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  • Torture must be prosecuted

    Torture must be prosecuted

    Unbelievable President Obama….what a disgrace. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

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  • The Bush Administration’s Secret Torture Memos

    The Bush Administration’s Secret Torture Memos

    From the ACLU’s website… On April 16, 2009, the Department of Justice released four secret memos used by the Bush administration to justify torture. Read the release >> A 18-page memo, dated August 1, 2002, from Jay Bybee, Assistant Attorney General, OLC, to John A....

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  • Piracy off the coast of Somalia

    Piracy off the coast of Somalia

    Toxic dumping and illegal fishing off the coast of Somalia…the real root of the problem. From Democracy Now: President Obama vowed an international crackdown to halt piracy off the coast of Somalia Monday soon after the freeing of US cargo ship captain Richard Phillips, who...

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  • Banks increase interest fees

    Banks increase interest fees

    The Wall Street Journal reports the committee overseeing federal banking bailout programs is investigating the lending practices of institutions that received public funds, following a rash of complaints about increases in interest rates and fees. Last week, Bank of America told some customers that interest...

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  • Israeli Newspapers Remove Female Cabinet Ministers from Photo

    Israeli Newspapers Remove Female Cabinet Ministers from Photo

    Like we wouldn’t notice the two ladies missing, I mean HELLO! In Israel, two ultra-Orthodox Jewish newspapers have digitally manipulated a photograph of Israel’s new cabinet, removing two female ministers. One newspaper changed the photo by replacing the two female cabinet members with men. Another...

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  • Chavez: Indict Bush, Israeli Leaders

    Chavez: Indict Bush, Israeli Leaders

    Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is calling for the indictment of President Bush and Israeli leaders on charges of war crimes. Addressing the Arab League summit in Doha, Chavez criticized the International Criminal Court indictment of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir in light of US-Israeli actions....

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  • AIG Questioned on Billions in Bank Payouts

    AIG Questioned on Billions in Bank Payouts

    The insurance giant AIG is facing new Congressional and legal scrutiny over how it funneled tens of billions of dollars in taxpayer bailout money to banks facing huge losses that AIG had insured. In what some have called the “backdoor bailout”, AIG gave nearly $13...

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  • World’s cheapest car is launched: Nano

    World’s cheapest car is launched: Nano

    The Tata Nano, the world’s cheapest car, has been launched in India. Costing just 100,000 rupees ($1,979; £1,366), the Nano will now go on sale across India next month, with deliveries starting in July. Tata hopes the 10-foot (3-metre) long, five-seater car will be cheap...

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