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June 17, 2007
U.S. set to lift Palestinian embargo
The Bush administration is poised to lift its economic and diplomatic embargo against the Palestinian government in the West Bank now that a U.S.-backed moderate has evicted Islamic radicals from governance.
Freemasons decry secrecy 'myths'
Society's leaders discuss future of fraternal order in post-communist era
Recently, Masonic leaders from across Europe gathered in Prague to discuss the future of Freemasonry in Central and Eastern Europe
The meetings began in 1999, when the grand masters of Germany and Austria met in Romania to discuss the new lodges of Eastern Europe, according to Hamill. Grand masters, elected annually by ballot, head Grand Lodges, of which there is usually one in a given country.
Watchdogs keep a wary eye
The intrusive technologies depicted in Minority Report are more real than you might think
Not everyone, however, is a convert to the new world of biometrics.
Civil libertarians, privacy advocates and other critics remain unconvinced its putative benefits outweigh its costs.
Their greatest fear is biometrics could be used to undermine or even obliterate privacy.
Without adequate safeguards, Cavoukian says, biometric systems "would enable data linkage in multiple separate databases that all contain the same key, which would be the biometric. You would be able to engage in endless secondary uses of the information."
This would allow governments or corporations to develop extensive profiles of every citizen in the databases.
"That's the fundamental fear from a privacy perspective," says Cavoukian, "the possibility of rampant tracking of one's activities. Ultimately, it will leave no door unopened."
America obsessed with secrecy
Public growing more tolerant of the dark
For the past six years, I've been exploring the resurgent culture of secrecy.
What I've found is a confluence of causes behind it, among them the chill wrought by Sept. 11, industry deregulation, the long dominance of a single political party, fear of litigation and liability, and the threat of the Internet. But perhaps most alarming to me was the public's increasing tolerance of secrecy. Without timely information, citizens are reduced to mere residents, and representative government atrophies into a representational image of democracy as illusory as a hologram.
Flashback - JFK Speech on Secret Societies and Freedom of the Press (6 Minutes)
AIPAC buys Fred Thompson
British body backs inter-species clones
Making human-animal embryos for scientific experiments should be allowed because of the benefits to science and medicine, British experts said in a report released for Sunday.
How war was turned into a brand
Political chaos means Israel is booming like it's 1999 - and the boom is in defence exports field-tested on Palestinians
"The CIA's Secret War"
The CIA's Secret War sparks a debate on the role of democratic nations in the "war on terror".
Petraeus Says Iraq Plan Won't Succeed By September
The odds of building a stable Iraqi government by September are slim, even with the addition of 30,000 U.S. troops to give lawmakers in Baghdad security, said the top U.S. general in the Middle East country.
Oil Industry May Cut Back Refinery Plans
Push for Increases in Biofuels Causes Oil Industry to Scale Back Refinery Expansion
Hani al Masri: PA could collapse soon
Independent Palestinian columnist Hani al Masri has warned that the formation of an emergency government by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in defiance of , and without coordination with, the democratically elected government headed by Ismael Haniya, could eventually lead to the disintegration and ultimate collapse of the Palestinian Authority.
Bush suffers court setbacks in war on terrorism
President George W. Bush's broad assertions of power in his war on terrorism are under assault by U.S. judges who have rejected his indefinite imprisonment of enemy combatants and the domestic spying program.
Bomb blast in Kabul kills over 35 - police
A Taliban bomber blew up a police bus in the heart of Kabul on Sunday, killing 24 people in one of the deadliest suicide strikes to hit Afghanistan since the Taliban were ousted in 2001.
Bin bag 'spy camera' to enforce refuse rules
A council is to hide a camera in a bin bag to catch residents who do not follow new rules about putting out the rubbish.
They must also leave their rubbish out between set times to ensure it does not attract pests or miss the dust cart.
To enforce the new rules, a camera will be placed in a rubbish bag and left in an alleyway to blend in with the surroundings to catch offenders. Those filmed breaking the rules will be given a ticking off.
Repeat offenders could be handed a fixed penalty notice or even be taken to court and fined up to £1,000.
