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Die Umweltschutzorganisation Greenpeace hat in einer Studie die engen Verflechtungen zwischen Politikern und Energiekonzernen kritisiert. "Hunderte von Politikern sind in Deutschland für die Energiewirtschaft tätig", sagte Greenpeace-Experte Andree Böhling am 19. April. "Ähnlich wie es bei Bundesministern der Fall ist, sollte es auch Bundestagsabgeordneten nicht erlaubt sein, dem Vorstand, Aufsichts- oder Verwaltungsrat von kommerziellen Unternehmen anzugehören, mit deren Geschäftsfeld sie politisch befasst sind", fordert die Organisation.

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A Decatur soldier with five months left on his enlistment tried unsuccessfully to get an extension on his two-week leave to stay with his dying mother, who is hospitalized on life-support. Sgt. Tim Robinson requested another week in a letter faxed to his unit explaining that his mother, Kate Mae Jones, was dying of kidney and heart failure. His request included a note from his mother's doctor concerning her condition, but his commanding officer denied the extension.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041907H.shtml

President Bush sparred across the table with Democratic Congressional leaders opposed to the Iraq war on Wednesday in a prelude to a veto showdown over a conflict that has claimed the lives of more than 3,200 US troops. Democrats said they were determined to press Bush for a change in policy.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041907C.shtml



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His job in jeopardy, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said today that no impropriety was involved in the dismissal of eight federal prosecutors, and that the decision was "justified and should stand." Appearing before a plainly skeptical Senate Judiciary Committee, Gonzales conceded that "reasonable people might disagree" with the decision.

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For six years, the Bush administration, aided by Justice Department political appointees, has pursued an aggressive legal effort to restrict voter turnout in key battleground states in ways that favor Republican political candidates, according to former department lawyers and a review of written records.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041907A.shtml



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Informant: Charles Jenks

A Senate minority and the drug lobby conspire to obstruct the people's will.
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There are shades of Nixonian chicanery in the Alberto Gonzales controversy.
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A protected rainforest in one of the world's richest biodiversity hotspots has suffered an alarming collapse in amphibians and reptiles, suggesting such havens may fail to slow the creatures' slide towards global extinction.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/041807EB.shtml

Greenpeace's China office said China's timber industry was complicit in the illegal felling of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea's merbau trees, with logs then smuggled to China and processed and exported as floorboards and high-end furnishings to the United States, Canada, Australia and Europe.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/041807EA.shtml

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Plant trees, lots of them, you can never plant enough!
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"When Rove talks about protecting 'ballot integrity,' that is shorthand for disenfranchising Democratic Party voters. When Republicans talk about voter fraud, they are referring to illegal voting by individuals, as opposed to vote fraud - systematic attempts to steal an election by an organized group of partisans. This emphasis on voter fraud has convinced eight states to pass laws requiring voters to present official photo identification in order to cast a ballot - laws that studies have shown suppress Democratic turnout among voters who are poor, black, Latino, Asian-American or disabled," says Joel Bleifuss.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041807S.shtml



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Times Argus

04/18/07

They will not take no for an answer. More than 125 Vermonters from 56 communities congregated at the Statehouse Tuesday and sought to pressure legislators from both chambers and of all political persuasions to act on a resolution calling for President Bush’s impeachment this session. The demonstration culminated with a testy and antagonistic 30-minute exchange with the state’s top two Democrats whom impeachment supporters say are blocking the resolution from moving forward. ‘You are breaking down a cornerstone of democracy,’ said one woman to Senate President Pro Tem Peter Shumlin, D-Windham, and House Speaker Gaye Symington, D-Jericho. ‘If the Democratic Party won’t listen to us, maybe we should just leave the party,’ yelled one man during the meeting. Shumlin, who supports impeachment, and Symington, who does not, kept their cool during the exchange. But the two state Democratic leaders reiterated that a House resolution does not have the committee support to proceed and there is no longer time in this legislative session to pass a Senate resolution...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

04/18/07

A developing scandal over ties between the student loan industry and college financial aid officers is adding momentum to a congressional push to overhaul the system for college loans. Members of Congress say new rules, being pushed by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, on how loan companies deal with campuses should be applied nationwide...

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USA Today

04/18/07

Multiple sources are telling The Hill, a newspaper on Capitol Hill, that FBI agents searched the Virginia home of Rep. John Doolittle, R-Calif., last week as part of the ongoing corruption probe that grew out of the activities of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. ‘Doolittle also received contributions from indicted defense contractor Brent Wilkes and his associates, and investigators are probing whether those contributions are linked to any official action Doolittle took to help Wilkes’s company obtain millions of dollars in government earmarks,’ according to the paper...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has "shattered" the department's tradition of independence and politicized its operation more than any other attorney general in more than 30 years. So says Daniel Metcalfe, a senior attorney at the department who retired in January, before the current controversy over the firing of U.S. attorneys erupted.

http://www.law.com/jsp/dc/PubArticleDC.jsp?id=1176122643390


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Condoleezza Rice is resisting a U.S. House panel's demand that she testify tomorrow on why President George W. Bush said in a 2003 speech that Iraq sought uranium from Africa.

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"In 2007 the idea of human rights has come under the most serious attack from the United States of America," Cox said in a talk before about 150 people at the UW-Madison Pyle Center.

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From Information Clearing House

AIPAC!" was the forceful one-word answer of Congressman Michael Capuano when we asked him, "Why was the Iran clause forbidding war on Iran without Congressional approval taken out of the recent supplemental for the Iraq war funding?" I nearly fell out of my chair at his reply - not because this was news but because of who had just said it.

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Expressing concerns that the administration will manufacture false pretexts for attacking Iran, former National Security Advisor Zgbniew Brzezinski recently told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Bush's "imperial hubris" is "undermining America's global legitimacy," "intensifying regional instability" and putting the U.S on track for a "quagmire lasting 20 years.

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In a new blow to America's reputation abroad an investigation by the US military and an Afghan human rights organisation has found a platoon of marines went on a shooting rampage after a suicide bombing in Afghanistan.

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The head of an al Qaeda-linked group in Iraq said the country had become a "university of terrorism", producing highly qualified warriors, since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.

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War on Terror looks like a fraud

Four years after the invasion, it's becoming pretty clear that Iraq has been "pacified" solely for the purpose of economic aggression. Humanitarian considerations are moot. The awful plight of Iraq's one million Christians, who have no place in the new Iraq, underscores this ugly truth.

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From Information Clearing House

By Marvin Chachere

I found it unbelievable that our republic would spill out into the entire globe and, repeating the life-cycle of empires like Rome and Great Britain, our unmatched strength, confidence and conceit would lead to a sense of invincibility from which we stumbled, matured, grew old and collapsed.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17553.htm

By Ismael Hossein-zadeh

How escalation of war and military spending are used as disguised or roundabout ways to reverse the new deal and redistribute national resources in favor of the wealthy.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17552.htm



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Sarah Olson reports: "Iraq Veterans Against the War's Reppenhagen says, 'There's an unwritten social contract a service member makes with his nation.' He added: 'That contract says he will be sent to war only when peaceful solutions have been exhausted. When that service member comes home, the contract dictates that he is taken care of and given aid. The American people and US government officials are breaking that contract. In light of this, it's very hard to judge harshly those who resist the Iraq war.'"

