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Afghanistan Afghanistan election: five campaigners for female candidate shot dead STEP BACKWARD: Taliban Returns To Northern Afghanis Western journalist 'embeds' with Taliban army for first time Soldiers' ‘kill team’ randomly executed Afghans: Army Five soldiers accused of killing civilians in Afghanistan are now facing additional charges of conspiracy to commit premeditated murder — a plot that allegedly began when one soldier discussed how easy it would be to "toss a grenade" at Afghan civilians, The Seattle Times reported Wednesday. Rising Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan, U.N. Reports The number of civilians killed or wounded in the Afghan conflict rose 31 percent in the first six months of the year, the United Nations said in a report Tuesday. Afghan war ‘kills 1,325 civilians this year’ Study: Rules to curb Afghan civilian casualties led to fewer attacks on U.S. troops Afghan President Karzai questions US withdrawal deadline President Hamid Karzai on Thursday criticized the U.S. plan to begin withdrawing troops starting next July and said the war on terror cannot succeed as long as the Taliban and their allies maintain sanctuaries in Pakistan. Afghan President Says U.S. Contractors Are Looting, Stealing, Causing Corruption....Karzai to dissolve all private security firms Afghan President Hamid Karzai is to dissolve all international and domestic private security companies Karzai: Security firms have 4 months to leave Afghanistan 6 Americans on medical team executed by Afghan Taliban Afghan war ‘kills 1,325 civilians this year Karzai confirms he intervened to get arrested official releasedAfghan President Hamid Karzai confirmed Sunday that he engineered the release of Mohammed Zia Saleh, a top security official arrested earlier this year on suspicion of corruption. Graft-Fighting Prosecutor Is Dismissed in Afghanistan (by Karzai, who is “stalling and stalling")One of the country’s most senior prosecutors said Saturday that President Hamid Karzai fired him last week after he repeatedly refused to block corruption investigations at the highest levels of Mr. Karzai’s government. Key Karzai Aide in Corruption Inquiry Is Linked to C.I.A. The aide to President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan at the center of a politically sensitive corruption investigation is being paid by the Central Intelligence Agency, according to Afghan and American officials. CIA Has Several Afghan Government Figures On The Payroll, Former U.S. Officials Say These individuals confirmed to The Associated Press reports that the agency has used payments to cultivate intelligence sources across the Afghan government, a practice that has raised concerns at a time when the U.S. is fighting corruption there. Iraq Bomber strikes Iraqi army recruits At least 57 people killed in suicide attack near recruitment office in Baghdad. Drive-by shooting, bombings kill 7 in Iraq...Sunni Security Militia Targeted in Iraq Violence Gunmen killed three leaders of a Sunni militia that fights al-Qaida and wounded a fourth Sunday in a drive-by shooting as the men were leaving a mosque south of Iraq’s capital after their morning prayers. U.S. wasted billions in rebuilding Iraq In Iraq, poverty, disease soar More than half of Iraq's citizens classified as 'slum dwellers' by UN. Iraq army 'not ready' until 2020 Senior general says planned US withdrawal will increase instability in the country. Pakistan Radicals fill Pakistan floods aid void With authorities overwhelmed, fundamentalist Islamist groups linked with terrorists have stepped in Pakistani flood survivors complain about lack of aid Sectarian Clashes Surge in a City in Pakistan’s Heartland The Americas Mexican President Open to Debate on Drug Legalization.....Former Mexico pres. backs legalization 72 bodies found above ground at Mexico ranch The bodies of 58 men and 14 women have been found on a ranch in Tamaulipas, Mexico, officials say. The ranch is about 100 miles south of the U.S. border. Mexican massacre investigator found dead |
Middle East Hamas: Israel fired rockets at Eilat, Aqaba to justify more Gaza assaults 5 Grad rockets hit Red Sea port resorts of Israel and Jordan on Monday killing a Jordanian civilian; Israel, Egypt blame Hamas for attack ISRAELI GENERALS, INTEL OFFICIALS OPPOSE ATTACK ON IRAN Israeli spiritual leader: ‘May God strike down’ Palestinians The spiritual head of a religious party in Israel's ruling coalition has damned Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas and his people ahead of the Washington summit, stirring an angry reaction on Sunday. "May all the nasty people who hate Israel, like Abu Mazen (Abbas), vanish from our world," said Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, head of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, in his weekly sermon on Saturday night. Rocket strike blamed on Gaza groups Gaza-based "Palestinian factions", apparently operating from Egyptian territory, were behind this week's deadly rocket strikes on Israel and Jordan, Egyptian officials have said What Hamas is really afraid of Hamas suppression of any Gaza protest that it sees fit shows that the Islamic movement ruling Gaza is in dire need for some public support. Amnesty wants U.S. to clarify role in Yemen killings Amnesty International said on Wednesday the United States appeared to have carried out or collaborated with Yemen in attacks that killed suspected al Qaeda militants, violating international law US Journalist Deported from Turkey After Reporting on Plight of Kurds Bahrain Arrests 4 Shiite Activists Amid Clashes A Bahraini security official says four leading Shiite activists have been arrested as the kingdom’s Sunni leaders try to end violent confrontations between Shiite protesters and anti-riot police. U.S.-Saudi Arms Deal Grows The Obama administration plans to include attack helicopters in an expanded arms package for Saudi Arabia, making the proposed deal the largest overseas U.S. arms sale ever, worth about $60 billion over 10 years. Iran BANS Mention Of Opposition Leaders In Media Iran nuclear reactor gets Russian fuel After years of delay, uranium-packed fuel rods for 1,000-megawatt plant will be installed next week U.S.: Iran's nuclear power plant bears no 'proliferation risk' Europe 19 killed in Chechnya shootout targeting Chechen president Malware implicated in fatal Spanair plane crash Defense Ministry Vague on War's Toll Two years after a brief war with Georgia, the Defense Ministry still has not provided a final account of the casualties, while its reports of lost military hardware widely differ from estimates by experts. Russian troops dig canal to bar fire from (main) atom site Asia Al Qaeda Claims Suicide Attack On First Japanese Target Indian Forces Face Broader Revolt in Kashmir (one of most serious internal crises in recent memory) BlackBerry maker grants India access to emails, say reports Research In Motion (RIM), the company that makes the BlackBerry, will allow authorities in India to monitor its secure email network after months of pressure, according to press report India Threatens To BAN BlackBerrys, Will Target Google, Skype Next US attends Hiroshima bomb memorial for first time Author takes on China's premier, aware that free speech has a cost Yu Jie has picked a fight with the Communist Party of China, and if state security forces haul him away in the dark of night, there will be no one to stop them. It's a risk Yu took knowingly when he wrote a book published this month that slammed the country's prime minister as an "actor" shilling for an authoritarian government. » read more Africa Somali MPs among 32 killed in Mogadishu hotel massacre/Al-Shabab vows 'massive' Somali warTimeline: Al-Shabab violence S Africa workers hold mass protests Civil servants plan bigger strikes if pay demands not met, as services are restricted. S.African police fire rubber bullets at strikers South African police fired rubber bullets to disperse crowds blocking roads and healthcare workers prevented patients from entering hospitals as a strike by more than 1 million civil servants grew on Thursday. |
