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Interesting News
Blair signs climate pact with Schwarzenegger- · California deal paves way to joining EU scheme
· Agreement represents snub to White House
Tuesday August 1, 2006
The GuardianTony Blair yesterday sidestepped the Bush administration's refusal to act on climate change by signing what was hailed as a ground-breaking ( Read more... ) -
IT'S ALL ABOUT OIL - by Greg Palast
I can't tell you how it started - this war has been fought since the Levites clashed with the Philistines - but I can tell you why the current mayhem has not been stopped: it's the oil.
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The UN charter is on its last legs
The UN charter is on its last legs
The UN's feeble response to the Lebanon crisis shows that it can no longer protect civilians
Salim Lone
Saturday July 22, 2006
The GuardianKofi Annan finally made the headlines yesterday with his call for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East crisis. It was too little, too late. That the United Nations ( Read more... ) -
US plans strike to topple Iran regime - report
US plans strike to topple Iran regime - report- · US 'intent on Iran attack'
· Bush accused of 'messianic' mission -
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what the hell is the government thinking?!! who is making these horrendous decisions?!!!
there are video clips up at crooksandliars.com of FOX News' coverage of the New Orleans situation. i watched them. i am speechless. the disconnect between those actually on the ground covering what is happening, and those sitting comfortably in their ( Read more... ) -
The death of Al Mutanabbi Street
The death of Al Mutanabbi Street
Iraqi culture was reborn when Saddam fell, only to die again. A report from Baghdad's fear-haunted literary cafes.
By Phillip Robertson
salon.com
Aug. 26, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq --
The sea has swallowed the honey
And love turned to ashes in the roads.
-- Hamid Mokhtar, "The Rabble"Near the old Jewish quarter of Baghdad ( Read more... ) -
christian fundamentalism at its finest
Evangelist tells 7m TV viewers: US should kill Venezuela's president
Julian Borger in Washington and Duncan Campbell ( Read more... )