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The US State Department has so far failed to respond to requests to reawaken a highly praised medical program aimed at saving military and civilian lives in war-torn Iraq. The program used voluntary US doctors and other personnel to provide computer technology and training to medical students in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041907M.shtml

A deputy to Paul Wolfowitz urged the World Bank chief on Wednesday to resign in the interests of the institution during a meeting of the bank's management.

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US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, facing bipartisan calls to resign, will appear today beginning at 9:30 AM EDT before a Congressional panel investigating the firing of US prosecutors. Truthout will have continuing coverage throughout the day.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041907J.shtml



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IDA's Connie Durkee participates in pioneering spay/neuter program.
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Urge House Committee members to reject legislation that ignores environmental laws.
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Was ist neu an Europas "Neuen Kriegen"? Anmerkungen zu Kriegslegitimationen des 21. Jahrhunderts

Artikel von Ismail Küpeli in ak – analyse & kritik - zeitung für linke debatte und praxis vom 16.3.2007 – Wir danken der Redaktion! http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/eu/militak.html


Aus: LabourNet, 19. April 2007

„Dass Krieg entsetzlich ist, meint jeder zu wissen, man verdrängt es gerne wie die Nase den Gestank, dem sie länger ausgesetzt ist. Ohnehin trägt man diese lieber höher und atmet die Luft der weiter oben gelagerten politischen und kulturellen Ebenen. Man bevorzugt die großen Perspektiven auf die Kriegsgebiete Irak und Afghanistan: Es geht um die Befreiung dieser Länder vom fundamentalistischen Zugriff durch die Islamisten, sagt der Blick vom einen Strategie-Lager und der vom anderen sieht vor allem die imperialistischen, neokolonialistische Kräfte des Westens am Zerstörungswerk. Zwei Meldungen aus den beiden Ländern rücken uns nun die häßliche Fratze des Krieges wieder vor die Nase…“ Artikel von Thomas Pany in telepolis vom 17.04.2007 http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/25/25093/1.html


Aus: LabourNet, 19. April 2007

„Als US-Präsident George W. Bush, seinen Vertrauten auf den Posten des Weltbankchefs hievte, war die Skepsis groß. Paul Wolfowitz hat die Vorbehalte nicht zerstreuen können. Im Gegenteil, er bestätigt sie…“ Dokumentatiuon von Bernd W. Kubbig in der Frankfurter Runschau vom 18.4.07 http://www.fr-online.de/in_und_ausland/dokumentation/?em_cnt=1116983


Entmachtung des Geberkartells. IWF droht die Bedeutungslosigkeit

„Der Westen verliert zunehmend seinen Einfluss auf Entwicklungsländer – und auf deren Kurs in Richtung Demokratie und Marktwirtschaft. Der Grund ist die schwindende Bedeutung des Internationalen Währungsfonds (IWF) und der Weltbank. Venezuela, China & Co laufen den westlich dominierten Finanzorganisationen in den Schwellenländern den Rang ab…“ Artikel von Mathias Brüggmann und Klaus C. Engelen im Handelsblatt vom 10. April 2007 http://www.handelsblatt.com/news/Default.aspx?_p=200051&_t=ft&_b=1252019



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Durch die »Gesundheitsreform« nähern sich die gesetzlichen den privaten Krankenkassen an. Ein Gespräch mit Simone Leiber, Referatsleiterin Sozialpolitik am Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Institut (WSI) der gewerkschaftsnahen Hans-Böckler-Stiftung von Jan Eisner in junge Welt vom 19.04.2007 http://www.jungewelt.de/2007/04-19/002.php


Aus: LabourNet, 19. April 2007



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Entdeckte Erwerbstätige

„Die Situation auf dem deutschen Arbeitsmarkt ist nach wie vor prekär. Das
ausbleibende Beschäftigungswunder wird nun auf statistischem Wege
herbeigeführt…“ Artikel von Wolfgang Kühn in ND vom 17.04.07
http://www.nd-online.de/artikel.asp?AID=108228&IDC=3


Aus: LabourNet, 19. April 2007

AFP-Meldung vom 14. April 2007 http://de.biz.yahoo.com/14042007/286/wirtschaft-eu-fordert-einf-hrung-mindestl-hnen-deutschland.html

Siehe dazu auch:

EU-Kommission: Spidla für Mindestlöhne in Deutschland

„Die EU-Kommission unterstützt die Forderung nach Mindestlöhnen in Deutschland. Nach Industriekommissar Günter Verheugen bescheinigte auch Sozialkommissar Vladimir Spidla der Bundesrepublik einen Nachholbedarf in dieser Sache…“ Meldung in FR online vom 18.4.2007 http://www.fr-online.de/in_und_ausland/politik/aktuell/?em_cnt=1117784


"Mindestlohn ist ein Erfolg in der EU"

Interview von Markus Sievers mit Vladimir Spidla in der FR vom 19.04.2007 http://www.fr-online.de/in_und_ausland/politik/aktuell/?sid=2b031cdb21afaf575b2fc13c752a48a0&em_cnt=1118020


Aus: LabourNet, 19. April 2007



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#Die Linkspartei.PDS: Pressemitteilungen

19. April 2007

Zum Frühjahrsgutachten der führenden Wirtschaftsforschungsinstitute erklärt das Mitglied des Parteivorstandes Harald Werner:

Wie nicht anders zu erwarten, surft das Frühjahrsgutachten der führenden Wirtschaftsforschungsinstitute auf der gegenwärtigen Optimismuswelle und steigert seine Wachstumsprognose aus dem vergangenen Herbst von 1,4 auf 2,4 Prozent. Ansonsten bleibt alles beim Alten: Die Arbeitseinkommen bleiben weit hinter den Gewinnerwartungen zurück, die Exportabhängigkeit nimmt zu und die Inlandsnachfrage tritt auf der Stelle. Statt sich auf die Stabilisierung der Binnenwirtschaft zu konzentrieren, rufen die Institute nach neuen Steuergeschenken und kalkulieren mit unterdurchschnittlichen Lohnerhöhungen. Also, Sekt für die Bezieher von Gewinn- und Vermögenseinkommen und Selters für den Rest. Bereits ein erster Blick auf das Zahlenwerk der Institute zeigt, dass aus den Fehlern der Vergangenheit nichts gelernt wurde. Sämtliche für eine Verstetigung des Aufschwungs notwendigen Messwerte werden niedriger angesetzt, als es das Wachstum erlauben aber auch erfordern würde. Diese unterdurchschnittliche Entwicklung gilt nicht für die Arbeitseinkommen und damit für die private Nachfrage, sie gilt vor allem für die staatlichen Investitionen. So ist die öffentliche Bautätigkeit, also Investitionen in die Infrastruktur, von 1992 bis 2005 um 40 Prozent zurückgegangen und die Bildungsausgaben halten gerade einmal das niedrige Niveau von 1991. Wie eine solche Vernachlässigung des Standortes dessen Wettbewerbsfähigkeit sichern soll, bleibt unbegreiflich. Auch ein Blick auf die Arbeitsmarktdaten lässt wenig Hoffnung aufkommen. Erstens bleibt der Beschäftigungsanstieg weit hinter dem Wachstum zurück und zweitens handelt es sich bei den neuen Jobs zu mehr als einem Drittel um Leiharbeit. Seit 2003 hat sich die Zahl der Leiharbeiter auf 600.000 erhöht und damit verdoppelt. Nur eine leichte Eintrübung des Wirtschaftsklimas dürfte deshalb zu einer schlagartigen Erhöhung der Arbeitslosenzahlen führen. Unerklärlich bleibt, woher die Institute ihren Langzeitoptimismus nehmen. Da sämtliche inländischen Daten negativ sind, bleibt lediglich die Hoffnung auf die Weltwirtschaft, das heißt, auf die Investitionen der anderen. Mit nachhaltiger Wirtschaftspolitik hat dies nichts zu tun.

