Daily Archives: March 15, 2008 »
Eli Lilly E-Mail Discussed Unapproved Use of Drug
John C. Lechleiter, an Eli Lilly official who is about to become the company’s top executive, wrote an e-mail message in 2003 that appears to have encouraged Lilly to promote its schizophrenia medicine Zyprexa
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 »Chavez: I dare Bush to call us terrorist
President Hugo Chavez says that Washington does not dare to list Venezuela as one of the countries allegedly supporting terrorism. Republican lawmakers including Reps. Connie Mack and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen have urged the State Department
Read More »VIDEO: Police caught inciting violence
For over ten years now, I’ve been writing about and documenting police riots at protests. It’s always the same story: Undercover police dress up as protesters and incite, or even engage in, violence. Uniformed
Read More »Yemeni man accuses CIA of torture
A Yemeni national accused American secret agents of subjecting him to various forms of torture during nearly three years of CIA detention, in a statement released by Amnesty International yesterday. Khaled Abdu Ahmed Saleh
Read More »Guantanamo detainee’s request for key witness OKd
Prosecutors must make available a military commander who allegedly altered a report to cast blame on their client for the killing of a U.S. soldier. GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA — The Army judge presiding over
Read More »MPs raise fears over data protection for ID register
Repeated breaches of data protection laws by government departments raise huge question marks over plans for the national identity register required for ID cards and biometric passport, an influential parliamentary human rights watchdog has
Read More »Call to scrap ID cards plan
A critical report today should be the last nail in the coffin of the government’s proposed ID cards, said Jenny Willott, Welsh Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central. The report by the Joint Committee
Read More »DNA bill expected to pass key committee
A bill that would expand the criminal DNA database to include suspects of every violent crime appeared likely to pass a key House committee late Friday, despite a request from black lawmakers to postpone
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