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TOP STORIES »Iraq is a ‘disaster’ admits Blair...This morning, he is trying to back­peddle, but too late, Tony.   »CONDI DISCOVERS CHINA!... Says the country---to which we are a trillion bucks in debt---might pose a threat!   »Enemy to 9/10 of humanity dies »U.S. Marine shot dead by police in San Diego » Dismay Grows Over US Torture School : Recent reports of the Bush Administration's decision to increase training and aid for the militaries of Latin America so as to reverse the region's leftward swing have only sharpened criticism at home and abroad.   » Missing presumed tortured... Stephen Grey, New Statesman - "More than 7,000 prisoners have been captured in America's war on terror. Just 700 ended up in Guantanamo Bay. Between extraordinary rendition to foreign jails and disappearance into the CIA's "black sites", what happened to the rest?" »More Top Stories .... »Yesterday's News.... » Archive Iraq »Baghdad Shi'ite militant says fighting for all Iraqis... "Sunnis are as much my brothers as Shi'ites. My only enemies are the occupiers," he said during the encounter in Sadr City, the sprawling Baghdad slum where U.S. and Iraqi forces have been hunting him as, effectively, Public Enemy No. 1 for months. » Iraq gov't in crisis after staff abducted, tortured :Kidnappers tortured many of the dozens of hostages seized in a daylight raid on a government building and killed some of them, a minister said as he warned that he felt Iraq no longer had an effective government. »CIA: Taliban, al Qaeda resurge in Afghanistan : Al Qaeda's influence and numbers are rapidly growing in Afghanistan, with fighters operating from new havens and mimicking techniques learned on the Iraqi battlefield for use against U.S. and allied troops, U.S. intelligence officials said. »Farmers in Dire Straights...BAGHDAD, Nov 16 (IPS) &arquo; Despite the Iraqi prime minister's optimism for the agricultural sector, the farmers who are struggling to survive tell another story. [Dahr Jamail] »More Iraq News Asia  |  Middle East  |  Africa » FOUNDER OF HOLOCAUST MUSEUM IN NAZARETH INVITED TO TEHRAN »Ex­ Iranian president warns U­ S against invading : It would be "dangerous" for the U­ S to think it can do in Iran what it's done in Iraq and Afghanistan. »US rebuffs Syria, Iran offers... "We believe, at this point, that we are engaged in the proper course with respect to Syria, Iran, on all the various issues that are before us,&quaot; state department spokesperson Sean McCormack said when pressed on whether Washington is ready to end its silent treatment of the two regimes. » Hollow visions of Palestine's future... By Jonathan Cook in Nazareth » Small groups of Israelis, smaller than Gush Shalom, are abandoning Zionism and coalescing around new ideas about how Israeli Jews and Palestinians might live peacefully together, including inside a single state. »More

Other »Cancer­ stricken Secret Santa comes out of the shadows...posted by Larry B »Armani wedding for TomKat | Video »Pitt defends bodyguards More   Business »The biggest bubble of all ­ derivatives Trading Soars to $370 Trillion ­ it will be the root cause for global depression , global market for derivatives soared to a record $370 trillion in the first half of 2006, bubble bigger than any one can imagine. » Banks warned of ‘end to the good times’:  ---"clouds were already darkening" urged to prepare for the impact of rising unemployment and the knock­ on effect on bad debts. »Housing slide may deepen New forecast sees bottom in 2008. » A disservice to the world: Oil­ industry consultant CERA denies peak oil  Jan Lundberg, Culture Change »More Business News   Tech » Something worth smiling about» new Olympus Stylus 750 is quite promising ­ 5X optical zoom, two image stabilization modules, all­ weather casing, all that for a somewhat attractive price. Let's see what it's really all about. »Introducing the nano battery, as thick as a strand of hair »Archives   Humor » Rumsfeld »Archives

» My Election Musings...by Marlow Bumpus
»Chavez warns opponents to back off
»Bolton in extraordinary outburst against United Nations
» What Rumsfeld Knew ...Interviews with high-ranking military officials shed new light on the role Rumsfeld played in the harsh treatment of a Guantánamo detainee.
» Stunning Revelations: The untold story of Taser-related deaths ... Ryan is one of nearly 200 people who have died in the last five years after being shot by a Taser stun gun. In June, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it would review these deaths.
» GPS Surveillance Creeps into Daily Life
» Chavez: Bush should get death penalty:  "If sentencing is to be done," said Chavez earlier this week, "the first one to be given the most severe sentence this planet has to offer should be the president of the United States, if we're talking about genocidal presidents,"
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»Russia implementing arms contract with Iran ­ official : Russia is going ahead with a contract to deliver sophisticated air defence systems to Iran, a Russian defence ministry official said, despite appeals from Washington to reconsider
»Russia to cooperate with Pakistan in defence, security fields : Pakistan and Russia today decided to activate their joint governmental commission and further reinforce cooperation in the fields of defence and security.
»Netherlands to propose burqa ban: ­ The Dutch cabinet has backed a proposal by the country's immigration minister to ban Muslim women from wearing the burqa in public places.
»Economy looms large in French election... An unexpected third quarter slump has thrown French economic anxieties into sharper relief as the main opposition Socialist Party decides whether to go with the flow of public opinion by electing Segolene Royal as its presidential candidate.
»Vatican steps into veil debate
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» Ottawa to spend $30M to conserve Atlantic salmon
» Poll suggests Liberals would fare best under Rae, even in Ontario.
» Que. to fund companies with ‘social conscience’... As I have said here before funding for worker owned cooperatives and for alternatives to corporate capitalism needs to be developed across Canada. Using union pension funds and Labour Investment Funds for social investment rather than as they are currently being used as funding for P3's.
»Allies have it out in Canada:  Afghanistan Testing NATO Alliance
» Update from Grand River...from Hazel
»U.S. air passport deadline pushed back for Canadians ... Requirements for Canadian air travellers to have passports and pay an extra $5 user fee when entering...
»Vancouver water advisory continues... Some people took the boil­ water advisory for Greater Vancouver in stride, buying it in bottles or boiling it. Others worried about the long­term effects and at least one woman was blissfully unaware.
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» Open Letter to Reps Pelosi and Conyers... We the People are Setting the Table Now  [ By Cindy Sheehan]  We the people put the Democrats back into power because we want to see a change in this country and a rejection of politics as usual. We want politics as unusual. We want to see the issue of impeachment and a speedy and safe withdrawal of our troops from Iraq de­ politicized and brought into the realm of "right and wrong" where these issues belong, not "right and left."
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»A World Without the U.S.A. & Britain [by Bruce Porteous]
NEW BIO OF THE AMAZING »MADAME CHIANG
» Worshipping the State: Why They Die... Simple facts most soldiers do not understand: The government (state) is not our country; when you fight and die in undeclared wars, you do so for the State and not for our country or our freedoms; when you forsake the Constitution you swore to uphold and defend to follow unconstitutional orders, even from your commander-in-chief, you cross the line from defender of your country to the very real possibility of becoming a war criminal.
»To Hell with Centrism: We Must Reclaim the Inspired Edge...by Phil Rockstroh
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