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Mit der Bitte um Veröffentlichung senden wir Ihnen folgende Terminankündigung der ödp München.

Die ödp München lädt ein zur Vortragsveranstaltung:

„Impfen, Pro und Contra – die individuelle Impfentscheidung“ Donnerstag, 10. Mai 2007 um 19:30 - Einlass 19:00 Uhr

Referentin: Brigitte Maurer, Heilpraktikerin und Homöopathin

Brienner Str. 46, U 1/7 und Tram 20/21 Stiglmaierplatz (3 min zu Fuß) U 2/8 Königsplatz (5 min zu Fuß) Der Eintritt ist frei

Impfen ist die einfachste Möglichkeit, Infektionskrankheiten zu verhindern. Impfungen sind die effektivsten, segensreichsten und sichersten Schutzmaßnahmen gegen Seuchen, die es gibt. Alle Bedenken bezüglich möglicher Schäden und Nebenwirkungen sind nur Hirn- gespinste der Impfgegner – so heißt es offiziell. Die Vorteile der Impfungen werden mit permanenter Werbung und manipulierten Informa- tionen verbreitet. Eine fachlich korrekte Diskussion wird tunlichst vermieden. Zudem ist es viel einfacher, an die Vorteile dieser Infektionsprophylaxe zu glauben, als sich mit imkritischen Fakten und Impfschäden auseinander zu setzen. Ohnehin gibt es wenig Ärzte, Fachleute oder Verlage, die es wagen, kritisch über Impfthemen zu berichten. „Ich denke es höchste Zeit für ein investigatives Hinterfragen der Impfpraxis und der Offen- legung von Impfrisiken sowie der Veröffentlichung von Impfschäden“ so Brigitte Maurer. „Durch diesen Vortrag möchte ich allen Interessierten und Betroffenen einen kleinen Einblick in die recht komplizierten Zusammenhänge von Infektionskrankheiten und deren Vorbeugung geben und damit Hilfestellung leisten bei Ihrer Impfentscheidung.“ so die Referentin.

Die Referentin ist in eigener Naturheilpraxis als klassische Homöopathin für Mensch und Tier seit 26 Jahren tätig und unterrichtete 6 Jahre als Dozentin für „Klassische Homöopathie“ an der Heilpraktikerschule „Josef Angerer.“ Sie leitet Homöopathie-Supervisionskurse und Seminare für „Gesunde Lebensweise und Prävention“.


Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Herbert Brunner Pressebeauftragter
Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei (ödp)
Stadtverband München
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Veranstaltungshinweise:

Wir laden Sie herzlich ein zu unseren kostenfreien Vorträgen. Immer in den Räumen der Gregor-Louisoder-Umweltstiftung: Brienner Str. 46, U2/U8 Königsplatz und U1/U7 Stiglmaierplatz. Do., 14. Juni 2007, 19.30 Uhr „Aktiver Nichtraucherschutz – was ist in München und Deutschland möglich?“ Referent: Axel Napolitano, Pro Rauchfrei

Do., 12. Juli 2007, 19.30 Uhr "Meereskraftwerke – eine Energiequelle der Zukunft. Technische Möglichkeiten und aktuelle Projekte" Referent: Dr.-Ing. Wilfried Knapp, TU München

Do., 9. Aug. 2006, 19.30 Uhr "Wer bezahlt eigentlich mal Ihre Rente und unsere Staatsschulden?“ Referent: Martin Schmidt-Bredow, Zeitbank für München

Do., 13. Sept. 2006, 19.30 Uhr "Krieg um's Öl oder Frieden durch Erneuerbare Energien" Referent: Ulrich Haushofer, Stb., Gehrlicher Solar

Do., 11. Okt. 2007, 19.30 Uhr "Gentechnik, Functional Food und Politik – die Globalisierung des Brotzeittellers" Referent: Thomas Semonsky, ganzheitlicher Ernährungsberater

Do., 25. Okt. 2007, 19.30 Uhr "In Würde altern – für eine gute ambulante Pflege und streng kontrollierte Altenheime!" Referentin: Johanna Schildbach-Halser, Nachbarschaftshilfe Rosenheim, ödp- Bezirksrätin

Do., 08. Nov. 2007, 19.30 Uhr "Vorwärts in die Steinzeit? Wie die Industriegesellschaft sich selbst zerstört“ Referent: Martin Kraus, M.A., Philosoph

Do., 22. Nov. 2007, 19.30 Uhr Film: "Lacoma und der Konzern (ein energiepolitisches Gesellschaftsspiel) – Auswirkungen des Braunkohletagebaus für Mensch und Umwelt"

Do., 13. Dez. 2007, 19.30 Uhr "Der Global Marshall Plan – Initiative für eine weltweite Ökosoziale Marktwirtschaft" Referent: Frithjof Finkbeiner, Global Marshall Plan Initiative


ödp – Profil

In der ödp arbeiten Menschen zusammen, die dem Streben von Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft nach "Immer mehr" das Prinzip Verantwortung entgegensetzen: "So leben, dass Zukunft bleibt!". Angestrebt wird eine Wende im Lebens- und Wirtschaftsstil - weg von der Überfluss- und Verschwendungswirtschaft, hin zu Nachhaltigkeit und "echter" Lebensqualität.

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#Die Linkspartei.PDS: Pressemitteilungen

19. April 2007

Zu den von Schäuble angekündigten Leitlinien für innere Sicherheit erklärt die stellvertretende Parteivorsitzende Katina Schubert:

Innenminister Schäuble hat einen Plan: Er nutzt die gewachsene Terrorgefahr für ständige Verschärfungen im Bereich der inneren Sicherheit. Jetzt will er auch noch die Unschuldsvermutung bei Terrorismusverdacht aufheben. Das ist ein eklatanter Verstoß gegen die Prinzipien und die Idee des demokratischen Rechtsstaats. Ein Innenminister, der durch sein Handeln permanent rechtsstaatliche Prinzipien ad absurdum führt, wird selbst zum Sicherheitsrisiko. Seine aktuellen Vorschläge sind in keiner Weise geeignet, angemessen oder verhältnismäßig, sondern Ausdruck eines obrigkeitsstaatlichen Rechtsverständnisses, das in einer demokratischen Gesellschaft nichts zu suchen hat. In dubio pro reo - im Zweifel für den Angeklagten, dieser rechtsstaatliche Grundsatz darf auch von einem Innenminister nicht aufgehoben werden. Bis zum Beweis des Gegenteils hat die Unschuldvermutung zu gelten, sonst werden Willkür und Machtmissbrauch Tor und Tür geöffnet.

