*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 »Online store [Margot B] »Margot's Writers' Forum »Photography, by Larryb   Click on the link below. »THE WORLD ACCORDING TO BILL FISHER Health/Sc./Environment --55 dead as typhoon hits Philippines...139 mph winds, small homes swept away   --Major snowstorm in central US...a dangerous mix of weather including blizzard conditions, ice, rain and bitterly cold temperatures.   --‘Reming’ a super typhoon, to hit Metro Manila Friday   --Fluoride: More toxic than lead   --Old World Red Wines May Be Healthier-- Study: Tannins In Some European Reds Have Greater Protective Effects On Heart Than Other Red Wines Should I? »More Health News

TOP STORIES »» UPDATE:.. Doctors treating former Russian Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar, who is gravely ill, believe he was poisoned.   --U.S.: 7 million in prison, probation or parole   --Obama would consider missile strikes on Iran and Pakistan: ... U.S. Senate candidate Barack Obama suggested Friday that the United States one day might have to launch surgical missile strikes into Iran and Pakistan to keep extremists from getting control of nuclear bombs.   --The Torture Society ­ By Ted Rall... The United States is trying to burnish its nasty image as one of the world's leading torture states--not by eliminating torture, but by silencing its victims. In a remarkable bit of legal sang-froid, the Bush Administration has filed a brief in its case against Majid Khan asking a federal court to seal its torture of him as "top secret."   --Iranian President Ahmadinejad's letter to the American people... Iranian president urges Americans to demand withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq .   » »More Top Stories .... »Yesterday's News.... » Archive Iraq --Chris Floyd: The Genocidal Fury of Thomas Friedman : "The only thing America did wrong in its "effort to bring progressive politics or democracy to this region" was not coming down hard enough on this darky riff­raff"   --Big Business Becomes a Casualty...Dhar Jamail's Iraq Dispatches   --Pentagon Considers Moving Troops From al­Anbar Province to Baghdad : There are now 30,000 U.S. troops in al­Anbar, mainly Marines, braving some of the fiercest fighting in Iraq. At least 1,055 Americans have been killed in this region, making al­Anbar the deadliest province for American troops.   --Unknown Americans provoking civil war in Iraq   »More Iraq News Asia | M.E. | Africa --Accept defeat by Taliban, Pakistan tells Nato : Senior Pakistani officials are urging Nato countries to accept the Taliban and work towards a new coalition government in Kabul that might exclude the Afghan president Hamid Karzai.   --Bush visit to Amman angers Jordanians : "This is a very sad day. Bush has become a symbol of bigotry and injustice towards Arabs and Muslims," the 32­year­old engineer said just hours before Bush was due to arrive in Amman on Wednesday.   --MP: US to pay high price for any anti-Iran action : Majlis Second Vice Speaker Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabi Fard in a meeting with the Swedish MP and Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Urban Ahlin here Wednesday said that any irrational measure and decision against Iran will make the US pay a high price.   More Asia/M.E./Africa news

Other --Anna Nicole Smith Booted from Bahamas Home More Business --Struggling U.S. dollar triggers currency concerns:... Chinese officials suggested that holding a lot of dollars might be a losing investment strategy. -- a signal that the massive trade and financial imbalances between Asia and the U.S. may be about to unwind. --38,000 Workers Accept Ford's Buyout Plans... Deadline To Take One Of The 8 Packages Offered Expired Monday --The Rich Vs. The Filthy Rich --Is the U.S. Cotton Industry in Danger of Collapse? »More Business News Tech --Threats to Internet freedom all too real »Archives   Humor Still the Decider--by Mark Fiore »Archives

The Americas

--Bolivia passes sweeping land law : Bolivia's Senate met in a surprise session late on Tuesday and quickly passed a controversial land redistribution bill after opposition unity collapsed in the face of marches for weeks by thousands of landless Indians in support of the measure.
--Six Muslim Leaders Removed in Handcuffs From US Airways Plane After Praying in Airport... Democracy Now Interview : After their release, US Airways denied them passage on any of its other flights and refused to help them obtain tickets through another airline. Two of the imams joins us in our firehouse studio.  Click to listen. Audio and transcript
--We Are All Torturers Now!... 1 Minute Video:  This video provides some evidence of the type of torture engaged in by by our allies. As citizens of the U.S. each of us is responsible for the actions of our government. We are complicit in the torture, distance from the tools used to inflict pain in no way reduces our part in these disgusting acts of barbarity. - Warning - This video contains graphic images and audio of torture and should only be viewed by a mature audience.
--Blasting American Infrastructure Away ...It's not the terrorists who are targeting and destroying the heart of America; it's Bush & Co.!
--1 in 32 U.S. Adults Serving Sentences... Justice Department Report Finds A Record 7 Million In Prison, Probation Or Parole
Gingrich: US may be forced to reexamine freedom of speech

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International

--"Russian spy" Litvinenko ‘smuggled nuclear material’ : Alexander Litvinenko, the poisoned former Russian agent, told the Italian academic he met on the day he fell ill that he had organised the smuggling of nuclear material out of Russia for his security service employers.
--MEPs condemn Britain's role in ‘torture flights’... Britain's role in CIA "torture flights" was roundly condemned yesterday by the European parliament in a scathing report which for the first time named the site of a suspected secret US detention centre in the EU ­ at Stare Kiejkuty in Poland.
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Canada

--Why Canada's liberals could pick an Iraq­ war supporter as their leader... If named the Liberal Party's leader this weekend, Michael Ignatieff would be a candidate to become the next prime minister.
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Mail

--Give the Gift of Impeachment for the Holidays...Greg Palast
»Cut and Run, the Only Brave Thing to Do...from Michael Moore
»A new Hollywood movie tells it like it really is...Great news: TruthseekerTV's ­ http://www.truthseekertv.com ­ controversial new movie "The Brandon Corey Story", has accomplished our main goal: getting David Icke and his work noticed by the mainstream media.
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Opinion–Editorials

--Prisoners of Envy: Wal*Mart Nihilism Versus the Punk Rock of Blogging...by Phil Rockstroh
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