A Week Later Blair Denies Bombing Al Jazerra Proposed
• The GuardianPrime Minister Tony Blair said Monday he had received no information suggesting the United States planned to bomb the Al-Jazeera television network. [Just Bush's suggestion]
Current News Headlines
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N.C. Judge Declines Protection for Diebold
• Associated PressOne of the nation's leading suppliers of electronic voting machines may decide against selling new equipment in North Carolina after a judge declined to protect it from criminal prosecution should it fail to disclose software code as required by
Ex-Powell Aide Criticizes Detainee Effort
• Associated PressA top aide to former Secretary of State Colin Powell said that wrongheaded ideas for the handling of foreign detainees arose from White House and Pentagon who argued that "the president of the United States is all-powerful" and the Geneva C
U.S. reports guided bomb shortage in Iraq
• UPIThe increased use of Joint Direct Attack Munitions against the Iraqi insurgency is creating a shortage of such precision-guided weaponry for the U.S. military.
Rice to seek to defuse prison scandal in Europe
• ReutersFaced with European demands that the US explain secret detention centers to interrogate terrorism suspects were located in two unnamed east European countries, Rice intends to remind the Europeans that they are in a joint fight against an enemy that
Bush's safer nuclear bombing run put on hold
• San Francisco ChronicleLawmakers killed the widely criticized nuclear "bunker buster" concept, which critics regarded as too aggressive, and instead appropriated $25 million for research on what is called the reliable replacement warhead, or RRW.
Testimony from Rove's former assistant may solidify case that he misled leak inquiry
• by Jason Leopold and Larisa Alexandrovna (TRS)Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald will present evidence to a second grand jury this week that could lead to a criminal indictment being handed up against Karl Rove, President Bush’s deputy chief of staff.
MobiBlu releases tiny cubic-inch MP3 player
• News LinkVery cool! But the size is its only real benefit over others,... but soon...
Holographic-memory discs may put DVDs to shame
• News LinkThe discs, developed by InPhase Technologies, based in Colorado, US, hold 300 gigabytes of data and can be used to read and write data 10 times faster than a normal DVD. The company, along with Japanese partner Hitachi Maxell announced earlier in Nov
Iraqi prostitutes now live in fear for their lives
• The Daily StarIt's not known how many prostitutes work in Baghdad or how many have been killed or threatened. But prostitutes, community leaders and police reported that prostitution has significantly changed in the capital. Once an open secret, the business i
The Whitehouse run assault on Fallujah
• The Independent"Heavy-handed US military tactics in Fallujah and Najaf, some weeks ago, have fuelled both Sunni and Shia opposition to the coalition, and lost us much public support inside Iraq."
Confusion, Misreporting Surround Reports on CA Sec. of State Diebold Voting Machine 'Hack' T
• Brad BlogIts been reported the California Secretary of State's office would be allowing Election Reform activists to perform an attempted hack of voting machines. Apparently untrue.
A Senate of Torture
• by Nat Hentoff (Washington Post)The self-styled "world's greatest deliberative body," the U.S. Senate, voted to prevent prisoners at Guantanamo from filing habeas corpus petitions to our federal courts regarding their conditions of confinement, including complaints o
Bruce Willis to make pro-war propaganda movie
• The AustralianANGERED by negative portrayals of the Iraq conflict, actor Bruce Willis is to make a pro-war film in which US soldiers will be depicted as brave fighters for freedom and democracy.
The Grave Threat Is the Bush Administration
• by Paul Craig Roberts (LewRockwell.com)The Bush administration’s hype about terrorism serves no purpose other than to build a police state that is far more dangerous to Americans than terrorists. Despite the large number of alleged "terrorists" being held, there isn't a shre
Don't Bomb Us
• A blog by Al Jazeera StaffersHear from the Al Jazeera staff whose crime was reporting the news in the Middle East from all sides, or letting the video speak for itself.
Seat licensing: government licenses permiting sitting on your ass
• U.S. GubermintDownload a Seating License to retract the seat's content-guard spikes here.
Rumsfeld programmed Bush to Bomb Al-Jazeera
• London TimesTHE Middle Eastern news network Al-Jazeera was accused by Donald Rumsfeld of broadcasting “vicious, inaccurate and inexcusable” reports about the war in Iraq the day before President Bush suggested bombing the station’s headquarters to Tony Blair at
Supreme Court rejects Sibel Edmonds firing lawsuit
• ReutersThe U.S. Supreme Court let stand the dismissal of a lawsuit by a former FBI linguist who said she had been fired in 2002 for speaking out about possible security breaches, misconduct and incompetent translation work.
First Falcon 1 rocket flies Saturday
• News LinkAfter three years of development, SpaceX's privately-made Falcon 1 rocket is set for its debut launch Saturday from a seven-acre isle in the Central Pacific. Liftoff remains targeted for 4 p.m. EST (2100 GMT)
Court upholds 'I stole mail' punishment sign
• ReutersThe U.S. Supreme Court allowed a California man to be sentenced to spend a day outside a San Francisco post office wearing a signboard stating, "I stole mail. This is my punishment."
Deficit cracking GOP's solidarity
• San Francisco ChronicleA move to preserve tax cuts on capital gains and dividends -- the gemstone of the Bush tax cuts for conservatives -- is in trouble in both the House and the Senate.
Verizon Wireless Sues Another Spammer
• eWeekSpam on cell phones is becoming a fact of life in the U.S., despite aggressive defensive tactics by operators. Unwanted text messages from a Florida-based travel company were sent recently to 98,000 Verizon Wireless customers.
US to provide air support for Shiite Iraqi's Conquest
• The GuardianThe Bush administration is considering a plan to put America's awesome airpower at the disposal of Iraqi commanders, as a way of reducing the number of US troops on the ground.
Competitors Challenge MapQuest
• Associated PressInitially, the great thing about Internet mapping programs was their swiftness and ease for obtaining directions, printing them and driving the course you plotted.
Kazaa installing court ordered surveillance filters
• Associated PressThe owners of file-sharing network Kazaa were working Monday to install filters aimed at preventing users of the software from swapping copyrighted material.
Campaign Blunder a Issue in Governor's Trial
• Associated Press7 years later, the Ryan campaign's low-key, half-hidden efforts to win the gay vote without triggering a conservative backlash are still touching off fireworks — this time at the former governor's federal racketeering and fraud trial
Carrying gun likely to get you shot by cops
• Associated PressRequiring off-duty officers to carry their weapons is being scaled back in police departments nationwide, increasingly being blamed for the deaths of officers shot by colleagues who thought they were criminals.
Hussein trial adjourned amid courtroom rancor
• CNNSaddam Hussein argued with the judge and railed against Iraq's "occupiers." "Why would you confiscate my papers and the pen that I need? How should I defend myself?" "I don't want you to tell them, I want you to order
Privately funded space launch delayed
• Space Exploration TechnologyThe Falcon 1 rocket will begin its journey to orbit, accelerating to 17,000 mph (twenty-five times the speed of sound) in less than ten minutes. Falcon 1 is a two stage rocket powered by liquid oxygen and purified, rocket grade kerosene.
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