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Public Shaming of Prostitutes Misfires in China
12-10-2006
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Instead of being praised for cracking down on vice, the Futian police came under a hail of criticism for violating the right to privacy of those who were paraded about in public. An outraged Shanghai lawyer started the uproar over the tactics with an
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Transportation: Air Travel
Traveler Data Program Defied Ban
12-10-2006
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Washington Post
The Department of Homeland Security violated a congressional funding ban when it continued to develop a computerized program that creates risk assessments of travelers entering and leaving the US, according to lawmakers and privacy advocates.
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Economy - International
Americans' Pocketbooks Pinched by Euro, Pound
12-10-2006
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Washington Post
20 minutes after arriving in Paris for a layover between the US and South Africa, they were standing at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, checking out the menu at the Jules Verne Restaurant: sea bass, $78; filet of beef, $77; lobster, $106; dessert, $25.
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Iran
Iran Expands Uranium Enrichment Program
12-10-2006
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AP
Iran has begun installing 3,000 centrifuges in an expansion of its uranium enrichment program that brings the Islamic nation significantly closer to large-scale production of nuclear fuel. The international community was caving in to Tehran's dem
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WAR: About that War
A Soldier's Story
12-10-2006
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by MAJOR BILL EDMONDS
A CIA buddy forwarded this article. It is a must read. It is consistent with what I saw on the ground in Iraq when I was there in June. I discovered that the our focus on counter terrorism--i.e. kicking in doors and killing suspected terrorists--w
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China secretly executes anti-dam protester
12-10-2006
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The Independent
Chinese officials have secretly executed a demonstrator who took part in a massive protest in 2004 against a hydro-electric dam in the south-western province of Sichuan. In a grim postscript to the summer of rural unrest that overtook China two years
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Active-Duty Military Personnel Will Protest War in Iraq on Wednesday
12-10-2006
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Common Dreams
Wednesday, more than a hundred members of active duty military, reserve, and National Guard will speak out against the War in Iraq. The first time active servicemembers will voice a protest since the US entered Iraq in March 2003.
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Science, Medicine and Technology
New British study says blood transfusions carry risk of vCJD
12-10-2006
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DPA (Raw Story)
Patients and blood donors could be at risk of contracting vCJD, the human form of mad cow disease. A study of transfusion patients given blood contaminated with the human form of mad cow disease still alive are at "substantial" risk.
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China admits social unrest threatens Communist party's iron grip
12-10-2006
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London Times
Riots in China are threatening the Communist Party’s ability to rule. It is the first time that a partywide paper has asked how best to deal with rising public discontent and underscores the seriousness of the problem.
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Whistleblowers
Exposing The Truth Of Abu Ghraib
12-10-2006
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CBS
Exposing the truth has not been easy for Joe Darby. He turned in the pictures of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib in Iraq " pictures he discovered purely by accident.
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Military
Billions Later, Plan to Remake the Coast Guard Fleet Stumbles
12-10-2006
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NY Times
Four years after the Coast Guard began an effort to replace nearly its entire fleet of ships, planes and helicopters, the modernization program heralded as a model of government innovation is foundering.
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The rumbling rumours of war
12-10-2006
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The Economist (UK)
FIGHTERS loyal to Somalia's Islamic courts last week took positions along the border with Ethiopia; this week they pushed further north than ever before, consolidating their grip. Loudspeakers under Islamist control blared out holy war against Et
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Drug War
More damning details arise regarding Johnston killing
12-10-2006
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theagitator.com
The narcotics officers then hid behind the anonymity courts afford to informants, and fabricated the stuff about the buy. They took a shortcut. When the raid went bad, they chased down an informant they'd used in the past and asked him to lie to
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Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Perverse incentives result in hundreds of knowingly false DUI arrests
12-10-2006
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TheAgitator.com
It didn't matter whether drivers were drunk for state troopers from Troop I in Bethany, NY to charge them with driving under the influence. Three years ago, drunken-driving arrests were a game for several troopers, according to a scathing report
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Opinion • More about Mexican United States Relations
Reflexiones Libertarias
¿REALMENTE ERES DE IZQUIERDA?
