Tsunami victims to sue

February 15, 2005 by element115
A group of Austrian and German victims of the Asian tsunami disaster are to file a lawsuit demanding that Thailand, French hotel chain Accor and US forecasters prove they reacted adequately to the disaster, their lawyers said.
The suit, naming Accor and the US-run tsunami early warning system in the Pacific as well as Thai authorities, will be filed in a New York district court this week, the lawyers said in Vienna.
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Appeals court upholds ruling in CIA leak

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A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a ruling against two reporters who could go to jail for refusing to divulge their sources to investigators probing the leak of an undercover CIA officer's name to the media.
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CNN's Nuke Plant Photos Identical for Both Iran and N. Korea

February 14, 2005 by element115
Two stories posted in the last week on the CNN website, one on nukes in Iran last Wednesday, and another on nukes in North Korea on Saturday, both use the same aerial photograph of the same purported nuclear power plant!
But one is supposed to be in Iran and the other is supposed to be in North Korea!
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Lies, Damned Lies And Rice

by element115
The lies never stop. They lie not only to you and me, but also to their friends and colleagues, Republicans as well as Democrats.
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The World Tribunal on Iraq

by element115
Media Held Guilty of Deception
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How to get straight to the people: control the message, stage the event

by element115
In addition to orchestrating the on-stage portion of the events, there is evidence that the White House works to control the live audience. Presidential appearances are "ticketed events," with ticket distribution controlled by local officials and organizations.
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E-mail and blog monitors are launched

by element115
The OutBoxer software sits on each local computer and scans messages for compliance with corporate policy. OutBoxer will also read attachments.
...the system also allows managers to create policies that monitor for compliance with any number of corporate polices such as no personal e-mails or sending of sensitive corporate data.
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Palestinian militants hold fire

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After straining the cease-fire agreed to last week by launching rocket attacks on Israeli settlements in Gaza Thursday, Hamas agreed Saturday to refrain from immediate retaliation for Israeli army actions in the future. According to agreements reached with Mr. Abbas, Hamas now says it will consult the Palestinian Authority before taking actions.
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Fresh Guantanamo torture claims

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An Australian freed from Guantanamo Bay last month has claimed he was tortured and abused during his detention at the US prison camp in Cuba.
For the first time Mr Habib has publicly revealed what he insisted have been the horrors of the past three-and-a-half years.
He said he suffered constant abuse, before and after his transfer to Guantanamo Bay in May 2002.
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Gold Jewelry

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World's Dirtiest Valentine's Day Gift?
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30 more countries are potential nuclear powers: Annan

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The UN chief believes that up to 30 countries could seek to develop a nuclear weapons capability. "Those who have the nuclear weapons are quite well known, we have about seven (or) eight of them," Annan told the BBC in a pre-recorded interview broadcast on Sunday. "But there are estimates that about 30 countries can have it (and) have the capacity to have it," he said
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US fights back against 'rule by clerics'

by element115
US arming Ba'ath Militias to fight Shi'ites
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The Sharansky Fallacy

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Justin Raimondo ---> 'Democracy' in Iraq is an invitation to civil war
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Missile Defense Fails Test Again

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A test of the national missile defense system failed Monday when an interceptor missile did not launch from its island base in the Pacific Ocean, the military said. It was the second failure in months for the experimental program.
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Bush Renominates 20 Failed Judicial Nominees

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President Bush set up a showdown with Senate Democrats on Monday by renominating 20 failed judicial nominees, many of whom had been denounced by critics as "right-wing extremists."
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On which country would Iraqis like to model their government?

by element115
Just over a week before the historic Iraqi election of January 30, 2005, an Abu Dhabi TV / Zogby International poll asked 805 Iraqi adults about their inclinations.
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Gore Vidal speaks

by element115
Video ---> Projecting American power will always make a situation worse.
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Chavez: US is a terrorist state

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has branded the United States a terrorist state while rejecting Washington's criticism of Caracas for its arms purchase from Russia.
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Bush and Bin Laden use similar language: Khatami

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President Mohammad Khatami said here on Sunday that U.S. President George W. Bush and Al-Qaeda terrorist network leader Osama bin Laden use very similar language.
"The words and deeds of Bush and Bin Laden are alike, producing the sound of violence and waging war against the world. In fact, the words used by Bush and Bin Laden are almost exactly the same."
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Tehran protests at US use of drones

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The US has been flying surveillance drones over Iran since last year to look for evidence of nuclear weapons programs and examine air defences.
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