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The Bush administration this February won a court victory denying habeas corpus to alien detainees. Now, it is trying to deny the detainees the effective assistance of counsel. None of this should come as a surprise. Ever since President George W. Bush declared his "war on terror" in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, he has claimed unlimited and unlimitable power under the commander-in-chief provisions of Article II of the Constitution. Since then, government lawyers have persisted in trying to prevent any judicial scrutiny of the president's actions in conducting this "war."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050607Y.shtml



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"Eine Studie hat gezeigt, dass die Bevölkerung ungenügend über die Gefahren von Handystrahlen informiert ist.

Das ist bedenklich", sagt die Berner SP-Großrätin Danielle Lemann. Mit einem politischen Vorstoß wollte sie deshalb den Kanton dazu verpflichten, Kinder und Jugendliche über die gefährliche Strahlung aufzuklären. Der Regierungsrat hat ihre Forderung jetzt aber abgelehnt. Begründung: Das Informieren der Bevölkerung sei Aufgabe des Bundesamts für Gesundheit (BAG).

Für Lemann ist dies unverständlich: "Der Bund macht nichts." Er stelle zwar Infos auf der Website des BAG zur Verfügung, doch würden diese kaum genutzt. Auch mit dem Vorhaben der Regierung, das Anliegen allenfalls im neuen Lehrplan zu berücksichtigen, lässt sie sich nicht abspeisen. "Die Information ist Aufgabe des Kantons." (sab)

http://www.20min.ch/news/bern/story/18777592

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Können Handys Krebs auslösen?
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/3507514/

"Bush has never stopped making statements about the Iraq War that are untrue, illogical or irrelevant. Yet, the Washington press corps remains almost as lax today about holding Bush accountable as it was in 2002 and 2003. So, when Bush mocks Democratic "politicians in Washington" who supposedly seek to substitute their judgments for those of experienced commanders on the ground, the national news media stays silent on Bush's hypocrisy. It's almost never mentioned that he was the Washington politician in December who overruled the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the two top generals in Iraq on the escalation of the war," says Robert Parry.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050607E.shtml



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

The detailed mental health survey of troops in Iraq released by the Pentagon on Friday highlights a growing worry for the United States as it struggles to bring order to Baghdad: the high level of combat stress suffered during lengthy and repeated tours. The report suggested that extended tours and multiple deployments, among other policy decisions, could escalate anger and increase the likelihood that soldiers or marines lash out at civilians, or defy military ethics.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050607C.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=mental+health+troops

A US attorney in Seattle was singled out for dismissal in part because he clashed with senior Justice Department officials over the investigation of a federal prosecutor's murder, and he was recommended for removal 18 months earlier than was previously known, according to newly disclosed documents and interviews.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050607B.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=firing+attorneys

Ein halbes Jahr nach seiner Freilassung berichtet Murat Kurnaz ausführlich über seine Erlebnisse.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/25/25219/1.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Murat+Kurnaz

Over the last four months, the Iraq deliberations in Congress have lurched from a purely symbolic resolution rebuking the president's strategy to timetables for the withdrawal of American troops. Behind the scenes, an elaborate political operation, organized by a coalition of antiwar groups and fine-tuned to wrestle members of Congress into place one by one, has helped nudge the debate forward.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050607Z.shtml

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/649687851


From Linda H.

http://www.alliance-natural-health.org/index.cfm?action=news&ID=278
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_5046.cfm


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

From the Amazon to the Himalayas, ten of the world’s greatest natural wonders face destruction if the climate continues to warm at the current rate, warns WWF.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741681431ms44

Cities Key to Tackling Poverty, Climate Change

In 2008, half of the Earth’s population will live in urban areas, marking the first time in history that humans are an urban species.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741681430ms44



Climate change: poor suffer as world gets hotter

Friends of the Earth International has demanded steep emissions cuts by all rich countries and more funding for climate change adaptation in developing countries, after the world's leading scientific experts today warned that the world's poor - who have done least to pollute the atmosphere - will suffer most as the planet heats up.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741681432ms44

Studie bewertet Unternehmensverantwortung der Lebensmittelbranche.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741681424ms44

Aktueller Greenpeace-Report: unwirtschaftliche Kraftwerke und sehr lange Bauzeiten.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741681416ms44

15 Jahre nach der Umweltkonferenz von Rio 1992 gelang damit auf der 7. Sitzung des Waldforums (UNFF) der Vereinten Nationen in New York erstmals der Durchbruch zu einem internationalen Waldübereinkommen.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741681411ms44



