Iran to reject any EU proposal to stop nuclear activities
• ITAR-TASS - Russia“Any proposal to Iran should recognize its rights and should contain guarantees that it will have a possibility of their realization,” the Iranian diplomat stressed,...
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EU, Central America discuss trade plans
• Associated PressThe European Union and six Central American leaders said they hoped to launch free trade talks before the end of the year. EU leaders at a summit warned Bolivia and Venezuela that their increasingly nationalist policies could clip economic growth, an
Zimbabwe Inflation Tops 1,000 Percent. Can Bolivia be far behind?
• Associated PressZimbabwe's annual inflation rate has topped 1,000 percent for the first time. The economy has been in free fall since President Robert Mugabe's seizure of 5,000 former white-owned commercial farms in February 2000.
Stocks may be in for a wild ride next week over inflation fears
• ReutersFasten your seatbelts. Stock investors could be in for a bumpy ride next week with widely watched inflation gauges likely to dictate the market's direction. Worries about inflation and rising interest rates drove stocks down sharply late th
UAE, S. Korea sign oil trade deal
• AFPThe United Arab Emirates and South Korea signed a series of accords yesterday, including a memorandum of understanding on stockpiling Emirati oil in South Korea, on the second day of a visit by the South Korean president. The MoU, whose terms have y
US, Vietnam sign trade accord
• AFPVietnam and the United States signed an agreement that should enable Hanoi to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO), state media reported. "After hours of tense and tough talks, Vietnam and the US reached an agreement on Vietnam joining WTO
Bush: Hurry to pass my CIA nominee before you are voted from office
• ReutersPresident Bush urged the Senate to move quickly to approve U.S. Gen. Michael Hayden to head the CIA and defended his administration's actions in a new domestic spying controversy.
Year after WMD stories were shown to be a lie, gov't. was still suppressing truth
• Associated PressA year after Bush administration claims about Iraqi "bioweapons trailers" were discredited by American experts, U.S. officials were still suppressing the findings, says a senior member of the CIA-led Iraq inspection team. At one point, f
Incumbents on both sides may be screwed
• Associated PressRising gas prices and the continuing bloodshed in Iraq have stoked the Pennsylvania discontent to levels not seen since 1994 when Republicans pushed out Democrats to seize control of the House and Senate. Twelve years ago, President Clinton's a
We are so screwed. Why did we let that Bush guy intimidate us?
• AFPThe 1986 Stored Communications Act, expressly forbids companies from turning over customers' records to the government without a warrant. Allows claims of at least $1,000 for each violation. 50 million people = $50 billion
US Government protecting AT&T's collusion in spying on you
• ReutersThe U.S. government filed a motion on Saturday to intervene and seek dismissal of a lawsuit by a civil liberties group against AT&T Inc. over a federal program to spy on your communications.
Wimpy Supremes procrastinate on matters of grave importance
• Associated PressBefore ending a historic term, the Supreme Court must resolve some potential blockbuster cases involving the president's wartime powers, capital punishment and political boundaries in Texas. Much attention this term has focused on the t
Hybrid bear shot dead in Canada
• BBCBut until now, grizzly-polar hybrids, dubbed "grolar bears" or "pizzlies", have been found only in zoos.
Lebanese soil gives up dinosaur teeth
• AljazeeraPalaeontologists have uncovered the first dinosaur remains in Lebanon, adding evidence to the theory that millions of years ago, the Middle East was covered with forests where giant reptiles roamed.
New film shows Iraq War Tragedy
• Reuters UKAs Iraq sinks into sectarian fighting, a documentary by a U.S director who spent six month in Baghdad in 2004 explores the roots of Iraq's violence and why so many young men there are drawn to take up arms.
Rove informs White House he will be indicted
• TruthOutWithin the last week, Karl Rove told President Bush and Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten, as well as a few other high level administration officials, that he will be indicted in the CIA leak case and will immediately resign his White House job when the s
Telephone Records are just the Tip of NSA's Iceberg
• Washington Post blogThe National Security Agency and other U.S. government organizations have developed hundreds of software programs and analytic tools to "harvest" intelligence, and they've created dozens of gigantic databases designed to discover potent
Bush to send troops to border
• Associated PressOnce again the Bush administration is turning to the military to help solve a domestic problem. But instead of hurricane aid or preparations to cope with avian flu, the Pentagon is being asked to possibly provide thousands of National Guard troops to
NSA Spying on Americans From Space (Pt. 2)
• Associated PressA little-known spy agency that analyzes imagery taken from the skies has been spending significantly more time watching U.S. soil. In an era when other intelligence agencies try to hide those operations, the director of the National Geospatial-Int
Iraqi Army fights amongst itself
• Associated PressClashes erupted between two Iraqi army units following a roadside bombing north of the capital, and Iraqi police said a Shiite solder was killed in an exchange of fire with a Kurdish unit.
Verizon first lawsuit in domestic spying scandle. 'Can you hear us now?'
• Associated PressVerizon Communications Inc. faces its first lawsuit that claims the phone carrier violated privacy laws for giving phone records to the National Security Agency for a secret surveillance program. The lawsuit asks the court to stop Verizon from tur
Retest of DNA evidence again clears Duke LaCrosse team
• USA TodayAttorney Joseph Cheshire said the tests showed genetic material from a "single male source" was found on a vaginal swab taken from the accuser, but that material did not match any of the players. "In other words, it appears this wom
Cuba: In commies versus entrepreneurs, the commies can't compete
• Reuters"All aboard for Capitolio, via Linea!" cries a jitney cab driver looking to fill his shiny black 1947 Chevrolet Fleetmaster. In communist Cuba, more than 60,000 American cars made in the 1940s and 1950s are still on the roads in full use.
Inspector General Probes HUD Chief Comment
• Associated PressAn inspector general is investigating Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson's comments to a business group that he rejected an advertising contract because the contractor had criticized President Bush.
HUD Secretary's defense of his illegal activity: 'I lied.'
• Washington PostWHICH IS WORSE, violating the law or pretending to have done so? That's the question posed by the bizarre case of Alphonso Jackson, secretary of housing and urban development and a longtime friend of the president. Two weeks ago, Mr. Jackson said
Consumer mood buckles as high gas prices bite
• ReutersConsumer optimism buckled in May to its lowest since Hurricane Katrina, a survey showed, hit by $3 per gallon gasoline, rising mortgage interest rates and a souring political climate. "The sharp decline reflects the impact of rising gasoline pri
GM's Hummer H1 production ends due to 10 mpg
• Associated PressGet ready to say goodbye to the Hummer H1, the hulking, gas-guzzling status symbol that has attracted celebrities and off-road enthusiasts but has drawn the ire of environmentalists.
Report on NSA Brings Surveillance in Focus
• Associated PressIf the National Security Agency is indeed amassing a colossal database of Americans' phone records, one way to use all that information is in "social network analysis," a data-mining method that aims to expose previously invisible conne
Space Access: Private or Public Funding
• Space.comWhat is fuelling this libertarian streak in the space advocacy community? For starters, NASA has been struggling to get the Shuttle returned to flight, while small private ventures like Rutan’s success with SpaceShipOne in 2004 have generated excitem
The End of the World
• http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/end.phpWe're not quite there,... yet.