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Liga für Menschenrechte: Schluß mit Grundrechte-Abbau
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Urge your members of Congress to prevent abduction of animal companions for use in experiments.

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A Volatile Young Man, Humiliation and a Gun

Bob Herbert writes: "Dr. James Gilligan, who has spent many years studying violence as a prison psychiatrist in Massachusetts, as a professor at Harvard and now at NYU, believes that some debilitating combination of misogyny and homophobia is a 'central component' in much, if not most, of the worst forms of violence in this country.... In a culture that is relentless in equating violence with masculinity, 'It is tremendously tempting,' said Dr. Gilligan, 'to use violence as a means of trying to shore up one's sense of masculine self-esteem.'"

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041907P.shtml

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A Hierarchy of Death

By Roy Greenslade

Why do 32 deaths in Virginia receive blanket coverage while nearly 200 fatalities in Iraq are barely reported?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17567.htm



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/18/591/

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Every day should be Patriot’s Day

Fairfield Weekly
by Phil Maymin

04/19/07

Do you know why you had an extra day to file your taxes this year? It’s because in 1775 we fought for our freedom, for less taxes, and for independence. Two hundred and thirty two years later, all we have to show for it is one day? Is that what our patriots died for? Back then, a three-cent tax on tea got colonists up in arms. They threatened to tar and feather the tax collectors. They threw 45 tons of British tea into Boston Harbor. They risked everything to fight an underdog war for liberty against the world’s strongest empire. Today, every congressmen, senator, state legislator, and even our own governor, feel they can talk about increasing spending and raising taxes with impunity. Those who complain are ridiculed as selfish, greedy, and uncaring. We risk nothing because we can’t even imagine true liberty anymore...

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Chomsky and Zinn on Patriotism in America

In a Democracy Now! special broadcasted from Boston on April 16 - Patriots Day, a Massachusetts state holiday marking the start of the Revolutionary War - Amy Goodman talks with two of the city's leading dissidents, Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041907F.shtml



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From ufpj-news

Informant: Charles Jenks

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Enthauptung auf dem Kinder-Handy
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/4023772/

Cyber-Bullying (Cyber-Mobbing): Mobbing im Internet betrifft oft Lehrer
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/3561020/

Handy-Verbot an Schulen
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/1677088/

"Happy Slapping": Gewalt am Handy explodiert
http://derstandard.at/?id=3189205



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http://www.warresisters.org/piechart.htm

Where does the other half of your income taxes go? Find out from the War Resisters League.

Pass It On
http://ga3.org/ct/U720pgF1CmpK/

by Paul Rogat Loeb, TomPaine.com

As ExxonMobil spends millions marketing climate change doubt, it's time to confront them.

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by Shahid Buttar, TomPaine.com

We are undermining our own principles—and our power—in Pakistan.
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Sallie, big banks and the GOP have had a good romp.
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HLV INFO 38/AT

18-04-2007

Volker Hartenstein, MdL a.D. 17-04-07

Erhöhtes Alzheimer-Risiko für Lokführer

... Lokomotivführer seien sehr starken elektromagnetischen Feldern ausgesetzt. Das Bundesamt für Verkehr hat in ausführlichen Messungen einen Durchschnittswert von 21 Mikrotesla ermittelt, das ist etwa zwanzig mal so viel wie 50 Meter neben einer Hochspannungsleitung ...

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Le Monde writes: "It would be unfair and, above all, incorrect, to reduce the United States to the image recurrently provided by the outbursts of murderous fury to which isolated individuals accede. But episodes of this order are exceptional elsewhere, although they frequently disfigure the 'American dream.'"

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041807G.shtml

President Bush's lawyers told the Republican National Committee on Tuesday not to turn over to Congress any emails related to the firings last year of eight US attorneys before showing them to the White House. Democrats and Republican critics of the administration said the move suggests that the White House is seeking to develop a strategy to block the release of the non-government emails to Congressional investigators by arguing that they're covered by executive privilege and not subject to review.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041807D.shtml



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A couple of weeks before I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was indicted on perjury and obstruction of justice charges, then-White House Counsel Harriet Miers was told that an internal White House probe determined that millions of administration emails dating back to 2003 were lost. Miers immediately informed Patrick Fitzgerald, but Miers may not have told Fitzgerald the extent of the White House's email problem.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041807A.shtml



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A LEADING mobile phone company has been criticised over its plans to build a 50 foot mast close to an old people’s home, a health centre and a college in Kilkeel.

Work has already started on installing a base for the mast adjacent to the Greencastle Street area and directly behind Kilkeel library, with O2 granted planning permission within the last few weeks. The telecommunications giant originally applied for permission in June of last year, with the application being advertised in the press.

However, one local source told the Democrat that there is widespread public disquiet about the imminent arrival of the mast, with many questioning the logic of positioning it close to a health centre.

“It’s very close to the clinic and the library and people aren’t too happy about it,” she said. “ On top of that, it’s going to be a complete eyesore.”

A representative of the nearby Slieve Roe nursing home, which currently houses 23 pensioners, said she and other staff were unaware of the proposed mast but predicted that relatives of some of the residents will be concerned at the plans.

“I’d prefer if we’d been consulted about this,” she said. “I know it must have been advertised in the papers but we knew nothing about it. It would be something that we’d need to know about. I think that the families of some of our residents might be concerned about a phone mast being put up so close to us.

“I suppose these masts have to go somewhere because people aren’t going to go without their mobiles but surely it would be better if they were put up away from built-up areas.”

Concerns about the mast were echoed by Kilkeel based councillor Henry Reilly, who described himself as disappointed that Newry and Mourne District Council “hasn’t acted” on the situation.

“It seems like it’s a massive piece of equipment to be going into a town centre,” the UK Independence Party representative told the Democrat. “If it was to facilitate the ambulances or something like that it would be different but there’s already excellent O2 coverage here in Kilkeel so I don’t see any need for it.”

Mr Reilly explained that the Council generally has a policy that telephone masts aren’t put up within 500 yards of any dwellings but accepted that this isn’t always possible.

“Because there’s no medical proof that these things are harmful, that sort of objection can’t be taken into account,” he added. “But from an aesthetic point of view this mast isn’t going to be the prettiest thing for the centre of the town.”

An O2 spokesman said the mast is to be installed to meet growing demand in the area.

“When we started looking for a site, a meeting was held with the Council and subsequently no objections to the site were raised during the planning process,” he explained.

