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June 29, 2008 :: staff :: No Comment Yet
New Yorker investigative reporter Seymour Hersh reports this week that US joint special operations forces are intensifying “covert military operations” inside Iran. A US State Dept. spokesperson told CNN that US forces are “not operating across the Iraqi border into Iran”, though he did not deny there were operations organized and executed from inside Iran.
March 22, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
Sen. Barack Obama’s Philadelphia speech continues to bring new faith to his message of hope and unity. The message has been called “historic” and “presidential”, lauded even by conservative pundits as the most important address of the ‘08 campaign. Observers have speculated widely that his “A More Perfect Union” speech was a tipping point that […]
March 12, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
12 March :: Democrats propose permitting telecom firms to defend themselves in ex parte communications with judges, away from view of plaintiffs, where evidence includes classified national security information; move is designed to allow court cases to move forward, permit phone companies right to mount defense, but with no offer of retroactive immunity for any […]
March 2, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
2 March :: A demonstration estimated in excess of 50,000 and including former presidents Corazon Aquino and Joseph Estrada called for Philippine pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s resignation, amid allegations her husband took multi-million-dollar kickbacks in a telecommunications deal… State of Georgia yet to reform pension system to permit African American police officers who worked before […]
January 4, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
3 January :: Obama leads Dems in Iowa caucuses 38% to 30%, 29% for Edwards, Clinton respectively; Huckabee overtakes Romney 34% to 25%, with McCain, Thompson around 13% each; long-time frontrunners have been overtaken by candidates with fresh pitch, passionate “ground” organizations… Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamanei has said he would favor reestablishing ties with […]
December 8, 2007 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
8 December :: Harvard physicist “Lene Vestergaard Hau can stop a pulse of light in midflight, start it up again at 0.13 miles per hour, and then make it appear in a completely different location“; laboratory achievement signals major breakthrough in understanding of physics of electromagnetic radiation, key is manipulation of a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC), […]
December 5, 2007 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
5 December :: US Supreme Court hearing case of prisoners held at Guantánamo Bay naval base, without charge or due process, who now argue 2006 military tribunals legislation violates the US Constitution because it strips defendants of habeas corpus rights; LA Times reports “the detainees do not have lawyers and have no right to challenge […]
December 4, 2007 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
4 December :: Revised US National Intelligence Estimate says Iran halted nuclear weapons program in 2003, no current work being done to pursue bomb; NIE is consensus report from 16 US intelligence agencies, current analysis contradicts White House policy, as well as 2005 NIE citing Iran’s determination to build bomb; according to current NIE, Iran […]
November 23, 2007 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
23 November :: Discovery of skin-cell property that allows stem-cell behavior hope for researchers, conservative candidates; the discovery means research into curing diseases through stem-cell treatments need not be held back by ban on research that destroys human embryos, conservative candidates in US need not face criticism for opposing life-saving research… Pakistan has been suspended […]
November 20, 2007 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
20 November :: US military to turn over AP photographer to Iraqi authorities for prosecution, accusing him of links to terrorist groups; AP says no such links have even been demonstrated, Iraq native —who won Pulitzer Prize with team of AP photographers— was detained by US after offering shelter to people fleeing a bombing raid […]
November 18, 2007 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
18 November :: CNN has reported “The State Department’s inspector-general announced Wednesday he would recuse himself from decisions involving security contractor Blackwater, after admitting his brother serves as an adviser to the company”… Truthdig reporting that senior military officers are moving to protect Pentagon policy against the influence of VP Cheney’s office; Admiral William Fallon, […]
November 11, 2007 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
11 November :: German chancellor Angela Merkel and US pres. George W. Bush have declared their mutual intention to press for a diplomatic solution to Iran’s nuclear ambitions; both leaders say they believe diplomacy and economic measures can be effective in persuading the Islamic republic to abandon its alleged pursuit of nuclear weapons capability; speculation […]
November 10, 2007 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
10 November :: Pakistan gov’t announces plans to lift state of emergency within one month, saying it was declared to fight radical fundamentalist militia allegedly spreading from country’s northwest border provinces… NY Times reports “The Pakistani police allowed the opposition leader Benazir Bhutto to leave her house today, but blocked her from visiting the home […]
