Daily Archives: August 16, 2007 »
A “Slow Motion Train Wreck”
By Stephen Lendman RINF Alternative News These days, financial/market punditry seems to follow two opposite lines of thinking. It ranges from the predominant view that world economies are growing and sound, problems in them
Read More »The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products
By Vanja Petrovic Investigative journalist Mark Schapiro discusses why companies that manufacture hazard-free products for the European Union often produce toxin-filled versions of the same items for America and developing countries. American industry would
Read More »Army suicides highest in 26 years
By PAULINE JELINEK Army soldiers committed suicide last year at the highest rate in 26 years, and more than a quarter did so while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a new military
Read More »7/7 Survivors and relatives demand an independent public enquiry
Survivors of the 7 July London bombings have threatened legal action over the government’s refusal to grant an independent public inquiry. A group of survivors and relatives of those killed have handed a letter
Read More »Britain cuts arms to Israel due to feers of Human rights violations
The British government has blocked almost one third of British military exports to Israel this year, citing possible threats to regional stability and fears the equipment might facilitate human rights violations. According to official
Read More »Rove’s dirty tricks: Let us count the ways
By Amy Goodman Karl Rove’s resignation as deputy White House chief of staff cements the political future of the waning Bush administration. George W. will have little to do except wield his veto pen;
Read More »Unelected President Bush claims IRAN’s top fighting unit is a terrorist outfit
By John Blacker The Bush crook is warming up for his war in Iraq it would seem. The New Butcher of Baghdad is about to become the Butcher of Earth before he has to
Read More »Troops die from Depleted Uranium poison even before going into battle
Soldier exposed to depleted uranium in training dies of leukemia caused by toxic weapon residue By Mark Anderson Several young U.S. Marines in the same California hospital ward are suffering from the same aggressive
Read More »China’s Toys containing lead too toxic
By Alan E. Moses This has become stupid as we are so concerned about toys from China and disregard the other heavy metals such as Mercury and Aluminum. We don’t complain about the pesticides
Read More »Just what the Middle East needs — more WMDs
JTA Ehud Olmert thanked the Bush administration for boosting U.S. military aid to Israel. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns flew to Tel Aviv on Wednesday to finalize a deal in which the United States
Read More »Govt gives anti-Bush school production a bad review
The Australian Government has accused a Sydney high school of hijacking an annual competition to protest against a visit by United States President George W. Bush at next month’s Sydney Apec summit.But the organisers
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