Manute Bol's Philanthropy As Great
An Achievement As Prolific NBA
Career
The Somali government is fielding hundreds or more
child soldiers on the front lines, some as young as
9, according to rights groups and the United
Nations. However, few who didn't keep up with Bol's
activities after his NBA career are aware of his
consistent efforts to improve conditions for those
in his homeland of Sudan. In fact, Bol spent nearly
his entire fortune, and went bankrupt, donating
money to organizations that were working in Darfur.
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David Petraeus Predicts 'More Intense' Afghan War May 2009: Seymour Hersh - McChrystal Was Cheney's Chief Assassin; Report finds U.S. tax money may be funding Afghan insurgents Private security contractors protecting the convoys that supply U.S. military bases in Afghanistan are paying millions of dollars a week in "passage bribes" to the Taliban and other insurgent groups to travel along Afghan roads, a congressional investigation released Monday has found. » read more French General: American Strategy In Afghanistan Not Working Karzai Appoints New Army Chief Who Was Taliban’s Army Chief President Hamid Karzai has appointed Lt.-Gen. Sher Mohammad Karimi, the Taliban’s Army Chief during the 1990s, as the Chief of the Afghan National Army, according to a Dari-language Afghan daily. As few as 50 al Qaeda agents in Afghanistan, Leon Panetta says US backs away from 2011 Afghan withdrawal deadline Taliban Torch Schools In Ghazni Province, Blow Up Music Center In Jalalabad City UN says Afghan security worsening New report reveals marked increase in roadside bombings and suicide attacks. US troops by day, Taliban by night Junaid: People of Kandahar caught between US army and Taliban; will not support US offensive Experts: U.S. has no long-term political strategy for Afghanistan The Obama administration is focused on meeting its July 2011 deadline to begin withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan, but it has no political strategy to help stabilize the country, current and former U.S. officials and other experts are warning. » read more Iraq British firm paid bribes to Iraqis over toxic fuel Exclusive: Officials bribed by Octel to overlook effects of leaded petrol on children's health Iraq Suicide Bombing Strikes Shiites The attack killed at least 28 people despite intensive police efforts to protect the pilgrimage. Iraq Withdrawal In August An 'Exercise In Semantics' Turkish troops 'pursue Kurdish rebels into Iraq' Pakistan
Blasts at Sufi Shrine in Pakistan Kill at Least 35
Militants in Lahore struck Pakistan’s most important Sufi
shrine, killing at least 35 people.
Pakistanis blame US after attack on shrine Many say US presence in Afghanistan to blame for violence in Pakistan. Pakistan Is Said to Pursue a Foothold in Afghanistan Pakistani officials say they can bring the network of Sirajuddin Haqqani, an Al Qaeda ally who runs a major part of the Afghan insurgency, into a power-sharing arrangement. Taliban capture up to 40 Pakistani troops Africa Feds won't charge Blackwater in Sudan sanctions case The security contractor Blackwater Worldwide tried for two years to secure lucrative defense business in Southern Sudan while the country was under U.S. economic sanctions, according to current and former U.S. officials and hundreds of pages of documents reviewed by McClatchy. But the Obama administration has decided against prosecution, which could have resulted in Blackwater being barred from doing business with the U.S. government. » read more
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Middle East Gold at new record high after Saudi reserves double Race of Legislations in Lebanon, Israel to Determine Rights in Oil Fields According to Israeli media, experts have established that any international side cannot stop Israel from exploiting gas fields, even if they extended to Lebanon’s international waters. Iran Guards Sign Multi-Billion Dollar Gas Contracts Jerusalem demolition plan okayed The Jerusalem planning committee has given initial approval to a proposal for demolishing 22 Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem's Silwan neighbourhood to make room for a tourist centre. Israel renews Shalit swap offerNetanyahu offers to release 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for Israeli soldier. Israel Advances East Jerusalem Demolitions, Orders Expulsion of 4 Palestinian Politicians Red Cross: Israel Blockade of Gaza Is Illegal Israel Grows Uneasy Over Migrant Labor Even as foreign workers have become a mainstay of the Israeli economy, their presence has increasingly clashed with the country’s Zionist ideology. Tax-exempt funds aid Jewish settlements Shalit Family Demands Prisoner Swap The family and supporters of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit are demanding President Benjamin Netanyahu to make a prisoner swap with Hamas Europe
Pope Deplores Belgian Sex Raids, Stresses Autonomy EU states 'use outsourced torture' Russian Police Seize 100,000 Anti-Putin Books How 'zero-grazing' is set to bring US-style factory farming to Britain Martin Hickman: Plans to rear thousands of pigs and cows in huge new industrial units condemned by animal welfare charities The Hidden Wealth Of The Catholic Church Poland orders 'Mossad' extradition An Israeli man suspected of involvement in the slaying of a Hamas operative in a Dubai hotel in January will be extradited to Germany on suspicion of forgery, a Polish court has rule Asia India furious over BP-Bhopal 'double standards' Indians have reacted with fury to President Barack Obama's tough stance against BP, accusing the US of double standards over industrial accidents after the failure to convict Americans involved in the Bhopal disaster of 1984 or to obtain what many view as adequate compensation for victims. Extradition sought in Bhopal disaster India’s Cabinet has approved pushing for the former head of Union Carbide to be extradited over the toxic gas leak in 1984 that killed an estimated 15,000 people. UN starts $5M Agent Orange cleanup at Vietnam base Radioactivity Detected After N.Korea Nuclear Fusion Claim
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slow Earth's rotation' The Americas Banks Financing Mexico Drug Gangs Admitted in Wells Fargo Deal Chavez nationalizes US oil firm's sites Fleet of Helmerich and Payne oil rigs becomes property of Venezuela. Canadian E-Vote Firm Buys 2nd U.S. E-Vote Firm in Two Months, Lies About Ties to Chavez |
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Clean Up US finally taps foreign aid for spill Louisiana cleanup crews trampled pelican nests, official says BP Oil Spill: White House Intervenes After Coast Guard Stops Two More Oil-Sucking Barges Some 70,000 turtle eggs to be whisked far from oil 12 nations to help remove Gulf oil Canada, Mexico, France, Japan, Norway and others offer assistan Problem With Cap Causes More Oil to Gush in GulfBP suffered a setback in the gulf when a discharge of liquid and gases forced the company to remove the containment cap. Cap reattached, again collecting Gulf oil Is BP rejecting skimmers to save money on Gulf oil cleanup? Oil containment cap 'wobbling' Some workers get breathing equipmentDispersant levels virtually unchanged Massive storm heads for Gulf coast 'Disturbance' likely to become full-on tropical storm by tonight. No skimmers in sight as oil floods into Mississippi waters The sight of wide ribbons of oil for as far as the eye could see Saturday morning was bad enough. But what really angered U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor as he flew over the Mississippi Sound was the absence of any organized effort to skim the oil from the surface. » read more EPA Says Dispersants Safe for Aquatic Life, But Controversy Remains The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that based on its initial toxicity tests, it is not recommending any changes right now to BP's use of the dispersant Corexit 9500 to break up oil in the Gulf of Mexico. The EPA tested eight dispersants -- including Corexit -- and found that all of them had "roughly the same" impact on aquatic life. BP CEO Hayward still in control of Gulf oil spill response (BP clarifies comments) BP covers oil with sand on Orange Beach as the Coast Guard looks on .WATCH: Is BP Dumping Sand On Beaches To Cover Oil? Whistle blower to testify on oil spill worst fear:BP deliberately sinks oil with Corexit as cover up Testimony before a Senate investigative panel this week is expected to reveal what many have suspected about BP all along; they don’t care about the environment, the animals that are dying, and the lives that are being destroyed by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In a shocking interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper on June 29th, Allegiance Capitol Corporation V.P. Fred McCallister said that BP is deliberately sinking oil with the toxic chemical disbursant Corexit, to hide the size of the oil spill. By sinking the oil before it can be collected, BP won’t have to pay fines on it. McCallister said, “Everybody in Europe, where the standard practice is to raise the oil and collect it, is scratching their heads, and quite honestly laughing at what’s happening in the Gulf.” He added, “Everyone is looking at us and wondering why we’re allowing this to happen.” Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup Halted By Tropical Storm Alex CLAIM: FISHERMEN WHO REFUSE TO CLEAN BP'S MESS MAY SEE RELIEF PAYMENTS CUT Tons of oil waste picked from Florida beaches overnight Corexit Being Sprayed From Coast Guard Planes!.Marine biologist: Coast Guard is actively spraying Corexit Bill Clinton: We may have to blow up BP's well Oil Spill Expert Volunteers Need NOT Apply Yes. But not through BP. We've tried for about four weeks to deal with BP, beginning on May 1st. We've tried to turn over our volunteer list to them and we've tried to turn over the entire website to them, and we were unsuccessful. On May 24th, I finally sent a gentleman in Houston a note and said it's time to tell us what you intend to do. I've still not received a response from that. TODD: How many names have you gathered? ABRAMS: Just under 7,900. Cleanup workers are still getting screwed. And that was before the hookers arrived. Gulf farmers asked to flood fields for migrating birdsGulf farmers asked to flood fields for migrating birds The U.S. says it will pay landowners in the region to create nesting grounds in the hope that birds will avoid oil-contaminated habitats.Plan hatched to move turtle eggs from oil spill Coast Guard seizes shrimp from two boats in closed fishing area Banned Trailers Return for Latest Gulf Disaster...Dem lawmakers want Obama to probe use of contaminated FEMA trailers for spill crews How much oil? Sensors to calculate oil flow rate deployed U.S. Dramatically Increases Oil Spill Estimate Again According to the work of a group of government and independent scientists under the direction of Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, the amount of oil now being unleashed into the Gulf is between 35,000 and 60,000 barrels per Scientists beg to measure oil spill BP, government have thus far blocked efforts toward tangible measurements. 'Mass die-offs' predicted in Gulf Marine life threatened by predators, crowding as it flees for shore. Study: Gulf oil full of methane Potentially suffocating marine life and creating 'dead zones'. Scientists: Up To 2.5 Million Gallons of Oil Spilling into Gulf Daily Yes, per day. That sound is our jaws dropping to the floor. More Dirty Details From My BP Mole Document Shows BP Estimates Spill Up to 100, 000 Bpd Proceedings Obama mentions tribes as part of oil spill restoration; chief testifies on mess Outreach to tribes suffering the aftereffects of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill is becoming part of the Obama administration’s spoken narrative. BP’s plan: Raise $50 billion, sue business partners Salazar seeks to reimpose drilling moratorium Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says he will issue a new order imposing a moratorium on deepwater drilling after a federal judge struck down the existing one. Judge Holds Stock In Drilling Companies JUDGE: DEAL REACHED IN 'BP KILLING TURTLES' SUIT... BP Supervisor Was Fired For Expressing Safety Concerns BP Won't Let Congress Talk To Key Employees BP rivals struggle to explain why plans look so similar Top executives from four of the five largest oil companies operating in the U.S. tried Tuesday to show that their own engineering and management practices include safeguards that would prevent them from making the same mistakes that led to BP's runaway deepwater oil well. » read more Embattled BP asks 7 banks for $1 billion each Louisiana Asks BP For $10 Million In Mental Health Funding... First Request DENIED BP Offers $70 Million in Cash to Gas Station Owners Conservationists Hit BP With $19 Billion Clean Water Act Lawsuit Barbour backtracks on opposition to BP escrow account: ‘I think the President was smart.’ Last week, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) complained about a proposed escrow account that BP will fund in order to pay out claims resulting from its oil spill. Barbour claimed that it would cause BP to lose profits. “[I]t bothers me to talk about causing an escrow to be made,” he said, adding, “which makes it less likely that they’ll make the income that they need to pay us.” But yesterday on NBC’s Meet the Press, when host David Gregory asked Barbour why he opposed the account now that the oil giant has agreed to pay into it, Barbour changed his mind: Gulf business owners say BP is 'nickel and diming' them As hundreds of business owners shuffle through the claims process to recover losses caused by the oil disaster, BP's promise that it will "deny no legitimate claim" is taking on a bitter meaning. The problem: BP's definition of what it is willing to cover. » read more BP sued for burning turtles alive BP plans to get rid of safety watchdog |
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BP used oil industry tax break to write off its rent for Deepwater rig. Coast Guard bans reporters from oil spill site Why don't news outlets call BP's huge oil 'spill' a gush Oil spill fits in a headline or sound bite, but fails to capture what started April 20 in the Gulf and how life is changing as a result. "Catastrophe" has a nice ring for some. "Crime" isn't strong enough for others. » read more Researchers say Obama's slow on oil spill science, too As an unprecedented amount of oil fouls the Gulf of Mexico, research scientists and ocean experts say the Obama administration's efforts to discover the magnitude of the damage are surprisingly uncoordinated. » read more No Reporters Allowed At Federal Clinic Treating Oil Spill Responders BP To Relinquish Control Of Oil Spill Web Site To U.S. BP Funds Front Group Claiming Oil Spill Jobs Are Better Than ‘Normal’ Ones, Storm Will Clean Up Oil BP Claims It Has No Authority Over Its Contractors Blocking Media Access AU 60 Minutes BP Oil Spill Video, 13 June 2010, Removed by BP Demand Part 1 27,000 abandoned and unchecked oil wells in the Gulf BP Launches ‘Aggressive’ Social Media Campaign, But Disables Comments From Users Who Don’t ‘Like’ It Health of Exxon Valdez cleanup workers was never studied You'd think that more than 20 years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill, scientists would know what, if any, long-term health dangers face the thousands of workers needed to clean up the Gulf of Mexico spill. You'd be wrong. » read more BP Texas Refinery Had Huge Toxic Release Just Before Gulf Blowout CNN: Almost All 1989 Exxon Valdez Cleanup Crew Dead!!!!! Wall Street Front Group Celebrates Record Success Electing Radical Pro-Corporate, Pro-BP Candidates Cause Email Reveals Engineer's Frustration Days Before Blast... Congress: BP Cut Corners BP brushes off calls to keep away from ecologically risky areas (back to business as usual) RICO suit: BP manipulated Bush team A newly filed federal lawsuit in Pensacola accuses BP of manipulating government agencies during the Bush administration to relax regulatory oversight of offshore drilling and oil operations in the United States. BP Squandered Chance to Capture More Oil From Well, Helix CEO Kratz Says Regulators Failed to Address Risks in Oil Rig Fail-Safe Device The federal agency charged with regulating offshore drilling repeatedly declined to act on advice on how it could minimize the risk of a failure of the device, an examination found. BP admits not using risk test Tells UK's Telegraph industry test not used at any US deepwater wells. Agency Agreed That Spill Risk to Wildlife Was ‘Low’ The Fish and Wildlife Service went along with