Daily Archives: April 2, 2007 »
Top court won’t decide Guantanamo prisoner appeal
James Vicini A closely divided Supreme Court said on Monday it would not decide whether Guantanamo prisoners have the right to challenge their confinement before U.S. federal judges, avoiding a test of President George
Read More »One-man cashless society
We will be living in a cash-free society by 2012, if the chief of Visa is to be believed. But research shows 81% of people prefer paying by cash, and Jim Griffin is one
Read More »BBC denies ‘dumbing down’ claims
The BBC has denied reports it plans to “dumb down” its shows after discovering lower-income families aren’t tuning in. Several UK papers claim BBC research shows high earners are more likely to watch its
Read More »National Identity Cards Coming Soon to UK
Kevin McCandless As the British government moves ahead with a controversial identity card scheme, a civil liberties group this week warned that ordinary citizens might soon face hundreds of dollars in fines. Starting at
Read More »“I Witnessed The Degradation And Murder Of Detainees”
PBS Moazzam Begg Interview – A prisoner of the “war on terror” disturbing allegations of mistreatment and murder. Video Runtime 29 Minutes. Former Guantanamo prisoner talks about his life and treatment by the US
Read More »‘Blair to blame for 700,000 rotting corpses’
As Britain’s outspoken Ambassador to the Central Asian Republic of Uzbekistan, Craig Murray helped expose vicious human rights abuses by the US-funded regime of Islam Karimov. He is now a prominent critic of Western
Read More »A Falklands War in the Persian Gulf
By Kaveh L Afrasiabi “Rejoice! Rejoice!” Those were the words of the British “Iron Lady”, then-prime minister Margaret Thatcher, exactly 25 years ago when she broke the news about the capture and scuttling of
Read More »Abbas working to keep dialogue open as EU refuses to deal with Hamas & puts no conditions on Israel
President Abbas said after his meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel that the blockade must end. “It is totally unjustified.” The President hosted Merkel, whose country currently heads the European Union, in Ramallah on
Read More »Israeli forces violate international law, attack ambulance driver
Israeli forces severely beat an ambulance driver in the northern West Bank, reports the Jenin branch of the Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees. Soldiers stopped the ambulance while it was enroute to the
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