Indonesien hat 72 Prozent seines Regenwaldes abgeholzt

Indonesien hat einen traurigen Rekord aufgestellt, der ins "Guinnessbuch der Rekorde" Eingang findet.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741681412ms44

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Plant trees, lots of them, you can never plant enough!
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/3515163/



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Fazit des dritten Weltklimaberichtes der UNO: Jetzt ist genug geredet, jetzt muss endlich gehandelt werden. Die Welt ist noch zu retten. Klimaschutz ist weit preiswerter als die Zerstörung des Weltklimas.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741681404ms44



Dritter UN-Klimabericht wirbt für Umdenken in Energiepolitik

Schnelle Reduzierung von Treibhausgasen bringt auch wirtschaftliche Vorteile.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741681417ms44



UN-Klimabericht: Europäische Kommission fordert schnelle Maßnahmen

Industrie- und fortgeschrittene Entwicklungsländer sollen ihre Treibhausgasemissionen deutlich reduzieren und dabei keine Zeit verlieren.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741681413ms44



Städte entscheiden über die Zukunft der Welt

Der "Bericht zur Lage der Welt 2007" analysiert den globalen Trend zur Urbanisierung und dessen Auswirkungen auf Umwelt, Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft und Politik.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741681405ms44



Städte als Schlüssel zum Klimaschutz

Sie sind am meisten bedroht und können am flexibelsten reagieren. http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741681421ms44



Schleswig-Holstein: 100 Prozent erneuerbar bis 2020

Bis 2020 will Schleswig-Holstein weit mehr Strom erneuerbar produzieren als das Land selbst verbraucht.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741681414ms44



Bedrohte Zukunft: "Schwarzbuch Wasser"

Das "Schwarzbuch Wasser" von Karo Katzmann zeigt in umfassender Weise die drohenden Probleme rund um die Versorgung mit dem kühlen Nass auf. Die Autorin ruft zu raschem Handeln auf.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741681407ms44



Trocknet Deutschland aus?

"Wassernotstand in Frankreich", "Wassermangel in Italien", "Versteppung in Spanien" und "Deutschland trocknet aus".

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741681409ms44



Dürre in Italien

Hoher Wasserverbrauch in der Landwirtschaft trocknet die Mittelmeerregion aus.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741681427ms44



Deutsche haben Angst vor Klimawandel

Zwei Drittel der Deutschen sind besorgt wegen des Klimawandels. Laut einer Studie der Allianz befürchten 68 Prozent der Deutschen befürchten die weltweiten Folgen der Veränderungen.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741681423ms44



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http://westyellowstonenews.com/articles/2007/05/04/opinions/letter1.prt


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http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/wildlife/article2516739.ece

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Here are the letters from the IoS:-

Letters

Wi-Fi sets the sparks flying

Instead of comparing time on a mobile phone with Wi-Fi use, it is more relevant to compare a full day in a class-room with Wi-Fi access points (transmitters) with sitting in the main beam from a phone mast. People are unaware that the transmissions are continuous whether or not the laptops are being used. We are talking of day long whole-body exposure not short-term exposure directed to the head, as with a mobile phone. Surely there must be some ethical guidelines that are being broken here, since parents have not given their consent for their children to be irradiated?

Sue Wright
LONDON N2



Dr Campbell is tight (Letters, 29 April). There are not "thousands of scientific articles [showing] the adverse effects of Wi-Fi radios". I never said that I said that to the best of my knowledge there are no published scientific papers regarding possible adverse health effects of Wi-Fi systems or their safety. But there are thousands of reports going back to the 1940s, demonstrating biological and medical effects of the kind of microwaves and power-frequent magnetic fields used for Wi-Fi I have never mentioned nuclear radiation, and internal lighting and TV fields do have biological side-effects.

Olle Johansson
STOCKHOLM



Eastbourne council

In todays daily telegraph there is a small piece about bees producing early rape seed honey because of the hot weather and at the end it mentions that Eastbourne council have also turned down a mast because of bees.

sue g



Bees - Planning

http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/3666227/
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/3665837/

These are the two planning application rejections I have on file which have specifically mentioned bees.

Sylvia


From Mast Sanity/Mast Network

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Re: Town rejects mast to save bees after IoS report

This was supported yesterday by Ferdinand Ruzicka, emeritus professor at the University of Vienna. He revealed that two-thirds of the beekeepers he surveyed who had a mobile phone mast within 300m had suffered "unexplained colony collapse". Professor Ruzicka believes the radiation may increase the insects' vulnerability to disease.

