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Bush Aide Quits Over Misuse Of Money
(AP) – An aide to President Bush has resigned because of his alleged misuse of grant money from the U.S. Agency for International Development when he worked for a Cuban democracy organization.Felipe Sixto was
Read More »Iraq PM offers money for arms
Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq’s prime minister, has extended a deadline to April 8 for Shia fighters to hand over weapons or face “severe penalties”. In a statement on Friday, he said: “All those who
Read More »Brain scan lie detectors ‘may already be in use’
A brain imaging technique called fMRI may be being used as a “lie detector” by US intelligence agencies, despite concerns over unreliability and the possibility of abuse, a leading academic has claimed. Professor Jonathan
Read More »Bush likely to delay withdrawal of troops from Iraq
George Bush signalled yesterday that he was likely to suspend the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq this summer because of fears that the country might return to the levels of violence witnessed last
Read More »POLICE SEEK TO AXE ANTI-ARMS TRADE MOVIE
Yet another below the belt blow to civil liberties was struck by the Sussex Plod this Monday. The long-awaited world premier of SchMOVIES ‘On The Verge’- the cinematic debut of the Smash Edo campaign
Read More »The engineer whose ‘evidence’ led to war in Iraq
An Iraqi engineer who provided the information that became one of the key planks in the Bush administration’s case justifying the invasion of Iraq has been tracked down by undercover reporters to a drab
Read More »Monk dies from Chinese food blockade
A Buddhist monk died of starvation due to a 12-day blockade of food and water to major monasteries in Lhasa by Chinese forces, Tibetans in exile reported Wednesday. Lama Thokmey died Monday in the
Read More »VIDEO: Religio-Fascist thought police at work
The Bible actually as something to say about these people: “It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend
Read More »Hillary Clinton; fibber in chief
A good memory is needed once we have lied,” observed Pierre Corneille, the 17th-century French tragedian. He was right. The complexities involved in keeping an untruth plausible and consistent are so tortuous that to
Read More »NSA Had Access Built into Microsoft Windows
Heiss – A CARELESS mistake by Microsoft programmers has revealed that special access codes prepared by the US National Security Agency have been secretly built into Windows. The NSA access system is built into
Read More »Government admits Human Rights breaches
MoD admits human rights breaches over death of tortured Iraqi civilian. The Government admits “substantial breaches” of the European Convention of Human Rights over the killing of Baha Mousa, an Iraqi who died in
Read More »McCain walking out on Bush?
In a sudden turn of events, Republican Bush-faithful Senator John McCain is distancing himself from the US president’s go-it-alone approach. In a Wednesday speech at the Los Angeles World Affairs Council, the presidential hopeful
Read More »Why the Government doesn’t care what you think
“All the more reason for us to elect the right person come November — so that in four years, we don’t run the risk of seeing someone from the next administration yawn in the
Read More »Is this the End of Antibiotics?
Eventually antibiotics are going to be seen as one of the worst things to ever come out of pharmaceutical science because in the end, they have made us only weaker in the face of
Read More »FBI posts hyperlinks to snare child porn suspects
The FBI has recently adopted a novel investigative technique: posting hyperlinks that purport to be illegal videos of minors having sex, and then raiding the homes of anyone willing to click on them. Undercover
Read More »Grooved edges could be banned
A word of advice on wedges: Get them before they’re illegal. The USGA is having discussions with leading manufacturers about the nonconforming grooved edges that could be banned by next year because of the
Read More »Italian giants preparing to swoop for Spurs defender
MEDIA reports have suggested Italian giants Juventus are prepared to make a summer swoop for Tottenham defender Younes Kaboul. The Turin club, who returned to the top tier of English football this season following
Read More »Iraq MPs plan emergency session
Iraq’s parliament is due to hold an emergency session to try to end fighting between Shia militias and Iraqi security forces.It comes amid a three-day total curfew in Baghdad, imposed after attacks on the
Read More »Beckham 100th cap and hungry for more
Much was made of Beckham’s future with the Three Lions following his decision to step down as captain after Luis Felipe Scolari and Portugal proved to be their undoing in the quarterfinals once again.
Read More »The Secret American-Iranian Security Deal In Iraq
Arab online newspaper published in London, is the only newspaper to report this a week ago but I waited few days to see if there is any development provides evidence to the newspaper claims, and the military
Read More »Fingerprint Scanners Help Companies Track Workers
NEW YORK (AP) ― Some workers are doing it at Dunkin’ Donuts, at Hilton hotels, even at Marine Corps bases. Employees at a growing number of businesses are starting and ending their days by
Read More »MoD: British soldiers breached Iraqi’s human rights
British soldiers breached the human rights of an Iraqi who died while in UK custody in Basra more than four years ago, the defence secretary, Des Browne, said today. Baha Mousa, a hotel receptionist,
Read More »U.S., Canada violated rights of Gitmo detainee
OTTAWA – The U.S. is violating international norms by holding a Canadian former child soldier at Guantanamo Bay, his lawyers told Canada’s high court Wednesday as they sought to force the country’s intelligence service
Read More »Blackwater’s Employment Investigated
House oversight committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman expanded his effort yesterday to investigate private security contractor Blackwater Worldwide, calling for a wide-ranging federal inquiry into the company’s employment practices. In letters to the Internal
Read More »In Iraq, Was I a Torturer? Asks Soldier
When 27-year-old Ben Allbright returned from Iraq, he was treated like a hero. But he is haunted by the “harsh interrogations” he oversaw. The prisons in Iraq stink. Ask any guard or interrogator and
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