Supreme Court rules against Bush in global warming case
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While Dick Cheney undoubtedly remains the most powerful vice president this nation has ever seen, it's becoming increasingly unclear whether anyone outside the White House believes a word he says.

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Blair signs climate pact with Schwarzenegger

· California deal paves way to joining EU scheme
· Agreement represents snub to White House

Patrick Wintour, political editor
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... )

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'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... )

Published on Monday, April 10, 2006 by GregPalast.com

Gangster Government: A Leaky President Runs Afoul of 'Little Rico'

by Greg Palast

It's a crime. No kidding. But the media has it all wrong. As usual ( Read more... )

US plans strike to topple Iran regime - report

· US 'intent on Iran attack'
· Bush accused of 'messianic' mission

Julian Borger in Washington and Bob Tait in Tehran ( Read more... )

Israel Lobby Dictates U.S. Policy, Study Charges

The Slow Death of Newspapers

Bush 'warned over uranium claim'
The CIA warned the US Government that claims about Iraq's nuclear ambitions were not true months before President Bush used them to make his case for war, the BBC has learned.Doubts about a claim that Iraq had tried to buy uranium from the African state of Niger were aired 10 months before Mr Bush included the ( Read more... )