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Rapidly deteriorating relations between the West and Iran, Opec's second biggest oil producer and the world's fourth-largest exporter, could see energy prices hit record highs in coming weeks.
Tony Blair is preparing to scrap a 40-year ban on tapping MPs' telephones, despite fierce Cabinet opposition. Announce to the Commons within weeks that MPs can no longer be sure that the security services and others will not intercept their commu
Apple has been criticised over a new version of its iTunes program that can keep track of a user's listening habits. The updated software includes a feature that recommends tracks similar to the music being played via iTunes.
Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers 35 years ago, said whistle-blowers shouldn't be afraid to reveal government secrets in an effort to save people's lives, even going to jail. ''Don't do what I did. Don't wait until th
The parents of a 15-year-old boy accused of terrorizing classmates with a pistol warned authorities the weapon likely was fake before police shot him in a middle school bathroom
The survey of 560 registered voters found 30 percent favored former U.S. Rep. Nick Lampson, a Democrat, compared with 22 percent for DeLay, who has represented the district for 22 years. DeLay must first defeat three opponents in the Republican prima
SAUDI ARABIA has embarked on an unprecedented drive to open up to $1,400 billion (£795 billion) of its industries to foreign investment as it strives to scale back dependence on oil exports.
House Majority Whip Roy Blunt of Missouri claimed today in a press release that he has obtained "the support of more than the 117 Members of the House Republican Conference," which would be one more than half of the total possible votes
After streaking across the darkened skies over the Pacific Northwest, a NASA spacecraft floated to a successful parachute landing in the Utah desert early today with microscopic pieces of a comet and star grains that pre-date the formation of the sol
President Bush has signed executive orders giving him sole authority to impose martial law, suspend habeas corpus and ignore the Posse Comitatus Act that prohibits deployment of troops on American streets. This would give him absolute dictatorial pow
The Windows MetaFile Backdoor? Description: Leo and I carefully examine the operation of the recently patched Windows MetaFile vulnerability. I describe exactly how it works in an effort to explain why it doesn't have the feeling of another Mi
Yahoo's chief executive officer also justified his company's actions: "It's just really important for us to have good relations and good partnerships with governments all over the world."
With help from the Pentagon's chief laughter instructor, families of National Guard members are learning to walk like a penguin, laugh like a lion and blurt "ha, ha, hee, hee and ho, ho." No joke.
In March 2004 Congressional testimony, Comptroller General David Walker estimated the Postal Service has between $88 - $98 billion in unfunded liabilities including $47 - $57 billion of unfunded retiree health benefits.
Now it is clear that the Shiites were just saying what the Bush administration wanted to hear, never meant it, and never intended to follow through. "We will stop anyone who tries to change the Constitution," said al-Hakim yesterday.
John Murtha, the top Democrat of the House defense appropriations subcommittee, said late Friday that President George W. Bush would be forced to accept an Iraq pullout plan because inaction will likely result in Republicans losing control of Congres
"Let me know as soon as you can ... I think [Attorney General John] Ashcroft and his guys will also be there. 1PM game," Abramoff concluded. The case of Jack Abramoff, disgraced super-lobbyist, provides an unprecedented look at t
The attack took place in the early hours of Friday, when CIA-operated Predator drones circled the village of Damadola in the Bajaur area in northwest Pakistan before launching four Hellfire missiles at a mud-walled compound. Three houses were razed t
Voting Machine Company Betrays Agreement with Election Director Ion Sancho Just Days Prior to Jan 1 HAVA Deadline! Is ES&S Paying Back for Their Evil Twin Company, Diebold? Are They Afraid of the Same Scrutiny Those Machine Received in Leon County? A
Soldiers exposed to Iraq's increasingly lethal roadside bombs, which can rip through armored Humvees, are drawing on wartime experience and stateside expertise to protect their vehicles with stronger armor and thermal detection cameras. The upgra
House Speaker Dennis Hastert has asked Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) to step down from his post as chairman of the House Administration Committee. The Speaker does not want to unveil lobbying reform legislation which would go to Ney's committee
In a conversation on the House floor in the early 1980s, said Bailey, who won a Silver Star and three Bronze Stars in Vietnam, Murtha told him he did not deserve his Purple Hearts. He recalled Murtha saying: "Hey, I didn't do anything like y
[What is next? Health care package for suicide bombers?] Federal prosecutors released an application to join a training camp of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan that they say was filled out by Jose Padilla. The "Mujahideen Data Form" bears the signa
The NSA's vast data-mining activities began shortly after Bush was sworn in as president and the document contradicts his assertion that the 9/11 attacks prompted him to take the unprecedented step of signing a secret executive order authorizing
Cingular today obtained a Temporary Restraining Order from a US Court, against two companies involved in unlawfully obtained and disseminated Cingular customer cell phone records. "Cingular will not tolerate the theft of customer records,"
The story that was peddled -- which detailed how an Iranian intelligence team infiltrated Iraq prior to the start of the war in March of 2003, and stole enriched uranium to use in their own nuclear weapons program -- was part of an attempt to implica
We at New Times would've gotten a big laugh out of all the pompous posturing by the likes of Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, Arizona Senate President Ken Bennett and the fawning Arizona Republic, except for one thing: These yokels, over t
The state of Arizona awarded IBM a $9.4 million contract to assist the state in developing and implementing a statewide system to make voter registration more efficient, secure and accurate.
Within a week we'll know what this feature will be used for :)
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