a conclusion that deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico posed no significant risk to wildlife. Oil Rig Was Classified As Ship, Safety Inspection Left To Pacific Marshall Islands The Deepwater Horizon oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico was built in South Korea. It was operated by a Swiss company under contract to a British oil firm. Primary responsibility for safety and other inspections rested not with the U.S. government but with the Republic of the Marshall Islands -- a tiny, impoverished nation in the Pacific Ocean. And the Marshall Islands, a maze of tiny atolls, many smaller than the ill-fated oil rig, outsourced many of its responsibilities to private companies. Now, as the government tries to figure out what went wrong in the worst environmental catastrophe in U.S. history, this international patchwork of divided authority and sometimes conflicting priorities is emerging as a crucial underlying factor in the explosion of the rig. BP Employee Claims That BP Is Lying, And That Key Test On Oil Rig Was Never Perform Effects As oil washes ashore, property managers sharply cut condo rents Biologists find oil spill 'dead zones' Methane at 100,000 times normal levels has been creating oxygen-depleted areas devoid of life near BP spill, scientists say OIL SPILL pushes SHARKS and FISH closer to the beach! BP Oil Disaster Costs U.S. State Pensions $1.4 Billion in Value BP's records on ill workers tell only part of the story Although Louisiana state records indicate that at least 74 oil spill workers have complained of becoming sick after exposure to pollutants, BP's own official recordkeeping notes just two such incidents. » read more Hayward flies to Arab Emirates to seek bailout. BP CEO Tony Hayward has flown to Abu Dhabi today, possibly to raise funds and secure new investors from the region as his company’s stocks continue to plummet as a result of their oil disaster: Thom Hartmann - The real oil spill exposed.
"Super-skimmer" arrives in Gulf A massive
1,100-foot-long ship dubbed the "A Whale" arrived in
the Gulf with the capacity to scoop up millions of
gallons of oily water a day, though operations are
not yet underway.
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Food Stamps Applications Soar (Florida panhandle oil disaster) Oil found in Gulf crabs raises new food chain fears University scientists have spotted the first indications oil is entering the Gulf seafood chain — in crab larvae — and one expert warns the effect on fisheries could last "years, probably not a matter of months" and affect many species. Halliburton to make money off oil spill Where is it going? Toxic Deadly Clouds Of Gas Already Blowing Onshore From Oil Leak Miami, Florida Keys Have Up to 80% Chance of Oil Washing Ashore, U.S. Says EPA chief: I wouldn't swim off Panhandle Oil spill cleanup waste might be heading to local landfills 492 miles of US shoreline oiled by disaster EPA Gives BP Waste-Management Directive The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Coast Guard issued a directive that will require BP to give the EPA and state agencies access to storage sites where the material is being held. Under the directive, the EPA will also begin sampling the waste to determine if waste is being properly managed. Cuba braces to contend with BP oil spill | Environment | The Guardian Oil washes onto Texas beaches Gov. Perry, who called spill an 'act of God', now faces sobering reality.
Digging Oil And Tar With My Hand At Fort Pickens Pensacola Beach
Scientists to investigate suspected oil sightings in Bahamian waters Oil washes onto Mississippi coast for first time North America faces years of toxic oil rain from BP oil spill When you pour more than a million gallons of toxic chemical dispersants on top of an oil spill, it doesn’t just disappear. In this case, it moves to the atmosphere, where it will travel hundreds, if not thousands of miles from the site of the BP oil spill, in the form of toxic rain.
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SAT 'Favors One Ethnic Group Over Another,' Research Says Court: 2-Person Labor Board Can't Make Decisions More than 500 decisions by the leading federal agency that referees disputes between labor and management will have to be reopened Judge Sides With Viral Video Site In Landmark Copyright Case A federal judge in New York sided with Google Inc. in a $1 billion copyright lawsuit filed by media company Viacom Inc. over YouTube videos, saying the service promptly removed illegal materials as required under federal law Judges rule Obama can't close Yucca Mountain nuclear dump Three administrative judges within the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ruled last week that Congress designated Yucca Mountain in 1987 to receive highly toxic waste and that only an act of Congress can close it. President Obama and Energy Secretary Steven Chu cannot withdraw the government's application to dump waste there. » read more Creationist School Still Not Allowed To Offer Master's Degrees, Court Says More Companies Knew About Tainted Drywall but Stayed Quiet—and Kept Selling It California NAACP backs recreational marijuana use The California State Conference of the NAACP is due to throw its support behind the initiative to legalize marijuana for adults over 21, allow small residential cultivation and permit cities to tax and regulate pot sales. The organization contends marijuana arrest rates unfairly target African Americans. Army Corps of Engineers Suspends Nationwide Permit for Mountaintop Removal Mining Ocean pollution threatens food chain Real-Life Treme: Five New Orleans Cops Indicted in Post-Katrina Killing Officials allege that cops conspired to murder Henry Glover and then covered it up. Cop Acquitted Despite Being Caught On Tape Beating Handcuffed Vet Study: Media redefined torture after US started practicing it HSBC offshore accounts under investigation by US tax authorities The US government has begun a criminal investigation into whether clients of HSBC are evading tax by putting money in undeclared bank accounts in Singapore and India, Economy
Econ. depression in the works? Scrap dollar as sole reserve currency: U.N. report Bank Stocks RISE On News Of Financial Reform Deal... Compromises Weaken Volcker, Derivatives Rules World's rich got richer amid '09 recession 50,000,000 people are on food stamps. 1 in 5 families can't afford food. Economists: Congress' Election-Year Deficit Fears Risk Plunging Nation Back Into Recession Economic recovery not yet reaching Americans, Middle Class Task Force chief says Decades of high unemployment likely Unjust Spoils Surging inequality, not Wall Street banditry, is the underlying cause of the Great Recession. Unemployment drops in 37 states because people gave searching for work) Science
'Fastest evolution ever observed' in
humans Stem cells used to reverse blindness Chimps, Too, Wage War and Annex Rival Territory
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Politics As Oil Industry Fights a Tax, It Reaps Billions From Subsidies Goldman can't say how much it made from housing crash A congressional commission pressed Goldman Sachs executives Wednesday to spell out how much their company has earned from its exotic bets against the housing market, including $20 billion in wagers that helped force a $162 billion taxpayer bailout of the American International Group. However, Goldman's president and chief risk officer told members of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission that their company never breaks out its figures that way. » read more SEC Paying $755,000 To Settle With Gary Aguirre, Lawyer Fired While Investigating Hedge Fund Last month, Pequot and its founder and chairman, Arthur Samberg, agreed to pay a total of $28 million to settle the SEC's charges of insider trading of Microsoft Corp. shares. The SEC alleged that the hedge fund traded Microsoft shares on confidential information provided by a former employee of the technology giant whom it later hired Regulating derivatives could lower price of food Pollin: Unregulated speculation in food and oil major factor in creating food and energy price bubbles Goldman Admits it Had Bigger Role in AIG Deals Insurer revoked leukemia patient’s coverage because it claimed she underpaid her premium by a penny. Pentagon plans 'nano spies' Aims to build 'hummingbird-sized' unmanned