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Judge rejects Citigroup's $75 million settlement with SEC A
federal judge refused on Monday to accept a $75 million settlement
between the Securities and Exchange Commission and
Citigroup, marking the second time this year that a judge has
questioned whether the agency had exacted the proper sanction from a
major bank. Big Bank Ordered To Return Hundreds Of Millions In Overdraft Fees To Customers... Federal Judge Decries Bank's 'Gouging And Profiteering'- A federal judge in California ordered Wells Fargo & Co. to change what he called "unfair and deceptive business practices" that led customers into paying multiple overdraft fees, and to pay $203 million back to customers. 'Modern-Day Robin Hood' Convicted Of Fraud For Helping Bank Customers Avoid Foreclosure Appeals court limits use of GPS to track suspects Veterans’ group: CIA blocking suit over experiments on troops An advocacy group working on behalf of Vietnam veterans has asked a federal judge in California to sanction the CIA, saying the spy agency has been blocking efforts to uncover its role in alleged experiments on US soldiers from the 1950s to 1970s. The Vietnam Veterans of America filed a lawsuit on behalf of six Vietnam War veterans in January, 2009, claiming that the CIA had used an estimated 7,800 US service members as "guinea pigs" in experiments involving "at least 250, but as many as 400 chemical and biological agents," according to Courthouse News. High court trims Miranda warning rights bit by bit
Ex-contracter charged in intelligence leak Russia Accuses U.S. of Loose Arms Control[1] "The peculiarity of the incident was that, unlike in several other such cases when nuclear secrets were obtained by foreign intelligence services, now they were found by police with a criminal group connected to the drug trade," it said. The ministry also said checks conducted by a U.S. government body last month revealed that several institutions dealing with viruses had failed to provide enough security measures to prevent an intruder from entering their facilities.The Foreign Ministry also claimed that about 1,500 sources of ionizing radiation were lost in the United States between 1996 and 2001. "In 2004, it was revealed that Pacific Gas and Electric Company lost three segments of wasted fuel rods, used at the Hamboldt Bay nuclear power station," it said in the 11-page report. Study: Build mosques to prevent Islamic radicalism Soldiers with PTSD dismissed, told they have ‘personality disorder’ Military keeping traumatized soldiers in combat zones Police can secretly track you with GPSLaw enforcement officers may secretly place a GPS device on a person's car without seeking a warrant from a judge, according to a recent federal appeals court ruling in California.
Pentagon sees 'explosive' leak Poor Americans Give More Of Their Income To Charity Than The Rich Do Defense derides former exec in NY body armor case The defense attorney also noted that Schlegel was the only witness during the trial to accuse Brooks of concocting a story claiming 62,000 vests were destroyed in a hurricane when the vests never actually existed. He claims the accusation against Brooks is not true. The Interceptor vest, designed to withstand rifle fire and shrapnel, was made for the Marine Corps and other branches of the military. The company saw its fiscal fortunes soar after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and the military responses in Afghanistan and Iraq. Feds: Armor CEO Embezzled Million, Bought Porn - David H. Brooks, who led armor company DHB until 2006, allegedly used company money for luxury cars, extravagant parties, "university textbooks for his daughter, pornographic videos for his son, plastic surgery for his wife, a burial plot for his mother, prostitutes for his employees, and, for him, a $100,000 American-flag belt buckle encrusted with rubies, sapphires and diamonds," according to the New York Times. He also through his daughter "a multimillion-dollar bat mitzvah party featuring performances from the rapper 50 Cent and the rock group Aerosmith, even as federal investigations into his actions were widening and his business was crumbling," the times reported, although it was not clear whether that event was paid for legitimately or not. Pentagon bungles body armor purchases Point Blank Body Armor of Florida is also a supplier. Last year the Marine Corps recalled over 23,000 Point Blank Interceptor vests because they failed, among other things, ballistic quality assurance tests. David H. Brooks, the chief executive of Point Blank's parent company, is the guy who threw his daughter a $10 million bat mitzvah, sold his stock for $186 million before recalls leaked and is now under investigation by the SEC. NYT: Terror war expanding rapidly Times says US operations against Al Qaeda now span a dozen countries.
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Troops punished for refusing to attend Christian concert US admits human rights shortcomings in UN report Texas mosque and educational center vandalized with offensive graffiti and fire, causing $20,000 in damage. .'Arson' at Tennessee mosque site After Katrina, New Orleans Cops Were Told They Could Shoot Looters Electronic Voting-MACHINE-Researcher Arrested After Disclosing Problems EXCLUSIVE...Zeitoun: How a Hero in New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina Was Arrested, Labeled a Terrorist and Imprisoned Today, a personal story of a national tragedy. Five years ago, Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans. Abdulrahman Zeitoun, a Syrian-born New Orleans building contractor, stayed in the city while his wife and children left to Baton Rouge. He paddled the flooded streets in his canoe and helped rescue many of his stranded neighbors. Days later, armed police and National Guardsmen arrested him and accused him of being a terrorist WikiLeaks Founder Cleared of Sex Allegations..Wikileaks says Australian intelligence services warned of 'dirty tricks'......Is Assange target of smear campaign...Assange prosecutor cited for secrecy breach.......Sweden Withdraws Warrant for WikiLeaks Founder (Saying Rape Suspicion Unfounded) Tolerance or hypocrisy? Wiesenthal Center opposes NYC mosque, supports museum on Palestinian graveyard...Reminder to critics who think a mosque is offensive to the legacy of 9/11: There’s already one at the Pentagon...'Radical' Imam was Bush's peace partner 'Ground zero mosque' Imam worked with former President towards peace....How The Mosque Fearmongering Began Franken tells FCC: Without ‘Net Neutrality’, a ‘handful’ of corporations will control the Web Advocacy group "Save the Internet," which promotes "Net Neutrality" policies, adds: "Our warnings are no longer speculation. Google, Verizon, ATT and Comcast are about to turn the Internet into cable TV --- where their favored websites and content will move fast, and everyone else will be left without a voice. These companies will kill the Web as an engine for free speech and equal opportunity. It is time for us all to stand up or get rolled." |
Study of coal ash sites finds extensive water contamination A
study released on Thursday finds that 39 sites in 21 states where
coal-fired power plants dump their coal ash are contaminating water
with toxic metals such as arsenic and other pollutants, and that the
problem is more extensive than previously estimated.
» read more Oil company, law enforcement block media access to public sites hit by Michigan oil spill. Economy Banks Flooding Consumers With 'Professional Cards' That Aren't Covered Under Reform As Student Credit Card Debt Rises, Banks Quietly Reward Schools Universities are earning millions of dollars quietly selling names and addresses of students and graduates to credit card companies while allowing them special access. Schools earn royalty payments that multiply as students use cards and accumulate debt. By Ben Protess ‘Lost Generation’ Feared With Record Youth Unemployment: ILOYouth unemployment hit a record 81 million youngsters worldwide last year with the economic crisis, potentially breeding a “lost generation,” the International Labour Organisation said on Thursday.
