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May 23, 2007
Lebanese army to enter refugee camp after clashes with Islamists
A tense calm hung over the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon yesterday, with residents struggling through their fourth day without electricity or water as the army prepared to breach the camp, ordering everyone to leave or risk harm in the impending showdown.
Palestine: Forty Years of Occupation - By Stephen Lendman
Drive-by Wi-Fi 'thief' heavily fined
A Michigan man who parked outside a local Wi-Fi cafe every day to check his email has been fined $400 and sentenced to 40 hours' community service.
Wayne Madsen: The corporate media still does not get it about the so-called "Washington Madam" case.
Beyond just another titillating DC sex scandal, this affair involves the U.S. Attorneys firings, massive bribery involving military and homeland security contracts, and potential blackmail of high government officials.
Hack My Son's Computer, Please
Can an elderly father give police permission to search a password-protected computer kept in his adult son's bedroom, without probable cause or a warrant? In April, a three judge panel of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals said yes.
Just 26% Favor Senate Immigration Plan
Initial public reaction to the immigration proposal being debated in the Senate is decidedly negative.
McClatchy's D.C. Bureau Claims It's Barred From Defense Secretary Plane
Staffers at McClatchy's Washington, D.C., Bureau one of the few major news outlets skeptical of intelligence reports during the run-up to the war in Iraq claims it is now being punished for that coverage.
Rewarding Illegal Aliens: Senate Bill Undermines The Rule of Law
The most controversial component of the Senate's Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Reform Act of 2007 is Title VI, euphemistically ntitled "Nonimmigrants in the United States Previously in Unlawful Status." It would create a new "Z" visa exclusively for illegal aliens. This title would change the status of those who are here illegally to legal, essentially granting amnesty to those "previously in unlawful status."
Will the Republicans Destroy Themselves? Before they destroy America? - By Paul Craig Roberts
Bush grants presidency extraordinary powers
Directive for emergencies apparently gives authority without congressional oversight
Former Gonzales aide admits "crossing the line"
A former aide to U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told Congress on Wednesday she "crossed the line" by letting politics influence the Justice Department hiring process.
Insurers, builders settle WTC case for $2 billion
The builders of the World Trade Center site and seven insurers have reached a $2 billion settlement that ends all outstanding legal battles over its multibillion-dollar policy, state officials said today.
Gov. Eliot Spitzer and state Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo announced the settlement after leading two months of talks with the insurers, trade center developer Larry Silverstein and the site's owner, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
In Gag We Trust: An Interview with FBI Whistleblower Sibel Edmonds
FBI language specialist Sibel Edmonds was fired from her job with the FBI’s Washington Field Office in March 2002. Her crime was reporting security breaches, cover-ups, blocking of intelligence, and the bribery of U.S. individuals including high-ranking officials. The State Secret Privilege has often been invoked to block court proceedings on her case, and the U.S. Congress has even been gagged to prevent further discussion.
Antigua targets U.S. over illegal Web restrictions
The tiny Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda seeks compensation from the U.S. over its illegal restrictions on Internet gambling sites based overseas, and yesterday asked other countries to join in as it targets Washington over its failure to comply with global trade rules.
CREW Sues White House Office Of Administration Over Refusal To Respond To FOIA On Five Million Missing Emails
This week, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) sued the Office of Administration (OA), a component of the Executive Office of the President (EOP). CREW has also requested a preliminary injunction to compel the OA to respond to a CREW Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
1 in 8 Iraqis dies before fifth birthday
In Baghdad's poorest area, hospital lacks basic supplies, staff
Bush may turn to UN in search for Iraq solution
If troop surge fails, strategy is to involve other nations under UN umbrella
Amnesty: Threefold increase in killings of Palestinians by IDF in 2006
Human rights group’s annual report slams Israel’s activity in the territories, says settlers, soldiers committed ‘serious human rights abuses’; report also says Jewish state committed war crimes during Second Lebanon War
GSA chief violated Hatch Act, OSC report finds
Gas prices keep going up
Many of the woes the country is feeling when it buys gas these days can be traced back to blunders by the government.
