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Ex-CNN Reporter: Network Censored Footage Of Iraq ‘War Crime’
Post Date: 2010-09-19 16:20:17 by Brian S
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A former CNN Iraq correspondent suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder says his employers wouldn't run footage he filmed of what he describes as a war crime by US troops, an Australian news source reports. Michael Ware, who covered Iraq for CNN from 2006 until last year, describes the incident as "a small war crime, if there is such a thing." In 2007, Ware was with a group of US soldiers in a remote village in Iraq that was under the control of al Qaeda militants. Ware says there was a teenage boy in the street carrying a weapon for protection. ‘‘(The boy) approached the house we were in and the (US) soldiers who were watching our backs, one of them put a ...
(actor) Randy Quaid, Wife Face Burglary Charges in Calif.
Post Date: 2010-09-19 11:21:06 by Murron
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(actor) Randy Quaid, Wife Face Burglary Charges in Calif. SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Actor Randy Quaid and his wife are facing burglary charges in California after the owner of the couple's old house reported they had been living there without permission. A representative of the property owner called Santa Barbara sheriff's deputies Saturday afternoon to report that squatters had been staying in the guest house illegally. When deputies arrived at the house that evening, they found Randy and Evi Quaid, who said they had owned the property since the 1990s. The property owner's representative provided documents that showed his client had bought the home in 2007. A contractor ...
Russia: We Will Provide Syria With Advanced Missiles, Despite Israel, U.S. Protests
Post Date: 2010-09-18 18:23:06 by Brian S
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Russia plans to go ahead with its sale of advance anti-ship rockets, state news agency RIA Novosti quoted Russian Defense Minster Anatoly Serdyukov as saying on Friday, despite recent attempts by U.S. and Israeli officials to thwart the planned deal. The deal involves the sale of advanced P-800 Yakhont supersonic cruise missiles to the Syrian military, weaponry which Israel considers as capable of posing significant danger to its navy vessels in the Mediterranean Sea. Last month, Haaretz reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had tried to sway his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, from completing the deal, reportedly saying the missiles could be transferred to Hezbollah and ...
Iran Invites Turkey Into Space Programme-Report
Post Date: 2010-09-18 18:16:37 by Brian S
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ISTANBUL, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Iran has invited Turkey to cooperate in work on the Islamic Republic's space programme, which aims to put a man in space by 2017, the Turkish newspaper Haberturk said on Saturday. Western countries which suspect Iran is trying to build nuclear bombs are concerned the long-range ballistic technology used to propel Iranian satellites into orbit could be used to launch atomic warheads. Tehran denies such suggestions. Pro-business Haberturk said Turkey had not responded to the proposal. Turkish officials were unavailable for comment, and there was no immediate comment from Tehran. Iran regards its space programme, which test-launched a satellite rocket ...
Parrot arrested for aiding drug cartel
Post Date: 2010-09-17 22:49:49 by Skip Intro
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A parrot in Colombia has been arrested after it was seized during a police drugs raid. According to environmental authorities, Lorenzo the parrot was trying to tip-off a local drug cartel when officers conducted an undercover raid early Wednesday. "This parrot was sending out alerts," said police officer Hollman Oliveira. "You could say he was some sort of watch bird." Authorities claim Lorenzo is one of nearly 1700 parrots seized by officials after being trained by drug traffickers to act as lookouts. Lorenzo caused quite the stir on Wednesday as he was presented to journalists. The well trained creature even showed off his look out skills as he yelled out: ...
Bore Hole For Rescue Reaches Trapped Chile Miners (rescue, though, is still more than six weeks away)
Post Date: 2010-09-17 13:54:13 by Brian S
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SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Rescuers achieved a key breakthrough in efforts to rescue 33 trapped miners on Friday, reaching the caverns where they are imprisoned with a bore hole that will now be widened so that they can be pulled to freedom. Atacama region Gov. Ximena Matas said the T130 probe had reached the mine area near the chamber where the men have taken refuge some 2,300 feet (700 meters) beneath the surface. Officials say rescue, though, is still more than six weeks away. Workers will now fit a wider bit on the drill and start boring a 26-inch (66-centimeter) hole wide enough to pull the men to the surface. That effort will require the miners themselves to help by shifting tons of ...
