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Dollar hits new low against world currency
5-8-2006
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AFP
The dollar fell to year-lows against the euro and sterling and a seven-month trough against the yen on market expectations that the
Federal Reserve will soon end its cycle of tightening US interest rates, analysts said.
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Bush nominates domestic spying US general to head civilian CIA
5-8-2006
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Reuters
President Bush chose Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden to lead the embattled CIA, re-igniting a debate over the domestic surveillance program that the one-time head of the National Security Agency once ran.
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Corruption
Representative Ney's aide pleads guilty
5-8-2006
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Associated Press
Neil Volz, who served as chief of staff to Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) and business associate of convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty to charges in connection with the investigation of influence-peddling and public corruption.
, pleaded guilty
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Energy
Next Potential Target - Brazil
05-08-2006
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BBC
Brazil has joined the select group of countries with the capability of enriching uranuim as a means of generating power.
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Ahmadinejad sends Bush a letter
05-08-2006
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Reuters
Iran's President sent an unprecedented letter to US President George W. Bush on Monday, but it was unclear whether its content offered any practical solution to the stand-off over Tehran's nuclear programme.
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Voting: Vote Fraud
Thai Election annulled
05-08-2006
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BBC
The Constitutional Court in Thailand has voted to annul last month's general election, according to one of the judges on the panel, after considering complaints about the number of IREGULARITIES. (I'm so shocked)
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Immigration
Sentiment against illegals powerful and growing
5-7-2006
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Yahoo! News
One of the bloggers suggests that 2006 may be the year of the Lou Dobbs voter. The blogger, the Influence Peddler, is no fan. He considers Dobbs a demagogue, but he wonders whether voters are ready for a Dobbsian program of opposing illegal immigrati
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WAR: About that War
Russia says UN plan for Iran is 'first step to war'
5-7-2006
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The Independent
Russia will seek the removal tonight of the core of a UK-sponsored draft United Nations resolution on Iran because it fears that it could pave the way to unilateral military action to curb the Iranian nuclear programme.
A bruising battle looms in
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World News
Chavez seeks 25 year term; Democracy is grand
5-7-2006
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Associated Press
President Hugo Chavez said voters should have the chance to decide whether he should govern the country for the next 25 years.
Speaking at a stadium, Chavez said he would hold a referendum to put the question of his remaining in office to Venezuel
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Property Rights
Wal-Mart sued over happy face
5-7-2006
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Los Angeles Times
The happy face and "Have a Nice Day ☺" helped to define the '70s. With two dots and a pencil stroke, schoolchildren have brightened handwritten messages by filling in their O's with mini-smileys. These days, nary a cheery e-ma
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When China's glaciers are gone only a desert will remain
5-7-2006
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The Independent
The Chinese Academy of Sciences - the country's top scientific body - has announced that the glaciers of the Tibetan plateau are vanishing so fast that they will be reduced by 50 per cent every decade. Each year enough water permanently melts fro
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Science, Medicine and Technology
Scientists growing lungs in laboratory
5-7-2006
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Wired
Scientists have grown three-dimensional lung tissue using a "hydrogel." The home-grown organs could be used to repair the lungs of children who are born with insufficient lung development (which causes 2,800 newborn deaths in the US every y
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Politics: Democratic Campaigns
A fool and his Democratic party seem never parted
5-7-2006
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OpEd News
[The problem lies within ourselves.] This could be the most dangerous period of Bush's reign. The carefully layered walls of Bush's bubble are disintegrating as the outer layers of purchased politicos are beginning to peel away, revealing th
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Police State
Potential Evidence of Adminstration Spying
05-08-2006
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Alternet
An Oregon attorney may have the first concrete proof of Bush's domestic spying operation -- which means the illegal program's days might be numbered.
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WAR: About that War
Rummy trying to re-write history of Bush's War
5-7-2006
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Hearst Newspapers
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld tried to rewrite history this week when he denied making prewar claims that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction.