“Whilst I understand the concerns of local residents, I would have to reiterate that there have been over 500 research studies into mobile phone technology and health and so far no scientific link has been made. Mobile phone masts are very low powered radio transmitters and we would emphasise this to locals.”

Omega many scientific link has been made. See under:
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http://www.buergerwelle.de/science.html

© Newry Democrat, 2007.

http://www.newrydemocrat.com/news/story.asp?j=7399&cat=news

Got a toxic product? PR can help you overcome any obstacle.

Setting the pattern for all high profit harmful products and technologies, including of course mobile comms.


HOW HILL & KNOWLTON PIONEERED UNSOUND SCIENCE

http://www.prwatch.org/node/5964

In the 1950s, with the link between cigarette smoking and lung cancer becoming well established, the tobacco industry was in crisis. Its PR strategy, devised by the firm Hill & Knowlton, was "entangling itself in the manipulation of fundamental scientific processes," as Allan Brandt describes in his new book, "The Cigarette Century." It was Hill & Knowlton's John Hill who "hit on the idea of creating an industry-sponsored research entity. Ultimately, he concluded, the best public relations approach was for the industry to become a major sponsor of medical research." This approach "implied that existing studies were inadequate or flawed," and made the tobacco industry "seem a committed participant in the scientific enterprise rather than a detractor." In 1953, tobacco companies jointly released a Hill & Knowlton-drafted memo that stated, "We always have and always will cooperate closely with those whose task it is to safeguard the public health." The industry also created the "Tobacco Industry Research Committee." SOURCE: AlterNet, April 16, 2007

(artjar)

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From ufpj-news



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http://www.armscontrol.org/act/2007_04/GlobalStrike.asp


Informant: Kev Hall

http://www.meta-info.de/?lid=25610

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Schutzlücke
http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/25/25098/1.html



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Try this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/jersey/6567271.stm

David

The Nation Institute's Tom Engelhardt notes that the administration's familiar war vocabulary and imagery of the last four years is missing in action. All those turned corners, those milestones, he says, have finally disappeared." In this essential piece, Engelhardt offers a close examination of the new war words.

http://electroniciraq.net/news/3014.shtml



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A new poll shows a majority of Americans believe the US will 'lose' in Iraq. The Americans may indeed lose, but the Iraqis will have lost much more. Read the tragic details of a new UN report.

http://electroniciraq.net/news/3015.shtml

"We must have this 'green' company all wrong," says Al Meyerhoff. "What else could explain the apparent willingness of a fine public institution like UC Berkeley to be on the verge of entering into a 'partnership' with the petro-giant - accepting $500 million to fund an Energy Biosciences Institute? Maybe BP's largess is without strings. Maybe pigs have wings."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/041707EC.shtml



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A string of federal court rulings in recent weeks has gone against Bush administration environmental policies, and critics say they are proof that the White House regularly circumvents laws designed to protect the nation's air, water, forests and endangered species. "They (courts) are finding in case after case after case that the Bush administration is violating the law," said Trip Van Noppen, vice president of litigation for Earthjustice, a public-interest law firm that represents environmental groups suing the government.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/041707EB.shtml

The House Judiciary Committee is set to vote on whether to grant Attorney General Alberto Gonzales's former counsel immunity from prosecution and force her to testify about the firings of eight federal prosecutors. "I am hopeful we can approve immunity so that we can schedule her to testify as soon as possible and begin to clear up the many inconsistencies and gaps surrounding this matter," said Chairman John Conyers.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041707R.shtml



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Asia-Pacific Countries See Effects of Climate Change on Health, Brace for More

"Officials from more than a dozen Asian countries met Tuesday in Malaysia to outline health problems their populations are facing in relation to a rise in global temperatures," states The Associated Press's Margie Mason.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/070307HB.shtml

The master plan, it seems, is to move perhaps 40 million high-skill American jobs to other countries. U.S. workers have not been consulted.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2003668844_harrop17.html


From Information Clearing House

Three journalists were acquitted Tuesday of breaking Swiss military secrecy laws by publishing classified intelligence material about alleged secret CIA prisons in Europe.

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From Information Clearing House



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The father of a Pakistani terrorism suspect at the Guantanamo Bay military prison alleges his son was beaten by U.S. interrogators while held in Pakistan, according to an affidavit released Monday. The CIA denied the prisoner was abused.

http://snipurl.com/1gxr4


From Information Clearing House



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More than two million Iraqi refugees are trapped in a cycle of poverty and fear. More than half a million of these are school-age children, many with no access to education or psychological support, according to research by World Vision.

http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/April2007/16/c5350.html



Jordan begs world to shoulder Iraq refugee burden

Jordan on Tuesday begged the international community to help it shoulder the burden of 750,000 Iraqi refugees who have fled there.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17589653.htm



Iraq's neighbours blocking refugees -- rights group

Iraq's neighbours are making it harder and harder for Iraqis to flee across the border to escape violence, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17634333.htm


From Information Clearing House

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UN Urges More Help for Fleeing Iraqis

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged countries to bolster aid for Iraqi refugees and to keep their borders open to the growing exodus, amid warnings that hosts Jordan and Syria were overstretched. His appeal came at a two-day UN conference on the plight of some four million Iraqis who have fled their homes.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041707S.shtml

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Hounded by Insurgents, Abandoned by Us
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/18/opinion/18johnson.html?_r=1&oref=slogin


Informant: NHNE



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By Sheila Samples

On Dec. 9, 2000 -- three days before the Florida deadline -- the US Republic shuddered on its axis when Bolton crashed through the doors of a Tallahassee library where Miami-Dade ballots were being recounted and shouted triumphantly -- "I'm with the Bush-Cheney team, and I'm here to stop the count!"

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17550.htm



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By Evelyn Pringle

It's time for Americans to face the cold hard truth that nothing will be accomplished by allowing the daily carnage in Iraq to continue, and if Bush has his way, our young people will be dying in this war profiteering scheme until hell freezes over. Congress needs to authorize funding to pull our troops out of that deathtrap and not one dime more.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17547.htm



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By John Damien

The surge isn't going to work because it was wrong to begin with. The first rule for an occupier fighting an insurgency is that you can't win by killing insurgents. Killing insurgents is easy and makes it feel like you are doing something, but its a trap.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17549.htm



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By Juan Cole

I keep hearing from US politicians and the US mass media that the "situation is improving" in Iraq. The profound sorrow and alarm produced in the American public by the horrific shootings at Virginia Tech should give us a baseline for what the Iraqis are actually living through. They have two Virginia Tech-style attacks every single day.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17545.htm



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From ufpj-news

Informant: Charles Jenks

Eugene Robinson writes: "Today's topic is credibility - specifically, recent claims by certain high-ranking present, former and perhaps soon-to-be-former Bush administration officials. The aim is to answer a simple question: Should we believe these three Bush loyalists if they tell us that rain falls down instead of up, or should we look out the window to make sure?"