What gas really
costs: $15 a gallon
US warfare 'boosted
Q2 GDP'
Government Report: 4 Cos. Control Wireless Market US job losses twice the forecast American firms shed 131,000 jobs in July, Wall Street Journal: Taxes, unemployed people to blame for unemployment According to the Journal, everyone could have a job if the unemployed weren't so lazy and Uncle Sam so greedy 40 billionaires donate half wealth Gates, Bloomberg, and others pledge to give half of their fortune to charity Politics What It Means To Be American This is very old, but I see a lot of this going on witht fox news, glenn beck and rush limbaugh.the similarity is uncanny. Though 15 minutes long, I will keep it in my journal for one of the best I have seen in a while. Man Who Managed The Most Anti-Gay Presidential Campaign In Modern History Comes Out.. Video Flashback: Bill Maher 'Outed' Mehlman On CNN In 2006.. Gay Rights Activist: Mehlman Must Account For His 'Horrid Homophobia In Covering Ken Mehlman Story, MSNBC Anchor Admits He Is Gay ...Fox News Ignores Ken Mehlman’s Coming Out, Runs Zero Segments On Story Mehlman ran Bush anti-gay reelection campaign Gingrich, Bolton, Breitbart Team Up With Far-Right Muslim-Basher Geert Wilders For 9/11 Rally In the past, Wilders’ extremism has been condemned by conservatives such as Bill Kristol, Charles Krauthammer, and even Glenn Beck, who called Wilders “fascist.” It’s a clear sign of how far the Republicans have shifted to the right and embraced Islamophobia as a political tool that movement figures like Gingrich, Bolton, and Breitbart now have no problem sharing a stage with Wilders. 'Non-existent' terror tapes 'under CIA desk' The CIA has tapes of 9/11 plotter Ramzi Binalshibh being interrogated in a secret overseas prison. Discovered under a desk, the recordings could provide an unparalleled look at how foreign governments aided the U.S. in holding and questioning suspected terrorists. The two videotapes and one audiotape are believed to be the only remaining recordings made within the clandestine prison system. Gitmo Judge Admits Confession Extracted By Rape Threat In May hearings, a man identified as Interrogator 1 said in testimony that he threatened Mr. Khadr with being gang-raped to death if he did not co-operate. That interrogator was later identified as former U.S. Army Sergeant Joshua Claus. He has also been convicted of abusing a different detainee and has left the military Secretly In Guantanamo: CIA Whisked Detainees Out Before Supreme Court Could Give Access To Lawyers Covert Operations:The billionaire brothers who are waging a war against Obama. The Kochs are longtime libertarians who believe in drastically lower personal and corporate taxes, minimal social services for the needy, and much less oversight of industry—especially environmental regulation Anti-Islamic Center Protesters Harass African-American Man Obama Stem Cell Regulations Blocked By Court Obama steps up deportations of illegal immigrants Congress may sneak through Internet ‘kill switch’ in defense bill A federal cybersecurity bill that critics say creates a presidential "kill switch" for the Internet could be added on to a defense spending bill and passed without much debate, technology news sources report. VACATION, ALL THEY EVER WANTED ….Republicans Demand Two-Month, Taxpayer-Funded Recess After Election No. 2 Republican Wants 'Birthright Citizenship' Removed From U.S. Constitution Governments Go to Extremes as the Downturn Wears On Many transit systems have cut service to make ends meet, but Clayton County, Ga., a suburb of Atlanta, decided to cut all the way, and shut down its entire public bus system. Its last buses ran on March 31, stranding 8,400 daily riders. Declassified Senate investigation files show Israeli manipulation of US media Documents are now available for download from Document Hold Filed Against U.S. Chamber of Commerce & American Crossroads for Alleged Money Launder Significant chance of recession next 2 years: SF F CBO: Stimulus Added Millions Of Jobs In Second Quarter Raw Story uncovers 'pro-gay marriage' Mary Cheney funding anti-gay marriage Senate hopeful -- again Producer Of New Commercial Smearing Muslims For Political Gain Also Produced The Willie Horton Ad Blackwater Fined $42 Million, Can Still Obtain Government Contracts Science Bisphenol A' in 90% of everyone Chemical used in plastics, paper receipts shown to degrade male chromosome. Climate change sparks ‘quickest evolution ever’ |
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Man Shot To Death Outside New Haven Night Club Linda McMahon disrespects dead wrestler The Senate candidate says she can't remember if she knew the deceased, but the wrestler's father remembes. Fun fact: World Wrestling Entertainment considers its wrestlers "independent contractors," not actual employees, and so the very profitable corporation does not actually provide its wrestlers with health insurance. Former WWE CEO Linda McMahon, currently running for Senate, seems to have lied about one dead wrestler in particular, according to a Connecticut paper's damning story. Furthermore, before his death, Cade gave interviews in which he alleged what basically everyone already assumes about the WWE management: that it encourages developing wrestlers to use steroids if they want to get ahead. School mulls tracking students with GPS New Canaan school district may put RFID tags into student cards |
Textbook Rental Taking Off At Connecticut
College Bookstores This Fall
Apple, Amazon eBook Pricing Deals May Violate Antitrust Laws.. CT Attorney General Launches Investigation Conn. governor vetoes bill to fix campaign law (document) Conservative Blogger Found Guilty Of Posting Death Threats To Judges West Haven boots 'tent city' plagued by drug use, violence
McChrystal lands teaching job at
Yale Conn. OKs $260M for high-speed rail line (video) McMahon claims raising taxes on the rich is ‘a big dig for small business.’ |
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Cleveland gets big brother trash cans High-tech bins tattle on wasteful citizens, impose fines for not recycling. Greed Five Years Later, Bush Efforts To Block Medicaid Relief Have A Lasting Impact On The Gulf Coas Guestworker Group Exposes Forced Labor in Tennessee Goldman Sachs Chief Blankfein Reaps $6.1 Million From Options Security Issues Mattis Takes Over as CENTCOM Chief General James Mattis officially took the helm Wednesday of the US Central Command, or CENTCOM, which has overall control of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, replacing General David Petraeu Task force: Military suicide prevention efforts inadequate AZ 'politician turned sheriff' calls US government 'our enemy' Toyota Documents Allegedly Reveal Company Able to Recreate Sudden Acceleration (without driver error Pentagon questions drug study on troops The Department of Defense is investigating whether 80 wounded American service members in Iraq were improperly used as subjects in a test of a possible treatment for brain injuries, according to the Pentagon’s Office of Inspector General. New Documentary Slams Government For Failures, Cover-Ups Surrounding Katrina Road caves and tempers rise on I-93 The surface of Interstate 93 ruptured in Medford yesterday for the second day in a row, creating a gash large enough to swallow a car and snarling traffic for miles while the state attempted emergency repairs that officials hoped would be complete by this morning’s rush. Dem Congressman: BP Must Stop Low-Balling Flow Estimates Tyson Recalls 172 Tons of Meat Sold to Wal-Mart That May Be Contaminated U.S. Rejected Hen Vaccine Despite Success in Britain Armed group of Christian Conservatives to protect church during burning of Quran
Wars impede hunt for
WMD: Admiral Courts Judge Rejects $6.1 Million in 9/11 Case Legal Fees Two convicted in JFK airport bomb plot Christian Organization Wins Right To Hire, Fire Based On Religion Judge blocks formula for dividing Katrina recovery money Blackwater founder gives statements in fraud suit LAWSUIT SETTLED for child tasing cop. California's Prop 8 Ruled Unconstitutional: Judge Overturns Gay Marriage Ban UBS Insider Blows The Whistle On Swiss Banking
Two convicted of NY hate crime
Blackwater guards indicted for murder Judge orders identities of commenters(bloggers) be revealed ACLU sues for right to represent US citizen on 'kill list' Judge Revokes Approval of Modified Sugar Beets
Gay marriages put on hold Judge: State ban on protests at military funerals unconstitutional Suit Claims Celebrity Haunt Used Facebook, MySpace to Weed Out Minorities The owner of a bowling alley and nightclub popular with Manhattan's trendy crowd allegedly used networking sites Facebook and MySpace to screen out minorities and others he felt weren't desirable for his club, according to a lawsuit Judge in Norfolk denies request in Blackwater case The federal government doesn't have to turn over thousands of pages of documents related to the war in Afghanistan that could potentially help bolster the self-defense claim of two former Blackwater contractors in their murder trial
Troy Davis 'fails to prove innocence'
The Supreme Court is asked to decide cases of people booted from
George W. Bush's public speech venues.