vehicles. Got a pre-existing condition? Now you can pay through the nose! Study: Individual health insurance premiums skyrocketing Defense Department remains a large BP custo CIA Gives Blackwater Firm New $100 Million Contract Green Party signatures cost $532,500; were they legal? A group with ties to Republicans paid $532,500 to gather petition signatures to land the Green Party of Texas on this year’s state ballot. Rove Admits His ‘Shadow RNC’ Attack Group Functions Largely Because Of The Citizens United Decision Given the weak leadership of Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, former Bush White House adviser Karl Rove launched a “shadow RNC” in April called American Crossroads, vowing to spend $50 million to influence this Fall’s election. After an embarrassing first month of fundraising, Crossroads raised $8.5 million in June, “from an even split of individuals and corporations.”On Fox News today, Rove directly credited his group’s success to the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, which overturned the decades-old ban on corporate money in politics: 'Operation Stolen Dreams:' DOJ Arrests Nearly 500 In Mortgage Fraud Crackdown 25 Saudi Guantanamo prisoners return to militancy He pinpointed strong personal ties among former prisoners but also tough U.S. tactics as the reason why some 20 percent of the returned Saudis relapsed into militancy compared to 9.5 percent of other non- GITMO held participants in the rehabilitation program. Five Times As Many Homeowners Bounced From Obama Assistance Program As Helped Barney Frank fighting Al Franken's brilliant financial reform amendment Lawmakers move to curb risky trading by commercial banks Rushing to deliver the broad strokes of an overhaul of the financial regulatory system before leaders of the world's major economies meet in Toronto over the weekend, lawmakers readied late Thursday to partially reinstate a ban on risky betting by commercial banks. » read more Banks May Have Until 2022 To Spin Off Hedge Funds Under Reform Bill Senators propose granting president power to shut down Internet in times of... A new U.S. Senate bill would grant the president far-reaching emergency powers to seize control of or even shut down portions of the Internet. Kerry: Not the 'right time' to repeal big oil tax break Senators Describe Jobless As Lazy Or Drug-Addicted Sen. Hatch wants unemployed to face mandatory drug tests ACORN did nothing wrong. So says the Congressional Watchdog Office (GAO) |
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Long Island may get Indian tribe casino Feds in New Haven charge 15 in mortgage fraud scheme Federal authorities today announced that 15 defendants, including attorneys, mortgage brokers and real estate agents, have been charged in three mortgage fraud schemes, some of them involving New Haven properties. Conn. adds jobs for 5th straight month McMahon, Blumenthal use sunshine law to shadow each other You might call it Spy vs. Spy: On the Campaign Trail. 2 Conn. cops face trial on civil rights charges Two Eastern Connecticut State University police officers are going on trial for alleged civil rights violations after a man claimed they repeatedly used pepper spray on him while he was in a detention cell. Feelings mixed on chief doing extra duty Candelora running unopposed in 86th Distric For the second time, state Rep. Vincent Candelora is running unopposed to serve another term representing the 86th District. North Branford Deputy Police Chief Michael Doody, who takes extra assignments about once a month at the Northford Ice Pavilion or if needed at a graduation, Autism center slated in North Branford Hearings set for big underwater power cable The U.S. Department of Energy has scheduled public meetings on a proposed $3.8 billion power line running 420 miles from Quebec to Connecticut under Lake Champlain, the Hudson River and Long Island Sound. CT Drug War Woman Injured In Drive-By Shooting In Derby Budget and Taxes |
Steroid stain lingers over Linda McMahon’s
WWE; Conn. U.S. Senate candidate may take
hit over drug controversy
Waterbury priest accused of stealing $1 million from church Conn. legislators override 6 Rell vetoes Connecticut lawmakers on Monday overrode six of Gov. M. Jodi Rell's vetoes, including a bill to allow three restaurants to have off-track betting programs be televised in their businesses Goldman Sachs' Bayou Fine: Firm Told To Pay $20.6 Million In Hedge Fund Ponzi Scheme Stamford, Conn.-based Bayou collapsed in 2005, after the firm's then-CEO Samuel Israel III and Chief Financial Officer Daniel Marino admitted they lied about the company's profits and set up a fake accounting firm to falsify audits. Cape Wind sued for violating Endangered Species Act A renewable energy advocacy group from California and conservation groups from as far away as Texas have partnered with the Alliance to Save Nantucket Sound in a district court lawsuit against the federal agencies that approved the industrial Cape Wind energy factory in Nantucket Sound, an area sacred to the Wampanoag people. New England obesity rates low, but rising Conn. gov. candidates present views on finances No leads so far in shooting of New Haven boy, 11 Dodd criticizes state on health plan delay The state is rethinking running its own health insurance plan for high-risk individuals given the projected monthly premiums, but U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., is worried Connecticut may now lose out completely and he questioned the state’s intentions Police: Connecticut priest stole $1M for male escorts Lieberman: Making soldiers protect civilians may ‘hurt morale’ |
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Education Study shows teens benefit from later school day Police arrest civil rights leaders who took over school board meeting African-American Test Scores Suffer Because of Violence Black children are the real victims of violent crime in more ways than one. When Did Teachers Unions Become the Enemy for Orthodox Liberals? Davis Guggenheim's "Waiting for Superman" makes it look like the only obstacle to public school excellence is the ability to fire teachers with impunity. Is school reform really that simple? Forget Grade Levels, KC Schools Try Something New Forget about students spending one year in each grade, with the entire class learning the same skills at the same time. Districts from Alaska to Maine are taking a different route. Teachers’ Union Shuns Obama Aides at Convention Police/Prison Feds force colleges to police student file-sharing Marines Arrested, Accused Of Beating Gay Man Over Alleged Wink SHOCKING Footage Shows Cop Beating Cuffed Iraq War Veteran NY law would be 1st to take DNA from all criminals Witnesses admit lies in Troy Davis death row hearing Fox Business’ solution to financial crisis: Tax the poor more Police Tasered an 86-year-old disabled grandma in her bed and stepped on her oxygen hose Chicago responds to Supreme Court with US’s ‘strictest’ gun law Civil Rights Group Hit In 'Hebrew Race' Discrimination Case A civil rights trial against a homeowner's association accused of discriminating against Jewish members has ended in a settlement that is believed to be the largest in Plymouth County history. A jury found Tuesday that Hemlock Associates of Lakeville, Inc. violated the civil rights of Donald and Julie Prescott and Scott J. Hyman after a 10-day trial in Plymouth Superior Court. Arizona veterans group bans celebration of Cinco de Mayo. the ban “horrified” 86-year-old former Army corporal Harry Robert Warren, who cast the only dissenting vote against the resolution. Black Landowners Fight to Reclaim Georgia Home Rage frontman's Arizona boycott swells to nearly 300 artists So far, artists to sign on for the boycott include major acts like Cypress Hill, Kanye West, Chris Rock, Connor Oberst, Rage Against the Machine, Serj Tankian, Nine Inch Nails, Rise Against, Maroon 5, Massive Attack, Sonic Youth, Anti-Flag, Ozomatli, Tenacious D and many others. No "under god" in Porkys Pledge of Allegiance Gay High School Student Kept Out Of Yearbook By Homophobic Principal Walmart worker forced to wear yellow vest after admitting he’s gay Ultrasounds before abortions in Louisiana Musical strike: Kanye West, others boycott Arizona Courts Can your cellphone put you in prison? Court to decide if cops need warrant to track you by cellphone.