Secular Israelis Outraged About Holy Day Internet Blackout
Post Date: 2010-09-16 17:30:36 by Brian S
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Israeli government offices that provide a wide array of public services are pulling the plug on online payments on the Jewish Sabbath and holidays, creating a potential new source of friction between the religious and secular in the Jewish state. Ultra-Orthodox Cabinet ministers are leading the charge to enforce the religious prohibition on spending money on Jewish holy days. But for non-religious residents, tourists and foreign workers, the planned ban joins two leading ills of Israeli life — red tape and religious restrictions — in a marriage of inconvenience. Currently, Israelis and the tens of thousands of foreign workers living here are able to renew their passports, extend ...
US 'Sees World Influence Declining' Amid Economic Woe
Post Date: 2010-09-16 14:32:13 by Brian S
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There has been a sharp rise in the number of Americans who believe the US role as a world leader is on the decline, a survey suggests. The proportion of those saying the US is playing a less powerful global role than 10 years ago has risen from 17% in 2002 to 37%, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs said. A third of 2,717 respondants said the US would be the top world power 2060. The gloom is put down to economic woes at home and weariness of foreign wars. "After nine years of difficult wars and the greatest financial crisis since the 1930s, Americans want to focus on the home front and be more selective in the application of US influence and resources abroad," Chicago ...
West Battles To Avert Anti-Israel Resolution At IAEA Meet
Post Date: 2010-09-16 13:09:40 by Brian S
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The United States and its Western allies urged Arab countries Thursday to withdraw a resolution calling on Israel to sign up to a global anti-nuclear arms treaty so as not to jeopardise Middle East peace talks. On the final day of an International Atomic Energy Agency meeting, the European Union joined the United States in arguing that zeroing in on the Jewish state would jeopardise a proposed conference in 2012 on the creation of a Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction. It could also have a negative effect on relaunched peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, the Western countries warned the IAEA's 35-member board. Israel is believed to be the only Middle East ...
CIA paper cites Jewish acts of terrorism
Post Date: 2010-09-15 19:42:00 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON (JTA) -- A recent CIA paper cited Jewish acts of terrorism in the West Bank in its analysis of whether the United States is an exporter of terrorism. The papers were released by the whistleblower website WikiLeaks Wednesday. They were classified under the relatively low-grade "secret." The documents analyze U.S.-backed Jewish, Muslim and Irish terrorist attacks. They conclude that international perceptions that the United States is an exporter of terrorism may lead to foreign countries’ non-cooperation in anti-terrorism operations and less willingness to share relevant intelligence. Those perceptions could even lead to the arrest of CIA or other American agents ...
Britain's national trade union again voted to support a boycott of goods made in West Bank settlements and of companies profiting from the area.
Post Date: 2010-09-15 19:41:52 by Brian S
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LONDON (JTA) -- Britain’s national trade union again voted to support a boycott of goods made in West Bank settlements and of companies profiting from the area. Delegates to the Trade Unions Congress' annual conference voted unanimously Tuesday in support of the boycott resolution. The union also condemned the Histadrut, Israel's national trade union, for supporting the Gaza blockade and Israel’s action to stop the aid flotilla in May. It reiterated its support and continued cooperation with the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Palestinian trade unions. In practice, the resolution, which is similar to a measure adopted last year, does not have much of an effect beyond ...
Referendum Vote In Turkey Fuels Uneasiness In Israel
Post Date: 2010-09-15 19:41:41 by Brian S
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Tel Aviv - A resounding victory at the polls Sunday for Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's referendum to remake the country's constitution and weaken the secular forces in government has spurred Israeli uneasiness about deteriorating ties with an important regional ally. Though the referendum was about advancing civil liberties in Turkey and weakening the influence of the secular army, the wider-than-expected margin of victory was also seen as a broad approval of Erdogan's foreign policy shift toward Israel. After years of cozy strategic ties, Erdogan upset Israelis with his criticism of the war against Hamas, and with his backing for a protest flotilla that hurt ...