November 9, 2007 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
9 November :: Musharraf’s forces in riot gear have surrounded home of Bhutto’s home, alleging suicide bombers are waiting to strike, no one being allowed in or out; move is aimed at preventing her holding massive rally in Rawalpindi; after she attempted to leave, she was prevented by gov’t forces, she has been placed under […]
November 2, 2007 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
2 November :: 60 Minutes reveals WMD intel fraud, Iraqi emigré known as ‘Curve Ball’ by spy agencies said to have lied to officials about involvement in WMD work in Iraq in order to get asylum in Germany; US later used his false claim as support for invasion of Iraq; program to air Sunday in […]
October 26, 2007 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
26 October :: Report from Government Accountability Office (GAO) finds terrorist watch list may be targetting too many people to be effective, including 755,000 names as of May 2007, 860,000 at present; critics of the list say it threatens civil liberties, contravenes Constitutional protections; Sen. Lieberman has expressed concern about its “500 percent increase in […]
October 21, 2007 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
21 October :: Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, has stepped down, allegedly over differences with Pres. Ahmadinejad; Iran gov’t says there is no rift among leadership, diplomats, Larijani will attend meeting with UN representatives to ease transition to new negotiator’s team… At least 9 casualties reported in PKK raid on Turkish forces near Iraqi […]
October 18, 2007 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
18 October :: Ex-PM Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan, is greeted by hundreds of thousands of supporters in Karachi, having traveled from across the nation, Bhutto has been in talks with Musharraf to form ‘national unity’ gov’t, stave off ascent of radical clerics; two bombs ripped through massive crowd marching with Bhutto through Karachi, reportedly […]
October 16, 2007 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
16 October :: 1st official ‘baby-boomer’ begins collecting Social Security; as many as 80 million Americans from her generation will eventually collect the government pension payments… NY Times ‘The Caucus’ blog reports Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy would “Use both hard power and soft power; talk to your enemies and strengthen alliances with your friends; deal […]
October 14, 2007 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
14 October :: UN report shows rate of women dying during or just after childbirth in US on par with Belarus, Serbia, ten times worse than world’s safest, Ireland; a UN statement on the joint UN-World Bank report said “Among the ten top-ranked European and other industrialized countries, where women are guaranteed good-quality health and […]
October 2, 2007 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
2 October :: HRW says killing of 10 African Union peacekeepers, civilian police in Darfur is war crime, calls on Khartoum, gov’t forces in region to aid investigation, punish those responsible… WSJ reports “Frustrated by the stalemate over Iraq, House Democrats spelled out a strategy that would stall action on President Bush’s 2008 war budget […]
September 26, 2007 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
26 September :: Riot police in Burma (Myanmar under its military dictatorship) have fired on 10,000 Buddhist monks and pro-democracy activists protesting against totalitarian rule; US has announced new sanctions against regime, Bush denouncing “19-year reign of fear”; on Monday, 100,000 marched to support the “saffron rebellion”… Global carbon footprint at 23.881 billion tons, as […]
September 25, 2007 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
25 September :: UN Sec. Gen. Ban Ki-moon has called for concerted action to slow global warming, saying “I am convinced that climate change, and what we do about it, will define us, our era, and ultimately the global legacy we leave for future generations”… Discovery reports “Antarctica’s once fringe-thawing is moving well inland, say […]
September 24, 2007 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
24 September :: Estimated 100,000 march in Rangoon (Yangon) to support Buddhist monks calling for end to military rule in Burma; some fear junta will impose another harsh crack-down… Iran pres. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said his nation does not need nuclear weapons and is not headed for war with US; news comes amid heightened tensions […]
September 23, 2007 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
23 September :: Sunday Times reports “Israeli commandos seized nuclear material of North Korean origin during a daring raid on a secret military site in Syria before Israel bombed it this month, according to informed sources in Washington and Jerusalem”; nuclear-related material not named, report also says Israel raid carried out with US backing… Newsweek […]
September 20, 2007 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
20 September :: US Director of National Intelligence says China, Russia now spying on scale not seen since Cold War; claims comes as reports suggest China, India invovled in ballistic missile build-up, concerns over Asian arms race; Pentagon recently alleged its computer network was attacked by Chinese hackers… Israeli gov’t criticizes opposition leader Netanyahu for […]
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