Jailed whistleblower hits out at ‘corrupt’ US justice Former UBS banker Bradley Birkenfeld hit out on Saturday against the "corrupt" US judiciary which sent him to jail even though he was the whistleblower who led to the US tax fraud case against the bank."The Department of Justice's corruption is evident today -- why am I the only one in prison when I had revealed everything?" the US banker asked in a French-language interview with Swiss newspaper Le Temps. Education "At Harlem Success, disability is a dirty word. “I’m not a big believer in special ed,” Fucaloro says. For many children who arrive with individualized education programs, or IEPs, he goes on, the real issues are “maturity and undoing what the parents allow the kids to do in the house—usually mama—and I reverse that right away.” When remediation falls short, according to sources in and around the network, families are counseled out. “Eva told us that the school is not a social-service agency,” says the Harlem Success teacher. “That was an actual quote.”In one case, says a teacher at P.S. 241, a set of twins started kindergarten at the co-located HSA 4 last fall. One of them proved difficult and was placed on a part-time schedule, “so the mom took both of them out and put them in our school. She has since put the calm sister twin back in Harlem Success, but they wouldn’t take the boy back. We have the harder, troubled one; they have the easier one.” Class Officers Segregated By Race-Mississippi school divides posts into black, white seats Segregated By Race Mississippi school divides posts into black, white seats AUGUST 26--Children running for class officer posts at a Mississippi public school are only allowed to compete for certain positions based on their race
Schools 'groom kids for surveillance state'? Drug War Mexican Drug Cartel Allegedly Puts a Price on Arizona Sheriff's Head Despite New Law, Crack-Powder Cocaine Sentencing Disparity Cont Fifty thousand pot plants seized in Wisconsin forest Twelve men charged as of Thursday afternoon, could face life imprisonment and $4 million fin 8 People Shot On Same Boston Block Since Thursday Massachusetts Towns Give Up On Marijuana Enforcement DEA seeks 'Ebonics experts' in Atlanta Department of Justice seeks Ebonics linguist to sort through recorded calls Chicago girl jumping rope shot dead Clinton, Bush And Obama Drug Czars OPPOSE CA's Marijuana Legalization Measure Environment US heat wave just preview of future: study Michigan oil spill caused by 5-foot tear in pipeline Emissions must drop by 2015 If world hopes to avoid catastrophic changes, carbon levels must fall. Judge puts wolves back on endangered species list, hunts halted Thousands Of Dead Fish Wash Ashore AGAIN, This Time On Jersey Shore Ammonia leak update: Worker describes seeing 60-foot plume of white gas Massive ice island breaks off Greenland (100 square miles)
Grand
Canyon 'at grave
risk'
Thermosphere is
shrinking Collapse of ancient Ellesmere ice shelf stuns scientists A huge chunk of ice about the size of Bermuda has cracked off Canada’s largest remaining Arctic ice shelf. The ancient slab of ice, measuring about 50 square kilometres in area and almost 400 metres thick, broke away from the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf on Ellesmere Island’s northern coast last week, the Canadian Ice Service said Aug. 25. Feds seek to toss state's anti-warming lawsui To the dismay of environmental groups, the Obama administration has told the U.S. Supreme Court that a global-warming suit by California and seven other states, seeking to require major power companies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, should be dismissed. |
Net Neutrality Tea Partiers Say Net Neutrality Hurts Freedom The push toward an Internet regulated by corporations rather than government seems to be a new part of the tea party agenda, with fears mounting that the Obama administration's push for net neutrality is, essentially, the next cap-and-trade, government health care takeover or any of the myriad other socialist plots of the past year and a half. FCC abandons net neutrality talks Verizon, Google Clarify Stance On Net Neutrality, Outline Internet Proposal...Critics Slam Plan, Say It Will Create Two-Tiered Internet AT&T: Neutrality is 'oppressive' Telecom company backs Google's opposition to wireless net neutrality Google CEO: The Days Of Online Anonymity Are Numbered Google-Verizon deal alters rules of Internet Under deal, company like YouTube could pay Verizon for faster downloads. Google: No Verizon Deal, We Support 'Open Internet' Media Dr. Laura: Quitting Show After N-Word R No more radio, she says. Waiting for the other shoe to drop.UGLY PAST: Dr. Laura's Many Incendiary Comments Over The Years Frank Rich: Pentagon reality show has 'snuff movie quality' "G4 will go beyond the fiction," the network boasted in its announcement, "to bring you Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan, a new series about the real life soldiers who put their lives on the line every day as members of an Explosive Ordinance [sic] Disposal unit stationed in one of the most hostile environments in the world." The announcement is already generating outrage, especially since the network admits there is a possibility it might show casualties on screen. Pentagon Denies Afghan Embed To Reporter Who Felled McChrystal O'Reilly Used To Sell Investment Scam -- WITHOUT His Knowledge Huckabee: It’s Good For America If Young Undocumented Immigrants Go To College And Become Citizens Every Click You Make...Which sites track your every move? You might be surprised. Comcast Threw Local Boston Reporter Under The Bus To Appease Fox News And Bill O’ReillyIn At the awards ceremony, Nolan “quietly put fliers on tables that ’simply had’ quotes from O’O'Reilly as well as three pages from the sexual harassment lawsuit O’Reilly settled that was brought by his former producer.” Although security did tell Nolan he couldn’t distribute materials, Nolan maintains that he never booed or made a ruckus during the event. Nevertheless, two days later, Nolan’s boss told him to go home. About a week later, he was fired. MSNBC Rejects Anti-Target Ad From Liberal Group Press Censorship: How the Truth Was Hidden About Nagasaki Nagasaki, which lost over 70,000 civilians (and a few military personnel) to a new weapon 65 years ago today, has always been The Forgotten A-Bomb City. Mosque in NYC "Ground Zero Mosque" Foes Bankrolled By Feds A leader of this group—which receives $4.3 million a year from the government—has even proclaimed that the community center could be a front for Islamic terrorism. That's not all: the same agency, the US Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCRIF), has been the subject of an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint for allegedly discriminating against Muslim employees PRESIDENT DEFENDS 'GROUND ZERO' MOSQUE Ground Zero Mosque' Imam Advised FBI On Counterterrorism...Muslims Pray Daily at Pentagon's 9/11 Crash Site Fox co-owner funded NYC mosque imam The second largest shareholder in News Corp. -- the parent company of Fox News -- has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to causes linked to the imam planning to build a Muslim community center and mosque near Ground Zero in Manhattan, says a report from Yahoo!News. Rove Equates Building Of A Mosque Near Ground Zero With A Neo-Nazi Meeting At A Jewish Hotel Wikileaks
