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Cool News : Lesbian to Lead Iceland
Johanna Siguardardottir, Iceland’s social affairs minister, is set to become the country’s interim prime minister. A former flight attendant and union organizer, she is openly gay. Recent polls have showed Sigurdardottir, 66, to be the nation’s most popular politician. She … Continue reading
Latin America’s Leftward Electoral Paradigm Shift
Leaders of Latin American nations. Photo: AP.Dirty Business, Dirty Wars: U.S.-Latin American Relations in the 21st CenturyBy Cyril Mychalejko / 27 January 2009 Much is being made across the political spectrum in the United States about Washington’s waning influence in … Continue reading
Evidence of and Witnesses to War Crimes in Gaza
Halima Badwan stands before the ruins of the Ezbt Abed Rabbo apartment building, January 24, 2009, where he found his wife’s body after Israel’s Gaza Strip military campaign. Photo: Dion Nissenbaum/MCT.Israeli troops killed Gaza children carrying white flag, witnesses sayBy … Continue reading
FBI: ‘We Knew That the Mortgage-Brokerage Industry Was Corrupt.’
Bank repossession, foreclosure and for sale signs sit outside a foreclosed home in Houston. Two retired FBI officials asserted that the Bush administration was thoroughly briefed on the mortgage fraud crisis and its potential to cascade out of control, but … Continue reading
UN : Drug Money Used to Prop Up US Banks
‘The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime had found evidence that “interbank loans were funded by money that originated from drug trade and other illegal activities,”‘By Boris Groendahl / January 25, 2009 VIENNA — The United Nations’ crime and … Continue reading
Gaza War is Teaching the Children to Hate
Palestinian peace activist Muhammad Abu Humus was arrested by Israelis in black ski masks for protesting the Gaza killings, while his children hovered in the corner of the room crying.Fuelling the cycle of hate: War is teaching the children of … Continue reading
Family Values : ‘Living Fossil’ Becomes a Daddy at 111
Big Daddy! The tuatara looks little different from its Jurassic relatives. Photo by Frans Lanting / National Geographic.After 40 years of celibacy, grumpy centenarian reptile finally gets frisky.January 26, 2009 A rare New Zealand reptile has become a father, possibly … Continue reading
The Conflicting Imperatives of Science and Law
Ed Abney, of Berea, Ky., has Parkinson’s disease after two decades of working with a solvent. He has had trouble proving a link. Photo: Carla Winn for The New York Times.Exposed to Solvent, Worker Faces HurdlesBy Felicity Barringer / January … Continue reading
Hirschhorn Asks: ‘Are We Cowardly?’
Learning From LatviaBy Joel S. Hirschhorn / January 26, 2009 When I read a recent article on public protests in Latvia I kept asking myself: Why do strong and sometimes violent public protests in democratic European countries often produce government … Continue reading
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Chomsky on Obama: ‘The Carefully Framed Deceit Is Instructive’
Obama on Israel-PalestineBy Noam Chomsky / January 26, 2009 Barack Obama is recognized to be a person of acute intelligence, a legal scholar, careful with his choice of words. He deserves to be taken seriously – both what he says, … Continue reading
Patrick Cockburn on Israel : Detachment From Reality is the Norm
Still from Ari Forman’s animated film, Waltz with Bashir.‘Waltz with Bashir and repressed memories of Sabra and Chatila: Has anything changed?’By Patrick Cockburn / January 25, 2009 I was watching the superb animated documentary Waltz with Bashir about the Israeli … Continue reading