Israel analysts see Turkey radicalizing, becoming 'Iran No. 2'
Post Date: 2010-09-15 19:41:36 by Brian S
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TEL AVIV — Israel's defense community has assessed that Turkey was moving toward becoming a radical and nuclear Islamic state. Officials and leading analysts asserted that the government of Prime Minister Recep Erdogan was rapidly dismantling the secular Turkish state. They said Erdogan could turn Turkey into another Iran, a radical Muslim state with nuclear weapons. "There could be a deep strategic change," Amos Gilad, a senior Defense Ministry official, said. Officials cited Turkey's referendum that would revise the secular constitution. They said the 26 amendments approved by 58 percent of voters on Sept. 12 would significantly increase the authority of ...
Russia, Norway OK Barents Sea border in Arctic
Post Date: 2010-09-15 19:33:56 by Brian S
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MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia and Norway signed an agreement Wednesday on their maritime border in the energy-rich Barents Sea, ending a dispute that has dragged on for decades. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said after the signing that the deal would strengthen stability in the region and enhance economic cooperation between the two neighbors. "We have been trying to reach this agreement for 40 years," Medvedev said after his talks with Stoltenberg in Russia's Arctic port of Murmansk. "It will turn a new page in our relations. Delineating the border in the region where our interests meet is a key step forward." Stoltenberg ...
Pakistani leader offers more intel to Afghans
Post Date: 2010-09-15 19:33:50 by Brian S
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ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan's intelligence services are willing to work more closely with Afghanistan to fight Taliban militants, the president said Wednesday after talks with the Afghan leader focussed on allegations Islamabad is harboring Afghan insurgents. Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a veiled reference to the existence of terrorist hideouts on the Pakistani side of their shared border. He said he and President Asif Ali Zardari had discussed ways to tackle the sanctuaries and training grounds, but did not say whether anything had been agreed. "The reality is that they (the militants) must have a base somewhere," he said. "Those who are attacking us in ...
Japan intervenes in currency market to weaken yen
Post Date: 2010-09-15 19:33:48 by Brian S
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TOKYO (AP) -- Japan made a surprise foray into currency markets Wednesday to reverse the yen's ascent, which has been bad for companies like Toyota and Sony that are critical to the country's economy. Relieved investors sent Japanese stock prices up 2.3 percent after news of the Bank of Japan's market intervention came out. Shares of Japanese exporters jumped and the yen fell 3 percent or more against major currencies including the dollar, euro and British pound. It was the yen's biggest one-day move against the dollar since the fall of 2008, at the height of the financial crisis. Japanese officials would not provide a figure for how much yen the central bank sold in the ...
US accuses Iran of intimidating nuclear inspectors
Post Date: 2010-09-15 19:27:13 by Brian S
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VIENNA (AP) -- A U.S. envoy accused Iran on Wednesday of intimidating U.N. nuclear inspectors in an effort to influence their findings - a move he said may lead to "appropriate action," from the International Atomic Energy Agency. Britain, France and Germany also criticized Iran for its decision to ban several inspectors in a toughly worded statement also critical of Tehran for ignoring U.N. Security Council demands to stop nuclear activities that could be used to make weapons. "Iran is pursuing ... programs which have no credible peaceful purposes," said the statement to the IAEA's 35-nation board, delivered by French chief delegate Florence Mangin. "The only ...
Cuba criticizes Obama for keeping embargo
Post Date: 2010-09-15 19:26:48 by Brian S
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HAVANA (AP) -- Cuba's foreign minister said Wednesday that President Barack Obama has missed a golden opportunity to improve relations, lamenting that nearly two years after he offered an olive branch to America's traditional foes, the U.S. leader has "not lived up to expectations." In a yearly speech on the cost of America's 48-year trade embargo, which Cuba refers to as a "blockade," Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said Obama had actually increased enforcement of the embargo since taking over from President George W. Bush, who had a more outwardly hardline policy toward the island. "The policy of the blockade under President Obama ... hasn't ...
Tropical storm Karl hits Mexico's Yucatan
Post Date: 2010-09-15 19:22:28 by Brian S
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CANCUN, Mexico (AP) -- A strong Tropical Storm Karl made landfall on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on Wednesday, hitting a sparsely populated stretch of Caribbean coast, while two powerful hurricanes roared further out in the Atlantic. Karl made landfall about 30 miles (50 kilometers) up the coast from the Quintana Roo state capital of Chetumal, with winds of about 65 mph (100 kph), according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami. The storm hit about midway between the cruise ship port of Majahual and the coastal town of Xcalak. Violeta Pineda, who has operated thatch-roof bungalows known as the Hotel Kabah Na for 13 years, said waves were rolling about 25 yards (meters) onto ...
