Former attorney general, Lord Goldsmith is answering questions at the Chilcot inquiry today. The Guardian, blogging the event live, highlights a few important points:...
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This is from a Radio program on the BBC world service. The series is called After Shock and its about the global financial crisis. The host Peter Day interviews...
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A new food-labeling campaign called Smart Choices, backed by most of the nation’s largest food manufacturers, is “designed to help shoppers easily...
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The Obama administration will continue the Bush administration’s policy of "extraordinary rendition" - sending terrorism suspects to third countries...
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Under a new Texas law that takes effect this week, dozens of prisoners who have been wrongly convicted will become instant millionaires, the Associated Press reports....
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About a dozen hooded gunmen burst into a Mexican rehabilitation clinic near the U.S. border on Wednesday (September 02), lining up patients before killing 17 of them....
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Downing Street today came under further pressure to explain the circumstances surrounding the release of the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing amid reports that...
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Scientists have confirmed that there are millions of tonnes of plastic floating in an area of ocean known as the North Pacific Gyre. The first of two ships on a...
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I just came across this clip from CNN, regarding a bill passed back in 2006: "Buried deep inside the War Crimes Detainee bill recently passed by the House, is...
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Is social media a fad? Or is it the biggest shift since the Industrial Revolution? Welcome to the World of Socialnomics. This video shows you the real power of the...
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Appropriate or brutal: what do you think?
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US banks stand to collect a record $38.5bn in fees for customer overdrafts this year, with the bulk of the revenue coming from the most financially stretched...
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In a bid to staunch the flow of damaging evidence of war crimes committed during Israel’s winter assault on Gaza, the Israeli government has launched a campaign...
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The White House declared that it regarded Mr Ahmadinejad as the “elected” leader of Iran while the Foreign Office said that Simon Glass, the British...
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Sworn statements filed in Federal Court allege that Blackwater founder Erik Prince launched a "crusade" to eliminate Muslims and Islam and that the company...
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USA, August 2, 2009 (Pal Telegraph) - Islam Al Ghawai, a resident of Jerusalem was seriously injured in clashes which erupted between extremist Jewish groups and...
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We stopped the Vietnam war, purportedly with two pictures, Execution by Eddie Adams, and Nick Út's photo of a naked girl running with her clothes burned...
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Goldman Sachs has had more influence on the White House than any other group since Bill Clinton. They're directly responsible for the hyped gas shortage last...
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Think conspiracies don't work??? They do indeed. It was a conspiracy that directed Brutus against Caesar in the Roman senate on the Ides of March. It was a...
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