12-010-2006
Ricardo Valenzuela
Después de la tempestad llega la calma. Pero ¿realmente ha llegado? Me sumerjo en los mares de nuestras confusiones ideológicas, por un solo motivo, identificar ese remolino de percudidas aguas en donde algunos aspirantes a navegar el buque, utilizan
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Palestine -- Israel
Speaking frankly about Israel and Palestine
12-10-2006
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by President Jimmy Carter (LA Times)
It would be almost politically suicidal for members of Congress to espouse a balanced position between Israel and Palestine, to suggest that Israel comply with international law or to speak in defense of justice or human rights for Palestinians.
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Legislative Mischief
Democrats Let Gates Slide
12-10-2006
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by Aaron Glantz (AntiWar)
I wish I could say that the Democratic takeover of Congress gives me hope for an end to the war. But it doesn't. Since winning an overwhelming victory, the Democrats have done nothing to engender optimism in the peace camp.
Senate Democratic l
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WAR: About that War
Nice Try, Daddy
12-10-2006
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by Alan Bock (AntiWar)
The most impressive aspect of the [Iraq Study Group] report " genuinely worth reading " is the assessment contained in the first 40 pages. It is grim but realistic. It highlights the increasing levels of violence and the inability of the current "
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Torture
Becoming What We Despise
12-10-2006
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by Robert Scheer (TruthDig)
Jose Padilla, a US citizen, has been tortured by his own government for the better part of 3 1/2 years. Once the Twin Towers were knocked down, supposedly, we could no longer afford to be “nice guys”"as if the rule of law is an indulgence of only the
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WAR: About that War
A Very Bad Idea
12-10-2006
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by John Nichols (The Nation)
The [Iraq Study Group] report: "... US combat forces in Iraq could be deployed only in units embedded with Iraqi forces...." Retired Army Lt. Col. Ralph Peters says embedding US troops in this manner creates "tens of thousands of hosta
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WAR: About that War
'You must leave in 24 hours or your heads will be cut, your houses burnt'
12-10-2006
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London Times
One Shia family saw their neighbours flee, one by one. They stayed - until the al-Qaeda death threat finally landed on the doorstep.
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The Iraq Study Group: None Dare Call It Treason
12-10-2006
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by Mark Rothschild (AntiWar)
What is the Iraq Study Group and whose interests does it serve? The Iraq Study Group is part of an organization called the United States Institute of Peace. A non-profit charitable organization funded by the US Treasury and controlled by the presiden
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Nutrition
The Bloomberg Diet
12-10-2006
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Wall St Journal
(Thanks to Karen Decoster) 20 years ago, Mr. Jacobsen's CSPI launched a public relationis blitz against fast food joints for using palm oil to cook fries. The group claimed victory when restaurants starting using partially hydrogenated oil inste
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Torture
Torture Impunity and Immunity
12-10-2006
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Tom Dispatch
The accumulation of leaked documentation from their secret world has long indicated they [Bush Administration] had torture on the brain. If you gained the right to torture, you could gain the right to do just about anything.
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US bugged Diana's phone on night of car crash
12-10-2006
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Guardian
The American secret service was bugging Princess Diana's telephone conversations without the approval of the British security services on the night she died, according to the most comprehensive report on her death, to be published this week.
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WAR: About that War
Iraqis Near Deal on Distribution of Oil Revenues
12-10-2006
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NY Times
Iraqi officials are near agreement on a national oil law that would give the central government the power to distribute current and future oil revenues to the provinces or regions, based on their population, Iraqi and American officials say.
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Feature Article • More about Education: Government Schools
1973 vs 2006
by Mark Yannone
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Johnny's, et al, day at public school in 1973 vs. 2006.
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Media: Radio
Obstacles to an XM, Sirius Merger
12-9-2006
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BusinessWeek
Officials from XM and Sirius are talking about each other a lot"and now it's in reference to a possible merger. Public statements by Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin, and XM CEO Gary Parsons indicate the companies are circling each other, wondering if it
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Criminal Justice System
U.S. has most prisoners in world due to tough laws
12-9-2006
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Reuters
Tough sentencing laws, record numbers of drug offenders and high crime rates have contributed to the United States having the largest prison population and the highest rate of incarceration in the world, according to criminal justice experts.
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Space Travel and Exploration
Shuttle blasts off in rare night launch
12-9-2006
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AP
Discovery lit up the sky late Saturday, blazing off for the first nighttime space shuttle launch in four years " the latest step in
NASA's ambitious schedule to complete the international space station.
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