Sarkozy's office hits back at criticism on Gypsies
Post Date: 2010-09-15 19:10:45 by Brian S
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PARIS (AP) -- President Nicolas Sarkozy's government fired back Wednesday at European Commission criticism of France's crackdown on Gypsies, or Roma, saying some of the complaints are unacceptable. A day earlier, EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding had called France's expulsions of Roma to Eastern Europe "a disgrace" - as well as something she "thought that Europe would not have to witness again after the second World War." The exchange heightened tensions between France and the European Union a day before a summit of EU leaders Thursday in Brussels and forced the European Commission president to go into damage control, saying Reding had not meant to ...
No deal: Mideast round ends amid fresh violence
Post Date: 2010-09-15 19:05:38 by Brian S
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JERUSALEM (AP) -- A mortar attack by Palestinian militants and airstrikes by Israel formed the grim backdrop as Mideast leaders ended their latest round of peace talks Wednesday, still divided on major issues. There was no word on when they would meet again. The inconclusive U.S.-brokered talks between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas left in doubt the prospects for their new effort to end generations of hostilities in the region and create a sovereign Palestine alongside a secure Israel. George Mitchell, the U.S. envoy for Mideast peace efforts, emerged from an evening session to say the talks had been encouraging but had fallen short of ...
Irving: Auschwitz Is ‘Disney-Style’ Tourist Spot
Post Date: 2010-09-13 15:44:40 by Brian S
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(JTA) -- Holocaust denier David Irving called Auschwitz a 'Disney-style' tourist site while defending his own tour of Nazi sites. Irving is scheduled to lead a tour to important Nazi sites, including Hitler's headquarters and the Treblinka death camp, the British Daily Mail reported over the weekend. The trip is fully booked with British and American tourists, he told the newspaper. The trip, scheduled for the end of September, is billed as an "unforgettable journey" for ''real history buffs" the Daily Mail reported. In an interview with the newspaper, Irving criticized Polish authorities for turning Auschwitz into a "money-making machine," and ...
Obama to Pitch $60B Saudi Arms Deal to Congress
Post Date: 2010-09-13 13:53:51 by Brian S
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The Wall Street Journal reports the White House will officially notify Congress in the next two weeks of a $60 billion deal to sell Saudi Arabia dozens of U.S.-made fighter jets and military helicopters. If it goes ahead, the sale of some 84 new F-15 jets and dozens of helicopter will be the largest U.S. arms deal ever. The Obama administration is pitching the sale as a major opportunity to create new jobs for the beleaguered American economy. Companies including Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin and General Electric say more than 75,000 jobs could be created to build the new aircraft. According to The Journal's sources, who remained anonymous, negotiations are also ...
WikiLeaks Readying The ‘Biggest Leak Of Military Intelligence Ever’
Post Date: 2010-09-13 13:16:54 by Brian S
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Whistleblower website WikiLeaks is teaming up with news outlets to release a "massive cache" of classified US military field reports on the conflict in Iraq, Newsweek magazine reported recently. Newsweek quoted Iain Overton, editor of The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, a London-based journalism nonprofit, as saying the material constitutes the "biggest leak of military intelligence" ever. Newsweek said the stash of Iraq documents held by WikiLeaks is believed to be about three times as large as the number of US military field reports on Afghanistan released earlier this year by WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks, in collaboration with The New York Times, Britain's Guardian ...
President Describes Quran Burning Plan as "Zionist Plot"
Post Date: 2010-09-12 17:52:50 by Brian S
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad described the plan of a Florida evangelical church for burning Muslims' divine book on the 9/11 anniversary as "a Zionist plot" that will accelerate the collapse of the Zionists. President Ahmadinejad said Friday that Florida Pastor Terry Jones' plans to torch Quran was a "Zionist plot, and against the teachings of all divine prophets." "The Zionists and their supporters are on the path to collapse and decline and such desperate actions will not save them, but will accelerate their fall and annihilation," Ahmadinejad said during a meeting between Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali ...
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