Daily Archives: November 10, 2008 »
ID card costs rise amid security concerns
Opponents of ID cards have renewed their attacks on the scheme, claiming security is being watered down even as the cost of the cards rises. By Nick Heath | Cards will only be checked
Read More »European Union summit in Brussels: The EU prepares for Obama
By Peter Schwarz | On Friday, the 27 government leaders of the European Union (EU) met for a special summit in Brussels. The invitation had been extended by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who currently
Read More »The age of George Bush is over
By Stephen Lendman | On November 4, the world exhaled. The age of George Bush ended, and a new one under Barak Obama began. With high hopes he’ll reverse the toxic legacy of the
Read More »Prescription Drugs Kill 300 Percent More Americans than Illegal Drugs
By David Gutierrez | A report by the Florida Medical Examiners Commission has concluded that prescription drugs have outstripped illegal drugs as a cause of death. An analysis of 168,900 autopsies conducted in Florida
Read More »Secret US Order Governs Raids Anywhere on Earth
Antiwar.com | The New York Times is reporting tonight that a secret military order signed by former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in spring of 2004 gave the military formal authority to conduct attacks
Read More »Bush Spy Revelations Anticipated When Obama Is Sworn In
By Ryan Singel | When Barack Obama takes the oath of office on January 20, Americans won’t just get a new president; they might finally learn the full extent of George W. Bush’s warrantless
Read More »Obama planning US trials for Guantanamo detainees
President-elect Barack Obama’s advisers are quietly crafting a proposal to ship dozens, if not hundreds, of imprisoned terrorism suspects to the United States to face criminal trials, a plan that would make good on
Read More »US ‘in secret overseas strikes’
The US has carried out nearly a dozen anti-terror attacks in Pakistan, Syria and elsewhere in the past four years, the New York Times has reported. The previously unreported attacks were authorised in 2004
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