It is a wonder that none of these so-called experts have ever suspected that the radiation "May Increase A Human Being's Vulnerability to Disease" - in spite of the fact that there are about 80 immune-system disorders today that we didn't have 20 years ago. Well, at least the pharmaceutical companies are raking it in. "If it is good for the economy, then it must be good." NOT!

But Councillor Barry Taylor, the chairman, said the threat to bees was "an important issue" and permission for masts should be refused unless they could be "proved" to be safe for the insects.

And previously the threat to human beings was not apparently "An Important Enough Issue and Permission for Masts Were NOT Refused Until They Could Have Been 'Proven' Safe (which they can't by the way) for Humans." Tell this to all the mothers and fathers out there with children suffering with leukemia, brain tumors, and autism. And tell this to all the m... b... out there paying the cell phone companies to harm us all - and just because they are unconscious and it is "convenient."

paul

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Are mobile phone masts killing bees?
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/3697498/



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Take action here:
http://www.TheGlobalWarmingDebate.org

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From ufpj-news

Marcus Mabry writes: "It's hard to say which is worse news for Republicans: that George W. Bush now has the worst approval rating of an American president in a generation, or that he seems to be dragging every '08 Republican presidential candidate down with him. According to the new NEWSWEEK poll, the public's approval of Bush has sunk to 28 percent, an all-time low for this president."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050507D.shtml

A former US Justice Department official and central figure in the firing of eight US attorneys tearfully told a colleague two months ago her government career probably was over as the matter was about to erupt into a political storm, according to closed-door congressional testimony.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050507B.shtml



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The chief of staff to Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty has told congressional investigators that phone calls he placed to four fired US attorneys - calls that three of the prosecutors say involved threats about testifying before Congress - were made at McNulty's direction.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050507A.shtml



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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/04/world/europe/04erode.html


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US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should resign, Rep. Adam Putnam, the third most powerful Republican in the House, said Thursday.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050407T.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Adam+Putnam
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gonzales

Henry Waxman, chairman of the House oversight committee, wrote to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today to complain that State Department officials had tried to block a nuclear weapons analyst at the department from speaking with Waxman's staff. This comes after Waxman's committee issued a subpoena last week for Rice's testimony on how she dealt with claims before the war that Iraq had sought uranium from Niger.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050407S.shtml



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May 03, 2007 youtube

Montage of Congressman Ron Paul at the GOP Presidential Debate held at the Reagan Library on May 3rd, 2007

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hfa7vT02lA
http://www.ronpaul2008.com/
http://www.myspace.com/congressmanronpaul


Ron Paul Rides High In Polls After GOP Debate

Prison Planet Friday, May 4, 2007

Ron Paul is currently riding high in the polls after last night's GOP Presidential debate, jockeying for first position with Mitt Romney and ahead of both Rudy Giuliani and John McCain.

more: http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/may2007/040507ronpaul.htm


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A professor at Bristol University has called for an inquiry into the dangers of Wi-Fi wireless internet technology.

‘The research hasn’t been done. Therefore we cannot assume that there are no effects,’ Professor Dennis Henshaw, professor of human radiation at Bristol University told the Independent on Sunday (IoS).

‘I would be in favour of an inquiry into the dangers of Wi-Fi,’ he continued. ‘This technology is being wheeled out without any checks and balances.’

Concerns over the health effects of the electromagnetic fields generated by Wi-Fi devices are beginning to mount following news that the chairman of the Health Protection Agency, Sir William Stewart, has called for an official investigation.

On Sunday, the IoS revealed that Professor Lawrie Challis, the head of the Government’s committee on mobile phone safety, has warned children against placing Wi-Fi enabled laptops on their laps.

Professor Alan Preece, also from Bristol University, urged caution:
‘No one is really aware of what we are dealing with,’ he said. ‘The Department for Trade and Industry needs to take the lead and do some investigation.’


