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Karadzic protected by US until he broke ‘deal’: Belgrade report
AFP | Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic was protected by the United States until a CIA phone bug caught him breaking the terms of his ‘deal’, Serb newspaper Blic reported Saturday, quoting a US
Read More »ID scheme hit for shifting cost to citizens
By Jimmy Burns | The Home Office on Tuesday faced claims of “creative accounting” as it pledged to cut nearly £1bn ($2bn) from the cost of the identity card scheme. According to the latest
Read More »Secret Prison on Diego Garcia Confirmed
Andy Worthington Six “High-Value” Guantánamo Prisoners Held, Plus “Ghost Prisoner” Mustafa Setmariam Nasar The existence of a secret, CIA-run prison on the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean has long been a
Read More »Tax the energy giants and cut fuel bills
Corporations make billions while our fuel prices rise over 20 percent, writes Sadie Robinson Millions of people across Britain are struggling with soaring household energy bills. The government could act to ease the pain
Read More »Bush must be stopped before starting war with Iran
By JOE PARKO | The Bush administration, in rhetoric that is eerily similar to that used to build the case for a war against Iraq, asserts that the Iranian Quds Force is arming anti-U.S.
Read More »Answers in anthrax case may have died with suicide
AP | It’s been nearly seven years, but folks in Oxford, Conn., still remember the workers in hazmat suits, scouring the pews of Immanuel Lutheran Church for unseen spores of anthrax. They remember lining
Read More »British Territory Used for US Torture
By ADAM ZAGORIN | Almost two years have passed since President George W. Bush publicly acknowledged the existence of a CIA program in which agency-leased aircraft fly terrorism suspects between secret prisons and interrogation
Read More »US holds secret session of Gitmo war crimes court
The U.S. military has removed journalists from a Guantanamo courtroom for a secret session of the war crimes tribunal. It is the first time the U.S. has held a closed session at the tribunals
Read More »Anthrax scientist Bruce Ivins stood to benefit from a panic
The suspect in deadly mailings, who killed himself this week as the FBI closed in, could have collected patent royalties on an anthrax vaccine. By David Willman, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer August 2,
Read More »Caroline Lucas at Climate Camp
South East MEP and Green activist Dr Caroline Lucas will be joining protesters at Climate Camp 2008 this weekend at Kingsnorth in Kent to rally against the Government’s continued commitment to unsustainable fossil fuels
Read More »Sexual Assault in the Military: A DoD Cover-Up?
TruthDig | There was quite a struggle in Congress this week. The Department of Defense refused to allow the senior civilian in charge of its Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (SAPRO) to testify in
Read More »Electric Cars Are the Key to Energy Independence
By David Morris | Al Gore’s heroic speech challenging us to make our electrical system 100 percent renewable promised it would simultaneously address three major crises: the weak economy, catastrophic climate change and the
Read More »More Than 10,000 Detainees Released in Iraq
US military: More than 10,000 detainees freed in Iraq this year, 21,000 still in detention By SELCAN HACAOGLU | ABCNews.com The U.S. military said Saturday it has released more than 10,000 detainees in Iraq
Read More »Crisis Looms as Corporations Seize Control of Commodities
By Barbara L. Minton | The global food crisis won’t go away any time soon. Capitalism has the average consumer by the belly. Amid growing signs of famine and outrage, the entire chain of
Read More »Free Drug Samples Usually Go to Wealthiest Patients
NaturalNews | Contrary to claims by the pharmaceutical industry, it is usually wealthier and insured patients who receive free drug samples, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Harvard Medical School and the
Read More »U.S. Government Policy for Seizing Laptops at Borders
Via Bruce Schneier | Amazing. The U.S. government has published its policy: they can take your laptop anywhere they want, for as long as they want, and share the information with anyone they want:
Read More »Workers’ Religious Freedom vs. Patients’ Rights
By Rob Stein | A Bush administration proposal aimed at protecting health-care workers who object to abortion, and to birth-control methods they consider tantamount to abortion, has escalated a bitter debate over the balance between
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