*Search *Finds any story linked  on Margot  B World  News News by Category »Sc./Health/Environment »Mail »Jokes »Yesterday's News SPECIAL FEATURES »Archives »civillibertarian.blogspot »Contributors »Hot Links »Links »News Sources »Articles, by Margot B »Flowers of Galilee, by I.Shamir » Health »Online store [Margot B] »Margot's Writers' Forum »Photography, by Larryb HEALTH / SC./ ENVIRONMENT --Commodity Promotion Programs: What's the Beef?... Government­sanctioned promotion programs, known as checkoff programs, aim to increase consumption of commodities such as dairy, beef, and pork but, according to one food economist, the messages are inconsistent with the federal government's Dietary Guidelines for Americans. --Aspartame Recall:  A Message Congress Cannot Ignore --Developing Our Brightest Minds:  Report from the Study of Math Precocious Youth --Restoring Your Soul...by Gwen Randall­ Young »More Health News TECH -- McCain Bill Is Lethal Injection For Internet Freedom... »Tech Archives HUMOR -- Nuckin_Futs...Funny video animation by JibJab --Just checking in on you! »Archives

TOP STORIES --American recounts Iraq prison ordeal -- Desperation in the White House: .. The power brokers in Washington spent the week carefully arranging fig leaves and tasteful screens to cover the emperor's nakedness while he was busy pretending to listen hard to everyone with an opinion about Iraq while hearing nothing. -- Bush: 70,000 More GIs for ‘Long War’ »More Top Stories...»Yesterday's News...» Archive IRAQ Abu Ghraib – The Bottom Line... 2 Minute Video The video is shocking,. It's particularly scary because it is real, and particularly sad because all of our tax dollars are making this happen. Several minutes of every day you work goes to support this. Had enough? --At least 111 killed in occupied Iraq:..Iraqi police found 76 bodies around Baghdad, all with gunshot wounds and most with signs of torture, the Interior Ministry said. --Bush warns of new sacrifices in Iraq...A "sombre" President George W. Bush said today he planned to increase the size of the United States armed forces to cope with the "beginning stages of an ideological struggle" between liberty and evil across the globe. --Suicide car bomb kills 11 people in Baghdad »More Iraq News Middle East Israel accused of using chemical weapons --Israel may release tax funds to Abbas...Western diplomats and Palestinian sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the proposal under consideration calls for releasing the tax money to Abbas in stages on condition it will bypass the Hamas­led government. --Haniyeh Willing to Accept Israeli 1949 Borders--Temporarily : Palestinian Authority (PA) prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, in what he called a major speech, said Tuesday night that Hamas would be willing to accept a new Arab state on the land that Israel recovered in 1967, but only for 10­15 years. More M.E. news

OTHER --FBI RELEASES LAST PAGES OF LENNON FILE...  "Military retaliation" claim shown as ludicrous, of course More   BUSINESS --Global systemic crisis in 2007 – Financial sector: « Another bubble » close to bursting --Is the dollar doomed?: .. Even after the slide of the last two years it still looks over­ valued: that's bad news for all of us. --Surprise Surge In Wholesale Prices... Inflation At Wholesale Level Rises In November By Largest Amount In 32 Years --WalMart sets up a Communist branch »More Business News

Africa

--Fighting Erupts In Somalia... (AP) Heavy fighting broke out between Somalia's government troops and rival Islamic militia Wednesday, throwing an EU peace initiative into doubt.

The Americas

--Put on the spot  our punk president lies once again – by Walter C. Uhler

--Flight Delay Traffic Information

--A Democratic southern strategy – Compete!...There seems to be a growing sentiment that Democrats do not need to win elections in the South to control the political future of the United States. There is some truth in this position but little political wisdom.

--Parole board member says FBI tried to intimidate him:.. A former member of the state Parole Board said Tuesday that two FBI agents tried to intimidate him into keeping a wrongly convicted man in prison for a 1960s gangland slaying.

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International

--UK: No 10 investigated for perversion of justice:  Downing Street aides and Labour officials involved in the cash­ for­ honours inquiry are being investigated on suspicion of perverting the course of justice, The Times has learnt.

--BUSH UNSIGNS U.S.­INDIA NUKE DEAL... Another little signing statement sleight­ of­ hand by the little dictator

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Canada

--B.C. First Nation can hunt at night: Supreme Court

--Latest B.C. storm leaves thousands more without power

-- Canadian Stocks Fall as Slower Growth Drags on Commodity Shares

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Mail

-- An Open Letter to Drug Warriors Thomas Van Wyk, Strike the Root...
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Opinion–Editorials

--Mel Gibson Is Wrong about Who the Violent Americans Are... Movie Mix: The new movie Apocalypto should have left the Maya alone and instead looked for apocalyptic violence in the off­ screen history of the Catholic­mestizo families of the Americas.

--Expanding Markets and Dying Oceans:  Eating the Planet Like a Bag of Doritos for Jesus. by Phil Rockstroh..."Standing next to me in this lonely crowd, is a man who swears he's not to blame."  --Bob Dylan
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