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Arnie Backs Biochemical Spaying That Harms Kids

Mick Meaney November 1, 2007 0

Governor Schwarzenegger Backs Aerial Biochemical Spraying That Harms Children Rami Nagel On September 9th, 2007 several planes hired by the State of California Food and Agricultural Department (CDFA) flying at an altitude of approximately

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Japan pulls out of Afghanistan coalition

Mick Meaney November 1, 2007 0

Justin McCurry in Tokyo Guardian Unlimited A Pakistani destroyer (l) is refuelled by the Japanese vessel Tokiwa in the Arabian Sea. Photograph: Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force/AP Japan’s government has ordered its navy to end

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VIDEO: Bye Bye USA – Welcome Slave State

Mick Meaney November 1, 2007 0

“Re-organizing” the Americas for big business Not only is Bush rewriting the Constitution as he plans to invade yet another country… Apparently been busy signing away US sovereignty to a scheme cooked up by David

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George Bush’s Personal Spy Drone

Mick Meaney November 1, 2007 0

By Sharon Weinberger DARPA, the Pentagon’s far-side research agency, has a plan to send a robotic surveillance drone anywhere in the world within an hour.  And it is apparently intended for one particular user:

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United Nations To Vastly Expand Global Police Force

Mick Meaney November 1, 2007 0

SLOBODAN LEKIC With the world facing new security threats, the U.N. is planning for an unprecedented expansion of its police missions. U.N. officials say a shift in the nature of conflicts requires revamped peacekeeping

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Congressional Shame and Duplicity

Mick Meaney November 1, 2007 0

By Stephen Lendman RINF Alternative News The latest October Reuters/Zogby Index shows record low approval ratings for George Bush and Congress – 24% for the president that looks almost giddy compared to the bottom-scraping

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The Big Lie: ‘Iran Is a Threat’

Mick Meaney November 1, 2007 0

Scott Ritter Iran has never manifested itself as a serious threat to the national security of the United States, or by extension as a security threat to global security. At the height of Iran’s

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Ex-MI6 chief: Too much weight on Iraq intelligence

Mick Meaney November 1, 2007 0

· Government ‘used details to gain support for attack’ · Links between al-Qaida and Saddam ‘not true’ Richard Norton-Taylor The Guardian The head of MI6 at the time of the invasion of Iraq said

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DVDs are a baby brain-drain

Mick Meaney November 1, 2007 1

DVDs that claim to make babies brighter are not only ineffectual, they take away vital development time with loving care-givers Dr Miriam Stoppard A few years ago I was asked to help to launch

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CCTV risks making life less safe

Mick Meaney November 1, 2007 0

It’s not only about civil liberties. The cameras produce fallible images, encourage detachment, and corrode civic values Libby Brooks The Guardian The bustling high street in the Hampshire village of Stockbridge is less than

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US advisor: Waterboarding is torture

Mick Meaney November 1, 2007 0

By Leonard Doyle When the US military trains soldiers to resist interrogation, it uses a torture technique from the Middle Ages, known as “waterboarding”. Its use on terror suspects in secret US prisons around

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De Menezes shooting trial jury out

Mick Meaney November 1, 2007 0

A jury on Wednesday retired to consider its verdict in the trial of the Metropolitan Police over the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes. The force is accused of a “catastrophic” series of errors

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