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041807M.shtml



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The Senate has confirmed that Senator Pete Domenici (R-New Mexico) is the subject of a "preliminary inquiry" into his involvement in the firing of former US Attorney David Iglesias.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041807L.shtml



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Boston Globe
by H.D.S. Greenway

Paul Wolfowitz is often mentioned as the most brilliant person in government. … He is the intellectual force behind a whole new way of looking at US foreign policy. But for all of that [he] should be fired.’ I wrote those words in July 2003. It was clear by then that the Iraq mission had not been accomplished in the previous May, as the president had said, and that we were in for a long, hard war made worse by Wolfowitz and Donald Rumsfeld’s ‘fatal combination of hubris and incompetence.’ I could have added corruption. For we soon learned the extent of the wholesale corruption of the intelligence gathering process to promote the war, generated in the Pentagon and from Vice President Dick Cheney’s office. Generals who said that invading Iraq would cost more in money and troops than the Pentagon hoped were swept aside, and advice from anyone who actually knew anything about Iraq was willfully ignored...

http://tinyurl.com/2zjbwq

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Heck of a Job, Wolfie

Robert Scheer writes: "The Riza-Wolfowitz affair was an open secret in Washington for years, even before the couple became officially involved in the run-up to the Iraq war, during which she seems to have played a major role in influencing former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's top deputy. Back in the spring of 2003, a division of the Defense Department headed by Wolfowitz's neocon crony Douglas Feith ordered defense contractor SAIC to pay Riza to figure out how Iraq should be governed after the invasion. When Wolfowitz followed her to the bank two years later, there was an obvious conflict of interest. So Wolfowitz got his lover reassigned - with a $60,000 pay increase - to the State Department."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041807F.shtml

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Wolfowitz’s girlfriend problem

Salon
by Sidney Blumenthal

04/19/07

Back in 2003, Wolfowitz had taken care of Riza by directing his trusted Pentagon deputy, Undersecretary of Defense Douglas Feith — who had been in charge of the Office of Special Plans and had been Wolfowitz’s partner in managing the CPA — to arrange for a military contract for her from Science Applications International Corp. When the contract was exposed this week, SAIC issued a statement that it ‘had no role in the selection of the personnel.’ In other words, the firm with hundreds of millions in contracts at stake had been ordered to hire Riza. Riza was unhappy about leaving the sinecure at the World Bank. But in 2006 Wolfowitz made a series of calls to his friends that landed her a job at a new think tank called Foundation for the Future that is funded by the State Department. She was the sole employee, at least in the beginning. The World Bank continued to pay her salary, which was raised from $60,000 to $193,590 annually, more than the $183,500 paid to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and all of it tax-free. Moreover, Wolfowitz got the State Department to agree that the ratings of her performance would automatically be ‘outstanding.’ Wolfowitz insisted on these terms himself and then misled the World Bank board about what he had done...

http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/04/19/wolfowitz/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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International Herald Tribune [France]

04/18/07

For the second time in a month, private consultants to the American government are warning that human-driven warming of the climate poses risks to the national security of the United States. A report, which had been scheduled to be published on Monday but was distributed to some reporters Saturday, said issues usually associated with the environment — such as rising ocean levels, droughts and violent weather caused by global warming — were also national security concerns. … The effects of global warming, the study said, could lead to large-scale migrations, increased border tensions, the spread of disease and conflicts over food and water. All could lead to direct involvement by the U.S. military...

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/04/16/news/climate.php



Global warming hits southwest

AlterNet
by Mike Davis

04/17/07

The polar bear on its shrinking ice floe has become the urgent icon of global warming and runaway climate change. Even the flat-earther in the White House now concedes that the magnificent bears may be doomed to extinction as the sea ice melts and the Arctic Ocean is transformed into open blue water for the first time in millions of years. Humanity’s ‘great geophysical experiment,’ as the oceanographer Roger Revelle long ago characterized the steeply rising curve of carbon dioxide emission, has knocked nature off its Holocene foundations in the circumpolar lands. But the Arctic is not the only theater of spectacular and unequivocal climate change, nor are the polar bears the only heralds of a new age of chaos. Consider, for example, some of Ursus maritimus’s distant relatives: the black bears that forage happily but ominously in the fabled Chisos Mountains of Texas’s Big Bend National Park. They may be the messengers of an environmental transformation in the Borderlands almost as radical as that taking place in Alaska or Greenland...

http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/50212/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Reuters

04/17/07

The Pentagon ordered a U.S. contractor to hire a World Bank employee and girlfriend of then-Pentagon No. 2 Paul Wolfowitz in 2003 for work related to Iraq, the contractor said on Tuesday. A spokeswoman for Science Applications International Corp., or SAIC, said the Defense Department’s policy office directed the company to enter a subcontract with Shaha Riza, under which she spent a month studying ways to form a government in Iraq. Wolfowitz, now president of the World Bank who has led a drive against corruption in developing countries, is under fire, including calls for his resignation, for agreeing to a high-paying promotion for Riza when he took over the bank post. A Pentagon spokesman said he had no information about the contract or SAIC’s statement...

http://tinyurl.com/25rwzo


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Contractor Was Told to Hire Wolfowitz Friend

The US Defense Department ordered a contractor to hire Shaha Riza - a World Bank employee and girlfriend of Paul Wolfowitz - in 2003 for work related to Iraq. Wolfowitz, a key Iraq war architect who left the Pentagon in 2005 to become president of the World Bank is already under fire for overseeing a high-paying promotion for his girlfriend.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041807N.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Wolfowitz
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is resisting a US House panel's demand that she testify tomorrow on why Bush said in a 2003 speech that Iraq sought uranium from Africa. Waxman, in a letter to the State Department released late yesterday, wrote that he has "postponed the scheduled vote for a subpoena for your appearance before the committee from tomorrow to April 25."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041807J.shtml



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#Die Linkspartei.PDS: Pressemitteilungen

18. April 2007

Das Bundeskabinett hat die so genannte Vorratsdatenspeicherung sämtlicher Daten bei der elektronischen Kommunikation beschlossen. Dazu erklärt die stellvertretende Vorsitzende Katina Schubert:

Die große "sicherheitspolitische" Koalition: Wolfgang Schäuble und Brigitte Zypries beschneiden Arm in Arm Grund- und BürgerInnenrechte mit der Heckenschere. Ob Vollzugriff auf Passbilder und Fingerabdrücke oder verdachtsunabhängiges Speichern von Telefonaten, Mails und SMS das Recht auf informationelle Selbstbestimmung in Deutschland ist ein Auslaufmodell. Generalverdacht statt Unschuldsvermutung ist die verfassungswidrige Kurzform dessen, was die Bundesregierung plant. Die Linke wird diesem Ansinnen ihren ganzen Widerstand entgegen setzen. Bürgerliche Freiheitsrechte sind ein unveräußerliches Gut, deshalb unterstützen wir die verfassungsrechtlichen Bedenken der Datenschützer gegen die Pläne der Koalition. Die Linkspartei bleibt bei ihrer Forderung: Alle Bürgerinnen und Bürger haben das Recht, über ihre Daten zu bestimmen. Sie müssen nachvollziehen können, welche Daten über sie wo und warum gespeichert werden. Sie müssen über deren Verwendung informiert werden.

