Peace prize winner 'could kill' Bush
• Annabelle McDonald - www.theaustralian.news.com.auNOBEL peace laureate Betty Williams "Right now, I would love to kill George Bush." Her young audience at the Brisbane City Hall clapped and cheered. (OUCH!)
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Bush, Maliki to consider adding troops in Baghdad
• WASHINGTON (Reuters) - By Steve Holland"One of the first challenges, obviously, is to go ahead and find an effective way to secure Baghdad," said Tony Snow. One option to was to move more U.S. and Iraqi troops into Baghdad.
Iraqi Shi'ite militia ready head to Lebanon to fight
• RAW STORYThe plan reflects the potential of the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah to strengthen radical elements in Iraq and neighboring countries and to draw other regional players into the Lebanon conflict.
Pakistan 'building new reactor'
• news.bbc.co.ukA nuclear monitoring institute has published satellite images of what it says is a new nuclear reactor being built in Pakistan. (Are you starting to feel the 'Perfect Storm' - for the NeoCons?)
Tourists at space station can take walk for extra $15 million
• Detroit Free PressThe trip would involve a launch in a Soyuz capsule, an eight-day stay aboard the international space station and a 90-minute spacewalk in a Russian spacesuit.
Hezbollah a tough foe for Israeli military
• By STEVEN GUTKIN - APFigures released by the Israeli army show the pace of Hezbollah rockets raining down on Israel has not slowed - and the guerrillas are nowhere close to being neutralized.
Sectarian violence continues in Iraq
• BAGHDAD, July 24 (UPI)At a time when Lebanon has dominated the news, the sectarian war in central Iraq appears to have taken a decisive turn for the worse.
White House confirms Saddam on feeding tube
• WASHINGTON, July 24 (UPI)White House spokesman Tony Snow Monday confirmed former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is on a feeding tube as the result of a hunger strike.
Hezbollah negotiator rejects peace proposal
• BEIRUT, Lebanon - APRice holds tense meetings with parliament speaker in surprise Beirut visit.
"Aren't people seeing all of this?" - by Dahr Jamail
• Dahr Jamail's Weblog"The Israelis are bombing everything that moves, along with cutting so many bridges and roads, so people have been unable or too scared to come back to work," he said
WTO Talks Collapse as U.S. Blamed for Inflexibility
• www.bloomberg.comNegotiations among six key governments over a new global trade agreement collapsed, with the European Union, Brazil, India and Japan blaming U.S. unwillingness to cut farm subsidies.
California Declares Power Emergency on Heat Wave
• www.bloomberg.comCalifornia declared an electricity emergency as it braces for another power-demand record and the possibility of the most severe energy shortfall in five years because of a persistent heat wave.
U.S. Aims to Bolster Arab States Condemning Hezbollah
• www.bloomberg.comSome groups in Egypt and Jordan, the two Arab countries that have peace accords with Israel, have urged their governments to sever ties with the Jewish state.
Compensation claim against Lebanese gov't in works
• www.ynetnews.comAttorneys Yehudah Talmon, Yoram Dantziger, and Nitzah Libai preparing symbolic lawsuit to be presented in US against Lebanese government for compensation to be paid to Israeli businesses, citizens for war damages
Teacher under fire for his Cheney-9/11 theory
• www.cnn.comMore than 60 state lawmakers are urging the University of Wisconsin-Madison to fire an instructor who has argued that the U.S. government orchestrated the September 11 terrorist attacks.
New questions over death of David Kelly (911 English whistleblower that suddenly died after testimon
• By JONATHAN OLIVER - www.dailymail.co.ukAlarming new questions about the death of Iraq weapons inspector David Kelly have been raised as a major investigation cast doubt on the official verdict that he committed suicide.
Rice sees bombs as birth pangs
• english.aljazeera.netCondoleezza Rice has described the plight of Lebanon as a part of the "birth pangs of a new Middle East" and said that Israel should ignore calls for a ceasefire.
SHOCKING - US Ports Sold to Dubai Anyway (stem cell veto was the distraction)
• By DOUGLAS TURNER www.buffalonews.comThe Oman FTA bill passed Thursday. Slaughter said loopholes would let foreign corporations, including Dubai Ports World, establish front companies in Oman and through them take control of American ports.
The Crime of Lebanon and Palestine - Are Iran and Syria Next?
Stephen LendmanIsrael's US backed and supported war against Lebanon and Palestine
Corrupt Congressman used black budgets to hide his gains
• APAn independent investigation has found that imprisoned former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham took advantage of secrecy and badgered congressional aides to help slip items into classified bills that would benefit him and his associates. The
'Jungle justice' on the rise in Cameroon
• APBlood oozes from his nostrils and ears as his tormentors place two tyres around his body. "Bring me petrol!" a man barks from the crowd. A boy runs to a nearby filling station and returns with a litre of fuel. Just as the man lifts
300% increase in cigarette taxes on California poor
• USA TodayA ballot measure in California calling for a 300% increase in the tobacco tax is the latest in a national trend to stamp out smoking by making it too costly. California's tax increase would go further than other states by creating the highest
Strikes sink Lebanon into humanitarian crisis
• USA Today3 weeks ago, the glitzy shops in the Hamra district and the nightclubs in the chic Monot area here symbolized the Beirut that rose from the ashes of Lebanon's 1975-91 civil war. Today, the construction cranes spinning over the Beirut skyline h
Gas prices hit all time high
• APNationwide gas prices hit an all-time high in the last two weeks, rising nearly 2 cents to just over $3 per gallon, according to a survey released Sunday. The national average for self-serve regular stood at $3.0150 a gallon Friday, up 1.98 cents
Bombs kill 64 across Iraq
• APBombers killed at least 64 people Sunday, striking a bloody blow against Iraq's fledgling hopes for peace just one day after the government launched national reconciliation talks. A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden minibus amid a
MP casts doubt on suicide of weapons expert Kelly
• TheScotsmanA SENIOR MP has challenged an official inquiry's finding that government weapons inspector David Kelly committed suicide. Dr Kelly was the man at the heart of the furore over the government's dossier on Iraq's supposed weapons of mass
Human trafficking's profits spur horrors
• Arizona RepublicIn the world of human smuggling, metro Phoenix has emerged as an enormous staging area where illegal immigrants are held hostage in apartments, motel rooms or rental homes until relatives pay their fees. State investigators say it is a $2 billion-
10th Anniversary of getting Jeweled
• USA TodayThe security guard was initially hailed as a hero for spotting a suspicious backpack in a park and moving people out of harm's way just before a bomb exploded during a concert at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Then the media [the government, lackeys!]
ABA Decries Bush's Law Interpretations
• APPresident Bush's penchant for writing exceptions to laws he has just signed violates the Constitution, an American Bar Association task force says. The ABA group, which includes a one-time FBI director and former federal appeals court judge, said
Jordan tortured suspects for U.S.
• APSecurity agents in Jordan are torturing terrorism suspects on behalf of the United States in hopes of forcing confessions. The report said its investigators had identified about 10 suspected cases of men subjected to rendition from U.S. custody to
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