?A Stealth Attack?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. slams the Bush administration?s environmental policies. read about it here

Oil intrigue and US Realpolitik heighten tensions in the Caucasus Georgia's "rose revolution": a made-in-America coup

?Yet in Azerbaijan the Bush administration ignored the outcry of independent monitors and backed the founding of the first post-Soviet dynasty...quickly congratulating Ilham Aliyev [the son of the outgoing president] as the new president, even as his security forces were arresting the opposition, and after independent observers had criticized the polls.?
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Rumsfeld vows to support Georgia

The country is gaining strategic importance because of an oil pipeline in the country that links oil fields in Azerbaijan to a port in Turkey.
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SHOULD YOU GET THE FLU SHOT?

Anyone considering a flu shot should become informed about the substances coming through that needle, and should be determined to investigate the safety and efficacy issues that are still unresolved.
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Former terror suspect's lawyer near tears as he quits cases over death threat

"I'm on the verge of tears because it means we now live in Colombia because the rule of law is meaningless. It means that lawyers cannot represent anyone even in what you profess to be a democracy here in Canada."

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KY Screaming Sounds Firmly Linked To UFO Sighting

This present case of 'screaming sounds' from a female voice is linked firmly to the UFO sighting as per the same location in one specific field near Adams Lane in Morehead, Kentucky and the '20 minute time frame' of the conclusion of the UFO sighting to the arrival of officers involved in the search and rescue operation.

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Shedding Light on the Dark Side

The point is, we must always approach this from a practical standpoint, and at the present time, contact is awful and dangerous. If the visitors want it to be different, then they need to find a way to change it. For our part, we must seek to find the good in our own souls, and let the dark presence that slips along the paths of the night know that we know it is there, and we will do everything we can to avoid it. read more here

t r u t h o u t - Paul Krugman | Hack the Vote

What we do know about Diebold does not inspire confidence. The details are technical, but they add up to a picture of a company that was, at the very least, extremely sloppy about security, and may have been trying to cover up product defects.
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US liberals look to airwaves to combat right-wing shock jocks

For years they have been taking it on the chin, from motor-mouth talk-show hosts, take-no-prisoner conservative authors and all-knowing Republican pundits. Now liberal Democrats are fighting back, read more here

Mars Express looks at its target

Europe's first solo mission to another planet, Mars Express, has taken its first image of the Red Planet. see it here

Russia 'still open' to Kyoto pact

But Russia's deputy economy minister, Mukhamed Tsikhanov, said the country was moving towards the treaty.

He said: "There are no decisions about ratification apart from the fact that we are moving towards ratification.

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Only Dictators Ban Television News

Even now, with the administration's pro-war arguments reduced to a pile of confetti, many news outlets have failed to demand accountability from the Bush administration for what appears to be systematic dishonesty in trying to justify the U.S. attack.
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Government By Illusion Of Normalcy

The highest-level participants in the U.S. Government, of both political parties, are not stupid. They know the depth and breadth of the massive problems facing our nation and our civilization. And, rather than solve these systemic problems, they are instead implementing a policy of illusions of normalcy, security, and prosperity so that the wealthy ruling elite can siphon and skim the most personal wealth from the economy until the sh*t hits the fan. read more here

Bush wants freer rein to make arrests abroad

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider a Bush administration plea to extend U.S. law enforcement authority around the world -- a significant issue as the government wages a global war on terrorism.
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Russia pulls away from Kyoto pact

The Russian decision will come as a devastating blow to many of the delegates at a meeting of the signatories to the United Nations Climate Change Convention, being held in Milan this week.

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Electronic Voting Firm Drops Lawsuit Against Activists

In a major victory for free speech enthusiasts on the Internet, Diebold Inc. (DBD) has agreed not to sue voting rights advocates who publish leaked documents about the alleged security breaches of electronic voting.
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US Blasts Kyoto Pact, UN Hopes Russia Will Sign

The White House delegates are coming to Milan to undermine this treaty, even though President (George W.) Bush pledged not to block other countries from moving forward," read more here

Poor world 'cuts climate gases'

She says the treaty itself, the Kyoto Protocol, which has not yet become part of international law, is "a peanut - but a vital one in the long run".

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