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Ron Paul: How Foreign Policy Affects Gas Prices
By Rep. Ron Paul | We’ve heard how the value of the dollar affects gas prices – and indeed the price of everything. I was pleased that my request for a hearing on such
Read More »US attacks China’s human rights record
ABC | The United States has launched a strongly-worded attack on China’s human rights record just hours before the Closing Ceremony of the Olympics. In a written statement from its ambassador to China, the
Read More »Doctors say ex-Bangladesh PM’s son crippled by torture
The eldest son and heir apparent of two times former Bangladeshi premier Khaleda Zia was partially paralysed when tortured in custody, doctors said Sunday. Tareque Rahman was strung up blindfolded in a dark room,
Read More »Calls to drop ID card plans after prisoner data blunder
The Government was under pressure today to abandon its ID card plans after one of the main firms involved in the project lost thousands of criminals’ personal details. The names, addresses and expected release
Read More »MI5 report challenges views on terrorism in Britain
The Guardian | MI5 has concluded that there is no easy way to identify those who become involved in terrorism in Britain, according to a classified internal research document on radicalisation seen by the Guardian.
Read More »Obama – Biden ’08
Barack Obama has chosen Joe Biden as his running mate. It’s an interesting choice, given that Obama is running a change campaign and Biden has been a Washington fixture for decades. Also because the
Read More »Madrid plane crash: Pilot’s union warned months before that cut-backs placing passengers at risk
By Marcus Morgan | After the worst Spanish air tragedy in 25 years on Wednesday, accident investigators have begun examining the wreckage of the plane that crashed at Madrid’s Barajas airport, killing 153 passengers.
Read More »McCain’s Plan to Privatise Veterans’ Health Care
(IPS) | If John McCain is elected the next U.S. president, wounded veterans could be in for a world of hurt. On the campaign trail, the Republican’s presumptive nominee has talked of a new
Read More »Identity Politics in Climate Change Hell
By George Monbiot | If you want a glimpse of how the movement against climate change could crumble faster than a summer snowflake, read Ewa Jasiewicz’s article, published yesterday on the Guardian’s Comment is
Read More »Pentagon’s intelligence arm steps up lie detecting
The Pentagon’s intelligence arm is adding more polygraph studios and relying on outside contractors for the first time to conduct lie detection tests in an attempt to screen its 5,700 prospective and current employees
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