G8領導譴責我們到貧窮
星期四， 2008年7月10日
由Sadie魯賓遜 | 一次極大的經濟危機夾住世界。 在全球性南成千上萬人幾乎沒有減少到水平在飢餓之上，作為上升的食物，并且汽油價格幫助駕駛幾年緩慢的改善到健康。
在柬埔寨， Irin通訊社報道農夫摒棄拖拉機和其他農場設備，因為他們可以不再買得起汽油。 這反過來是…
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行星燒傷，當G8鬼混時
星期四， 2008年7月10日
由Ramesh Jaura | 當世界的主要工業化國家表達了滿意在一些早和有限的認同以後結束星期三，非政府組織的他們3天的高峰會議時，對結果深深地失望總體上。
「山頂(在Toyako在北日本海島北海道)是G8國家的貧寒和公民的另一背叛」， Kumi Naidoo，全球性開始行動的聯合主席…
布萊爾顧問在上議院裡反對布朗的恐怖主義計劃
星期三， 2008年7月9日
由Kitty Donaldson | 二托尼・布萊爾的前部長和他的高級國內安全官員認為他們在議會上部房間將投票反對總理提議的反恐怖主義法律Gordon Brown。
前正義秘書查爾斯以鷹狩獵者和前檢察長彼得冶金匠被加入的Eliza Manningham-Buller，國內間諜機構MI5的一個前頭在說他們不會支持計劃…
伊朗由於』人為地提高油價的`責備西部，說戰爭威脅是`笑話』
星期三， 2008年7月9日
吉隆坡，馬來西亞 | 伊朗的總統再採取了瞄準西方，責備美國。
并且歐洲為「人為」提高油價和遣散作為「一個滑稽的笑話」恐懼他的國家可能受到攻擊。
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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