G8领导谴责我们到贫穷
星期四， 2008年7月10日
由Sadie鲁宾逊 | 一次极大的经济危机夹住世界。 在全球性南成千上万人几乎没有减少到水平在饥饿之上，作为上升的食物，并且汽油价格帮助驾驶几年缓慢的改善到健康。
在柬埔寨， Irin通讯社报道农夫摒弃拖拉机和其他农场设备，因为他们可以不再买得起汽油。 这反过来是…
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行星烧伤，当G8鬼混时
星期四， 2008年7月10日
由Ramesh Jaura | 当世界的主要工业化国家表达了满意在一些早和有限的认同以后结束星期三，非政府组织的他们3天的高峰会议时，对结果深深地失望总体上。
“山顶(在Toyako在北日本海岛北海道)是G8国家的贫寒和公民的另一背叛”， Kumi Naidoo，全球性开始行动的联合主席…
布莱尔顾问在上议院里反对布朗的恐怖主义计划
星期三， 2008年7月9日
由Kitty Donaldson | 二托尼·布莱尔的前部长和他的高级国内安全官员认为他们在议会上部房间将投票反对总理提议的反恐怖主义法律Gordon Brown。
前正义秘书查尔斯以鹰狩猎者和前检察长彼得冶金匠被加入的Eliza Manningham-Buller，国内间谍机构MI5的一个前头在说他们不会支持计划…
伊朗由于’人为地提高油价的`责备西部，说战争威胁是`笑话’
星期三， 2008年7月9日
吉隆坡，马来西亚 | 伊朗的总统再采取了瞄准西方，责备美国。
并且欧洲为“人为”提高油价和遣散作为“一个滑稽的笑话”恐惧他的国家可能受到攻击。
Hours later, on Wednesday, Iranian state television reported that Tehran had test-fired nine long- and medium-range missiles during war games. The report quoted officials as saying the tests are in response ...
Ex-MI5 chief attacks 42-day plan
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Baroness Manningham-Buller tells the Lords why she is against the plans (video)
The former head of MI5 has dismissed government plans to extend the time terror suspects can be held to 42 days as not "workable".
Baroness Manningham-Buller, who stepped down from the role last year, told peers she disagreed on a "practical basis as well as a principled one".
But the government said terror attacks were a "clear and present ...
Call for Brain Scans of Presidential Candidates to Detect Mental Health Problems
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
By David Gutierrez | A neuropsychiatrist who runs a chain of private brain-scanning clinics has issued a call to scan the brains of presidential candidates in an opinion piece published in the Los Angeles Times.
Dr. Daniel G. Amen is the chief executive officer of the Amen Clinics, which carry out brain scans in order to diagnose and manage everything from physical brain trauma to anxiety, depression, school failure, ...
There’s even more evidence that Bush was wrong on torture approach
Monday, July 7th, 2008
Who would have thought that Chinese communists would become a model for U.S. interrogators? What a disgrace.
The New York Times reported last week that U.S. military trainers at the Guant�namo Bay prison in 2002 taught a set of interrogation techniques that originated with a 1957 Air Force study of how Chinese communists forced confessions, often false, out of American prisoners in the Korean War. U.S. ...
Bush-Led ‘Disaster Capitalism’ Exploits Worldwide Misery to Make a Buck
Monday, July 7th, 2008
By Naomi Klein The Nation | Once oil passed $140 a barrel, even the most rabidly right-wing media hosts had to prove their populist cred by devoting a portion of every show to bashing Big Oil. Some have gone so far as to invite me on for a friendly chat about an insidious new phenomenon: “disaster capitalism.” It usually goes well — until it doesn’t.
For instance, “independent conservative” radio host ...
Protesters train at camps before Japan G8 summit
Monday, July 7th, 2008
By Danielle Demetriou | Dreadlocks flailing in the wind, the man emitted a fierce cry as he ran down the quiet country lane towards me, brandishing a bamboo stick in each hand.
Normally, I would turn and flee. But we were both playing roles in a training exercise for demonstrators preparing for Monday's G8 summit in Hokkaido in northern Japan, and my own face was covered by a menacing revolutionary scarf.
Thousands of ...
Pretending That Bush is Not a Tyrant
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Consortium News | All over the world down through history, political leaders who have engaged in torture and other grotesque crimes of state have justified their actions as necessary to protect their governments or their people or themselves.
It was true when England’s King Edward I had William Wallace – “Braveheart” – drawn and quartered in 1305 for resisting the crown’s rule in Scotland, and a gruesome death was what King ...
How the “Dear Leader” Blackmailed Bush
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
By Mike Whitney | After seven years of nonstop belligerence and saber rattling, the Bush administration has given North Korea everything it has demanded. In return, the US gets nothing. The UN's nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, will not get access to Kim Jong-il's nuclear stockpile or its "Top-Secret" file on weapons programs or be allowed to conduct surprise "go anywhere, see anything" inspections. Kim will continue to develop ...
The ‘W.’ Stands for ‘War Criminal’
Sunday, June 29th, 2008
By Nat Hentoff | In a June 6 letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey—largely ignored by a press immersed in the future of Hillary Clinton—56 Democrats in the House of Representatives asked for "an immediate investigation with the appointment of a special counsel to determine whether actions taken by the President, his Cabinet, and other Administration officials are in violation of the War Crimes Act (18 U.S.C. 2441) ...
Bill Clinton says Barack Obama must ‘kiss my ass’ for his support
Sunday, June 29th, 2008
By Tim Shipman in Washington and Philip Sherwell in New York | Mr Obama is expected to speak to Mr Clinton for the first time since he won the nomination in the next few days, but campaign insiders say that the former president's future campaign role is a "sticking point" in peace talks with Mrs Clinton's aides.
The Telegraph has learned that the former president's rage is still so ...
EU Constitution author says referendums can be ignored
Friday, June 27th, 2008
By Bruno Waterfield in Brussels | Future referendums will be ignored whether they are held in Ireland or elsewhere, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, the architect of the European Union Constitution said.
The former President of France drafted the old Constitution that was rejected by French and Dutch voters three years ago before being resurrected as the Lisbon EU Treaty, itself shunned by the Irish two weeks ago.
Mr Giscard d'Estaing told ...
$2 billion in U.S. aid to Pakistan questioned
Friday, June 27th, 2008
By Greg Miller | WASHINGTON -- The United States has paid more than $5 billion to reimburse Pakistan for counter-terrorism expenses that have often been exaggerated, if not fabricated, according to a government audit released Tuesday that blasts the Pentagon for poor management of the program.
The report concluded that the Pentagon could not properly account for as much as $2 billion in payments to Pakistan over a three-year ...
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