http://sozialisten.de/presse/presseerklaerungen/view_html?zid=35563

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Staatliche Sammelwut: Bundesregierung Speicherung von Telekommunikationsdaten beschlossen

Zur besseren Verfolgung schwerer Straftaten soll der Lauschangriff-Katalog neu geordnet und die Daten von Telefon- sowie Internetverbindungen sechs Monate lang gespeichert werden. Das sieht ein am Mittwoch vom Bundeskabinett beschlossener Gesetzentwurf vor, der bei Medienfachverbänden, Anwaltsvereinen, FDP, Linken und Grünen auf harsche Kritik stieß. Nach dem Willen der Opposition soll das Gesetz nach einer Beschlussfassung durch den Bundestag vom Bundesverfassungsgericht überprüft werden.

http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?H=N&Nr=15778

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Innere Sicherheit: Kabinett beschließt Datenspeicherung

„In Deutschland sollen künftig sämtliche Telefon- und Internetverbindungsdaten ein halbes Jahr gespeichert werden. Sicherheitsbehörden hoffen auf mehr Erfolge beim Kampf gegen Terrorismus und Kriminalität. Datenschützer befürchten dagegen eine nachhaltige Beeinträchtigung von Grundrechten..“ Meldung in FR online vom 18.4.07 http://www.fr-online.de/top_news/?em_cnt=1117724

Siehe dazu auch:

Risiken der Vorratsdatenspeicherung ernst nehmen - und keine Fakten schaffen! Kampagne "SPD, CDU und CSU gegen Vorratsdatenspeicherung" gestartet

„Den heutigen Beschluss des Gesetzentwurfs zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung durch die Bundesregierung kontert der Arbeitskreis Vorratsdatenspeicherung mit einer neuen Kampagne: Mitglieder, Mandatsträger und Untergliederungen der Volksparteien SPD, CDU und CSU sollen sich öffentlich gegen die "drohende Zwangsspeicherung des Telekommunikationsverhaltens der gesamten Bevölkerung" aussprechen. (…) Mitglieder von SPD, CDU und CSU können den Aufruf ab sofort auf der Internetseite http://spdcducsu.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de unterzeichnen…“ Pressemitteilung des Arbeitskreises Vorratsdatenspeicherung vom 18. April 2007 http://www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/?/content/view/101/55/


Terrorismusbekämpfung und Grundrechte

Bundesinnenminister Schäuble will Grundsatz der Unschuldsvermutung aushebeln

„Bundesinnenminister Wolfgang Schäuble forciert seine Pläne zur weiteren Verschärfung der Sicherheitsgesetze weiter. Erst kürzlich kündigte Schäuble an, "Leitlinien für die innere Sicherheit" ausarbeiten zu wollen, um die Trennung zwischen innerer und äußerer Sicherheit aufzuheben; auch fordert er Online-Untersuchungen von Computern oder den Zugriff der Polizei auf gespeicherte Passfotos. Nun will Schäuble selbst den in einem Rechtsstaat zentralen Grundsatz der Unschuldsvermutung aushebeln, um präventive Massenüberwachungsmaßnahmen zu ermöglichen….“ Meldung vom 18.4.07 bei heise online http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/88408

Siehe dazu auch:

Schutzlücke: Wird Wolfgang Schäuble vom Verfassungsschutz beobachtet?

„Bundesinnenminister Wolfgäng Schäuble verkündet seit einiger Zeit in kurzen Abständen immer neue Pläne, die nicht nur von Telepolis-Lesern, sondern mittlerweile auch von Traditionsmedien als sehr ernste Gefahr für das Grundgesetz gesehen werden. Für solche Gefahren gibt es die Verfassungsschutzbehörden der Länder und des Bundes. Aber sind sie auch mit den entsprechenden Rechtsgrundlagen ausgestattet, um sich mit dem Fall Schäuble auseinandersetzen zu können?...“ Artikel von Peter Mühlbauer in telepolis vom 18.04.2007 http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/25/25098/1.html


Deutschland, einig Überwachungsland oder die kontinuierliche Umsetzung der Vision aus George Orwells Buch “1984”

„Christine Wicht gibt für uns einen Überblick über die geplanten Überwachungsmaßnahmen und über die aktuelle Diskussion darüber. Ist der Kampf gegen den Terrorismus nur ein Vorwand für die Sicherheitsmanie und die damit verbundene Einschränkung der Freiheitsrechte der Bürger? Geht es vielleicht eher um die Ablenkung von viel drängenderen Problemen in unserer Gesellschaft und um die Angst konservativer Politiker vor sozialen Konflikten?...“ Artikel von Christine Wicht vom 19. April 2007 bei den NachDenkSeiten http://www.nachdenkseiten.de/?p=2272


Aus: LabourNet, 19. April 2007

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Kontroverse Debatte im Bundestag über die Vorratsdatenspeicherung

„Zu einem Schlagabtausch zwischen Vertretern der großen Koalition und der Oppositionsparteien kam es am heutigen Freitag im Bundestag bei der 1. Lesung des heftig umstrittenen Regierungsentwurfs zur Neuregelung der Telekommunikationsüberwachung und anderer verdeckter Ermittlungsmaßnahmen. Politiker der Linken und der Grünen warfen der Bundesregierung vor, gerade mit der geplanten Umsetzung der umstrittenen EU-Vorgaben zur Vorratsspeicherung von Telefon- und Internetdaten den Bereich des Rechtsstaates verlassen zu haben. Der Rechtsexperte der CDU/CSU-Fraktion, Jürgen Gehb, machte dagegen deutlich, dass der Entwurf den "Notwendigkeiten" wohl noch hinterher hinke…“ Artikel von Stefan Krempl vom 06.07.2007 bei heise news http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/92349


Eine verpasste Chance für die Stärkung der Grundrechte. Humanistische Union kritisiert geplante Reform der Telefonüberwachung und die Einführung der Vorratsdatenspeicherung

Pressemitteilung der HU vom 6. Juli 2007 http://www.humanistische-union.de/presse/2007/pressedetail_2007/back/presse-2007/article/eine-verpasste-chance-fuer-die-staerkung-der-grundrechte/


Dammbruch bei Telekommunikationsdurchleuchtung droht

Pressemitteilung des Arbeitskreises Vorratsdatenspeicherung vom 6. Juli 2007 http://www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/content/view/115/79/


Aus: LabourNet, 9. Juli 2007



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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Datenspeicherung
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Schäuble
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Fingerabdrücke
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Lauschangriff
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Unschuldsvermutung

http://www.tagesschau.de/aktuell/meldungen/0,,OID6637218_REF1,00.html

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Verfassungstreu? Schäuble will angeblich die Unschuldsvermutung beseitigen

Bundesinnenminister Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU) hat vorgeschlagen, in bestimmten Fällen vom rechtlichen Grundsatz der Unschuldsvermutung abzuweichen. Der Innenminister begründet dies mit dem "Kampf gegen den Terrorismus". Die SPD und die Opposition reagierten am Mittwoch mit einem Sturm der Entrüstung auf die Äußerungen des Innenministers, der bereits mit Plänen für eine Fingerabdruckdatei, Online-Durchsuchungen, die Auswertung von Mautdaten und Einsätze des Militärs im Innern in der Kritik steht. Übereinstimmend hieß es, der Verfassungsminister verlasse den Boden der Verfassung.

http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?H=N&Nr=15781



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Schäuble
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Unschuldsvermutung
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Online-Durchsuchungen

http://www.denverpost.com/healthcare/ci_5691233

Jacobson's study:
http://www.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/E85PaperEST0207.pdf


Informant: binstock



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=ethanol

Im Anhang Zeitungs-Artikel vom 13.4.07 zu „Wireless in den Bergen“
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/wireless_in_den_bergen.doc


i. V. http://www.mobilfunk-erlenbach.ch



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=wireless
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=wireless

http://tinyurl.com/2m4x5b



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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Harry+Reid

****Cross Post Freely****

Time for Direct Action?