Wikileaks worker stopped at border U.S. Military BANNED From Viewing WikiLeaks Pentagon: Wikileaks Has 'Potentially More Explosive' Undisclosed Files
US demands docs from WikiLeaks Charging WikiLeaks - The Justice Department Weighs a Criminal Case This masthead editorial from the Washington Post criticizes the Department of Justice for considering taking legal action against WikiLeaks for that website's role in posting a trove of classified information related to the Afghan War. Regarding rumblings that the DOJ may try to charge WikiLeaks Editor-In-Chief Julian Assange with violating the 1917 Espionage Act, the editorial board states that "that law is intended to punish individuals who spy on the United States on behalf of a foreign power, but it is so broad and so vague that it has been misused in recent years against individuals with no connection to spying." Furthermore, "the government has no business going after third parties that obtain secret information without committing theft." Who is leak suspect Bradley Manning? Suspected in a huge leak of military papers, Pvt. Bradley Manning is alone now in solitary confinement. Friends paint a picture of a person who, from a young age, couldn't help but get involved when he perceived an injustice. FULL STORY Rights Groups Join Criticism of WikiLeaks A group of human-rights organizations is pressing WikiLeaks to do a better job of redacting names from thousands of war documents it is publishingA group of human-rights organizations is pressing WikiLeaks to do a better job of redacting names from thousands of war documents it is publishing Police/Prison
L.A. jail tests
'intolerable
heat' beam on
brawling inmatesOfficials
at a Los Angeles
County jail plan
to test out an
invisible
heat-beam weapon
originally
developed by the
military as a
way to subdue
brawling inmates
by making them
feel
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heat."
Man charged with post-Katrina hate crime A white man accused of shooting and wounding three black men in New Orleans in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath has been charged with a federal hate crime Teen on bike, tasered, ran over by car, and then cop planted gun on him... Man Faces Up To 16 Years In Prison For Videotaping Traffic Stop
Suspect in
serial stabbings
arrested at
Atlanta airport; Cops sued after firing 42 times at carjacked mom, kids 4 Dead, 8 Wounded In Buffalo Restaurant Shooting N.C. lawyers group calls for changes to SBI lab The state's largest coalition of civil and defense attorneys is calling for the creation of an independent forensic laboratory, pointing to a series in The News & Observer highlighting biased and unscientific work at North Carolina's State Bureau of Investigation crime lab. » read more Family On Camping Outing Pulled Over On Freeway, Handcuffed On Ground Girl Allowed To Re-Open Lemonade Stand After Official Closes It For Lack Of License Neighbors want memorial to Taser victims dismantled Each of more than 450 crosses outside New Mount Calvary Baptist Church represents a person who was killed by a shock from a Taser, according to a sign announcing the National Taser Memorial. Some people who live nearby said it looks more like a cemetery. And they want it dismantled. » read more Cuffed inmate hit 25 times by Deputy Family of woman(92 yrs old - Atlanta) killed in botched drug raid to receive $4.9 million Man dies in attack on police station, official says(Texas-Truck full of ammo) Muslim Cab Driver STABBED In New York In Apparent Hate Crime Fox Rejects Ad About Its GOP Donation, Admits News Corp Opposes 'Democratic Candidate Civil Rights Virginia Police Can Check Immigration Status IRS to end release of taxpayer debt information 5-Day Emergency Contraceptive Approved By FDA Feds: No charges in Pa. school laptop-spying case Why Foxman lobbied against imams' Auschwitz trip A group of Muslim leaders visited Auschwitz and denounced anti-Semitism. The ADL explains why it opposed the trip FBI's Controversial DNA Database Expanding Medical pot 'costs some their jobs' Guess Who Bears the Brunt of the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Policy? Gay minorities and women are disproportionately tossed out of the military, it appears. |
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Corn byproduct fructose fuels cancer cell growth Commuters can learn from birds, bees Universe 'likely to grow forever' A galactic magnifying glass shows the Universe will probably expand forever, resulting in a slow death. Spinal-Fluid Test Is Found to Predict Alzheimer’s Lucy’s Kin Carved Up a Meaty Meal, Scientists Say Human ancestors used stone tools and ate meat at least 800,000 years earlier than thought, scientists say. Drug-Resistant Germs in India Spreading to West, Scientists Say Boeing plans 'space taxis' by 2015 Space Shuttle may be replaced by commercial space flights Meditation method changes behavior Study finds Chinese focus technique changes brain after just 11 hours. Income inequality linked with cheating Study finds both partners more likely to cheat when the woman earns more. Fossil may be Earth's oldest animal
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Churchill Ordered UFO Cover-Up, Archives Sho"But what happened is that a scientist whose grandfather was one
of his [Churchill's] bodyguards, said look, Churchill and Eisenhower
got together to cover up this phenomenal UFO sighting, that was
witnessed by an RAF crew on their way back from a bombing raid."The reason apparently was because Churchill believed it would
cause mass panic and it would shatter people's religious views."
Nixon Urged Death Threats To Uruguayan Prisoners Long-secret diplomatic cables show President Richard Nixon wanted the Uruguayan government to threaten to kill leftist prisoners in an attempt to save the life of a kidnapped U.S. agent 40 years ago this week.
