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151 Congressmen Profit From War
Who profits from the Iraq war? More than a quarter of senators and congressmen have invested at least $196 million of their own money in companies doing business with the Department of Defense (DoD)
Read More »Bush official forced to resign
Politico | Lurita Doan, head of the General Services Administration, was forced to offer her resignation tonight, according to an e-mail she sent out this evening. Doan was appointed in late May, 2006, becoming the
Read More »Rice: Hamas Iran’s proxy warrior
Press TV | US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has characterized Palestinian Hamas fighters as the “proxy warriors” for the Islamic Republic. Rice made the statement in a speech to the American Jewish Committee
Read More »Government accused of “pimping”
By David Barrett | Women and girls may be lured into prostitution by adverts placed in Jobcentres, MPs were warned today. A charity which helps females rescued from the sex trade said the Government
Read More »Osama bin Laden’s driver walks out on Guantanamo trial
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba – AP | Osama bin Laden’s former driver walked out on his war-crimes tribunal Tuesday, saying he did not believe justice was possible at the U.S. military base where he
Read More »Fourth Briton accuses MI5 of torture
Ian Cobain – The Guardian | Human rights groups and MPs are calling for an investigation into claims that MI5 officers colluded in the torture of British citizens detained in Pakistan during counter-terrorism operations, after
Read More »Zimbabwe: Army behind new wave of human rights abuses
The Zimbabwean army is responsible for a new wave of rights violations throughout Zimbabwe, Human Rights Watch said today. Military forces are providing arms and trucks to so-called ‘war veterans’ who have been implicated
Read More »Labour revolt over ID cards
By Tom Shepherd | Campaigners fighting the Government’s plans for ID cards are claiming a victory after four Labour candidates seeking election to Oxford City Council on Thursday opposed the scheme. And today, city councillor
Read More »Obama’s Break With Ex-Pastor Sets Sharp Shift in Tone
NY Times | Senator Barack Obama broke forcefully on Tuesday with his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., in an effort to curtail a drama of race, values, patriotism and betrayal that
Read More »Man freed by DNA testing after 27 years in prison
AP | A Dallas man who spent more than 27 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit was freed Tuesday, after being incarcerated longer than any other wrongfully convicted U.S. inmate cleared
Read More »National “DNA warehouse” bill passes
AAPS | Passing the House of Representatives on a voice vote, S. 1858 has been sent to President Bush for signature. The Newborn Genetic Screening bill was passed by the Senate last December. The
Read More »Is it Google or China censoring Carrefour?
By Garett Rogers | I guess either way, the answer is ultimately China, but this latest news on Google’s censorship in China is a bit strange. Chinese people are very upset with the French
Read More »TV Networks Silenced Anti-War Voices
By Jeff Cohen | In the fall of 2002, week after week, I argued vigorously against invading Iraq in debates televised on MSNBC. I used every possible argument that might sway mainstream viewers –
Read More »Murdoch accused as top US editor resigns
By Andrew Clark – The Guardian | Four months after buying the Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch has been accused by a special independent committee of breaking “the letter and the spirit” of an agreement to
Read More »US Oil Major Complicit in Abuses – Rights Lobby
By Marwaan Macan-Markar - IPS | An environmental group is warning U.S. energy giant Chevron to clean up its act in Burma or face legal proceedings where the multinational’s links to gross human rights violations in
Read More »We Must Imagine a Life Without Oil
By Mark Hertsgaard - The Nation | It used to be that only environmentalists and paranoids warned about running out of oil. Not anymore. As climate change did over the past few years, peak oil seems
Read More »The Iraq War Morphs Into The Iranian War
By Paul Craig Roberts | It is 1939 all over again. The world waits helplessly for the next act of naked aggression by rogue states. Only this time the rogue states are not the
Read More »Amnesty accuses Moz police of torture
AFP | Police in Mozambique are killing and torturing people with near total impunity, according to a report by Amnesty International released on Tuesday. “Police in Mozambique seem to think they have a licence to
Read More »Increasing use of council surveillance powers
Surveillance powers which allow local authorities to follow people and access their phone records have been used by Northamptonshire County Council 10 times in the past year. Legislation brought in by the Regulation
Read More »Green Scare State Terrorism
By Stephen Lendman – RINF | In May 2005, FBI Deputy Assistant Director for Counterterrorism John Lewis told a Senate panel that ecoterrorism is “one of today’s most serious domestic terrorism threats.” Then the
Read More »Lawmaker Threatens Subpoenas for Aides
By Carrie Johnson | The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee threatened yesterday to subpoena Bush administration officials who have refused to appear at a hearing on torture and interrogation policies. Rep. John Conyers Jr.
Read More »New CSI Tool Analyzes Antibodies
AP | Federal researchers say they’ve developed a human identification test that’s faster and possibly cheaper than DNA testing. It would be a handy new weapon in the arsenal for detectives, forensic experts and the
Read More »U.S. reveals way to get off terror list
UPI | The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced a way for people who don’t belong on terrorist watch lists to be spared extra scrutiny at the airport. Under the new program, tens of
Read More »Corporate America
By Chris Hedges | The corporate state is our shadow government. Candidates who aspire to higher office get corporate money if they promote corporate interests. They are shut out of the national debate—look at Dennis
Read More »Iraq mass graves yield 100 bodies
Reuters | Iraqi security forces have found more than 100 bodies in two mass graves, military officials said on Sunday. Fifty bodies were found in a mass grave in central Iraq on Sunday, a
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