets the stage for Putin to run on a similar platform. Google Street View must obscure faces and license plates in Switzerland, court says No Customs Union for Yanukovych Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych made clear on Thursday that the former Soviet republic did not want to join a Russia-led customs union, suggesting a free trade deal with it instead. British (special forces) soldiers charged with leaks The arrests occurred shortly before six Special Air Service commandos and two other Britons were detained by Libyan rebels in Benghazi. Cyber Attack Paralyzes Novaya Gazeta Site A cyber attack paralyzed the web site of Novaya Gazeta on Friday, days after similar attacks knocked out LiveJournal, Russia's most popular blogging site. Russia to halt gasoline exports in May Britain Bans Exports of Execution Drugs to US Police 'engaging with royal wedding protesters' Spanish Police Seize Massive Explosive Cache BP Finds Unexploded WWII Mine Near Major Undersea Oil Pipeline Germans arrest 3 Al-Quida suspects Awaiting Russian presidential vote, is Putin-Medvedev rift all part of the game?
Africa	Map of Africa
Two towns fall, civilians killed in Ivory Coast war Opposition in Ivory Coast Seizes Capital The administrative capital, Yamoussoukrou, fell to forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo’s rival, Alassane Ouattara. Above, Malians tried to return to their home country Crisis in Cote d'Ivoire French forces take over Abidjan airport French forces secure country's main airport as fighters amass in battle to control Cote d'Ivoire's commercial capital. Kenyans sue UK for alleged colonial human rights abuses Highly embarrassing colonial-era files detailing the British army's repressive tactics against Mau Mau insurgents in Kenya during the 1950s will be revealed in a landmark compensation case. Nigerian Presidential Election Leads To Riots In Muslim North Students burn official buildings in Burkina Faso, joining military protests Ugandan Food Protests Grow Violent Likely Terror Attack Strikes Popular Tourist Cafe in Morocco	Hundreds die as Ivory Coast streets turn into war zones Forces loyal to Alassane Ouattara attacked the home of Laurent Gbagbo -- who refused to cede power after a 2010 election -- but his whereabouts were unknown. FULL STORY Nigeria parliamentary vote aborted Officials say decision to postpone election to Monday taken after materials failed to reach some polling stations. Ivory Coast President's Forces Reportedly Killed Civilians, Raped Rival's Supporters, Burned Villages Chad denies officers fighting Gaddafi troops Moroccans stage peaceful democracy protests Several thousand demonstrators marched peacefully in Moroccan cities Sunday to demand more democracy and social justice. Uganda riots reach capital as anger against President Museveni grows Tunisia police fire teargas to clear protesters ("The youths ... are calling for a new revolution")
The Americas	Map of North America and South America
Hero officer: Shooting will haunt me The massacre of 11 students at a Brazilian school could have been even worse, were it not for the heroic actions of a military policeman, the governor's office said. "I wish I would've arrived there sooner," the officer said. FULL STORY Poll: Mexicans think cartels are winning drug war Mexicans are in a funk over their president, and a majority of them think that he's losing control of the country, an opinion poll released Tuesday found. » read more Mexico 10 killed in bar shooting in Mexico More than 40 bodies found buried in north Mexico area where 72 migrants massacred last year King of Heroin' sentenced for smuggling drugs from Mexico into California Mexicans Stage Marches to Protest Drug War Venezuala Chavez decree strengthens pro-government militias Haiti Sean Penn, the Accidental Haiti Activist The actor faced skepticism when he arrived last year with no medical expertise and no N.G.O. experience, but he has built one of the most efficient aid outfits in Haiti today. Haiti's presidential election results delayed by fraud....Haiti again postpones presidential vote results....Final results: Pop star declared Haitian president	Other Argentine police investigate homicide of Pinochet agent convicted in 1974 car bombing Miami Herald Catches Chevron in Lie at Ecuador Well Site Sweat shop slaves break their chains Maria Velasquez needed work, so she jumped at a free bus ticket to work in Argentina. The trip took her to the depths of the garment industry's slave labor trade but led to her emergence as an anti-slavery leader. FULL STORY Rio out to remove gangs from slums Surgeons tell of relief as gunshot cases fall after 'pacification' of Rio's favelas before the 2016 Olympics U.S. expels Ecuadorian ambassador Gangs torch land returned to Afro-Colombians Hours after the government concluded the land restitution of some 63,000 acres to Afro-Colombian communities in the Choco department, illegal armed groups raided and burned several acres of crops, Caracol Radio reported Monday. Video shows Brazil police shooting boy, 14 Colombia planned leaks to link Chavez, Correa to FARC: WikiLeaks Honduras journalist attacked after reporting on WikiLeaks cable Brutal Repression in Honduras Targets Teachers, Popular Resistance Weeks of demonstrations continue against de-facto regime and its plans to privatize public education

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Oklahoma GOP Lawmaker Sally Kern: ‘Blacks’ Don’t Work As Hard As White People (Updated)

Romney says he’ll “hang” Obama at GOP group dinner

Liberals In Southern Arizona Seek To Form New State

Wisconsin GOP allegedly forged recall signatures

Obama's Fraud Squad Targets Record Oil Price Plunge

US jobless claims jump to January high New claims for US unemployment insurance benefits surged more than expected last week to the highest level since January.

Ex-chief of Bahrain 'torture service' at royal wedding

Egyptians protest violence against Coptic Christians

Thousands of Egyptians protest against Israel

Rival Palestinian Factions Agree To Form Interim Government

Ron Paul's Afghanistan Withdrawal Comments Draw Cheers At GOP Debate

Forces Halt 'Most Ambitious' Taliban Attack Since Offensive Declared

Earthquake Shifted Japan, Towns Now Flood At High Tide

Man Tries To Hijack Paris-Rome Flight, Is Overpowered By Crew

BP Finds Unexploded WWII Mine Near Major Undersea Oil Pipeline