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'Bush propagandist' calls for kidnapping of Wikileaks founder Arizona Losing Millions Over Immigration Law Rand Paul faces resistance from coal miners, mine safety expert Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul is coming under attack from union coal miners and a prominent mine safety expert for questioning the federal regulation of mining in a national magazine. » read more Rand Paul Didn't Receive Bachelor's Degree, Failed To Correct Interviewer Who Said He Did Rand Paul "kidnap" victim defends THC Party candidate The woman who was forced by Kentucky's would-be senator to worship the Aqua Buddha says she was not kidnapped Sharron Angle Cites Chile's Dictatorship On Privatizing Social Security
Florida Republican: Put immigrants in "camps"
State GOP candidate wants to "ship them out to the
middle of the country and put up high walls
Alvin Greene indicted on felony obscenity charge Steele Tells Univision: Arizona's Law Doesn't Reflect GOP's View Vitter Wins GOP Senate Nomination Despite Prostitute Scandal Boehner's Economic Plan Would Increase Deficit By $3.7 Trillion, Think Tank Fin (Michigan) Republicans file suit to keep 'Tea Party' group off ballot Palin On The N-Word: It's 'Appalling' For Rahm But 'Powerful' For Dr. Lau Treasury/Federal Reserve/Bailouts/SEC/IRS
SEC Probes BP Potential Insider Trading: Sources
Probes Spotlight Dual Roles in Housing Deals Probes of the collapsed mortgage-bond boom are shedding light on
how Wall Street firms, including Deutsche Bank, sometimes created
securities and sold them to some investors, while advising others to
bet against them. Budget xAmericans Spend 7.6 Billion Hours, $140 Billion A Year Just To File Taxes |
Health Insurance Anthem Blue Cross gets approval to increase rates CBO Warns Republicans That Repealing Health Law Would Increase Deficit By $455 Billion Health Insurers Are Backing Republicans With Campaign Donations By 8:1 Margin For addicted veteran, regulation is enemy US Army Corporal Eric Small came home to Mass. with two lasting souvenirs: a Purple Heart medal and a painkiller addiction. The same government that sent him to the war in Iraq balked at covering the treatment for his drug dependency Defense Spending Pentagon plans to move out top brass More 4-star brass now than at peak of Vietnam; Sec. Gates demanding cuts. US contractor investigated for overcharging(Louis Berger Grp. managing over $1B in recons.contracts) Frank, Paul Plan To Reduce Deficit With Military Spending Cuts Pentagon slashes budget by billions Joint Forces Command and others eliminated to lighten defense budget. Stimulus Anti-Stimulus Crusader Mark Sanford Quietly Accepts Funds He Pledged To Reject Daniels To Accept $434 Million In State Aid That He Requested But Then Opposed In an interview this week, Gov. Mitch Daniels (R-IN) asserted that “only a blind zealot” would say that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the stimulus) “has done any good.” “It hasn’t worked,” he said. “It’s trickle down government is the best way I can describe it.” Daniels’ rhetoric hid the fact that he not only trumpets stimulus investments on his state’s website, but he also signed a letter in February asking that some stimulus provisions be extended.
Lobbying
Corporate campaign fundraising picks
up speed
Lobbyist charged with making illegal
campaign donations A federal
grand jury on Thursday charged a
once-powerful Washington lobbyist
with evading federal limits on
campaign donations by using straw
donors to funnel hundreds of
thousands of dollars to members of
Congress, especially those with
influence over military spending.
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Senate Approves $600 Million Border Bill The Senate agreed
Thursday to add $600 million to the effort to stop the flow of
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Democrats May Cut Food Stamp Funds To Pay For Michelle Obama's
Anti-Obesity Initiativ House Congresswoman Maxine Waters Charged With Ethics Violations US Congressman calls for Wikileaks whistleblower (Manning) to be executed |
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Obama Texas Sues Feds Over Offshore Drilling Ban The Texas attorney general sued the Obama administration Wendesday over its new deep-water offshore drilling moratorium, claiming it is unjustified and federal officials did not contact the state before issuing the ban. Wajahat Ali: Obama is a terrible 'Muslim president' Obama’s aunt was ruled at risk The immigration judge who granted President Obama’s aunt asylum three months ago based his decision on the fact that an anonymous federal official had disclosed information about her immigration status to the media. 19 of the 22 states suing government over ObamaCare accept grant money from health care law. Obama: GOP Trying To Destroy Social Security Obama redefines what he meant when he supported mosque at Ground Zero President Barack Obama sought Saturday to draw a distinction between supporting a Muslim group’s right to build a mosque two blocks from Ground Zero in New York — a right he championed in a speech the night before — and thinking the project is a good idea. » read more
Obama favored heavily by media DOJ Justice Dept. Charges 14 In U.S. For Supporting Somalia Terrorist Group Feds Broaden Big Pharma Bribery Investigation Lawyer Says DOJ Ends Criminal Probe of Tom DeLay Sheriff Arpaio Will Not Turn Over Records To Feds An attorney for Maricopa Sheriff Joe Arpaio said the sheriff does not plan to meet the Department of Justice’s Aug. 17 deadline for turning over records related to a civil rights investigation. Robert Driscoll said the DOJ’s request is too broad. Driscoll said he will meet with DOJ attorneys ne |
Baraknaphobia Billionaire Investor: Obama's Tax Proposals Are Like 'When Hitler Invaded Poland' Number Who Believe..Obama Is Muslim Doubles RNC Committeewoman: Obama Told Muslims He Was A Muslim GITMO/Bahgram/CIA-Blacksites
Juror removed from trial for saying Gitmo should be closed Judges Reject Interrogation Evidence in Gitmo Cases U.S. still holds detainee Pentagon wanted freed in 2004 Photos of accused 9/11 plotter surface The first photographs of alleged Sept. 11 architect Ramzi Binalshibh in captivity showed up Monday on an al-Qaida website, showing the accused terrorist in his cell at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The high-quality color photographs were taken by delegates from the International Red Cross during a visit to Guantanamo last year Judge Orders Mentally Ill Yemeni Free From Guantanamo » Guantanamo Judge Says Sees No Torture of Canadian OMAR KHADR'S TRIAL POSTPONED, LAWYER LEAVES GITMO Carol Rosenberg: Khadr confession ruled admissible by military judge Khadr's lawyer asks Supreme Court to stop Guantanamo trial The Army lawyer defending the last Western captive at Guantanamo turned to the U.S. Supreme Court Monday in a last-ditch bid to stop the upcoming war crimes trial of alleged Canadian terrorist Omar Khadr. Army Lt. Col. Jon Jackson, Khadr's Pentagon-appointed defense lawyer, said in a statement Monday that U.S. plans to put him on trial before a military jury at Guantanamo later this month deny the Canadian due process because the court is designed for foreigners not American citizens. » read more |
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Thousands Crowd Housing Authority For Section 8 WAITING LIST Labor Dept.: Five unemployed workers per opening U.S. Bailout Helped Overseas Banks
Unemployment claims hit 484K Social Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out Of Poverty, Report Finds China Favors Euro Over Dollar as Bernanke Alters Path Home-builders index slumps to 17-month low WTO Backs U.S., Japan Complaint Over EU Import Duties on Electronic Go U.S. Jobs and Budget Crises: Local Impacts and Federal Initiatives A jobless recovery...State and local budget crises...Federal spending and tax policies...New jobs legislation on Capitol Hill. They all affect you. This packet of resources provides current state and local data to help you understand the depth of the problems confronting your state and community, and see the local impact of federal policies How Banks Faked Demand And Made The Financial Crisis Much Worse
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America's fast-fading recovery Economists expected economic growth to
slow in the second half of this year as
government stimulus spending dried up, but
they weren't prepared for it to happen
sooner.