SUPREME COURT
GUTS STATE GUN
LAWS; Supreme Court sides with school over Christian group ban A divided Supreme Court on Monday upheld a California law school's refusal to recognize a Christian student group that effectively banned gays. The closely watched case pitted First Amendment rights against anti-discrimination policies. » read more JUDGE REFUSES TO JAIL ACTIVIST WHO PUT UP BANNER IN SENATE BUILDING, OVER OBJECTION OF US ATTORNEY The Lerach Dilemma Plaintiff's attorney William Lerach went to jail for a kickback scheme -- a crime that, at its heart, is no different than the white-collar crime he speaks out against CA ATTORNEY GENERAL JERRY BROWN SUES PADRE DAM TO PROTECT SACRED NATIVE AMERICAN SITE The lawsuit, filed in the Superior Court of California, San Diego central division, concludes that construction of the Padre Dam project, as approved by the District, would violate state law by causing severe or irreparable damage to a Native American sanctified cemetery or ceremonial site.
For Whom the
Bell Tolls: New
York Cop Sues
Sean Bell's
Estate NYC
police
officer
involved in
Bell's fatal
shooting
sues dead
man's
estate.Fresh from the "are you kidding us?" file, a New York police officer
involved in the fatal shooting of groom-to-be Sean Bell is suing the
dead man's estate. Officer Michael Carey's lawsuit claims that Bell
assaulted and injured him with his vehicle while driving drunk when
he was leaving his bachelor party at a strip club in Queens, N.Y.,
on the night of Nov. 25, 2006. This is before the police
opened fire on the unarmed Bell and his friends, killing Bell.
Carey's lawsuit is a counterclaim filed in response to a wrongful
death suit filed by Bell's fiancee Nicole Paultre Bell. That suit is
against Carey and four other cops involved in Bell's death. Clearly,
humility is in short supply these days. There are no words.
Court Blocks Deportation over Minor Drug Offenses US: Blackwater manslaughter case should have gone forward There was more than enough untainted evidence to justify a trial for five Blackwater Worldwide guards involved in a deadly 2007 shooting in Baghdad, the Justice Department told a federal appeals court. Times Square bomb suspect pleads guilty Hours After National Review Slams DoJ’s Inability To Secure Guilty Plea Supreme Court Affirms Ban on Aiding Groups Tied to Terror The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a First Amendment challenge to a federal law that bars giving “material support” to terrorist organizations. In a six to three vote, the highest US court sided with the government and found that an NGO could face prosecution for providing non-terror-related support, including rights training, to US-designated terror groups. Ex-Spy: There May Be 50 Undercover Russian Couples In US Protester who hung banner in Senate office building faces three years in jail |
Greed Owner of 40ft sign saying 'Democrats are parasites' took $1 million in govt. farm subsidies. The Nation's Worst Church Lady Every now and then, a regular American who has fought the good fight to keep our nation's moral fiber in tact, emerges into the spotlight. Meet Yvonne Moore - a Washington, DC woman who sued her church because they began to perform gay marriages. She asked the church for $250,000 in donations she'd made over the past 37 years. That's a lot of loose change in that basket. Walmart spends millions of dollars and thousands of man-hours fighting $7,000 fine for worker death. Media Rush Limbaugh: Obama Created Recession As 'Payback' For Racism CNN Caves To Right Wing Neocons By Firing Its Mideast Reporter Octavia Nasr I used the words “respect” and “sad” because to me as a Middle Eastern woman, Fadlallah took a contrarian and pioneering stand among Shia clerics on woman’s rights. He called for the abolition of the tribal system of “honor killing.” He called the practice primitive and non-productive. He warned Muslim men that abuse of women was against Islam. Sayyed Fadlallah. Revered across borders yet designated a terrorist. Not the kind of life to be commenting about in a brief tweet. It’s something I deeply regre
Ruling widens the meaning of ‘media’ - Political film group
gains a protection The commission voted June 10 to
designate the filmmaker Citizens United a “press entity,’’
equating its often highly partisan work — includ ing films
attacking Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and President Obama —
with the work of nightly newscasts.
The result, analysts say, is that the group is not required to
disclose its role in sponsoring political projects or
activities, or reveal the source of its funding. Thus, it
becomes impossible to discern its influence in the political
process.
NYT reporter calls Zionist terrorism 'romantic' Congressman Attacks Student Attempting To Interview Him If Army Ads Had Health Warnings Sat, 19 Jun 2010 02:25:37 wikileaks: US Army, US Army CID, State Dep have together been visiting Manning's irregular US email contacts. Wikileaks Retains Legal Defense for Detained Servicemember
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EPA: Clean-air rule would overturn Bush-era plan The Obama administration is proposing new rules to tighten restrictions on pollution from coal-burning power plants in the eastern half of the country, Wyoming may sell Grand Teton land State trying to force feds to allow $125-million sale of national park land. It's not just BP's oil in the Gulf that threatens world's oceans A sobering new report warns that the oceans face a "fundamental and irreversible ecological transformation" not seen in millions of years as greenhouse gases and climate change already have affected temperature, acidity, sea and oxygen levels, the food chain and possibly major currents that could alter global weather. The report, in Science magazine, brings together dozens of studies that collectively paint a dismal picture of deteriorating ocean health. » read more Get it Fresh: Buying a share of a local farm provides the best vegetables
What If the
White Militias
Were Black?
