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» America The Bankrupt... GAO Head Takes Fiscal Show On The Road To Warn Of Trouble Ahead ­ posted by Larry B
»Al­Qaeda warns Canada Quit Afghan mission or endure attack like 9/11, threat says...Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said: ‘The Canadians learned from the 9/11 attacks against the U.S. that a terrorist threat can enter into our private borders. The Afghani government wants us there, and we are fighting a truly abominable enemy. This is in our national interest. I believe that what we are doing is extraordinary. We will take a commanding role in the province of Kandahar.’
»A Nigerian airliner has crashed near the country's capital city of Abuja. Hospital official reports seven survivors treated; 97 feared dead.
» Two parties of war and reaction: Hillary Clinton, Dick Cheney champion torture on eve of election
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»Sunday: 47 Iraqis Killed, 15 Injured
»Why won't the media cover this outrageous October Surprise?...This is simply unacceptable. Earlier in the week I wrote about the likely death sentence to be handed down in Saddam Hussein's show trial just two days before the mid­term elections.
»Considering the US­North Korea protracted standoff,  one can only imagine how foolishly disposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein must now feel that he didn't pursue a more determined programme of weapons of mass destruction.
»Maliki says ‘I'm not Ameica's man in Iraq...The Iraqi prime minister sharply criticized U.S. policy during a private meeting with the U.S. ambassador Friday, pointing to American failure to either reduce violence or give his government authority over security matters.
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»NATO occupation forces strike killed 85 civilians... Over 85 civilians including women and children were killed in Zang Abad village of Panjwayi district, 20 kilometres west of Kandahar Province Tuesday evening, said Bismillah Afghanmal, a member of Kandahar provincial council.
»US, S Korea preparing for nuclear war, N Korea says... North Korea claims the United States and South Korea are planning a nuclear war against the communist state, accusing them of devising a war plan and stocking up on the latest weapons.
»Elizebath Rubin: In the Land of the Taliban : I went to Afghanistan and Pakistan this summer to understand how and why the Taliban were making a comeback five years after American and Afghan forces drove them from power. What kind of experience would lead Afghans to reject what seemed to be an emerging democratic government? Had we missed something that made Taliban rule appealing?
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»Plunge Protectors...Treasury's Paulson plays with the plunge protectors
»GAO chief warns economic disaster looms
»U.S. Growth slowest in more than 3 years
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» Firefox 2.0 Balances Innovation with Ease of Use
»Browsers go head to head
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»You just called ... ­Plays music. I hope you laugh all the way to the voting booth.
»Don't Read It! - plays music, very cute
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»Bush's lonely election season...Bush has perfected the art of governing from inside his razor­ thin majority, and is proud above all of his ideological steadfastness. That's why the midterms could do more than change the balance of power in Washington, if current polls are right and one or both houses shift to Democratic hands.
Bolivia oil, gas nationalization complete...Deal with operators completes Bolivia's oil and gas nationalization.
»US terror law ‘could violate international treaties’... Washington's new anti­terrorism law could end up violating international treaties protecting detainees, with some provisions denying suspects the right to a fair trial, a key UN rights expert said on Saturday.
» The End of Suburbia ­ Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream  (52 minute video version of documentary)... James Howard Kunstler calls the project of suburbia "the greatest misallocation of resources in the history of the world" and says America has squandered its wealth and "invested it in a living arrangement that has no future."
» FBI monitoring emails from peace groups
» FBI lives large while others starve
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»Prof Noam Chomsky : "He tells the truth": 20 Minute video... Time and again, he claims, the U.S. backs terrorists and spreads conflict in order to guarantee the wealth of a tiny minority.
»Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2006: ... The United States (53rd) has fallen nine places since last year
» Tackle Climate Change or Face Deep Recession, World's Leaders Warned
» EU, US at odds on Iran draft text, more disagreement expected with Russia, : Frustrated by the lack of progress on their talks with the US which wants a "tougher" draft resolution on Iran for its nuclear programme, the EU3 ­ UK, France and Germany ­ circulated a Security Council draft text to Russia and China, and more disagreement looms ahead, a council diplomat said on Wednesday.
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Canada

»Canada's trade minister says our country needs a new trade plan with Asian
»Canada Spy Chief: Agents Operated in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Lebanon
»Rallies across country urge Ottawa to bring troops home from Afghanistan
»About that unborn child
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»The West sets Terrorists on Russia
»Noam Chomsky: US threats to Venezuela: ... [T]he US has had two major weapons for controlling Latin America for a long time. One of them is economic controls, the other is military force. They have both been used continually. Both of them are weakening and it's a very serious problem for US planners
»Before the 9/11 Conspiracies, There Was the Oklahoma Bombing... Much of the faulty logic and circumstantial evidence that justifies the 9/11 conspiracies are repeats of the theories that abounded in Timothy McVeigh's Oklahoma City bombing.
»The Permanent Middle Class...America has always welcomed and used cheap labor. But at least during the industrial economy, people hoped their kids could do better. Today, they're not so sure.
»Recipe for a Cooked Election I By Greg Palast:  A nasty little secret of American democracy is that, in every national election, ballots cast are simply thrown in the garbage. Most are called "spoiled," supposedly unreadable, damaged, invalid. They just don't get counted. This "spoilage" has occurred for decades, but it reached unprecedented heights in the last two presidential elections. In the 2004 election, for example, more than three million ballots were never counted.
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