Full Article
Scorning debt, consumers' credit scores soaConsumers have tightened their belts to the point where they could take on a lot more debt if they wanted it. US jobless claims climb to 500,000 Bank Closing Information - August 20, 2010 Three so far.
Nearly 50% leave mortgage-aid
program California jobless rate remains at 12.3% Krugman: America Goes Dark But isn’t keeping taxes for the affluent low also a form of stimulus? Not so you’d notice. When we save a schoolteacher’s job, that unambiguously aids employment; when we give millionaires more money instead, there’s a good chance that most of that money will just sit idle. In the short run, those state and local cutbacks are a major drag on the economy, perpetuating devastatingly high unemployment. But Washington is providing only a trickle of help, and even that grudgingly. We must place priority on reducing the deficit, say Republicans and “centrist” Democrats. And then, virtually in the next breath, they declare that we must preserve tax cuts for the very affluent, at a budget cost of $700 billion over the next decade. |
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Iraqi army chief: We need US military until 2020
Despite new mission, US troops still in the fight in Iraq US combat brigades still in Iraq: report Iraqi Army trains Kurdish forces as part of U.S. integration plan |
U.S. Wants Iraq To
Pay Bill For War
Victims
As troops leave, U.S. to double contractors in Iraq Orwell in charge? Kucinich compares Iraq 'exit' to Bush's 'Mission Accomplished'
US Dodges Obligation
to Help Iraqi Women
Trafficked into
Sexual Slavery The
burgeoning sex
industries in
Syria and Jordan
are thriving
because of the
Iraq War. The US
could speed
resettlement for
Iraqi women who
are
trafficked--but
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Iran
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for video and history> Iran Claims To Have S-300 Surface-To-Air Missiles Iranian Denies Ahmadinejad Assassination Attempt Claim Iran Stoning Case Lawyer Arrested In Turkey Iran to launch first nuclear power plant Iran to expunge "dirty" dollar and euro reserves The country's vice-president says it is in response to the U.N. sanctions over Iran's contested nuclear program Syria Israel working to thwart Russia arms deal with Syria Saudi Arab Saudi judge orders paralysis punishment Convicted man may have his spine broken as punishment for cleaver attack.Saudis reach Blackberry data deal Other Blackwater Founder Moves to Abu Dhabi, Records Yemen U.S. may step up terror fight in Yemen Turkey Turkey makes radical changes in its ‘Secret Constitution’ Obama Warns Turkish PM Over Stance On Israel, Iran: Man shot after breaking into Tel Aviv Turkish embassy Turkey makes radical changes in its ‘Secret Constitution’ Turkey is to remove Iran, Iraq, Greece and Russia from a watch-list of nations it considers a specific threat to its national security, a news report said on Monday. Turkey says ready to help U.N. team, U.N. says Israel uncooperative Israel is not cooperating with the United Nations U.N. Human Rights Council's probe of May's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, and it was unclear if investigators will be able to speak with Israeli soldiers involved, a U.N. official said Tuesday. |
Israel/Palastine
IDF trying something new in West Bank: politeness Hamas leader Zahar: Muslims must build mosque near Ground Zero Hamas leader in Gaza says Muslims have to build everywhere so that their followers can pray, as do Jews and Christians.IDF soldier posts images of blindfold Palestinians on Facebook, from 'best time of my life' Rocket, Likely Aimed at Israel, Kills One in Jordan Israel To Expel Children Of Migrant Workers Deadly Israel, Lebanon Clash At Border -- Most Serious Since War Israeli spiritual leader: ‘May God strike down’ Palestinians U.S. Is Said to Assure Israel a Nuclear Iran Isn’t Imminent “Settlers Beat 10-Year-Old Palestinian Girl”
Feud in
Jerusalem
Over Work at
Cemetery’s
Edge
Muslims said
historic
graves were
destroyed
overnight,
while city
officials
said the
knocked-over
tombstones
at a
construction
site were
fake.
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Taliban suicide squad hits US base in Afghan south
Caught between arms and politics
Aid agencies are increasingly becoming targets as opposing sides
question their motives.
Army probes McChrystal staff Germany gave hit list to secret US unit The German government supplied a secret Pentagon task force with names of Taliban leaders that the US then could target for assassination, documents show. New Al Qaeda Leader Lived In U.S. For 15 Years Tribal leaders ‘turn against the Taleban’ after talks Time Reporter Who Made Case For U.S. Presence In Afghanistan Failed To Disclose Conflict Of Interest Did Petraeus break a promise to Obama? The general told the president he would not try to scrap the Afghan pullout deadline. Now he's doing just that
Taliban stone young couple for adultery in Afghanistan
Taliban commander condemns Karen Woo murder Taliban commander condemns Karen Woo murder Unnamed commander says execution of 10 medical workers including British doctor this month was a 'crime' * J Afghan recruit kills Nato trainers U.S. can no longer ignore Afghanistan's dirty little secret Western forces fighting in southern Afghanistan had a problem. Too often, soldiers on patrol passed an older man walking hand-in-hand with a pretty young boy. Their behavior suggested he was not the boy’s father.Police kill 2 suicide bombers (attempting to enter office of provincial governor) in W. Afghanistan |
In Afghanistan,
TV Host Targets
Women's Shelters A TV host's campaign against women's shelters is resonating in
Afghanistan, showing how the country's new media freedoms have been
used to stir up fundamentalist sentiments. Prison to parliament? Ex-Guantanamo detainee runs for office In a country whose young parliament is filled with warlords, suspected drug barons, one-time mujahedeen fighters and religious zealots, Izatullah Nasrat Yar can still make history. U.S. PR offensive highlights insurgent attacks on Afghan civilians Polish soldiers blow up Afghan house ‘for fun’10 killed in Afghan bomb attacks (Blackwater)Security contractors charged in Afghanistan killings to be arraigned Makeshift Taliban prison found in southern Afghanistan Family, U.S. offer differing versions of deadly Afghan raid AMERICA'S TOP MARINE SLAMS AFGHAN PULLOUT Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Gen. James Conway challenged President Obama's commitment to begin withdrawing soldiers from Afghanistan in July, 2011, saying his deadline gives the Taliban "sustenance" and encourages them to simply outlast the Americans. Insurgents In U.S. Army Uniforms Attack 2 Bases In Afghanistan Anti-PowerPoint Rant Gets Colonel Kicked Out of Afghanistan Consider it a new version of death by PowerPoint. The NATO command in Afghanistan has fired a staff officer who publicly criticized its interminable briefings, its over-reliance on Microsoft’s slide-show program, and what he considered its crushing bureaucracy. |
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Gunmen kill 43 in
Karachi
World Bank to loan Pakistan $900million Floodwaters Threatens Southern Pakistan Surging waters are shifting damage southward, as the water level rises at one of the main flood barriers north of the city of Hyderabad. |
Cholera confirmed in flood waters devastating central
Asian country.
