Iran moving its money out of Europe
• ReutersEmbroiled in a nuclear standoff with the West, Iran said it was moving its foreign assets to shield them from possible UN sanctions, and flexed its oil muscles with a proposal to cut output.
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Ivory Coast decends once more into civil war
• The AustralianIVORY COAST, once one of the wealthiest nations in Africa, was close to its second civil war in five years yesterday as gangs of armed thugs loyal to President Laurent Gbagbo ran amok across the southern half of the country.
15 police officers face charges over subway shooting
• The IndependentMenezes had done little to arouse suspicion, other than to emerge from a flat under surveillance. Far from vaulting a ticket barrier and running down an escalator to escape officers, he walked at a normal pace, pausing for a newspaper, and was not
China puts reporter on trial for exposing government corruption
• Washington PostA veteran journalist stood trial in the final step in a retaliation campaign launched after a Communist Party official gained national fame by publicly denouncing his superiors for condoning and covering up corruption.
Public unrest increasing in China
• BBCChina announced a rise in public disturbances in 2005, as rapid economic growth continued to spark social unrest. Amid growing anger at official corruption and several high-profile land disputes between authorities and villagers. China's leaders
Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) seeks to stop gasoline exports to Iran
• Washington Post"To forestall the need for nuclear force, we need tough action now, including economic sanctions, cultural sanctions, cutting off their supply of gasoline, (arms) sales to convince the leaders of Iran that nuclear weapons are something th
Iran frees Iraqi border guards
• Herald SunIran has released 8 Iraqi border guards overnight who had been detained by Iranian forces after a clash on the southern river frontier. The clash occurred when Iraqi border guards boarded a barge smuggling fuel to Iran.
Energy rich Iraq still in darkness 4 years later
• Reuters"I can't afford a generator and can't buy food because my refrigerator is constantly subject to power cuts," said Mariam Hussein, resident of a major suburb of Bahgdad. "We have less than 6 hours of power daily."
AZ Congressman attacks incursions by Mexico military
• Washington TimesWhile the Mexican government has vigorously denied that its military is crossing into the US, Rep. Rick Renzi said that during a tour of the Arizona border showed him military-style humvees lining up at dusk just south of the border to move drugs int
CIA agents hunted by Italy
• Chicago TribuneThe CIA warned its operatives to stay out of Italy after learning that Italian prosecutors were preparing to seek arrest warrants in the agency's 2003 kidnapping of a radical Muslim preacher, according to an e-mail message recovered from the comp
How do Congressmen get so rich so fast?
• Raw StoryHouse Democrats are pushing the ethics committee to investigate allegations of congressional offices providing privleged information to "day traders" in the offices of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and former House Majority Leade
The Congressman & the hedge fund
• USA TodayOne day after a New York investment group raised $110,000 for Republican Rep. Jerry Lewis, the House passed a defense spending bill that preserved $160 million for a Navy project critical to the firm. The man who protected the Navy money? Lewis.
Your $ bring surveillance to small towns
• Washington PostLarge police departments have only started to embrace public surveillance in the past six years or so, long after privately owned cameras became ubiquitous at banks, ATMs and stores.
GOP National Chairman throws Republicans to the wolves
• The Guardian"As Republican chairman, I am proud of my party and loyal to our members. But if Republicans are guilty of illegal or inappropriate behavior, they should pay the price and suffer the consequences,'' Ken Mehlman said.
Behind rising fuel costs: Nigeria explained
• Christian Science MonitorThreats like this are increasingly being carried out - helping drive oil to $66 per barrel this week. Four international oil workers were taken hostage by armed men in speedboats last week. Nigeria's production has dropped by nearly 10 percent.
Photo recognition and image database search coming to your computer
• YahooRiya, hosts a photo search service based on face and text recognition, announced its service available. Google Image Search from Google searches images by looking for text with the photo, while Riya's searches using information in the photo
Fingerprint check coming to your national bank
• ReutersAdvances in biometrics -- fingerprint or eye, facial, palm, voice, vein or even ear shape recognition software operated by bank staff or included in an automated teller machine.
Lever Action gone; Winchester ceases production
• Associated PressThe traditional Winchester rifles carried by pioneers, movie stars and Wild West lawmen will be discontinued in March, a Belgian manufacturer said, confirming the end of an American icon that became known as "the Gun That Won the West."
Inflation rate was highest its been in 5 years for 2005
• Associated PressConsumer prices rose by 3.4 percent in 2005 with 40 percent of the increase blamed on the biggest jump in energy costs since 1990. Energy was up 17.1 percent this past year, reflecting gasoline prices that for a time soared above $3 a gallon and crud
Iran: Go ahead, make my day!
• Agence France Presse"In case of sanctions, other countries will suffer as well as Iran," Oil Minister Davoud Danesh-Jafari said. "One of the consequences will be the unleashing of a crisis in the oil sector and particularly a price hike." Iran, the n
Pharisee Nation
• John Dear“Now let me get this straight,” I said. “Jesus says, ‘Blessed are the peacemakers,’ which means he does not say, ‘Blessed are the warmakers,’ which means, the warmakers are not blessed, which means warmakers are cursed, which means, if you want to fo
AOL, MSN and Yahoo said yes to government demand for user data
• Search Engine WatchThe Bush administration wanted one million random web addresses and records of all Google searches for a one week period. The government apparently wants to estimate how much pornography shows up in the searches that children do. Here's a thought
The New Times' John Dougherty is live in studio with Charles Goyette - Election Fraud in Arizona
Ernest HancockSenator Jack Harper (R) grills Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas in an open hearing with over 75 vote fraud activists cheering. John tells us why?
Pluto mission finally gets off the ground
• NASANASA's New Horizons spacecraft has launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard a fast-moving Atlas V rocket. It's headed for a distant rendezvous with the mysterious planet Pluto almost a decade from now.
Breath underwater like a fish
• IsraCastAn Israeli Inventor has developed a breathing apparatus that will allow breathing underwater without the assistance of compressed air tanks. Use the relatively small amounts of air that already exist in water to supply oxygen to both scuba divers and
Ballot Boxing
• John Dougherty - Phoenix New TimesGOP honchos keep hiding the truth about election foul-ups, as it's learned that local ballots may be stored illegally
Update: Bin Laden returns from the grave in time for Congress
• BBC (incl. audio and transcript links)Osama bin Laden warned that al Qaeda was preparing new attacks inside the US, but said the group was open to a conditional truce with Americans, according to an CIA confirmed audio tape of him.
Scottish party publishes ‘CIA flights’ dossier
• The News InternationalThe Scottish National Party report lists planes, the dates on which they landed and 10 companies that have allegedly operated on behalf of the CIA. So-called extraordinary rendition flights are allegations that the CIA flew terror suspects through Eu
Iraqi children now being used as suicide bombers
• CNN"A boy said to be aged between 10 and 13 years allegedly carried out a suicide bombing targeting the police commander in the city of Kirkuk. 2 boys aged 12 and 13 years reportedly carried out attacks against [U.S.-led forces] in Fallujah and Hwe
Iran shows solidarity with Syria
• BBCIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has arrived in Damascus for a visit to show solidarity as international pressure grows on both states.
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