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AP photographer wins amnesty from Iraqi panel
AP BAGHDAD – An Iraqi judicial committee has dismissed terrorism-related allegations against Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein and ordered him released nearly two years after he was detained by the U.S. military. A decision
Read More »Olympic torch route changed and hidden
San Francisco – The symbolic Olympic torch was lit Wednesday in San Francisco in a bizarre event that saw it taken into hiding in a warehouse and among a convoy of buses and amphibious
Read More »IPS wants ID card service pilots
The Identity and Passport Service is discussing a round of pilots that use identity cards to join up service delivery. James Hall, chief executive of the Identity and Passport Service, told GC News the
Read More »Clinton pledges: I’ll end war in Iraq
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama yesterday, left Washington for the key state of Pennsylvania and promised to fix America’s stumbling economy, which both Democrats say has been badly undermined by the Iraq war.They were
Read More »US renews contract with Blackwater
By Kate Randall The US State Department has renewed its contract with Blackwater Worldwide to provide security for American diplomats in Baghdad. The move comes as the FBI is still investigating an incident in
Read More »D.C. police set to monitor 5,000 cameras
D.C. officials are giving police access to more than 5,000 closed-circuit TV cameras citywide that monitor traffic, schools and public housing — a move that will give the District one of the largest surveillance
Read More »Superfast internet may replace world wide web
By Lewis Carter The internet could soon be made obsolete by a new “grid” system which is 10,000 times faster than broadband connections. Web could collapse as video demand soars Scientists in Switzerland have
Read More »The Emerging Surveillance State
Ron Paul Last month, the House amended the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to expand the government’s ability to monitor our private communications. This measure, if it becomes law, will result in more
Read More »New Domestic Satellite Surveillance System
Plans for the Department of Homeland Security to launch a new satellite surveillance system is coming under new criticism on Capitol Hill. Last week, Secretary Michael Chertoff said the satellite surveillance system would be
Read More »Arsenal melt in Anfield furnace
James Ducker England is guaranteed at least one representative in the Champions League final for the fourth successive season after another night on which the Barclays Premier League strengthened its claim to being the
Read More »NSA releases new version of Linux software
WASHINGTON, March 24 (UPI) — The U.S. National Security Agency has released its own version of the open-source computer operating system Linux, which offers enhanced security for users. The new software was rolled out
Read More »Uruguay seeks secret US archives on ‘dirty war’
MONTEVIDEO (AFP) — President Tabare Vazquez has asked US President George W. Bush to declassify US documents on Uruguay’s “dirty war” (1973-1985) for possible clues to a 1978 murder and other crimes, his office
Read More »Back From Iraq: “I Killed Innocent People”
“We forget what war is about, what it does to those who wage it and those who suffer from it. Those who hate war the most, I have often found, are veterans who know
Read More »The Next Civil Rights Battle Will Be Over the Mind
By Clive Thompson Wired Trolling down the street in Manhattan, I suddenly hear a woman’s voice. “Who’s there? Who’s there?” she whispers. I look around but can’t figure out where it’s coming from. It
Read More »$3 Trillion May Be Too Low
Our original estimate of the cost of the Iraq war was too conservative: in reality the cost for the US will be much higher. By Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes The Guardian President Bush
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