Pakistan Chief Justice Orders Government To Lift Curbs On Television Channels
Pakistan floods 'may help' fighters
President warns that insurgents may gain new recruits from
those affected by the chaos.
Pakistani Nuclear Expert: Pakistan Has 125 Nuclear Weapons;
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Mongolian neo-Nazis
North Korea releases Boston man held since January (Jimmy Carter negotiated release) Anti-Chinese sentiment fuels extreme nationalism 'Unprecedented Carrier-Killing' Chinese Missile Could Shift Pacific Power Balance China takes more aid money for aids and malaria than African countries Russia 'deploys missiles' in breakaway region of Abkhazia US says China's military has seen secret expansion Philippines Police 'Torture' Caught On Tape Radical Indonesian cleric [spiritual head of JI, group behind Bali bombings] arrested in terror plot |
New North Korea Sanctions Target Suspected
Financiers Of Nuclear Weapons Program
China examines milk powder 'premature puberty' reports China's government is investigating reports that a brand of powdered milk caused infant girls to grow breasts.
Japanese Officials Avoid War Shrine on
Anniversary Dramatic 12-Hour Hostage Standoff Ends In Bloodshed In Manila ABC Foreign Correspondent video report on Thailand, 13 April 2010 This April 2010 video report was prepared by the Australian Broadcasting Commission or ABC. It covers Thailand's most taboo topic, the King of Thailand and his successor Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn. The video was met with outrage from the Royal Thai Embassy in Australia, who cited national security concerns Bangkokpost article after it aired on the state-funded TV station. This video is not available on the ABC NEWS website for viewing outside of Australia (i.e in Thailand). |
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Russia Declares Fire Emerge President Dmitri A. Medvedev
on Monday declared a state of emergency in seven regions as the
death toll from forest and peat bog fires reached 40.
Cloned meat on Britain's plates Moscow 'hiding heatstroke cases' after death rate jumps 1/4 of Russian crops lost to droughtGerman's shutdown 9/11 mosque Mosque frequented by suicide hijackers from the 9/11 attacks. Anti-Corruption Cameras Show Empty Fields The Regional Development Ministry on Thursday slammed local officials for the way they set up web cameras to monitor construction of new homes for victims of wildfires, saying they show empty fields, not construction work.
First Governor Ousted Amid Unrest
Kaliningrad Governor Georgy Boos was ousted Monday amid
growing public discontent in his region, becoming the first
from the batch of governors appointed after the Kremlin
scrapped direct elections in 2004 to be unceremoniously
dumped from office.
German government denies influencing bail of suspected
Mossad agent Decision to release Uri Brodsky, extradited from Poland
on charges of forging passport used in the assassination of
a Hamas chief, was 'purely judicial'.
Warship greets Greenpeace near Greenland The Danish government sent a warship to protect two drilling sites off the coast of Greenland from environmental activists, Greenpeace said. Catholic church using time limit to suppress child abuse cases, says lawyer
Celebrated Russian seed bank fights for
its landThe world's first seed bank
survived World War II thanks to 12
Russian scientists who chose to starve
to death rather than eat the grain they
were saving for future generations.
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Russian rapper jailed
for 'hooliganism'Noize
MC, a social rapper who has targeted
bureaucrats, corrupt politicians and police
officers in his songs, was jailed on
hooliganism charges in Volgograd for
verbally abusing police during a live show
to thousands of fans.Rapper Slams Police After His 'Apology'
Rapper Noize MC, who was jailed for 10
days for “disorderly conduct” after
Volgograd's police took offense at his
mocking them in his music, has released
a new song that lambastes the police and
calls Russia a “police state.”
Medvedev sacks officials over fires Russian president critical of government response to fire disaster. Greenpeace, Poland agree on Europe's last primeval forest After three days of protests, environmental group Greenpeace said Friday it had agreed with Poland on ways to protect the country's Bialowieza forest, Europe's last first-growth woodland. Brutal Brawl At Russian Army Base Caught On Tape Moldova seizes radioactive uranium Body Of Suspected British Spy Found Stuffed In Bag In His Apartment UK economy shows fastest growth in over nine years Pick-up in construction and strong spending drives 1.2% growth between April and June CIA joins probe of British spy slaying - The CIA was called in to help investigate the death of a British spy whose body was found decomposing in a sports bag in his bathtub, Putin Warns on Bread Price The government conceded that bread prices have risen across Russia and unleashed the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service on "market participants" who used the drought as an excuse to inflate prices by as much as 20 percent
France begins Roma expulsions
Voluntary deportations begin as Paris
pledges to remove 700 members of
minority group.
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Indian troops killed in Dr Congo UN peacekeepers hacked to death during attack by men armed with machetes and spears. |
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Canadian immigration
officials told to
flag U.S. war
resisters
Canadian judge frees 'al-Qaeda' man
Judge denies
US extradition
request Toxic BPA detected in 91 percent of Canadians: study
Mexican drug
gangs use local
media
US-Colombia
deal struck by court Wyclef Jean Hiding In 'Secret Location' After Death Threats Venezuelan soldier kills two officers 'after dispute' Cuba tries armed men tied to US anti-Castro group US-Vietnam nuke deal will likely allow enrichment UN: Mexico most dangerous in Americas for press Al-Qaeda terror plot in Canada traced to Afghanistan, Pak, Iran Cuba embraces 2 surprising free-market reforms Cuba has issued a pair of surprising free-market decrees, allowing foreign investors to lease government land for up to 99 years — potentially touching off a golf-course building boom — and loosening state controls on commerce to let islanders grow and sell their own fruit and vegetables. Many wounded in Mexico bar blast At least 10 injured in explosion at beach resort of Puerto Vallarta, in Jalisco state. Cut up to a Federal Police in Cd Juarez, by supporting the "Shorty" |
Cuban president: More private enterprise will be allowed Sean Penn 'Very Suspicious' Of Wyclef's Presidential Bid Cuba rejects inclusion on U.S. list of terror sponsors Jailed Venezuelan judge Afiuni hopes elections bring freedom Maria Lourdes Afiuni's campaign headquarters is six paces long and two paces wide. Among the hundreds of candidates in next month's parliamentary elections in Venezuela, Afiuni is one of at least four running from behind bars. The Sept. 26 vote is expected to give Venezuela's opposition a chance to claw back power from the supporters of President Hugo Chavez who have dominated the parliament since 2005. » read more Thousands of Haitians Face Risk of Forcible Evictions from Temporary Camps Haiti council: Wyclef Jean can't run for president Kidnapped Mexican Mayor Found Dead Days After Abduction Ban fuels Venezuela censorship row Newspaper editor accuses government of covering up violent crime with ban on publishing graphic images 'The world's first green oil deal' Ecuador offers to keep oil in ground if compensated by wealthy countries. This Candidate Doesn't Just Run - He Oversaw the Company Managing Elections The man most likely to become Colombia’s next president this Sunday has played a previously undisclosed role as a corporate officer of the company hired to run the nation’s... Fresh violence hits Mexico Two blasts hit Ciudad Victoria, and an investigator into massacre in the city disappears. |