Comments

Dr Tim Norris- 30/04/2007 19:51:54 Until circa year 2000, I had never experienced tinnitus. I was late in buying a mobile telephone. Each time I used it, I felt nausious. I made a miskake of using the mobile telephone continuously for circa 20 minutes; it seemed during the conversation that there was much bakground noise - the problem was that the noise continued after the call was terminated. My life was plagued with severe tinnitus and headaches for at least two years thereafter. Special medication helped (Seretonin uptake inhibitors) but still I ahve some background tnnintus. The tinnitus level now rises as soon as anyone activcates their mobile telephone in close proximity to me (i.e. nearer than 5 metres). Mobile telephone technology and similarly mobile telephones are not safe technology. Many years ago, no-one question the health risks of smoking - now it is a known health risk - just wait, mobile telephones and such like will sometime in the future also be correctly recognized as the health risk they really present. By that time, most of the Worlds population will have been irradiated. less

http://www.theecologist.org/news_detail.asp?content_id=893



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China has come in for heavy criticism from members of the US House of Representatives with one congressman labelling the country a "Frankenstein" created by the US that now threatens American interests.

http://snipurl.com/1jdmq


From Information Clearing House

Attempts by "moderate" Arab leaders to whip up popular fear of Iran are US-orchestrated and aimed to keep in-check regional resistance to US-Israeli plans.

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/842/op12.htm


From Information Clearing House

Homeland Security officials had suggested forcing British Pakistanis to apply for US entry visas because they are perceived as a potential terrorist risk.

http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/other/display.var.1375573.0.0.php


From Information Clearing House

All three opposition parties accused the Conservatives of misleading Canadians and demanded to know when the government became aware of the report.

http://snipurl.com/1jdmg


From Information Clearing House

The military is putting already-strained troops at greater risk of mental health problems because of repeated deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, a Pentagon panel said Thursday in warning of an overburdened health system.

http://snipurl.com/1jcig


From Information Clearing House

Video

"Do you know what's worse than a soldier dying in vain? It's more soldiers dying in vain".

http://snipurl.com/1jdmb



A must listen interview with Sen Mike Gravel

Former Alaska Senator and Democratic Presidential Candidate Mike Gravel discusses his plan for the Congress to criminalize the Iraq war, the cowardice of the Congress, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards's aggressive position against Iran, his proposal for opening of friendly relations with them instead. Audio: http://snipurl.com/1juei

From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Mike+Gravel

He is a former Sunni Arab mujahid from Ramadi who until recently was fighting the US occupation. He has only a secondary education and is married with two wives. Now he is praised even by urban, secular, highly educated Shi'ites as a "conscious man", or "the kind of man we need now in Iraq".

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IE05Ak01.html



Mr Bush, your sheikh is dead

Some may call it divine providence, some may call it Allah's bidding; in the end it was up to real Iraq to intervene and shatter the "surge is a success" story sold to US and world public opinion by President George W Bush and his top man in Iraq, General David Petraeus.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/II15Ak03.html



An assassination that blows apart Bush's hopes of pacifying Iraq

Last week George Bush flew into Iraq to meet Abdul-Sattar Abu Risha, leader of Anbar province. This week General David Petraeus told the US Congress how Anbar was a model for Iraq. Yesterday Abu Risha was assassinated by bombers in Anbar.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2961318.ece


From Information Clearing House



A special investigative report from inside Iraq
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18412.htm



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By Patrick Cockburn in Baghdad

"Be careful," warned a senior Iraqi government official living in the Green Zone in Baghdad, "be very careful and above all do not trust the police or the army."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17645.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Patrick+Cockburn

By PAULINE JELINEK
Associated Press Writer

In the first internal military study of battlefield ethics in Iraq, officials said Friday they also found that only a third of Marines and roughly half of soldiers said they believed that noncombatants should be treated with dignity.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17648.htm

By AFP

A survey of US combat troops deployed in Iraq has found that one in 10 said they mistreated civilians and more than a third condoned torture to save the life of a comrade, a report said Friday.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17647.htm

By United Press International

Some 133 Iraqi lawmakers from different political blocs, calling themselves the "free deputies," signed a document demanding a scheduled withdrawal of the U.S.-led multinational troops from their country, according to the Sadrist bloc in Parliament.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17644.htm

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/04/962/



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/04/978/



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/04/972/



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Victory vital in Iraq : US Republican hopefuls

A packed field of Republican White House hopefuls vowed to pursue victory in Iraq and castigated anti-war Democrats Thursday, in their first head-to-head showdown of the 2008 campaign.

http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=174464


From Information Clearing House

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/04/963/



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http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/6149/


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From ufpj-news



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http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/emf_emr_night_exposures.htm

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ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CONCERNS (NIGHT EXPOSURES)...... http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/nighttime_exposures.htm



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From ufpj-news

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Justin Raimondo: America's Coming Dictatorship

The theory and practice of oligarchical "conservatism"
http://antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=10911


From Information Clearing House



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