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Part of the aid convoy set out from London on September 18 with more vehicles joining from countries along the way, including France.
After a lengthy drive from the Greek west coast to the city of Thessaloniki, the convoy members enjoyed a break and reorganized for the next part of the journey into Istanbul in Turkey.
"We are here instead of governments. Let us say we represent the conscience of the world…This is a spiritual convoy. It is a convoy that is here to deliver aid but it is also to break the siege," Mark Holt from the Merseyside Stop the War Coalition told a Press TV correspondent during the break.
During the journey, the convoy took the opportunity to hit the streets of the big city and raise awareness of their humanitarian mission.
Throughout Europe, the convoy, organized by former British lawmaker George Galloway, has held public meetings in countries like Italy with the aim of informing the locals as well as highlighting the plight of Palestinians, especially the people of Gaza.
On May 31, a similar Turkish-backed aid convoy Freedom Flotilla, which was seeking to deliver aid to Gazans, was stormed by Israeli commandos.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/144013.htmlPart of the aid convoy set out from London on September 18 with more vehicles joining... more
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Kei Koizumi, an aide in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, placed first in the 110-meter hurdles.
This was Koizumi's second go in the Gay Games, according to The Washington Post.
"I didn't think I was hooked on it, but I'd done the hurdles at a different distance at the last games and thought I'd try this sprint distance in Cologne," the aide said.
Many commentators are already gleefully taking advantage of wordplay, commending Koizumi for his work clearing budgetary and policy hurdles for NASA, the National Science Foundation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and other departments. Office of Science and Technology Policy spokesman Rick Weiss added, ""We at OSTP expect such nimbleness but do not generally give out medals for it."
Koizumi finished the race in 23.25 seconds, securing first place for the 40-44 age range. Koizumi's husband, Jeff Dutton, won a silver medal, his first, in the marathon.Kei Koizumi, an aide in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy,... more
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"The United Nations says it is halting all aid deliveries to the besieged Gaza Strip. It is citing a series of Israeli attacks on U.N. staff and installations.
The announcement came shortly after the driver of a U.N. truck was killed by tank fire as he was headed to an Israeli border crossing to pick up an aid shipment.""The United Nations says it is halting all aid deliveries to the besieged Gaza... more
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A lawyer who served in the Clinton administration and more recently was an adviser to California's lieutenant governor pleaded guilty to a child porn charge in a San Diego federal court Monday.
Wade Rowland Sanders admitted to having 600 images of minors on his computer, including a video depicting "several prepubescent females engaged in sexual conduct with an adult male and performing oral sex on one another," according to a statement from U.S. Attorney Karen Hewitt.
FBI agents raided Sanders' home last May after they suspected his home Internet service account was used to download several pictures and a video showing underage girls having sex with adult men, according to an investigator's sworn statement.
"Sanders admitted that he had downloaded child pornography using the program Limewire but that he deleted the files once he noticed that they had been downloaded," FBI Special Agent John Caruthers said.A lawyer who served in the Clinton administration and more recently was an adviser to... more
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A U.S. appeals court today ordered a new trial for a former White House aide who was convicted on charges of lying and obstructing justice in the investigation of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
A three judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit this morning threw out David H. Safavian's conviction on charges of lying to an ethics officer at the General Services Administration, where he had been chief of staff, and an investigator for the GSA's inspector general.
Safavian was convicted in June 2006 of covering up his efforts to assist Abramoff in acquiring two properties controlled by the GSA, including the historic Old Post Office in the District. He also was convicted of concealing information about a lavish golfing excursion to Scotland and London with Abramoff in the summer of 2002. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison but has been free while he appealed.
Writing for the unanimous panel, Circuit Judge A. Raymond Randolph ruled that Safavian was under no legal obligation to disclose details of his dealings with Abramoff when he asked for an opinion from the GSA's ethics officer about accepting free air fare on a chartered jet for the golf vacation. He told the ethics official he was paying for his hotels, meals and greens fees.
A U.S. appeals court today ordered a new trial for a former White House aide who was... more
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by Nicole
The Documentary Network is a veritable online goldmine of shorts and full-length features. Visitors can watch sample documentaries from a selection of 81 for free. Repeat customers can register and watch more stuff for free, plus a further selection of pay-per-view films which start at around 1 Euro (approx $1.50). As an added bonus, funds go directly to the filmmakers, minus a modest hosting fee, which makes this a great way of cutting big media distributors out of the equation.
The Daily Mantra got sucked in watching the illuminating Global Dimming, a Nova/BBC production that hypothesizes that the true power of global warming has been significantly underestimated, being masked by the counter effects of global dimming, which is caused by visible pollution such as smog and airplane contrails. To support this theory they interview scientists who collected and analyzed data from 5,000 weather stations taken during the three days after 9/11 when a flight moratorium was imposed, and our skies were free of planes and their contrails for the first time in decades. The three-day period created a sudden data spike, with the temperature change jumping significantly.
Continuing on the 9/11 theme, the Documentary Network has the seminal internet conspiracy flick, Loose Change, which outlines numerous inconsistencies and loopholes in the official version of how 9/11 played out. In the interest of being fair and balanced they're also showing Conspiracy Theory, which sets out to debunk the debunkers, and The Great Global Warming Swindle, which has a pretty self-explanatory title and should appeal to the diminishing pool of flat-earthers.
Talking of being fair and balanced, the Documentary Network also has OutFOXed, which documents "Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism." One journalist who certainly won't be suppressed however is Greg Palast, who showcases his homage to Bush's Election Fraud on the site. In his 15 minute short he succinctly explores the statistical anomalies of the "spoiled" and simply "not-counted" 2004 votes, and shares with us some misdirected emails from Rove to Bush which indicate the not-so-dynamic duo are plotting to use illegal caging-list techniques to steal the election in '08.
Other films well worth viewing include the Pirates of Silicon Valley, which takes a humorous look at the characters in the Jobs' and Gates' camps who formed the technological landscape we know today, and the eye-opening Origins of Aids, which explores the idea that the disease may have infected humans due to contaminated oral vaccinations made from chimpanzee tissue that were used in an immunization program in the Belgium Congo. (Indeed something similar occured here in the U.S. in the 1950's with the polio vaccine which was contaminated with the simian virus SV40, potentially exposing 98 million Americans to the monkey disease which has been linked to cancer in humans.)
It's often said that truth is stranger than fiction, and continuing in this spirit there's documentaries on corrupt world governments (The Revolution Will Not Be Televised and Stealing A Nation), the CIA (Crack The CIA and Secrets of The CIA), Iraq (Baghdad ER, The Power of Nightmares and Iraq For Sale), and the environment (Biofuels: Think Outside The Barrel), plus an investigation into the conspiracy theory perhaps above all others, the "faked" lunar landing (Moon Hoax: Astronauts Gone Wild), which all add up to a most enlightening video vault that remains open long after Blockbuster closes the doors on their edited-for-content DVDs.
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The Documentary Network is a veritable online goldmine of shorts and... more
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This proportion is alarmingly high because veterans only makeup 11% of the US adult population.
Veteran Affairs groups predict a whole new generation of homeless Veterans, returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
This proportion is alarmingly high because veterans only makeup 11% of the US adult... more
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Aide workers have brought food and supplies to survivors of the floods in Tabasco, Mexico.
"People are fighting over food and water, and the lack of electricity and running water are making life in the city impossible," said Martha Lilia LopezAide workers have brought food and supplies to survivors of the floods in Tabasco,... more
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