Lockerbie 'bomber' could go free
The case of the only man found guilty of the Lockerbie bombing, Britain's biggest terrorist outrage that killed 270 people, could be reopened after fresh evidence that his conviction was based on unreliable evidence.
Blair knew US had no post-war plan for Iraq
Tony Blair agreed to commit British troops to battle in Iraq in the full knowledge that Washington had failed to make adequate preparations for the postwar reconstruction of the country.
House rejects security fence at the border
The U.S. House of Representatives shot down a proposal Friday by U.S. Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz, that would have built an 854-mile, double layered security fences along the Mexican border.
Most Americans Believe Media is Assaulting Morals, Study Shows
Sixty-eight percent of Americans say the media have damaged moral values in America, according to a report released Wednesday by the Culture and Media Institute (CMI).
Israel plans attack on Gaza
ISRAEL’s new defence minister Ehud Barak is planning an attack on Gaza within weeks to crush the Hamas militants who have seized power there.
According to senior Israeli military sources, the plan calls for 20,000 troops to destroy much of Hamas’s military capability in days.
The raid would be triggered by Hamas rocket attacks against Israel or a resumption of suicide bombings.
The New Slavery - By David Cox
Globalism is but a synonym for slavery, the hunt for the cheapest workforce on the planet, so how could the inevitable outcome of slavery be a surprise to anyone? The corporate master doling out bread in a reverse auction of labor, no different from the Incas or the mid evil serf. The old style practice of American slavery was abolished in 1863 for areas in rebellion meaning play along and you can keep your slaves but this was soon replaced by a more modern version.
Abbas wins US backing as Fatah stages revenge raids
The US made clear it would give aid to the new emergency Palestinian government as hundreds of Fatah activists conducted reprisal raids against Hamas officials and offices in the West Bank yesterda
Bloomberg has gun lobby and the presidency in his sights
It started as a small group of American mayors worried about gun violence. It has since grown into a vociferous national organisation that has challenged the powerful US gun lobby and boosted speculation about the presidential prospects of Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York.
Ex-CIA man accuses Gul of backing Taliban
Former CIA officer Art Keller, who was posted to Pakistan last year, has claimed that former ISI chief Hameed Gul along with other retired army officers secretly supported the Taliban, Guardian reported.
Benson & Jackson: It's our fight, too - By Devvy Kidd
Former IRS Agent criminally charged and Bill Benson case update
Seymour Hersh: The General's Report
How Antonio Taguba, who investigated the Abu Ghraib scandal, became one of its casualties.
Anti-coup rally in Bangkok
Thousands of demonstrators on Saturday gathered at Bangkoks Royal Grounds to call for the dissolution of the junta that staged the September 19, 2006, coup and the annulment of all subsequent developments over the past nine months.
Frank Lowy, Zionism and 9/11
US halted Taiwan's nuclear project
The recently declassified documents show the administrations of former US presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter placed heavy pressure on Taiwan to end its quest for sophisticated equipment that Washington feared would be used in the manufacture of a nuclear bomb.
The man who violated the ironclad rule
The agent in question is Ashraf Marwan, the son-in-law of Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser and a close associate of Nasser's successor, Anwar Sadat. On Friday night, October 5, 1973, Marwan personally informed "D.," his operator at the Mossad, and Zamir, who was then Mossad chief, that "war will break out tomorrow evening."
Surprise, Surprise: Democrat Carville Defends Convicted Neocon Felon Scooter
Al-Qaeda is a front organization of CIA and MOSSAD : Mumbai based group of intellectuals and human rights activists
Sunni mosque destroyed in Iraq's south-east
Another Sunni mosque was levelled by an explosion on Saturday in Basra, residents say, in the second retaliatory attack for the downing of Shiite minarets in as many days.
UK's wars 'leave EU at risk of terrorism'
BRITAIN'S controversial military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan have left Europe at risk of attack from Islamic terrorists, the continent's leading police chief has warned.
Max-Peter Ratzel, director of Europol, the European Union's police agency, claims the continuing involvement in the war zones has boosted the threat of reprisals from al-Qaeda and represents the biggest single threat to the security of the EU.
Top medic blasts delay in treating troops
Britain's wounded are being evacuated from Afghanistan slower than US troops were from Vietnam 40 years ago, reveals surgeon.
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