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US Lawmakers Have $196 Million In “Defense”
WASHINGTON: Members of the U.S.Congress have as much as $196 million (126.2 million) collectively invested in companies doing business with the Defense Department, earning millions since the start of the Iraq war, according to
Read More »Defiant Brown set to tighten law on cannabis
Downing Street today signalled that Gordon Brown remains determined to tighten the law on cannabis, despite reports that the official advisory body is set to recommend against re-classification. The Prime Minister’s spokesman sought to
Read More »Bush calls for more eavesdropping
US President George W. Bush has called on the Congress to pass a ‘vital’ pending legislation aimed at loosening domestic eavesdropping rules. Speaking before leaving Washington for Kiev and the NATO summit in Bucharest
Read More »Iraq War Dataset: $506 Billion Spent, 4,002 Dead
Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides On March 26, 2008 the United States military casualty count in Iraq hit 4,000. When I heard that I decided to research other numbers associated with the war. Over the past
Read More »Government admits Human Rights breaches
MoD admits human rights breaches over death of tortured Iraqi civilian. The Government admits “substantial breaches” of the European Convention of Human Rights over the killing of Baha Mousa, an Iraqi who died in
Read More »How Scientology Destroys Families
The Church of Scientology has a name for its critics: Suppressive Persons, or SPs. Those associated with them are PTS’, or Potential Trouble Sources. There are only two ways for a PTS to deal
Read More »Tabloid Fabricated Heathrow Plot
Evening Standard condemned by press watchdog for coverage of the Camp for Climate Action’s Heathrow protest. Claim of fabrication upheld. In a much awaited ruling the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) issued a stinging rebuke
Read More »Dalai Lama threatens to quit over Tibet violence
The Dalai Lama has rejected claims by the Chinese government that he orchestrated the demonstrations in Tibet and said he would stand down as head of the country’s exiled government if the violence continued.
Read More »On Frontlines in Tibet, Protestors ‘Shot Like Dogs’
Unconfirmed Reports From Tibet of Dozens of Civilians Killed in Crackdown The Chinese military is shooting Tibetan demonstrators “like dogs,” a Tibetan exile group said Monday, firing “indiscriminately” intro groups of people protesting Chinese
Read More »Brown: There will be a public inquiry into Iraq
Gordon Brown has promised that the Government will hold a full-scale inquiry into the mistakes made in Iraq before and since the invasion five years ago. His concession marks a significant break from his
Read More »Anti-war demo draws thousands
Thousands of anti-war protesters rallied to demand Britain withdraw its troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. Activists urging an end to Britain’s role in overseas’ wars gathered in Trafalgar Square, central London, for a march
Read More »Torture? We’ll just turn a very British blind eye
We were told that Saddam Hussein was an enemy of mankind because he used torture. Now we witness the gruesome spectacle of President Bush endorsing torture by vetoing the Bill from Congress outlawing “waterboarding”
Read More »Spitzer’s Shame Is Wall Street’s Gain
Tell me again: Why should we get all worked up over the revelation that the New York governor paid for sex? Will it bring back to life the eight U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq
Read More »MoD lost 11,000 military ID cards
The Ministry of Defence has revealed that 11,000 military ID cards have been lost in the past two years. The MoD’s revelation, which came in a written answer in the House of Commons, is
Read More »Drug traces found in U.S. water supply
Trace amounts of pharmaceutical drugs are lurking in Louisville’s drinking water, including one used to treat people with bipolar disorder and alcohol withdrawal, and another prescribed to combat seizures. Swimming with them in the
Read More »Gaza conditions ‘at 40-year low’
Gaza’s humanitarian situation is at its worst since Israel occupied the territory in 1967, say UK-based human rights and development groups. They include Amnesty International, Save the Children, Cafod, Care International and Christian Aid.
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