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columnist
Courtland
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standard
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Michigan Agrees To Stop Unlawful Voter-Purge Programs Yucca Mountain waste dump process continues Weedkiller takes a toll on nation's oldest grape vine For centuries, a massive grapevine has grown on the northern end of Roanoke Island in North Carolina, surviving nor'easters, bugs and mildew for maybe 400 years. Then a utility contractor sprayed it with weedkiller. » read more Documents: Tanks leaked fuel near Camp Lejeune well Federal scientists studying the history of water contamination at Camp Lejeune, N.C., have learned of another source of leaking fuel — this one less than a football field away from a drinking well that once served thousands of Marines and their families. » read more Paul On Mountaintop Removal: ‘I Don’t Think Anyone’s Going To Be Missing A Hill Or Two Here & There Tennessee Valley Authority Fined $11.5 Million For 'Unprecedented' Coal Ash Spill Planes 'can cause rain, snow' Researchers: Planes can cause precipitation by flying through clouds. 100 top toxic air polluters in USA Michael Ash: The EPA needs more regulation, not just "inform the public" Drug War 40 People Shot Over The Weekend In Chicago Drug cartels threaten US law enforcement AZ police chief claims drug gang threatened cops after major pot seizure. Indian reservations on both U.S. borders become drug pipelines Security Issues Military suicides remain high, especially among reservists Six-year-old on anti-terror 'no-fly' list Alyssa Thomas of Ohio 'likely to stay' on Homeland Security's watch list. FDA Says Antibiotics In Meat A 'Serious Public Health Threat' US, Poland Sign Modified Missile Shield Deal Toyota accused of 'pattern of' coverups Toyota fixed steering rods for over a decade before recall Explosives Found in Vehicle at Georgia Army Base "OBAMA CLOSES 3,500 ACRES OF ARIZONA TO U.S. CITIZENS. NORTH OF THE BORDER!" McChrystal probe of SOF killings excluded key eyewitnesses: report |
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America's Deadliest Sweetener Betrays Millions, Then Hoodwinks You
With Name Change Aspartame is the most controversial food
additive in history, and its approval for use in food was the most
contested in FDA history. In the end, the artificial sweetener was
approved, not on scientific grounds, but rather because of
strong political and financial pressure. After all, aspartame
was previously listed by the Pentagon as a biochemical warfare
agent!
History Why is "Poodle Blanket" Classified? "Keeping information on 'Poodle Blanket' a secret today shows how obsolete the Pentagon's security guidance is," commented William Burr, the Archive's analyst who asked for the documents in 1992 -- making the request one of the oldest still pending in the U.S. government. Lessons from failed Cold War spy mission in China Detail by painful detail, the CIA is coming to grips with one of the most devastating episodes in its history, a botched cloak-and-dagger flight into China that stole two decades of freedom from a pair of fresh-faced American operatives and cost the lives of their two pilots. |
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FOR U.S. SENATE New Jersey battles over tax on millionaires New Jersey politicians are due to battle on Monday over whether to slap a tax on millionaires or cut services for low-income senior citizens After Stressing His ‘Respect’ For Gay People, Huckabee Jokes That He’s Repulsed By Them Rand Paul To Unemployed: Take A Pay Cut, Stop Asking For Handouts, And Get Back To Work After Saying ‘I Would Fight All Of The Stimulus Money,’ Rick Scott Profits Off The Stimulus Schwarzenegger bans welfare cards at casinos Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has issued an executive order barring California welfare recipients from using state-issued debit cards at casino ATMs. Tea Partiers assail Rand Paul for taking D.C. money Last year, with Kentucky's Republican primary election still months away, Paul pledged not to accept contributions from any senator who voted for a federal bailout of the banking industry. Then he won the primary, and on June 24 Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell hosted a $1,000 a plate fundraiser in D.C. Paul's supporters are livid. » read more MN GOP Gov. Candidate’s Idea For Economic Growth: Cut The Minimum Wage Of Bartenders And Waiters Permanent middle class tax cuts too costly King Touts Project Funded By The Stimulus Package That He Opposed “Today we celebrate a major milestone in the effort to complete a four-lane U.S. Highway 20 from Sioux City all the way to Dubuque and on to Chicago,” said King. “I supported this project before I was elected to the Iowa Senate and made it my number one transportation priority as a Member of Congress. In working with our state’s senators and House delegation, the Four-Lane Highway 20 Association, and local communities, I have networked the effort to secure millions in federal funds to help bring this project to western Iowa. I will continue to do all I can to keep it moving until the day we cut the ribbon on the final mile of four-lane Highway 20.” |
Health Insurance Rand Paul Says He Opposes Medicare And Medicaid Cuts Because It Would Penalize The Poor And Elderly VA quietly giving benefits to Marines exposed to toxic water Calculation mistakes lead Aetna to withdraw rate-hike plans 8-year-old burn victim denied medical procedure by FDA Did VA hospital infect 1,800 with HIV? 1,812 vets notified they're at risk of Hep B, Hep C, HIV from dental work. Stimulus After Balancing His Budget With The Stimulus, Perry Again Says He’ll Reject Federal Funding U.S. Labor Secretary announces $40 Million in retraining grants for Michigan Treasury/Federal
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Dem-Sponsored Loophole In Financial Reform Bill Could Hurt Seniors GAO Study Finds Improper Burrowing During Bush Years Congress votes to spare doctors from Medicare cuts Light cigarettes now officially banned Democrats May Cut $19 Billion Bank Fee From Bill House Dem Congressman Contrasts 'Minorities' with 'Good American People |
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Baraknaphobia Republican Congressman Accuses Obama Of Racism: President 'Favors The Black Person GITMO/Bahgram/CIA-Blacksites Pentagon backs off ban on four Guantanamo reporters Guantanamo plea deal could send bin Laden's cook home Ibrahim al Qosi has been a prisoner at Guantanamo since 2002. Now negotiations are under way that would allow him to plead guilty and be sent home to Sudan rather than face a possible life sentence for allegedly serving on a Taliban mortar crew. » read more Spy vs. Lawyer: How Human Rights Advocates Ended Up Snooping On The CIA Gitmo detainees asks court for psychiatrist Government loses appeal in Guantanamo habeas case An appeals court put government prosecutors on notice that they must show evidence that an Algerian detainee held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for more than eight years is actually "part of" al Qaida, or set him free. » read more UK PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES TORTURE INQUIRY Guantanamo detainee pleads guilty at military commissionIbrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi, 50, of Sudan, pleaded guilty today to charge of conspiracy and providing material support for terrorism. He's the first Guantanamo detainee to be convicted of war crimes during the Obama administration and the fourth since the camp was opened in 2002. » read mo DOJ 10 Alleged Russian Secret Agents Arrested For Spying On U.S... Russia furious after US arrests 'spies'..Accused Spies Blended In, but Seemed Short on Secrets The suspected Russian spy ring rolled up by the F.B.I. this week had everything it needed for world-class espionage, except actual secrets to send to Moscow.Russian Spy Suspect Skips Bail, Vanishes..In Spy Case, 2 More Are Said to Have Made Admissions..Suspect 'admits being Russian spy' Members of alleged spy ring operating in US appear in court for detention hearings. FBI Pursued Russian Spies For Nearly A DecadeObama administration sues Arizona over immigration law |
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Brandeis Fought Oligarchs Who Ruled Wall Street....The Supreme Court Justice Who Cared About 'Other People's Money' |
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straight quarter The US current account
deficit widened in the first quarter for the
third time in a row as imports outpaced
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US warships massing near Iranian waters
Iranian passenger jets 'refused fuel'Iran says that Britain, Germany and the United Arab Emirates are refusing to provide fuel to Iranian passenger planes. Casey Reportedly Admitted Knowing of Diversion William J. Casey, the former Director of Central Intelligence, acknowledged in an interview shortly before his death that he had advance knowledge of the diversion of Iranian arms sales profits to the Nicaraguan rebels, according to a published account. According to The Post, Mr. Woodward also asserts that Mr. Casey personally arranged for the Saudi Arabian intelligence service to undertake an assassination attempt against the leader of the Party of God, a Lebanese group with links to Iran. The book says the attempt went awry, however, killing 80 innocent people when a car bomb exploded in a Beirut suburb in March 1985. The Party of God leader survived. With Saudi money, Mr. Casey also worked to undermine the Italian Communist Party, The Post said. Iran Arms Syria With Radar System Iran has shipped a radar system to Syria that may undercut Israel's ability to launch a surprise attack on Iran's nuclear facilities. Iran rejects claim that planes were denied fuel Iran Cancels Plan To Break Gaza Blockade Iran will not be sending a blockade-busting ship to Gaza in defiance of Israeli warnings, an Iranian lawmaker said Saturday, citing Israeli "restrictions." Mahmoud Ahmadi Bighash told the semiofficial ISNA news agency that instead of sending a ship, an Iranian delegation of lawmakers would travel to Lebanon and sail on one of the aid ships expected to head to Gaza from there. Iran sanctions may hit Japanese firms
Iranian Morals Police Move into the Barber Shop Short 1950s-style quiffs
and a touch of gel on top are being touted as part of an effort
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culture.