Since we posted this question, we have received numerous e-mails from folks who have shared their thoughts, their suggestions and a whole lot of anger and frustration. On Wednesday, April 18, 2007, we will post a compilation of the suggestions that have been made to date on the Crueltyfree.com forum. Once the new thread is posted, we will invite everyone interested to come and share ideas on how we can make
2007 the last year that the blood of innocent baby seals stains the ice and the reputation of Canada.

Please take a minute right now to visit and join up:
http://crueltyfree.com

In order to join the forum thread about the Canadian Seal Slaughter, you will need to be registered. For those of you that have not been to crueltyfree.com, it is similar to MySpace but everyone there is committed to a cruelty free lifestyle. If you are not a tekkie and need some help, they will happily answer your questions and assist you in any way that they can. If you have any problems you can contact:

info @crueltyfree.com

Regardless of whether you plan on participating in the discussion about the seal slaughter, you should join crueltyfree.com anyway. It is full of good information coupled with the comraderie of passionate and dedicated activists. It is a great place to make new friends!

*****Additionally, on Wednesday, April 18, 2007, we will be announcing our World Week schedule for animals in laboratories. Mark your calendars now for the kick-off weekend Saturday & Sunday, April 21st & 22nd and for the wrap-up weekend Saturday & Sunday April
28th & 29th.*****

For more info contact Win Animal Rights at: centcom@war-online.org Call: 646.267.9934 or visit the WAR website at: http://war-online.org


W.A.R. (WIN ANIMAL RIGHTS) is an independent non-profit organization not affiliated or associated with SHAC, SHAC USA or any other group or organization and does not conduct or incite any illegal activity. The above information is not meant to incite or request any illegal actions or illegal activities of any kind. If you have any questions about the legality of any act, we encourage everyone receiving this (or the) action alert(s) to check your local laws and ordinances before proceeding to do anything.


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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=seal+slaughter

http://www.rense.com/general76/waron.htm


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By David Swanson, AfterDowningStreet.org
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/21423


From ufpj-news



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Kucinich
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Swanson

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2007/04/articles_of_impeachment_to_be.html


Informant: Jack Topel



http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Kucinich
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Cheney
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“They can kill somebody’s body, but they can’t kill love.” - Cindy Sheehan, April 13th at Indianapolis.

Watch Cindy Sheehan at Traprock Peace TV (CounterPunch "website of the day"):

http://www.traprockpeace.org/traprock_video/

In this powerful and moving video (28:38 minutes), Cindy Sheehan calls for nonviolent revolution, encourages activists and shares her emotions about this war's senseless killings of Iraqis and US soldiers. This is a question and answer session that she gave after her talk at the 3rd Annual Midwest Peace and Justice Summit held at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, on April 13, 2007.

“They want us to live in fear….It’s time that we’re willing to sacrifice and put our bodies on the line for peace and justice.”

Sponsoring organizations were IUPUI Students Advocates for Global Equality, Plowshares Consortium of Peace Studies, Indiana Peace and Justice Network, IUPUI Center for Service and Learning, Indianapolis Peace and Justice Center, and IUPUI Office of Campus and Community Life. Organizations throughout the Midwest participated.

At Traprock Peace TV, see also videos of Cindy Sheehan's main talk at IUPUI (preceding the Q and A session above) and her speaking at Purdue on April 12 (Q and A, with link to the student newspaper's video of her main talk), plus 38 other videos with Chaplain James Yee, Ann Wright, Anthony Arnove, Kelly Doughterty, hip hop poet Son of Nun, Antonia Juhasz and many others.

The Cindy Sheehan videos were recorded and edited by Charles Jenks; ©
2007 Traprock Peace Center; all rights reserved. contact: charles@traprockpeace.org

http://www.traprockpeace.org


Charles Jenks
Chair of Advisory Board
Traprock Peace Center
103 Keets Road Deerfield, MA 01342
http://www.traprockpeace.org


From ufpj-news

Click:

Complaint about the Science Media Centre, 'Sense about science', 'Spiked', SIRC and its offshoot, - the common thread being the LM network - pushing corporate agendas - http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=7761

(artjar)

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1.Introduction to the submission - LobbyWatch
2.Submission to the Board of the Science Media Centre - Andy Rowell

NOTE: It may be useful to read this in conjunction with the George Monbiot interview about the LM group that LobbyWatch recently published at http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=7748


1.Introduction to the submission http://www.lobbywatch.org/p1temp.asp?pid=91&page=1

Below is an edited version of a submission made by the writer and investigative journalist, Andy Rowell, to the board of the Science Media Centre (SMC) at the suggestion of one of its board members.

The submission raises concerns about the role of the SMC's director, Fiona Fox, in the light not just of her long-term involvement with the climate-sceptical LM group but of the SMC's lack of proactivity in combatting climate change denial - something that stands in marked contrast with the SMC's record on a number of other issues, such as GM crops.

Andy Rowell's submission arose out of a talk he gave at a seminar organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry on The Science of Global Warming. On the panel with Rowell were Professor Keith Briffa of the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, Professor John Mitchell - Chief Scientist at the Met Office, and Professor Colin Prentice of Bristol University. http://www.rsc.org/images/pp%2001-%2008_280306103_tcm18-53677.pdf

http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0416-02.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=emails+missing

http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0417-03.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Guantanamo

http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0417-01.htm

Federally Funded Boffins Want To Scrap The Internet
http://www.infowars.net/articles/april2007/170407internet.htm

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/16/564/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Imus
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ralph+Nader

http://action.freepress.net//campaign/postal

Post Office to the First Amendment: Drop Dead
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/17/575/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+W.+McChesney

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/16/562/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=missing+emails
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Karl+Rove

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/17/578/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=secret+prisons

by Attorney Constance Cumbey

Years ago, in the early 1980s, a then prominent New Age leader and author, Donald Keys, one I suspect that Javier Solana and his grandfather, Salvador de Madariaga, well knew, gave a speech. In that speech, he said, “don’t think for one minute that you can have a world government, without having a head of that world government.”......

http://www.newswithviews.com/Cumbey/constance4.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Solana
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/Cumbey

http://tinyurl.com/2gwj25


Informant: NHNE