Oil companies also can share some of the burden. I always find it convenient for their part when a refinery has to be shut down for repairs or for cleaning during times of peak demand further driving up prices.
Bush threatens veto of anti-gouging bill
President Bush is likely to veto legislation that would create hefty fines and criminal penalties for gasoline price-gouging, the White House said Wednesday.
Bush, Giuliani, Whitman and the Lethal Fallout from 9/11
Leaked British plan would turn doctors, social workers into police informants
Plan meant to preempt violent crime in Britain, but critics worry about privacy implications.
New Right Trounces 'Speech Control' Bill
100 Suspected Illegal Workers Arrested
Federal immigration agents raided a poultry plant Tuesday morning and arrested more than 100 workers who are believed to be illegal immigrants.
Nine U.S. warships enter Gulf in show of force
Nine U.S. warships carrying 17,000 personnel entered the Gulf on Wednesday in a show of force off Iran's coast that navy officials said was the largest daytime assembly of ships since the 2003 Iraq war.
Body of missing US soldier 'found in Euphrates'
Police in Iraq say the half-naked body of one of three missing US soldiers has been found in the Euphrates River in the town of Mussayab, south of Baghdad.
U.S. Government Gave Airtime to Terrorists, Official Admits
Al Hurra television, the U.S. government's $63 million-a-year effort at public diplomacy broadcasting in the Middle East, is run by executives and officials who cannot speak Arabic, according to a senior official who oversees the program.
That might explain why critics say the service has recently been caught broadcasting terrorist messages, including an hour-long tirade on the importance of anti-Jewish violence, among other questionable pieces.
China arrests 28 as tensions high after family planning riots
Police arrested 28 people for instigating thousands of people to riot over population control policies in southern China, state press said Wednesday, as residents expressed anger over government abuse.
Neo-Cons To Plot Iran Strategy Amid Caribbean Luxury
U.S. Muslims reject extremism, poll finds
Pew reports a diverse group with a mostly positive view of society
Nine more US soldiers killed in Iraq
Nine US troops were killed on a single day around Iraq, the US military reported Wednesday, bringing to 85 the number of servicemen killed in one of the most violent months of the war so far.
German police use Stasi scent profiling on G8 protesters
Stasi scent-tracking methods are being used to keep a check on selected protesters planning to demonstrate at next month's G8 summit.
Injury toll from Turkey blast rises to 102
Turkey's government convened an emergency meeting on countering terrorism on Wednesday, a day after a powerful bomb blast in the capital Ankara killed six people and wounded 102 others, authorities said.
Refugees flee Lebanon camp as guns fall silent
By foot or in cars and pickup trucks, refugees are continuing to flee a battered Palestinian camp in northern Lebanon on Wednesday, as the guns fall silent after three days of ferocious fighting between Islamist militiamen and the Lebanese army.
Israel continues to pound Gaza
Israel has launched new attacks in Gaza on buildings it said held Hamas weapons caches.
UN peace keepers illegally trading gold in DR Congo: BBC
A investigation by the BBC has uncovered what it says is evidence United Nations peace keepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been involved in illegal gold trafficking.
Report 2007: Politics of fear creating a dangerously divided world
Powerful governments and armed groups are deliberately fomenting fear to erode human rights and to create an increasingly polarized and dangerous world, said Amnesty International today as it launched Amnesty International Report
Amnesty Int'l Blasts U.S. War on Terror
The United States is treating the globe like one giant battlefield for its war on terror, eroding rights worldwide, a leading human rights group said Wednesday.
Police corruption undermines Mexico's war on drugs
When Mexico sent hundreds of federal officers to clean up the corrupt local police in the rowdy border city of Tijuana this year, they were supposed to set an example of how to police responsibly.
But within days of the January operation, federal cops were filmed by police cameras extorting money from U.S. and Mexican tourists at road blocks in an embarrassment for President Felipe Calderon's new government.
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