Syria Syrian prisoners 'disappeared'
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Israel Bring
Smell of
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Persian Gulf
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Israeli
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Mediterranean
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sanctions
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establish
full control
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sanctioned
goods to
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Israeli Military Announces Indictments in Gaza War The announcement of disciplinary and legal action in the Gaza offensive comes as Israel’s prime minister is visiting President Obama in Washington. Israeli sniper faces Gaza manslaughter charges Israel creates new Gaza 'blacklist' Consumer goods allowed into enclave but tight limits remain on construction materials. Israel backs off, will permit construction materials in Gaza Leaked Luntz Poll: Majority of Americans don’t support Israeli flotilla raid 100,000 Israelis march against ethnic integration of schools Thousands of police were put on high alert on Thursday for the ultra-Orthodox protests over a supreme court ruling to jail a group of parents of European origin, or Ashkenazis, for refusing to send their daughters to a school with Jewish girls whose families originate from Arab countries, known as Sephardis.West Bank poverty 'worse than Gaza' Israel Ends Gaza Blockade, Will Allow In All Goods Except Weapon Egypt
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Why Afghanistan's Mineral Deposits Won't Help Afghan Police Detain A Dozen Pakistani Soldiers In Kunar Province Afghan border police have detained a dozen Pakistani soldiers in the country’s eastern Kunar province, bordering Pakistan, according to an Afghan news website. 5 U.S. Soldiers Up On Murder Charges In Afghan Civilian Killings Alert Issued for 17 Afghan Military Members AWOL From U.S. Air Force Base Paul Jay on RT - US knew Afghan bonanza in '07Did mineral deposits in Afghanistan affect President Obama's '09 decision to widen the scope of the war? New Tape Reveals Al Qaeda's Finance Worries Kandahar campaign will be bloody US troops by day, Taliban by night Pt.2 - Junaid: Local people likely to suffer majority of casualties New Afghan commission is setting Taliban suspects free Afghanistan's controversial new commission formed to release suspected Taliban prisoners has set free 14 detainees already, primarily from U.S. custody, and over two dozen more releases are imminent, Afghan officials told McClatchy on Sunday. The commission was a concession to get the Taliban to join peace talks. » read more Taliban attack Afghan airbase US attorney general visits Afghanistan as rebels strike a major base in Jalalabad.
AFGHANISTAN FUNDS BLOCKED
Constitutional Referendum Passes in Kyrgyzstan Voters backed the
creation of the first parliamentary democracy in Central
Asia, according to results released on Monday.
After 100 deaths, UK troops to pull out of Sangin US forces move in to Afghan district that has seen about a third of British casualti Top McChrystal Aide Resigns In Wake Of Rolling Stone Piece May 2009: Seymour Hersh - McChrystal Was Cheney's Chief Assassin; Camp Nama Petraeus to Modify Afghanistan Rules of Engagement, Source Says A military source close to Gen. David Petraeus told Fox News that one of the first things the general will do when he takes over in Afghanistan is to modify the rules of engagement to make it easier for U.S. troops to engage in combat with the enemy, though a Petraeus spokesman pushed back on the claim. Troops on the ground and some military commanders have said the strict rules -- aimed at preventing civilian casualties -- have effectively forced the troops to fight with one hand tied behind their backs. Top Afghan Taliban commander killed while fleeing in woman's attire Toxic Sand: Another Enemy in Afghanistan? In a presentation at a neurotoxicology conference in Portland, Ore., earlier this month, Palur G. Gunasekar, a senior scientist with the Navy Environmental Health Effects Laboratory, said that dust kicked up in sandstorms contains manganese and other metals. "The sand is a risk factor for inducing neurotoxicity," Taliban attacks Afghan aid office |
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State Dept. secrets, denies having them—but says he’s readying video
of a deadly U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan The US and Karzai's little brother US should embrace Kandahar 'strongman' Ahmed Wali Karzai, says Robert Grenier. 9 NATO troops killed in Afghan helicopter crash, bombings UK Special Envoy To Afghanistan Who Called For Taliban Talks Quits Health official, 2 NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan OBAMA OUSTS MCCHRYSTAL, SAYS HE UNDERMINED CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT President Obama will tap Gen. David Petraeus to take over for McChrystal. Petraeus already leads US forces in Iraq. Army Staff Sergeant: 'We're F***ing Losing This Thing' CIA head: 'No choice' but to use Blackwater
Official Blames US for Increased Drug Production
in Afghanistan Dem Senator backs longer war If Petraeus wants to prolong Afghan war, Feinstein would allow it. Taliban Warn Foreign Companies Against Signing Mining Contracts Kucinich: ‘We are losing our nation to lies about the necessity of war Top General Supports July 2011 Timetable For Afghanistan, Sends Signals On Strategy Change Suicide attack on US aid office in Afghanistan French General: American Strategy In Afghanistan Not Working Vincent Desportes, head of France’s elite Inter-Forces Defense College, has said that the American strategy in Afghanistan is ‘‘not working’’ and that the situation there is at an all-time low, according to a Pakistani daily. Your tax dollars carried in suitcases on planes to buy posh Dubai villas for rich Afghanis Taliban Execute Seven Captives In Khost Province The Taliban have executed seven out of the 40 civilians seized by them on the charge of working for the Afghan government in southeastern Khost province, according to a Pashtu-language daily.Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz violence level 'alarming' Children being killed and civilians raped in ethnic unrest in country's south, UN says Number dead during Kyrgyzstan violence '10 times higher than thought' Kyrgyzstan Hunts for ‘Militants’ Behind Ethnic Clashes Kyrgyz forces staged raids Monday in the tense south, killing two people and wounding 23, to find those behind deadly ethnic clashes in the volatile Central Asian state, authorities said. |
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Former Governor of State Bank Of Pakistan’s Former Governor Calls For Adopting Islamic Economic System In Pakistan Dr. Ishrat Hussain, the former Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, has called for adopting an Islamic economic system in Pakistan in order to ensure the equitable distribution of resources and the eradication of poverty, according to an Urdu-language daily. |
Source: Alleged bin Laden hunter released by Pakistan An
American man detained last week in Pakistan while on a hunt for
Osama bin Laden was on his way back to the United States Tuesday
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58 workers trapped after China mine blast Chinese court sentences US geologist to 8 yearsAn American geologist detained and tortured by China's state security agents over an oil industry database was jailed for eight years Monday in a troubling example of China's rough justice system
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Time: Country 'joins Iran, China' in controversial plans to filter Internet. 'Arsenic in water poisoned 77 million Bangladeshis' Top Indian Maoist leader killed Indian Opposition Stages Strike Shops and schools closed across parts of India on Monday as opposition political parties organized a one-day national strike to protest against the government's recent deregulation of fuel prices.Japan's 'slave labour' interns die after 16 hour days· The Japanese government has been accused of running slave labour working conditions after 27 foreign interns died in one year following months of working more than 16 hours a d |
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Greek debt downgraded to 'junk' Moody's downgrades debt over concerns country can't make debt payments. Ireland expels Israeli diplomat over Hamas assassination Swiss lawmakers OK deal on U.S. tax cheats Germany Takes Stand against Patents on Plants and Animals France outlaws psychological violence in attempt to tackle domestic abuse
Russia’s Gas Dispute with Belarus Intensifies Russia further cut natural gas
supplies to Belarus amid a conflict over more than $200 million
in unpaid gas deliveries that Moscow says Belarus owes.
