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Archive for April, 2008151 Congressmen Profit From WarWednesday, April 30th, 2008 Who profits from the Iraq war? More than a quarter of senators and congressmen have invested at least $196 million of their own money in companies doing business with the Department of Defense (DoD) that profit from the death and destruction in Iraq.
According to the latest reports, 151 members of Congress invested close to a quarter-billion in companies that received defense contracts ...
Bush official forced to resignWednesday, April 30th, 2008 Politico | Lurita Doan, head of the General Services Administration, was forced to offer her resignation tonight, according to an e-mail she sent out this evening. Doan was appointed in late May, 2006, becoming the first woman to serve as GSA Administrator. With 12,000 empioyees and a $20 billion annual budget, GSA has responsibilty for overseeing the thousands of building and ...
Rice: Hamas Iran’s proxy warriorWednesday, April 30th, 2008 Press TV | US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has characterized Palestinian Hamas fighters as the “proxy warriors” for the Islamic Republic.
Rice made the statement in a speech to the American Jewish Committee in Washington that underscored growing US concerns about Tehran.
The US secretary of state claimed that Iran is not just a threat to the Palestinian territories, but also ...
Government accused of “pimping”Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 By David Barrett | Women and girls may be lured into prostitution by adverts placed in Jobcentres, MPs were warned today. A charity which helps females rescued from the sex trade said the Government was acting as a “pimp” by accepting ads for strippers, escort girls, lap dancers and adult show hostesses.
Director of the Poppy Project, Denise Marshall, told the ...
Osama bin Laden’s driver walks out on Guantanamo trialWednesday, April 30th, 2008 GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - AP | Osama bin Laden's former driver walked out on his war-crimes tribunal Tuesday, saying he did not believe justice was possible at the U.S. military base where he has been held for nearly six years.
Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a Yemeni, is the fourth alleged al-Qaida operative at Guantanamo Bay to refuse to participate in America's first U.S. ...
Fourth Briton accuses MI5 of tortureWednesday, April 30th, 2008 Ian Cobain - The Guardian | Human rights groups and MPs are calling for an investigation into claims that MI5 officers colluded in the torture of British citizens detained in Pakistan during counter-terrorism operations, after the allegations were detailed by the Guardian yesterday.
The demand came as a fourth Briton alleged that British officials "outsourced" ...
Zimbabwe: Army behind new wave of human rights abusesWednesday, April 30th, 2008 The Zimbabwean army is responsible for a new wave of rights violations throughout Zimbabwe, Human Rights Watch said today. Military forces are providing arms and trucks to so-called ‘war veterans’ who have been implicated in numerous acts of torture and other violence against opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) members and supporters.‘The army and its allies – ‘war-veterans’ and supporters of the ...
Labour revolt over ID cardsWednesday, April 30th, 2008 By Tom Shepherd | Campaigners fighting the Government's plans for ID cards are claiming a victory after four Labour candidates seeking election to Oxford City Council on Thursday opposed the scheme.
And today, city councillor and Lord Mayor John Tanner, who is seeking re-election in his Littlemore seat, told Oxford campaign group NO2ID he also did not support the Government's proposals.
NO2ID ...
Obama’s Break With Ex-Pastor Sets Sharp Shift in ToneWednesday, April 30th, 2008 NY Times | Senator Barack Obama broke forcefully on Tuesday with his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., in an effort to curtail a drama of race, values, patriotism and betrayal that has enveloped his presidential candidacy at a critical juncture.
At a news conference ...
Man freed by DNA testing after 27 years in prisonWednesday, April 30th, 2008 AP | A Dallas man who spent more than 27 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit was freed Tuesday, after being incarcerated longer than any other wrongfully convicted U.S. inmate cleared by DNA testing.
James Lee Woodard stepped out of the courtroom and raised his arms to a throng of photographers. Supporters and other people gathered outside the court erupted ...
National “DNA warehouse” bill passesWednesday, April 30th, 2008 AAPS | Passing the House of Representatives on a voice vote, S. 1858 has been sent to President Bush for signature. The Newborn Genetic Screening bill was passed by the Senate last December. The bill violates the U.S. Constitution and the Nuremberg Code, writes Twila Brase, president of the Citizen’s Council on Health Care (CCHC). “The ...
Is it Google or China censoring Carrefour?Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 By Garett Rogers | I guess either way, the answer is ultimately China, but this latest news on Google’s censorship in China is a bit strange. Chinese people are very upset with the French due to an attack on a wheelchair bound Olympic torch carrier. The act caused many Chinese people to call for a boycott on Carrefour — a ...
TV Networks Silenced Anti-War VoicesWednesday, April 30th, 2008 By Jeff Cohen | In the fall of 2002, week after week, I argued vigorously against invading Iraq in debates televised on MSNBC. I used every possible argument that might sway mainstream viewers – no real threat, cost, instability. But as the war neared, my debates were terminated.
In my 2006 book Cable News Confidential, I ...
Murdoch accused as top US editor resignsWednesday, April 30th, 2008 By Andrew Clark - The Guardian | Four months after buying the Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch has been accused by a special independent committee of breaking "the letter and the spirit" of an agreement to protect editorial integrity.
A five-strong committee established as a condition of the Bancroft family's $5bn (£2.5bn) sale of the paper's ...
US Oil Major Complicit in Abuses - Rights LobbyWednesday, April 30th, 2008 By Marwaan Macan-Markar - IPS | An environmental group is warning U.S. energy giant Chevron to clean up its act in Burma or face legal proceedings where the multinational’s links to gross human rights violations in the military-ruled country could be exposed.
There has been little relief for villagers living in the Yadana pipeline region in southern Burma since the Chevron Corporation ...
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