Rumsfeld's latest attempt at backtracking on his prewar rhetoric came Thursday
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Pelosi: Democrats will launch investigations into Bush, but unlikely to impeach him
5-7-2006
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Reuters
House of Representatives Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said Democrats would hold hearings on the use of intelligence in the lead-up to the Iraq war and investigate the high price of energy and prescription drugs if they win the extra 15 seats they n
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Criminal Justice System
Democrats hope to hold off any more judge confirmations for next 3 years
5-7-2006
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MSNBC
A push to confirm 2 of President Bush's choices to be federal judges has revived the possibility of a Senate showdown over judicial nominations.
A clash over judges tied the Senate in knots last year, when Democrats threatened a "filibuster
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Legislative Mischief
Democrats planning to add to state corruption, bankruptcy and totalitarian power
5-7-2006
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Washington Post
Democratic leaders, confident they will control the House after November, are laying plans for a legislative blitz during their first week in power that would raise the minimum wage, roll back parts of the Republican prescription drug law, implement
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Critics: How do you pick a military man to run a civilian agency
5-7-2006
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Associated Press
[Other reasons to oppose him?] Even before President Bush has named his choice to take over the CIA, the Air Force general who is the front-runner drew fire from lawmakers who say a military man should not lead the civilian spy agency.
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New CIA head involved in domestic spying and clueless about 4th Amendment
5-7-2006
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Democratic Underground
The press conference, in which General Hayden was attempting to answer journalists' questions about how the administration's domestic spying program appears to violate the 4th amendment. James Bamford asked General Hayden 2 questions towards
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WAR: About that War
Bush wants to close Guantanamo, if Supreme Court allows tribunals
5-7-2006
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BBC News
President Bush has said he would like to "end" the detention centre in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. But says he must wait for a Supreme Court ruling on whether inmates could be tried by military or civilian courts.
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Beijing building ties with Latin America
5-7-2006
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USA Today
[While USA acts imperious.] China is expanding military and economic ties throughout Latin America, taking advantage of a wave of anti-American candidates who have come to power and a US law barring military training and aid to a dozen Latin countrie
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Tom Delay wants you to know the Democrats are crooks too
5-7-2006
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Raw Story (watch video)
"Do you know there's 22 Democrats that have ethics problems right now?" DeLay asked of ABC's George Stephanopoulos. DeLay claimed that 'every leader' in the Democratic Party had 'ethics problems,' including House Min
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Agency alarmed at scandle about to be revealed on CIA head
5-7-2006
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New York Daily News
A little-known White House advisory board convinced a reluctant President Bush to launch yet another high-profile shakeup of the nation's intelligence community and can CIA Director Porter Goss, sources said yesterday.
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More on CIA head's prostitution, bribes & gambling connection
5-7-2006
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New York Daily News
Intelligence and law enforcement sources said solid evidence had yet to emerge that Goss also went to the parties, but Goss and Foggo share a fondness for poker and expensive cigars, and the FBI investigation was continuing.
Larry Johnson, a forme
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Reflexiones Libertarias
NO ME TAPES EL SOL
05-07-2006
Ricardo Valenzuela
El departamento de comercio de los EU, recientemente produjo una noticia que ha dejado al mundo descontrolado. El PIB de la nación, durante el primer trimestre del año, se ha expandido a un ritmo del casi 5% y el ingreso per capita sobre pasa los $40
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Polygamist on top 10 most wanted list
05-07-2006
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Breitbart
Polygamist church leader Warren Jeffs has been placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list in hope that the additional exposure and reward money will lead to his arrest.
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Sudan, Main Darfur Rebel Group Sign Peace Plan
5-7-2006
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Fox
ABUJA, Nigeria â€" Two years of Darfur peace talks characterized by setbacks and frustration ended with a final flurry of international diplomacy and a signing ceremony Friday.
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US wants access to Khan
05-07-2006
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Daily Times Pakistan
The United States want direct access to Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan and President Bush, in his recent visit to Pakistan, told President Pervez Musharraf that US experts want to question the detained scientist
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Bush authorized burning CIA agent's cover identity for White House revenge
5-7-2006
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Reuters
The lawyer for former White House aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby said he would argue that his client revealed intelligence on Iraq after Vice President Cheney authorized it and President Bush declassified the information.
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