Not so secret: deal at the heart of UK-US intelligence Greece on Target to Tackle Deficit Debt-stricken Greece claimed dramatic progress Monday in its quest to tackle overspending, with the budget deficit slashed 42 percent and the finance minister raising hopes the economy will do better.
Report: Russia, US to
swap spies Manuel Noriega Gets 7-Year Prison Term in France Court: Gay marriage is not universal right The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that countries are not obliged to allow gay marriage, Inflammatory Middle East TV Channels Circumvent French Media Regulator's Ban |
Flemish Separatists Win in Belgium The
move to break up Belgium gathered momentum
Sunday as separatists won an emphatic
election victory in Flanders, the prosperous
Dutch-speaking half of the fiercely divided
nation.
Top Vatican Priest Accused of Sexually Abusing His Own Sons Russia cuts Belarus gas supply
Dutch police employ 'decoy Jews' Arab youths attack Jewish dance gr Letter bomb kills Greek official’s aid Liberal takes Polish presidency French probe allegations of secret Sarkozy fundingFrench prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation into allegations that the country's richest woman secretly funded President Nicolas Sarkozy's election campaign,Europe puts limits on banker bonuses UK teachers told to stop sparing the rod From September, teachers will be allowed to search pupils for alcohol, drugs and stolen property, as well as mobile phones, MP3 players, cameras, pornography, fireworks, cigarettes and so-called "legal highs" In other measures set out by Gibbs, rules allowing teachers to use physical force to remove unruly students from the classroom will be simplified, and teachers facing accusations of malpractice will be granted anonymity. |
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Nigerians’ Pfizer case moving forward When a West Haven lawyer learned this week that the Supreme Court is staying out of a dispute between Nigerian families and Pfizer Inc. over the drugmaker’s use of a new antibiotic on children during a deadly outbreak of meningitis in the mid-1990s, he also learned an important injunction had been granted. Read Story |
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growth A push by African
countries to require mobile phone users to
register their numbers is curbing the
continent's spectacular market growth of
recent years and jeopardising the goal of
telephone access for all.
Plane Carrying Sundance Board Found Crashed; All Dead, AFP SaThe wreckage of a plane carrying executives and board members of Sundance Resources Ltd. was found in dense jungle in the Republic of Congo with no survivors, a Cameroon government representative said. Money Laundering: Desperate Zimbabweans Wash Dirty U.S. Dollars With Soap, Water Sudan opposition leader freed |
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Flash: Both sides claim victory in violent Mexican election Alleged drug lord arrested in Jamaica Jamaican police say they have arrested Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, who is the subject of an extradition request from the US
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Toronto police uniforms stolen from cleaners just days before world leaders meet Toronto gets ‘secret’ arrest powers ahead of G20 protests Secret' law lets police arrest for failing to show ID near summit G20 Protest Toronto 2010; Protesters vs.Police Tense moments during G20 protest Three Killed at Political Rally in Mexico Police Arrest More Than 600 at Toronto Summit SHOCKING FOOTAGE: Police Surround Peaceful Protest Real News journalist attacked at G20 TRNN's Jesse Freeston, one of the members of media attacked or arrested at G20 G-20 DECIDES TO HALVE DEFICITS EXPOSED! - G20 Police in Black Bloc Anarchist Gear @ 0:45 - Toronto Toronto police questioned after summit arrests U.S. Tells G-20 To Keep Up Stimulus Spending, While Senate Shelves Jobs Bill G-20 Exposes Ontario 'Martial Law' Paul Cavalluzzo: Ontario Public Works Act removes probable cause & right to free and peaceful assembly |
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Massacre Declassified documents show that U.S.
officials knew the Guatemalan Army was responsible for the 1982 mass
murder Gang Members Torch Bus Full Of Travelers In El Salvador, Killing 14 Sexual Assaults Add to Haiti’s Miseries Existing numbers, whether kept by the police or women’s groups, indicate that violence against women has escalated in the months following the Jan. 12 earthquake. Oil leak sullies river in Peru's Amazon basin region Syncrude guilty in death of 1,600 ducks Syncrude Canada has been found guilty under wildlife laws of causing the death of 1,600 ducks in a tailings pond at its oilsands min Brazil's crucial archives could perish, leaving questions unanswered First sentences for Colombia paramilitary leaders A Colombian court on Tuesday handed down the first prison sentences to leaders of the illegal far-right militias Noriega: Panama drug money a US-run 'banking scheme' U.S. charges 18 in Colombian money-laundering case Economies in Latin America Surge Forward as Others Creep While the recovery remains fragile in the United States and Europe, Latin America is benefiting from strong commodity demand and economic measures taken in the past. Amnesty blasts Cuba's rights record 21 Killed In Massive Mexican Gang Shootout Near US Border Mexico Makes Arrest in Killing of U.S. Consular Worker Mexican claims US consulate infiltratedThe drug-cartel enforcer told an unsettling story: A woman who worked in the Mexican border's biggest U.S. consulate had helped a rival gang obtain American visas. And for that, the enforcer said, he ordered her killed. Rioters Hit Puerto Rico's Capital Cuba Communists Want Member Expelled for Essay Local leaders of Cuba's Communist Party want to expel a prominent academic for an article decrying widespread corruption, but lower-ranking members have rejected the order pending an appeal, according to an associate of the writer. |