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Wi-Fi Warnings Worthy of Hearing
Posted on: Tuesday, 20 May 2008, 09:01 CDT By VICTORIA JEWETT The City Council should be commended for twice delaying a decision on whether to allow Wi-Fi into the downtown library and by extension,... ...
Britain Obstructs Global Ban on Use of Cluster Bombs
Kim Sengupta, of The Independent UK: "The British Government is accused of being the chief obstacle to the signing of a treaty to ban cluster bombs, which have maimed and killed thousands of civilians... ...
43,000 Unfit for Combat, Deployed
http://tinyurl.com/55clja -------- US Army's "Stop-Loss" Orders Up Dramatically Over Last Year Julian E. Barnes reports for The Los Angeles Times: "The number of soldiers forced to remain in the Army... ...
An innocent man in Gitmo
Freedom In Our Time by William Grigg 05/04/08 Kurnaz, a Turkish national and legal resident of Germany, was sold into the hands of torturers for $3,000 by Pakistani bounty hunters in late 2001. He was... ...
The Fading American Economy
Government Is The Largest Employer By Paul Craig Roberts According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the US economy lost 98,000 private sector jobs in March, half of which were in manufacturing. Today... ...
Economy Loses 83,000 Jobs
Dean Baker, writing for Truthout, analyzes the latest economic reports: "The establishment survey showed the economy losing 80,000 jobs in March, the third consecutive month of job loss. The private sector... ...
A Citywide Plan to Fight Global Warming
"This week, NOW looks at a citywide plan in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to make all their buildings more energy-efficient. Up to 80 percent of emissions in many urban cities comes from buildings. Cambridge... ...
Another year, another $300 billion
Boston Globe by Linda Bilmes 03/16/08 The sixth year of the Iraq war begins this week. The war is now the second-longest in US history — longer than any except Vietnam. So far, 1.6 million US troops... ...
13,000 Abuse Claims in Juvenile Centers
Holbrook Mohr, The Associated Press, reports: "The Columbia Training School - pleasant on the outside, austere on the inside - has been home to 37 of the most troubled young women in Mississippi. If some... ...
333,000 US Casualties: Are They Covered?
Truthout's Maya Schenwar reports: "The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will treat about 333,000 sick and injured veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars in 2009, according to VA statistics released... ...