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World-News« Previous EntriesChinese intelligence alerts travelers to cyber spiesTuesday, August 12th, 2008By Kathryn Muratore | This past week, the head of the Chinese National Counterintelligence Executive (NCIX) held a press conference noting that “Somebody with a wireless device in the US should expect it to be compromised while he’s there.” Oh wait, no, that didn’t happen. In a case of the pot calling the kettle black, the US NCIX told Americans traveling abroad that their electronic devices (such as laptops and cell ... tagged Spying and World-NewsReport: US using ‘money as a weapon’ in IraqTuesday, August 12th, 2008US program has spent $2.8 billion using 'money as a weapon' in Iraq AP A U.S. Army program in which soldiers pay cash to Iraqis to help with expenses, large and small, has spent $2.8 billion in five years, The Washington Post reported Monday. The Post reviewed records of the Commander's Emergency Response Program, which was intended for short-term humanitarian relief and reconstruction. The field manual laying out the guidelines for the ... tagged Iraq, Money and World-News‘No to Olympics without human rights’Friday, August 8th, 2008A protester tried to set himself alight outside the Chinese embassy in Ankara on Friday as Chinese Muslims denounced human rights violations in China ahead of the opening of the Olympic Games. About 300 people, mostly Uighur refugees from China's Muslim-majority region of Xinjiang, were seen gathered amid tight security outside the embassy to denounce the Olympic Games being held in Beijing. While a spokesperson was reading a statement to the press, one ... tagged World-NewsWhite House press corps plane detained in ChinaFriday, August 8th, 2008BEIJING - A charter airplane carrying the White House press corps was detained for nearly three hours Friday at Beijing's international airport not long after President Bush arrived to attend the Olympic Games. The flight crew of the Northwest Airlines 747 had been expecting to park at a VIP terminal, but after landing was instead directed by the control tower to a normal international gate. White House officials would say only there ... tagged World-NewsPakistani president to be impeachedThursday, August 7th, 2008guardian.co.uk | Pakistan's fragile coalition government today announced plans to impeach President Pervez Musharraf, throwing the country into new political turmoil. Musharraf was today plotting his response with advisers and finally cancelled an on-off trip to the opening ceremony of the Olympic games. Pakistan's top military commanders also reportedly met today and the reaction of the army - which was, until recently, led by Musharraf - will now ... tagged World-NewsBoycott these companies - they support human rights violationsThursday, August 7th, 2008foobar | Here is the link to the sponsors for this year's Olympic Games in Beijing. As I wrote before, if freedom and human rights mean anything to us, we owe it ourselves and to those who are suffering from censorship and oppression to do something - anything! - about it. The one thing where it hurts these days is always the money. The games were ... tagged World-NewsBush scolds China over human rights… then flies in for GamesThursday, August 7th, 2008Just hours before flying to Beijing for the Olympics on Thursday, US president George Bush used some of his bluntest language yet in publicly pressing China to improve its human rights record. In a speech in Bangkok, when the eyes of the world will be on Beijing, Bush voiced "firm opposition" to China's detention of dissidents, human rights advocates and religious activists. "The US believes the people of China ... tagged Bush and World-NewsUS, UK activists protest under Olympic spotlightWednesday, August 6th, 2008BEIJING (AP) - Activists from the U.S. and U.K. unfurled pro-Tibet banners and spoke out against China's rights record in Tiananmen Square on Wednesday in the first attempts by foreigners in the Chinese capital to stage protests under the spotlight of the Olympic Games. All of the groups had run-ins with Chinese authorities, who are determined to make sure the Beijing Olympics go off without a hitch and become an international ... tagged World-NewsSouth Korea arrests 167 after anti-Bush protestsWednesday, August 6th, 2008SEOUL -- South Korean police used water cannon and arrested 167 people to break up protests in the evening and overnight against the visit of US President George W. Bush, officers said Wednesday. A total of 155 people were arrested overnight, a spokesman for the National Police Agency told AFP. Twelve others were held earlier for staging an anti-war rally at a military airport near Seoul, where Air Force One landed Tuesday ... tagged Bush and World-NewsUnion slams EPA chief for ignoring staff on global warmingTuesday, August 5th, 2008By Renee Schoof, McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — Environmental Protection Agency chief Stephen Johnson stunned his staff last month when he publicly opposed their proposals for regulating greenhouse gas emissions, four union officials representing EPA staff working on global warming policies said in a letter provided to McClatchy Monday. The letter alleges that Johnson subverted the work of EPA staff and damaged the agency's reputation for "sound science and policy." The EPA needs ... tagged Climate-Change and World-NewsSouth Korea Says U.S. Killed Hundreds of CiviliansMonday, August 4th, 2008“When the napalm hit our village, many people were still sleeping in their homes,” said Lee Beom-ki, 76. “Those who survived the flames ran to the tidal flats. We were trying to show the American pilots that we were civilians. But they strafed us, women and children.” By CHOE SANG-HUN 03/08/08 "NYTimes" -- -- WOLMI ISLAND, South Korea — When American troops stormed this island more than half a century ago, ... tagged World-NewsThe Politics of RiceMonday, August 4th, 2008Inside USA travels to Haiti to look at how the stories of politics, rice, and the United States are deeply interwoven. Twenty years ago, Haiti produced enough rice to feed its population. Importing rice from other countries like the US was unheard of. Today, the country of less than 10 million people is the third largest importer of US rice in the world – 75 per cent of the rice eaten in ... tagged World-NewsInspector questions Blackwater contractsWednesday, July 30th, 2008By Joseph Neff | A high-stakes dispute that flared Monday between Blackwater and the federal government boils down to a definition: Are the hundreds of Blackwater guards protecting diplomats in Iraq and Afghanistan employees or contractors? By labeling them contractors, Blackwater and its affiliates qualified for federal small-business contracts worth nearly $110 million. Those contracts and others were called into question Monday when the Small Business Administration's inspector ... tagged World-NewsAfghan air war grows in intensityWednesday, July 30th, 2008By David Wood | WASHINGTON - Daily airstrikes by U.S. and allied fighter-bombers in Afghanistan have almost doubled since last summer, according to U.S. Air Force data, a trend that reflects increased insurgent attacks but also raises concerns about civilian casualties. The growing reliance on airstrikes by U.S. commanders in Afghanistan appears to mark a turn in the course of the war. Responding to requests from ground commanders, allied ... tagged Afghanistan and World-NewsReversing mass imprisonmentWednesday, July 30th, 2008Bruce Western | The British sociologist T.H. Marshall described citizenship as the “basic human equality associated with full membership in a community.” By this measure, thirty years of prison growth concentrated among the poorest in society has diminished American citizenship. But as the prison boom attains new heights, the conversation about criminal punishment may finally be shifting. For the first time in decades, political leaders seem willing to consider ... tagged World-News« Previous Entries |
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