Daily Archives: February 24, 2008 »
Inside the world of war profiteers
From prostitutes to Super bowl tickets, a federal probe reveals how contractors in Iraq cheated the U.S. By David Jackson and Jason Grotto | Tribune reporters Inside the stout federal courthouse of this Mississippi
Read More »Government wants personal details of every traveller
Phone numbers and credit card data to be collected under expanded EU plan Airline passengers will be monitored at every stage of their journey under the proposals. Photograph: David Levene Ian Traynor Passengers
Read More »Protestors target ‘Daily Express’ offices
By Sarah Lagan Journalists, anti war activists and religious groups held a protest outside the Daily Express offices today against a series of stories and headlines in the paper which they say encourage “racist
Read More »Slavery in America
We had been on the road for hours, leaving the interstate and then digressing to smaller and smaller highways. Differing vistas of the Colorado landscape got wilder and more vacant the further north we
Read More »Insurance Fears Lead Many to Shun DNA Tests
By AMY HARMON Victoria Grove wanted to find out if she was destined to develop the form of emphysema that ran in her family, but she did not want to ask her doctor for
Read More »PNP chief orders probe on ‘spy cam’ in Senate
Director General Avelino Razon Jr., Philippine National Police (PNP) head, Sunday said he ordered a probe into the reported plans of the PNP to put a closed circuit television camera in the Senate building
Read More »Diana inquest probes world of espionage
Intelligence officers are facing unprecedented public scrutiny as they take the stand at the inquest into Princess Diana’s death to deny claims that the security services killed her on the royal family’s orders.Their former
Read More »White House says phone wiretaps back on “for now”
The Bush administration said on Saturday U.S. telecommunications companies have agreed to cooperate “for the time being” with spy agencies’ wiretaps, despite an ongoing battle between the White House and Congress over new terrorism
Read More »Threat to our privacy must be fought
The future security of every family and child in the country has been compromised by the recent loss of child benefit details. News of further electronic data losses has only reinforced the threat to
Read More »VIDEO: Globalisation and the Media
An award winning documentary exploring the role of the mass media during the War on ‘Terror’ & Economic trade. Consider a wide range of viewpoints from mainstream news editors, computer hackers, journalists and media
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